love through prayers

during my jog just now, i was recalling a few recent events and i thanked God for them. i began to pray and be thankful to God. after praying (half panting to catch my breath), a thought just struck me. love is shown through prayers. we love the people in our lives so much and that reason leads us to pray for them, to cover them in prayers, to ask God to bless them, and to protect them. i was praying for a few people too. one of them was my dad. dad is recovering from fever and i asked God to heal him. back home, i casually asked dad about going to church this weekend, he thought for awhile and agreed without much hesitation. i was overjoyed! my dad is desiring for more spiritual things in his life.

listening: Majesty by Planet shakers

rock it tonight

alternative rock just reminds me of my secondary school days. my top three rock classics:
goo goo dolls' Iris http://youtube.com/watch?v=B9F4LjSb_Cs
puddle of mud's Blurry http://youtube.com/watch?v=7iiDP4O_Ba8
third eye blind's Semi charmed life http://youtube.com/watch?v=jRMHbKW0w7k
enjoy the music videos and rock it tonight!

listening: Iris by goo goo dolls

The Main Builder

hebrews 3: 3-4 "Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. for every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything."

God builds everything from scratch. at this point, i was reminded of our christmas production last year. everything starts with God. He gives life, He brings everything into being. everything that i am, belongs to Him. everything that i have, comes from Him. at times, i am tempted to live my own life and do it my way. things might not be obvious, yet subtle. many times, i struggled to surrender to God my thoughts and attitudes. yet once again, today, i'm being reminded that He is the Main Builder of my life. i will not build my own dreams and do what my carnal heart desires. i want God to build my life, to pave ways for me into my future chapters in my life.

God is the Builder. as long as we keep our courage and hope fixed on Him, he called us his house.

listening: Goodbye days by Yui

first man in my life

11 jan 2007. i will never forget this date. it was the day that my father received Jesus into his life. this is the first unbelievable event that happened in the year 2007. memories and flashbacks rushed through my mind as i thought about all my eagerness, my desire and my prayers to see my father receiving my Lord into his life. i'm thankful to God for keeping me alive in hope for my dad's salvation all these years. *a big shout-out to Jesus!*

21 jan 2007. it was my dad's birthday and his first time to our church as a believer of Jesus. our whole family met together at 8am for a breakfast at killiney kopitham before we went for the first service. during the holy communion time, i tilted my head and i saw my dad taking the holy communion together, wow! this sight was unbelievable and i was so filled with gratitude towards God. celebrated dad's birthday together with aunt jane's cg. it was a very happy occasion! my aunt's caregroup mates were very warm and sincere people. i can see that my dad really enjoyed being in the caregroup.

daddy, i really love you, i really do.

listening: Amazes me by CCC

pictures' time!

our beloved puay on her birthday at Ben's and Jerry's!
my kawaii sheep with me at our christmas service!
behave or else...!
the hammers in kukup!
chun siong, veron, shuz, aunty, pat, roys and ps LO
what more can i say... shannie, you rocks!
girls just wanna have some fun!
min! thanks for your sms after the dinner :)

listening: perhaps love featured in goong ost

I love WAM

i cant contain any longer. i need to blog about my wonderful Wam retreat 311206 to 020107. together with Awam and Twam, we made our way to Kukup, somewhere near Johor Bahru Malaysia. first of all, i'm very thankful for my worship pastor, ps Lawrence and his wife, Pat for organizing this trip. since the start of the two months of planning, they have been very hopeful and eager to have this WAM retreat. i'm glad to be part of the planning team. *winkz veron and roys.

311206

games few hours before the countdown. its my greatest discovery of this trip to know that our hope twin, gerald and geoffery are super fun and spontenous pair! we had such a great time of playing simple CG games, with most holding onto our stomachs, laughing away at one another. at ten pm, we walked to the jetty to do our fireworks. it was exciting to have different ways of positioning our fireworks, which some ended up went into the sea. LJ and i went out further to the end of the jetty, looking out to the sea. it was almost pitch black. the water reminds me of scenes from FF. it was so computerised, beautiful! 3 2 1, happy new year, WAMers! :)

010107

learnt much from the quiet time passage. the greatest expression of love is simply to notice people and to pay attention to them. many times, we often find ourselves going to people asking if we could help in any way, yet, the most loving thing we can do is to give our fullest attention to the person. its about living in the present. we may be in the present, but not living in that moment. another thought that hit me was for me to cultivate a spiritual attitude that wants to be surprised by God. things are at times, monotenous. yet, living in God's love daily should be a journey of surprises, discovering more and more about our Maker. a refreshing morning worship led by rachel. ps LO taught us something from the bible too. afternoon was basically filled with ice creams and card games. a visit to the fish farm too. finally...... the night of talents showcase came! a whole lot of characters. thundercrabs. mudskippers. deedadee dancers. angie the emo. fen the eccentric. daniel the pastor. just check the photos out. had a time of heavenly music with daniel on lead worship. it was an awesome time of running towards God with our arms wide open, lifting our voices and hands to worship freely. the last thing before the night ended was my time with jiayi. we sat outside the house under the pale moonlight for some chats. its chats like this that spurred me on and moved me even more to serve God.

020107

ate auntie' super nice fried rice for breakfast. its time for us to pack our bags home. as each one of us took turns to share our thanksgivings and affirmations, my heart was so filled with thanksgivings. i was so glad to be at the retreat, meeting and knowing my fellow wamers more. i've been watching my fellow wamers fenny, hope twins, junxiong and the rest played on stage ever since i first stepped into Hope. i'm just so happy that i can know them at a personal level and i really salute all of them for their commitment and love to God and this ministry for so many years. this encourages me to stick to the WAM vision and give my best to it.

thank you Lord, i love you and i love wam.

listening: a song by Beyond

ah zhong

a big shout-out to my kor kor.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

*ps. ah zhong is my cousin.

listening: One more night by Phil collins

for the first time

what makes my first day of school happy... :)

walked into the lecture hall. winston: "Hey! Jasmin!" *waves*

handshakes with addie and winston, greeting "happy new year!"

shannie(whispering): "oei...jasmin...jasmin...." *did her little wave*

first lecture ended and i went for a dinner at kap macs with favorites dian shannie and joy. we gave one another airtime to update one another on our lives and all. it was really enjoying! and we all agreed and gave the most convicted nods that dian is the love guru. hahaha! *winkz*

listening: Mysterious Girl by Peter Andre