Awaken my soul to who I am in You

Great Emerge song... "Awaken my Soul".. I love it.. for the tune, for its lyrics...

Recently I read a book called "The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom.

I chanced upon this book on one of my recent rare visits to National Library.. vaguely recalled Pastor Kong ever mentioning this name in his sermons about her being one of the Christian heros. And so.. I borrowed the book wanting to know more about her life.

The book has impacted me deeply.. like the song goes "Awaken my soul to who I am in You" .. one's faith in God truly can bring great strength, beyond all understanding and open many doors..

She was just a simple lady who grew up in a loving Christian home.. In her 50s.. the German Occupation started and all their family wanted to do was to protect the Jews (whom they recognised were the apple of God's eye) from the arrest of the Germans. Initially she sent the Jews to her brother, who was the pioneer in the family in this "business" of hiding the Jews. One fine day, her brother told her, "Corrie you got to establish your own sources" because he was getting increasingly watched over by the German police - Gestapo.

She had no clue how to get started...
She has no clue who to work with...
All she had was a desire to save God's people...
And God led her to different ones to facilitate her honorable "work"!

Indeed.. very often, A DESIRE is all that one needs to do great things for God. A God-given desire opens doors beyond what we can expect, brings strength beyond what is humanly-possible... It reminded me that God only needs 3 things to make us great:

1. A strong desire to do something more with your life
2. Hard work on our part
3. Commit this work to God and recognise He is in control

Corrie, together with her family, housed many Jews and managed to help many of them escape to safety. They took on the risk to protect God's people. We are to be law-abiding.. but more importantly, we are to fear God more than men. In the end, she and her family did get arrested and thrown into concentration camps. As I read about the persecutions she went through, I asked myself... would I be as strong as her if I were in her shoes? The Bible and the mention of God was not allowed in the camps.. Yet she secretly kept a Bible with her.. Praised and worship God... ministered to and shared the Gospel with as many as possible in her prison days .. even to a German officer! What audacity!! Which I feel is lacking in most Christians, maybe even myself.


Her story taught me what it means to have audacious faith.
Her story taught me what it means to praise God in all circumstances.
Her story taught me what even under the harshest environments, we can still serve the purposes of God.
Her story thought me a willing heart is all God needs to make our lives a great one.

For those of you who wanna read up on her, you can find a very good biography of her at http://www.answers.com/topic/corrie-ten-boom

Let's all be like her.. Let's run a good race for God in our lifetime..

Let's not merely exist but make it count!

A Fresh Encounter With Dreamyland

Ahaha... wat a lousy title..

To those of you who are familiar with CHC's rededication BS title .. it's "A Fresh Encounter With God".

Thus, my lousy title.. "A Fresh Encounter With Dreamyland"... (ahaha.. I still think it's a terrible title..)

Yes Yes.. I repent from my "backslidding"... More than AMA, I literally MIA since last August. Even I myself am disgusted at the last book and movie that was indicated on my page. Click?!! My goodness... That's like yonder months ago... I have since read so many books, watched so many movies..

Indeed ... time flies us by day by day, minute by minute, without us realising... Especially with our schedules... A procrastinated thought to update my blog left it miserable, cold and like Kenneth commented, "cob-webbed" for months... Poor thing!

So here I am... "rededicating myself".. to the honorary task of being an on-the-ball blogger. I will try my best to keep it alive...

The word is "try" okie... =p

Baby Talk

Recently many women around me have been talking about babies.. planning for one... trying for one... it occurred to me that having a baby is not that easy after all... at least not as and when u like it..

Lesson of the day? To those who are of marriable age & still unattached, open your eyes wide, flaunt yourself (with style of course) & go for the man/woman who make your heart pounds faster! To those who are attached & financially stable... what are u waiting for? Get married early & don't drag too long for your baby. To those who are happily married, start tring! You never know when you will succeed at having one.

