Monday, November 29, 2004

Drawing Strength..

Man...the Lord has really good ways of making us realise that the world doesn't revolve around us..
I had a lesson in humility a couple of days back..and it came through 2 simple things - writing an email and spending quiet time with God. I would never have thought that His answer to my prayers would come in such a way. Cos recently, I had been praying for strength.. strength to carry on labouring, for the general good of those around me. I had been relying on my own strength all along...and when I got tired, I turned to Him to 'top up' my energy levels... And lets just say he had other ideas.
What he did was break me down..break down my defences..the very defences that made me believe that I was strong, due to my own strengths. It hurt initially..but I figured why all this was happening eventually. He was letting me know that, all I ever needed in any situation was a prayer and some faith...faith to trust in His infinite strength and mercy.
Thank you Lord, for letting me know that when I rely on my own strengths all the time, the only thing that I get is a troubled heart and mind.

"Through Him, all things are possible"




1:12 AM



Friday, November 26, 2004

Shouldn't we all...?



Return To Innocence- Enigma

Love - Devotion
Feeling - Emotion

Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence.

If you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny.

Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence.

That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence.





2:20 AM



Thursday, November 25, 2004

My second Medical was today...it went real smooth..made extra smooth by the bunch of malay guys who kept cracking jokes and making fun of oddballs who literally stuck out from the crowd..examples are like the guy who didnt bring his shorts and was strutting ard in his old, TORN, yes ToRn underwear..another would be the guy who walked with his pants so low, his butt crack was showing..the jokers were wanting to drop 20 cent coins into it..*falls off chair in lafter*
And yes, its official..I'm enlisting on the 9th of Dec,12.30pm,BMTC Sch 1. *sigh*..2 yrs..oh boy..
But hey, guess i'll be trying to make the best of the time I have left (14 days or 2 weeks to b exact)! hmm...maybe I'll start by meetin up wif old pals...and new ones. Hey guys, I'm on for a 'initiation ceremony'...so if ya'll are plannin one, let me know =)
There seem to be a couple of good shows around..gotta catch a couple of those too. And dun worry aaron, I havent forgotten the pool game with u and Munk Boy.
So, to all my peeps out there (esp YLMers), call me out wheneverr u want ya? I'll most prolly be able to make it cos now, I have the "I've only got 2 weeks left" excuse to give to my 'RSM' =) Besides, I'll really be sticking to the advise Adrian gave - "you batter do whatever u wanna do before you enter a new dimension called Tekong"..haha




11:43 PM



Tuesday, November 23, 2004

The feeling of shifting to a new home came back to me today...and boy, did it bring back fond memories!...thanx to julia & fly shifting into their new home @ 'The Gardens'. It was kind of a surprise actually, tat i could 'book out' today...hmm.. looks like my RSM is more fickle than I thought -_-
Well, the new condo is cool! Juz check out the facade of the place man..jaws r bound to drop..well, at least mine did =)
the raised platform thingy in julia's room is juz FaNtAsTiC! Its a really good idea, that looks really good too!
I had a great time helpin her unpack wif the others.. chris, shannon, stell, anthony, A. Sim and alex.. And man, is her room condusive for slacking or what?! The setting...temp etc is juz right for maybe a reflection session followed by 5 solid hrs of USSS (the 's' here stands for sleep). and thanx to the rain, i got to book in a lil later..
its funny how i find more peace, love n joy outside my home... Lord, I thank you for my friends =)




7:08 PM





juz tried out a new colour scheme. Do dorp ur comments ya? thanx!




2:38 AM





Well, i did it.. i accomplished the near-impossible... I woke up at 11!! Woohoo! =) Now aint that an accomplishment for a person who slept way past 4am the nite before?
Basically, today was Major-Slack day... nothing much happened till 4pm, cos that was when I left home for Adrian's place. We had an inaugural meetin to discuss camp stuff...YLM Camp stuff. Left his place at 5 to meet up with karthik. The guy got his new phone today..and a postpaid line..like FInAlLy! Congrats man..for its been eons since u had a proper connection! Check it out dude, ur peeps r giving u a standing ovation! haha..
Well, his Sony E T630 looks pretty darn good man..the functions r juz right and the picture quality is hap-pen-ing! Looks like that's gonna be my phone of choice when i get my phone changed..in the near future. And forgive me Stell, if u see me carrying it ard soon..hope it doesn't bring back sad memories ya.. ;) And karthik, good luck on figuring out the functions on the fone da!
When i was finally done with him.. headed down to ntuc and macs to get poon and stell some stuff. I was juz about to exit J8 when, *sUrPrIsE* I met Julia! haha.. (btw, glad to have met ya there too = ) And that meant i had someone to accompany me back to Adrian's place. She joined us for the continuation of the earlier meeting..and found herself with a new role in the camp! Congrats man!
As usual, I had to leave early for my RSM called for some backup (she needed help carrying groceries) ..*sigh*...*sigh*...Man..i dunno, but I found it wierd for her to go grocery shopping at 9 in the evening when she had like..the whole day. Oh well...
Lord, I pary for peace..and calm.





1:34 AM



Monday, November 22, 2004

Wow..setting up this place has been a good mix of fun and tiredness! Boy..looks like i'm finally done..pretty much la. Since i've accomplished this..lets see, what's my next goal?.. Ah YES! -Wake up by 11.30 am-.

*note to self - GOOD LUCK TRYING*




3:37 AM



Sunday, November 21, 2004

How does one prioritise? How do we define our priorities?.. Is it by our own natural selection of things that are important to us? Or is our prioritising governed by the world around us?
I've been thinking..and I gotta say, its a good mix of both. Cos for the most part, what we believe is important to us, is probably what our good 'ol society thinks is important. Call it the herd instinct... I dunno bout others, but I don't quite like that thought.
Moving on- lets try to be general : Friends, family, work, play...Which comes first for us? What comes next? If you ask me, I'd mix the first one with the other 3.. and I've got only 1 commitment/priority! Haha..Hey, I feel it works for me =)

But I've also been looking around for other ways to help sort out my life... And I feel these two are simply perfect ways...

1. Try put God into everything I do.

2. Priority List:
(1) God
(2) Everything else




1:10 PM





Hey pple.. Well, firstly, I'd like to thank all of ya'll who've been pestering me to set up my own blog.. Guess wat? U guys have finally moved me enough to get it up and runnin.
Special thanks to Mel! Reading ur blog has been an added inspiration..
Keep watching this space guys... I promise to keep it updated
Finally...An insight to the goings-on in my mind...ooh, how exciting -_-




2:17 AM



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