Wednesday, January 30, 2008

rmb it for life.

k shall cut my whole ytd happenings before we met up for movie real short.
i managed to do a few projects and my some of my project mates finally "responded" and start to do some project work and they did really great jobs! thank God for them!=) and there was another project that i need to hand in by this week and i also managed to complete most of it. praise God! i may not need to chiong like crazy AGAIN haha! i've been doing that for 3 weeks including this weeks and past 2 weeks. praise God that i get to take it more easily for this very last week!(i have around 2 to 3 more presentations tho, if i dun rmb it wrongly its not very tedious haha. thank God!)

thank God i made it in time for the movie tho i had to stay back in school to do project and in fact i managed to eat dinner with the rest of the group=) yiqin had a china friend with him to join us for the movie. oh we are watching cloverfield for the day. movie had some good parts but a REALLY REALLY lousy ending. some of my friends in the cg even tried to boycott the movie by shouting or saying to ppl randomly. "don't watch cloverfield" while we were on our way to the toilet after the movie lol.

we went to the arcade, i was really tired as the day before i fell aslp while trying to decide on what to do for certain things before my laptop and woke up at 5am+ and slept back. probably din get a gd slp haha. some of us played and some of us jus simply watched. towards the end of it, me and yiqin decided to play RF5(rock fever 5) haha. interesting lol, that certainly perked me up.

after that yiqin and joseph went to follow up on our new brother in Christ! and so only me, newell and the china friend(k he's called gaoteng) left to hang around somewhere partly cos we din wan to go home yet. so we walked around and went passed tm's e-zone(arcade again!) and went to sit in one of these spoiled house of the dead machines. i wanted to jus slack and talk, at the same time know and help to connect gaoteng even more. we talked abit and i decided to show them some of the pictures and videos that our caregroup have taken in the past or recently.


(here comes the part of the day which i really felt that i have lived the most stupidly and felt the really stupid. literally, and im serious.)
there was this middle-aged late 20s to early 30s guy that slowly approached us. the 3 of us thought he wanted smth from us, like trying to see if the machine is working and so we looked at him and asked if he wanted something. and he started to ask if we wanted a fight cos he thinks we were staring at him. and so we explained to him the situation that we wasnt and even said alot of sorries although we werent at fault at all. and he started to keep asking why(fyi: he is not crazy.) and each time sort of more irritated, and to what i see he is like some gangster that is trying to pick on us. and i thought for a moment that he may be aiming my laptop since i was using it to show the pictures and videos.

so i was thinking of hw to get rid of him nicely, so that no one would be harmed in any way at all. then he insisted for us to go outside of tm and "settle the matter" with him. and after awhile i agreed, saying that if only he would let gaoteng go first with me and newell left to talk to him. he promised nt to harm us too so i guess it was ok. he jus said to go down first. upon reaching the ground floor i suggested to talk at mac since it was a public place and he wudnt dare to do anything. but he jus kept walking the other side telling us that there is too many people there. and on the way out i told gaoteng tt i will try to hlp him get out and he will find yiqin and at the same time bring my laptop away.(by this point of time, i was determined to hold onto my laptop no matter what happens as well. for e.g. he trys to snatch it away, i realli was prepared to fight for it haha..) hwever no matter hw mani excuses i tried to make, he jus said it would be only a small talk.

he says that there is a few ways to settle the "problem"
and he asked if we want to have some "backing", i think i was realli quite daring in a sense haha cos i actualli told him that we are not interested, in a nice way tho.
and he gave us a few options
1st: Fight 1 on 1 with him
2nd: Call people down and fight.

i looked at him and told him that these two options would be impossible as well since we would obviously lose out and we dont belong to any gang or of any sort. i told him in the nicest way i could think of, of course haha.

then he called us to let him see our ICs and i was like "shucks, i dunno if i brought my IC along with me." but in any case i would have said i dun have it with me because i noe that he wanted the IC because it shows our addresses at the back. and so i offered him the ez links instead, he took it and took our ICs down saying that he could track where we live from that.(i noe its not possible because i've studied or heard smth bout this before. unless they are police or frm the authorities.) and he told us to sit down somewhere jus a few steps away to talk. and so i asked him if there was any other choice out of it.
he gave us two other choices:
1st: Open a table for him and his "friends"(gang or some sort) to drink and we would pay the bills
2nd: we pay him an "angbao" of $369.

and i looked at him again and told him it is not possible for us to get the money at all. he asked hw much we have on us and HAHA praise God! i just used the money to bless my caregroup members while we bought tidbits for the movies and so i didnt have much money left and i wasnt a single bit worried bout him checking my wallet HAH! i wud rather give to my caregroup members a thousand times over than to give him. think he was disappointed as well haha because we were "poor" haha. and so i somehow bargained with him, and the price dropped til $120. and he said we can give it to him slowly but we had to let him keep our handphones with him as a "garantee" that we would give him the $120.

alot of things happened and then he left with gaoteng's handphone and newell's handphone and returned mine. mainly because mine was jus a basic phone haha! and so i decided to get gaoteng home first and to get newell to my house before we discuss on what to do next. but gaoteng didnt want and in the end we decided on joseph's house. called him and i purposely made us took bus 34 to my house's bus stop then we walk to joseph's house so that if anyone was even following us they wudnt be able to follow us. went to joseph hse and discussed it with yiqin and joseph on what to do.


yiqin asked me a few questions like, "why didnt we call for help even tho we were in a public place" and questions as such as he didnt understand my actions and was curious. and as he asked, i agreed to what could have been done and that the possibility of the guy jus trying to con of us the phone was alot higher. but however, i felt more and more stupid as yiqin asked. i felt worser and worser tho that was not his intention. and the only answer that i could think of that makes the most sense is that, i do not how to handle the situation well though we were calm throughout everything and so i told him that i needed other things else that would help me more on my current situation other than things that would make me feel worse.

we went to the police post and made a report on what happened. and along the way i think yiqin tried to explain that he was jus trying to bring across what could be done if there was even a next time. i noe what he meant, but that jus brought me down even more. i felt even more stupid as time goes by at the thought of why i didnt think of doing the things that he mentioned. by the time we reached the police post, i managed to get myself up on my feet and stopped blaming myself. we waited a long time before it was our turn to make the report and the few things that the police asked was the same or similar to what yiqin has asked, like why didnt we ask for help or call 999 even tho it was 3 of us and there was only 1 of him and that it was even in the public. i was already ok with that being said and was able to accept it much better. thank God!=) everything finished really late and alot of people that stayed around the area ended up coming down as well.

dennis loh, gwen, winstar. i was really glad and assured that i am indeed in the family of God=) that the family of God is indeed a place for us to find support and strength other than God Himself. thank God for you guys, every single pat on my shoulder really helped to strengthen and encourage me=)


after all these serious stuffs, some "jokes" for u all to enjoy.
-me and newell actually tried to counsel that guy because he said he felt bad due to certain things that has happened.
-me and newell heard frm him that wat happened was that he lost his wallet with lots of money inside and had no money to go home. and we offered him solutions like making police reports etc and offered to give him some money to go home!

