SINGAPORE 22 Feb 1989 - 31 May 2011
AUSTRALIA 1 June 2011 -
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
I'll tell you everyday that I love you...
Today my cell group threw an awesome farewell party for both monkey and I. They were so sweet! Everyone (except monkey and I ) brought some food and trust me, their cooking were fantastic. Every moment was spent with laughter, fun and smiles. The games by wei jian were so FUNNY! I've never laughed so much in my entire life! haha. Really had a super duper fun time. Then came the sad part. Everyone of them said their farewell speech to me. The moment yong chean started, I already wanted to cry. (And sheng kept taking unglam photos of us!). But I kept on holding back my tears, until Grace's turn. I couldn't take it anymore and just started crying....it didn't stop until after everyone prayed for us. I really can't hold back anymore...it is so painful to say goodbye. I couldn't even look them in the eyes as I'll start crying like mad! This is really my most painful experience that I've ever gone through so far. Gave everyone my farewell letters, think I'm able to express myself better in words rather than speech. It's like a bitter sweet moment. All of them were sad that we are leaving, but yet happy and excited for us as well. All of us in the room believed that God has a perfect plan for us and like what michelle said, to claim Jeremiah 29:11 even as we fly to Australia. After all the crying and flooding, we played games again, but only for a short while as the function had to be closed at 10pm. Sheng was so sweet to drive us out to clementi station. Took 99 back with grace, and she was so kind to walk us back to our block.
All I can do is to let go. To let my cell group go to God. Both my teens, my cell brothers, cell sisters and cell leaders (Michelle, Jo, Yik Chun, Peyrou and Eunice). How I wish tonight could last forever, BUT OF COURSE THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE. You darls always say that I'm nice, but I've never ever saw that in myself. I'm nice because you guys are also so super nice to me. Really felt so blessed today. My cell group really make out a huge part of my life.
To my teens darlings, thanks so so much for the awesome lunch picnic at vivo sky garden yesterday. Like what I've always say, I love every moment spent with you all. You darls have brought so much joy into my life and I have to say that my spiritual walk has grown a lot too due to you all. I know that yesterday, some of you did feel a little sad, but you all wanted to make me happy, to end it with happy moments instead of sad moments. I love every single one of you. You darls are my joy when I come to church every week and I really thank God for all of you. Continue to grow closer to Sam, and continue to draw closer to God.
To my cell group, thanks so much for tonight. You darls mean the world to me. And I will miss you all so so very much. All of you have been a great blessing to me, and honestly, I looked forward coming to cell every friday, coz I really wish to see all of you. You darls had also brought a lot of joy into my life. Continue growing strong in the Lord. Thanks so much for tonight, every moment was unforgettable.
How I wish I can take you all with me to Australia, but I know that that would be very selfish of me. Every time I think about Singapore, I'll think of you guys.
Thank God for all of you, and I'll never stop saying this...
I LOVE YOU
All I can do is to let go. To let my cell group go to God. Both my teens, my cell brothers, cell sisters and cell leaders (Michelle, Jo, Yik Chun, Peyrou and Eunice). How I wish tonight could last forever, BUT OF COURSE THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE. You darls always say that I'm nice, but I've never ever saw that in myself. I'm nice because you guys are also so super nice to me. Really felt so blessed today. My cell group really make out a huge part of my life.
To my teens darlings, thanks so so much for the awesome lunch picnic at vivo sky garden yesterday. Like what I've always say, I love every moment spent with you all. You darls have brought so much joy into my life and I have to say that my spiritual walk has grown a lot too due to you all. I know that yesterday, some of you did feel a little sad, but you all wanted to make me happy, to end it with happy moments instead of sad moments. I love every single one of you. You darls are my joy when I come to church every week and I really thank God for all of you. Continue to grow closer to Sam, and continue to draw closer to God.
To my cell group, thanks so much for tonight. You darls mean the world to me. And I will miss you all so so very much. All of you have been a great blessing to me, and honestly, I looked forward coming to cell every friday, coz I really wish to see all of you. You darls had also brought a lot of joy into my life. Continue growing strong in the Lord. Thanks so much for tonight, every moment was unforgettable.
How I wish I can take you all with me to Australia, but I know that that would be very selfish of me. Every time I think about Singapore, I'll think of you guys.
Thank God for all of you, and I'll never stop saying this...
