char days.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Baby Lizzy

work in progress

char pondered@1:05 AM

Friday, May 29, 2009

Is there more to life than this?

Over 13 million people worldwide have now attended an Alpha course, an opportunity to explore the meaning of life, running in tens of thousands of churches of all denominations, and at universities, in prisons and on military bases across the world.

At an Alpha course people explore the Christian faith in a relaxed setting over ten thought-provoking weekly sessions, with a day or weekend away.

It is low-key, friendly and fun.

Introductory Dinner:

" Christianity: Boring, Untrue and Irrelevant? "

Venue: Church of the Good Shepherd
2 Dundee Road
Time: 7pm
Date: 10 July 2009

Why not take this opportunity to explore the meaning of life?

char pondered@11:00 PM

Thursday, May 28, 2009

In memory of Liang Liang

Liang Liang was called home to be with the Lord this morning at 11am. He was suffering from some skin rotting since yday. I went to a pet shop and ask the owner how to care for Liang Liang and was told that i need to put him under the sun about 3hours a day. So i did! This morning, when i went to office. I took him and friends out to sunbath. At about 12pm i received an sms from pastor wong

" Our beloved brother, Liang Liang, was called home to be with the Lord peaceful. Expected death timing is 11am. "

The one on the furthest, facing the can of terrapin food is Liang Liang

Let's observe a minute of slience.

char pondered@11:35 PM

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Isaiah 43 + John 7

Isaiah 43

18 "Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.

19 See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland.

John 7:37-39

37On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38Whoever believes in me, as[a] the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." 39By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

char pondered@10:28 PM

suffocating!

The office aircon is not working. I find it hard to work with the fan blowing at me and messing up my hair. I find it difficult to breath if i off the fan. I dunnoe when will the aircon guy be coming to replace the compressor coz Mr Kwan is on leave. Helpless. Maybe i should move up to library to work tmr. But there's no internet access in the library. Aiz........it's tough.

The work load is getting heavier! More deadlines are coming and more things needs to be done.

Learn a new concept today. I needa create opportunities for people to serve. Eg, ask pple to help me even tho i know i can do it on my own. why this way? coz some pple wants to help but they dunnoe how they could help, hence by deliberatly creating these openings, it gives them an avenue to serve and to build up their confidences in serving. haha..dunnoe how i'll be taking it. coz sometimes, i do feel that it's more efficient to do it on my own than to get pple to do it and having to chase them for the work or getting upset if the thing is not done up to expectation. Then again, God doesnt need us also right? Yet, he invited us to participate in his work. Eg Adam was given the task of naming the plants and animals and our parents the role to name us and care for us. It's really not like we can do a better job than God, but by getting us to participate, God wants to share with us all that he has and help us to develop our potential. Looks like.....i'll need to work on this!

char pondered@10:03 PM

Monday, May 25, 2009

Tribute Week 11

Grumpy….

Not too happy with the way things were run the last few days

Not happy with thurs evening
Not happy with fri evening
Not happy with sat morning

I’m not happy coz I think things were done haphazardly. Shouldn’t things be done with the spirit of excellence? It’s a service offer up to the King of Kings lehz!! Then again, they are answerable to God not me right? So why am I unhappy? Maybe it’s more efficient to transfer this energy to do something more meaningful then to be grumpy and not being able to do or change anything. Oh man!! It’s killing me!!

char pondered@2:53 PM

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

emo about money

aiz...emo....actually i hasnt been too emo about money for my necessities eg transport, food etc. It's kinda difficult when it's like friend's bday, bridal shower, wedding..i find it so hard to say no to the invitation but yet when i say yes i know i'll have financial difficulties. It's sometimes so difficult to tell them i've a budget and that it inevitably kill some of the joy. i dun wanna kill joy and it's kinda swkward to tell them that i've a budget and asking everyone else to suit my budget. it's not going to be fair to my friends right?

