I have learned to be content with everything I have now!

Philippians 4:12
I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

wow wow must write down my "buying dig cam experience" before I sleep. I finally went to buy my dig cam on last Sunday! Hahaha.... after researching on all the cameras online & checking out all the prices everywhere, I finally bought my Canon PowerShot A75 at $440!!! with free 128 SD memory card!!! wow wow... i love my camera!!! And with sponser from my sis of 400 bucks, i only need to pay $40!!! hahaa... Praise God!
 
Yaya, on Sunday, met up with Chi keung to buy the digcam together 'cos he wanted to buy one too. So, I decided to go to luckyplaza to buy as Esther told me they should have some great deal. The first few shops we went into, the owners looked at us & served with the "ya.. I know you won't buy in the end" attitude. Being very particular about customer service, I walked out when the services weren good.
Very important to have great attitude when selling things. But I cant blame them, 'cos there are abt 200+ shops that sell cameras there!!! They probably face lots of rejections from customers!
 
So I just walked around & true enough, everywhere I go, there are cameras shops all around!!! Li & Shan joined us at 5pm. I was really tired by just walking around & asking for the diff. prices they are offering.
 
After that, we walked into this shop with a "golden hair" shop assistant. His attitude was fine at first, then I realised he love to lie. He will lie about many things! Hmm..... even when the prices he quoted for us are quite attractive, I didn't feel good about buying from him Not his appearance but his attitude. "liar" attitude.
 
So after shopping around from 2.45pm to 6.00pm.... we were all very tired..... then I told them this, "I must get the dig cam today"
No point coming down again & start this tedious exercise again. One thing they know abt me is that Im a person who really make sure my money is spent properly. Very frugal!
 
Then I pulled them aside & said, "let's pray!"
 
So, I prayed with all our eyes wide open, so that people won't notice us. I prayed a simple prayer that God will help me get the best deal!
 
Straight after that, we turned & walked... & a man looked at me & said "You want PowerShot A75? I offer you 440."
 
My eyes lit up, he actually offered me 470 as the lowest deal jus some time ago. Other shops offer 499 which is the retail offer price everywhere, set by Canon. Wow, and surprisingly his attitude was very good!!! He sounded very honest & frank. After quite some time looking at the product & sensing... I decided to get it! I knew God had blessed me with this great deal!
 
There is free 128 memory card & I just realised that he gave me 4 rechargable 2300 batteries!!! wow, hmm.... I love my cam, it was great! Great pic! OK..... Thank God!
:) smile
 
 
 

I was reading on the gospel for Asia & came upon this letter. Hope it will bless your heart.
 
More persecution stories at http://www.gfa.org/gfa/persecution
 
Let's pray for all those who are suffering hardship for the extension of His kingdom & for simply loving our Lord.
 
 
07/01/2004: Letter from K.P. about Manja

Dear Family,
 
I know it’s hard to hear the news about our brother Manja not being released like we prayed and hoped he would. Sometimes we don’t understand why these things happen. In the Bible we learn a very valuable lesson in the area of disappointments. Usually disappointments are the result of the way we feel about something that turned out differently than we had planned or hoped. There are two kinds of disappointments: those that are in our control, and those that are not in our control. For example, if a student doesn’t study and gets bad grades, his disappointment is in his control. However, a flight that is late, causing you to lose your connection, is out of your control.
 
Two Scriptures that give us some insight into why we get disappointed and how we should respond: "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD.
 
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8-9, NKJV).
 
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28, NKJV).
 
It's easy to believe these two Scriptures when things are going well, but when things are going opposite of what we expect, it’s harder to believe what God says here.
 
Because we see, touch, taste, hear and smell – our five senses tell us what we believe to be real, but as A.W. Tozer says in his book The Pursuit of God, “The visible becomes the enemy of the invisible; the temporal, of the eternal.” To truly believe what God is doing behind the visible, we must exercise our total trust and faith in God that He knows what He is doing, and that He is still in control even though the world around us may look out of control. Think about three men in the Bible – Joseph, Moses and Peter. We consider each of them to be a great leader and man who knew the Lord. But do you realize that it was through great disappointments that God made them to be who they were? Without the difficulties that they faced, they would have never been what God made them to be.
 
There are three things that will help us respond in the right way to our disappointment.
 
1. We need to look at this situation from God’s point of view – we look at the physical, but God looks beyond that to the spiritual.
 
2. If we can follow the first one, the second one is easy. We need to rejoice, knowing that God is in control. Paul tells us to rejoice ‘for’ and ‘in’ every situation.
 
3. If we can apply the second one, we can easily follow the third, which is to trust the Lord to work things out. One of the first questions that comes to mind when we hear that our brother Manja was not released is, 'was it because I didn’t pray enough?' Or, 'was there something I could have done more to get him free?' And the answer is no.
 
 The Lord is in control and maybe he did answer our prayers, but in a way we didn’t hope or expect. And now we must trust Him, believing He will work everything out. If you could read what our GFA field leader in Nepal wrote, you would see a calmness and a peace that tell us our staff there know God is in control. They are disappointed, but their disappointment doesn’t overcome their faith in God’s sovereign plan.
 
