SOLF CNY 2010 Dinner

Last Evening was our SOLF dinner at the SHIP after the church service.

So i grabbed Uncle Cheong's photos. Its gd these days that tons of people liked photo taking, all i have to do its grab and saved! 'chuckle, chuckle.."

I’m Feeling: Lunar

A monotone Picture for the LIVING

Almost over a year into buying the housey, we finally settled in unpacked and a little more to tidying and cleaning more, would be swell already. Just a a little bit more tidy to the edges...

Last weekend, we settled most of the things, then we looked at our living.
It was bared!

the walls were bared.

we need a nice picture a dull monotone picture to place in our hall. But we have no dull toned picture we got out to the city in search for a
DULL monotone picture that fits in the Hall of ours.

one saturday around Singapore.
Went to Budget shops, went to Galleries, went to "renovation" company (mislead).
We saw none of it, some of it which were super PRICY, WAY off zillion our budget.

so we left it BARED!

next Day we went to church invitation, Daniel approached ThiRak AK,

"hey we wanna give you PICTURE.. for your housey for your housewarming......wot kind you looking @""""

I’m Feeling: .....

I made a prayer last night

Last night i wished a prayer to the Lord after a long while, and lay on bed half sleeping the whole night, with my refluxes of gastritis churning everywhere in the body, mind so awake.

and when the dawn broke and my mind still so awake, i received a morning call.

hey! one of the prayer i wished came to light!

well at least, it helped a little.

I’m Feeling: :)

Pauls’ memorial service

Last night we went to Pauls’ memorial service at his house.

He passed away physically to a long battle with cancer, that left him reduced to nearly bones.

Coincidentally, he is the brother in law of my ex-colleague Julia.

These few weeks, darling AK and I have been constantly following his condition through their bloggie, as he slowly deteriorate and how he’s been in and out of the hospital.

And we also know that Paul have been asking to go HOME with the LORD and wasn’t afraid of death, definitely. Uncle Chris mentioned in his service last night too that Everyone was relieved for him.

The wake service was a little teary at certain times, we had singing songs in Hokkien & English and testimonials from Uncle Chris and Aunty Jenny and a short "Eternal Life" sermon.

We came to a close at about 9pm plus and have a little fellowship, makaning just before heading home. Tonight there be another service before the cremation tomorrow afternoon.

Dealing with death of our loved ones aint coming easy, because its physically detached away of our lifes, in this world. Something which everyone everybody has to go through.. one of the days….



I’m Feeling: .....

Memorial Service at the Staples Center for MJ

Wanted to stay up to catch the live telecast of memorial Service at the Staples Center at 1.30a.m.

I fell asleep after harvesting and planting seeds at our farm which darling AK took over even before 12.30a.m.

Then while I was sleeping and darling AK was watching the live telecast, I was awoken by the singing ……….

“”SMILE………..””“”Smile”””……………
“”SMILE………..””
“”Smile”””…………… “
”SMILE………..”” “”Smile”””
…………… “”Smile”””……………
“”SMILE………..””“”Smile”””
…………… “”SMILE………..””

At 3.00 a.m.

So I stood up to watch the rest of the service.

On Singapore Channel 5.

Skali, there was breaks in between and I asked AK how come there are commercial breaks in between. Shouldn’t it not have?

So, we switched to SCV channels to see if there are any live telecast, and there were, news talking about the memorial Service that ended earlier and how it went and so on.

So, we were actually slightly delayed telecast on channel 5! (I didn’t know that)

It was sad, it was not a happy telecast, there were moments you felt like tears could, might have drop from your eyes.

“ Things happened for a cause and many times, we cannot comprehend why these happened, for our eyes are limited and cannot see the wider picture in life, only the LORD does…”

And for MJ,
For the LORD’s children,
We do know, that he might not live forever on earth, but he lives forever in a better life with the LORD….”

at My Space

I’m Feeling: .....

Where is our Strength in our most difficult times....

Yeshua, spelled יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēšûă‘) or ישוע in Hebrew


its just too concidentally to be writing my thoughts based on Yeshua,
and today my head and emotionals was running how different was He to us or us to HIM.

Did YOU felt what we felt?
Did YOU, Yeshua understood totally our difficults times we had and having on this created world?
And the the most truth, yes i think HE did.

