Run with me! *wink*

I love running!

In fact, it is a joy for me to jog around my neighbourhood, after work...whenever I am free...whenever I feel like it! Hahaha...lol *bleah*

Shape Run registration finally opens today! The day I have been waiting for all this while...

Last year I didn't manage to sign up for it as it was fully signed up for just within weeks! Hahaha...now you know our ladies do love to jog ya? *wink* ;)

This year I am aiming to join quite a few runs. And up to now, I have already signed up for 3 runs and there are 2 more runs that I am just waiting for their early bird registration. My final goal for 2008 is to join in the half marathon (21km) for the Standard Chartered Run. I have missed last year's due to my CFA exam and I am not going to let it go this year for sure. Well...at least I am exam-free this time alright? =p Hehehe...lol

I am just as excited about the run as with the increase number of my friends joining in...especially the girls in my cell group! Hahaha...cheers to my running khakis Daynia, Esther and to both Xinyi(s)! =) Hahaha...hope to see more of the girls (+ the brothers ya?) joining in...heehee...so what are you guys waiting for? =p

If anyone of you are interested to join me and my friends to run, feel free to let me know ya or help yourself to register for the events. Here are the runs that I am or planning to join:

1) Passion Run [for both men & women]

Date: 8 June 2008

Venue: East Coast Park, E2 (Angsana Green)

Category: 5km / 10km [I am joining for the 5km run as I am too late for the 10km registration...oh wells... =S]

Registration: Closed

Website: http://www.singaporepassionrun.com/

2) Shape Run [women only...the men don't get it! *bleah* =p]

Date: 20 July 2008

Venue: The Padang, St Andrew Road

Category: 5km / 10km [I am running for 10km!]

Registration: Starting on 26 Apr...which is today! :o :D :p

Website: http://www.shape.com.sg/

3) Singapore Bay Run (formerly know as Shears Bridge Run) & Army Half Marathon [singaporean guys shd be more familiar with this run...]

Date: 24 August 2008

Venue: Esplanade Drive, The Padang

Category: 6km / 10km / 21km [Join me for 10km again ya? =p]

Registration: Early bird (up till 30 Apr), Normal (1 May - 30 Jun), Final (1 Jul - 31 Jul)

Website: http://www.safra.sg/singapore_bay_run.aspx?pageid=1433

4) Great Eastern Women Run [the title says it all...hehe...lol]

Date: 26 October 2008

Category: 10km

Registration: Not open yet

Website: http://www.women10k.com/

5) Standard Chartered Run [the biggest run of the year as always!]

Date: somewhere in Dec

Category: 10km / 21km / 45km

Registration: Not open yet

Website: http://www.singaporemarathon.com/

If anyone wants to challenge themselves, there is actually another...I would say more crazy run coming up...at NIGHT...the Adidas Sundown Run! Its category is certainly not meant for the fainted hearts...hahaha...sound familiar? =p

Details are as below if you want to join...but sorry this one I am not joining you...paiseh... =)

Adidas Sundown Run [join only if you are THAT passionate about it...]

Date: 31 May 2008 (2000h or 2359h)

Venue: Changi Point

Category: 42km / 84km

Registration: Ends on 30 Apr 2008

Website: http://www.sundownmarathon.com/

So are you keen to join me? =))

Getting attached to...? =)

As reflected in everyone's birthday wishes so far, most of our visions truly flow with pastor's vision this year -- to get attached! Jason prayed for a wife, Weng prayed for a wedding before 30, Caifen wants a man in her life...and Tina a husband! =D

Even from our two cell groups, more and more people are getting attached these days: Huiling, Beng Chuan, Ren Jie & Teresa, Andy Shi, Terence & Lynn, Edward (getting married!)....so who will get attached next? =p

Hahaha...honestly I feel really shy about relationship thingy and everytime I will choose to walk away or ignore it whenever someone likes me or being rumoured to someone else...haha why me?!

Maybe I should feel honoured instead for being rumoured with someone else coz it kinda makes me feel attractive! =p BUT just don't do it too many times coz I really feel shy about it and, whether it is a rumour or not, I will want to keep a distance away from that person. And if he is a good friend of mine, I hope I won't naturally keep that distance from him also...which I start to feel myself putting a distance away from him now...

