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-- What I am going to blog about, I have more or less blogged about a long time ago. But anyway. Something today made me want to revisit this. So. How would you react if someone called you "holy", not in a positive way? As in, they don't exactly mean it positively, and maybe they say it with a scoff. When my friend mentioned me to a friend, her friend said, "she very holy one!" And I thought (^_-) and (O_o). Now, I'm not here to say I am holy (and I am far from perfect), or to boast or whatever. Instead, what I want to talk about is... I remember in secondary school when my classmate saw me writing verses on the back of my foolscap pad and she exclaimed "you so holy!", not in the most positive way. I must admit that my initial reaction was embarrassment. After all, being holy is not exactly anywhere near cool, because for some people, the word "holy" conjures images of solemn chapels and priests and well, that sort of thing. And remember,...

Borrowed a book from the library the other day. This is what almost a whole chapter looked like: Amazing right? Don't really know if the underlining and "starring" makes any use when you do it this much! Actually, I like it when I borrow books and find that someone who borrowed it previously, had made marks on it. Because it generally makes for easier reading, especially when you're trying to do research from many books, and it's no fun to sift through them all. -- This is what part of my desk at home in Melbourne looks like. (Hi Dawntan!) Yes, those are my pencil holders (or rather, stationery holders). It's not that I'm too poor to buy pencil holders - I like these! See, the top flap of the Pocky one is even useful to put an eraser in. ha. Yes the one on the left is a toilet roll. I always look at toilet rolls and wonder how I can make something out of them. And I finally have. I guess it comes with all those making-things-out-of-scrap when we were young...

-- (A song) Holy Spirit, have your way Holy Spirit, take Your place Fill this place with Your presence Fill this life with Your grace Come like a rushing wind Breathe life and make me clean I live to worship You I live to bring You praise Jesus, take Your rightful place - King of this heart, lover of my soul Fill me to overflowing Feels just so overwhelming I'll sing of Your great love Nothing can stop me -- Haven't posted excerpts in a while! So here's John Ortberg again. The life you've always wanted Thomas Kelly wrote, “There is a way of ordering our mental life on more than one level at once. On one level we may be thinking, discussing, seeing, calculating, meeting all the demands of external affairs. But deep within, behind the scenes, at a profounder level, we may also be in prayer and adoration, song and worship and a gentle receptiveness to divine breathings.” -- An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Okay sorry I know very spastic.

-- Think I talked too much yesterday. Possibly a result of being tired, which was partly a result of talking a lot. In other words, I talked a lot yesterday (necessarily), and I got tired, so I got kind of high, so I talked even more (unnecessarily). Uh okay. -- It's not that I'm homesick, but, my Jiejie will be home from USA today. Which makes me want to go home NOW. Boo. I think when I go home, as much as I love my friends, I am going to spend my short time in Singapore with my family family FAMILY! -- Yesterday at OCF cell group we were talking about what we worry about. And when it came to me, I honestly said, "um nothing". I was quite conscious about saying "nothing" because people usually think - how can you worry about nothing? But okay good that it was affirmed that yes, that's the way it should be, that we should not worry about anything. Well yes there is the occasional mild stress/worry about stuff like, oh-oh exams are in 11 days and I don...

"Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, the darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and His glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn." – Isaiah 60:1-3 - You know how sometimes we think: Am I not doing well enough? Have I failed? Am I doing things the wrong way? Why have I not tried hard enough? And we let ourselves be defeated. But don't. After you ask yourself those questions, it's time to then look up, and look ahead. I cannot be defeated. I may have failed, it may have been my fault. (And yet sometimes we can be too harsh on ourselves) But so what? I can only ever do one thing - press on. "One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 3:13-1...

So cute. haha. -- You and me Bring me to that place of You and me Bring me to that place of You and me That secret place No one else can find or go Cause it's where only You and I know That special place Where I meet You face to face And find myself at home Bring me to that place of You and me Bring me to that place of You and me -- Just now while gargling, I asked myself what would happen if I swallowed the Listerine. haha. Of course I didn't try to find out. I finally got down to checking out the piano rooms in school! The pianos are quite nice! Just that the rooms are side by side and not sound proof so we can all hear each other banging on the pianos so it can get rather noisy to have everyone playing at the same time. But still. I'm glad :) Too much reading - The other day, I read "The Matrix" as "The Marxist". Ohmy. --

All things happen for a reason. You don't need to know the reason. You just need to know who God is. And trust that God. And you need to embrace whatever comes your way.