During Yeshua last days,
He was
1. Betrayed
2. Humilated
3. Wrongly Accused.

and he took all that.

How many instances did we felt at least one of the above? or at time more than one of the above or even all of the above. Sad to say.

Then i asked Yeshua, that He was the saviour and messiah, because HE was able to, HE wanted to feel what we are feeling. He Felt and went through and got HIS victory.
but to us as the little children, how much could we take. How often we start to feel dismay and almost on the verge of giving up.

How do we have that strength to continue....

I asked sometimes because i'm still a typical human to feel.

I’m Feeling: Our strength is in the name of the Lord.....

When you are feeling like the world's crashing on you.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin'."
I'm whispering "I was lost,
Now I'm found and forgiven."

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble
and need Christ to be my guide.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak
And need His strength to carry on..

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed
And need God to clean my mess.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible
But, God believes I am worth it.

When I say.... "I am a Christian"
I still feel the sting of pain.
I have my share of heartaches
So I call upon His name.

When I say.... "I am a Christian"
I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner
Who received God's good grace, somehow!

I'm A Christian by May Angelou

I’m Feeling: .....

Church Ceremony

This evening, was the darling AK and me church solemnization tiny ceremony with the vows and exchange of rings in the boat In God's sight........by Pastor Chris on behalf of the Lord.

I’m Feeling: spiritual solemnization

He says

the LORD says

"" for ALL THINGS WORK OUT FOR GOOD...""

and HE SAID ALL, not good or bad, but ALL.

at least for me.

I’m Feeling: look for HIM

We went to visit Paul in his house

Last night after the busy busy at work, the darling AK and I went to join the little churchy group at Paul’s house,

Which is also Daniel’s house

Which is happened to be

Julia’s house, my colleague, ex colleague at XLre’ssss

For a fellowshipy time and some makaning time

Ms Emily’s got CURRY PORK RIBS curry, and we had hokkien mee and some noodles.
Plus 3 happy birthdays and anniversary celebration. 3 cake cutting which was just too much cake then.

Mostly the gathering was to see Paul whom we didn’t see for a lengthly time because of his condition.

I think all of us can’t explain the feeling last night. SAD + HAPPY… hemm …

I’m Feeling: emotional

End of Year Church Dinner at SICC Bukit club

AT SICC Bukit club

at dinner tables, the first 2 dish of the courses always seems delicious and immediately wiped off!

that is because, our stomachs are all empty and hungry already

standby to go play games in the front

then we had games,. see the darling AK representing our table.

we won of course!

Our table is of course my 2 aunties, my parents darling ak and me

and some jokers. quite entertaining and fun.

This year New year dinner! Good bye to 2008.

my last complain for the year, the SICC service was terrible! you can never

imagine a prestige club having such darn service.

The staff were poorly trained and not in the least of a even an average

typical chinese restaurant. Then to make matters worst, after the shark fin's dish,

our table spoons were all cleared and we had only chopsticks for the rest of the

dishes... .... blur ...

the food was .. cannot complain more. it was lousy except the cod fish.

COD fried fish..

and yes. my bloggie is full of food. no wonder i am getting fatter each other day.

sigh...

i'm trying to make a "GET THINNER"" resolution ... Tsk tsk!

I’m Feeling: give away 2008

TRICK OR TREAT

I wanted to post a HAPpy Halloween and after much thoughts and conviction, i decided not to endorse it! yes, of course, i knew that this is the satan's day.
its not just the "ang mos' ghost spirits day....its more than that.

therefore, the conviction flowed so greatly inside, nah i don't want to be part of this celebration, even if it meant, everybody is doing it, for fun for disco or also dressing up. No not helping the enemy to celebrate his day! Althought it was fun fun thing to do now, NAH!


ITS ENDORSING It!

then to pen my thoughts down!

Caused I remember the true meaning of it and adverse effect it had on people and Christians.I doubt Satan truly celebrate Christmas too or good Fridays, in fact he turns it into EASTER eggs and “” satan”” or SANTA Claus making people truly forgetting the true meaning.

I’m Feeling: for GOD

Moreen's Aunty's Testimony

When we arranged to come back on Saturday from our Malaysia trip to catch the evening healing service on Sunday, I didn’t expect a long testimony that were so touching leaving a non-dried eye at the end.