i really cant believe we did that hahahaha! it was really practically loving our ENEMY LOL!!!

and at the same time i was telling gwen that somehow God really blessed us tho it was such a weird happening. as gaoteng was certainly alot more connected to us throughout all those happenings, he is from bedok green sec, the school we are pioneering AND he already believes in Jesus, just that he is not commited to any churches. his mum is a Christian as well. WOAH=) God really is able to bless us in all circumstance yeah?=)


but as i walked back home, the more i felt bad as i felt that i caused their phones to get stolen. tho yiqin did tell me not to condemn my own and that i did do well in being calm and in leading them. at first before we reached joseph's hse, i did feel that i still did smth right in the midst of the screw up. but i was no longer convinced because i felt that yes, i was leading them. but i caused their handphones to be stolen. and so i struggled with that the whole night and i knew that God is trying to help me learn something from it. but i didnt noe what it was.

and i slept at 3am, set my alarm at 6.35am so that i can wake up and meet my sheep for breakfast! i was realli excited and everything but when i woke up. i saw 8am on my handphone. i realli was upset and at the same time loss on what to do, because i know my sheep hates lateness not to mention that i wasnt even able der! i realli asked God on what to do. sms-ed and explain my situation. Sorry again for nt being able to be der!(if you happen to be reading this.) that it was not i did not want to be der, but i did not even hear my alarm ring! i think my body was realli quite tired out due to lack of good slp recently. praise God that He refreshed me!

not going to mention my today's happening. but one thing that i've finally come to realise and see what God was trying to help me learn today. Was that i dun tink that ytd i've led them with God's wisdom, but more on like what i think could be done. they put their trust in me leading them as well. and yes, i feel stupid still on how i handled the situation, but its no long self-condemnation but by God's grace freed from it=)

what God showed me was, this would be how i would lead God's people if im not going to lead them with God's wisdom. the stupid way of leading people, the way of the world. and one of how the greatest leader Jesus in the world came to be was that although He Himself is God, He still relied on God. and now i realli understand the importance of how leaders of God should stay real close and rely on God.

Definition of leader: its not just about the number, one may lead. As long as you have certain influence over a person's life, you are a leader already.

So this goes out not only to the CLs or whatever Ls there is. but also to ANYONE who has certain influence over someone's life.





God really thank You for opening my eyes to this! Indeed. when the tough comes, the tough just have to get tougher. its either you make it or you break it. yesterday night til today night was a whole period of struggling. i realli went down to the one of the lowest point of my life and came up anew, now reaching another peak of my spiritual life! Thank You also for being the peace within our hearts when we were facing the situation, i definitely would not have been able to be calm withut You=) praise You God. Forever and ever. J'aime Dieu. i will remember this for life.

Labels: God has nothing less than the best for us in His plan.

aloy; 11:31 PM

need You more

quite tired to blog about the whole day, but i have really gone through the highs and not-so-high with God the whole day. really interesting events that happened. somehow my life is really filled with weird events that don't normally happen to people haha. God really has unique plans for us. shall share more about today, tmr. God has really shown me alot of things today, especially in the night=)

i really need God more and more in my life. help me.. to reallly become the person You have called me to be in Christ.

bye.

Labels: nothing less than needing God more

aloy; 2:12 AM

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

God is moving!

i started my morning quite hurriedly, not forgetting to trust God for a bus to get me to school on time. =x

and as far as i remembered from last week, i heard my CMSK(communication and skills) teacher said there was a presentation today. but i had no clear idea on what we had to present on HAHA! hey but i tried my best asking around my classmates and none of those i asked knew as well=_= and so i packed the formal clothes into my bag( dun realli like to wear formal clothes hahaha =P i rather take the trouble of bringing extra clothes lol) and i went off to the bus stop. and as i was sitting down the time was already 11am! (my class is at 11am=x but there is 15mins grace) and while i waited for the bus i realised that i didnt bring my black shoes!

it was realli dumb lol. i brought everything except the shoe presentation and so i was like "God.. how?" haha. a few choices came into mind and the best was! to lend shoes frm my classmates to wear HAHAHA! i got to school on time=) praise God! what was more amazing is that, that lab is actually just revision lab! so i wasnt late for anything haha nor did i miss anything! thank God!

and when i went for CMSK, the teacher said that the presentation is actually around 2 weeks from now haha! praise God! and we presented smth else today which is really impromptu, thank God for blessing me with the ideas haha. think i was able to present not badly. =)

and while chionging projects etc, i actually forgot that i had 1 more project to do until i attended my DBIS lab haha! but thank God my work was according to the schedule so i was able to cope with it! yay! i dun nid to chiong like crazy for 1 subject at least=D

had harvestors' meet after school. i think we are realli a crazy bunch of guys LOL! realli play like siao. however when it comes to praying and the word of God, we have our share of seriousness as well. God really spoke great time to us during the sermon on "Group Intervention", its mainly on different kind of unity. one chapter in the bible that really struck me most on how much unity could do is, Genesis 11. its about the tower of babel, can check it out if you want. The extent of how much people could achieve if they are really united is really crazy. but coupled with involving God in it, i really cant see how project 777 or CG08 cannot be completed if we are united in spirit, mind and soul! (this is not going to be easy tho. but with God nth is impossible!=D)

think God is really moving big time everywhere haha. 34 by end march! definitely coming to pass! 20, 27, 34. we are already reaching our goal of 20! i totally have no idea hw God brought us this far and hw God will bring us to 20 for end jan. God You are realli realli super amazing haha! thank You in advance!

unity in spirit, mind and soul within our group + doing things with God = nothing is impossible!

aloy; 12:23 AM

Sunday, January 27, 2008

CRAZYYYY!

haha i went to just look at my old blog starting from the very first post. my old blog is realli dumb ! argh! like a jokebook. argh!

things i noticed before i received Christ:
-saturdays were ALWAYS sian... .... ... in my posts
-almost 5 days out of a week is SIAN!!
-my life was really meaningless LOL! seriously! my posts dun even last more than 5 lines i think. and that is basically my whole DAY! compare it to my current posts HAHA!
-i am someone that thinks quite negatively about situations
-i definitely went through tough situations on my own(since i dunno God yet, i wasnt able to choose to go thru it with God)
-SOMEONE THAT PLAYS TOO MUCH COMPUTER GAMES!!! my schedule of a normal school day is : 7am - 2pm (sleep in school) 2pm to 6am next morning(play computer, meals and everything is done facing my computer!)
-i have already known that there is a God somewhere and i even prayed to "God" at that moment of time not knowing who God really is.
-i am quite insecure!
-i was never able to overcome struggles.(serious trouble in trying to kick the habit of playing computer games tho i know i need to and i try my best to.)


things i have noticed after i received Christ:
-Saturdays were no longer SIAN! but fun and exciting!
-7 days out of a week is nothing but fun and excitement! tho the word "sian" still comes once a in green moon.
-i think about situations alot more positively!
-my posts are alot more longer filled with so much more fun in serving God!=)
-i no longer go thru tough situations on my own but rather every tough situation with God!=)
-my schedule of a whole day of playing computer games can even be lesser than 2 hrs! sometimes i dun even play games at all!
-i was able to overcome so much more struggles! insecurity, playing computer games, impatience. AND SO MUCH MORE!! and of course this couldnt have been possible with God
-I had hope in my life. I had a purpose in my life, and most importantly, i really LIVED!



these are not even half of what God has changed me in. NOT EVEN HALF!!!
GOD! You have really been really really good to me.


if you really want to see how God can change lives with His love, you should really take a look at my old blog. i dun tink i wanna make it public yet haha so ask me for access to it. PS: you don't need to do it on the tagboard haha! u can jus msn me or sms me.

