Thursday, November 26, 2009
1:24 AM
FAITH.The fields were parched and brown from lack of rain, and the crop lay wilting from thirst. People were anxious and irritable as they searched the sky for any sign of relief. Days turned into arid weeks. No rain came.
The ministers of the local churches called for an hour of prayer on the town square the following Saturday. They requested that everyone bring an object of faith for inspiration.
At high noon the appointed Saturday the townspeople turned out en masse, filling the square with anxious faces and hopeful hearts. The ministers were touched to see the variety of objects clutched in prayerful hands - holy books, crosses, etc.
When the hour ended, as if on magical command, a soft rain began to fall. Cheers swept the crowd as they held their treasured objects high in gratitude and praise. From the middle of the crowd, one faith symbol seemed to over-shadow all the others: A small nine-year-old child has brought an umbrella.
-Laverne W. Hall.this is tuesday's daily devotion that made me speechless. I dont think i have faith like that... not just believing that it will happen, but knowing that it will.
I think its so amazing how God always tells me before you do.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
9:58 PM
wheee~~ this week is such a busy week.... theres something on everyday and i feel kinda tired... ESPECIALLY TODAY!
today, i went cycling at ECP with my pri sch friends, samsim and yunwei! oh! i havent seen them for such a long time, and they still look the same la... they are like my best friends in pri sch. LOL!! anyway, we went cycling in the afternoon, when the sun was shinning mercilessly on me. we cycled from the macdonalds there all the way to changi... i think we cycled for at least 25km. my goodness!! but my friends covered more distances than me... zzz
anyway, we were cycling and chatting.. theres so many things to talk about.. and also to update each other. but! the merciless sun made me really giddy... and started to feel very very uncomfortable... like going to black out any moment.. SO, i got off my bike and sat on the floor. and i did that several times.. when i feel better than i cycle again.. den i sit on the floor again.. den i cycle.. and sit on the floor. LOL! i was sitting on the floor, beside the road.. HAHA! alot of cars drove past and the drivers kept looking at me.. so, to stop embarrassing myself, i decided to get up. i finally gave up and rest.. while the others continued cycling all the way to the end... its a straight road ok! (beside the road is the airport)

cant even see the ending right? so depressing.