Recently someone told me of a kid who passed away cos she has some form of blood disorder from birth... bleeds even if u try stroking her... HOW SADDENING .. it occurred to me that actually the all important thing when having a baby is not about his/her gender, name, cuteness.. really it's the baby's HEALTH...

Lesson of the day? I changed the way that I pray for my baby-to-come (eh... i didn't mention when ah) ... my faith prayer now focuses on my baby's health.... Cos a healthy baby will always be a cute baby who will bring joy to his/her parents..

Thick skin... Thin hearts

Some changes lately.. everyone is in the midst of adjustments... New environment.. new people... new style of working..I believe it's going to be ok.. Just like how the sand "rubs" against the bigger pebbles in the bottle and causes some friction when you try to add the sand in... we should settle down after this period of friction.... we better do.

Thank God for moulding us all these while.... all of us have thick skin and thin hearts. That's what Qingyuan always say.... I think it's very true... Generally.. we are quick to say sorry... "repent" and bounce back fast... As if we're thick-skinned people who forgot just how embarrassing & hurtful it was. Actually the truth is not because we're thick-skinned... the truth is we have a soft heart.

Let this be a revelation to you -- he who is able to submit is GREATER than he who is not able to. Submission is a strength and not a weakness.

I wanna thank God for all my leaders ... I believe each one of them is placed above me for a reason... There's something to learn from each of them. I wanna thank God for my leaders who defend me and "block arrows" for me... If you think you are so great just because you are soft enough to submit to your leaders... your leaders are even greater.. cos they submit to even greater leaders (and yes that often translates to greater discipleship). I wanna thank God for my fellow CGLs ... our buddy talks mean so much to me.... Thank you for your support. All of u make serving such a fun thing...

Thick skin.... thin hearts... that's the way to go if you want to continue to serve God. Until then... you're probably better of just where you are. Cos I'll foresee you falling into depression, low self-esteem and bitterness and hardening your hearts...

Submission is a test of whether you are serving because of a calling or for your own ego. You will hang on to your ministry no matter how severe the discipleship is.. because it is a calling, not a choice. And the call of God is honorable & irrevocable.

The story of a dog

I have a colleague who shares the room with me in my office. He has an interesting way to communicate to his secretary that "hello... your things-to-do are piling up!!".

He has a soft-toy dog in the office named Bow-Wow (he just told me that's the name of the dog and I personally think it's quite duh cos isn't Bow-Wow the sound that the dog makes instead of its name?). Anyway, it's his dog so let's give him the liberty of naming his dog.


On a good day.. when what needs to be done in the IN-TRAY are be cleared at a good pace .. Bow-Wow sits comfortably on the in-tray ledge like this ..




But... when work piles up... Bow-Wow can no longer sit on the ledge and he has to hang miserably on the table lamp... like this..




Today... Bow-Wow is on the table lamp... She who has ears let her hear....

MORNING GRUMPS

i dun like people who are grumpy in the morning.
i dun like people who find fault with others first thing in the morning.
i dun like people who sound irritated and pull a long face in the morning.

Some people call these group of morning grumps "not-a-morning person". I think that's just as excuse/name they hide themselves under. If that's you... you need to exercise better control over your emotions. Come on... just because you didn't get a good night's sleep or take 5 hours to warm up in the morning doesn't mean the whole world owes you something.

Breathe and embrace the day ahead!

THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE!

A NEW thing I'm carrying around

Heh heh... you are right...
Those are my new house keys!
"B" is Bruce's and of cos... "S" is mine. =)
Bruce bought these 2 key chains when he was in Bangkok earlier this year... or was it last year? (can't remember le). For some reason, we have left them aside and tada... just nice... when we were looking for something nice and meaningful for our new house keys.

Nice eh?

Yummy YAMI

Popped by Suntec office to pass Kless something just now.

You know what is the best about swinging over to Suntec?
There's a YAMI YOGURT store!!!!

I love YAMI YOGURT since I was a kid. Best yogurt around.... Peach + Granola.... or just Peach if you wanna save money & calories! There are so few stores around nowadays... I only know of one in Suntec and another @ Raffles Place. So I make it a point to exchange $2.30 for a small cup of peach flavoured yogurt everytime I pass by these 2 places.