Honestly, I don't think I am rejecting anyone. I am pretty opened and truly look forward to meet the man God has planned in my life. IF eventually God points me to anyone (or even to someone I least expected), I will certainly accept him with joy in my heart for I know my heavenly father will give me nothing more but the BEST man he can find for me...amen? Hahaha...lol

Maybe right now the time has not come yet...or maybe whoever he is has not appeared and revealed his role in my life yet...hahaha...well who can tell what God has planned for us unless God decide to reveal it in our lives ya? =)

In fact, I am very looking forward to see how God wants me to meet him!

Maybe God will smile at our sillyness and shyness when we find each other.

Maybe God would probably laugh at our craziness of plucking off the flower petals counting "he loves me...he loves me not...".

Maybe God will whisper to our ears and assure us saying: "You are not dreaming. He is the man you asked from me and so here he is."

Maybe God will give us a push from behind and say "Go and tell her you love her....she is waiting to hear that!"

Or maybe God is just simply waiting with his arms wide open, waiting for not just me alone but with my partner then, to come running towards him to hug him and give thanks to him for our reunion together! =D

I don't know who he will be but I know God will come and answer my prayer one day. And in the meantime, I will want to improve myself to be the better woman God wants me to be. That is my cry for God right now...

Thank God for I have signed up for my second ministry yesterday -- First Hand. It is a group under M.S. Care in which we will do visitations to the HIV positive patients. Something I desire to do for some time and I really wish to see myself to be a blessing to them. There will be training for 5-7 weeks to equip us with the safety precautions when we come into contact with them. After all, it would be wiser for us to know how to protect ourselves too as AIDS is a disease that is still not incurable.

I am believing in God for a breakthrough in the science and technology to find a cure for AIDS.
I am believing in miracles and healing to these patients.
I am believing for myself to grow closer to Him each time I come and serve Him.

In fact, I am so surprised and delighted that my mum did not reject me for signing up in this ministry. She used to worry about me a lot whenever I come to join anything that would be deemed dangerous. And to be close to AIDS patients would have been one huge worry to her. Yet, not only did she not reject me, she actually supported me on my decision to sign up for the ministry...praise God! =D She believes it will be something meaningful to do for others and the less fortunate. If there is anything she will be worried about, it will be the emotional impact on me for taking care of them. Coz after all they will leave us sooner or later some day and they may not even look normal towards the ending of their lives......well I believe I can overcome that sadness... =)

Alright I will come to learn and grow more when my ministry starts...yeah...heehee... =p

This year is going to make a big change in my life too because I have finally signed up for a MISSION TRIP end of the year...yippee!!! =D It will last from 8-11 Dec to Skudai, somewhere in Malaysia. =p It is a desire for me to go out and experience serving in other places in God's work. I can't wait for it to come...woohoo!

At first I wanted to go for a Taipei camp but I couldn't raise enough fund in time. Indonesia is out of the question since my mum already disallow me to go. So thank God there is still Malaysia and China mission trip! Hahaha...lol

Oops I simple talk non-stop this time...hahaha...yes so anyone want to go with me? *wink* =)

End off with a passage I learn from the book The Power of Simple Prayer by Joyce Meyer:

"If God always wanted our prayers to be long and drawn out, I really believe He would have put only long, drawn-out prayers throughout the Bible. He always gives us examples, and so many of the examples of prayer in the Scripture are short and concise. The enemy is the one who tells us we need to pray for hours, and then makes us feel guilty when we don't. It is fine with God for us to pray using only a few words and for it not to take any longer than absolutely necessary. When Jesus taught about prayer during the Sermon on the Mount, He said, 'And when you pray, do not heap up phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their much speaking' (Matthew 6:7)....

Just one word spoken to Him in faith from a sincere heart can reach His heart and move His hand."

Thinking With Excellence

Thinking With Excellence

by Pastor Tan Ye Ping

2 Peter 1:5-7

"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love."

7 Stages of Spiritual Development

1. Virtue
2. Knowledge
3. Self-Control
4. Perseverance
5. Godliness
6. Brotherly Kindness
7. Love

Virtue in Greek (Gk. Arete) means excellence.

What is EXCELLENCE?

Definition: Excellence is to exceed a given standard that is ordinary, average, terrible or unworthy.

