Mouse Story

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package.


"What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.


Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning.


"There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"


The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it."


The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"


The pig sympathized, but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers."


The mouse turned to the cow and said, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"


The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose."


So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap-- alone.


That very night a sound was heard throughout the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.


The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.


The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital and she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient.


But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.


The farmer's wife did not get well; she died. So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.


The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.


So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, remember -- when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.


We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.

Don't Mock God

A friend sent me this and I thought it would be a good idea to post it up. How true are the information? @_@??

It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7): " Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Here are some men and women who mocked God:

JOHN LENNON:

Some years before during his interview with an American Magazine,

he said: "Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have to argue about that. I am certain. Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too simple, Today we are more famous than Him"(1966).

Lennon, after saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, was shot six times.

TANCREDO NEVES (President of Brazil):

During the Presidential campaign, he said if he got 500 votes from his party, not even God would remove him from Presidency.

Sure he got the votes, but he got sick a day before being made President, then he died.

CAZUZA (Bi-sexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet):

During a show in Canec (Rio de Janeiro), whilst smoking his cigarette, he puffed out some smoke into the air and said: "God, that's for you."

He died at the age of 32 of AIDS in a horrible manner.

THE MAN WHO BUILT TITANIC:

After the construction of Titanic, a reporter asked him how safe the Titanic would be. With an ironic tone he said: "Not even God can sink it"

The result: I think you all know what happened to the Titanic.

MARILYN MONROE:

She was visited by Billy Graham during a presentation of a show. He is a preacher and Evangelist and the Spirit of God had sent him to preach to her. After hearing what the Preacher had to say, she said: "I don't need your Jesus"

A week later, she was found dead in her apartment.

BON SCOTT:

The ex-vocalist of the AC/DC. On one of his 1979 songs he sang: "Don't stop me, I'm going down all the way, wow the highway to hell".

On the 19th of February 1980, Bon Scott was found dead, he had been choked by his vomit.

CAMPINAS/SP IN 2005

In Campinas, Brazil a group of friends, drunk, went to pick up a friend.

The mother accompanied her to the car and was so worried about the drunkenness of her friends and she said to the daughter - holding her hand, who was already seated in the car:

"MY DAUGHTER, GO WITH GOD AND MAY HE PROTECT YOU",

She responded: ONLY IF HE (GOD) TRAVELS IN THE BOOT, COZ INSIDE HERE IT'S ALREADY FULL"

Hours later, news came by that they had been involved in a fatal accident, everyone had died, the car could not be recognized what type of car it had been, but surprisingly, the boot was intact.

The police said there was no way the boot could have remained intact.

To their surprise, inside the boot was a crate of eggs, none was broken.

Many more important people have forgotten that there is no other name that was given so much authority as the name of Jesus.

Many have died, but only Jesus died and rose again, and he is still alive. JESUS!!!

I have done my part, Jesus said "If you get embarrassed about me, I will also get embarrassed about you before my father."What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul? (Matthew 16:26)

Sowing seeds of love

Here's my friend, Jane. My classmate.

Discipine needed in blogging..

Oh man.. it's already 2 months since i lasted blogged..
Great.. i need discipline in studying, i need discipline in managing my time, now i also need discipline in my blogging..

But then after what Pastor Jeff shared about how his blog managed to help someone to understand more about God and
how someone identified with Ting Ting's entries about her struggles and was touched by God's love and God's transforming power in her life, decided to accept Jesus as his personal Lord and Saviour...

I've decided.. God can use any one & any way to make Himself known..
OK!! I'll increase my frequency in blogging..

(But I still don't understand how some can be so consistent in blogging.. for me.. it has to be part of my 'things to do')

Tired [17th October 2007]

This is my last month working in Mapletree. Some people initially thought I was working for some movie company (Raintree), some thought I was working for some IT firm (Maple Story) and one even thought I was working for some chocolate chain (Cocoa Tree). This is so funny.

Anyway, this job started in July and officially ends in late October. I was taking my time to look for a permanent job - basically I did not exactly start until late September. I was thinking that even if I went for interview and passed, let say in July or August, I assumed that the company wouldn't want to wait for my temporary job contract to end in November to start work - I'm just a fresh graduate (and there is a whole lot of us out there), not some big shot worthy to wait patiently for - So what's the point right? Waste my time, waste their time.

