so, we've been having a study break for about a week and a half now also because there's PMR (which ends tomorrow, those were the days lah) and joanne, sue ann, kentrick and i have been studying in church almost everyday (minus weekends).
pretty conducive i must say. no distractions like the teevee, internet, sleeping...
so, i thank God that at least there's been progress. :)
study partner, joanne.
we need to be at different tables so that we don't talk.
motivation :)
'Eat Nasi Lemak' was the first thing ticked off :)
she said, "eh, why do you need to bend when we take pictures..?"
i said, "let's take another." and i didn't bend this time...
she said, "eh, can bend down, please?"
hahahaha :) funny girl.
apart from that, celebrated rachel and michelle's birthday at italianies and after that at laundry last friday. should be the last of its kind (these celebrations) till the exams are over.
that's what God does in our hearts when we allow Him to come in :)
He lights up our hearts and our lives.
not in the sense that everything becomes smooth sailing magically or that all our troubles fade away. but in the sense that there is now hope, love, joy and peace and also a purpose in our hearts.
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.
Live as children of light
(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord.
i hope things will get better. i hope that you'll keep holding on to hope. i know it's really frustrating and painful especially deep inside. i see the brokenness, the hurts and open wounds. and sometimes, most of the time, i don't know what should i say or do.
i pray that you'll find a way and a hope that will bring you through. i pray that you'll have strength to face it all the way. but i really really hope and pray that you'll have the love and grace and compassion to forgive. forgive so that relationships can be restored and healed. forgive so that this whole thing will not be buried inside you. because i really hope that you'll break free from this cycle. i don't believe it's a dead end and that you're stuck with it forever.
i only know one savior and i know that He is true. i hope you'll find Him one day and let Him bring you through.
so, i've gotten back all my results. and i'm not too pleased with them, i know i must must must work harder. but i thank God still. i guess despite me not being satisfied, there's a lot of His grace involved and also my insufficient last minute cramming (which was not sufficient).
i've had stuff going on since trials ended and also during the HariRaya break. one of the reasons why malaysia is awesome - holidays! :D and i promised i'd update.
so, there was G-Force with the 'back row people' minus prarthini :( we went to the curve. we makan-ed, shopped, walked around, watched G-Force, walked around some more, chatted, karaoke-ed in those RM1 per song booths, and then kentrick and i left while michelle and rachel stayed on. all in all, i enjoyed the company :)
karaoke girls :) hahaha...
and michelle has an exceptionally good stamina when it comes to shopping while the three of us where slowing down..
kentrick, rachel and myself snapping away while michelle's in Nichii trying on clothes.
told you she had stamina while the rest of us got malas.
and then there was our trip to Zoo Negara, some PPBC-ian Youths & Rachael Wong's students (mostly younger students, like Form 1's). i've haven't been to the zoo in super duper duper long! some of the animals there look quite sad :( but some are looking pretty fine. the giraffes and elephants are by far my favorites, cause they're so friendly! :) the other animals all anti-social or are too far away. but i guess we won't want tiger, lions and alligators coming too close to us, would we. and i got to carry three snakes, a super tiny one, a tiny one and a big one :)
thank you brandon and rachael and all who helped plan and transport us there for the trip. i had lots of lots of fun :) though i was superr tired after the trip.
and then there was thePLAN09! the mission conference i mentioned, remember, remember? :) anyway, it was during the HariRaya holidays and was held in Melaka. and it was beyond me, God is always beyond us anyway. i don't know why, but it was different from other camps i'd gone for. and the things God did was amazing.
on the mission side, you know how we kind of stereotype 'missions' to be going to some poor third world country or some ulu place in the middle of nowhere and telling them about Jesus, well it's more than that. it's bringing Christ in our lives wherever we go. whether you're in school, university, your workplace, out in the jungles, etc. wherever you are, bring God with you, bring God to the people around you who don't know Him yet. that's our mission.
not easy really. it's hard especially when you don't like the people sometimes. but God loves each and every single person, and Jesus died for everyone, the nice, not nice, good, bad, every single one, He loves. it starts with prayer, asking God to change our hearts to be like His, to fill our hearts with His love for the world. and as we do, we will change to be more and more like Christ, and hopefully we would be a generation of missionaries that belong to God.
on a personal basis, lots of humbling in my life. He revealed to me how proud and comfortable i'd gotten with life and how displeasing it was. it was very hurtful at first but it really showed me how much i need God. and He reminded me of my purpose for Him and rekindled His fire and passion in my heart.
oh, i pray that it's not just hype, but a point in my life where i go on from there walking closer to God.
besides that, met lots of people, new and old friends. heard amazing testimonies from people who've been involved in missions and also those who were save through missions, rested and refreshed my walk with God, enjoyed myself, enjoyed His presence. so, that's thePLAN09 in a nutshell. yes, there's more, more amazing things. but this will do, for now :)
and i pray that it will go on from here. not ending when camp ended, but that the PLAN which is God's PLAN will be worked out, lived out in our lives until Christ comes again.
next up, Joshua Tay's now in UKland, studying. but before he left last wednesday, we met up on friday morning. had dim sum and went for a random LRT ride. where we got a random idea. i'll let the video do the explaining :)
it was fun :) hope you're having a bomb of a time in UKland, Joshua!
and then later that day, i went for the GreenHouse BBQ. it went pretty well, i guess. sufficient amount of food and drinks. good company :) fire that started well, charcoal that burnt well, food that was cooked properly, marshmallows oh marshmallows :D didn;t snap to many pictures though, hand were oily. eee.
mun chien :) thank you for organizing this BBQ and all that you've done :)
disern also helped start fires.
oh, and thanks for being GreenHouse's Awesome Captain :D
happy makan-ers :)
sureen, yongkhang and i.
like i said, good company :)
and this disern is funny.
see, mun chien asked me to mix the cordial and stuff for drinks and i took the limau cordial, and disern shouted,
"EH! wait, don't! that's OIL!"
haha, oklahh, it does look like oil lah.
but his reaction was pretty funny.
smelled smoky at the end. heh.
i can't believe it's october already, another year is coming to an end. fast. and i guess i should really treasure the days i have in school with the people God has placed around me. cause i know, i'll miss it though i complain now. there's no Form 7 to come back to. haha.
but days in school are fun. haha, 1.40pm on monday seemed sooooo draggy, but 1.40pm tuesday, wednesday and thursday just came quickly and we always say "Eh, don't want to go home arr?"
time flies when you're having fun :)
it was kentrick's birthday on the 29th of September and we had a little something for him :) and the rest of the day was enjoyed together.
birthday boy.
happy birthday!
it was truly a fun day. did lots of silly things. see, rachel's calculator used to be studded with those shiny things. and she decided to strip them off that day. so we started pasting them on our faces, pretending they were nose studs and whatnots. and rachel took it to a whole new level.
haha!
those diamond things go swell with inky motifs on paper serviettes too :)
the standard stand on the chair do.
the whole bunch.