Yummy YAMI. =)

our amazing brain

Bruce emailed me something. I was simply amazed that I could read it aloud at one go. Haha... Maybe that's because I am a SMARTIE, as the passage claims. Haha..

Do have a go at it too!

O lny srmat poelpe can raed tihs. cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

Did you qualify as a SMARTIE too? =)

My divine task of the week

I have been working on a divine task this week.

Once again, Bro Nic & Sis Lillian are going overseas. This time.. their destination is New Zealand. Months ago, an adviser -- Cindy Png -- won a pair of free air tickets to NZ and decided to bless Boss with them. Bro Nic feels he's reaping this because earlier in the year.. he sowed into his parents-in-laws' tickets to London. Seed, time and harvest... shall never cease.

This trip has a divine mission. Don't know if it was meant to be a joke or what... but we're all standing in faith that the "mission" will be accomplished in this trip. For those of you who don't know what I'm taking about... it's ok, you don't have to know.

Kelvin Teo had the honour of planning this trip's itinery because he's been there for his honeymoon. In the week before they flew, suddenly the "ball" of choosing the accomodation for them fell into my hands. Glup!

For the past few days, I scouted around the internet for something good. Someone who's been to NZ recommended something and Bro Nic was actually agreeable to it. But I just did not feel very good about it... I believed there must be something better for them. I decided to invoke the spiritual (haha)... I prayed to God to show me a good place for them. God is good. I found a few power ones. Bro Nic went "WOW" when I showed him the pictures.

What you think? Can make it anot?



So, off they went to NZ. Will be putting up in 2 hotels I found for them. At times like that, I always have to pray that the hotel will turn out as power as what the pictures are. God... I did what I could within my scope... the rest... you help them out la huh?

Bye Bye...my Green Green Grass of Home

This post is dedicated to the grassfield in front of my Sengkang flat. So... it's going to be in green, grEEn and more GREEN.

There is a patch of grassfield in front of my block. For those of you who have been to my house... you would know how pleasantly relaxing it was to lay on my L-shape sofa and look over the field through my full-length window panel. At times... I would just lay there.. look at the field...stare at the blue blue sky with its fluffy clouds... and appreciate the serenity of Sengkang. The GREEN ... together with my chamomile tea ...soothes me big time .. and now... it's gone!!

A HDB magazine years ago revealed plans of building a school over that patch of green. But nothing much went on there. In my 5 1/2 years.. that patch was very much unutilised... its only functions were being a homeland for an entire empire of grasshoppers and toads... soccer field for some people to play some light soccer...kite-flying site for some super-on families.... sometimes during Qi-Yue (7th month) they erect worship stuff over there and DONG DONG DONG for one whole week.... occassionally it is also vandalised by some folks who insist on burning incense paper on the poor grass.

Since last week, the bulldozers and cranes came onto my patch of green. Day by day... from my window...I oversee how they slowly striped it off.. The greens are slowly replaced by sand & gravel. Everyday the workers start working at 8am sharp. (What a wonderful alarm clock they serve as). They've erected the workers quarters and put up the big MOE signature "Moulding the future of our nation" all around the perimeter of my field.

Looks like it's going to go on for at least the next few months..... Up will come a school and gone will be my grass. One the things that destresses me will soon be replaced by school bells, early morning "Mari Kita"... screams and chatter coming from the school.

Bye bye my grassfield....Thanks for a good 5 years of companionship.

1st Casual CG -- E198 Shi Zhi Lu Kou

We had our 1st casual CG yesterday!

Initially, we planned for a Bowling Tele-Match but on Tues.. my dear Anna told me all the lanes were booked!! *faintz* Thank God for Bruce....he was super supportive when he heard about the sudden "zhuang kuang"... immediately helped me to think of a contingency plan -- Shi Zhi Lu Kou.

