Do the Math.

"One moment with God can change your Destiny" This was what Pastor Lim spoke over the pulpit last night. Not something that he was intentionally preaching about but was more like a passing statement as he was emphasising on the importance to wait in His presence. But it hit me really strongly last night cos I need to wait in His presence. I need to be clearer of what I am going to do next. Last night was good cos we took time to wait in worship, no one laid hands on me but the Holy Spirit did. I had a renewed mind.

Chanced upon Do the Math? while reading one of girl's blog. I think its an apt reminder.

I Wanna Draw Close.

This is Prince Chia Ee at 3 months. Such a cutsie right? Wah its just 3 months and he has grown so much...

Today, I had such a tiring day at school and not to mention I had a bad start cos I felt that I was a little unfairly treated. Anyway the time spent with this little Sugar Rock just made my day. :) At the end of the hour, my shirt has Chia Ee's smell - milk, vomit, saliva..? Na... Shampoo. Erm... I think. ha anyway whatever it is, it smells good! I was cuddling him for so long and we were of such close proximity that he left his smell on me. Before it sounds too scandalous, let me share with you the lesson learnt as I carried his smell with me to church. I guess when we are that close to God, we would likewise rub a little of Him and carry His fragrance everywhere we go. :) I wanna draw closer...

Suhui with Prince Chia Ee.

Suhui and 2 Babies! Haa...

Anyone wanna buy a picture?

One of my CMs drew these. I think he/she is super talented.
When I saw it, my head went "this is Professional man!"

Picture 1.
Picture 2.
These are hands-drawn mind you!!! So proud of you CM. (Haa... cos I promised not to reveal) But you guys can guess. Hehe...

Join me in Prayers.

This saturday (30th Sept) evening, I would be bringing my parents for this evangelistic event at St Andrews Cathedral. Hence please be in much prayers with me. I really thank God that both just agreed to go without much persuasion. :) Even my dad!!!! GOSH! Can't really believe it but YES! He is going. :)

Will bring back good reports. *Wink*

Kena Scolded!

When was the last time you were being scolded for something wrong that you did? When you were a kid or say very much when you were a teenager righto? I kena scolded today! At my age, kena scolding is just sooooo very embarassing and especially when its done in front of my colleagues and a group of my children, its just very humbling. *pouts*

I made a mistake today and my colleague just blurted her unhappiness in a very curt manner. I understood why she would have reacted that way cos i was really in the wrong - I took her exam scripts by mistake.GOSH right?! *sigh* I guess I was too tired. I felt really bad to have caused her to panic and I guess prior to knowing that I was the 'culprit' who took her stack of exam papers, she could be near to tears. No joke, cos she is a rather uptight person. I apologised and of course I felt a little hurt by what she said cos it didn't sound very soothing actually.

Came home and decided to tell Pa pa about it. Not to whine but to just let him know how things are for me in school. There was a long silence after I said that during dinner and Papa broke the silence with these words, "她很凶的骂你阿?" Then he looked at me with that *sayang-ing* eyes. Then, I felt so much better. Suddenly, I felt so protected again. I mean who says adults dun have to feel protected right? I thank God for my dad - man of few words when it comes to all the mushy dushy but he showed us how much he really love the family through his actions. I think he is beginning to show it through words now. :)

Then I was reminded of this incident when I was in my primary school days and there was this bully in my school who hit me on my head with a book. I mean its just a book on my head and why do I have to kick up such a din right? Kid being kid, I went home, cried, WAILED and complained exaggeratingly about how painful it was. The next thing, Papa held my hand, marched into school and asked to see that boy. The discipline master slapped the bully in front of me and made him apologised to me. Wah! Then I felt like I was a queen la! Haa.

What a day to survive through but I am glad, it brought me fond memories about my dad's love for me.

One.

In life,
we often have more than one
we like spares
we don't mind extras
we stock up
we think about "just in case.."
we take time to consider "rainy days how?"
we like choices
we like varieties

How about just having ONE?

Horsey A Capella

Came across this while checking out some online resources. Horsey A Capella Click on the horses and play around with the sounds. Johann, you can have fun. :)

Papa

Sundays used to be the most packed day of the week but today is just exceptional. I just realised the beauty of waking up late on Sunday morning. 8am. wah hahahah SHIOK! Waking up at 8am is just so luxurious, however whats better than that? Its breakfast with Pa pa. Pa pa always like to eat breakfast on Sunday mornings but there are just so few which I could commit to due to cell commitments and all but today I told my leaders I am going to be late for 10 mins cos I really wanna have breakfast with him. I enjoyed paying for his breakfast and hearing him talk about his fish which he just bought from the market. Funny conversation, yes. But thats something which he enjoys talking about so I enjoy listening. :)

I love to see Papa smile cos from the wrinkles on his face I saw the years of hard work, pain and hurts he went through to provide us with the best. I guess one of the very reasons why I feel so secure is because Papa never let me feel that I am any less priviledged than my friends since I was a kid. I grew up with the understanding that Papa can do everything and anything. I don't have to be afraid of anything because Papa will protect me. Though not really in the case of dogs, but with Papa around, somehow I am not as scared. :)

Yesterday I chose to praise my dad. I mean I have been praising hundred and one children in school and people whom I know for like countless times and whats wrong with praising Papa? Papa is really smart! He fixed the flush! I was so impressed. I said, " 爸爸，你真聪明！“ He embarrasingly replied with a, "nahh...这样有什么聪明？" and smiled while eating his dinner. I felt happy seeing Papa so happy. When was the last time you praised your dad? ;)

Be Thou My Vision.