***I realised that many people asked me the same few questions about work. It almost feels like those taiwan artists being asked the same few questions in interviews***

However, I began to realised that not many people think the same way as I did - because I got a lot of 'Are you actively looking for a permanent job?' - while I'm still working as a temp. But I'm like 'Hello, I just started this contract yea!? It's not that I'm not looking for a permanent job - but hey, I've got to be responsible ok. I'm also not a gan jiong spider so desperate just for any job for the sake of money - just not my style k.'

There were people who asked me 'Why never look for permanent job in the beginning huh, you not worried about other fresh graduates fighting for job opportunities? Ok, let's get it straight here - 'I have no idea what I want to do and I have no intention to just get any permanent job for the sake of money - just not my style k.' I never worried about no good job opportunities - actually why worry about this? What is considered good job opportunity? Every job got its benefits and staff privileges - how to compare?

Ok... I know there are many people that are very concern for my life - but I have no idea 'why do I have to live my life according to your pace, your way?' I know what I am doing ok - maybe just not the way you might handle it. I know you don't want me to make the same mistakes as you did and I also do not want to make the same mistakes - but can you just share your life experiences and then let me decide what I want to do? I rather take responsibility for making a wrong move than to feel stupid about making a wrong move because of following exactly what you say. I have had so many experience of just following what other people tells me to do and end up in a worse situation - so can you let me just take responsibility for my own actions? I'll consider your inputs - I do use my brains; but when I choose other ways than yours, it doesn't mean that I'm rebellious - It's just that I think your way CMI. We are both in different situations - so it means that I may not end up like you even if we take the same actions - get it? So don't get offended if I reject your kind offer - come on, be secure, you are not right all the time :)

Actually this whole time, what really agitate me is that one particular relative that tells me my degree cert is useless la, cannot find good job with this kind of degree la... Well, I get this kind of feedback after every national/important exams (of course, the feedbacks are not so directly negative la) since primary school. Actually, since secondary school I never believed in what he said - and I think it was a good move.

I have decided to 'blacklist' some people and decided I will not let what they say or do affect my decision-making. However sometimes I wish that they will not give so many free advices, because emotionally 'I'm quite drained just listening to you'. Sometimes, I feel like saying, 'If you don't have anything to say that can build me up, please talk to my hand instead'. I have just patched back what people tore down over the years - I don't need people to start tearing me down again. I'm so tired now - I'm going to sleep le.

The Grads Rock!! (again)

I met up with Carmen today.
She told me that she enjoys the cg's company.
The cg is made up of mature believers (mostly leaders) and they are helping each other with their o'levels preparation.. oh yeah.. so biblical.. hawhaw..
Cindy seems quite smart.. Carmen said that even before Cindy read her (Carmen) question that she was doing, Cindy already knew she (Carmen) did it wrongly. It's either she can read minds or she is smart..
My guess.. it's God!!


Most of the grads scored B3 for their chinese o'levels (all passed!!) and their english oral examination went really well.. so blessed!! They are an EXTRAORDINARY group of GRADS. They are making waves.. just watch them.. (they are no free lunches in the world.. as you watch, you must pray for them)


Let me share more about them...
Just to add on to the Birthday Celebration the GRADS prepared for our dear new believers.
Oh.. Himyi and her team did so well..
Cindy did the event's bulletin.. so rainbowy... hawhaw..
Phoebe and Jolene planned the games.. it is so good.. everyone was high lah..
Weisong and Carmen hosted.. aiyo.. so farnie..
Yuen han bought the cake.. with the help of Weisong..
Then I was wondering what Himyi did? Delegation.. oh so well done..


The cake was the best part.. the new believers all liked it.. some even asked their follow upper where we bought it.. I was so happy that they enjoyed the cake.. haha.. until i knew it cost $30.
Then i remembered i forgot to give the GRADS a budget.. lesson learnt.. hawhaw..
But it's ok man.. no harm done.. I'm so glad the new believers liked the cake so much..