Thank God for great helpers in the CG that put the idea together in 2 days -- namely Terence & Anna. Really appreciate you guys for being so flexible and ready to serve.

We had a huge turnout. I spoke to at least 40 people that day in a big big function room. It has been quite some time since I played this game as a CG. This time round it's with so many more people. We had a total of 6 teams.... running all over using NE line. We had fun!


Here are some pics:

Terence briefing everyone how the game is played.




Quick! Gobble the fries (1st dish) & off we go!




Our proud winning team!! Team Leader: Anna




Organisers: Terence (right) & Liyan

Finally.... what would a CG outing be without a proper CG photo?

Confession

What do you do when you can't decide which one to buy?
-- You buy BOTH! =)

Yes yes... I have a confession to make..

I went shopping for a bag today cos my previous one got "torn apart" (literally) by the bunches of keys in my handbag. Found 2 suitable ones...both reasonably priced... both quite nice... both same colour (that's the spastic part). Both had their plus & minus points... so i ended up buying both! Sigh... does this qualify to be indulgence?

But I only went bag-shopping cos my bag was spoilt... I know of many others who would buy cos it's nice... even though they already have dozens more at home. I shop by needs-based. Unlike most gers... But that's just me... another more boy-than-ger-side of me... Not being critical of others who belong to other categories. Woah.. Better stop writing here before some gers get provoked. Haha....

Go watch LAKE HOUSE

To: Everyone who hasn't caught the show yet


WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

One of the very successful sweet, tear-provoking, heart-warming, lovey-dovey shows of late. I went to the Sneak Previews with Bruce tonight half-heartedly not expecting alot... But the movie surprised me.

Although the concept of the movie is not very original (for all who have watched the korean movie ard 1-2 years back, you'll know what i mean), the twist in the show is. Don't tell u too much... later spoil your fun! Go watch ya?

Presenting E198!

E198 say "Hello" to all ....



It's been a few weeks since I led my mega CG. Actually, the size of this group is nothing compared to the initial CGs our pioneering CGLs were leading back then... I'm glad to be able to have a glimpse of what they went through...

There are some benefits when the CG is BIG:
1) Games become so much fun... people just make it so loud & ra-ra (Anna would second this)
2) Logistics becomes so interesting. Eg. Resisting the ushers every Sunday when we try to book close to 30 seats.
3) It feels like one BIG family indeed!

I thank God for sending good members to me... You know guys... it's really not a chore to take you guys. You make it all worthwhile & fun!

our foodtasting session

Today, a team of 6 -- Bruce, me, his mom, his dad, my mum & my Da-Gu -- went for our Wedding Dinner Foodtasting Session @ Amama Hotel. If you don't know by now... that's where our wedding dinner is going to be.

The picture on the right is our Menu. Cool eh? --------->>

It bears our names!! The LCD board at the Hotel Lobby flashed "FOODTASTING OF BRUCE LEE & SHAUN LOW". All of a sudden... I feel so important. What treatment? Haha! But they should... considering the kind of $$$ they're charging every newly wed couple!

Anyway... the food was not bad. Even our food-fussy Bro Bruce nodded his head in approval. Hope that's a peace of good news to all you who are invited.

God is a good God. The weddings at Amara Hotel come with 4 theme choices. I liked particularly one... and you know what? Tonight someone was having their wedding dinner and it was exactly the theme I wanted. So I had the opportunity of viewing the ballroom with the theme I wanted. =) Nice nice!

I'd like to see this as a God-incident instead of a coincidence. Actually... this is just one of the many tell-tale signs that Father God is watching over and blessing our wedding. We have been experiencing alot of favour .... The other day Bruce and me were counting our blessings... from finding our house to creative reno ideas to good bargains when we were buying our furniture.

God told me before months ago that He's as proud & excited as a natural father when couples are getting married. Because we are the pride of His glory. Thank you Father... for seeing us through it all!

Mum @ work

Do you remember the 2 bedlamps we had to get for our wedding?
Tada! !

Cute right??
It runs on battery .... small and cute! At least it's not that obiang!

