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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come
2 Cor 4:17 The Bible

Charmaine is my baptism name
to remind myself that my life has to be fruitful

Charmaine : [french] Bountiful Orchard

" But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control." Gal 5:22-23

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Monday, March 30, 2009
1st Anniversary

I just realised this month is the 1st anniversary for my blog! I've been blogging for a year! My goodness!! I totally didnt realise that...heh..a year ago..Jac helped me to with my blogskin and today, she gave my blog another face lift! Jac you rockz! Thanks for helping me with the skin...heee...i really hope it's not too troublesome.

this layout better hor...can see everything in one page..no need to click here click there

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOG!

Went to watch Confession of a Shopperholic! It's a great chic flick!! Love it! The part that struck me the most is that she thinks what she owns defines her while her dad told her that it's the family that defines who she is...on my end...it's my identity as the child of God that defines who I am! heee.... but i do agree that it's not what we wear that defines who we are but sadly..that's how the world perceives it....


char pondered@11:16 PM

Saturday, March 28, 2009
tribute week 3 - tiring

After this week, i came to appreciate pastors and church workers a lot more. The amount of energy, effort and emotions involved in this job is no joke lor.

Tuesday we had mission com meeting + wake service

Wednesday attended a funeral

Thursday was staff prayer in the morning and the whole afternoon was out running errands and jh's tungling graduation in the evening.

Friday was prepartion for BS + cell

Sat was DTS + visit's QT resident's wake

Sun...i dunnoe...but we have AGM in church....

I dun think any church worker would ever be able to plan his/her own work schedule with all the different things that pops up unknowningly

I also felt that our church workers are actually capable people but the workload is really quite overwhelming. If only they could have more time to concentrate to develop the ministries instead of just keeping them going. The workload doesnt allows them to develop the ministries

There's also a lack of support from lay leaders. If only they could take more responsibilities that would somewhat lighten the load of the church workers too.

The emotion change is quite intense. One moment we are at a funeral, the other moment we need to prepare for a teaching session. Need to catch pocket of time to debrief and process the thoughts and emotions

phew...not an easy week.


char pondered@8:40 PM

Sunday, March 22, 2009
Tribute week 2

Jiang Jiang! It's week 2 of Tribute and i'm more settled in church. It has been quite a fulfilling week.

We had a Parish Worker Fellowship at Botanical Garden on tuesday. It was vvvvv refreshing to be in the nature, have lots of personal space and pray to God. We had a nice walk around the garden then found ourselves a nice pavilion to settle down and pray. It's really nice! I told william this should be done on a monthly basis!! Hahaha...ooohhh i also happened to chance upon Halia. It's such a nice restaurant in the garden......heeee

Then, my ex boss called me and said that my contract has been approved and asked if i would like to come back and join them. I was kinda touched that she is still fighting for me to go back. but i'm really happy with working in church and i think i'm in quite a sweet spot now. I turned down her offer.

We had a staff prayer meeting the whole of thurs morning. Pastor led a few songs and did a short devotion with us. Then we were given 1.5 hours to pray before we gather again to share what the Lord has spoken to us. It was a good time for me =)

On friday, i had the whole day to prepare for bible study. shiok! anything dunnoe just turn ard and ask william...whahahaha

so...i'm clearer about what i've to do in this year alrd.

Goal: To share the heart of God
3 arms:
1. Redemption of the lost
2. Cure for the generation
3. Care for the flock

This is the goal and objective Pastor Jo set for me. So broad lor!!

on hand...

i need to look in the ALPHA programme, MY HOPE, BB devotion, COGS 50th anniversary magazine.

Quite a bit man...

Pray that God will continue to reveal to me what He would like to achive in these programmes


char pondered@12:52 AM

Tasting the Goodness of God

my hair is kinda getting really fizzy these days and i tot i should get a hair cut to tidy up my hair a bit. While i was hoping tt i could do a treatment or something coz it's really fizzy! But after considering the cost, i decided that i wont be able to afford. Hence, i told Jac that i would go cut my hair with her at cpt2 today. My usualy stylist charges about 42bucks at WARS for a hair cut and since i just need a trim i tot i better find a more affordable stylist. Cpt2 is a good choice since it's only 28bucks. Then Jac sms me and ask if i wanna share a hair treatment coz it's buy 1 get 1 free now for this treatment tt cost i think...109bucks. I told her, i'm not doing treatment and i only want a hair cut. then in a while, she msg me and says tt she will give me a treat for the treatment coz no matter what she still has to pay tt price. Woo! i was like.......so paiseh but since she insist then i obliiged lor. hehehe Later on, she told me tt with treatment haircut are cheaper and it's only $10.