I LOVE YOU
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Muar Retreat 20-22May + Dinner with neighbour
Yup as the heading says, I was at Muar, Johor from 20th to 22nd May. It was an awesome get away with God and cell group. As some of you may know, this was the trip that I really wanted to go. I know monkey wasn't as excited as I was, but ya, she came along in the end. Let me tell you why I really wanted to go to Muar. First of all, I really wanted to have a time-out from my family. My parents had been arguing recently ( and still is), and I just felt that I really needed a break from all the noise. I've never cried so badly in a long time, and now because of this, I cried again. Secondly, I wanted to go to Muar as it is a prayer house owned by my church and I've never been to it before. The previous time when my cell grouped went to Muar, my parents objected me from going. Thus I wanted to go as this is probably my last chance to go. I kind of insisted on going, of course by asking nicely and by God's grace, He allowed me to go. And lastly, I really needed to seek God. I have so many questions in me, so many issues I needed to ask...I really needed an alone time spent with God.
We reached Muar around 1 plus in the afternoon on friday. I fell in love with the prayer house immediately. It was quiet, serene, super duper clean (like the cleanest place in Muar) and of course, the care taker Auntie Grace is the nicest grandmama I've ever known. She actually personally went out to buy back breakfast and lunch for us. That was so sweet of her. When we first got there, Auntie Grace shared with us the history of the prayer house. How the Lord preserved the place from the Japanese during WWII. Many christians came to hide there and worship there and the house is still stanidng today. That story changed my perspective of the place. That it is indeed a unique and special place.
We explored Muar on friday. After lunch, we walked for nearly an hour before reaching our so-called 'The Promise Land', a shopping centre! haha. As you know, Muar is a small town towards the end of Johor. To be able to find a shopping mall is already considered really cool. The girls and guys split upon entering. I bought a pair of shoes for about $15 sing. CHEAP man. The guys went grocery shopping, they bought a lot of snacks. On our way back to the prayer house we ta pao-ed dinner. Had KFC. We ate, bathed, and went for our night session. Thought that it was good. Michelle shared on the grey areas in christian living such as going clubbing, wearing bikini and smoking etc. God spoke to me on not doing anything that will cause a stumbling block to my fellow sisters and brothers in Christ. After the session, we ate snacks, played a bit of games. I slept around 1am...
Sat 21st, woke up around 830am. Had breakfast (the one ta pao-ed by auntie Grace). Then we had our morning QT till about 11am. Then the girls and guys had a split session. For the girls, we had an informal session with Michelle and just chatted and heard her sharing about her business trip in China. I got to understand what she's been doing in her job and how tough career life can be. We ate lunch at around 12 noon. Then it was our own personal solitude time with God. I went into one of the rooms in Prayer Hall with a piece of majong paper. The entire room was empty except God and me. God lead me to the book of Hebrews and I just sat there reading the entire book of Hebrews. I had 2 agenda on my mind. First is regarding my career and calling in life. There's a part of me that wants to help children with special needs, that's why I took psychology in NUS. However, there's also a part of me that wants to work in an area that has something to do with creating christian songs in a christian music industry. My second agenda is regarding my family and the rocky relationships that we're going through right now because of some money issue. Regarding the first agenda, I told God, God if it is really your plan then bring it to me. If it is not, take it away. Just like how I've told Him regarding my family's immigration to Australia. If it is His plan for me and my family to go, then provide a way. But if it's not, then do not make the application successful. Well, all of you already know that we got our PR status in the end. After the session, I really thank God for speaking to me. He reminded me to live a life by faith, that I should trust Him and do what I have to do. And He showed me that the reason why I have to go through this tough time with my family because God is disciplining me. And He disciplines because He loves me. The rest of the day was spent playing games, went out for dinner, and another night session about the goals for our cell group.
Sunday was a round-up sharing session. We took pictures and set off for lunch and then boarded the bus at 115pm to Johor Bahru. We then took SMRT transit 170 to customs and back to S'pore.
Reached home around 530pm. Washed up and went over for an awesome dinner with our neighbour. Mrs Ang was so sweet to invite us over for dinner with her family, it was such a lovely time and I love talking to her.
Okay, my post is getting really long. Guess I'll end here.
We reached Muar around 1 plus in the afternoon on friday. I fell in love with the prayer house immediately. It was quiet, serene, super duper clean (like the cleanest place in Muar) and of course, the care taker Auntie Grace is the nicest grandmama I've ever known. She actually personally went out to buy back breakfast and lunch for us. That was so sweet of her. When we first got there, Auntie Grace shared with us the history of the prayer house. How the Lord preserved the place from the Japanese during WWII. Many christians came to hide there and worship there and the house is still stanidng today. That story changed my perspective of the place. That it is indeed a unique and special place.
