I find it weird to be in a place filled with memories of the past. Well, I hope the future will be better than the past, but nothing can take away sweet memories like that. Truly hope things will be according to God's Word.
There's a staff meeting to attend. Timetable will be given and hence starts my busy days... Finally I have to return to reality and start living after a long hibernation of 6 weeks. Time flies... But love shall prevail all things! Yay!
Have fun but be safe this New Year's Eve. God's peace be with all of you. Amen!
Thursday, 31 December 2009
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
Artificial Intelligence vs. Love
I just watched an old movie from my collection of original VCDs - Artificial Intelligence: AI. What really struck me this time was the great yearning of the robot boy, David, for love of his mother, Monica. He was made to love. Like us, isn't it? We are all created to love...
What I saw in this movie this time is in fact the great yearning of mankind - to love and be loved. Who doesn't want to be loved and to love freely, without calculating the cost and effect of true and deep love? Who wouldn't want to embrace love when it comes knocking at your door? There are people who choose not to love for the fear of abandonment, rejection and a haunting past. What about you?
In the bible, St. Paul wrote about the Gift of Love in 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7
The first three words of 1 Corinthians 13:8 is LOVE NEVER ENDS.
David (the AI boy) persevered till he finally met the Blue Fairy and made his request after being frozen in the ice for 2000 years. His love for Monica never ends. We may not have 2000 years to live, neither are we able to wait for 2000 years to make the request, but we can choose to live by faith in love with Jesus as our Saviour right now, at this moment. Though it is never easy to live out the love St. Paul wrote about, we can always try. Jesus is our very core example of real love, and out of His love for us, He died on the cross for us. So why can't we, for once, try to love and take the risk of being loved too? Indeed, He has given us a never-ending love, so we must also love unceasingly, even when things becomes harsh and difficult and dark. Remember, love bears, believes, hopes and endures all things.
May the year 2010 be the year of true love revealed in all our lives. God bless!
What I saw in this movie this time is in fact the great yearning of mankind - to love and be loved. Who doesn't want to be loved and to love freely, without calculating the cost and effect of true and deep love? Who wouldn't want to embrace love when it comes knocking at your door? There are people who choose not to love for the fear of abandonment, rejection and a haunting past. What about you?
In the bible, St. Paul wrote about the Gift of Love in 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
The first three words of 1 Corinthians 13:8 is LOVE NEVER ENDS.
David (the AI boy) persevered till he finally met the Blue Fairy and made his request after being frozen in the ice for 2000 years. His love for Monica never ends. We may not have 2000 years to live, neither are we able to wait for 2000 years to make the request, but we can choose to live by faith in love with Jesus as our Saviour right now, at this moment. Though it is never easy to live out the love St. Paul wrote about, we can always try. Jesus is our very core example of real love, and out of His love for us, He died on the cross for us. So why can't we, for once, try to love and take the risk of being loved too? Indeed, He has given us a never-ending love, so we must also love unceasingly, even when things becomes harsh and difficult and dark. Remember, love bears, believes, hopes and endures all things.
May the year 2010 be the year of true love revealed in all our lives. God bless!
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Always on My Mind
No man is an island, and nobody is called to live life without people around. Being a non-dating, single young adult working in another city and staying alone in a rented room nearby the workplace, there is often the challenge of "loneliness". I sincerely like the way I am now, being single is the greatest thing that's happening now... As I go through restoration and healing of my life, my faith, my very inner being. If I'm to be presented to my future husband one day, I hope to be the best for him, able to support and encourage him by being who I truly am. Even if singlehood is the call God has for me, I shall accept it willingly, though I'd love to have my own family when the time is right.
As I had dinner in Recipe House just now, I read a chapter from a book I recently purchased in Doulos. It answers exactly to how I was feeling at that moment. This is excerpted from "I'm Not Wonder Woman But God Made Me Wonderful!" by Sheila Walsh:
A Closet Prayer:
Father God,
Thank You that You are always thinking about me. Thank You that Your thoughts toward me are always good and loving and merciful. Help me to line my thoughts up with Your Word.