and so, i rested here and waited for them to come back.
and i think that was an extremely smart choice. they came back feeling sooo exhausted and told me that theres nothing there... yunwei complained that i lied abt feeling unwell and cheated them. HAHAHAH! so funny! anyway, i told them cycle to changi is just to see the aeroplane and not to cycle all the way to the end. Because i was waiting for them, i managed to see so many planes take off and land. so interesting... never hear the sound of taking off from outside before.
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wheee! so cycling back was quite alright for me.. because i rested for 30mins! HAHAHA! i really needed that break ok.. i was praying "God, i cannot take it anymore.. please give me the strength to cycle back, if not i need to pay extra for the rental of bike." wheee! and i did feel better. on the way back, yunwei was so tired she wanted to cry... she kept saying "ARE WE REACHING SOON?" for at least 10 times. the funniest thing is when samsim said 'MY BUTT VERY PAIN! do u think it will 破皮?" HAHAHAHAAH!! she said it in a very funny tone! ya, u cycle too long the butt very pain. everyone's butt was hurting badly... so we treated ourselves to icecream and aircon after that..
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so basically, they really made me laugh alot today. i havent laugh like that for a very long time already. on the bus back to bedok, the bus was very silent... and samsim suddenly broke the silence...
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samsim: "你们以后会生孩子吗?"
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(the lady who sat beside her gave a very weird face!)
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yunwei: 哪里有人在bus 问这种问题的? (laughing madly)
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HAHHAHAA!! they just make u laugh! so great to see them today! im feeling happy! althought i am extremely tired and i still feel kinda unwell.. it was so fun! wheeee~~ but, no more cycling.... not now i guess. heee! we're going to yunwei's hse to play next week. izint that exciting? LOL!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
9:51 PM
ahhh! i want to swim... but its raining........
i was supposed to swim with trix yesterday after watching a movie at her house.. bt because its raining... we watched 2... oh yeah.. her house has a room specially to watch movies and sing karaoke. and it is carpeted and its dark! so its a very very good place to watch movies.. nice comfy sofas and furry friends to hug... just that its kinda messy so i helped to pack up the place... so anyway, we watched Twilight and big momma's house 2. twilight is kinda lame. big momma's house 2 is so much nicer! so basically, i spent my entire day at trix's house. and i box-ed zacc's HUGE tummy before leaving... HAHAHAHA!!
my parents came home from Bali when i went home... they went on a honeymoon together... HAHAHA! tt day they called and asked me "can u hear the krak krak krak? there are toads everywhere.." so funny!! they went to those rural areas and went to padi fields... they bought kueh lapis home too. its so delicious! i think thats the best thing they brought home already. FOOD! HAHA!
anyway, last saturday, i invited bella and suen for service... and i found out from suen that the solemnizer for her parents' wedding is pastor khong. her parents used to attend FCBC. i think its so amazing that now suen is attending the church her parents used to attend. i find it so interesting.... and i feel that God is doing something in her family :D and bella met her pri school friend that she didnt noe! LOL! oh anyway, they enjoyed themselves.. and i was worried that they will find the sermon boring. after service, we went to KFC to eat supper and chat...
i think sometimes we are not aware of how powerful words are....
Friday, November 13, 2009
11:59 PM
O levels are over.... nt very excited... cus i think its going to be rather boring. well, last night i dreamt that i still had other papers to take, like SPA.... lol!
anyway, today was an extremely tiring day! visited Janice & family together with guin, meiling, suen and shuwen! and we had lots of fun! Janice is one of the patients i visited at NUH at the beginning of the year.
so first thing, we went to take MRT all the way to BEDOK! and ate there and bought some fruits before taking a bus to Janice's big house. We played "GUESS WHO?" first.. and it was fun... HA! and it was especially funny when we kept getting the character 'DAVID' or 'CLAIRE' , and we'll be very sian. and because i teamed with janice and guin, we are the winners! WAAHHHAA!
den i think we played snap and it was disgusting so we played cheat! Janice didnt noe how to play and didnt seem interested to play.. she wanted to go out to play but it was raining... anyway, meiling is lousy at cheating. everytime she cheats, she give a very funny face and will start laughing... and shuwen always accuse us of cheating when we didnt.. so she ended up with the most cards. but its so fun! :D
the rain then stopped and we went to the garden to play.. the weather was so weird... when we go out, the rain starts.. den when we go back into the house, the rain stops. so we just waited outside... so anyway, we decided to play monkey in the end... although i felt like a little kid, its kinda fun! janice and fiona enjoyed themselves too. den we played volleyball and because it hit fiona a little, we decided to use an extremely soft ball which wasnt fun... so we played badminton in the end... Janice wanted to play bt she didnt noe how to play, so i had to teach her.. and i was SOOOO TIRED! because i have to keep picking up the shuttlecocks! anyway! play monkey i also have to keep picking up the ball for her. i was extremely exhausted after that and i felt like going home to sleep... HAHA!
after that, we went back to their room and played for awhile.. and den we went to cut birthday cake... and sang birthday song for Janice and she was so happy... den we went to sing karaoke-michael jackson's concert and HUAN ZHU GE GE! HAHAHA! the first song "你是风儿,我是沙" sounds so drama and funny! after that, we left and went on separate ways... bt i went to drink starbucks with shuwen first before going to Vivo for open cell...
well, Fiona and Janice are very happy today... thankyou shuwen, suen, guin and bella for taking time out! so glad to make somebody happy today.. better than eating buffet rite bella?