My mom went shopping in Chinatown over the weekend... According to her, there'a shop that sells all the "cheena" wedding stuff! Mom started "working" le. She's bought most of the stuff we need for wedding day.. even got her day & night suits ready.

Hmm... wonder if she's feeling more of excitement or sadness? A bit of both ba.... I would too if I'm a mummy.

our 1st scrubbing session

Yesterday, Bruce, my mother-in-law-to-be (what a mouthful) & me went to our new house to clean up. DUSTY is the word! Cleaning has never been my forte.... Just watch me hold the broom and you'll know... but hey! that doesn't mean I dunno how to sweep ok? I just happen to be the Magic Wipe gang. Hmmph!

It's a good feeling to know that the house we entered -- dusty and full of rpaper cardboards, unwanted remnants from the previous owner-- is now much much cleaner. It's beginning to feel like home... although the wallpaper & furnishings are not up.

Wonder how the house will look like next week when the wallpaper is up. It was quite a tedious process to choose, match and factor in the cost in the midst of our wallpaper selection... Nonetheless it was fun.. I'm looking forward to Tues when most of it will be done. Hope that my visualisation skills don't play me out.

Well well... being proposed to was fun... choosing gowns/wedding venues was fun... choosing a house was fun... renovating a house is even more fun!! I believe at the end of the day... every part of the wedding procedure is fun because you are partnering through all these "projects" with your dearest one.

What would the most beautiful gown, wedding, house be without him? Nothing.

3 months to go!!

It's the 15th again! 3 more months and tada...
Let's welcome Mr & Mrs Lee!

home sweet home

my new Khatib home is undergoing high-gear in renovation.

It has been a rather hectic 2 weeks... after work & weekends it's go around and see furnishings time... discussions over the phone... choosing wall paper...choosing bed, lights, tables, sofa, tv, fridge, ...... Overcoming frustrations & thinking of solutions when what you planned is not feasible...

Last Sat we brought Ken & Qin along with us for furniture shopping. We really hope they weren't bored ..following us around... Actually I don't think they weren't. They seemed like they were enjoying themselves & projecting into the future... Kenneth had this "Hmm... in deep thoughts" look all the time.... And I kept hearing Qin say "Next time... next time..." Hope you had fun! We bought our dining table & carpet that day! Thank you Kenneth for "geng"-ing the carpet to Bruce's car. This is what you call a friend in need a friend indeed. He's supposedly trained to carry heavy, log stuff ... so that was chicken-feet for him.. haha... when you need help next time, you know who to find.

There are reno works going on every other day.. Thank God for Bruce's flexibility with time when it comes to work...Poor dear has been making daily trips home to oversee the works. We try to visit the house everyday to see how things are... it's highly satisfying to see our new homey getting into form day by day. Wanted to post pictures of it's progress on my blog actually... then again... i would rather you have a pleasant surprise when you drop by our home sweet home in the future!

Looking forward to the day that it's fully done up! Hmm... i can already see Bruce and myself sitting in the sofa.. looking around the house... and going "Hmm... this is the house we've build". =) I guess that's the fun part when you buy and do up your own house together... every part of the house has a part of the 2 of you in it... it's in the furniture, the tiles, the walls.... even the sink & tap!

Love is everywhere! Maybe that's why people coined the phrase love-nest.

a brand NEW start for E198

Had my 1st mega-E198 CG today ....
Due to some reshuffling in the zone, my CG has doubled in size overnight.
New place... new faces...
A brand new start for E198.

