The Grace in Grace

Tiredness. Today was suppose to be 'sleep-in' day, but because of camp had to wake up early at 8.15a.m. Quite shagged. After camp went to meet Imelda for dinner, slept through the journey and then slept the journey back home too. First time in my life I've been to Bukit Batok; nice place actually. Imelda's house is nice! Both her living roon and bedroom faces the jungle. When you look out, it doesn't remind you of Singapore at all! No wonder she likes to stay home a lot; I would do the same.

We went to her favorite coffee shop for dinner then when to get her shopping stuff. We chated, shared MP3 files and watched a little bit of Kung Fu Panda together. I enjoy such company; simple meal, chats and that's all. It's times like these when we take time to sit down and share about what has been going on. She's leaving to other countries soon, this time not to one country but to multiple. Well, it'll be a good few months before I see her again.. Thank goodness for emails and Skype.

Awwww... I really like Imelda's house! So cozy and the view can be count as a 'million-dollar' view lah!

Anyway, since I mention that I'm tired; go sleep now. Drums tomorrow, plans lessons (most unlikely won't), try catch up with Grandma and let's see what.

Saw Blue Planet's Making Wave episode and Destination Truth's Mermaid episode; both of them made me want to go diving even more.

Somehow diving in the open sea seems scary, but yet this kind of fear is exciting! Get what I mean? It's like doing bungee jump, scary yet exciting.

The open sea is full of mystery and all you hear is almost nothing; peace and quite of the sea. Well of course it's not when there are fishy activities. I want to learn diving, I want to learn! Anyone wants to join me? Maybe before I leave Singapore I can get my license and then dive in Underwater World? Ahahaha.. that seems fun with all the marine animals and people looking at you.

Anyway, I'm posted to a school to teach. CHIJ Katong Convent, very near my house; just 15 minutes bus ride. Still in the handing over period, so a lot to know and familiar with.

Oh man, I need wisdom to handle the teachers, students and lessons!

I'm posted to Siglap Secondary to do replacement today. Being young and inexperience, I can only do replacement jobs and teach simple classes; like what I did for last Thursday and Friday at CHIJ OLQP. Well, the time will come when I can finally be posted to my own school!

It might just be a good experience to be exposed to different schools and cultures now. God has His plans.

Mentioning God, He never fails to amaze and fascinate me. Late on Saturday night (or maybe I should say early Sunday morning), I chanced upon a video on youtube about the Love Letter from God. I should have heard it somewhere before, it rang a bell. In my previous post, I posted the letter up. Take some time to read it and you might just understand why God amazes me time and time again.

I guess sometimes we forget about the promises of God... but the good thing is, God didn't and will never. Amen!

Listened to Worthy is the Lamb and I don't know why, it just brought tears to my eyes.
"Your forgiveness and embrace" I guess it says it all.

Work is easy now, but I'll never know what's coming next. Looking at how the teacher handles the secondary school kids, gave me a peek into what the next half of the year is going to be. Well, I will survive.

Please God, I want to be on Logos Hope next year.. and let the flame not die off.

Father's Love Letter

My Child ~
You may not know me, but I know everything about you ~ Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up ~ Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways ~ Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered ~ Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image ~ Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being ~ Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring ~ Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived ~ Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation ~ Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book ~ Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live ~ Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made ~ Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother's womb ~ Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born ~ Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me ~ John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love ~ 1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you ~ 1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child and I am your father ~ 1 John 3:1
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could ~ Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect father ~ Matthew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand ~ James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs ~ Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope ~ Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love ~ Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore ~ Psalm 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing ~ Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you ~ Jeremiah 32:40
For you are my treasured possession ~ Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul ~ Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things ~ Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me ~ Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart ~ Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires ~ Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine ~ Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles ~ 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you ~ Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart ~ Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes ~ Revelation 21:3-4
And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth ~ Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus ~ John 17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed ~ John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being ~ Hebrews 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you ~ Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins ~ 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled ~ 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you ~ 1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love ~ Romans 8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me ~ 1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you from my love again ~ Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen ~ Luke 15:7
I have always been Father, and will always be Father ~ Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is ~
Will you be my child? ~ John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you ~ Luke 15:11-32
Love, Your Dad, Almighty God

Iggy has been with me for more than a month. Watching her grow each day is a joy! Somehow she's like a puppy; she knows when I come home, she greets me in the morning and seems to understand when I told her I'm going to bed or out.

She sleeps most of the time and Dad say she's very lazy and naughty. Dad would often return home and find the area around her cage littered with her beddings. But Iggy's too cute to blame :) Iggy enjoys running in her hamster ball. She bums into places and often exploring those unexplored areas in the house. Not to forget she enjoys the tummy rubs!

I enjoy seeing her sleepy face when she just woke up. Her little body curled up at a corner whenever she sleeps. The cutest thing is she sleeps with all the limps facing upwards.

Iggy is so cute that even my Mom is beginning to like her.

Maybe one day I shall also compose a song for Iggy like Ella did for her dog. I guess it's going to be hard leaving Iggy behind if I were to leave next year for Logos Hope...

Iggy, thanks for being part of my life.
Maybe I shall show off Iggy to my friends one day!
:D
蔷蔷

还记得你
喜欢咬着我的手
然后给我你嘴里的球
要我陪你玩丢丢

你喜欢我摸摸你的小耳朵
卧在我的身旁
没有烦忧在梦里遨游

好狗狗 好狗狗
谢谢你陪妈眯这么久
你并没有离开我
只搬到天堂生活

蔷蔷
你要记得我
你不要走丢
快快找到天使
在天堂给我保佑

蔷蔷
不要忘了我
还有亲爱的阿姨叔叔和你的朋友
你永远活在记忆中

It's good to remember old times. Almost all of the "older" youths are in the picture; some still missing :P Well, looking on.. Most of us have pass the 1 mark and moving on to 2. Seems so yesterday ago when we were still sitting in Sunday school, playing in the swimming pool during Church camps, acting during children camps and all those childhood memories.