I AM A CHILD OF GOD! A FRIEND OF JESUS! and i pray i will never be ashamed to speak of God's goodness ever.

not even thanking You a million times could ever be enough, i will offer You my life instead. thank You Jesus, greatest friend ever. And for this i will bear Your cross for You and those around me and live a life worthy of bearing Your cross.-Your child and friend, Barnabas Aloysius.

aloy; 3:30 AM

Saturday, January 26, 2008

salt and light

random stuffs:
i saw denise's blog about reaching the 100th post and i went to check mine, including my old blog that i limited access to the public(the old and unholy aloy, can ask me for access haha if u want) i have 474 posts! WOAH! haha

i saw yingjie's blog and... I MISS THE DAYS OF LISTENING TO SERMON TAPES IN CHURCH OFFICE!! ahh! just 1 more month+ of school.... and i will be able to live in a wonderland like that. at least for 1 month and 3 weeks.

i saw on mobile tv. japan has a really cool new invention! to remove the smell from the feets and also from their shoes or boots. it is really super cool! ahh!



alot of things is happening for past few weeks and more things are going to happen in the next few weeks. and im starting to feel abit drained and tired, and i was wondering to myself why? just now. simply, my focus wasnt right again! the way i was using my time wasnt right as well! AH UNFRUITFULNESS GET OUT! i really need to plan my time! ok, i will do it on sunday! this cant carry on, i feel super unfruitful and hindered in growing in God more!

i dropped by pei qing's blog, and i saw her post on the o level's period.
somehw this verse:
1 cor 3:16-17
16Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? 17If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.

it portrayed to me as a reminder of how much God loves us. so muchhhhh that He made us the temple of God! we must have been really precious to God so much that He made us not only the temple of His! but also a very strict warning that we harm this body that God has placed so MUCH value on! this normally would seem as a very serious verse, which it is. but at that moment it was to me more like the way God is saying it is like, "oiiii, don't you dare to harm your own body k? because I created it, and both you and your body are really important to me. I love you."

was reminded once again of the extent of God's love towards us.=)


and i was talking to one of my friends on msn. and as i talked i realised the importance of a salt and light life that a Christ-follower should lead. every single action we do, good or bad. it will determine the reputation of not just other Christ-followers but most importantly of God's as well. i dun tink i've led exactly the best salt and light life i could have ever lead. chionging projects last minute.. not doing very well for exams.. not going for lectures or tutorials sometimes. but i remember in one of my older posts, i had something like this written down. a new start is available wherever God is available! so today im going to claim by grace and mercy that new start God has promised me! a life that is more salty and shiny!

thank You very very much Jesus! =)

[a child never gets tired of being around their parents, but every single moment is enjoyable! -this is the life i want to have. to enjoy every single moment of being with God!=)]

aloy; 12:04 AM

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

i've survived and im alive!

yeah! haha sry din post ytd about what happened after my last words. i was realli tired haha at the end of the whole day.

when i finished posting at arnd 2am+ i decided to really sleep cos i realli cant get any ideas or anything out of my mind. so i slept at 3am and decided jus to slp for arnd 2hrs and wake up at 5am to complete my projects.

realli thank God! cos i think i snoozed my phone alarm at 5am and normally i would just sleep all the way(which my classmate did! the difference between having God and not having God! wahaha!). God woke me up at 6am instead! i felt really refreshed afterall and worked on my project, tho i was quite panicky i noe God is with me so i did things steadily and managed to complete most of the work for one of the project and around 1/3 of the project for the other. really thank God for helping me to focus on my project.

And so i went to school at arnd 10am, as i went to school i really prayed to God that my friends wun be discouraging haha! that wud the last thing i wud ever need or shud i say i dun nid it a single bit at all haha! and also i was really kinda stressed because as i thought of the day ending i was filled with so much relief haha! cos no matter what i would have already survived and gone through with everything that i need to do!

and so i reached my school.. i saw only one classmate of mine sitting at the concourse and so i approached him, thank God! when i sat with him no discouragements! he asked me bout hw my project and presentation is and directed me to the rest of the class chionging. i felt really comforted and less stressed around him haha. and as i go down to the lab my class is in, they werent the normal "AH! GG!(good game which also means game over for me)". tho they were not encouraging me as well but we were kinda like going thru the same stuffs so it was quite comforting as i was not chionging alone!(tho i noe God is with me but it adds on to the comfort of my heart)

and time came, we had to go for presentation. i accompanied my friend's to a few places and was abit late! but i thank God that i was at the same time able to provide support to my classmates or rather my friends! and when we went into the lecture theatre, weird and funnily as i think back i was no longer nervous or panicky anymore! and thank God that how people is going to go up and present one by one is by volunteering and not by register number! COS IM NUMBER 2! PHEW!! haha! and i was able to prepare for my presentation frm scratch at that point of time! praise God! i prepared quite sufficiently before it was my turn to present. i encouraged some of my friends and at the same time, i think its really in us that when we see things that are wrong we have a desire to change it! cos as the 1st classmate went up to present and came back there wasnt any applause nor any form of support to him! and it seemed that no one had the intention of doing so among the 20+ people that were alot closer to him than me!

and so i started the clapping and cheering for the consequent ones and others followed! i believe that is what i want at the moment of time when i go up to present as well, not just moral support but through supporting with our actions! this is what we know that is right, and so we should uphold it.

anyway haha.. then there wasnt enough time left! earlier on there was 10mins for everyone and my lecturer cut it down to arnd 3-4mins for everyone. and no matter how many slides we have, choose 4 of the slides and present it. sounds bad rite? BUT at the same time he said that those who presented earlier did not present correctly as that was not what he wanted. he told us what he really wanted and so i was able to present better! THANK GOD!!!! i really really thank God that i was able to bless my friends/classmates during that period of time with the gifts that God blessed me with.

and so we went to chiong for our next project tgt with the few of us still left in the lecture theatre. we went to the room that we would have our lessons first. did abit and then teacher came in haha. while the rest of the class came realli late cos they did their project first before coming in into the class, like around 1hour late=_= i approached the teacher at the end of the class and told her i hand in tmr instead haha, tho the marks wud be minused by 10%. but i thank God its 10% and not 20%! cos by right if its more than 1 day it should be 20% i think. and so with that i was relaxed already!

had dmm after that and realli had a great time of learning from the word of God! and also hearing a great testimony of life changing after a shepherd went all out for the sheep. realli encouraging and inspiring=)

but ultimately the whole day i thank God He really sustained me throughout! and i was thinking to God like there wasnt any crazy events that happened like previous times. but i think God really noes whats the best for us! i really enjoy the comfort and peace that God had brought into my heart through the people around me. thank You very much God! oh yah! that was what i prayed for before i got onto the bus to school as well, for God's peace to be within throughout the day. thanks God! for hearing my prayers always and blessing it! -Your child, Aloysius.