For my existing and new members.... I believe it's going to be exciting.. cos ALL of you have to GROW to another level... another level of maturity & service cos all that you've been faithfully doing needs to be done DOUBLY GOOD now. But I believe that as God jostles you out from your comfort zone with this reshuffling... many of you are going to see yourself expand in capacity.... if you are willing. =)

For myself.... I sense that it's going to be another phase in my ministry. For some reason, God has entrusted this big group of people to me... Of late...I've been taking on more responsiblities in other areas ... somehow.. what happened in the natural happened in the spiritual too... 12 people landed in my CG under my care. Hmm... I believe it's yet one of those things I'll slowly begin to see God's intentions unfold in due time.. But I'm grateful for it.. In fact, I welcome the change. Change is good... it is a check on whether your heart is soft & ready for remoulding or hard, set in your ways & resistant to changes. Personally, I have been feeling good about the inclusions to E198. I sense it is of God. In fact I really am pretty excited! Can you feel it? =)

There's a sense of something fresh & strong birthing forth from this new group. During ministry time, 4 of us received the same Word -- BEHOLD, GOD IS GOING TO DO NEW THINGS AMONGST US!

Watch out devil... the e198 army is arising!

all things work together for good

Have you ever planned for something but along the way... it was not able to be executed? It's a sickening feeling... cos you have to make other plans .... but God is faithful.. when one road closes He opens another... and after a while... you realise that "Hey, actually... all things work together for the GOOD!"

Today was one of my company's BIG meeting. Initially we wanted to invite 2 guests. In the end, one couldn't make it so we had to postpone some of the intended agenda to our following meeting. We were a bit xian at first ...but guess wat happened... the 1st speaker was scheduled to speak for 1 hr and spoke for 2 hrs! Thank God there wasn't a 2nd speaker... else his time would have been eaten into and the 1st speaker would not have been able to share all she wanted to share. After the event.... i couldn't help but think... Hmm.. God must have already foreseen she will talk beyond her allocated time... that's why he allowed the 2nd speaker to not be free on that day. Haha... just a thought la!

So keep your heads high even when things seemingly go wrong... God is still in control!

Announcement: Quiz about Bruce

Dear all,

Bruce has created a quiz to test all of you. The link is below my quiz (on the left panel). Go take it ok? Thanks.

The day Mr Squirrel fell

The most unexpected thing happened yesterday.

I was on a taxi. The driver was happily driving and I was doing my make-up. Suddenly I heard the loudest "THUD!" ever. Both of us were shocked. For a moment, I thought ... man! Did we knock into someone? Nothing leh... Windscreen still intact... Both of us looked shocked and then ... Mr Squirrel rolled down the windscreen from the top of the taxi.

Oh no... He was swinging from one tree to the next ... missed and fell flat on the taxi, bounced off the windscreen to the top then rolled down again.

Poor squirrel. I thought he fell to his death. The driver examined him while he drove on and commented "Still alive.... Only concussed." Oh Gosh! The poor squirrel was knocked out by the collision and he fainted. The driver was nice enough to pull over at the side of the road to and put the squirrel on the grass patch so that he can rest on the grass while he regains consciousness instead of hanging on the windscreen for the whole stretch of CTE.

Uncle was so clever. He picked a long tree branch with leaves to "brush" the squirrel off his wiper. The poor, terrified squirrel thought this was yet another ordeal. He clenched tightly on the wiper and used the last bit of his energy to put on a struggle with the Uncle who was just trying to help him.

Finally, the man overpowered the animal. Uncle said the squirrel suffered internal injuries. There was blood by the side of its mouth. Poor thing..... We left him laying on the grass and drove off. I hope Mr Squirrel is still alive today. Just in case you're wondering.... that is NOT Mr Squirrel's picture... It's just a picture I found on the website. =)

Expectations

According to dictionary.com, to expect = To consider reasonable or due, To consider obligatory

I almost blew my top yesterday when I realised a certain task assigned to someone wasn't properly carried out. It wasn't something difficult... The message has been conveyed more than once. XYZ claimed he knew what to do. And then ... I almost fainted when things turned out otherwise. After kindly highlighting to XYZ what he should have done... he wanted to rectify matters. And BANG! Another error. Sigh!! Man, what is wrong with him.....? I was in a state of shock because this was something I definately did not expect out of this guy given his background & status. I guess... titles do have an impact on forming our preconceptions about people.

There is also an informal meaning to expect apparently. To presume or suppose.