Be Thou My Vision

1. Be Thou my vision,
O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me,
save that Thou art
Thou my best thought,
by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping,
Thy presence my light.

2. Be Thou my wisdom,
and Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee and
Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father,
and I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling,
and I with Thee one.

3. Riches I heed not,
nor man's empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance,
now and always:
Thou and Thou only,
first in my heart,
High king of heaven,
my treasure Thou art.

4. High king of heaven,
my victory won,
May I reach heaven's joys,
O bright heaven's sun!
Heart of my own heart,
whatever befall,
Still be my vision,
O ruler of all.

Rain.

Rain

Was chatting with Daniel awhile ago and he recommended this site to me. It really ministered to me as I watched it. Unknowingly tears just welled up. I am thankful that Daddy God is holding me and loving me so dearly... anyone needs to hear that too? When 'rain' comes down on you... Daddy will bring us safely home.

*click on the title of the post and it will bring you to www.nooma.com

Pray for Us.

From tmr til wed, I would be bringing mummy dearest to Malacca. This event is organised by the church chinese minstry and it is meant to be evangelistic. Hence I would like to covet your prayers for the following:

1. Mummy

• That she will have a great time, feel relaxed and be happy during the entire trip.
• Encounter God's awesome presence each time we gather to sing or share testimonies.
  
• Have the faith to accept the Lord as the invitation will be given on tuesday night.
  
• Able to concentrate during the sharing and that she would not get aggitated easily.
  
• Encounter God.

2. Me.

• Pray that it will be a time of retreat for me as well.
• Good bonding time with mummy.
• Be a blessing to the aunties, uncles, por pors and ah gongs who will be there.
  

Thank you and see you soon. :)

Happy Birthday Shaoming.

Yesterday was Shaoming's birthday and I truly felt privileged to be 1 of the 4 people whom he invited for his party. It was a small but heartwarming occasion as I saw this boy having his fun and being so loved by the people who were at the party. My heart smiles as I saw how small Justin (Justin Wong) played along with the water balloon bomb game!! Being more elderly, I gave it a miss. Haaa Through it all I saw love. :) Agape love.

Justin: Just want to say that I am so proud of you each time I see you love Shaoming the way you would love yourself. I saw the love of God. It was very heartwarming watching you play with him and showing love not just in terms of words, actions but also in the giving of your time and with discipline. It has been a great learning journey for you I suppose and am sure you have learnt great amount of things from your time spent with him. ;)

The little girl is Kailing, Shaoming's cousin. She is only primary 3 but very mature. Throughout the night, she was like his P.A. everything that shaoming needs he just shouts, "kailing.. come, Kailing here... Kailing where is the ...." :) Hilarious when u see them communicate.

We took this before teh D24 durian cake. Tell me about how delicious it is!!! haaaa

This was when he refused to smile. Herm! But all it takes is a little tickle and...

we had this awkward pic. Finally I couldn't take it myself...

I laughed with him.... laughing is really contagious.

After much battling... a more decent one. Happy Birthday Shaoming. :)

Teachers' Day II

Thank you for all your affirmations and love on this special day. I would truly appreciate loads of prayer as I minister to my children in this unique ministry call - Teaching. It takes more than human effort to change a life and to impact one for a lifetime and for eternity. It takes God. :) Caught up with my ex-pupils from Lakeside Pri. Hey sweeties, thanks for initiating the meet up. It was fun catching up with you girls and hearing all your 'LOL' jokes. ;) Here's all the photos we took:
Together with the girls, in my fav fast food outlet---> KFC. ARGH! But I was jus too full for any chicken...We all looked squashed!

So here's a 2nd one. WAH! How can i ever look so gorgeous!? :)


My darling Jiamin (the girl in pink) looked terribly bored cos we take so many of the same pics. Haa... poor thing.

Alright this is getting a little sianz... how come we are still at the same place with almost similar pose? Ha... Cos the girls are taking turns to take pics so that they could be in the picture.

Alright the FINAL ONE! :) I think this pic is so nice. :)

Teachers' Day I

Our Deepest Fear

by Marianne Williamson from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Watched Akeela and the Bee with JIE JIE On Teachers' day. GUess what?! That was the first time we ever catch a movie together. Surprised. Anyway this poem was taken from the movie and I just think that it is truly a teacher's heartbeat to help our pupils discover their potential and our job is to provide platforms for them to take flight and soar; to help them see that they are meant to shine and not settle for any thing lesser than that.

'...We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us...' Who are we really? Nothin but dust but HE chose to work through us. The God of this Universe can simply snap His fingers and get things done for Him in spilt seconds but He chose to be in partnership with us. Partners? With GOD? The Almighty? Mind-blowing! He chose to use us in ministries; to let us be that vessel to shine forth His glory. Such priviledge.