#1: Excellence is to be superior in quality.

• Have a purpose in our hearts to produce quality work
• Never to compromise
• The call of God is always a call to excellence and never a call to mediocracy
• When you compromise disorder, disorder invites MORE disorders!

Song of Solomon 2:15

"Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes."

#2: Excellence is to obtain greater in quantity.

• John 15:16 says:

"You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you."

• Be willing to pay the price for success

Psalms 126:5-6 says:

"Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him."

A) Demand on your HEART

Proverbs 4:23 says:

"Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life."

• Having a large emotional reservoir keeps you going by overcoming the disappointments in life
• Overcomers are people with excellent attitude and positive thinking

Life is full of dirt shoveling on you, and the key is to shake off the dirt and learn to step on it and pull yourself higher to the next level.

B) Demand on your TIME

• Time management is equivalent to events management

C) Demand on your MONEY

• If God can give you vision, he will give you provision

Luke 16:11 says:

"Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?"

• Don't just live for the present, but for the future!

#3: Excellence is to transcend your job description.

Matthew 5:41

"If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles."

• 1st mile is the call of duty
• 2nd mile is to go beyond the call of duty
• Love only begins after the demands of duty have been met.

Romans 13:8

"Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law."

#4: Excellence is to outdo yourself each time.

• Customer satisfaction => Exceeds expectations

Ephesians 6:5-8

"Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free."

• Setting high expectation -- Professionalism
• Going for perfectionism -- Extreminism

10 words to think with excellence

1. "Liberty" instead of "Laws". [Galatians 5:13-16]


2. "Service" instead of "Systems". [Matthew 20:25-28]


3. "Spirit-centred" instead of "Self-centred". [ Zechariah 4:6]


4. "Love" instead of "Legalism".


5. "Faith" instead of "Fear". [2 Timothy 1:6-7]


6. "Concern" instead of "Control".


7. "Devotion" instead of "Duty". [Exodus 17:2]


8. "Giving" instead of "Getting". [2 Corinthians 9:6-7]


9. "Example" instead of "Explanation". [John 13:13-15]


10. "Breakthrough" instead of "Bondage". [eg. Jesus turned water into wine]

I prayed for my friend today after I realised how much her life had been changed. I wished there were more things I could do for her.

Go girl for I know you can make it through your trials... :)

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; Everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.

Lunch-ing @ Raffles City

Perhaps listen to a lunchtime concert? :)

Oh wells I am just happen to pass by and watch this band rehearsing for their nighttime event...lucky me ya? :P

A sneak preview for you guys...they played and sing well didn't they?KTV session @ Lucky Chinatown K-ster

I am not a big fan of KTV but I would not reject any invitation to sing too. We are most surprised that this KTV session is actually initiated by Jason who don't go there at all...but it turns out to be so so SO much FUN!!! Hahaha...lolSinging is certainly a way to relieve the stress from all the work...woohoo! :D

This is certainly a night to remember...with Mr Jason as the star of the night!

Thanks for such a wonderful time...you rocks brother...hahaha...lol

Post-Birthday celebration with Dingzhi @ Aston Katong

Their steak tastes great and the price is absolutely worth it!

(Picture: Prime Ribeye for S$12.90...very affordable for a quality steak like this!)You shouldn't miss out their soup too! :PIt is amazing that we have known each other for more than 10 years now...so old! :P

Thanks for being such a nice senior and friend through all these years...and of course this wonderful dinner and time spent at Coffee Club too! :))

Our muddy mud pie @ Coffee Club! *yummy* :D

I can't wait for your birthday celebration manz...hehehe...lol *wink*

Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous. ~ Albert Einstein

Saturday night @ TCC Milenia Walk

From left to right: Me, Chau, Xue Fang, Flo, and Bao.

Cozy cafe, cuddly cushions, cute couples...& costly coffee? =p
From left to right: Joe (Esther's bf), Andy, Dominque (Xinyi's bro's friend), Chris, Xinyi, Esther, Daynia, and Dennis

It is always wonderful to spend time with great friends around. If you asked me which day I love the best through my week, I will not hesitate to reply you: "It's Saturday!" Why?