Lord, what should i do?

char pondered@11:05 PM

A belated present

thanks serene!!

char pondered@11:01 PM

Monday, May 18, 2009

Tribute Week 10

We are doing staff planning for next half of the year and the meeting hours are scary! Half day on tues and full day on thurs. It's interesting to see how certain events/activities/training/teachings are being scheduled into the church calendar. A lot of consideration was done for the potential participants as to whether will it be overwhelming for them if certian programme are run back to back or concurrently.

Some office politics took place this week. Actually, it has been on going, i'm aware of it even before i'm on board. It's juz the politics this week involved me, tho not directly.

I'm doing a bible study series of 10 lessons every tues on the book of joshua. It's been really enriching and the old testament is getting more exciting than ever. Reeaaaaallllly hope that i can sit tru the entire series, i'm really bad at sticking to such.

char pondered@10:00 PM

Saturday, May 16, 2009

baby glen

A new addition to the Ow's family. Baby Glen. Lovely baby. When i was carrying him today, i looked at him and said it out loud " i wanna have my own baby too!" Hahaha..

char pondered@10:26 PM

Sunshine + Rainbow + 亮亮

hee..deconese and pastor wong decided that it was too lonely for Sunshine to live alone. They each about a terrapin for me. Deconese's one is called Rainbow and Pastor wong's is called 亮亮 ( moon). Heh...Sunshine is eating very normally now. 亮亮 is adjusting but still not eating while Rainbow closes her eyes most of the time.

This is how their house looks like now. The water plant is from aunty may! Looks like the terrapins are getting quite popular in the office =) I'm glad.

char pondered@12:44 AM

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

After thoughts

After J's heart attack. It raised our antenna on certian health and what-to-do-during- emergency issues.

1. Check Insurance coverage.
Honestly, medical fee in sg is sky rocket high. Like the famous saying goes, in sg, you can die but cannot fall sick.

2. Inform your family members where to find those insurance documents and who is the agent to contact during emergency.

3. Names in HP should be easily identifiable. Eg Mom, Dad, Home, and not ah bu, lau peh...it can delay contacting impt person during emergency

4. Do regular body check up
I'm going to make appointment for myself by May!!

5. Heart attack can happen to young people. So eat healthily and exercise regularly but! Do live life to the fullest!! hee just remember there is a time for everything and everything in moderation!!

char pondered@9:04 PM

Sunshine

龟仔 is now known as Sunshine. Why? So that when i go into office everyday i can say " Good morning sunshine!" whahaha..okie lame. But yupz! that's her new name =)

She is getting very popular in the office. Colleagues come to my desk and talk about her and wanna buy her friends coz they find her very lonely. Looks like Rainbow and Ah moon will join her pretty soon =)

char pondered@7:19 PM

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

new love

Heh..had this soya ice cream today. Love it!
( i took this pic off the net..heh..not my pic)

it's from mr. bean. reduced sugar, reduced fat, and extra fiber added. Taste just like the all time favourite soya bean milk. The best thing is, the wafer cone is really yummy too! it's only $1.50! try it!!!

oh..i kinda like the mr bean illustration too. btw, mr bean is a sg company =)

char pondered@10:28 PM

Saturday, May 9, 2009

龟仔

Now that daniel and roger have left the office...I need another friend in the office to accompany me. Hence 龟仔 was bought today to fulfill this purpose. Hee..actually has been thinking of getting a terrapin again for a long while. I dunnoe why but i just like terrapin... so here you go! my new office pet!

Still thinking of a name for her. she is call 龟仔 in cantonese for the time being. Considering Molly or Burpy. Any suggestion??

char pondered@1:34 AM

Life

A friend suffered from a severe heartattack at age of 30. Too young? I thought so too. He is in ICU now and is in critical condition. Coz the heart stopped for quite a prolonged period, there could be complications of brain or organ damage.

I regret not taking more deliberate chances to share Christ with him. What if i dont get to see him again?