Labels: by God's grace=)

aloy; 11:49 PM

Monday, January 21, 2008

last words before entering into another exciting adventure

here my last words before i enter into another crazy and exciting adventure im going to have with God by far!

Current Situation:
-2 Projects to hand up in 8hrs' and 11hrs' time respectively
-1 Presentation in 8hrs' time

-1 and a half project not done yet.
-Presentation not prepared for.


hahahaha! i was telling God the other day i was walking in the interchange. that He would use me to hit even deeper rockbottoms and use me as a testimony!(but i certainly did not plan to have these situations haha!). God is really faithful hahaha.

please pray for me to keep my focus on God entirely as well cos i dunno how God is gonna work as well hahaha! =P

every prayer a powerful weapon. its only when we pray and claim God's promises then can we experience God like never before!


God i pray that i would keep my focus on You entirely for especially the next few hours, be with me and use me to glorify You and prove to people around me Your existence! if ders anyone that You want to use, use me! i will be Your living testimony. Lord i commit all i have and my next few crucial hours into Your mighty hands! AMEN!!

its now all in Your hands, whether or not my situation seemed possible or impossible.=)

aloy; 2:06 AM

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

SUPER EXCITING DAY! WOOO!

well well im back! shan't blog much bout previous days. but one thing for sure, a plan that contains faith has been planned out! WE WILL DO OUR BEST! project 777.


and back to my exciting adventure with God today. i was feeling kinda sick ytd so slept earlier than i shud be, cos i was supposed to do my java assignment. and today i was very tired when i woke up haha.. i was in the "can i sleep more" mode.. but i noe i cant cos 1st class in the morning is tutorial haha. so i woke up and check my phone for the time, woke up on time and i saw something additional! like a bonus from God! i saw this sms from my careperson(a lecturer in charge of our class while we are in TP). he informed us that our morning tutorial and 11am lecture was cancelled by our tutor!! and that means my next lesson would be at 2pm! WEEE! and so i managed to get more sleep! praise God! haha!

i woke up at 11am+ to chiong my java assignment, thank God for refreshing me. my mind was alot clearer compared to last nite! i decided to just go school and ask for help. cos i was stucked at certain places. when i reached i saw my friends and the few things they said to me when they saw i had the last part of the assignment not done, wasnt any encouragement! it is something like "gg liao"(something like, you're finished!) haha. but wahaha! that wud never bring me down! i noe how God can provide for me! i've experienced it first hand myself!

thank God i had this classmate, he helped me out alot on my assignment! at the same time almost everyone who saw me and know im left with the last part of my assignment said the same things as my previous classmates did. but my focus wasnt on what others said, but on what God can do instead! so i just trusted God and did the assignment as much as i could to my best. haha but at the same time, what they said was not without basis cos im left with super little time to finish and they themselves have finished the assignment so they know hw long it takes to finish it.

i was supposed to go for class already! but project still not done. i told the teacher i can onli hand in late, but i told her its ok to minus the marks if she needs to.(but of cos i dun wan to lose marks!) lessons continued. and halfway through the class my friend asked me if i brought along my TP portfolio which i needed to show the teacher to pass my APEL 2! and if you noe its realli stupid to get retained jus because you failed APEL! its like getting retained for failing CME. haha get wad i mean now? =x

i prayed that the class wud end earlier so that i can chiong home and take the portfolio, cos we're not just handing up the portfolio for submission, my friend told me that we wud be showing it to our course manager! and we cant be late for APEL 2 this time, cos our course manager would be talking to us! but the class not onli did not end earli. it ended right on time! 4pm.. i had to be at the lecture theatre by this time. but i decided to just trust in God and quickly rushed home to get my portfolio and go back for APEL2. can ask me personally about what happened to my assignment if you want to know, its a testimony as well! but nt convenient to share haha..=P

i prayed for the bus to come really soon cos im in a super big rush, and when my eyes opened i saw bus 291 coming in! PRAISE GOD!! while i was running home frm the bus stop,
God just reminded me about how we should remember to breathe properly while in a rush! cos i was in a rush, i did not breathe the right way while running(there shud be a rhythm in running so u dun get breathless easily) and i was out of breathe when i reached my blk.

the same way there will be times where the deadlines where we set our goals for our groups are drawing near and we start to "rush" more to hit the number of souls we've aimed for. we should not forget to breathe properly(to meet God, do life with God and take in God's word daily.)

i was giggling to myself haha! i was enjoying the whole process tho i was in "critical danger" of failing APEL 2 haha. and when i reached home. WOAH ultimate shock of the day! i dun have my keys with me! then i rmbed in the morning my dad helped me lock the door and i think he din return it back to me. MAN! im already late for the talk with the course manager, so every minutes count and then i realise i dun have the keys to get in and get the portfolio? and also my handphone is spoiled and i cant call anyone for help?

i faced this situation before, and all i did was wait for my parents to get home at 6pm.(this wud be 2hrs about the talk have started! i dun have time for 2hrs!=x) i looked around and YAY! my neighbour left alot of umbrellas outside their house! and i rmb that just behind the doors, i had 1 set of keys. i've tried to get it the other time but i failed. the onli way to get the keys which is way at the other end is to use something long to make it fall on the ground from the opening of the door, the direct opposite end of wer my keys are. and i duno which keys will drop. i jus hooked and hooked and a set of keys drop. i dragged the keys to my side after MUCH effort. thank God it was the set of spare keys!!! cos there is only 1 correct set of spare keys among others. and at this point i laughed again haha! cos its like im going on mission impossible with God! LOL!

i faster rushed in to find the portfolio! thank God i managed to find it fast, just as i prayed for while i ran frm bus stop to home, i also prayed that my course manager maybe wudnt meet us today bt it sounds abit impossible for them since they have tight schedules to follow(forget to mention jus nw). while i was waiting at my house's bus stop, i prayed that i would get to school by 4.30pm or earlier than that! and guess what! I REACHED THE LECTURE THEATRE AT 4.30pm ! WOAH! haha! i looked for the lecture theatre and i saw no one inside! i was really shocked.

tt jus means everything has ended without me. i sms-ed one of my classmates to find out where they are cos i need to get my laptop frm my friend tt held on to my laptop for me while i rushed home. and someone called me but the number is not saved and i cant pick up calls!(phone is spoiled!) and so i was jus randomly walking around, prayed that God would allow me to meet someone that cud hlp me! and as i walked i saw one of my classmates! HALLELUJAH! tho tp is not small, its not easy to meet someone you noe easily as well! i asked him for the location of my friend and i went to look for him. got my laptop back and he told me that the course manager didnt meet us in the end! THANK GOD!! WOOO! and also that we were only required to show our portfolios to our careperson and thats all.