Besides it is a day without having to go to work (well...that's not entirely true for me for these few weeks...), it is the day to go for service and to hear pastor's message for us from the Word of God! I am enjoying every bits of the sermon because they truly impact our lives and change it for the better if you use it and apply it. It feels good when you know you have found your meaning to the things you do, not for yourself but for something or someone even much great than you. I agree with Albert Einstein with what he once said: "A life lived for others is a life lived worthwhile." Do you agree? =)

Another great thing to happen on a Saturday night is to hang out with my church friends and to go out together for a dinner, and just fellowship around, sharing what had happened over the week, what we planned to do, and maybe just what's going on around us. It is the little chit-chats that help me to wonder outside my own realm of stressful thoughts about work, about relationships, and go out to take a peek at other's people lives, rejoicing about the good news that had happened to them, learning to feel and empathized for what is not appearing to be as great for the moment, or simply cracking up at some lame jokes and just laze around. Friends are Godsend angels...I have no doubt about that...hahaha...lol *smile*

My favourite quote from The Leap Years:

"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."

Albert Einstein is really one of the smartest guy ever to be seen on the earth. =)

My birthday celebrations! =D

For those whose birthdays are coming or having headaches of where or how to celebrate your special day, here's some successful ideas that might be able to help you...because I am speaking from my own experience ha! =))

So get ready and here it goes... =p

#1: Customised dinner is always the BEST!

This is my pre-birthday dinner...all cooked by myself! Heehee...lol

3 reasons to eat out:

#1: You can get lazy and need not have to wash up after cooking.

#2: Restaurants often provides you your dream settings for a meal.

#3: You can give yourself the excuse to spend on food (Note: the common words used are often "to pamper" or "to give yourself a treat").

Since everyone is talking about fairness and equality these days, here's the contradictory:

3 reasons to dine in:

#1: You have the overall control of the whole meal - the food, ambience, entertainment etc.

#2: You can get the best at home with the same amount of money you spend outside.

#3: You would not have to feel guilty for putting on that extra pound on your body.

#2: Counting down to your special day with your best friend by taking a walk around your neighbourhood together.

Birthday countdown with Yingz @ Punggol

Thank you so much dear for being there for me in the midst of your crazy busy schedule! =D

#3: Go for the lunch promotions. Bonus if they even offer birthday promotions!Birthday lunch treat on my account with Yan Fang @ Swensen FunanWe manage to catch the Executive Lunch promotion which comes with free soup, desserts and drinks for any main course or pasta ordered. Moreover since it is my special day, I got myself a free Firehouse ice-cream sudae...hooray! =D

It is more blessed to give than to receive...cheers to my ice-cream muahaha....lol

#4: Dinner with a good friend at a great restaurant with recommendations (and birthday promotions too!)that both of you have never been to .Birthday dinner with Tina @ Hog's Breath Steakhouse Cafe Vivocity

Thank you dear for the wonderful dinner treat & time we shared! =))The place is uniquely designed to look like a countryside or beach-like steakhouse...love it!

I always believe in one fact about marketing: 99% of the good restaurants will give discounts or treats on the birthdays. The only thing is they will not show it on their menu unless you ask about it. So I asked and guess what they offer -- the chocolate mud cake!

I am so happy about it because I was just telling Tina I want to order that for dessert, but considering its price and the serving size, I have no choice but to give it a miss. So when I heard it was the cafe's birthday treat to the birthday stars, I am simply dumbfounded! Woohoo! =D

Glad we are smart enough to order just one main course to share...their serving size is HUGE!My chocolate mud cake!

#5: Birthday joy and blessings in the presence of God.

My birthday celebration after our cgm @ Isaac's shopThe traditional birthday celebration procedures:

1) Singing of birthday songs;

2) Making birthday wish and blowing the candle;

3) Cutting of the birthday cake.

For a non-christian celebration, the birthday celebration normally stops here. But for birthday celebrations, what I like the best is what follows:

4) Sharing of your birthday wish and what you hope to see in your new year;

5) Being prayed for by your members and leaders for what you have just shared for God's blessing to come upon you.

This year's birthday wish:

1) To be wiser and more alert in my workplace.

2) For God's direction to where or what I should do after my contract has ended...coz sometimes too many ideas can be distracting and I wish to start preparing myself for it now.