Is that the reason why our expectations of others causes frustration for them and us?

XYZ was rather pissed off by me. To him, it was not a life and death issue but something in the grey. But to me, it was something that was considered reasonable & due. I expected him to know what to do. I placed a box bigger than him on him.

I realised .... one's standards are not another's. Just because you come from the same background does not necessary mean that person is on the same page as the rest of us. I ought to have given him some more grace, even though I knew things could have done in a better way.

There's a saying that goes "No expectations, no dissapointments". To a certain extent, this statement is true. When we put our preconceived ideas on others and expect that to fill that "box", we need to factor in the possibility that they won't or can't.

Then again, all of us will never grow then. Forever we'll be stuck in our little box, thinking that we have arrived when very often, the actual fact is --- we haven't.

Leaving Imprints in God's Life

I was on my way to CG yesterday asking God what to share in CG. Then I happened to see a picture of a footprint on the front cover of Straits Times. It impressed something upon me. Very often we talk about God leaving imprints of His goodness in our lives. Actually, the truth is we can also leave imprints of our faithfulness & obedience in God's life.

Noah was one such guy. He obeyed and gave in spite of ridicule. And God remembered him after the flood.

David was one such guy. Till today, God calls him a man after His own heart.

Abraham was such a guy. He obeyed with sheer faith in the character of God. Because of him, an entire race & nation is blessed today.

We too can become such a man or woman of God that touch God so much through our obedience & fervency.....

Dearie @ Reservist (Day 4)

Hmmm.... I'm beginning to really really miss Bruce. Thank God for a packed week of activities that distracted me.

Mon -- I came home after work and slept early.
Tues -- Meeting after work. Reached home around midnight.
Wed -- Bruce gave me an assignment to do while he's not around. I'm supposed to check out the lights @ Balestier and see if I can find nice lights for our house. Man, it is a whole stretch of light shops. I walked for more than an hour, combed through more than 10 light shops... By the time I reached home, it was 11pm.
Thurs -- CG after work. Came home at 11+ again. =)

What about Friday?? No worries lo! Dearie will be out by late afternoon. Yippppppeeeee!!!! He called me today once he was out of the jungle. So nice to hear my familiar ringtone again. =))

Dearie @ Reservist (Day 3)

My dear is going into the jungle today and tomorrow. Sigh..... But he was sweet enough to call me before he went in and we lose contact for 2 days... Sigh ... this kinda guy where to find? He said he got bitten by mosquitos and can't sleep well... So poor thing!! Let me find those mosquitos and I'll KILL all of them! Dearie take care!

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I carried Joey yesterday.... she is so cute!! Sigh... seeing all these cute babies makes me wanna become a mummy too! Hmmm....

My initial plan was to have 2 years of "er ren shi jie" first... but recently ... seeing all these cute babies makes me wanna have mine too! There's Princess Joey who's ever so cute, there's Baby Joshua, there's our zone's lastest "addition" Baby Jayden, there's the clever and smart Denise, there's a pretty looking Mummy-to-be Eileen in my office ... and the forever charming looking Javier (Pastor CK & Sis Eve's boy) =) Sigh... but I guess it's still not worth sacrificing the "er ren shi jie" totally.... Maybe bring forward the B-plan to 1 year?? Haha.. Then again.. it doesn't happen just because you want it so I gotta factor in a "grace period".

I think my boy will be so cute. He'll look as dashing as his daddy... I'll let my boy wear jersey... basketball, soccer, baseball... haha..should be very adorable! He will play & watch soccer with daddy... and daddy will style his hair for him.. I think my girl will also be very cute.. She'll look even prettier than mummy...

Hmm...
Looking forward to the day when I can proclaim "Presenting the Lee Family!!!"
Looking forward to taking our 1st Lee Family photo!
Looking forward to going on our 1st Lee family tour!
Looking forward .... Looking forward..... Looking forward!!
=)

Dearie @ Reservist (Day 2)

Just reached home not too long ago. Sigh... it's called travelling by public transport after a late meeting... ALL BY MYSELF. At times like that I really do miss my dear alot!! But of course, he is much more than a chauffeur to me.