It almost seems that we are more disappointed than they are. Our leader told me that “we know God is in control and He is faithful.” Let us continue to pray and believe that the Lord will make a way for Manja to be free.
 
Yours for the unreached millions,
K.P. Yohannan

Psalm for today! Psalm 15
 
Who may worship in your santuary, Lord?
 
Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?
 
Those who lead blameless lives & do what is right,
 
speaking the truths from sincere hearts.
 
Those who refuse to slander others or harm their neighbours
 
or speak evil of their friends.
 
Those who despise persistent sinners,
 
and honor the faithful followers of the LORD
 
and keep their promises even it hurts.
 
Those who do not charge interest on the money they lend,
 
and who refuse to accept bribes to testify against the innocent.
 
Such people will stand firm forever.

Dear Jesus,
I do not wan to live my life in vain. Lord, I pray that while I'm alive, let me give, give & give.
Give to the weary & tired, words of encouragement,
the lost & faithless, words of revelation & wisdom.
the poor & in lack, food & water
Give to the world the best I have,
that when I leave this world, I can say that I did not live in vain.
Lord, I ask for your grace & mercy, peace & joy, love & hope to fill my heart & all around me.
Thank you Jesus!
Amen!

Today is REST day!

Good day! Today is rest day! I need to rest! I will stay at home for today. :) There is so many to do. Write mails, do household chores, sleep & of cos pray & spend time with God.

I slept for 12 hours last night. I woke up only at 1.30pm. Wow, haha.... good good, must get enough sleep for a new week. Thank God, there is new thing to learn at work. I will help out in the new project that Han Kuan is leading. Pray that I can do it well. I realize that since my company is quite young, there are lots of things I can learn. From production, logistics, planning, coordinating, sales to packaging. There are always new things to learn.

Know some new friends from overseas. Great! I always love to know foreigners. I will see the world one day. This year end, I wish to go to Thailand. Next year, I will go to Australia! Yeah!!!

 

A BEAUTIFUL ANALOGY!

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.They talked about so many things and various subjects.When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "Idon't believe that God exists.""Why do you say that?" asked the customer."Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn'texist.  Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people?Would there be abandoned children?  If God existed, there would beneither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who wouldallow all of these things."The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn'twant to start an argument.The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just afterhe left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy,dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he saidto the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist.""How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber."I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!""No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did,there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, likethat man outside.""Ah, but barbers DO exist! " answered the barber. " What happens, is,people do not come to me. ""Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOESexist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him.That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."

Dear God,
We thank you for this beautiful new day You have made. Help us recognize that we have many things in life because of your blessings upon our lives. Help us see today as a new challenge rather than a chore. Help us treasure every moments of today with You in mind.

Lord, even when everything fail, You are always here with us. We thank you for Your faithfulness.

Lord, grant us the strength & wisdom we need for today. You know there are alot to accomplish today. But help us take one day at a time & not worry about tomorrow.

Bless us indeed.Your hands be upon us, enlarge our territory & keep us away from all evil.
Lord, even when troubles come, let us remember to hold on & never give up in believing. Believing that God, You are here to extend Your help & go through all troubles with us.
Help us to like Christ, who gives & not take.To give of our lives to others. To give is more blessed than to receive.

I plead the blood of Jesus over our lives now. Protect us from all the schemes of the devil. We recognise that the devil is at work all the times & we are NOT going to let the devil win in anyway.Help us to be strong & be thankful always.

Thank you Jesus, for You are more than able.You are our help in times of troubles.

In Jesus's NAME,Amen!!!!

Thank God! Going jogging later after so many weeks of breaks. Been really busy these weeks.. seem that everyday is packed with events & programmes. Looking forward to my dolphin trip during Sept (hopefully) & year end mission trip. :)
 
Forgot to testify that God heals my flu just like that within one day! Praise God. Was sick with flu last week but after prayers, my flu was gone completely.
 
 

my humble work at Sentosa... sunset bay.

Hi, I'm back. Just visited one website that I think is good for people who are skeptical about Christianity & very helpful for all Christians who want to know more. I personally believe & sense that it has no contradictions from the Words of God. If anyone think so, do contact me asap. :)
 
http://soulsingerinluv.blogpsot.com/
 
okok, talk about Sat.... last Sat (17 July) was a veri busy & rushed day!!!
Firstly, I woke up at 10am & went out to buy tuna, cheese & lunch for Jeff & myself. Tuna & cheese are for making sandwiches for friends at Sentosa! I am joining them in the noon. But too bad, Meifeng suggested that I do not need to do that as they are full. So in the end, sad 'cos my specially bought tuna & cheese cant be put to good use. heh heh...
 
Many of them went off already by the time Chi Keung & myself went there. So in the end, there were only Meifeng, Carol, Kam Ching plus CK & myself. There was beach volleyball competiton that day & the whole sunset bay was packed with people. I saw "Shen qin san" there too.
 