so i went up to the staff offices to look for my teacher and guess what? he wasnt der!!! and then i was bout to go down by the lift to find my classmates and ask them to call my careperson for me. and guess what? when the lift came, my careperson walked out of it! I WAS AMAZED BY HOW GOD CAN WORK!! that was basically the most exciting part of my whole day. and i was super comforted by my careperson cos when i wanted to show him my portfolio, he told me der was no need to cos he alrd noes i chiong-ed for it. man! its like God telling me its ok, i've done my best.. thanks alot God!


as i looked back, i realised one point of why i was able to blessed by God so crazily! i kept on praying and praying whenever new problems come up, instead of being pushed down on the ground by satan and staying down. by grumbling and complaining how bad my situation is. and i also realli enjoyed the whole process of it. give thanks to God in all circumstance? yeah! yep.


and for the following weeks i wud most likely be bombed by projects, i have arnd 5assignments now, with today's finished. God helped me to go through all of it with You! nothing beats experiencing You! i wud rather be in trouble so i can experience You haha! sounds crazy, but its true haha! WEEEE! tp grads! jiayou for your projects!

i noe alot of us are chionging our projects! i pray that when projects end the first thing you all can remember is how you experience God through every single project! JIAYOU! i pray and commit you, your projects and what's going to happen for the nx few wks into God's might hand. in the name of Jesus! AMEN! -by your fellow-project-chionger, Aloysius.=P

aloy; 8:22 PM

Monday, January 14, 2008

Continued birthday celebrations Part 3 - Saturday

haha God realli blessed my birthday with lots of happenings! i broke it down to 3 posts LOL.(two previous posts and this current one). if only i cud write these much for my reports etc haha! =P

i was supposed to wake up at 9am and ask my brother to help me with editting the "la pi xiao xin" video i found on youtube. i lazed.. thank God i din laze in my bed for very long time(it happens quite often if i laze.) i woke up at arnd 9.30am instead! showed yingjie the video and discussed on which parts to have. then i asked my brother to help me finish up the video. i had a y-comm meeting 11am at isle cafe, bt i woke up late and took quite sometime to finish up the video and prepare. by the time i got on the mrt train. it was arnd 11.10am! ahhh! felt realli super bad since the meeting would only last 1hour and looking at hw late i am, i wud onli go for the meeting for 15mins. oh i met wilfred at the platform and went with him. i read abit of the "Lead like Jesus" book, that i got as a gift. its realli nice tho i onli had time to read abit!

i rushed to isle cafe quickly and when i got der, they told me i had to do a forfeit since i was super late! i was like "can!" i was prepared to do any forfeit haha.. and then they told me to take off my specs and close my eyes while they think of the forfeit. and so i did, but i felt weird to close my eyes while they think of the forfeit as in who noes when they will manage to think of the forfeit rite? so i opened my eyes and wanted to suggest to my ministry leader that maybe they think finish forfeit ler then i close back my eyes. and i saw her preparing to take out the cake hahaha! din expect a celebration so i was realli surprised! thanks alot! and they made a card for me. it is realli veri veri nice! the cake is super nice as well! thanks alot!

we went back to what we were gathered for haha. and we shared testimonies of our district. and after that my ministry leader explained to us what Regional Correspondents of the districts realli serve as. and i was strucked by what she said cos one of the purpose is to encourage the congregation and everywhere around the world where there are hope churches. i was realli shocked tho i already knew but it onli struck me hard jus then. realli thank God for entrusting me with such a role to serve Him! to represent East in encouraging other districts and congregations. and its something that has to do with encouraging !

i joined the others in nexus. even the service was special for me! since my new believers and people under me all came for service! yeah! God spoke greatly to me and reminded me about having great expectations to receive a word from Him during services. and i saw a few problems with my brother and my sheep during the teaching. i sensed a wrong spirit frm my brother and God reminded me to apply what i learned during the sermons at church office. being engaged/ involved with people. talk to them about the problems and solve it with them and not just stop at talking bout the problems. and so i decided to ask yiqin after service with me to talk to the both of them

so after that during the lunch at S11 when we were about to go and buy food. my brother and joseph started pushing each other. then me, yiqin and star intervened and stop the both of them and dragged them aside to talk individually. i spoke to joseph to know about what happened and just advise him using what he has learnt during the sermon at church office. forgiving. after awhile we went up to starhub centre rooftop to settle things between him and my brother, yiqin was already there. then we waited for winstar to bring my brother to the rooftop. and when they reached and sat down. we were about to start talking about it and then..
the whole caregroup appeared and sang birthday song for us! I SHOCKED! me and star was pranked throughout! starting from even before the service. cos yiqin told me on friday night that when they were having lunch(me and star was at the project room) my brother and joseph had conflicts and problems with each other.

i completely fell into it!=_= nice one guys. looks like after a failed attempt last year, you guys grew this year haha! thanks for the cards, cake and the planning of the whole celebration! and as they affirmed us, i realised. the one who pranked me most was God!!!!!!!!!!! normally i dont fall for pranks haha if u noe me. rmb during the service? i actualli sensed a wrong spirit from my brother?! and God reminded me to apply what i learn?! if not for that, maybe i wudnt have fell completely into the prank.

Guys u are so blessed this time round to have God on ur side! grrrr. but haha tis was realli the best for me. i realli enjoyed the celebration! hahaha. tho i felt realli dumb! HAHAHAHA! niceee oneeee! this should be the standard for birthday celebrations. i truly enjoyed it=)

we ended quite late. arnd 8pm+, went to centrepoint mac as some of them wanted to eat. after eating most of them left, leaving a few of us behind and we went to rochor to eat! had a great time der, we waited for chua and liang cos they had CLM earlier on. after eating , i accompanied yiqin to esplanade to retrieve his file that was left at the bar haha! the file has important stuffs inside, project etc. when we reached, we were joking about his file being thrown away or no longer der. and i watched yiqin approached the waiter at the counter to ask about his file, and i saw the waited searching for it. but he couldnt find the file! hahaha! yiqin was in shock after that haha. til the manager i think asked what was happening and then "gave" yiqin hope cos he seemed to have another place to keep lost & found items haha. this time he went in and came out with his file! i bet yiqin was super relieved haha!

bing liang and star called qin after that to ask us if we want to watch late-night movie. (it was already 11pm+ by then), i okay-ed it cos i wanted to spend the time with star as well before his birthday. yiqin had to go home to do project, but he travelled back to cathay with me. thanks!=) i sent him to the traffic light and saw alvin and chua walking over. so the 3 of us went to find star and liang at cathay. sat down and talked awhile then liang said qin was coming over. i went "huh?" cos he told me he had to finish his projects. then liang said qin called him and asked him "wo ying gai lai mah ah?"(in a very confused and duno what to do tone)[ in chinese if he shud come.] hahahahaha! it was super hilarious if you noe qin enough u wud get what i mean haha!

