change my heart, o God








Take me deep out past the lights
Where nothing dims these stars

I'll learn to get by on the little victories

lifesong
I will bring praise
No weapons formed
against me shall remain
I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my victory
and He is here


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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
big on winning.

no more h/cl (hopefully...), ss, history and physics for the rest of my life. how awesome. only bio and chem mcq to go. we've survived more or less 16 papers! it's crazy. brain's fried.

before all these end, before life's excitement comes to a halt, before things will change, before more trials and tribulations come along, I ♥ BIO, I ♥ SCHOOL, I ♥ you.

I need to know there's a bright future ahead of me, I need to know things will be better. I need to know I will only become smarter, not foolisher, not stupider. I need to know I can become a genius and not merely watch others rise up and be miserable about my lowly position. I need to remember that all things are possible, cause they are with Him.

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Take a look at the mountains
Stretching a mile high
Take a look at the ocean
Far as your eye can see
And think of Me

Take a look at the desert
Do you feel like a grain of sand?
I am with you wherever
Where you go is where I am

And I'm always thinking of you
Take a look around you
I'm spelling it out one by one

I love you more than the sun
And the stars that I taught how to shine
You are mine, and you shine for me too
I love you yesterday and today
And tomorrow, I'll say it again and again
I love you more

Just a face in the city
Just a tear on a crowded street
But you are one in a million
And you belong to Me

And I want you to know
That I'm not letting go
Even when you come undone

Shine for Me
Shine for Me
Shine on, shine on
Shine for Me

And I see you
And I made you
And I love you more than you can imagine
More than you can fathom
I love you more than the sun
And you shine for me

more - matthew west

Everything, everyday
for His glory

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cannot study anymore. shucks.
I am stressed. bye.

dad says "the tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. - prov 18:21. watch your mouth, don't say die when you have the power of the Holy Spirit in helping you in whatever you do. don't let satan ve a foothold on you. you always forget that, keep saying negative words, by doing that you are not bringing glory to God. seek forgiveness from Him and He will help you."
for everyone who's like me...saying that you will die...
sigh.

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Sunday, October 25, 2009
more than conquerors

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Because He lives, all fear is lost
Because I know, I know He holds the future
And life is worth the living just because He lives

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. (isaiah 40:29)


all the best for Os!
(many thanks to all for the kind wishes and care/concern. keeping y'all in prayer too)

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Saturday, October 24, 2009
no time to lose.

"Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place." (2 Corinthians 2:14)

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guess you won't be seeing me lurking around here...
what joy. I will not complain.

I will be glad to share how soon I'll be free. wonder how much information I'll be able to retain at the end of it all...preferably most of it. because I don't want to have wasted 16 years of my life gaining knowledge (that seems to have by far incessantly vanished with the physical presence of regular examinations that force every single drop of brain juice out of you):
26/10 1.30pm - 3.15pm: english paper 1
26/10 4pm - 5.40pm: english paper 2
27/10 2.30pm - 4.30pm: math paper 1
28/10 2.30pm - 5pm: math paper 2
29/10 2.30pm - 4.30pm: additional math paper 1
30/10 2.30pm - 5pm: additional math paper 2
02/11 8am - 9.30am: social studies
02/11 2pm - 3.45pm: chemistry paper 2
03/11 8am - 9.30am: history elective
04/11 8am - 9.45am: physics paper 2
04/11 2pm - 3.30pm: physical geography
06/11 2.30pm - 4.15pm biology paper 2
09/11 8am - 9.30am: human geography
10/11 8am - 10am: higher chinese paper 1
10/11 10.45am - 12.45pm: higher chinese paper 2
10/11 2pm - 3pm: physics paper 1 (mcq)
12/11 2pm - 3pm: biology paper 1 (mcq)
13/11 8am - 9am: chemistry paper 1 (mcq)


we will not lose hope. we can do it.