Nothing to do, I decided to kayat. Wow... it was a great first time experience. CK & myself have some coordination problem though.... haha.... 
 
After kayating, I decided to do the one thing I have wished to do for a long time. That was to paint the scenery. Yup!!! I finally brought my paints & brush with me this time round!!! hahaha.... will post up the pic if able to scan nicely. :) But due to a short of equipments like palette, artboard/chipboard  etc... I cant expressed my painting 100%... so it could have been better.:p 
 
Okay, after that, in my veri veri causal attire (shorts & slippers), KC, CK & myself went to town to walk walk shop shop... Wow, really, saw many people looking at me.... haha..... don't care. :p
 
Finally, went to watch midnight show "brotherhood" with a friend. Wow.... it was great!!!!!!
I give it a 5 stars show. It is highly recommended & a must see for me. :)
 
It illustrates the very real scenes of wars. Many scenes, I was scared to death. i finally came to realise the ultimate cruelty of wars. I really pray that there will be no wars.... even though it is not possible to be war free in this end times.  
 
Many times, I was touched too... & at the last few scenes... i teared. I really think that the script writer has made this story very beautiful. The real brotherhood.
 
hahaaa......but it is just my opinion.... some peope may not like it.... but u ask me... i would 100% recommend it. :)
 
 
 

So cUte!!! :)
 
http://www.quickinspirations.com/flash/ibelieveinmiracles.asp


"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We
have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand -- and melting
like a snowflake."

~ Marie Beyon Ray

Huan, attachment student left on last Friday. She is the pretty one infront in black. Finally i'm able to post pics. There will be more to come. Thank God. :)
Work is getting less challenging... really pray that God will do something. Praise Him for He is in control. I will trust in His perfect will. Amen!


my lovely colleagues!

My memorable trip to kelong near Sibu Island! 

Leaving The City of Regret


I had not really planned on taking a trip this time of year, and yet I found myself packing rather hurriedly. This trip was going to be unpleasant and I knew in advance that no real good would come of it. I'm talking about my annual "Guilt Trip."

I got tickets to fly there on Wish I Had airlines. It was an extremely short flight. I got my baggage, which I could not check. I chose to carry it myself all the way. It was weighted down with a thousand memories of what might have been. No one greeted me as I entered the terminal to the Regret City International Airport. I say international because people from all over the world come to this dismal town.

As I checked into the Last Resort Hotel, I noticed that they would be hosting the year's most important event, the Annual Pity Party. I wasn't going to miss that great social occasion. Many of the towns leading citizens would be there.

First, there would be the Done family, you know, Should Have, Would Have and Could Have. Then came the I Had family. You probably know ol' Wish and his clan. Of course, the Opportunities would be present, Missed and Lost. The biggest family would be the Yesterdays. There are far too many of them to count, but each one would have a very sad story to share.

Then Shattered Dreams would surely make and appearance. And It's Their Fault would regale us with stories (excuses) about how things had failed in his life, and each story would be loudly applauded by Don't Blame Me and I Couldn't Help It.

Well, to make a long story short, I went to this depressing party knowing that there would be no real benefit in doing so. And, as usual, I became very depressed. But as I thought about all of the stories of failures brought back from the past, it occurred to me that all of this trip and subsequent "pity party" could be cancelled by ME! I started to truly realize that I did not have to be there. I didn't have to be depressed. One thing kept going through my mind, I CAN'T CHANGE YESTERDAY, BUT I DO HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE TODAY A WONDERFUL DAY. I can be happy, joyous, fulfilled, encouraged, as well as encouraging. Knowing this, I left the City of Regret immediately and left no forwarding address. Am I sorry for mistakes I've made in the past? YES! But there is no physical way to undo them.

So, if you're planning a trip back to the City of Regret, please cancel all your reservations now. Instead, take a trip to a place called, Starting Again. I liked it so much that I have now taken up permanent residence there. My neighbors, the I Forgive Myselfs and the New Starts are so very helpful. By the way, you don't have to carry around heavy baggage, because the load is lifted from your shoulders upon arrival. God bless you in finding this great town. If you can find it -- it's in your own heart -- please look me up. I live on I Can Do It street.

Great. Its 12.59am right now & im still not sleeping. Just came home from watching the movie, "windstruck". It is a funny, romantic yet sad story. I like the guy "Jang Hyun" & the gal in the show very much. They are genuine & beautiful creatures of God. :)

In the end, the guy died. It was sad. I was reminded of my mom who left me on 4th Feb this year. I take comfort in knowing that I will meet her again someday..... & I will not be sad. I will tell her all of my happiest moments here on earth. i'm sure she will be eager to hear. :) I teared once again. I have learned that there is a time to be strong, there is a time to weep too. I do not have to "act strong" & control my tear everytime. I can truly be myself. Even when I'm going home on the train, I couldnt care whether anyone notices my tearing. I just be myself.


Dear God, guide me in your path. I commit my plans & life to you. Have your way. I will obey. Thank you Jesus.
Amen.