we decided to watch body 19 at 2.15am! we have 2 hrs to use before the movie LOL! the 6 of us share and updates bout ourselves. we all had a freaking good time laughing hahahaha! mostly at the stupid things qin has done recently.( qin : be secure haha! its a gift to be able to be a joke, not everyone has it =x) then we went to 7-11 at plaza sing to buy food and drinks to eat in the cinema haha. and when we returned.. we saw a 7-11 store RIGHT AT the other entrance of cathay! WE FELT SUPER STUPID!! we didnt noe that there is 7-11 store as well! and we walked the distance for nth! argh! but we had fun lah so haha din matter much =P.

body 19 is a freaking good show with a very nice twist. the director is also the director of shutter and alone. watch it for urself=) quite scary at certain points haha. its a horror show.

we had even more fun after the show! scaring someone among us haha! shan't say who it is. cos he had "childhood trauma" of horror shows haha thats why. and the reactions that came out from him were realli funny haha.

thats all for what has happened. shan't blog bout sunday haha!



this year's birthday celebration is realli special! God was involved in everything!(other years as well. but this year i realised hw God was involved realli.) i spent the 1st few moments of my birthday and last few moments of my birthday with people who serve and commit to God with their lives! i was pranked so crazily like never before in my life! it feels like my birthday celebrations lasted realli long with so many tings happening. and all this is definitely better than parachuting or whatsoever that can be gotten with money! time spent with close friends and ppl who follow after that God crazily and God Himself IS SO MUCH BETTER! i really enjoyed every single moment that God has planned for my birthday!


My birthday wishes for tis year:
-for my parents to know God!
-to know God alot more myself and experience Him like never before, to the point of being realli spiritually sensitive to God's movement and words. more than a friend, more than a close friend but my bestest best friend!
-for the guys' group to have men and warriors of God that bases their life on the word of God, joining the current group of men and warriors of East D that has been called to lead and make differences!
-and lastly, for CG08 to be completed!!!


God! thanks for the birthday celebration that You and Your people that has planned for me. thank You for using me to serve and bless Your people as well! God grow me much much more this year and use me much much more as well! AMEN!

aloy; 2:50 AM

Continued birthday celebrations! Part 2- Night time

for the activities that happened in the morning and afternoon. the post is below tis post.

[God is really faithful to grow me, even on my birthday. haha thanks!]
i went home to prepare for the family dinner and also meeting a few of the tp grads and grads to go out. i slept awhile while waiting for my brother to come back so we can go out for dinner tgt. but he was rather late cos they were planning for me and star's birthday. thank God for you guys for putting alot of efforts into planning it!(they took more than 3hours for the planning and even more hours for the preparation!) but i was quite frustrated and abit upset since that wud mean tht i would be even later to meet the people. cos meeting at clarke mrt station 8.30pm. my family dinner supposed to start at 7.30pm. so cfm wud be late. but my bro came home at around 8pm+(oh i din noe they were planning me and star's birthday til my brother told me so). so i calculated and i most likely 9pm+ then can start leaving tampines haha. so i jus asked him with abit of frustration to why he was late, and then he explained. tho i understood, but still i felt abit upset to why he din manage to come home earlier for the family dinner which i think its the 1st in years that we are going out to eat dinner as a family casually. and also i was going to be later thanks to him being late.

we went for our family dinner, i had a really great time. i enjoy having dinners like that and i was super touched when my dad initiated to bring our family out for dinner jus for my birthday(we don't even have this for normal days and for maybe years!)


i went off after that the dinner at around 9.30pm lidat i think.i knew that what i felt wasnt rite and God reminded me bout being forgiving. what i learnt while i was at church office.

3 Steps to forgiving
-1)Identify the problem/main trigger that caused the problem
-2)Identify with the person about the problem.
-3)you forgiveso i went thru the steps that i learnt.
and at the 2nd step i was like ok, im ready to forgive! bt thn my brother shud still come home earlier!(with still abit of bitterness in it) and God poked me bout it and reminded what forgiveness realli is.

Forgiveness is about
-Settling our heart with God, settling the bitterness and cancelling the "debt"[wad we think they've done wrong to us] people owe us.
-Focusing that we are not forgiving just because for the sake of it, but because of what God has done for us and His command to do it onto others as well!


so God's final questions to me. dare i ever say to God that i have NEVER been late for any meetings / shepherdings that were also important? my answer was, no. did God still forgive me? yes.so do i still think im in the place to not forgive people bout being late? no!
with that i was set free from even that little bit of bitterness! praise God!

and when i got onto the bus for my house to the station, my new believer messaged me and asked me about the time to meet at small mac for service!!! i was super happy!! cos he hasnt been able to come for services due to several reasons. weeeeeeee!

and throughout my whole trip to clarke, was moments of enjoyable time alone with God. i did my QT on the MRT, woahhh damn cool haha. tho i hesitated for quite awhile after being prompted by God to do so. super shiokkk! haha!

i reached clarke, thanks for the directions! tho i kinda gt abit lost in getting out of the building haha cos there were alot of entrances! thank God i managed to get out and survive lol! i managed to find the others as well!(there was around 9 of us there) so we walked around to find a place to settle down in, almost every place we went to was full haha. so we walked from clarke to the boat quay cos there was a place that was recommended(i forgot who recommended it haha) bt the place was full as well! haha! so we decided to jus go esplanade in the end.[part of the reason is cos there is air-con der! some of them were realli crazy haha singing and disturbing each other in the crowd hahaha.

at esplanade we wanted to go in this place, Harry's bar. but it was full house as well. so we searched for other places to slack and enjoy in. like chocs and some other places in esplanade. then we gathered and discussed wer we wanted to go. after quite sometime we decided ok, go makansutra i think. when we walked down, star went in Harry's to ask again if der were space since makansutra is no longer in the air-con zone and is alot noisier than Harry's so cant talk. and praise God! there was enough space for all of us! and so went in haha. ok to clarify it, onli me star ordered drinks with a little alcohol inside it.[its realli just very little haha. not much difference with the normal drinks(fruit cocktails etc) ] we played murderer haha! was realli fun! and thanks peeps! for the book you all got me. realli like the book and i wanted a book to read as well![i realised i actualli enjoy reading books while travelling alone! at least i noe im not wasting time away haha!] we stayed der for awhile and went out.

we took some pictures before we left esplanade. cos we decided to hang arnd for awhile more, so we decided to go to an area by the riverside.
gock had chocolate cigarettes(chocolates that looked like cigarettes) so we played arnd with it by taking pictures haha.


trying to act cool?


random photo haha!


spastic photo! we decided to point the spastic one. haha


and this.. a super distorted story of a wedding.

we went to 7-eleven to get some food and drinks before we settle down at the riverside. we walked quite abit hha. on the way to the river, they asked me to think of an anime/cartoon character to affirm winstar and celebrate his birthday cos his birthday is approaching in arnd.. hmm less than 24hrs. so when we reached turns out they had things to say for both me and star. veri interesting cartoon characters and descriptions they have haha. i had some weird characters. the weirdest was superman with hands crossed[like ultraman] haha=x and the most popular choice was garfield. argh. haha and yiqin is said to be oddi[duno hw its spelled. its the dog that always kena bully by garfield de haha].