As I had dinner in Recipe House just now, I read a chapter from a book I recently purchased in Doulos. It answers exactly to how I was feeling at that moment. This is excerpted from "I'm Not Wonder Woman But God Made Me Wonderful!" by Sheila Walsh:
It's quite something when you sit with that truth for a while. The God of the universe, who holds everything together, who is sovereign over every ruler on the earth is thinking about you. Our president has the people of the United States of America on his mind on a daily basis. Occasionally, some are granted the priviledge of a personal meeting and a few exchanged words; then, it is time to move on. It is unlikely that as the president goes to sleep each night he is thinking of everyone he met that day, never mind the millions that he has never met.
But God our Father is thinking about us every day. When God thinks about us, His thoughts are 100 percent accurate. He doesn't think we are smarter than we are or less able than we are. He doesn't think we are as godly as the image we try to present at times when we are feeling spiritual or dismiss us as hopeless wretches when that is how we feel. God knows all that is true and loves us totally. So we don't struggle with what God thinks; we struggle with what we think.
God's Word never changes. He always sees us as beautiful and amazing; it is we who change as the world around us changes. Our challenge is to keep the image of the woman God sees more prominent than the image of the woman we see with our human eyes. The new hat that God offers for our wardrobe represents putting on His truth every time we look in our human mirror.
If Eve had never sinned, do you think that every woman born would have been beautiful by our standards? We can never know that. All I can be sure of it that no matter how we looked on the outside, we would have seen each other with our hearts, and a heart in perfect fellowship with God is beautiful. If we are to live as wonderful woman in this world, our call is to change how we think about our lives.
Perhaps the greatest challenge of all is to guard our hearts, for it is out of the heart that all the issues of life flow. We are most in danger when our hearts are not fully engaged in relationship with God. When we are not passionate in our life with Him, we look for something else to give ourselves to.
A Closet Prayer:
Father God,
Thank You that You are always thinking about me. Thank You that Your thoughts toward me are always good and loving and merciful. Help me to line my thoughts up with Your Word.
In Jesus' name,
Amen.
Amen.
Saturday, 26 December 2009
What a Wonderful Christmas!
Photo log is the easiest when it comes to explanation of what happened. I had a great Christmas celebration, though not with 101 friends in a huge Christmas party. But with true friends for sure!
After Christmas mass, taken with Chris and Golo - the Altos.
With Evelina, my student. Her sister, Adelina, is in the choir...
With the brothers, Lionel and Charles. I hope I got his name correct..
My anak Vania... So cute right, she?
Another shot with her. I only get to see her twice a year, during Christmas and Easter, when she comes with her uncle. But I enjoyed every single minute spent with her, though it is short. Hehe! Wish I could spend more time with her, but well... I'm not close to her real family... Wait till she grows up to be a lovely young lady... Oh my... then I will be a real Aunty Cindy eh~ Haha!
Cheryl Chan and Cindy Chan. Hehe.. I think we can pass off as sisters, don't you think so?
Ahah! Kor kor Adrian and me... The bass/baritone in Choir.
Joanna siao mei mei and me! Hehe!
With Mrs. Wong, Ian, and future fadoo Joshua (lama lagi but it is a hope). Hehe!!
Von Teo and me after mass...
Conz and me after mass! Love her yellow dress!
Bishop asked us to reflect on the birth of baby Jesus as the beginning of our salvation. This is the real gift of Christmas. May Christmas begins not only in the crib but deep inside our hearts.
My another anak - Ian Sebastian, and his two front teeth.
While opening present... Ian and mommy - Josephine.
Nice potrait of the year!
With my twin, Irene, in friend's house.
It was a deep reflection time during this Christmas. To have come to where I am now, there were struggles and difficult decisions to be made. I survived, thanks to the Lord who is always there to comfort me. These struggles still exist in my life and there will be more and more difficult decisions to be made as I journey along into year 2010. It will be challenging year ahead, but I know it is also a good year for transformation and changes. And I do hope that showers of blessings will be upon me, if God wills it. Bishop urged us during Christmas eve mass to ask God to cleanse our hearts to be the temple of the Holy Spirit. Then again, on Christmas day, he encouraged us who have received the Light, who is Jesus, to be the light to the world who is dead and in darkness. This is an urgent task, but also a role of all Christians.
