Sunday, October 25, 2009

HELLO!!!! today some of the RED house people went out! There were 4 of us; Jasper, Laura, Matthew and Me. First, we met at City Hall at 12. Started walking around aimlessely for a few mins, than we went to Ben & Jerry's for ice cream! Than started walking around to decide where we shall go for lunch. Than we went to this japanese restaurant since the narrowed down choice was, Hard Burger and this japanese restaurant. But since Daddy said no fastfood, we were left with only the Japanese restaurant. Than headed down to suntec city to build-a-bear shop. Looked around for awhile, before heading down to Kallang Leisure Park. We went to the arcade first. Hahas played Daytona and also Basket Ball. Than we went ice skating there! Okays, than we bus-ed down to Jasper house for dinner. Heehee we had the honour to eat Uncle Simon's cooking! Yum yum!!! Mommy liked the chilli ALOT! Auntie Jenny even gave her a whole bottle to bring home! Hahas than we ended up playing bridge after dinner. We sort off got "hooked" hahas. Than we left together with Daddy cause he needed to book in to camp le. So that marks off our family outing! Enjoy the pictures!
God Bless
Veda

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9:30 PM

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Hi all, we had a basketball game at Pastor Billy's house again.. This coming sunday we will b playing again at book keng... Those interested pls let us know that u r coming ^^

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9:18 AM

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

hey youths,

pls go to http://www.liwairenmusic.com to support our fellow brothers in Christ from Kuching(LiWaiRen) for their first MV... Dun forget to tag for them ok?

Yours in Christ,
Andrew

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3:58 PM

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Monday, October 12, 2009

HELLO PEOPLE! Sam here.. Haha... A post from me! ;D

Back from Kuching! Was refreshing and learned a lot! haha... I've been overseas a lot this whole holiday, but really enjoyed myself... (:

Just wanna encourage you all, dont ever give up! God allows us to go through hard times to strengthen us. Whatever doesn't kill you will only make you stronger!

Learn from Job, he had everything he possessed and loved taken away from him. His children all died, his livestock were all gone and so were his properties. Even his best friends started to mock him, and his wife told him to curse God and just die! But we all know how the story ends, he kept the faith and trusted God, and he came out with even more blessings than before.

Another story: One day, a gold refiner took a piece of gold to have it refined. The gold was very dirty, and it didn't look very valuable in that form. So he put it in hot fire to get rid of all the dirt. The gold complained about the heat, and also complained about the pain from the hammering. However, when the gold bar was fully refined, the gold refiner held it up and it looked beautiful, with the refiner's reflection in it.

Your life will go through tough times, and you will need to be refined. The heat and the pain will be hard to bear, but once God is finished with his masterpiece, when He looks at you, He will see His own reflection, in you! (:

So when you're going through hard times, just keep the faith in God that everything's gonna be alright. (: Trust God through the hard times will definitely come out better (:

Gonna share a song with you all, hope you like it!

I've found my meaning in You
Your cause is the reason why I live
Your grace is teaching me how to give

I give my whole life to You
Your love is the reason why I song
Jesus You are my everything

Every night, everyday
I dont need to worry, no I celebrate
All the things You've done in me

And its gonna be alright, cause
You are in my life
Yes its gonna be alright

Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be alright
And its gonna be alright,
'Cause Jesus, you're my light
And You have shown me the way
All of my troubles, all of my life
I give to You, my king

Laus Deo Semper (Praise be to God alone)

Sam

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12:43 AM

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Friday, October 2, 2009

Hey guys,

How's everyone? Hope everything is going well :)
Anyway all you internet-happening people, i know i've been a really quiet netizen.. But secretly spying on all of you! haha :P Ah so I decided to contribute my little piece here.

So remember the talk we had as a whole YF on "Love & Life"? The one where Josh & I threw out so many sweets! Haha.. I know, solid topic la. So chim, so deep.. But really made you think didn't it?

