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restaurant city

Monday, May 25, 2009 |11:01 AM

hooked onto this game. just started playing on friday night and intro my brother and ling li to the game and they are hooked as well. engaged brother, ling li, ruth and eugene to work in my restaurant where they alternate between cooks and waiter. but this morning, i just bought a new table and chair and a stove. so now i have 2 cooks and 1 waiter.:). Just a little update, my brother and ling li are both addicted to this game as well now..hohoh.

added a pink roof to my restaurant..:)

pink wall paper as well..looking @ changing to pink tables, chairs and flooring

happy moments of the fortnight

Friday, May 15, 2009 |12:13 AM

ever since ths start of apr'09, i've realised that most of my posts are quite upsetting. mostly are the upset moments of my life and of cause during unhappy moments, there are no pictures. it has really been a busy month in apr with the year end closing and audit. To add on to that, there are some issues in church which also has affected me. But thank God, amid all these upsetting moments, there are happy ones too. The happy ones are liken to a ray of silver lining among the dark clouds and i am really thankful for that. Will just briefly go through a little of the memorable ones which i've taken pictures of it.

1) 6th May 09 - Arranged to meet Joel for shepherding. We had BK (damn fattening) followed by an hour of badminton. It was a good time of exercising and telling her some of my weird perceptions of her which almost took my life away. Just @ 8pm, we decided to surprise our UL because the following day was her bday and we felt it was quite pitiful if no one celebrated for her, so Joel and i decided to get a cake and then gathered Jeremy and Ledy to "pop" by her place to surprise her. So glad she was touched by us and brought a smile to her face.

My UL- Siew Qin (testing my new hp camera)

try again. different angle.

2) 12th May 09 - While i was driving to PS to meet Joel & Jer for a show and stuck in a traffic jam on the way..decided to test my hp camera again. This time on the interior of my car. I realised i always show case the exterior..but none of the interior. So here goes..a pic of the interior.

Someone told me my march is not a hello kitty march instead its a "waste money" march. Here's a pic to freak you out, my dear.

Fish fillet with rice and egg eaten @ Xin Wang..my delicious dinner on 12 May 09 before catching the show.

3) 14 May 09 - I was informed by my manager that i am required to change seats due to a reshuffling in jobs allocation. One of my colleague will be taking over my seat and i have to shift. Initially, i was quite hesitant cause it troublesome to move. But then after the move, i was real satisfied! Because my new seat is in the middle (i used to sit by the side) and no one can see what i am doing exactly. :) hohoho..

my lap top with the hello kitty usb speakers (compliments from Meiyan for my bday)

Hello kitty calender to decorate my desk. (with compliments from Siew Qin)

the above is of course - no one else but yours truly..seriously @ work :p

ever felt this way?

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 |12:00 AM

you've known a person for 4 years and that person has always been in the same group as you. never have you ever thought you will like the person cause that person seems boring, uninteresting, totally opposite of you and it seems like you will simply be bored to death if you talk to him. Then you tell people not possible. won't ever like. But years down the road..after knowing the person, it seems like impression changes. You enjoy talking to the person and it seems like getting to know the person is interesting and put a smile on your face :).

anyone felt this way before?

the unhappy moments of the week

Saturday, May 09, 2009 |11:42 AM

Just last week , my church started on the book of Joel. Even from the beginning, to it felt like a book that is very 'heavy' as it's talking about answering God's calling for a revival. But what struck me most was this:

'Before there is a revival, the prerequisite is that ourselves have to recognise the need for it and this can be done by evaluating our lives constantly.'

What is shared above is so real, yet as christians, many of us are missing this truth totally. We talk about revival, we preach about it..and please don't misunderstand me. All these are good but are we looking into our lives & evaluating it constantly in all aspects?

In fact, for the past week, i've been in "upset mode" due to some happenings in my life and for the first time in my life..i actually "hearsay" from someone who is suppose to be close to me saying that i am not "open" in sharing my life. :( and then someone also "flew aeroplane" on me. Deep inside, i can say if i am not a changed person, i would have want to outrightly told that person off! But as i was thinking of these "evil" thoughts, the other side of me was like "hmzz..i have been as bad before in other aspects and many people have given me grace. so i should also practice grace." So till today i held back. Then during unit cg yesterday, siew qin shared about our heart motives. What's our heart motives for doing things, for serving God? As Christians, i strongly believe that we should constantly check this area of our life.

So..with regards to my "upset mode" i evaluated and asked God: "why do i still want to shepherd her? what is the heart motive for shepherding her? should i give up or continue to persevere?" - these questions have been ringing in my mind in fact for the whole of last week and finally...there was an answer->I was reminded that i should continue to love her. Love her not with your own love but see her through God's eyes. Not yours. :)

yet another analogy from God.

Saturday, May 02, 2009 |5:58 PM

It was a short day for me last tuesday. got off work around 6+ and reached home at 7. After being "stuck" in the office for 3 whole weeks slogging till the wee hours of the day trying to finish my 20 conso packs and making numerous changes, it felt really bad physically. Due to the work load, for the 3 whole weeks i haven't been exercising and it felt unhealthy. The tiredness also made my temper worst and it affected me both physically,mentally and spiritually.

I knew i needed to do something about it. On the journey home, i was procratinating - whether to just have dinner and rest or jog, have dinner then rest?? But i am so glad i chose the latter.Immediately upon reaching home, i changed into my running attire and went for a slow jog. For those who know, usually when i exercise, i like to be alone. Reason - its the only time i can really spend time with the Lord. While i was jogging this time, my mind was thinking of the shepherding session that is to happen on thursday.

To side track a little, i haven't been meeting my sheep for some time. I felt something was not right in her life and i really wanted to speak into her life to encourage her, but how? While i was running, it felt real tiring and difficult. Just a mere 3 weeks not exercising = no stamina! It was at this point, God spoke.

"He likened not doing our quiet time regularly to not exercising regularly. When we don't exercise regularly and suddenly start exercising, it feels tiring. Short of breath, limbs hurting, wanting to just give up. But when we do it on a regular basis, it just gets easier. Stamina increase, no aching and its good for health. Doing our quiet time, reading the word of God is similar. After a long time of not spending time with God, to start all over again its difficult. Many times it requires sacrifices which means less sleep, less tv. But when we start doing it regularly, it just gets much easier + its beneficial for the soul."

So just last thursday during the shepherding, i shared the above analogy with my sheep and i dot hope it did encourage her. Right now, i hope to encourage those who haven't been doing their quiet time regularly -start your engines!