they prayed for us and 1 of our birthday wishes. thanks alot! realli appreciate the affirmations!=) we took the nightbus home after that. it was quite late haha.

i reached home at around 4am+. we still had troubles with finding the video with the family feel cos we don't have any idea of which movies or videos we can find family-feel in it. we thought of a few ideas on the bus bt we don't know wer the family-feel scenes wer. movies/cartoons like "la pi xiao xin", simpsons and rugrats. i know i cant sleep til i find the videos because i don't think i wud get up in the time to search for the videos haha. so i just prayed that God wud help me in finding the videos, i watched 2 "la pi xiao xin" videos in vain since there werent any scenes with family-feel in it! then i browsed thru the pages and finalli found one episode that has family-feel in it! PRAISE GOD!! i had my fill of sleep after that!

aloy; 2:06 AM

continued birthday celebrations! Part 1 - Morning and afternoon

PS: to those whom i told bout the colours of the words in my post. actualli its not realli always the same pattern, it may vary cos of the post being too long haha.

last friday morning i was supposed to meet joseph for breakfast at 8am in tp. and after breakfast we would meet 10am at tp bus stop with the other grads and go church office tgt and listen to sermon tapes and so i set alarm at 7am. i was reallyyy happy when i woke up when i heard the alarm ring. and i din laze in bed much. however when i saw the time, it was 9.45am!! it means that i didnt hear the previous alarms ringing! cos its handphone alarm so it will ring once in awhile again if the alarm has not been off-ed.

when i woke up i saw 2 missed calls, one frm yanyu and the other frm yingjie. then i guessed newell and joseph overslept as well! [i slept quite late. they slept even later than me.] so i called them and we rushed down to church office haha. tho we were late, i thank God we weren't later! when we reached the sermon tape jus started, so we were pretty much in time for the sermon! praise God haha!

i loveee listening to sermons! its simply great to listen to what God says about certain tings in life. we learned about forgiveness, being engaged[or involved] with people and encouraging people! learned a few practical points to apply in my daily lifestyle. andy stanley's sermons are quite nice as well. its able to catch people's attention. his way of preaching is unique and interesting haha.


we had lunch and played "zong ji mi ma"[some number-guessing game], loser had the ate chicken skins[cos quite oily] tgt with garlic sauce, chilli sauce and the chicken oil in the plate. thank God i din eat any haha!

we went to tp after listening to tapes. some went for the open house. while some of us went to tp's library project room to prepare or help to prepare for the district meet. i helped to find the videos and we needed 2 videos, one that has a family feel to it and the other that shows an army being united. then i rmb that 300[a super duper nice war show!] had 1 scene that was realli nice and united, the part where the 1st scene of fighting between 300 spartans and more than a million of persians begin. praise God! i was finding on youtube for the movie 300 and see if i can cut off the scenes. its realli God-blessed! not only did i find the movie, i found the exact scene that i wanted! someone already cut the scene out and uploaded it! praise God!!! wooo!
but we had troubles with finding the family-feel video tho. we prayed hard that we would find it for the district meet haha.

aloy; 1:07 AM

Friday, January 11, 2008

special 18th.

as my 18th birthday was reaching. i was telling God that how normal my birthday would be, cos i hear frm ppl that u noe 18th birthday those who has more capable financially they wud have something realli interesting to commemorate their 18th birthday? and i think thru and hmm.. my household aint exactly one tt has alot of money haha, so i thought it would be a normal one with just simple celebrations and such.

but.. i didnt realise how it could be made special by God til tonight..

i din join the rest for dinner after caregroup cos i was gonna eat at home. til winstar jus called me and initiated to treat me to a movie and also countdown for my birthday. thanks star =) realli appreciated that alot! =)

and i went to find him at east link mall with newell and joseph. and so we went to check the cinemas after they finished eating and also watching the golden road(9am chn 8 show). it was onli 10.30pm then, but the cinemas were closed! as in the ticket booths were no longer opened for sale of tickets. we were quite diao-ed by it hahaha since that was our main purpose of the night. then we went to eat prata tgt instead, we had a great time jus talking. thanks guys! i enjoyed talking to u guys!

after we ate finished, we sent newell off before he misses the last bus. and intended to hang arnd abit more so we decided to go back to the prata shop where me and star saw our sec sch friends leaving the prata shop. joseph left us shortly after we reached the prata shop, thanks for staying til so late!=) we realli talked quite alot and then me and star saw denise walking on the pavement opposite us.

and so i jus approached her haha! i think i scared her abit tho hahaha. she was the first one to wish me happy birthday then haha, be honoured! haha =P then there were smses and calls. but my current phone doesnt allow me to pick up calls haha! cos its kinda spoiled, i cant hear what people are saying. and so i asked them to call denise's phone instead and slowly there was a conference of 5 ppl. i thought the tp girls were going to discuss serious stuff or smth lidat hahaha cos they conferenced on denise's handphone

and so they were the first group of ppl that sang me a birthday song =) thanks!realli realli appreciate it alot =) and after the conference ended, denise was telling me that they were planning to conference on my handphone and sing me the birthday song haha. but rmb? my handphone cant pick up calls haha. God planned it so nicely, that i would meet denise and also her handphone is abit spoiled i think, cant hear clearly. but when the song was being sung it was quite clear haha. thank God! that He realli planned it nicely. also thanks to all u dudettes that made the effort!=)

and when i went back to find star and my sec sch friends, God made my birthday even more special with my friend hahaha. cos my friend was waving to some of the friends opp us cos they were leaving by bus. then a taxi happened to pass by, and the taxi stopped. we were thinking is it waiting for my friend to get on the cab? was realli funny and dumb haha! especially after awhile we confirmed that it was waiting for my friend cos it left without anyone getting onto it. praise God for this added event haha!

then we parted ways with them haha. so star and i went to sit at the table under the void deck jus to chat. then he suggested to buy a small bottle of wine to drink tgt while we chat haha! since im already 18 =D so we went to 7-eleven to get it and also a bottle of coke lar to make it more diluted haha and not so bitter =x and we went to my block's playground and jus chatted. i onli drank 1 cup tho hahahaha =x quite bitter ah the aftertaste so erm.. haha i din drink much. =x which means star drank the rest haha! i realli had a great time catching up with him as we jus shared about our life and things happening in it. something i realli enjoy doing with friends=) star thanks alot=)


hey everyone who sent me a sms, thanks! you contributed to making the start of my birthday special.

all the far east dudettes in tp grads! haha realli thanks alot! you dudettes made my birthday realli special tho it was just singing and simple greeting. thank God for u all!

and also star, joseph and newell. thanks for spending the time eating together at a late time and jus talking. i realli enjoy times like this=) and esp star since it has realli been sometime since we knew each other and a long time since we caught up. realli glad i have known such a brother like you=)


i thank God for placing all of you in my life and im realli glad to know you all.


this year's birthday celebration is really a special one, tho i do not have expensive activities like parachuting or wadsoever. but i have friends around me that i wudnt mind giving my life to. friends that no money can get.