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Tuesday, October 20, 2009
broken

as children bring their broken toys
with tears for us to mend,
I brought my broken dreams to God
because He was my Friend

but then instead of leaving Him
in peace to work alone,
I hung around and tried to help
with ways that were my own.

at last I snatched them back and cried,
“how can you be so slow” –
“my child,” He said, “what could I do?
you never did let go.”

Everything, everyday
for His glory

raging a war

against the musings, against the weaknesses of the heart.
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being here screams peace. I prefer being alone because it's very tiring having to care about what goes on around. but I miss school. I really do. I need to go back and relive every single moment of this year, tho' it was filled with so much pain. because with the trials came the revelations of more of His promises. with the pain came something more, something intangible. and those times that something was within my reach I was happy, I really was, and they can only be fragments of my memory now. I'm piecing them all into a fuller picture, to forever store in that compartment of my heart and mind, and only exploring it again whenever necessary. it's just time to move on and leave behind things I appreciate so much, cause who knows? maybe what'll come would be a greater blessing than what I've already received.

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Sunday, October 18, 2009
sometimes

Blessed 16th Di! :)
many thanks for inspiring me and telling me things I needed to hear, whenever. thanks too for the encouragement and times you asked me if things were going alright. can't feel any less blessed huh. it's just the beginning to a wonderful new journey in life, go Di!

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highlights of the day: rest (sabbath). revived spirit. refreshed soul. renewed strength. seaside. aeroplanes (you really feel as though you're flying, just seeing them above you). nasi lemak. ice cream. fellowship. love. comfort. worship. God.

psalm 46:10. have we been searching for God in the noisiness? we've been looking in the wrong place. only in the stillness of life do we hear His gentle whisper, feel His gentle touch. "be still and know that I am God" I admit I have, and it's no sin...we just need to get in tune with him.

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Saturday, October 17, 2009
come, rain

WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY TO HAVE SUCH PULSATING HEADACHES. I feel like I'm in a blast furnace (okay, evidently I want chem to stick to me), ready to melt soon into nothing but molten fluid with body matter, and perhaps a heart with a hole in it. shucks.

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Friday, October 16, 2009
this is paradise.

I WANT TO ESCAPE FROM LIFE. I WANT TO BE SURROUNDED BY GREENERY IN SPRING AND SUMMER, THE SKY SO (LIGHT) BLUE WITH CLOUDS THAT CAN MESMERISE ME. LAKES THAT ARE SO CLEAR, SO BLUE, SNOW THAT IS PURE WHITE IN WINTER. europe, friends. care to join me?
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I choose (ya, choices!) to not study right now and blog, because...I just want to have something to remember. (almost) purely a rambling that will record what silly thoughts go thru' my mind:
inertia inertia inertia. I am only thirteen, just entering MGS secondary, relieved I'm back at a familiar environment (here, I have no idea what predisposed judgements can do), and pretty amused, yet at the same time, amazed at how secondary classes' 'labels' go by the word, "M E T H O D I S (T) G". I am looking forward to knowing what class I'm in..and wow, little did I know I would end up having a boring list of letters to share with people who ask which classes I've been in. all four letters, 'G'. whoopee, it's orientation. we play double whacko, what a classic. also, I'm apprehensive, sorta excited to see who my new classmates from other primary schools will be, how we'll get along, whether it'll be hard for me to fit in (yea, we all want to be accepted) and whatnot. I go thru' sec one feeling like I don't belong because I never was that smart to begin with, and shouldn't have been placed in some in-house scholastic programme along with others I know are extremely intellectual up there. a year goes by...and come sec two, class dynamics' problems surface, seemingly severe, to the extent we were assumed as a class being 'emotionally-unsound'. time to visit vietnam with 2T, which means getting to know several 'hi-bye' friends better and getting a feel of a school trip (preparation for ROCs the following year). I fail at least one subject per term (tragedy - it is only lower secondary work; what foreshadowing of how more badly I'll do the next year?) but still I'm able to thankfully keep my head above the water and drag my feet through the year. then comes sec 3, sec 4. I meet the best people. I hear the best words of advice. I learn the most about life and living. I become more thankful than I've ever had. I go through the toughest struggles. I become "obsessed with God" (to quote my mom, sigh). the best memories are created (ltc, water dispenser in class, bubbles in informal class photo, racist comments, cc0809, mgpb07-09, study buddies, US trippers, guidey gang, just-chill-out-at-grass-patch friends, growing in the Lord together, I LOVE BIO...). then we've got the baccalaureate service.