I'm so so proud of the GRADS.. whoa.. so efficient.. 7 people ran an event for 40 people..
They all compliment each other so well.. wah lau.. very good la.. where got so tian yi wu feng one.. hmm.. God placed everyone in the right places.. there's no arguing with God about it.. He knows best.. :)

The Grads Rock!!!

Thanks grads for helping to plan and stage the new believers party.. all the way from creating bulletin to cake cutting..


God has indeed bless you greatly in your exams and orals.. jia you for prelims..


so long.. i'll be back to blog somemore about you guys..

Ignoring warnings

The electrical generators and radio equipment on board the Titanic were the best available at the time...


The senior wireless operator was John "Jack" Phillips, age 25, and the junior operator was 21 year old Harold Bride...


On the night of April 14, 1912, the two radio operators were busy trying to catch up on a back-log of traffic, which had built up from the night before because of some problem with the ship's radio equipment. Phillips had fixed the problem by 5:00 A.M., but there was apparently a lot of passenger traffic to be sent by the time he did...


One of the first messages he was to receive was from another ship, warning of ice...


A similar warning was received from the Greek steamer Athina...


Several other similar reports were copied, and delivered to the Captain of the Titanic...


At 9:30 PM, Phillips received another ice warning, this one from the ship Masaba, to which Phillips replied, "thanks," and resumed sending passenger traffic. The Masaba message warned of a huge field of ice, miles wide, but the Titanic continued to steam ahead at near her maximum speed of 20-23 knots.


At 10:55 PM, the freighter Californian sent another ice warning to the Titanic, stating, "We are stopped and surrounded by ice," to which Phillips replied, "Shut up!" "We are busy working Cape Race." (Cape Race Wireless, in Newfoundland)



At 11:40 PM, on Sunday, April 14, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg,



The Radio Legacy of the R.M.S. Titanic (by Dwight A. Johnson, KI5WI)

From Oprah show..

Resentment is like taking poison and wished that the other person would die.

If i were a little more...

This thought has been going through my mind for the past one month.. on and off..


The Kingdom of God could have taken a big leap if i was just a little more ______________. So so so many things just came to my mind.. loving, organized, understanding, prayerful, hardworking diligent..


I'm not being negative here or whatsoever, just being logical.


If I were a little more diligent, probably more things can be done or rather many things could have improved in quality. .
If I were a little more organized in my life, I'll be probably be able to fit in more things into that 24/7 of mine..
If I sleep one less hour, I could have probably done a little longer quiet time, so that I can hear one more word from God on what's my next task..
If I were a little more prayerful, I would have covered one more person's life in prayer..


oh man.. this sucks.. can't get it out of my head.. i feel like throwing the laptop out of the window.. (and then get myself a jail sentence for throwing rubbish from 8th storey high.. wahah.. stupid)


eeu.. stop it.. move on..

Mary J. Blige

Long before Mary J. Blige hit R&B stardom with her debut album What's the 411? in 1992, music was a refuge from the pain of her troubled childhood. Raised by a single mother in a New York housing project, Mary says she was molested at the age of 5. Physical abuse also left its mark on Mary's life at a young age, she says. "It's a vicious cycle," Mary says.


Mary turned to drugs and alcohol early in life and struggled with addiction for years. The music industry's partying lifestyle accelerated her downward spiral. She says her turning point came in 2001. After the loss of a close friend, her grief was compounded by the death of fellow hip-hop star Aaliyah on August 25 and the 9/11 tragedy.


Mary has now been sober for about five years. She attributes her progress to her religious faith and the power of forgiveness.


The new energy in Mary's life comes across in her music. "It's called freedom," she says. "Letting people's opinions be their opinions and not letting their opinions be my life—not letting what they say in the tabloids about me make me or break me. I know what I am in my heart. I know what I believe about me. That's the freedom I have in performing and looking in people's eyes and being able to smile from my heart."


-Oprah.com-

Stupid girls

Two-time Grammy winner Pink made headlines recently for her hit song "Stupid Girls." She says there's an epidemic of mindlessness among teenagers today and America's obsession with celebrity is to blame. In her music video, she attacks modern-day role models like Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Simpson, mocking what she believes is their obsession with beauty, shopping and acting dumb.


