Sunday, October 30, 2005
Happenings on Sunday Times today.3 girls beheaded on way to school
TENSION mounted in the religiously divided province of Central Sulawesi early yesterday after 3 teenage Christian girls were beheaded by unidentified assailants. the girls had been on their way to their private school. The brutal attacks spraked fears of a renewal of violence between Muslims and non-Muslims which erupted 4 years ago. that episode cost some 1000 lives before it was settled in 2002.
Beheadings were a signature atrocity then.
President Susilo Bamband Yudhoyono condemned the attack yesterday and ordered his police and intelligence cheifs to fly to the province to maintain order.
The 3 high school students were foind with their decapitated in the predominantly Christian town of Poso, the town's police cheif Sholeh Hidayat confirmed to The Sunday Times. He said the girls were believed to have been ambushed while walking to school at about 6.30am. Two heads were found near a police post in Lage district while the third was discovered several kilometres away outside a Christian church in Kasikancu district.
Police identified the victims as Alvita Poliwo,19; Yusriani Sampoe, 15; and Theresia Morangke, 16. a fourth girl, Noviana Malewa, suffered facial injuries and was being treated at the Poso hospital. she told the police that they were walking to the Christian high school for their Girl Guides' meeting when they were attacked by 6 mens, who later fled on motorcycles.
Police are now worried over retaliation and have provided protection to an Islamic boarding school in the district.
While Indonesia is a predominantly Muslim nation, the province of Central Sulawesi has a roughly equal number of Muslim and Christians. President Yudhoyono said: "Some elements are trying to revive a renewed conflict although the situation is now back to normal between communities."
However, signs of sectaian unrest have continued despite the government mediated truce which ended the violence in 2002. hte violence included a bomb blast at a market in Poso, which killed 22 in May. Christian leaders have repeatedly accused the authorites in Jarkata of not doing enough to hunt down the culprits.
Analysts said that the sectarian conflict in Sulawesi was an extension of a wider war in the nearby Maluku islands, which up to 9000 poeple had been killed between 1999 and 2002. the Maluku conflict intensified soon after the arrival of volunteers belonging to Laskar Jihad, a newly created militia from Java.
Salim Osman - Indonesia Correspondent Jarkata.
now for the entertainment part!do u guys remembered Panda Xiong? yeah, he was a singer from Tawian. guess some of us loved his songs rite! =) anyway if u have read Lifestyle today, Panda Xiong went from 60kg to almost 100kg just in 5 years!!!! OMG! at 1st i couldn't recognise who was he until his name kept repeatedly appearing in my mind. i was shocked.
actuali wana show you guys the picture but my silly scanner ain't working..... darn.
go n read today's sunday times. alot of interested news. =) i think the 3 christians girls are reali so innocent lor. think abt it, the fasting month ain't over yet n those idiots actuali dare to do such things n pull down the reputation of the Muslims. hai....wat is this world coming to?
at 1:21 PM
Friday, October 28, 2005
Super tiring dayfinally two papers down. one more to go. duno whether to say did i reali do to my best or not... hahaha~ anyway i reali bo stamina... woke up @ 4.30am just to continue on my studying but who knws i fell asleep again @ 5.30am... hahaha~ reali went into the hall with such a super heavy heart. just don't understand y some people in this world reali loves to study.... weird man.
anyway, i can't wait for my papers to finish coz by then i will have alot of things to do!! such as my attachment to OT, A&E and IMH, gender camp tt is coming up, X'mas ss and my Bangkok trip! woohoo~! so many things to do! honestly i admit sometimes doing God's work is very tiring but it's worth it. coz i reali see purpose in doing it and it's meaningful.
sometimes sit back and think abt my group, i reali feel kinda sad. yearn to see it grow but i guess God is moulding each of us 1st. reali holding on n walk towards to see the breakthru of NYP3b. wait till i reach tt day, i will surely sit down to laugh and cry in tears with my gals. bwahahaha. this verse, Jeremiah 29:11, will always be planted in my heart.