I pray that you who are reading here will be the light to the world and radiate the love of God in all that you do. I also pray the person whom I'm waiting to come back is safe and sound while doing whatever the person has to do at the moment.
May God be the centre of your life, now and forever. Amen!
I pray that you who are reading here will be the light to the world and radiate the love of God in all that you do. I also pray the person whom I'm waiting to come back is safe and sound while doing whatever the person has to do at the moment.
May God be the centre of your life, now and forever. Amen!
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Called to Worship by Vernon M. Whaley
Called to Worship: The Biblical Foundations of Our Response to God's Call, written by Dr. Vernon M. Whaley, is a must-read for all those who are new to worship, as well as a refresher for those who have been worshiping God since they come to know Him as their personal Saviour. In this whole book, the author brings us to a tour of how people from Old Testaments all the way down to New Testament worshipped God. The very essence of thus book is probably this: "God yearns to establish relationship with us, His created ones".
I was in a season where worship became difficult and complacent when I finally received this book. Reading this book challenged and transformed my worship and prayer life, encouraging me to seek God deeper than ever.
I really liked how Dr. Whaley explained about the worship styles of different era, individuals and situations, according to the chronological order of the bible. One can follow easily, even if we're unfamiliar with the bible. It also encourages us to read our bible as we read on. Besides that, there is always a summary known as "Principles of Worship from this Chapter" at the end of the chapter which helps us to refresh our memory after reading the chapter.
One important point that he had conveyed was it is okay to be imperfect, and still worshipping the God who is perfect in every way. He pointed out the imperfections of the biblical characters mentioned in the book and how God still longed for their worship and blessed them abundantly when they returned to God. Even in modern days, we can still return to the God who yearns to establish relationship with us ever more by first being obedient to Him and start worshipping Him once again.
This is a book suitable to be used for personal devotion, small group material as well as teaching material for the topics of biblical worship.
I was in a season where worship became difficult and complacent when I finally received this book. Reading this book challenged and transformed my worship and prayer life, encouraging me to seek God deeper than ever.
I really liked how Dr. Whaley explained about the worship styles of different era, individuals and situations, according to the chronological order of the bible. One can follow easily, even if we're unfamiliar with the bible. It also encourages us to read our bible as we read on. Besides that, there is always a summary known as "Principles of Worship from this Chapter" at the end of the chapter which helps us to refresh our memory after reading the chapter.
One important point that he had conveyed was it is okay to be imperfect, and still worshipping the God who is perfect in every way. He pointed out the imperfections of the biblical characters mentioned in the book and how God still longed for their worship and blessed them abundantly when they returned to God. Even in modern days, we can still return to the God who yearns to establish relationship with us ever more by first being obedient to Him and start worshipping Him once again.
This is a book suitable to be used for personal devotion, small group material as well as teaching material for the topics of biblical worship.
What is Your Top Ten List?
Dear Tech Support.
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a slowdown in the performance of the flower and jewelry applications that had operated flawlessly under the Boyfriend 5.0 system.
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.9, and installed undesirable programs such as NFL 7.4, NBA 3.2 and NHL 4.1.
Conversation 8.0 also no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simple crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do?
Signed,
Desperate
===================================================================
Dear Desperate,
First, keep in mind that Boyfriend 5.0 was an entertainment package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system. Try to enter the command C:\ITHOUGHTYOULOVEDME and install Tears 6.2. Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Guilt 3.3 and Flowers 7.5.
But remember, overuse can cause Husband 1.0 to default to such applications as Grumpy Silence 2.5, Reading Newspaper 7.0, or Watching Sitcoms 6.1. Please keep in mind that Watching Sitcoms 6.1 is an annoyingly disruptive program that will create SnoringLoudly.WAV files.