Pink says striving to imitate the hottest celebrity squanders a young woman's own individuality and potential. "My definition of 'stupid' is wasting your opportunity to be yourself," Pink says, "because I think everybody has a uniqueness and everybody's good at something."


Pink says that if she had compromised herself as a young girl by acting "stupid," she wouldn't be where she is today - a message she hopes to convey to other girls. "If you are going to be the future rock stars [or] whatever you want to be - then you're wasting your time trying to be somebody else because you'll never get to you."


- Oprah.com-

I think perhaps that's what's wrong..

I was on the mrt train home just now.. then i was thinking how come this few weeks i keep having difficulty trying to put across exactly what i want to say in proper words..

then i was thinking "is it i am too confortable with who i am mixing with?"
perhaps i'm so used to them knowing my style that i need not even bring across my ideas in words.. i seem to always just say "you know what i mean?"..

this is actually quite scary.. i feel that the people around me seems to know what i want with just my little gestures, sighs, eye contacts (or stares).. that i dun even need to say anything and i get what i wanted..

or sometimes because i know that they know what i want so i need not explain myself so much.. or if other people dun get what i mean, i become to lazy to explain..

oh man, suddenly i feel that i may even lose the ability to express myself.. haha.. aiyo.. i think i am starting to talk baby language instead.. eweu..

i think perhaps that's what's wrong..

Plastic surgery can do wonders.. hawhaw..

It didnt end when the structure ends

Yesterday, I was on my way to Istana Park for meeting.. I was waiting for the traffic light to turn green to cross.. then on the other side, i saw shiyun..

we met in the middle of the road to say "hi".. then she also said that my new hair color is nice :)
Though i really had a hard time in the beginning accepting the color.. but that's not the point of this entry..

i was really happy as i saw her.. cause usually i dun have any time at all to catch up with people that i'll really like to meet.. even though maybe we dun really have many things to talk about but seeing them every now and brightens my day..

let me mention a few names that comes across my mind now.. cynthia, shiyun, veronica, xueqi, amelia, huili, yiyou, naomi.. I STILL REMEMBER YOU!! haha..
you know actually all the hi & bye sessions makes my heart smile.. haha.. so funnie.. feels like phrase wrongly.. whatever..

then newly on the list.. ah tan & ah poon..
i enjoy all the times i meet up with them during formal shepherdings or freestyle shepherdings (as called by sherli).. we can practically discuss anything.. haha.. and we exchange news.. i tell them what is featured on BBC news.. they tell me what is going on in bai fen bai and other people's blogs..

I'm glad to be be able to serve with all of them one time in this ministry.. played a part in their lives.. and see them doing well elsewhere now..

i really enjoy meeting my sheeps.. i spent most of my time with them.. even in my hanging out times.. i'll do my best to help them and of course, it takes 2 hands to clap.. whether they want to help themselves too.. yeap..

actually it feels quite shuang when my sheep knows me.. know me so well that i dun have to clarify myself.. of course, i'll not take them for granted.. heh heh..

i was on the bus home from cityhall today, and i was thinking of all the relationships that i invested in and spent a lot of effort in.. i'm just glad that it didnt end when the structure ends..

Some thoughts

Sometimes it's hard to choose what is right,
but the wrong path isn't easy to take.

Never give up without a fight,
with God on your side, He will make things right.

Problems are here to stay,
but dun let it get in your way :)

My dear Wan Ting

A testimony I ripped from Wan Ting's blog on her blessing from God. She used to face parental objections. She did not tell her parents on her conversion even though they knew she has been attending church events.

In the past, her commitment to the group was minimal as there was parental objections in her enthusiasm in the community. This led to her being fearful of doing more for God, in terms of taking up more responsibility. However, this year's ENCOUNTER! camp, she decided to move out of her comfort zone and make the decision to stand firm in her faith and displayed it in action - to stay overnight for the camp even when there were difficulties so that she could spend time with the care group and most importantly, with God.

Here is how God honors her:

"wow..so happy..even though i cried durin service..cuz of parental persecution..but at nite i told my dad bt my conversion..guess wat???he even encourage me to help my church mates n he say ask me go church regularly aso quite gd..wow..reli marvellous..Praise GoD!!LoVe u JeSuS!!!!since he noes le..n even encourage..i hav no prob for ministries!!!!wow..Praise GoD!!!To Carmen; my shepherd: tankz for ur encouragements.. n for keepin me in ur prayer..To others: hahas.. tankz for helpin me pray n encouraging me too!!! LovE u all!!"