I guess most of us would felt more or a little softened, and cried inside or outside together with Morrien’s Aunty.
Her lump in her uterus grew into a large water melon, with sharp pain that she endure for the last one year.
Doctors all confirm it's the advanced cancer when after prayers and prayers to the LORD, the eventual results turn out negative.


It was during her testimony of her pain and suffering and how she at time gave up on the LORD and herself and how she pulled through the ordeal that makes me think at the moment, that her needs were so much greater than mine.
Definitely!

Health is definitely above all other needs isn’t it.
To have a health is what we came to realize.
Till we fall terribly ill do we then realized, the greatness of a health.

sometimes bad things happened for a reason, for a reason to build our lifes together.

When you taste the goodness ...u want to share

Sometimes, due to over excitement of a good thing, example, you tasted a fabulously Wan tan mee and you would want your closest to taste it.
You then keep expounding on its goodness, it richess and its best chilli sauce, over and over again and kept recommending it to the others.

Not knowingly, sometimes, you could get people warily, in your over enthusiasm.

To the people who haven’t taste it, would start to doubt and get warily over the enthusiasm..
To the people who had it, they knew the excitement because it was so damn good .

I guess sometimes in different perspective, it has it good and bad.
and I guess sometimes it applies to Christianity.
As much as I know about Christ, as much as I had studied in the past, my enthusiasm is way behind some.
As much as I learn and have learnt, I know we should pace ourselves and let certain times let the Lord work inside.

Its difficult to comprehend
am i wrong?

the 2 Angels

the 2 angels that spoke to me today:

Sometimes certain stories come appropriately, maybe God through the emails, that you chose to open.

This 2 angels email was left unread, until today while clearing it, I read it!
i have read it before, but

its good to recap sometimes, remind us of the situations and our complains sometimes,
to remind us that things aren't always what they seem...


Things aren't always what they seem."


Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things
don't turn out the way they should. If you have
faith, you just need to trust that every outcome
is always to your advantage. You just might not
know it until some time later..

Oooo
Some people ( )
come into our lives ) /
and quickly go.. (_ /


oooO
( ) Some people
\ ( become friends
\ _ ) and stay awhile...


leaving beautiful Oooo
footprints on our ( )
hearts... ) /
(_ /


oooO
( ) and we are
\ ( never
\_ ) quite the same
because we have
made a good
friend!!


Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That's why it's called the present!

the 2 angels story:-

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night
in the home of a wealthy family.


The family was rude and refused to let the angels
stay in the mansion's guest room.


Instead the angels were given a small space in
the cold basement.


As they made their bed on the hard floor, the
older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it.


When the younger angel asked why, the older angel
replied,


"Things aren't always what they seem."


The next night the pair came to rest at the house
of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his
wife.


After sharing what little food they had the couple
let the angels sleep in their bed where they could
have a good night's rest.


When the sun came up the next morning the angels
found the farmer and his wife in tears


Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole
income, lay dead in the field.


The younger angel was infuriated and asked the
older angel how could you have let this happen?


The first man had everything, yet you helped him,
she accused.


The second family had little but was willing to
share everything, and you let the cow die.


"Things aren't always what they seem," the older
angel replied.


"When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I
noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the
wall.


Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and
unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the
wall so he wouldn't find it."


"Then last night as we slept in the farmers bed,
the angel of death came for his wife. I gave him
the cow instead.

Daddy's Day with Ipod

I get this feeling I have been neglecting my blog recently, also that is because I had no space to enter the bloggie.

Work has calm down recently , with a little bit of changes on and off, definite--ly, other than me being seriously restless and over-tired, like I duno why.

I might like to ask God why too, the lateness and the restlessness, I wish HE would dreamy enter me tonight actually, and answers to my prayers actually. hopefully....

What in the world does the rest do without the LORD in times of confusion and frustration? Or in a certain decision making when a choice is needed to accomplish?

What do you do in these moments?

Take the lead at your own human choice hopping and beliving it might be the choice, maybe?

Probably I was never a choice maker, as in, I suit the situation, like sometimes, when the AK goes, “”EAT WHAT””, I would like “” anything lor,… and if given to make a choice,.. I would select the same old stuff to avoid more uphillsss…””that’s me to stay In comfort zone in the monotonous times I guess.