The dudes pretending to fly?


suen and the big tree

teaching Janice how to play badminton

shuwen is locked outside


failed jump shot

bella and fiona

bella acting like a pro! wow!

playing cards

a little garden with lots of different plants and flowers

GUESS WHO?

the birthday girl!


what a happy day! :D
Saturday, October 24, 2009
11:59 PM
Feeling stressed lately?
i was feeling very stressed last week and early this week.. but im feeling much better, (when the exams are nearing) how strange? HAHA!
Psalm 94:17-19Unless the Lord had given me help, i would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.When i said "My foot is slipping," your love, O LORD, supported me.When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.this is my encouragement.. God is so amazing.
i was thinking about O levels that day... like what happens when i get the results on January and it doesnt turn out well... i was thinking "is my results everything? is it very important?" does the results determine my life? or is it God? the way i live my life now is like.. i have to work for it. if i dont study hard, im going to be dead because i am in control of my life... i think i really need constant reminder that God is the one who is in control of my life. Because there are so many uncertainties if i think that i am in control of everything.
Just imagine.. you are an extremely intelligent person and have the potential to get 6 A1s. However, the test papers got mixed up and your results turned out horrible, and your life is screwed because of that little mistake.
oh well, i just pray that on the day i get back my results, whatever it is, i will be able to smile happily and thank God for it. God is probably going to break me... AH! am i ready for it?
To somebody:
I pray that God will reveal his love to you and you will be alive again.........
Friday, October 09, 2009
11:59 PM
its graduation day!
woke up feeling very excited! because its the last day of school..., and theres open cell... its the supposed to be last time we're meeting, but things didnt turn out very well. we had to stop halfway during open cell because we had to go back to the class. i felt so cheated by God and i was feeling quite upset... but.....
after that it was graduation ceremony and i enjoyed myself. i enjoyed myself most when mr wong was singing. OH!! hes fantastic, but its very funny at the same time. thats because his voice doesnt really match his body, and i was laughing all the way until my mind went blank and my tummy was painful.. but when the graduation ceremony was over, i felt so weird... like just so WEIRD.
i was thinking abt leaving school, and i was feeling rather sad. not sad because im going to leave my lovely friends, (because i noe im nt leaving them), but im sad because i feel that i havent finished what God has called me to do. it feels so half completed.... and i feel terrible.. and together with the open cell as well as being mentally tired due to all the school work, i feel even more terrible....
and thats why i went to cell feeling rather upset... during worship, dunlin and anthony came to pray for me. I felt much better after that... and dunlin read to me a verse, Hebrews 6:10 "
God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you helped his people and continue to help them."
Indeed, God remembers every little thing i do for him...
Friday, October 02, 2009
10:58 PM
i pon school today!! i woke up at 7.30am and went for a swim. the water was freezing cold.. but it woke me up.
today is a sad day... even though it should be a happy day that its self-declared holiday... in the evening, my sister told me that my aunt had passed away in the morning. i am not very close to her. infact, the last time i saw her was a few years ago. anyway, i was so shocked and at first i didnt believe my sister.
i think i am more scared than sad. few days ago my parents were still taking abt her.. and few days later, she passed away. i really dont know what to say man... its so scary. its like.. you really never know when you will die... and here i am, taking my life for granted... like as if i can live for another 70 years...
i remember that when i was young, my mum always tell me "claudia, mummy cannot be with you forever you know." dont understand why my mum will tell me that when i was young lor. but still, i cannot imagine one day without my parents.....
and now my whole body feels so weird.....
and please pray for me.. im going crazy soon... (this is not related to the above post)
oh yes.....
thank God for my prelims! its not too bad, but not good at all. i think i can do much better than that. but still, thank God. when i told my sis my results, she went like "HUH!?" , because she thinks its too horrible. HAHA! doesnt matter...
and i seriously need a MIRACLE! to pass my O level higher chinese. JUST LET ME PASS! i dont care what grade it is.