girlfriends for life

just met with nicole for a dinner. time spent with her has always been encouraging and refreshing. often times, she will share with me nuggets of wisdom and experiences in life. after today's meet up, i'm more assured and convicted of something in my life. thanks, nic! *winkz* thanks for always sharing with me your life and i see Christ through your life too.

just visited shannie's blog. oo...how i miss weishan and joy. we are planning for a christmas dinner together and..... joy to the world shall plan it! *stick tongue*

listening: Gentle Rays (featured in Parasite eve 2 OST)

happy feet and thinking brain

calling out to fellow puay's gang, cant help it, but i thought of our lovely puay when i saw this movie poster. perhaps it will be a great catch of our happy feet this holiday season together. according to the synopsis, its a whole bunch of singing and dancing from the Antarctica kawaiis.

on a studious note, am currently on my organizational theory and design module handouts. came across this article on IBM. "...when employees are released from central control, the strongest glue holding them together is the set of values embraced by the organization they work for... three values of IBM: dedication to client's success... innovation that matters... trust and personal responsibility..."

values are the unseens which form a person's belief and conviction within. it is then, expressed in the way we think, the way we decide and the way we relate. it reminds me that someone once asked me what my core values are. a good thinking point to munch on.

listening: Voices that care by David Foster and Peter Cetera

absurd, a breakthrough idea nonetheless

"...a batter mix made with Coca-Cola syrup, a drizzle of strawberry syrup, and some strawberries..."

check it out:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061027/od_nm/life_coke1_dc

listening: Falling by Paul baloche

faithfulness

shirls' teaching on faithfulness left me thinking for the whole of sunday. faithfulness seems like a milder word compared to passion and vision. it triggers a soft and gentle response when the word was mentioned. yet faithfulness is one major core value that's held in high esteem in heaven.

says matt 25: 21, "...well done, good and faithful servant!..."

such will be the first few words that Christ might say to us when we reached the gate of heaven.

vision drives a person. passion moves a person. faithfulness carries the person through.

God do not need to test our faithfulness through big or major events. it is the simple, day to day tasks that will display our level of faithfulness. at this point, i remembered learning about faithfulness through a quiet time few years back. a deeper level of understanding faithfulness is being faithful in my response and attitude. many times, when i was reminded of areas i need to grow in, i did the common thing that most humans would do, which is, to sweep it under the carpet. to just put it aside and not care about it. (however, anyone in a logical frame of mind would know that it will one day be surfaced out again, as the issue is not solved or confronted yet) yet, its important for me to be faithful to respond. i want to be faithful to obey.

listening: Faithful by CCC (featured in Lift album)

for a good laugh

for my fellow friends going through exams now, its time to chill and laugh. *poke poke*
puay, what are you doing?
okay, i admit it. i am afraid of heights.
phatful@yahoo.com.sg
why am i stuck between the two? hohoho
bumblebee?
gwen is in the lime!
gasp!
boo!
strawberries for life!
yes, i pooled.
it is supposed to be a cake. just imagine it, yea?
ruth's 21st birthday celebration.
hmmm?
west guys taken at youth camp.
pose!
sadako re-mix. from the well, that is.

listening: suzuka main theme (featured in suzuka OST)

chong yun long is 21

planned a birthday celebration for our ethan last sunday (yea, before the virus fever hit me). was a good time together.

feeling all christmassy now. listening to carols. before i drift off to start my planning on christmas gifts, cards, invitations, etc... i better get focused back onto my revision.

listening: Joy to the world by Anointed

sunflower. ham. cherry tomatoes.

virus fever. sore throat. puking. shivers. difficulty in breathing. numbness. faint. these were with me for the past two days.

thanks to those who smsed me, prayed for me and came to my place. eevoon. jiali. puay. yiyou. xinyi. huili. ps law. shirls. roy. dennis. guo ann. debbie. jerel. jiayi. dewen. junyao. mei. esmond.

thanks! am feeling much better now :)

i thanked God for healing me and for this great family he has placed me in.

listening: Have you heard by Pat metheny group

homage not

abstracted from my sermon note today:

point 1b) experience holy spirit.

(rom 8:10) God chose to share his glory with you! :) pursue God relentlessly! :) dont live on yesterday's breath. (1 thess 5:19) dont lose your first love. never. shuz. never! lets keep desiring for spiritual things. its not paying homage to God. by ignoring holy spirit, you are putting out holy spirit's fire.

to experience the holy spirit is to always position my heart in such a way that i can listen to his prompting and be ready to receive and change. regardless of how long have i been following Christ, i want to keep on pursuing Him, relentlessly.

listening: Radical dreamers (featured in Chrono cross)

messenger of love

daniel just msned me that there is a meaning to my name - jasmin.

messenger of love

derived frm Isaiah 55:11 NKJV

wow. i am happy! jasmin is more than just a flower.

listening: Seven days by Sting

a special responsibility

When pastor ben read it out in his teaching, i found it to be very familiar. it was also one of my last week's quiet time.

"Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in Egypt. do not take advantage of a widow or an orphan. if you do and they cry out to me, i will certainly hear their cry. my anger will be aroused, and i will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless. if you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not be like a moneylender; charge him no interest. if you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him by sunset, because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. what else will he sleep in? when he cries out to me, i will hear, for i am compassionate." Exodus 22: 21- 27

how true. as i was sharing, that i'm re- visiting some fundamental lessons on love and giving, this passage stuck a chord in me, that i ought to dispense His love, to be proactive to show it to even the people who aren't close to me. this is how they may see God's love, that is, through my life, my actions and my words.

This commitment flows from our belief that God created all humankind and gave us responsibility for one another with the strongest having a special responsibility for the vulnerable.

listening: I won't hold you back by Toto

how excellent is Your name

O Lord our Lord

how excellent Your name is

how excellent Your name in all the earth

Your glory fills the heaven

beyond the farthest star

how excellent Your name in all the earth

when i think about the heavens

the moons and all the stars

i wonder what You ever saw in me

but You took em and you loved me

and You've given me a crown

and now i'll praise Your name eternally

had a refreshing morning, reading the bible and a worship time. sang the above song during hopekids last weekend. i sang this old song for the first time. it is simple, yet the words ministered courage to me. the Excellent and Most High saw me and chose me. my human mind cant understand.

listening: Refuge by CHC

(cant think of a title for it)

uncle mike texted me yesterday.

"Just as the life of Jacob, the worth of a person does not lie in how much the person has accomplished and achieved for Him but how much the person allowed Him to work in his or her life. true spiritual success is found in how much we allow God to work or build into our lives."

on a sidenote, i cant wait for some events to come. death note movie. exams. bangkok trip. youth camp at singapore sports school. christmas at kallang.

currently, i know that God is starting some construction works in my heart. i'm re- visiting some very fundamental lessons on love, patience and big- heartedness. thank you Jesus for not passing me by.

listening: Surrounded by Dream Theater

5- in- 1

Tuesday

when i was about to log off to sleep, Jasmine Poon msned me something which really encouraged me alot and built me up within. my admiration of her goes all the way back to when i first saw her in youth ministry (10 years ago, gasp!). she was the pioneer of the pioneers (power ladies like shirley, priscilla, nicole, andrea and eelee). Jasmine believed in me and brought me to learn about service programming 5 years ago and i'm really grateful to her for investing her time in me, always encouraging me and challenging me to greater heights in programming ministry.

Wednesday

had my first cappuccino at starbucks with angela. found it to be quite foamy (duh).

Thursday

swam with philo. swam in the middle lane too! ate tiny pancakes with maple syrup at water rise. its chinese is pronounced as wo de ai. how interesting.

Friday

drank a can of nescafe original iced coffee. chilling and lovin it!

read about one happy thing and one sad thing. L eats my favorite snack hello panda too! L died.

ran with shirls at punggol park and saw gideon too. he was lighting up his lantern.

Saturday

drank a kopi peng and saw my two cute little neighbors at breakfast.

Jasmine Poon preached at youth service! *screamz*

drank iced latte americano at starbucks with ruiz. bitter that is.

listening: Homage for Inuyasha piano solo (featured in Inuyasha OST)

random

ben has gotten his driving license at 2pm today! congrats to our ben.

had a good dinner with nicole and roy. roy got his new levi engineered jeans and nicole wants to get a pair of running shoes.

LM test just ended for weishan and joy. according to shannie,

weishan; baby it's fact! i hate LM! goodbye. says:
the first 3 were okay
weishan; baby it's fact! i hate LM! goodbye. says:
the last 2 were like. good bye.

philo and yiyou have been working on the design of new yhope card and new minops tee respectively. aren't a designer like them, so, gambate on it yea?

mei is flipping through her school notes behind me. a week had passed ever since she started school at SIM. we are schoolmates now. how cool is that?

listening: Another day in paradise by Brandy feat. Ray J

the right button

God will make a way

where there seems to be no way

He works in ways we cannot see

He will make a way for me

He will be my guide

hold me closely to His side

with love and strength for each new day

He will make a way

He will make a way

God just know the right time to touch us and minister to us. this song came so timely for me in today's service prayer meeting. it really ministered so much strength to me. for the past week, i've been asking God about something which took place recently. i know that there got to be a reason for it to happen and i trust that God will work out something good through all things. i'm moving forward to trust and see where God will bring me and my family to.

spent a great time with my girlfriends from church. lunch with gwen, puay, voon, xin, philo and yiyou. dinner with puay, yiyou, gwen, xin, philo and shirls. starbucks with wyn, ame and yiyou. msn chat with ruiz.