3) For more financial blessings upon my family. :)

My birthday gift from the cell -- a pair of Haviannah slippers! =)

This is actually my 4th pair of Haviannah slippers and in fact the 2nd one blessed by others...guess you can tell how much I really love them manz...hehe...lol

#6: Treat your good friends to a nice meal together...it actually makes you feel even better! =DDinner treat @ Sakae Sushi Wheelock PlaceMy favourite mayonnaise scallops! *drool*The cheesy japanese pan-friend chicken...taste not bad too manz...lol

I love cars and it is so great to see the display of this Audi R8 along the Orchard Road!

Thank God for the wonderful birthday this year! =D

What makes you feel worse: to hate someone? Or to hate yourself for hating someone?

No title as I cannot think of anything else better to describe this feeling right now.

Why does she have to keep pushing me while I hardly can go on anymore?
Why when I try to make the effort to reconcile she has to pour cold water all over again?
Why she has to stress me to insanity and totally forgets what had just happened within minutes while I had to suffer that bitterness from her?
Can't the two of us just talk things over without her slamming the phone whenever she finish what she says or I was talking things out?
I can hardly breathe anymore!

I hate this feeling.
I know I am falling into the trap of hating her.
I don't want to hate.
The anger keeps burning in me and I know I am hating her.
Yet...I hate myself even more for hating her.

O God, pls forgive me and fill me with peace in my heart....and so I pray to you...

Tina's Birthday! =)

Happy Birthday girl! *hugz* =DThe birthday cake bought by Tina's brother...so sweet! :PThe birthday girl! Tina and her brother & his familyThanks you dear for sharing your birthday cake with me...we are truly the March babies! Muahahaha.....lol

Alright just to sign off with -- "I AM NEXT!" Hahaha...lol *faint*

Thanks Tina for inviting me to celebrate her birthday with her at her brother's house...he stays only a few blocks away from me! Her brother cooks really wonderful dishes and we had such a blessed lunch at his house! :DD

I haven't feel like that for so long, like spending time at home with my parents is such a rare thing when they are always not around. Seeing how blissful her brother's family is like makes me want to have a family which serves God so much too. It will be such a wonderful thing to share the message, talk about church and God with one another, teaching your kids about the bible stories...so loving... :))

Tina's nephew even play his violin for Tina upon her birthday request! He is now a grade 4 violinist and he plays well...such a soothing melody to the souls...

Thank God for my wonderful sister Tina...you are always the best gal! *hugz* :)

Good Friday, Great Week! =)

Chilling out @ The LoofBirthday girl of the week -- Miss Tina Ong! =pTina's Birthday Celebration! Night out @ Holland Village with the guysIt's getting harder to meet up with everyone now...treasure this time... :)

Highlight of the night -- TIRAMISU!!!

Hahaha thanks Joe for the recommendation...love the dessert, love the place, love the time spent chatting our dreams again...oh wells... =p

Good Friday and Easter has come and gone. This year I couldn't serve in the easter production because of my work commitments and the company policy that I cannot take leave during this period of time. Cannot help but feeling a little disappointed initially as I want to learn to be in the crew. Oh well, there are still plenty of chances to come aren't they? =)

This year easter my cell group alone has 30 friends attending the service with us just for the past 3 days and a few of them responded to the altar call...Praise the Lord! =D Nothing beats the joy of seeing people going forth to the stage to give their hearts to Jesus and ask him for forgiveness for their sins. Though none of my friends is available to come, I am glad that I could help with other new friends brought here as there are just so many of them. Flo and I were both taking care of the new friends in jw and expo respectively. Certainly God will never let us work alone without the helps of others around...lol

Yet this afternoon I still have to go back to office to work as the report need to be out on Monday morning. How I wish I could fellowship with the rest a while longer...... :/

Endless Love

From the very begining, the girl's family objected strongly on her dating this guy. Saying that it has got to do with family background, and that the girl will have to suffer for the rest of her life if she were to be with him.

Due to family's pressure, the couple quarrel very often. Though the girl love the guy deeply, but she always ask him: "How deep is your love for me?"

As the guy is not good with his words, this often cause the girl to be very upset. With that and the family's pressure, the girl often vent her anger on him. As for him, he only endure it in silence. After a couple of years, the guy finally graduated and decided to further his studies overseas. Before leaving, he proposed to the girl: "I'm not very good with words. But all I know is that I love you. If you allow me, I will take care of you for the rest of my life. As for your family, I'll try my best to talk them round. Will you marry me?"