DO NOT install Mother-in-Law 1.0 or reinstall another Boyfriend program. These are not supported applications and will crash Husband 1.0. It could also potentially cause Husband 1.0 to default to the program Girlfriend 9.2, which runs in the background and has been known to introduce potentially serious viruses into the operating system.
In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and can't learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to enhance its system performance. I personally recommend Marriage for a Lifetime Seminar 3.0 and Marital Intensive 4.5 combined with such applications as that old standby... Lingerie 5.9 (which has been credited with improved performance of its hardware).
Good luck.
Tech Support
......................
Hope you enjoy the story and gain wisdom from it. Taken from the book "More than a Match" by Michael and Amy Smalley. Blessed weekend ahead!! ^^
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a slowdown in the performance of the flower and jewelry applications that had operated flawlessly under the Boyfriend 5.0 system.
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.9, and installed undesirable programs such as NFL 7.4, NBA 3.2 and NHL 4.1.
Conversation 8.0 also no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simple crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do?
Signed,
Desperate
===================================================================
Dear Desperate,
First, keep in mind that Boyfriend 5.0 was an entertainment package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system. Try to enter the command C:\ITHOUGHTYOULOVEDME and install Tears 6.2. Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Guilt 3.3 and Flowers 7.5.
But remember, overuse can cause Husband 1.0 to default to such applications as Grumpy Silence 2.5, Reading Newspaper 7.0, or Watching Sitcoms 6.1. Please keep in mind that Watching Sitcoms 6.1 is an annoyingly disruptive program that will create SnoringLoudly.WAV files.
DO NOT install Mother-in-Law 1.0 or reinstall another Boyfriend program. These are not supported applications and will crash Husband 1.0. It could also potentially cause Husband 1.0 to default to the program Girlfriend 9.2, which runs in the background and has been known to introduce potentially serious viruses into the operating system.
In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and can't learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to enhance its system performance. I personally recommend Marriage for a Lifetime Seminar 3.0 and Marital Intensive 4.5 combined with such applications as that old standby... Lingerie 5.9 (which has been credited with improved performance of its hardware).
Good luck.
Tech Support
......................
Hope you enjoy the story and gain wisdom from it. Taken from the book "More than a Match" by Michael and Amy Smalley. Blessed weekend ahead!! ^^
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
A Wedding Montage (Youtube)
My friend who is getting married posted this youtube video on her FB and I took this opportunity to share with you all here... I think it is a beautiful montage, and it is personally touching - I don't know the story behind all the tears the bride shed, but it must have been something beautiful for her. And I hope you guys also can share that trickle of joy too. I love sharing joys...
Life is Beautiful
As I'm reflecting and waiting for the time to drive to church for penitential service and confession, I suddenly remembered what my friend had commented back in August about my view of life after knowing me for four days...
He said that I packaged everything beautifully. Though he meant to say I'm being unrealistic, I saw it and still see it as an affirmation. Life can be both ugly and beautiful. I'm merely trying to be more positive in all the negative things in my life. I have to remember that my temper and emotions are colourful, meaning I have 101 emotions and sometimes I lose the patience of controlling them. When I see things in a more positive angle, though too ideal at times, I'm a happier me. Why not, then?
Life is cruel, but with God, all things become more beautiful. In this season of joyful celebration, we got to realize the cruel-but-filled-with-enormous-love fact that Jesus was born some 2000 years ago to redeem us from sins, and He still does, in year 2009.
Just now as I checked my Facebook, there was a message from a Canadian who has just come to KK as a diving instructor. Being new and looking for friends, somehow I was asked to be a friend - well, it was a "total disaster" for him, I think! He got uncomfortable chatting with me when it comes to God as the center of the topic. In other people's eyes, I'm too "religious" and hard to communicate. In other words, being "stuck up". Perhaps this Canadian guy was looking for a fling with some local girl, that is why it was very uncomfortable to talk about the Creator. It is easy that we profess that we're Christians, but our way of life is no way near to being Christ-like. How many of us here can feel it? I can. I'm no angel, nor am I religious. I'm a sinner, like you guys out there. What made him so uncomfortable with me, then? Because I took the courage to share about God to him. When we're striving to be Christ-like, we're called to be His witnesses. Nope, God never promises us that it will be easy to be Christians, but He promises us that He will be with us as we speak of Him.