God i thank You for planning my birthday celebration for me. You.. realli have been there for me even before i knew it. i love You God=) God i really thank You for placing me in this wonderful family of Yours.

as You are mine. i am Yours Lord. i had a great year of breakthrough 07. God show me an even greater year of adventure in 08. where histories of East and Y-Hope would be created.

blog more again tonite. its 3am now haha. one last time ok? i realli realli thank God for all of you peeps' presence in my life. i love all of you haha=P[cant imagine me saying that rite. well you dont need to imagine it anymore haha!] nites ppl! or rather. morning!=)

Labels: the most well thought birthday celebration by God

aloy; 2:32 AM

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

enjoyable life with God!

shall share jus a few things of what happen past few days haha. we got our term tests results back. on tuesday when i got the 1st result, i was quite shocked. not because i did well but because i failed! in fact i was quite in the daze-mode after that haha. was quite sad since i failed for that subject, and what's more that subject is something i studied for more haha. and so the daze-mode continued throughout the day til i received my next paper. in the process i was hoping to meet some hope ppl i know of haha, the presence of u peeps realli gives comfort haha. tho i think i should rely on God more haha.

and the 2nd result came, was super scared i wud fail again! then my teacher said something comforting, that our class did quite well and no one FAILED! i was really like, THANK GOD!!! and so in the night as i think through my whole day. i thank God that i actualli failed my subject! not because i like to fail... haha. but because i was even more motivated to study and do well for my subjects! projects, sem test etc.

i got 2 other results today. the 1st result came back, i failed. ahhh =x but tho this time i wasnt quite affected haha because the subject was realli studied the las min, i thank God i onli failed borderlinely. praise God haha, yes i will do better nx test! and the 2nd result when i saw i got 24marks. i was like huh.... i fail again? cos normally total marks is 50, and im like missing just 1 mark from passing. so was sad haha, UNTIL our tutor said that the paper is actualli over 40! i was like YAY!! was realli super happy hahahaha. turns out my result is actualli not that bad. praise God!

then today i saw nicholas outside the library doing stuffs, i joined him for awhile and just talked to him for awhile. talked about ministry and stuffs. one thing i said i think is really quite true. i think someone who is able to count his blessings and thank God in every situation would definitely be able to live a more enjoyable life with God! imagine every situation we face that is not what we WANT, then we complain.. grumble.. blame God.. blame ppl. wun our lives be realli sad? hahaha. so wanna live a more enjoyable life with God? start to thank God in every circumstance.

i learned this sentence from winstar long ago which til today i still find it true. there is no circumstance where you cant find anything to thank God for. and i started out finding things to thank God for quite funnily ahaha. i still rmb the first time i took the step to thank God for something that happened which is not what i WANTed. i was late for school despite waking up earli i think haha. and so i thanked God that i was not later than i was already! and then when i head down for the bus stop, i prayed for a bus to come as soon as i reach the bus stop! and God blessed that prayer of mine and there was indeed a bus to bring me to school! and i was able to reach school on the dot haha! praise God!

so yup. this is shud be sort of a lifestyle to thank God in every circumstance. of course there are times when i forget bout counting my blessings, but i know why im able to thank God in my studies is because i've experienced and counted blessings for my studies and i know that God is good! amen! haha

if you are seeing this post and you realise you haven't been counting your blessings much, try what i've done! to thank God for in every circumstance! starting may be like quite "forced" cos its the first step you are making, but as time goes by you will find yourself thanking God realli in every circumstance and also from the bottom of your heart=)

a thankful heart is something God looks for too. cya!=)

aloy; 11:03 PM

Saturday, January 05, 2008

super exciting year!

Saturday
last sat was our last service of the year. aww.. me and my info counter team, we had a special service tho! we had our service as we serve God at info counter outside nexus. thank God for all of us who were doing duties outside nexus=) i remembered there was a period of time where i did quite a few duties in a row due to lack of ppl, was quite seh BUT our almighty God showed me what it means that God's presence is everywhere. i could feel God's presence overflowing even tho i wasnt in the service. that was definitely a memorable service i had in God's presence=) praise God!

we all went to bugis to shop for bags, jackets and stuffs. some of them wanted to shop haha. tt lasted quite long til night haha! we slacked at somewhere arnd 5th floor in bugis junction. we sat down and just played a few things and also talked about our direction in the nx year and things happening. 2008 is indeed going to be a super exciting year!=) a year of growth in quality, in quantity and most importantly. in God! =D

Monday
we met up to watch movie at brendon's hse! quite nice hahaha. i cant imagine we watched movies til so late. by the time we watch finish the movies it was already 11pm! haha=x watched pink panther, ghost rider, constantine and abit of chucky IV haha. realli enjoyed the fellowship for the whole day! oh. it was a day without all the ULs as well haha=P

Wednesday
school starts! oh man.. haha but first day of school wasnt that bad since there were quite a few of E-learning for tutorials =/ in the end my school ended at 12pm[self-proclaimed sch end=x] we met up and went to the airport to fetch ben! finally he's back haha! and this time with extra luggages as well! goshhh haha. thank God it was lesser compared to previous times he came back=P we had ALOT of fun on the bus hahahahaha! we were joking bout what we can do to ben's stuffs when he's in his new rented room. hahaha ok we were quite bad lah, so i wun share here what we talked about. hahahaha.

Thursday
we had cg! not bad hahaha. i was host and chairman with yiqin. interesting lol. we had a freaking good time with games as well! thanks star! for preparing those games, tho ur cards were "sacrificed!" hahaha. in the end the set of poker card he bought i tink had more than 54 pieces of card in it including the jokers. cos some of the card were splitted in two during the games! =x thank God he expected it alrd haha. God realli spoke to us about our new year and what's going to happen.many warriors and men of God are going rise up this year! being a man of God is about doing what is right and not what he feels is right! i can see an army of men at the end of this year!



and last but not least i want to thank God for the whole year! for being with me. this whole year was freaking fun and exciting since i've decided to give God my best at the start of this year. life is realli not the same when we place it in God's hand haha.

thank God for all those who wrote christmas cards to me. all of u are realli encouraging! i appreciate the cards that u peeps wrote. thank God for all of u whether u wrote card or not, thank God for placing u all in my life!=)

thank God for the TP group! u guys rock! realli a crazy bunch of ppl for Jesus haha! God is definitely with all of us! every single prayer meet and meet ups we have were realli great haha! i enjoy being with u guys as well =D jiayou for all our projects! haha! after this sem is.. 1 month and 3 weeks break! WEEEE! yeahhhh!

lastly. thank God for placing me in Y-hope ED! i think our guys' group are realli freaking fun and crazy group haha! crazy things we do, while disturbing ppl =P oh man.. but of course this level of fun is not even yet half of hw much fun we can be. lets grow even more in God tgt! lets go! the year of guys breaking sub-district size. the time has come! brothers!


God help us to keep all our focus on You always. Amen.



a year of growth has come for all of us! jiayou! byee!

[oh and theres a new playlist of songs i placed in my blog if u haven noticed. its just some songs i enjoy listening to=)]

aloy; 12:21 AM