Lord, would you preserve his life? So that he may also enjoy life with you?
Lord, grant me wisdom and courage as i make more deliberate decisions to share with my love ones about you.

char pondered@1:28 AM

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

感触

看见人家姐妹情深，心里有一些些的感触

char pondered@10:22 PM

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Delta Swimming Pool

Heh..went swimming at delta today! Woo!! It brought back super lots of memories!! This was the swimming pool that i went for swimming lessons during my pri school days, where i took my survival test as well as the place that i won my 1st swimming silver medal. Nothing much has change in the complez. As i walk around the pool, i could still remember how we had to swim 8 laps before we start out lesson proper, how we played games in the children's pool, how 2 girls shared the same bathing cubicle and how we all Q up to buy fishball after the swimming lessons. Wow! I miss those days. Really! Those were the days that friendships and happiness were at it's purest

char pondered@12:00 AM

Monday, May 4, 2009

There can be Miracle

Today is a special day coz God gave me a healing miracle. I've being having this backache for i think..at least the last 3 years. It's like those bodyache when your body is tired. I've this backache like everyday. For a long while, it bothered me enough to see a doc and got an xray. The result showed that my bones are aging a bit too rapidly for my age. Causing abrasion between the bones and hence backache. Nothing to be done except increase calcium intake. I did that for a while and slowly i forgot. Hahaha..i guess i grew accustomed to the aching and began to accept the pain. This morning, i woke up with the same backache and it suddenly struck me that i've never prayed for healing before. Still half awake, I prayed " Lord, pls heal me" and in that instant, the pain is gone! The Lord healed me!! I was overwhelmed!! As i gave thanks to God, i realised that I've been so foolish to rely on my own strength all these years to endure this. I could have simply asked. As i reflect, I wonder if there have been sin/pains/hurts/broken relationships that we have grew accustomed to and accept it for what it is instead of asking the Lord for healing.

char pondered@11:36 PM

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Tribute Week 8

Yay! Short week.

This is the last week for Roger. His tribute is for 3 months and he is going to start his special term soon. He was so sweet, He made each of us a very personalized mini poster.like Ds Lena is a menu coz she always cook for us and Mr Kwan is in the shape of a lappy coz He is the tech guy in office. Roger has really been a great help in the office! He is like my personal IT officer! Whahahaa...who am i going to seek help from when he is gone???!?!?!? I guesss...Independence will help else i'll just have to bug Mr Kwan more. hahaha...

On tues, we had parish worker fellowship. This week was a combine fellowship with the chinese congregation. Ds Lena led worship and asked me to be her backup. Haha..i was excited! really! We only sang two songs, I will give thanks to Thee and 我门呼求 - My fav chinese worship song now! Tho it was simple, but God's presence was certainly there!

to here the song! click on this!

http://music.kuanye.net/play/zy11songlian.asp?id=6938&B1

The highlight this week was on thursday. We had staff prayer in the morning, as usual it's one of my most look forward in the week. Lunch was at mirama hotel, dim sum buffet, for Roger's farewell lunch and had cell ldrs' meeting in the evening. It was my 1st time attending the cell ldrs' meeting and i personally find that..we need to fired up these leaders more!!! Lord, teach us how to catch the fire!

It's been 2 months in the good shepherd office ( recently new names have been given, church of the great stomach, church of the great supper, church of the glutton sinners, but i would prefer church of the gourmet saints! Hahaha ) . I'm loving the job more and more. I was chatting with my ex fairprice colleagues yday and i commented that i dunnoe i'm loving it coz it's only 2 months or izit that i've found what i really wanna do.

Lord would you reveal.

Another reflecton is...i think i've mentioned that God wants me to re-learn things. Looks like God is slowly revealing things to me. As of now, it seems that i've to re-learn how things are to be done in church, learning how to wait and to re-know the chruch members. Coz frankly, just seeing them on sundays and now working with them on projects is really quite different.

char pondered@2:21 PM