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a busy past week and a busy week ahead

Sunday, March 29, 2009 |9:45 PM

just last week i experienced the most busy week in my 5 months in my current co. thanks to the financial year end with tons of things to do from closing the books, reviewing audit schedules to doing conso packs. To make matters worse..my dog was so ill that he looks as if he was on his deathbed and it ache my heart so badly. I had to call home every day in the middle of the day to check on his condition but i so am glad he has got better and now is barking as loud as ever. For my work i faced a busy past week and will be facing a real busy week ahead and i know the more busy i am, the weaker i am, the more i have to rely on God for wisdom and strength to carry me through. But thank God a busy past week ended on a good note because of 3 things:

1) i sat besides someone in church today :p

2) i smsed a friend to tell her about this volunteer program that i be doing next sat with the mentally challenged kids/teens and asked if she is interested and she said--> ok she will arrange her time. yeah i think i am very excited about it because i really hope she can come.

3) a new brother was added to my cg! Thank God..:)

Loving the giver vs loving the gifts

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 |10:45 AM

Just last sunday, my pastor preached a sermon and prayer and fasting but what made me really reflect on the sermon is this that was spoken:

"When we prayer, are we really enjoying the company of God or is it just because we want God to give us things?'

The above question struck me because i feel that very often many christians (me included at times) treat God as a wishing well, 财神爷 and the list just goes on and on. More often, we always ask God to keep blessing us in this and that and we always want it our way. In times like these, i guess many of us have heard countless sermons on how God will bless us (which i agree God will bless us) but i guess it fails emphasise on the more important thing -> Are we really enjoying the company (presence) of God? Even if God doesn't gives us the things we want, are we able to still enjoy the company of God?

This led me to 1 analogy. (i ain't someone very good with analogies but just that it made me think of something).

Early this month i celebrated my 28th birthday and received loads of gifts and had lots of treats from loved ones. In fact i openly or some people termed it was shamelessly blog down what i wanted. I am thankful for the gifts, meals, smses and emails. But if my loved ones didn't give me all these gifts, the question is would i still love them? What if it was just well wishes or just a meal and their company without all the gifts, would i still love them? The answer is Yes. I will. What more if it is God? I guess the gifts to me are just like bonuses.

The question of whether we are loving the giver or gifts brought me to think of a shepherding session i had sometime last month. It was a simple one whereby my shepherd mentioned 2 verses from the bible one of which is this:

Mark 12:30

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."

She mentioned that how often do we have this "longing" in our soul (inner man) for God? How often do we longed to be in His presence? I guess many christians (myself included) have many times missed the whole point. We are often too busy with doing God's work (ministry, meetings etc) but we forgot that God would really want us to slow ourselves down and devote more time into being in His presence. :)

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 |10:07 PM

i haven't thought of a title for this entry. sometimes its just so tiring to think of titles each time. so can i just leave it blank? well i shall. many updates over the week. monday was quiet.

Tuesday was a little more hectic. ok shan't use the word hectic let's put it busier than usual. I had a meeting from 930am all the way to 12 noon. Auditors vs management. Interesting. In fact, i felt happy or even lucky to have sat in for the meeting. Reason being i learnt alot of issues i never know. Besides learning of issues, i also learnt how the managers conduct the meeting ie. the way they talk, the way they carry themselves. It was a valuable lesson. Then at around 2pm i had a conf call. Long one as usual and it almost ended my whole day already.

Today was quiet. In fact nothing much and managed to knock off on time. I took a slow walk back from Buona Vista as a form of exercise. Did i mention that my brother dearest borrowed my PSP and now..i am left with nothing to entertain myself for my journey to and from work. So..i am forced to read. I hate to be staring into space so i read. Oh last thing to mention..i am on leave on friday!! Yipee!! Long weekend!

have you ever...

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 |1:22 PM

just wondering whether anyone has felt this way:

1)you worked with someone on something and the thought is that you don't mind working with the person again..

2)most of your life you are always so full of yourself yet this time you feel so inadequate of yourself..

hmzzzz

interesting fact file of hello kitty

Sunday, March 15, 2009 |11:02 PM

came across this fact file of hello kitty while i was doing my hair @ the salon today:

1) Perhaps the biggest misconception about this world-famous icon is that she's a cat. She's in fact a girl - albeit one who's forever young- who lives with her family in London.

2) Hello Kitty was born in 1974 and is a Scorpio. But she still looks fabulously youthful, thanks to excellent genes.

3) Her celeb fans include Cameron Diaz, Diddy, Mirah Carey, Dakota Fanning, Linsay Lohan, Kelly Osbourne, Sarah Jessica Parker, Britney Spears and Steven Tyler.

4) In 2004, near England's Stonehenge, Hip New York art collective surface to air created a crop circle in the shape of Hello Kitty's face so it be visible to aircraft travelling to and from London's Heathrow Airport.

5) She collects small, cute objects like ribbons, hair accessories, candy, stars, goldfish etc.

6) She has a boyfriend named Dear Daniel and a twin sister, Mimmy, who wears a yellow bow on the right side of her head. (Hello Kitty wears a red bow on the left).

7) She is as "tall as five apples" and "weights three apples".

8) Hello Kitty's official hobbies include traveling, listening to music, reading, eating yummy cookies her sister Mimmy bakes, and most of all, making new friends.

getting out of my comfort zone

|10:16 PM

i had a disagreement with someone. Its more of unable to see things eye to eye. I don't think anyone of us is in the wrong, it's more of we can't agree on things.

Can i complain about the commuters in singapore? I seriously think being "kiasu" is a thing you would see in majority of singaporeans. I take the public transport to work most of the time. Right now, i'll take 200 from the bus stop at buona vista to my work place and when i see how the commuters behave i sighed..Many people which includes working adults and students crowd the front line (for i don't know what reason) when its not even their bus coming! Take an example, when the bus comes and it stops the people who aren't boarding it still stands @ the door of the bus refusing to BUDGE! Hey what's wrong with you people!!! Then i met a super unreasonable lady (senior citizen) today. The bus was super crowded and she was trying to force her way out even when the bus is moving. I've already bent forward to allow her to push her way through but the dumb guy who was standing back to back with me didn't move and that old lady assume it was me and started saying very loudly "people are trying to move out" (in chinese) and i STARE at her. The worst thing is this old lady did it twice and of couse i STARE harder the 2nd time.

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