The girl agreed, and with the guy's determination, the family finally gave in and agreed to let them get married. So before he leave, they got engaged.

The girl went out to the working society, whereas the guy was overseas, continuing his studies. They sent their love through emails and phone calls. Though it's hard, but both never thought of giving up.

One day, while the girl was on her way to work, she was knocked down by a car that lost control. When she woke up, she saw her parents beside her bed. She realised that she was badly injured. Seeing her mum crying, she wanted to comfort her. But she realized that all that could come out of her mouth was just a sigh. She has lost her voice......

The doctors says that the impact on her brain has caused her to lose her voice. Listening to her parents' comfort, but with nothing coming out from her, she broke down. During the stay in hospital, besides silence cry,.....it's still just silence cry that companied her.

Upon reaching home, everything seems to be the same. Except for the ringing tone of the phone.Which pierced into her heart everytime it rang. She does not wish to let the guy know. And not wanting to be a burden to him, she wrote a letter to him saying that she does not wish to wait any longer.

With that, she sent the ring back to him. In return, the guy sent millions and millions of reply, and countless of phonecalls,.. all the girl could do, besides crying, is still crying.... The parents decided to move away, hoping that she could eventually forget everything and be happy.

With a new environment, the girl learn sign language and started a new life. Telling herself everyday that she must forget the guy. One day, her friend came and told her that he's back. She asked her friend not to let him know what happened to her. Since then, there wasn't anymore news of him.

A year has passed and her friend came with an envelope, containing an invitation card for the guy's wedding. The girl was shattered. When she open the letter, she saw her name in it instead.

When she was about to ask her friend what's going on, she saw the guy standing in front of her.

He used sign language telling her "I've spent a year's time to learn sign language. Just to let you know that I've not forgotten our promise. Let me have the chance to be your voice. I Love You.

With that, he slipped the ring back into her finger. The girl finally smiled.

A Night To Remember :)

Grilled Salmon Steak!

Seah Street Deli is an american food restaurant right inside Raffles Hotel. Love the place with its retro design...pretty similar to that of Billy Bomber...lol

I guess just to be able to dine at Raffles Hotel is a luxury experience, and enjoying a sumptuous tasty dinner like this is such a wonderful thing. Not to mention the coziness of the place and the friendliness of the staff...what a dining experience indeed...

But what I enjoy most is still the time spent together...

THANK YOU so much for your treat!!! :)

What's next?

Work is still the same with me on another client's job now near ang mo kio area. I will probably just stay here for another month plus...and probably audit for ang mo kio town council after that...which means I am gonna stuck here for good! :o Oh well it should be good coz I don't stay too far from where I work...hehe...lol

Sometimes when with my colleagues, we would just talk on what to do when our contract has ended. After all, there are several staffs left recently and there are even more and more new staffs coming to our office week after week. Some of us just can't wait to leave the company, some wanna go to study or work else where...and some just want to have that long holiday. For me, I am still in planning...

Plan #1: Go abroad to study
Main problem: Study where and study what? Is it really useful for my future?

There are many courses I am considering to take up but the important issue here is WHAT really helps me. What do I want to be besides being an auditor? Should I go deeper into what I am doing now and study on something to do with accountancy to be an accounting manager, accounting principal, or even a partner one day? Should I learn something similar like finance and continue with my CFA exams or have a degree in B&F? Or should I just take up something totally different yet I like though...but not of much use on my work...or even very hard to find a job on? Like art lessons or psychology which I have never touched before? Gosh there are just so so many questions!!!

I didn't plan without thinking twice though. I have done some work and research here, asking around friends and colleagues and seek for some advice. Currently, Joe and Vincent introduce me to go for INSEAD as the school offers a campus life both in Singapore and France and US. (Read it up yourself here: http://www.insead.edu/home/) Their MBA course is highly recognised by the MNCs and big firms. I really like it though but the expected fees and expenses are like figures I used to see in my audit -- simply beyong my affordability. And if I were to take on a loan, could I make it to pay up within a feasible period of time? This is really bothering me sometimes...but I can never stop to upgrade myself ya? :)

Plan #2: Go start a business...full-time
Main problem: Is it sustainable and profitable? How long should I plan for it?

