i was in a rush to get out of my house, for the fear of missing my bus which only comes once in a hour. in the midst of rushing, i forgot my plastic bag. as you might have known, plastic bags here aren't cheap and it costs about SGD20cents. that's quite a big amount if you were to buy them everytime u go to the market. well, i thought i might have to waste the 20cents on a plastic bag this time round. lo and behold, on the way to the market, i found a bottle which i can recycle for SGD15cents!
Amazing God isn't it? :D
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
God's miracles at work again
just reflecting on the past week.. it's been somehow a hectic week. with all the exams, studying, assignments and projects all going on. and it's not ended yet. but i thank God for everything that happened. I managed to find some singaporeans who are on exchange in Oulu. it feels really exciting when you thought that you are the only one in such a far away foreign land and you just delight and feel very happy to know that there's someone from your homeland who's here too.
so i got invited to a homecooked meal by these 6 NUS exchange students. it felt like God just pampered me again!
the next day, i was about to go out for marketing and i couldn't find my bicycle key. i searched frantically everywhere and even where i parked my bicycle, but i just couldn't find the key. i kept praying and search again, and it was under my wallet on my table. it might seemed that i'm careless to you, but i do think it's a magic touch from God again, because i searched EVERYWHERE!
Ja ne!
so i got invited to a homecooked meal by these 6 NUS exchange students. it felt like God just pampered me again!
the next day, i was about to go out for marketing and i couldn't find my bicycle key. i searched frantically everywhere and even where i parked my bicycle, but i just couldn't find the key. i kept praying and search again, and it was under my wallet on my table. it might seemed that i'm careless to you, but i do think it's a magic touch from God again, because i searched EVERYWHERE!
Ja ne!
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
updates
well, i'm glad i've brought noora to church.
please do keep me in prayers. i've applied for a unicef job part time and i'm really hoping to get this job as it pays reasonably well.
5 positions available and i'm sure this is a very sought after job given that there're so many students here and everyone's looking for jobs.
please do keep me in prayers. i've applied for a unicef job part time and i'm really hoping to get this job as it pays reasonably well.
5 positions available and i'm sure this is a very sought after job given that there're so many students here and everyone's looking for jobs.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
'God, it's been a long time since i received some blessings!'
it was quite a fruitful weekend though i feel that i had too much spare time during the day, and i think i should really get down to studying really soon.
i was just bathing and counting on the blessings i've received ever since i came here.
it was drizzling the whole day on saturday. i had some plans to shoot some zombies(with my camera) but the weather puts me off. i was thinking that if the weather's gonna be wet, i'm not going out to shoot. the event starts at 6pm but at 5pm, it was still drizzling bit. came 530pm and the sun popped up with some nice clouds complimenting. i grabbed my camera bag immediately and cycled to the city trying to find those zombies! i couldn't find them, texted my friend and she didn't reply til awhile later.. so i went to shoot some sunsets along the river. a fruitful catch i think! it was lovely and i met Lotta, who was shooting the sunset there as well.
my friend replied later on and i went to shoot those zombies! there were about 50 of them, all dressed up and ready to kill! awesome experience. the finns are known to be reserved but when they are zombified/drunk, they aren't shy at all! most of them were ready to pose for the cameras and that helped in making good pictures alot!
came sunday, i was actually half excited about.. still, thank God for the chance to serve.
it was a special service and i had the opportunity to play drums for the worship. it was quite a nerve wrecking experience, with about 200odd in the congregation who doesn't like loud music. being myself, i can't worship with soft music or drumming! the first few songs were pretty slow, soft, 3/4, u get the drift.. during the altar call, songs from hillsong, chris tomlin were on the playlist; something more familiar to me. frankly, i don't think i did a super awesome job myself. i'm not familiar with electronic drum sets and however expensive/realistic they might be, i'll still prefer an acoustic drum set anytime. after the service, strangers from the congregation were coming to me, welcoming me to the church and thanking me for playing the drums. one brother told me that during his stay in the 2 years in church, he has never seen anyone played the drums before.