So.....i had a hair treatment and haircut today all for $10. Hahaha...it's just amazing how God provides through the people around me.


In the past week, pple has been buying me lunches and dinners. How blessed! It's like we met a church member during lunch and he decided to buy us lunch! Then aunty laura brought me to tanglin club for dinner.

God provided for my hp, my meals and my haircut. God really understands our needs and provides in His ways.

Thank you Lord for being a good God.

p/s: Jac! Thanks for being such a generous fren!! =) I'm blessed tru your generosity.


char pondered@12:36 AM

Monday, March 16, 2009
LG KU990R

Old Phone:



New Phone:



heh...what's good to do on a monday? Buy new phone! my contract is up and the phone i'm using now is spolit..aiz...so sad lor, i really like the colour of this phone but i've repaired it 3x and it's still giving me problem. no choice...gotta change phone. the new LG phone i bought is selling at $128 for 2yrs contract. It's my first touch screen phone and i'm kinda adjusting to it. Hee...i told my mum and sis tt i wanna buy phone...so they each gave me $50 and my sony ericson phone has a trade in value of $80! so...heee...in the end...i paid only $48 for the phone and pocketed $52 from my sis and mum..whahahahahahaha.....


char pondered@6:31 PM

Sunday, March 15, 2009
1st week of Tribute

Started work in church this week. It was pretty much a honeymoon! Ps William who is my mentor is also my supervisor at work!! yeah!! this make things a while lot easier. I know most of the people in office except some of the chinese congregation staff.

most of the time this week was spent getting my desktop ready and reading some materials on church history. Didn't know Raffles was an Anglican!! He was the one who set aside the plot of land for st andrews too!!

one of the afternoon, william had to bring a vietnamese lady around to buy some stuff before she returns to vietnam. So the lunch took 3 hours. Sounds good that we have a long lunch but in actual fact it took away 2 working hours for william to work on his sermon that he has to preach on sunday.

Lesson learnt 1: Unforseen circumstances always arise, be it to host a foreigner or to handle a counselling case and that eats into the office hour of a staff worker. No wonder william always say he doesnt have enough time to do his work and need to bring work him

Lesson learnt 2: Coz these circusmtances can take place anytime, eg to lead a funeral service, staff would have to make sacrifices to personal commitment when such circumstances arise


char pondered@10:34 PM

Thursday, March 5, 2009
nice vid to share



char pondered@1:18 AM

Monday, March 2, 2009
26th Birthday Celebration!

Heh...i had 5 bday celebration this year.


1st one was with my cell group will all the other feb babies. Was really surprised that Joshua actually planned a party for us. It was a good one...we ate and had lots of fun at mel's hse. Joshua ordered zhi cha from the super coffee shop below mel's hse and we played wii..almost the whole night..hahaa

2nd one was with my family members. We has dinner at ziran and then bought a cake to my aunt's hse. 2 of my aunts and myself are born in feb. So...my sis and i waited till 8:30pm then we went in to crystal jade bakery. 40% off for the cake lor! super worth it! crystal jade has nice cake by the way..

3rd one was with my buddies!! we had zhi cha at the coffee shop below my hse. it was my suggestion, they alrd spent a lot on my bday present so i didnt want them to spend on anything else. The zhi cha at my place is cheap and good, exactly what i could afford. Then we proceed to my hse to play wii, shi brough it from her hse..but sadly...she realised she didnt bring the controller only after we had installed everuthing..anti climax...............................

4th one was with ben and dustin. We went to MOF in bugis and i was still kinda worried that dustin would like the food...coz he very choosy. Hee..thankfully everything turn out well..all of us enjoyed the food and desert!! Had a good time catching up and asking silly questions. They were so generous, they bought me an aldo clutch and paid for my dinner. Really appreciate it =)


5th one was with my ex colleagues from ocbc, it's a combined celebration with lena. We had yummy chicken cutlet!! Played sabotuer!! and talked about the things in office. Was really surprised to hear tt my boss almost teared when she told mitsuye tt she is upset tt she din manage to renew my contract in time. I was even more surprise to hear that my boss is still asking for my renewal and will call me again when the renewal has been approved. I was so touched....really....

Feb has ended so will my bday celebration. It's mar!! how scary, look at the rate of how time is passing by!!! sooon...it will be christmas..hhaha


char pondered@2:14 AM