We explored Muar on friday. After lunch, we walked for nearly an hour before reaching our so-called 'The Promise Land', a shopping centre! haha. As you know, Muar is a small town towards the end of Johor. To be able to find a shopping mall is already considered really cool. The girls and guys split upon entering. I bought a pair of shoes for about $15 sing. CHEAP man. The guys went grocery shopping, they bought a lot of snacks. On our way back to the prayer house we ta pao-ed dinner. Had KFC. We ate, bathed, and went for our night session. Thought that it was good. Michelle shared on the grey areas in christian living such as going clubbing, wearing bikini and smoking etc. God spoke to me on not doing anything that will cause a stumbling block to my fellow sisters and brothers in Christ. After the session, we ate snacks, played a bit of games. I slept around 1am...
Sat 21st, woke up around 830am. Had breakfast (the one ta pao-ed by auntie Grace). Then we had our morning QT till about 11am. Then the girls and guys had a split session. For the girls, we had an informal session with Michelle and just chatted and heard her sharing about her business trip in China. I got to understand what she's been doing in her job and how tough career life can be. We ate lunch at around 12 noon. Then it was our own personal solitude time with God. I went into one of the rooms in Prayer Hall with a piece of majong paper. The entire room was empty except God and me. God lead me to the book of Hebrews and I just sat there reading the entire book of Hebrews. I had 2 agenda on my mind. First is regarding my career and calling in life. There's a part of me that wants to help children with special needs, that's why I took psychology in NUS. However, there's also a part of me that wants to work in an area that has something to do with creating christian songs in a christian music industry. My second agenda is regarding my family and the rocky relationships that we're going through right now because of some money issue. Regarding the first agenda, I told God, God if it is really your plan then bring it to me. If it is not, take it away. Just like how I've told Him regarding my family's immigration to Australia. If it is His plan for me and my family to go, then provide a way. But if it's not, then do not make the application successful. Well, all of you already know that we got our PR status in the end. After the session, I really thank God for speaking to me. He reminded me to live a life by faith, that I should trust Him and do what I have to do. And He showed me that the reason why I have to go through this tough time with my family because God is disciplining me. And He disciplines because He loves me. The rest of the day was spent playing games, went out for dinner, and another night session about the goals for our cell group.
Sunday was a round-up sharing session. We took pictures and set off for lunch and then boarded the bus at 115pm to Johor Bahru. We then took SMRT transit 170 to customs and back to S'pore.
Reached home around 530pm. Washed up and went over for an awesome dinner with our neighbour. Mrs Ang was so sweet to invite us over for dinner with her family, it was such a lovely time and I love talking to her.
Okay, my post is getting really long. Guess I'll end here.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
The ending to a new beginning
Finally sat for my last paper in NUS today. I remembered while entering the exam hall I was still laughing with joy as we were talking about lulu and the Noose. haha. Glad to start my last paper without any fear...in a sense. 2 hours and it's over. Went to print my papa's handbook on "Beginning a new life in Australia" and binded it for him too. Have to do it. He asked me to help him before fyling off on april 25th, today's already the 5th...really should get it done for him. Had been putting it off my mind for a while as I was busy preparing for my papers. It's over! yay, I've survived 6 crazy yet awesome semesters in NUS. Still remember the day I received the brown letter saying that I've been accepted into NUS. Was jumping up and down, think I almost cried. I knew that entering NUS was already God's grace in the first place...and He saw me through every semester. K, why am I reminiscencing the past now?...Anyway, had an awesome, sleepy, fun (as always) lunch with the powerpuff girls at vivo after our paper. I love thai food and I realised that my tolerance to spicy food is quite high. haha. Oh yes, some updates, I cut my hair! Not a drastic change, but I have fringe now....decided to get rid of that long, half covering eye, fringe. Still trying to get the hang of it. (I had long fringe for a pretty long time). Anyway, papa, mummy and monkey are coming back tomorrow night. Can't wait to see all the pictures that they've taken. Was talking to my mummy just now. The house final payment is done, we've gotten our house insurance coverage, furniture...practically almost everything. Grandmama asked me to start packing tomorrow. It's weird how I feel that my life still carry on as per normal when in actual fact there are a lot of changes happening in the background.
Well I'm just going to take 1 day at a time. Realised that it's no point counting down, it's just going to make not just myself but all the people around me upset too. Tomorrow is going to be 'spending time with shing yee day' and then cell group dinner (after exam celebration)! can't wait.
Godd night.
Well I'm just going to take 1 day at a time. Realised that it's no point counting down, it's just going to make not just myself but all the people around me upset too. Tomorrow is going to be 'spending time with shing yee day' and then cell group dinner (after exam celebration)! can't wait.
Godd night.
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