My business plan with Yingz to sell bags is still in the progress. This month we gave up our stall again because I cannot make it as it falls on the easter weekend. I choose to help out in the drama production as they really need helpers...even much more than that in Xmas. Besides, Yingz want to study for her exam too. So we are applying for another stall next month towards the end of April...hope we will get it! :)

The trip back in China during CNY is not as fruitful as I thought. Most of the cost prices have risen up over a short time and there is a chance it will rise again. So I need to find another source if I were to make it profitable. Or even to sell something else...but what? Work has been busy for me these days so I have not had the time yet to manage online selling. I will do it probably end of this month. I really wish to turn this into something that can last. Krystyle and Sharon had made it...I wish to see mine someday too...jiayou! lol

Plan #3: Work overseas for 1 or 2 years...either a new company or secondment
Main problem: I will miss my family and my friends here...

The nearest place to work at will definitely be Australia. And I know they need accountants and auditors. They pay good salaries and they have great welfares. But...will I get use to staying there? I know I will certainly miss my friends here...sigh...I don't if I could be still as strong over there. But whatever it is, if there is a chance and if God wants me to do it too, I know I will go.

Another alternative is to ask for a secondment from my boss. This means I will need to be contracted back to my firm again. This is good because there is a high chance there will be promotion too upon return. Moreover, accomodation and other miscellaneous will be taken care of by the company...probably there is some allowance or grant given too. There are just less things to worry about for secondment. Do I have the capacity to get that nod from my boss?

"Dream a little dream with me... :)"

Wishes

Radhika has left our firm before I could even go back office to say goodbye to her.

The sweetie has left with us a small gift she made herself, and memories of the time we spent for our CPA games training together... :))
Villa Bali! :DD

This place rocks!!! If only I have the car I will drive here much more frequently...hehe...lol

I have never done this before but it would be fun to put it up here...so guys here it goes:

Birthday Wishlist

#1. Backpack for my laptop and personal things so that I can carry them to work -- comfort is just as important as dressing up too...

#2. A dress! -- something I can wear to weddings, dinners or just to work!

#3. Audio sermon -- any kind that is good to recommend to me...I quite enjoy listening to it when I am at work so far... :)

#4. Espirit bath towel -- they just look so comforting to me...heehee...

#5. Books like "Man are from Mars, Woman from Venus", "Pride & Prejudice" (movie cover) or any other books that are highly recommended. -- I need more wisdom ya? *bleah*

#6. Crabtree & Evelyn -- oh yes to enhance my crappiness...muahahaha...lol

#7. More shoes perhaps? -- How about a 4th pair of havaianas slippers? I will never get sick of them anyway... :D

#8. Eat Holland V fish head bee hoon, bak kwa and sushi! -- did I say I am on diet this month? :P

#9. Travel guides to NZ, Taiwan, Vietnam, Grand Canyon -- just reminding myself to go to the NLB again soon here...hahaha...lol

#10. Dinner with my friends on the special day -- just hope I don't have OT that day too...so anyone? :)

Birthdays don't seem to get me that excited anymore compared to the past...is this a sign of aging? It is still important to me though for this is the special day that God has put me on earth. Just that all those celebrations, excitement of the arriving of that day seems to have buried together with the increasing workload and stress and the busy schedules of the adult livelihood...is this good...or is this bad?

When that day is near, sometimes you would just start to think about the past too. Out of the gifts I have received in the past, I guess my most special gift is a teddy bear with a bumble bee on its nose. Hahaha...well honestly it wasn't the best gift of all, not exactly pretty too with that bumble bee on...but that's just make it even more special right...ha... :P

And birthday prayer? Perhaps a boyfriend? :P Hahaha...oh well not really looking for it now but I am opened up to it! :D So maybe I should consider joining the next TTT session...hahaha...lol

After all, I am pretty clear of my feelings now too. Just bumping around I guess... :)

Love is really something unique. It will change you when you are in it, waiting for it and fell out of it. The fact is that you can choose to love many. Or, you can choose to love just one alone. And the most important thing is that loving him does not mean to have him...especially if in the first place he doesn't feel the same way back.