NYP3b, let u knw tt i reali do love u gals alot. "aja aja fighting!"yeah! let u guys see something tt i found on a website ---->
!!!!!! guess who? it's Rain! haha~ yeah i knw, the super 1st picture looks like Jay. darn.... no offence Leslie! hehe...... deciding whether to buy his concert DVD. anyway today's Life! mention tt Rain will retire at the age 30! sobz* his reason is when he have earn the bucks, he will venture into business. he plans to go into marketing. if i am correct la...hahahhaha~
ok la, tt's all for today. tml gonna be a long day!
at 7:42 PM
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Come As You AreYou are the reason
For blue in the sky
Yes, you are the reason why
Snow covers winter
And melts into spring
And rivers meet the sea
God is here for you
And you were made for him
He’ll give you more of everything
Cause he has always loved you
His promises are true, so true
If you
Chorus:
Come as you are
Don’t change a thing
Open your heart
He’ll walk right in
Come as you are
No alibis
His love for you
Will never die
There is a heaven
Open your eyes
And there you have no disguise
He’ll never leave you
No need to hide
He’s always by your side
If you just believe
There is a way you’ll see
It’s just one step to eternity
And he will always love you
This promise will be true, so true
If you
Repeat chorus
by Jaci Velasquez.
happen to play Jaci's songs when i heard this song. it is so beautifully composed and the music is so so good. good for presentation hor? hmm...should suggest. anyway if ya interested in this song, ask me in msn ba! =)
at 9:02 PM
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
A Beautiful Storyeven though this is my 2nd time reading this story but i think it is a beautiful yet simple story.
The Lord's VoiceA young man had been to Wednesday night Bible Study.The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord's voice.The young man couldn't help but wonder, "Does God still speak to people?"After service he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they discussed the message. Several different ones talked about how God had led them in different ways.It was about ten o'clock when the young man started driving home.Sitting in his car, he just began to pray, "God...If you still speak to people speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey."
As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest thought to stop and buy a gallon of milk. He shook his head and said out loud, "God is that you?"He didn'tget a reply and started on toward home. But again, the thought,buy a gallon of milk.The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn'trecognize the voice of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli."Okay, God, in case that is you, I will buy the milk." It didn't seem like too hard a test of obedience. He could always use the milk. He stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home.
As he passed Seventh Street, he again felt the urge,"Turn Down that street."This is crazy he thought and drove on past the intersection.Again,he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street. At the next intersection,he turned back and headed down Seventh. Half jokingly, he said out loud,"Okay, God, I will".He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop. He pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in semi commercial area of town. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst of neighborhoods either. The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the people were already in bed.Again, he sensed something, "Go and give the milk to the people in the house across the street."
The young man looked at the house.It was darkand it looked like the people were either gone or they were already asleep. He started to open the door and then sat back in the car seat."Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up,they are going to be mad and I will look stupid." Again,he felt like he should go and give the milk.Finally, he opened the door, "Okay God, if this is you, I will go to the door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for something but if they don't answer right away, I am out of here."
He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noise inside. A man's voice yelled out, "Who is it? What do you want?"Then the door opened before the young man could get away. The man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt. He looked like he just got outof bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn't seem too happyto have some stranger standing on his doorstep. "What is it?"The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, "Here, I brought this to you."
The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway.Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the milk toward the kitchen.The man was following her holding a baby. The baby was crying. The man had tears streaming down his face.The man began speaking and half crying, "We were just praying. We had some big bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn't have any milk for our baby. I was just praying and asking God to show me how to get some milk."His wife in the kitchen yelled out, "I ask him to send an Angel withsome. Are you an Angel?"
The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he had on him and put in the man's hand. He turned and walked back toward his car and the tears were streaming down his face.
He knew that God still answers prayers.
at 9:35 AM
Sunday, October 23, 2005
I want to Run Away.now studying for exams for next week. urgh~!!! how i dislike examinations so much man. hai...no choice la, still got to study rite. sob sob* quick get over with it man. =)
in the midst of writing songs. always getting stuck here and there. . . but well, i don't want to write a song for the sake of writing but i want to write an impactful one! tt's my goal. nice music with impactful and anointed lyrics. just for the audience of One. honestly there's so much of improvement i am dying to see in myself. my leadership, my love, my weight, my voice and most importantly my vision. Lord i am putting them in your hands now. =P
yeah!!!!! Jill and Becca can make it for Gender Camp!!! hahahahhaha!!! woohoo!!! this camp will be a life changing one for 4 of us! amen.