that was today. last chapel service. every word spoken, every hymn sung, every prayer prayed, every sniff heard, every song of praise we offered, every applause that echoed in the chapel, every scene frozen before my eyes - scenes of true happiness, coupled with tinges of white spots in sight...hit me right in the weakest spot. tears flowed uncontrollably, and I realised how much people and the school means to me. how faithful He's been, He is and always will be. I'm just extremely extremely blessed and thankful. very thankful.

whoah, so much for inertia. here I am, approximately nine days to the o levels, and I say, we may seem to be trudging through blinding snow - or maybe stones that refuse to stay away - and everything ahead of us is a blur, it's just foggy, don't you think? but the road ahead is definitely even, laid with concrete and tar, with little bumps (like those in singapore, pro-propaganda, har) because God is in control. and when we trust in the Lord WITH ALL OUR HEART, ALL OUR MIND, ALL OUR SOUL AND STRENGTH, and lean not on our own understanding but acknowledge Him, our paths will be made straight. each day, saturate in the grace He's freely given.

what I'm leaving behind is merely the physical presence of MGS, both primary and secondary - principals, teachers, juniors, seniors, peers, whoever in person; the memories will linger day in and day out, because such imprints on my heart are indelible. some people I hold so dear, so dear, I wish I'd never have to leave. but we all grow. to quote Clare, one of my bestest, most kind, compassionate, caring, genius, true friends, "for now, let's not lose hope."


and today, I entered school with great expectancy, to see the smiles on faces, hear laughter that have rung in my ear oh-so-often, to feel the inexplicable joy that is stemmed from the good and bad things I've been thru' in the course of the ten years, more so the great friends and teachers, successes and failures. today, I left school with great pride. I left knowing it's only the beginning. I left being grateful. I left tearing, letting every sob of every girl in every corner resound in my head. I left loving, loving God, loving friends, loving teachers, loving the school, loving the people. I left recalling the countless times we've heard these phrases: "Godly women of excellence with a heart of love", "to master, to grow, to serve". ♥
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okay something cute that makes me happy and motivated to do work, cartoon!
"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails." (proverbs 19:21)

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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"I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'."
"I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance."
"I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life."
"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights."

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Friday, October 09, 2009
debilitating...

(Dad, I know you read what I write here, but you shouldn't...please don't.)
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life now's all about:
hoping, hoping, hoping
wanting to understand more yet not knowing how to
learning to deal with unreciprocated help, care (no results)
being enervated and hardly too stressed
dreaming of getting the 9A1s,
bringing pride, but more importantly glory to Him
wishing things would be better for people
clinging onto things unseen, the impossible
having Jeremiah 33:3 placed in my way 5 times in 3 days
trying hard to let go, because I don't want to
His strength that sustains
His grace that provides
Him being faithful
Him.

yea, I confuse people. sometimes I do the same to myself. when you're alone for too long, the tendency to be messed up and more cynical grows. digging up the past can be good and bad...realising you've grown up too fast and missed out on too much while you were younger makes you want to turn back time. it does, because the future's so uncertain. to me. but fear..."fear's just being frightened easily and running away" and if anything, being a chicken's the last thing I'd like to be.

oh yes, Jeremiah 33:3's "Call to Me and I will answer you; and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." great promises, He keeps them. (1 cor 1:20a)
intimacy with God translates into the tasting of His goodness everyday

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Sunday, October 04, 2009
heartily.