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The Exam Journey Part 3 - The Finale

To cut the story short..

HRM:

• The 3 questions that I prepared answers for.. came out.. all 3.. so I could answer all the questions required. First miracle!

IM:

• I prepared 3 answers to 3 questions. But only 2 of the questions came out. So my first and second prepared answers was put to good use.
• However, 1 question that came out was linked to the 3rd answer I prepared. So for now, only 1 question left to be answered.
• Here is the funny thing, I couldn't sleep the night before the exams so I decided to look through 1 more topic. Then again, I thought that i did not have the time to read through 30 pages of lectures notes.. so I just took a look at the student answer for a particular question which scored 70% and memorised some few key points and then the exact question came out. So all 4 questions answered.

I'm so glad that the camp turn out well for the communications ministry. I had a lot of great help.. Puaylin, Huili, Faith, Bruce, Ricwan, Liping, Joyce.. aiyo.. so many.. I'm glad that because of them, there were good name tags, goodie bags, booklets provided during the camp. I'm super blessed in terms of my exams and in some way I had the opportunity to do well in my exams.

The thing for me now is that, I know God was with me in my exams, whatever the result is.. I'll give thanks.. Anyway, in the beginning, the opportunities to score for my exams were not even visible but God made it happen.. so what else can Ido but to give thanks..

The thing

The Exam Journey Part 2 - Faith & Deed

For my Human Resource Paper (before the camp), I need to answer 3 out of 10 questions. There were 12 topics in the entire syllabus.. and by faith (and strategically), I chose 3 topics to study. No choice, no time. Questions of any kind may come out from the 3 topics.. by faith (and strategically again).. i chose 3 questions of my choice, prepared an answer for each and memorised for the exam. No choice, no time.

For my International Management (after the camp), I need to answer 4 out of 10 questions. There were 4 topics and many sub-topics in the entire syllabus.. I chose 3 sub-topics to study. No choice, no time. Questions of any kind may come out from the 3 sub-topics.. then i chose 4 questions of my choice, prepared an answer for each and memorised for the exam. No choice, no time.

The odds are, if the questions I prepared did not come out.. that's it!! But the funny thing is, I don't remember having the feeling of "that's it" but more of like "I think the questions will revolve around what I study"

Well, throughout the year.. I did prepare notes after most of the lectures.. so it didn't take a long time for me to prepare the answers to my questions for both HRM and IM. (I was thinking.. this is like when we have the WOG in our memory, God can use it to speak to us anytime.) But memorising 6 essays sucks..

The Exam Journey Part 1 - Responsibilities vs. Exams

Just finished my exams not so long ago..

All 4 of my papers are well -spreaded from 9 May till 14 June. I thought I had a lot of time to revise and be very well prepared for them.. haha.. but then.. Wrong!! because:

1. I was involved in camp committee.. doing communications.. which required at least 2 months or so preparation before the camp..
2. Then during camp, it is so difficult to study man.. all the fun.. haha.. i tried though..
3. North had a restructuring; new group, new challenges, new responsibilities, new directions.. aiya.. everything new la..

No complains.. I enjoyed what I did..

But in my heart, I really wanted to do much much much (i think you get it) better for my papers in comparison to last year.. I thought that since this year my papers are so well-spreaded, I have more time to prepare and may score for my papers (last year, my paper was one after another within the time frame of 1 week) but then again, I cannot afford to spend all my time studying and forget about other areas too.. so I thought "aiya.. wasted la.. try again next year.. sob"..

But then I remembered how God blessed me in my O'levels and Polytechnic years.

1. I was a 30+ pointer.. never score about 55% for 95% of the papers i took since sec 1.. haha.. I asked God for 18 (L1R5).. haha.. God gave me 17.
2. Barely make it through the first semester as an IT student (Wrong choice). However, my results improved every semester in comparison to the last.. manage to get some As.

So then, I decided to pray, "God help me to study what is necessary for the exams". Then I started preparing".

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Tried this @ TCC near PS:



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