not my own glory because it is not important at all. i'm glad to have make any impact possible to this community. i'm praying that God will work through me, to bring worship to a higher and deeper level in this church.
then, jia-yi(one of the sisters and attendees of the international service and from china), came to me and asked if i needed anything like plates, blankets etc.. i was thinking why not. i needed some of these in fact. so she invited me to her place as well as to get those. i was being blessed with some plates, cups and a frying wok! i was intending to buy a frying pan but it has put me off for some time because it's quite expensive! now i'm blessed with a frying wok which is even bigger. maybe God is asking me to bless more people with my cooking since i was given a bigger wok than expected. :P
i was just bathing and counting on the blessings i've received ever since i came here.
it was drizzling the whole day on saturday. i had some plans to shoot some zombies(with my camera) but the weather puts me off. i was thinking that if the weather's gonna be wet, i'm not going out to shoot. the event starts at 6pm but at 5pm, it was still drizzling bit. came 530pm and the sun popped up with some nice clouds complimenting. i grabbed my camera bag immediately and cycled to the city trying to find those zombies! i couldn't find them, texted my friend and she didn't reply til awhile later.. so i went to shoot some sunsets along the river. a fruitful catch i think! it was lovely and i met Lotta, who was shooting the sunset there as well.
my friend replied later on and i went to shoot those zombies! there were about 50 of them, all dressed up and ready to kill! awesome experience. the finns are known to be reserved but when they are zombified/drunk, they aren't shy at all! most of them were ready to pose for the cameras and that helped in making good pictures alot!
came sunday, i was actually half excited about.. still, thank God for the chance to serve.
it was a special service and i had the opportunity to play drums for the worship. it was quite a nerve wrecking experience, with about 200odd in the congregation who doesn't like loud music. being myself, i can't worship with soft music or drumming! the first few songs were pretty slow, soft, 3/4, u get the drift.. during the altar call, songs from hillsong, chris tomlin were on the playlist; something more familiar to me. frankly, i don't think i did a super awesome job myself. i'm not familiar with electronic drum sets and however expensive/realistic they might be, i'll still prefer an acoustic drum set anytime. after the service, strangers from the congregation were coming to me, welcoming me to the church and thanking me for playing the drums. one brother told me that during his stay in the 2 years in church, he has never seen anyone played the drums before.
not my own glory because it is not important at all. i'm glad to have make any impact possible to this community. i'm praying that God will work through me, to bring worship to a higher and deeper level in this church.
then, jia-yi(one of the sisters and attendees of the international service and from china), came to me and asked if i needed anything like plates, blankets etc.. i was thinking why not. i needed some of these in fact. so she invited me to her place as well as to get those. i was being blessed with some plates, cups and a frying wok! i was intending to buy a frying pan but it has put me off for some time because it's quite expensive! now i'm blessed with a frying wok which is even bigger. maybe God is asking me to bless more people with my cooking since i was given a bigger wok than expected. :P
Saturday, September 18, 2010
busy-ness
what is busy-ness?
it's like a state of mood that makes u forget everything..
often, most individuals including myself forget about the things-to-do when we are busy.
we substitute our loneliness by making ourselves busy, substitute our unhappiness, our emotions by finding things to do, so that we can avoid those emotions..
true enough, it has 'helped' me in some sense but i hate the negative side of it.
it has made me 'forget' someone whom i missed so dearly. i admit i don't think about her that much as i used to and i wonder why.
i don't want to be too busy.
it's like a state of mood that makes u forget everything..
often, most individuals including myself forget about the things-to-do when we are busy.
we substitute our loneliness by making ourselves busy, substitute our unhappiness, our emotions by finding things to do, so that we can avoid those emotions..
true enough, it has 'helped' me in some sense but i hate the negative side of it.
it has made me 'forget' someone whom i missed so dearly. i admit i don't think about her that much as i used to and i wonder why.
i don't want to be too busy.
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