22 days to O's.
2 more weeks of mg,
only 2. imagine,
not (physically) being part of
something that made you.
does that even make sense?
10 years. and in a blink of the eye,
no more. 10 and that's it.
it's scary. am no longer gonna be there.
i'm going to wake up in the mornings,
finding myself dissociated. where am i, really?

as hard as it is for those who live near volcanoes
(k too much geog, evidently, hopefully) to uproot,
it is for me, to leave a school where a decade was spent.
for how few decades we exist,
and in these few that we do, i've spent one
a complete one, in a school,
where studying i've never enjoyed,
where grades never failed to anger me,
where perceptions of my stupidity never failed to bring guilt,
where consistency was never my cup of tea,
where procrastination took the wheel,
where love brought me thru',
where God grew me,
where life was revealed.
perhaps I've never been as excited
about going to school as I am now before,
but nonetheless, the thought of change...
throws me off. throws every part of me off.
but change is inevitable.

surges in excitement,
they don't last forever
the thrill will grow faint,
eventually i'll leave my soul behind,
my body will lose itself.

i'm going to have to start over,
form a brand new wall around me,
work life out all over again.
in an unfamiliar environment,
make a choice.

left with me, only memories.
but i'll never feel the same way again,
experiences don't come twice.
everything will change,
nothing'll feel the same.

inexplicable feelings,
of joy, of belonging, of familiarity.
yet in no time, these will be taken away.
all you're left with is but yourself
in entirety, at least outwardly.
or maybe, only outwardly?





then, in His timing,
all things will be made right.
until then, the sentiment of loss
will remain with me.
i will cry. i will miss it all.
education, yellow brick road.
having gone down a long stretch of it,
i decided walking is far more satisfying
than riding on roller coasters.
the former may make things slow
(of which i usually hate)
the latter's too speedy.
there're too many sudden jerks,
up and down, too many surprises.
the velocity's too high,
the future's coming too quickly.
i will walk, i will run when need be.
i will work hard. i will succeed.
there'll be no shortcuts.
i will triumph, in this world for God,
for people, for you.

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Sunday, September 27, 2009
it's growing dim, dimmer

ain't one of the best days, ain't one of the times I can inspire. nonetheless, what I've written over the course of the past one, two years may. if you feel lousy like I do now, I most certainly hope this blog can encourage or uplift you in some way or another. I must have said some stuff that the Spirit prompted me to, stuff that can very well speak to you as they have spoken to me...

corrinne may's 'every beat of my heart'. I always liked her voice and music. how awesum it is for such talents to exist.

So here we stand
Anchored in hope
Letting the rain wash away every fear
Stars in the sky
Twinkle and shine
I pray they won't disappear

'Cause I don't know
where your journey goes
or how long it will take to unfold
But as long as we keep this moment shining in the dark
I will be watching over every beat of your heart

I wish that time
Could be replayed
I'd keep you here with me everyday
They say that love is letting go
I hope that you find your way

'cause I don't know
where your journey goes
or how long it will take to unfold
But as long as we keep this moment shining in the dark
I know you're watching over every beat of my heart

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Saturday, September 19, 2009
where 5/8 of my life has been spent

18 September '09
Longest Day
MGS Year of 2009


you're everything to me in increasing importance...
thank you MG for the opportunities
given to learn, worship, serve, follow, lead
thank you for giving me the greatest friends
thank you for giving me the greatest teachers
thank you for growing me
thank you for defining me
thank you for the bad times I had
thank you for the awesum times
thank you for all I've learnt from people
thank you for the takeaways I probably wouldn't have had
if not for the opportunities and enrichment modules
thank you for teaching me what it means to feel guilty
(when I didn't hand in work on time/wasn't diligent enough)
thank you for chapels and assemblies
thank you for the times we could worship freely
thank you for having such a great organisation - MGPB
thank you for being a part of my growing older,
but thank you too for playing a role in my growing up
thank you for giving the best memories,
that'll stick with me decades down the road
but again, nothing I feel for the school, can ever be put into words.