you girls just encourage and strengthen me so much. here's something:
this is she. * ~ says:
great responsibility but will have great reward!!!

how true is that. so much more when we know who backs us up too :)

listening: My Immortal

hard to forget

was chatting with mama jac. msn chats with her have always been encouraging, refreshing and woww...simply great. to know girlfriends of different ages, going through different life experiences.... i enjoy such bonds.

we were on the topic of life and death. something along that line. there were a few moments which were unforgettable in a person's life. these unforgettable moments were far deeper than just embarrassing moments or funny moments. the fact that a person would still remember those, it just meant these moments carry deeper meanings, deeper emotions or impacts to the person. scenes, memories, moments, incidents, experiences...

i had a few unforgettable scenes in my memory as well.

i remembered standing besides my mum's bed, looking at her weak expression. i remembered seeing a car stopped right in front of me, while crossing the road on headphones. i remembered myself bringing in the bamboo poles that were used to hang our laundry as a primary 4 girl. it was raining very heavily and no one's home. i remembered flipping through TYS books late into the night during O levels time while listening to Glenn's Ego Trip show on 98.7FM. i remembered baking cup cakes at my first sheep's house. i remembered the scene after service, when it was the last service day before Youth had a major restructuring into the new central, northeast, east, west and north. there were hugs and tears everywhere, as we thanked and appreciated one another. i remembered sitting opposite nicole (previously known as jeslyn) in bugis macs, while listening to her shepherding lessons. i remembered random words from shirley- "your walk with God has been a slow and steady one..like a tortoise" (she drew a tiny tortoise after that sentence).

memories are important and unique to individuals. two persons may go through the exact same situation at the same time, yet memories created for them can be very different. i always regards memories as learning moments, life experiences that i can share with someone that come along in my life.

they are powerful. tune it towards heaven. your life will be a vessel to encourage many.

listening: When Love takes You In by Steven Curtis Chapman

this is how i spent my children day night

okay, at this point, i really think that ec has that same smirk smile as hyeon bin!


listening: Ee byul mot han ee byul instrumental (featured in My lovely samsoon OST)

3rd SIM city angel

11:27pm

eevoon texted: Hey! All the best to studying p&m! will pray for wisdom and strength and also a fruitful time. Gambatte! =)

listening: Perfect day by Planetshakers

SIM city angels

2:58pm

joy tan texted: Hey, don't worry man. do what you can, and God will see to the rest. Jia you! :)

3:17pm

weishan texted: i know. you can always share if you want to cuz im more then ready n willing n happy to listen. but then again, 1 Peter 5:7 always works for me. -hugs-

9:11pm

weishan texted: my dearest jasmin. sleep early, okay? i wish i could insert a verse to encourage you but i can't think of any. But i do know tht God's grace is sufficient for you. i love you. stay strong. hugs. and, do ur best for tmr n God will do the rest-you know it.

9:16pm

weishan texted: HAHAHAHA SIAO AH! dont dont! if u nd encouragement we can always study together but i'd be doing LM haha. Jasmin! 2Timothy4:7! Always and forever baby.

listening: I'll be Over You by Toto

3 things & 1 unglam

was doing my quiet time in the morning and this verse sprang up to me. half a verse, yet spoke many things to me. Exodus 15: 26a says, "listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep his decrees..."

"listen carefully". i need to position myself in a peace- at- heart attitude where i'm patient to wait and listen.

"do what is right in his eyes". i'm understanding that God's my one audience in life and He's the only one i aim to please.

"pay attention to his commands". when i listen, i want to be serious with what God says to me. He is serious in loving us, i want to be serious in loving Him too.

"keep his decrees". obedience is better than sacrifice.

an abstract from msn chat with my favorite pal as i am blogging:

weishan; because i choose to be happy! says:
sigh my room is so whimsical now
weishan; because i choose to be happy! says:
u would be like. wah can tell its your room just at one glimpse
jasminwangshuzhen says:
hahahah take pic lehh
jasminwangshuzhen says:
hehehehe
jasminwangshuzhen says:
i wanna see i wanna see
weishan; because i choose to be happy! says:
siao ah!

last night, received a sms which encouraged me throughout the night. bits of it goes like this: ...God has given you a new kind of love...that's why your response towards...is different from how you may respond if not for this new love infused to you by God. (: thank you Lord.

unglam sight. stuffing tissues into nostrils to fight hazy smoke.

listening: Dani California by Red hot chill peppers

from 8am to 12midnight

this particular verse is printed on the new month, october in my Locust's calendar page.

"For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far he removed our transgressions from us."

Psalms 103: 11- 12

listening: Going home by Shiro Sagisu (featured in Bleach OST)