i choose to celebrate cuz GOD YOU ARE GOOD.

essentially, this race is all about people.

everything we do has to be out of love. today i woke up thinking of presentations. school work. unbelievable. IS THAT WHAT I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT ALL NIGHT?

God, i hand them all to You, take up Your yoke for it is easy and Your burden is light.

i want to wake up thinking of people.

i want to have a burden for people.

how much you love someone is measured by how much you're willing to sacrifice for him. how far you're willing to go. how vulnerable you're willing to be.

how are these questions evident in my life?

nature trail

i've always wanted to venture into the farm area near my house. Today i did.

along a long long drain towards kranji dam, today i made a nice walking/running/jogging trip alone with God. i saw water snails, skinny-guppy like fish, eels, a dead mini pomfret, pink spores which looks like chewing gum (its gooey when you smash it), fungi, mangosteen trees, orchid farms, vegetable farms, fish farms, chicken farms. it was a very refreshing experience as i rarely have the time to go walk around, let alone explore. (did i mention i saw MUSSELS? LIVE ONES?)

seriously, i thought it was like an adventure. basically i was just walking along the winding roads deep in the farmlands of tengah. i had no idea where the road would lead me to, but it was fantastic. trees line up on both sides of the roads, no cars. a wave of surreality just swept across. there's this place, some tree plantation where the trees we planted damn orderly across the field. wow, i wanted to just walk in and walk under the shade of the trees. a sudden thought came into my head. i asked God, was this how eden looks like? and God just told me, nope, eden's much better.

the sun was shining down wonderously. shadows would pass me as clouds drifted over me. i know i'm a nature person. at all these, i just marvelled at God's creation. when i came home, i was telling me dad about all i saw and he said "you're a city boy". at this line, i'm thankful that God made me a nature person. stars would capture my heart, sunsets would keep me in awe. i think its great if we'd go a take a long walk with God once in a while. afterall, life's an adventure with God.

overflow.

with all the work, projects, deadlines, SAF harassment, what's overflowing in my heart? out of the overflow of the mouth, the heart speaks. do i speak about God's blessings? do i speak about God's goodness? or am i perpetually complaining about how much work there is, how much i hate LTB although i love my group mates. in the midst of all the madness, God, i'll find my rest in You.

exams, projects, studies. God, i'll acknowledge you in every moment.

my ltb project is facing some hiccups again. AGAIN. we're changing the proposal for the third time man. haix. but somehow, when i heard about the horror, i was not frantic at all. it was a relaxed concern. i think its because these few days God spoke about His sovereignty.

people people people. its all about people. God, make my burden heavier!

to derrick, it was great hearing your voice! i miss you.

God's love is a compass
God's word is a map

neither can work without each other. we need it all to reach God.

mid autumn festival

saw kids playing with fire.
what's so intriguing with fire that we keep toying with it? knowing that we can get burnt? we'll never really know because we're sucked into temptation all the time as well.