I have my fun side, I have my knowledgeable side. It is just a matter of whether one chooses to see me as who they want to see me as. I am blessed to know that many choose to take the path of accepting me for who I am, not who they chose to see me as. And I'm blessed with those who love me for who I am, even I'm imperfect. In God, I become complete. That's what I want to be. That's what I strive to be. I'm still faraway from it, but I know that He will complete me for sure. If you find me somebody hard to speak with, maybe it is because we're of different wavelength. But that doesn't mean I love you less. Or maybe, we choose to see each other in our own eyes, and not with the eyes of God.
I know I'm being transformed daily. About three years ago, my coursemates ever commented that I should "get a life". Well, I did have a life back then, but I was not fulfilled having such peaceful life. Now, I do have a life - no matter how boring it may sound to many of you who are used to something else. Life can be as simple, yet as beautiful as this: To wake up in the morning listening to birds chirpping outside the window, a simple breakfast/brunch of bread with campbell mushroom soup, attending daily mass, shopping for christmas gifts in shopping mall and lastly end the night with fried noodles, mamak style, and a movie at home. Though it sounds like some lonely people, but I know I'm not the only one doing so. Many do that, quietly, and pretending they are alright to others but completely frustrated why they are doing all these all alone, feeling lonely and all. I do what I've just described, and I praise God that I have the opportunity and freedom to do that, and I'm perfectly at ease to know my life is simple, yet wonderful. This is my season of singlehood. Who knows how long this will last before God calls me to another season of my life on earth? So I got to enjoy every minute of my singlehood because He knows what's best for me.
I kinda miss my friend at this moment though... I wonder how is he doing wherever he is?
I hope you who feel as though life has to be more than what you have now to take courage and start living and breathing in the life that you already own. God bless!
He said that I packaged everything beautifully. Though he meant to say I'm being unrealistic, I saw it and still see it as an affirmation. Life can be both ugly and beautiful. I'm merely trying to be more positive in all the negative things in my life. I have to remember that my temper and emotions are colourful, meaning I have 101 emotions and sometimes I lose the patience of controlling them. When I see things in a more positive angle, though too ideal at times, I'm a happier me. Why not, then?
Life is cruel, but with God, all things become more beautiful. In this season of joyful celebration, we got to realize the cruel-but-filled-with-enormous-love fact that Jesus was born some 2000 years ago to redeem us from sins, and He still does, in year 2009.
Just now as I checked my Facebook, there was a message from a Canadian who has just come to KK as a diving instructor. Being new and looking for friends, somehow I was asked to be a friend - well, it was a "total disaster" for him, I think! He got uncomfortable chatting with me when it comes to God as the center of the topic. In other people's eyes, I'm too "religious" and hard to communicate. In other words, being "stuck up". Perhaps this Canadian guy was looking for a fling with some local girl, that is why it was very uncomfortable to talk about the Creator. It is easy that we profess that we're Christians, but our way of life is no way near to being Christ-like. How many of us here can feel it? I can. I'm no angel, nor am I religious. I'm a sinner, like you guys out there. What made him so uncomfortable with me, then? Because I took the courage to share about God to him. When we're striving to be Christ-like, we're called to be His witnesses. Nope, God never promises us that it will be easy to be Christians, but He promises us that He will be with us as we speak of Him.
I have my fun side, I have my knowledgeable side. It is just a matter of whether one chooses to see me as who they want to see me as. I am blessed to know that many choose to take the path of accepting me for who I am, not who they chose to see me as. And I'm blessed with those who love me for who I am, even I'm imperfect. In God, I become complete. That's what I want to be. That's what I strive to be. I'm still faraway from it, but I know that He will complete me for sure. If you find me somebody hard to speak with, maybe it is because we're of different wavelength. But that doesn't mean I love you less. Or maybe, we choose to see each other in our own eyes, and not with the eyes of God.