That is bad, or rather on the other hand, not bad.
It depends.
So

……………..

I realized Daddy’s day was much simpler and lazier than Mother’s day.
This Daddy’s day, simply a sms to Daddy and the next day, the AK had a dinner for the 4 of us at 156 Ah Chai’s!

………………


Daddy was pretty excited with his NEW TOUCH screen ipod today. I woke up after the AK left to his haunt and I thought about the better since I was rather tired.

Guess what? I was more excited than him when I had a look at the F””””

TOUCH SCREEN IPOD!
80GB! 35GB

mine IS ONLY 30GB with 8000 songs…. IMAGINE!

I was simple --- awe! GOSH!

Yes, but I contained it simply well,..not shouting my awe-wu-ness outloud,,.... but i was amazed... I LOVED IT! .....i went like ..."""" Hemmmmm not bad nice… "" and screaming inside me.

Daddy was more fashionable than me, wor! but i was happy , that he was happy with something electronically exciting, to me, as a younger, it doesn't matter, for the oldiers, it matters,. .. to me , it matters, that they are happier and excited with the material luxury items they loved to experience.

For youngers... we still have time to do that.. in future... I'm glad the Daddy was more advance than more.
(still excited over his TOUCH screen ipod though...........heMMMMM)






It was simply fantastic!

OK I am KoKO!
The internet access ! Gosh!
The megapix-sssss….!
Can watch DVD… ahemm… when the AK goes entertaining ahem…..

Started off me with the ipod this very one, now,. Since then the Daddy seen mine, and was itchy, upgraded his since then, 3 times..

Ahem!

Today's Ponder

David explains how God connects yesterday and today with tomorrow, when he says, “… and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” In effect, David ends his psalm by saying, “We’re going to heaven!” With God it just keeps getting better and better; the best is yet to come.


Paul says it like this, “For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down – when we die and leave these bodies – we will have a home in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands” (2 Corinthians 5:1 NLT).

The Stewords Today

Because Aunty Jenny is out of town, she left us a little homework, to summarise the message for today.

Today’s church was a little quiet without uncle and aunty. Daddy was a little confused to either play the piano, or the guitar or the drums.
It was cute.
He went to guitar, then to the piano, piang piang piang, and walked to the Drums to test waters.
He settled for the piano.

Then guitar.

"'hemmm"""

Daniel lead the worship, before the start, he shared about his Shingles that he gotten few days ago.
He seems quite cheerful about it.

Aunty Delia was the special speaker, what does God most want….short and sharp.
Food was terrible. It was India food again and the food wasn’t quite tasty anymore. Everyone was bored with the food definitely. Aunty Chia refused to touch the India food.
We landed in Thomson to tabao a tasteless starchy Chao Tao Kuay.
Today not my day for food………

Gaga

Concidental Message?

Today seems like a Sunday definitely it is, just that I felt more relax and went about doing things slowly because tomorrow is a Public Holiday.
Its different, A Sunday being the end of the week, starting of a work week and being in between two off days.

Morning we went for the usual church service, except this morning we had a guest speaker. It was an ordinary simple message that I would think had touched our hearts and spoken to us. He had some of us up to pray for our medical problems. Concidentally, yesterday noon bible study with Aunt Jenny was about the same message.

We were tired hot and wanted some foot massage. We ended up in Yishun Blk 930 for a foot massage and shoulder massage which was quite refreshing.
Felt good after that but sooo tired we came home and slept throughout.

Taste of Thailand for dinner., at the Yishun industrial Park. Not the very me, but I knew my parents and the AK quite like the food, so what the hack, I suggested the venue.

Recent Cat

We can do a fight against terrorisim, but we can’t fight the natural disaster that God had be poured on us, isn’t it?

My thoughts on the other day, some weird natural catastrophe that fell on countries that seemingly never will happen on them, and it did.
So what happens if a catastrophe be fall on my country, or maybe on my surrounding areas.
Gee.,. my first thoughts that ran through was my loved ones, running for safetly. That scene my thoughts on it, is the hardest ache.
So my thoughts left that scene and not wanting to continue..



Then If I can’t bear that scene, why did God allow it to happen on His children? Doesn’t he feel the hard ache too? Or He has special plans for His children? I don’t know too..
Surely He feels more heartache than what I had picture and felt?