So if I asked any of you what you think the biggest problem is now or will be in society at large, what do you think it is? Let‘s just take the working world or school life for example.. Any guesses?
Well I think it's human management. Think so too? In simple words, it's human relations, public relations, people to people relationships: Staff retention problem, family problem, boss-staff, teachers/parent- child, BGR, friendship.. you name it, bingo! You'll definitely strike on something. Hey, even the big problem bosses are facing nowadays is how to relate with their staff (hiring, keeping them happy, loyal, hardworking, effective etc)..

So the msg Pst preached: 建立美好的关系 (Building great r/s)- whoa, the real and practical God giving us the 101 on relationships! I'm sure God spoke to all of us, one way or another. Remember one (and probably most impactful) point Pst mentioned?

"Love is NOT an emotion, 爱不是情感“

Major shock, no? Love is not an emotion, but only that it can produce emotions? Wah, bluff who? What happened to all the TV theory where *ahem*
"His gaze fell upon her. A smile broke across his face, eyes sparkling in delight. It was the perfect moment, the moment any girl could ever hope for- the night was young, with the breeze gently caressing her hair. They sat there in front of the open sea with their backs and faces pink and patched, sunburnt from spending the entire day out fishing. The fire danced away in the night. The marshmellows she was roasting had never tasted so blissfully sweet. Then, at that moment, he threw his back down on her lap and lifted his eyes to meet hers. Their gaze interlocked. How could what felt so right be so wrong? She knew for sure was in love..."

But is that true love?

Words + Actions = True Love
言语 + 行动 = 诚实真爱

And if so, it means we can't simply "fall" in love. We make a choice to, and our words and actions speak the most of it. Act first, and the feeling will come later. Don't feel like it but still loving is indeed the highest form of love.

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So this week, I went on "Operation Love" mode. A simple task I challenged myself to which ended up being REALLY trying..

"Do everything in love.. 凡你们所作的，都要凭爱心而作。。"

You know, it really does make a difference in they way you speak (言语) and how you act (行动) if you consciously keep this in your mind. And when the bible says EVERYTHING, it means EVERYTHING.

I tried my best not to feel the usual frustration or did the pressing the lift's button a thousand times because it took forever to come and I was late.
I told myself to smile at the Aunties who were blocking the escalator such that I couldn't walk down in the MRT station instead of the usual loudly announcing my presence by heavily thumping down the escalator and the fake dry cough.
I consciously reminded myself to close my parent's door tight so the cat wouldn't creep in and meow away in the middle of the night and disturb my parent's sleep.
I went on MSN and sincerely replied everyone who talked to me, even chatted up some to catch up with them.
I had supper with an old friend and happily waited with him for his bus despite being tired from work.
I thought it would be a lovely treat to buy mummy muffins and white lilies because I knew it would make her smile in her hectic classes.
I did my best to stop myself from immediately putting down my college's idea or passing it off as lame in my mind without sincerely thinking about it.
I tried to endure and almost enjoy the rush hour MRT jam with no complaints, no spiteful thoughts or frustration.

So many small, little, practical aspects that I could apply it to, I realised.. And I did all these with a sincere heart, which is real in true love. (诚心)
And when you begin to live in this love, I realised God will open your eyes to His goodness and grace in your life.. So much to be thankful for, so much to praise God for, so much to see God personally actively involved in.

Ever said something knowing it would make your friend look silly and make you feel selfishly good? Ever claimed you didn't study at all for the test but scored so well, only making your friend feel worse about herself? Ever commented on someone's pimple in front of others knowing he was so self-conscious about it already? Ever wore something knowing it would make you look so good but your friend shabby but you couldn't give a hoot about that? Ever shot someone a reply without even considering how that person would have felt or how long that person must have waited? Guilty, I'm guilty of it all..

So how has your week been? How has the message impacted you? Anyone tried "Operation Love" before? Tell me! I want to know too..

"Do everything in love..."
"..love because He first loved us.."
"And so we know and rely on the love God has for us..."
凡我们所作的，都要凭爱心而作。。因为神先爱我们。。这心我们也知道也信。

愿神的爱大大的充满我们每个人，好让我们能清楚知道和依靠这份爱来爱别人..
Laura

praise the Lord
1:32 AM

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

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One Way, Jesus

Thank You Lord

all the heavens

blessed grace youth

shine Your light

Your truth

history maker

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