thank you Clare, Ze-Eie, Madeline, Claudia, Sharanya, Gerou, Michele, Choe, Ben, Becks, Laura, Petra, Anisha (mutual!), Nicole, Grace, Michelle, Abi Nyam especially...in more than one way you've loved, cared for, inspired, encouraged, shared with, been with me; in how there were things we identified with; for making me feel part of the class, the school; for the advice, for giving your time when I needed it; and for being a part of me. thank you Ms Ng, Mrs Gan for being such great form teachers, bearing with the class, for working so hard, for being so dedicated, for caring for us in small ways, for being yourselves in front of us and whatnot. thanks to Ms Ho and Ms Bong for showing me what it means to love, especially; for developing my strengths. thanks to teachers who've scolded me for my own good. thank you to all (like Wan Ning, Leeks, Nicole (hiorns)) who've touched me in one way or another, for your willingness to help when I've asked for any, when I was down and you asked me why, when you tried to cheer me up, when you smiled! no thank yous can ever be enough, nothing I say can bring me back in time, but I'd give anything to relive the entire experience...we may be parting ways but in one way or another, you've all done something right to leave deep imprints on my heart.

for ten years, God has been faithful.
thank You.

"everything'll be okay, even tho' nothing seems alright right now at this moment..." the o's will be here soon and we'll all be working hard together. it all doesn't seem so hard anymore, knowing you aren't alone in it, knowing everything will turn out fine.
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it's time to spread the love of what the school and everything that came with it (including drawing nearer and nearer to Him) have given me to others. whoever's reading, SEND YOUR GIRLS TO MGS IN THE FUTURE. haha. :)

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Sunday, September 13, 2009
just the beginning.

Blessed sweet sixteen Becks! ♥
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because FB isn't being very kind to me, here's my 'what's-on-your-mind':
when you want something, you may not have it. when you don't want it, it's probably available. sounding awfully familiar, what it teaches me: learn to be content with and grateful for what we're blessed with, what's been placed ahead of us all the time, because we never know when we'll lose the things (sometimes important to us) and neither can we control what we have at any point in time. to me, that's as hard as surrendering myself to God - in losing my life for Jesus to find it (matt 16:25). but again, what's impossible with our God? nothing.

it's back to school tomorrow. but there's nothing to be afraid of...nothing at all. not even having to face the wrath of teachers, either because I owe homework (oops, laoshi's work...) or because I'm 'hopeless' at certain subjects (like chem). [AHHHHH, please, God's grace be upon me, please. and you, haha. :)]

HOPEFULLY.
truth be told, I'm actually very scared. sigh. let me go and run towards Him now, and uhm, run literally...sigh.

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Saturday, September 12, 2009
facing our giants.

evidently, I think I have alot of time to waste...I'm actually on blogger THIS much!

anw, the main aim of this post is for me to express my egggcitement ABOUT BEING AT STARBUCKS LATER. BECAUSE I'VE BEEN CRAVING IT FOR DAYS. YAY. JAVA CHIP FTW (Y). what more with my awesum bunch of seniors... :) nauh, I didn't have coffee in the end...the flu's coming. but my voice is probably sexier now...okay jokes aside, time to take EXTRA care of ourselves - y'know, the weather and all...hate to fall sick.

Everything, everyday
for His glory

look full in His wonderful face...

okay it's 210am, I can't get to bed (and gah, neither am I in the studying mood!)...possibly still reeling from all the excitement from fellowship and sharings. but hey, I love this peace I'm experiencing right now. do you feel it? peace the world cannot offer... Jesus calms every storm in our hearts as long as we ask him. turn our eyes upon him.

Everything, everyday
for His glory

I will lift my eyes, to the Healer

(Y) I like.