Actually, come to think of it ...it's a real waste that the Toyata Corolla is now just sitting outside Tuas Camp. IF ONLY I can drive!! Then the car would be mine these few days. Muahahaha! Imagine... drive to work, drive home, drive to meeting, drive home, drive dear to camp, fetch dear when he books out.... Wah... That'll be nice!

Ok, that's it! By the time he goes for Reservist next year... I must get my driving licence. So that I can "look after" his car for him. Wonder if I'll be yet another kuku female driver. Sorry girls.. I happen to be one of those girls who are reasonable and honest enough to admit the fact that girls are generally more kuku when it comes to driving. Face it girls.... it's true! Maybe I'll end up praying all the way while I'm driving. Haha. What if my legs are too short to step on the accelerator? What if I cannot park properly? What if the driver behind can't see me cos I'm so short? Oh gosh.... Glup!

But like Huiqin said just now... I must do something first before all these talk -- Go & book my basic theory. =)

Dearie @ Reservist (Day 1)

It's the once a year reservist recall again. Sgt K S LEE went to report at his camp early this morning. He will be stuck there till Friday... and I will be stuck here without him. Sigh....

But today wasn't too bad. I guess work really helps. My office's devotion took up the whole morning and the rest of the afternoon was just work and more work. But this time isn't as bad as the previous round. He was on HIGH KEY. Meaning siong jungle stays and siong missions. He couldn't call ... He couldn't be contacted. I remember I was in SOT then... feeling very sad cos I couldn't call. Only could sms and wait for him to call/sms. In the middle of class he MMSed me his picture from the jungle with a short message "Miss you". I almost broke out in tears if not for the fact that I was in class.

It feels kinda empty without him around calling me every other hour. If you don't know by now... We're on the phone alot. My dear belongs to the category of wonderful guys who makes it a point to call whenever he can even though it's been a while since we're together. He has a special ringtone and my closer collegues know when he calls... they'll go "It's Bruce!" It feels weird without having him talk to me before I sleep....

Sigh, Friday come quick!

It's finally up!

Finally... my sickening 56kbps Singnet-Dialup at home is working perfectly!! Please gimme 5 mins to defend myself before you conclude that I am a obsolute nut.

I was using Starhub Cable when I was in NUS... endless stuff to download... catching online lectures etc. Upon graduating, I discovered there's no need for cable at home cos there's broadband in office, church, even Macs. So I cancelled my Cable and have ever since been stuck with my 56kbps. When I finally decided to use it.. even searching for the dial-up installation software on Singnet was rather tough. Who talks about 56kbps nowadays?!! I'm pretty sure some of the Primary school kiddos dun even have a clue to what it is. Sigh....

So for the past few months ...I have been plugging the telephone line... clicking the dial-up button and hearing the all-familiar "di di bu du du .... Eeeee.... Eeeee..... Zzzzzz .... Eeee....eeee" before I finally logon. Phew, what an ordeal!

But there was one problem. I could only surf selected websites like DBS, Singnet, surprisingly Prudential and government websites. Hardly could survive without sites like Yahoo, Google... cannot update my bloggy when I'm home.... =(( Really tempted to get my broadband back but the thought of moving in 3 months time makes it seem not worthwhile.

Finally, I found something on Singnet that might help me. BINGO! I AM FREE TO SURF ALL I WANT NOW, BLOG ALL I WANT. Of course I am limited by the ultra "lightning speed" of 56kbps. But slow is better than none.

Contentment is one's greatest gain.

New inclusion: My Quiz

Hey hey.... Was really bored so I did the most bo liao thing.... I added a quiz about me on my Blog. The link is on the left side. Seemingly, such a quiz is meant to test how much people know you. Actually, I think it is more of a way to let people know more about me. Haha. Of course that's when they get the questions wrong.

So...Try it out if you wanna know more about me!