I know I'm being transformed daily. About three years ago, my coursemates ever commented that I should "get a life". Well, I did have a life back then, but I was not fulfilled having such peaceful life. Now, I do have a life - no matter how boring it may sound to many of you who are used to something else. Life can be as simple, yet as beautiful as this: To wake up in the morning listening to birds chirpping outside the window, a simple breakfast/brunch of bread with campbell mushroom soup, attending daily mass, shopping for christmas gifts in shopping mall and lastly end the night with fried noodles, mamak style, and a movie at home. Though it sounds like some lonely people, but I know I'm not the only one doing so. Many do that, quietly, and pretending they are alright to others but completely frustrated why they are doing all these all alone, feeling lonely and all. I do what I've just described, and I praise God that I have the opportunity and freedom to do that, and I'm perfectly at ease to know my life is simple, yet wonderful. This is my season of singlehood. Who knows how long this will last before God calls me to another season of my life on earth? So I got to enjoy every minute of my singlehood because He knows what's best for me.
I kinda miss my friend at this moment though... I wonder how is he doing wherever he is?
I hope you who feel as though life has to be more than what you have now to take courage and start living and breathing in the life that you already own. God bless!
"Haven't I commanded you? Strength! Courage! Don't be timid; don't get discouraged. GOD, your God, is with you every step you take."
~ Joshua 1:9 MSG ~
~ Joshua 1:9 MSG ~
Monday, 21 December 2009
I'm Flawless, So Are You!
I finally fell asleep this morning at about 7 am after reading today's daily reading... But eventually what really comforted me was this verse:
"You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you."
~ Song of Solomon 3:7 ~
For the past ten days I was struggling in the desert, wandering around hoping to see hope but eventually realised that hope is in my own heart, when I start believing without doubting the God who created me and called me to life. This verse reminds me that He created me beautiful, and He loves me so much that all my imperfections are nothing to Him. He sees no flaws in me. This is our God, Emmanuel.
This love that God showers upon me (us) is affirmed through the verse in today's gospel reading:
This verse encouraged me to continue believing in His promises even when I seem to be walking in darkness at this moment. I shall trust in the Lord who saves me and loves me. May you be encouraged by the verses too!
~ Song of Solomon 3:7 ~
For the past ten days I was struggling in the desert, wandering around hoping to see hope but eventually realised that hope is in my own heart, when I start believing without doubting the God who created me and called me to life. This verse reminds me that He created me beautiful, and He loves me so much that all my imperfections are nothing to Him. He sees no flaws in me. This is our God, Emmanuel.
This love that God showers upon me (us) is affirmed through the verse in today's gospel reading:
"And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord."
~ Luke 1:45 ~
~ Luke 1:45 ~
This verse encouraged me to continue believing in His promises even when I seem to be walking in darkness at this moment. I shall trust in the Lord who saves me and loves me. May you be encouraged by the verses too!
Ghost Hunt Anime
It is always once or twice a year, since I saved this set of anime in my HDD, that I would watch Ghost Hunt. There's always a sense of freshness of the anime, no matter how many times I watched it before this. My favourite characters are of course Naru-chan and Mai. Kinda cute.
I slowly discover that I enjoy action pack movies and suspence thrillers more often than not. The movie genre that comes second would be romance comedies. I love sci-fi movies too. The recent movie, Avatar, I would give a 5/5 if were to ask for recommendation. It is definitely a must-watch movie of the year 2009.
Alright, time to get ready for mass. Have fun! God bless!
Alright, time to get ready for mass. Have fun! God bless!
Sunday, 20 December 2009
Doraemon and the Time Machine
I'm doing some reading online when I suddenly remember Doraemon and time machine, as in the real Doraemon story. I never really knew the origin of the cartoon which has accompanied me for years during childhood and adolescent years. I guess it's never too late to find out about him...
All the information is courtesy of Wikipedia - Doraemon First Appearance.
-------------
I guess I'd prefer not to mention my friend as Doraemon again after knowing more of the ending of Doraemon. Hahaha! ^_______^
Idiomatic translation to English:
(From right to left)
Nobita: Whoa!