Picture of my dream guy.
yesh, i am admiring this guy.
at 8:55 PM
Monday, October 17, 2005
Fun!sat was a great day! it was a day where the music during ss smack right into my face. i learnt so much abt being a GOOD support singer and leading. i reali feel so honoured to be God's singer. =) anyway the sermon tt was preached by sister Dinah was.................................... *speechless*. reali duno wat word to use to describe. those who didn't come for ss, i only can say, U MISSED IT. it was kinda long but something i remember was "as a disciple, we are all a growing child, so be a GROWING disciple." just like some of us, disciple this word often seems so serious. it's like being a disciple, we cannot commit mistake. must be good so that others can follow. sorry ar, i just being true to my views. haha~! but after wat sister Dinah said, disciple this word became a little less serious.
yeah, let God customise us instead of the other way round.
anyway my unit DMM came to my hse after dinner time on sat! we went to cold storage to shop for supper! yummy man~! haha! guess wat? when we reach my house, we watched "Full House". Bwahahahha. ok la, i kinda forced them to watch. but well, it was nice lor~! everyone enjoyed. but something sad was they kept saying tt Rain looks like josh. *sob* hahahahahaha. o yeah, i mention abt supper rite? the food was so much tt all of us couldn't finish lor.....
proceeding on, we had our meeting until 3am. yesh it was tt time we ended our meeting. but we had a great time thinking of ways to grow NYP! there were times where all of us were so serious n then suddenly we start to crap. as usual... muhahaha. but well, i am so glad i am in this family.
finally, I GOT MY RAIN'S CD!!! THANKS TO KEN! he lend to me. Rain reali can dance super well. where to find this kind of guy? can sing, dance, act and he is tall! too bad duno whether he is a christian...hopefully he is. =D
at 12:04 AM
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Challenge Taken.LiYan, you are on! i take your challenge! just wait and see.... *evil laughs*
different perpective of growing spiritually.
Hannah, u and i shall grow more! together with Joey, Becca and Jill, let's grow! desire to grow! throw away everything thing that pulls u away from God.
if u are serious, u will take this challenge. so it's up to you now.
Btw, Jill interested in joining with me hip-hop???
at 1:50 PM
Sunday, October 09, 2005
it's time.
time to rethink what i want in life.
God, passion, career, loves, frenz, family.
all these, i am going to have a very hard time to reflect.
maturity for next stage of life.
at 10:39 PM
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
| Your Brain is 66.67% Female, 33.33% Male |
Your brain leans female
You think with your heart, not your head
Sweet and considerate, you are a giver
But you're tough enough not to let anyone take advantage of you! |
SEE HOR. IT IS NOT TRUE I AM THAT BOYISH ALL THE TIME!! sometimes mayb try to see my feminine side? hahahahahahhaa!! this test is reali funi man.
at 11:06 PM
Sunday, October 02, 2005
Reflecting.just watch finish another Korean drama - My Love Patzzi. haha, this is not my main point.
anyway, after attending today's CTM, i realise that i am starting to reflect about my whole life. hmmm....next year i will be graduating liao. WHAO. God, can turn back time.... muhahaha. alot of things on my mind manz. my cg, my gals, my studies, my life. now as i am typing i am thinking abt the day i came to Hope. *grinning*
seriously serving God was never on my mind in the past. before sec 5, all i wanted in life was to quit my studies and play and realising my dream of becoming a singer. maybe when i was in sec 2, BGR was something i wanted. think abt this reali tickles my stomach! bwaahaha! how naive! lol! anyway, i reali loved serving my time in my CCA - band. going for band practice nv fails to put a smile on my face. think abt it now still puts a smile on my face! haha! life was so fun! but empty.
but at sec 5, "God" this word seems to pop into my life again. nv one day that i dreamt i will be use by Him. i remembered when Dk ask me to take up the challenge of being a shepherd, i scolded him "crazy". i told him that when the time comes then we're talk abt it again. then when i got my 1st sheep i was totally nervous and super excited! i will nv forget the day tt i witnessed how God blessed North B. so much fun and laughter and this time there was so much joy in life! these 3 years as i transferred frm high sch to poly group, alot of things happened. both good or bad. nevertheless, i nv regret a bit serving God with all my time. as i serve in NYP, i reali want to see a breakthru. [breaking the grounds in NYP!!!!]
yeah, even though i knw tt my life on earth is not as long as i think but other than serving God, i wish i could do something else. i am dying. dying to go to Korea for holiday!!!! WHITE CHRISTMAS. i want to go Seoul. it's always good to relax. take a day off and go somewhere u like to relax n be refresh. btw, who is interested to go with me to Seoul?
at 10:39 PM