Use Gmail! It's better than hotmail! Gmail really can organise your mail better than hotmail. Btw please don't email my hotmail - I don't use it :/ -- (A happy sounding song) This longing inside, what is it now Only You can fill Deep down inside I know You're real You can satisfy What I long for - to know You more Deep within me now, I yearn for Yours This treasure that You have given me That I can't contain So precious to me it is, O Lord I will tell the world Shout it out loud, sing it proud That Jesus Christ has saved and set me free! -- whee~

Was thinking about how blessed I am, and I thought of when I was in TDS and lent a friend my Hillsong CD. He liked one of the songs so much, he kept going, So blessed... cos he could only remember those lyrics. haha. But anyway, he kept calling me "So blessed" after that. And another friend caught on and called me "So blessed" too. Isn't that such a weird nick name? "Aye, so blessed!" haha. At first I thought it was really weird. But I soon got used to it, and started to like it. Both of them were non-Christians. So unknowingly, every time they called me "so blessed", they were speaking words of life to me, blessing me. haha. I got blessed several times a day while that name stuck! -- I watched footy yesterday! At a stadium! Haha. The Australian thing to do. -- So blessed, I can't contain it So much - I've got to give it away Your love has taught me to live now You are more than enough for me (Reuben Morgan, Hillsongs)

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Hello! I know I've been blogging more regularly than usual. And I actually try not to "overblog". But, I've got something to share! So here. -- On the train on the way to the city this afternoon, I thought a thought which lasted about a second. And then I thought - I like to blog my thoughts sometimes, and through that people can get to know me a bit better. But of course for one, it is not possible because a person has a multitude of thoughts. And secondly, it wouldn't be wise, anyway. And I realised that... only God can know me so intimately. The thought which lasted just a second... only God would have seen and fully known and understood that thought. As much as we can share thoughts with other people, you can only share every thought with Jesus. We all yearn for intimacy. And the most intimate you can ever get, is with Jesus :) -- Jesus gives supernatural strength! And in His presence, there is fullness of joy (Psalm 16:11). -- Picture this - Slow motion. Hea...

It's amazing, overwhelming Oh Lord I can't understand Your love It's amazing, overwhelming All this love You give for my heart, You adore (Note: Happy beat!)

Supposed to be writing an essay. But am procrastinating, reading articles from Boundless . If you are feeling bored, or you're interested, well here are some I just read - What Girls Wish You Knew What Guys Wish You Knew Defending "The Cost of Delaying Marriage" Girls Need Girls (Since we're having OCF Girls/Guys Night :] ) Single While Active Seven Myths Single Women Believe Not Your Buddy - "Close male-female friendships can be fun and engaging, but are women putting their emotions at risk?" Pray Boldly - Praying in faith for what you want. Okay sorry - girl bias. Btw, for people who um don't know me well/haven't read this blog for long, when I talk about relationships, it's not cos I'm obsessed about them okay. haha. But yea, I.. sort of have a heart for this area. Click on the "Relationships" tag below this post if you want to read more. Among what you find will be quotes from the insightful Elisabeth Elliot.

I typed a quite serious post last night, but decided to not put it up. And now, I am definitely not feeling all serious. I am all LALALA-ing. Like, I want to play! And not do work! But then, who ever is in the mood to do work. Okay some people, sometimes. But anyway. ROAR. I had a friend who used to go "ROAR" all the time, and I never knew how to use it. Until... until the day I started feeling like saying ROAR? haha. Okay -_- It's not a word you say out. It's one of those words you ever only say in your head/write. Like words like "argypargy". And I haven't learnt to use "chiupee" yet. I doubt I ever will. hahaha. Okay I think I'm starting to talk to just myself. So okay I'll start talking to you, reader :) Learnt a new word - Panglossian . According to the American Oxford dictionary - a person who is optimistic regardless of the circumstances. Originated from the name of the tutor and philosopher in Voltaire's Candide (um, whate...