Doraemon: It's me…did I surprise you?
Nobita: Wh…wh…who are you? Where did you come from? Why did you…? H…h…how did you…?
Doraemon: Don't ask so many questions at once! But that's all right. I've come to save you from a horrible fate.
All the information is courtesy of Wikipedia - Doraemon First Appearance.
-------------
I guess I'd prefer not to mention my friend as Doraemon again after knowing more of the ending of Doraemon. Hahaha! ^_______^
Chris Tomlin - Emmanuel (Hallowed Manger Ground)
I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all my blog readers a Blessed and Wonderful Christmas! May the birth of Jesus be a brand new start of our journey on earth and a renewal of our hearts. Let us get prepared for the coming of our Messiah as we approach Christmas Day. Let us make this decision to invite Jesus into our hearts once again on Christmas. Let it be a time of joyful praises and worship to our God, the Saviour and King of our hearts!
Friday, 18 December 2009
First Sisters CG Gathering
I'm happy to announce that last night was our very first gathering for Sisters CG! Long ago, somewhere in 2007, after lengthy discussion, the brothers decided to embark on a journey with the starting of brothers-only CG and now they are thriving! Also at the same time, the brothers had urged us, the sisters, to form relationship via a CG for sisters only, but it never materialize. After much prayers and promptings, it was finally time for the sisters to follow the example of our brothers who are journeying together in Promise Keepers, the CG for brothers only.
So far we have no name yet for this cell group - maybe in future when the time comes. Now that we had the first meetup, we must continue on with the second and so on. What's more important is to create a place safe to share, mutual support among one another - emotionally, physically and spiritually, and to work towards our goal of being a godly woman.
Last night we had fun making Christmas cards for one another. What I observed was everyone IS special and creative in her own ways. Oh my, you girls should see what's being produced - lovely, absolutely lovely Christmas cards! And I had a lot of fun, knowing that God is anointing us all through this fun ice breaking session. I pray that our post Christmas/New Year gathering will be blessed by the presence of more sisters.
For those who couldn't make it, our reflection for the weeks to come is from: Sirach 26:1-18, Proverbs 31:10-31, Colossians 3. We'll be looking at the characteristics of godly women in the next session.
God bless and Merry Christmas!
P/S: Sorry for the long silence, dear blog readers, I had been away on a vacation while attending wedding of my dear ex-housemates in Sarawak. Just got back a couple of days ago. I shall write more as Christmas draws near.
Pax et bonum...
So far we have no name yet for this cell group - maybe in future when the time comes. Now that we had the first meetup, we must continue on with the second and so on. What's more important is to create a place safe to share, mutual support among one another - emotionally, physically and spiritually, and to work towards our goal of being a godly woman.
Last night we had fun making Christmas cards for one another. What I observed was everyone IS special and creative in her own ways. Oh my, you girls should see what's being produced - lovely, absolutely lovely Christmas cards! And I had a lot of fun, knowing that God is anointing us all through this fun ice breaking session. I pray that our post Christmas/New Year gathering will be blessed by the presence of more sisters.
For those who couldn't make it, our reflection for the weeks to come is from: Sirach 26:1-18, Proverbs 31:10-31, Colossians 3. We'll be looking at the characteristics of godly women in the next session.
God bless and Merry Christmas!
P/S: Sorry for the long silence, dear blog readers, I had been away on a vacation while attending wedding of my dear ex-housemates in Sarawak. Just got back a couple of days ago. I shall write more as Christmas draws near.
Pax et bonum...
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Endangered Species in Sabah
I was doing some online reading that I found out that these are the endangered wildlife species in Sabah:
We need to play a role in conserving these for our future generation! If not they wouldn't know how these species look like. Maybe they will be categorized in the same group as the dinosaurs... Sad!! Do check out the sites for further info!
We need to play a role in conserving these for our future generation! If not they wouldn't know how these species look like. Maybe they will be categorized in the same group as the dinosaurs... Sad!! Do check out the sites for further info!
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)