Maybe you are just waiting for someone to sweep your feet off the ground. Maybe you just can't let go of your past. But whatever it is, if you love, keep him in your daily prayers. Not to pray that you guys can be together which would be a really selfish thought...but to pray for the one you love. Pray for him for his spiritual growth, studies, health and everything else...for this should be the way to love someone because when you come before God in faith, he will answer your prayer and you will share the joy of the person who will be blessed too. Doesn't really matter if he loves you back or not for love should be unconditional...when you can do it, you will realise you would no long feel jealous, envy or anxious but simply at peace...

God is not interested in changing your circumstances...he is interested in changing you... :)

Weekend service with F.I.R.!!! =D

F.I.R. had come over the weekend to attend my church weekend services...woohoo! :DD I manage to film a small part of their performance, as well as their very own testimony of how they come to know Christ and their changes after being a Christians. Oh manz this is all so powerful!

Yet due to the limited memory space on my card and some technical problems experienced with uploading the video clips here, this is just a small part of the whole process though...hope you guys enjoy it! :)

F.I.R. Guest Performance @ Saturday service!

F.I.R. Testimony - Part 1

F.I.R. Testimony - Part 2

Watching FIR performing live in front on the stage is really great. And to hear testimony given by them on how they came to know Christ is even so so much better! :D Truly, hearing testimony from someone with authority, popularity, or simply someone you know is so much more stronger than to hear it from a total stranger.

I believe for a celebrity like FIR to stand in the stage and share like any other christians will not seem to be a easy thing. I mean, the more popular you are, the more prejudice you could be exposed to. It feels really comforting and encouraged to see them on the stage like that. And to see the crowd responding to the altar call...wow... :))

SERVANTHOOD

by Rev Kong Hee

John 13:3

"Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God."

1. You got to know your power -- WHAT God has given you.
2. Your position -- WHO you are in Christ.
3. Your purpose -- WHERE you are going.

John 13:4-5

"So Jesus got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him."

• Jesus Christ becomes the servant of all.
• It's the lowest service job to wash the feet of the weary travellers.
• The fact that Jesus had to do this himself is because none of the disciples are willing to take up this job at that time (to wash one another's feet).
• God is not against greatness -- God wants us to achieve greatness by serving one another.
• At the end of the day, is God going to praise you for the title you gain or for what you have done, your willingness to serve others?
• Servanthood is Jesus' way of showing his love.

3 Things On Servanthood

#1: Servanthood is the key to PROMOTION.

Philippians 2:5-7

"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men."

• Servanthood is to do with attitude.
• "Bondservant" refers to a slave.

Philippians 2:9-11, 12-15

• God gives you the ability/gift you have to let you shine in the world.
• Joseph turns from a slave to become the chief of staff.
• [Daniel] has ability to serve in the king's palace. (Daniel 1:1-4)

**Do you have the ability to serve?**

#2: Servanthood is the key to AUTHORITY.

Luke 9:16-17, 19

"Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. So they all ate and were filled, and twelve baskets of the leftover fragments were taken up by them."

• Later on, God called them good servants and gave them not just city, but cities to take charge of!
• Dr Janto, who started serving in church as an usher for over 10 years, is an associate professor of Harvard Medical School, as well as a physician to ministers and generals, and even Suharto!
• Our member Dr Francis Seow put aside his own duties and went to help out at the tsunamis crisis in 2004 for 3 months long, even though at that time he just started his own practice at the Mt Elizabeth Hospital.
• At the tsunamis crisis in 2004, there are about 30 doctors and over 37 nurses and hospital staff took unpaid leave to help out in Indonesia.

#3: Servanthood is the key to DESTINY.

Genesis 24:18-20

"So she said, “Drink, my lord.” Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand, and gave him a drink. And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels."

• Just for the information, 1 camel drinks up close to 53 pails of 20-litres of water.
• To draw water from the old well, you will need to climb up and down 50 steps each way with your pail.
• Rebekah help this total stranger to fetch him water...and even for ALL of his camels!

Genesis 24:22, 53

"(verse 22) So it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold,...(verse 53) Then the servant brought out jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother."

• Rebekah was richly rewarded for her great servanthood.
• She has also been chosen as the bribe to Isaac, the son of Abraham, because of her willingness to serve Abraham's servant and even to his camels.

**You got to know how to serve God --

Do you give a thirsty man water or bread?**