If we could, let's all go on a Church camp again! Maybe this coming trip will be good to recapture those moments.. Prank calls, ghost stories (ok, that's mostly me), Karaokes, BBQs ... ...Maybe I will put this picture up in my cabin when I go onboard Logos Hope next year. Maybe take a better one, that everyone can be seen and with everyone inside.
This is taken when we were all cramped into Bao Ming Uncle's car. 10 people into a normal 4 seater car. Imagine that!
Not that I remembered if anyone did fart. But this storyline fits.
Bible College students' graduation.
We're gonna meet up soon! Lots to catch up and now we have a new member that will be joining in the NS talk.. But anyway, it's nice to get together. Let's settle the trip this time.

When you're without a job, it's saturday afternoon and there is no good show on the TV... you have all the time in the world to read old blog posts, view old pictures and imagine what it was at that moment. I just did and now... I am missing so many events and people.

God is great. He created memories. Can you imagine what it will be like if all our memories are like dreams at night? I don't always remember my dream, the moment I wake up I forget them. Though there are times I do actually remember every single details.

It's good to do some memory checks at time.

A few days ago I was trying hard to remember what it's like walking on the street of Iceland, passing by the fishy harbour to get to the city and the time we went street evangelism. I was there, but it seemed like.. I wasn't. Weird huh? Sometimes I'm crazy.

Now, maybe I should try to remember what it's like when I first arrived in Frakfurt, Bremen, Bremenhaven, Faroe Islands, Cuxhaven, Kiel and the train ride back to Bremen with Ilda. It all happened and then fullstop. Time to move on, time to move on.

While shopping with Dovlyn yesterday, she misses her Australia days and I misses my Logos II days. We went into this board game shop and guess what I saw? Carcassonne! It's the wooden man game that we always play while on Logos II.

Carcassonne is somewhat easy but also difficult to play. I remember when Frauke first explained, me and Eather didn't understand the whole thing but we just played on. Of course we didn't win. Actually I never won in that game, too deep. Plus with Frauke around, it's impossible. Another game I really enjoyed was Ligretto! Fun and never a moment you are kept waiting. Sadly, I don't see Ligretto in Singapore. I'm sure people will like this game. Why? No need to use a lot of brains, unlike Carcassonne!

Ahhhh... dining room memories. I introduced The Number Game and Heart Attack to my stepper group. The punishment for The Number Game was spice and salt filled water.. eeeeww!

Dining room holds a lot of memories. Breakfasts, lunches, dinners, breaks, seasicknesses, gatherings, family meals, board games, chats..

I miss dining room, aka din-ning room :D

I miss my stepper group too :)

No job, no school. Sometimes I feel like I'm hanging somewhere in between. Sometimes I feel like an aimless wanderer. With the goal and dream in sight; why stuck here?

Working occupies me, but it just does and nothing much. I need satisfaction from what I do. I want to love what I do. I want a career that I love and not just slog for money.

Jobless nowadays. A lot of senseless thoughts. Thoughts that shouldn't even exist. Thoughts that would bring me so far away from Him.

I remember sitting at the cafe for hours and watch the people passing by. Life.

Maybe I'm not ready for the secular world. Maybe I'm running away from it. Maybe I'm running away from so many things..

Something(s) shouldn't be happening/going on..

I can't imagine it happening. How could I face Him then?

Working with the stingray was fun. Working in Underwater World was also fun! Though it was for a short time, but it was memorable. I met another "Frauke" at work. The same feelings, the same struggles. I was scare of this woman I met, just like I was scare of Frauke. Almost the same behaviour, actions and character. Seeing Jane was like seeing Frauke. That explains why I'm always looking out for her; I am missing the evil doctor.

Though me and Jane didn't really talk a lot, but she has been a motivation and inspiration to me at the ray pool. The way she interact with the tourist, teach them how not to be scare of the rays, how to feed and touch them, impressed me a lot. Her love for her job and animals blew me away too. See, such similarities between Frauke and Jane. Thank God I met these 2 woman.

I fell in love with stringrays. They are such cute and lovely animals! People, please do not be scare of them. They do not bite like a shark and they do not just sting you to death for no reason. Steve Erwin death was a freak accident.

Stingrays sting when they are being stepped on or attacked. Their sting have poison but not strong enough to kill; unless you are stung near your heart or vital organs. Stringrays do have teeth, but they are flat teeth. They suck food out of your hand, and trust me.. They don't bite! So, next time you visit Underwater World, touch and feed them. Forever the rays are hungry. When you touch them, do not wear your rings inside. Not that they will eat them, but you will harm them if you touch them with those rings. We don't care if your ring(s) fell into the pool, we care more about the rays :P Poor rays, they have so many "marks" on their head.

I enjoyed all my conversations and "gossips" with the GSOs, they made the time pass faster. Oh yeah, I nearly missed out the turtles. Turtles are cute too. Turtles are turtles, tortises are tortises.. 2 different animal. And please do not release your poor tortise into the turtle pool!

I miss working with the animals, divers and GSOs already. I will visit UWS again before I leave Singapore. Hopefully to see some familiar faces when I return ( so I can get cheap ticket or even enter for free!)

Now, I want to learn diving too..