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Jane shared about being 'a team', what it means, what is expected of us in the team over lunch. (thanks for lunch... :P but much more for sharing) sometimes I forget that we need to work as a team, and united we stand, divided we fall. I would love to have all the attention to myself and for someone to only direct all his/her care and time to me, but that's not possible because in the time a group is together, everyone has to be looked out for, and we have to be working towards a common goal. it's natural to want to be credited and cared for, but gotta look at the big picture too huh.

which reminds me...a quote by Bear Bryant Dad once told me...something along the lines of "team spirit: if anything goes bad, I did it. if anything goes semi-good, then we did it. if anything goes real good, then you did it."

that aside, time to focus on o's. Unc Stan has already imposed upon me to 'concentrate on studying for o's. stop serving temporarily, don't do anything for the ministry for this period of time'...which is timely, thank God. while I go on this short break, I can work things out...especially with my servanthood attitude and whatnot. yay.
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I hardly enjoy reading the old testament ('cause it's too chim and hard to apply to my life more often than not) besides the psalms...but I read a little of Habakkuk recently (actually, it's already a short book on its own, so can't get very little can it, hahah). he was a strong, faithful man who had alot of confidence that God was the Sovereign Lord, and no matter what still rejoiced in the Lord ('rejoice in the Lord always', phil 4:4) despite all sorts of obstacles. also teaches us to let God be God...Habakkuk 3:17 to 19 says:Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights. what we really have to do is to let go and submit everything to Him.
my attempts have never been futile even when I thought they were, 'cos once we move towards Him, he draws even closer... ("come near to God and he will come near to you", james 4:8)

y'know He's so faithful. I cannot emphasise this enough. (will share from personal experiences, sorry for the numerous 'I's, I really don't like to seem self-centred :s) I've been a very bad girl, twice (as in, I was better for awhile, but gave into devil attacks again...) - no, not the kind who rebels that much, not the kind who stays away from home and never respect authority...but in many other ways. basically, I've been living a life unpleasing to Him. for one, I was hypocritical...because I could never tell myself what I was telling/advising/encouraging others. for instance, I'm not ashamed tho', to say I was jealous of people I loved when they were doing better at something...but it's something that time and prayers (of many others' and little of mine..) has helped me overcome. there was a period of time I could step into the church service hall and feel inadequate (yes, over silly things like not playing an instrument as well as someone else, perhaps more experienced or have more time to practise than you do), times when I would feel defeated when I step into the classroom knowing I'll never do as well as my classmates. comparison has not brought me anywhere. what I learnt is...there'll always be someone, some people, better than us in EVERYTHING that we do. it's either we choose to deal with it and thank God for what we have/what we can do, or we continue to beat ourselves over being a 'failure'.
I've denied God countless of times...I found it so hard to pray because I felt undeserving. the terrible influxes of negative thoughts that clouded my judgement...I simply could not believe that He loves me, I simply could not believe I was 'good enough' for anyone. as a matter of fact, I was wrong. nothing stops God from advancing in His plans and purpose (that prevails), nothing stops the Holy Spirit from moving, nothing stops good from triumphing over evil (in the first place, God created Lucifer & the fallen angels)..was absolutely wrong. it was either I let the word of God and word of spiritual mentors fall on deaf ears or I make an effort to change myself, to renew my soul, to get right before Him...I chose the latter, thankfully. I've (only recently) chosen to repent, to say I'm sorry, Lord, to ask Him to search my heart and transform me into someone He wants me to be.

we've all got problems. face it, we were made to face challenges, and overcome them. it's different when you have His strength in overcoming these matters. we either be courageous (be strong and courageous, joshua 1:9) and conquer them, or we escape. escapism - what I've been involved in for a very very long time. what happens when we don't sort things out is these problems will only continue to build up...and once you hit the limit, you're gonna be hit hard. horrendous impacts...it's just like bioaccumulation and bioamplification, situations only get worse and worse, and when you're where the catalyst is...chances are, you'll break down. and that sucks, I know how it feels.. we all need to have our channels to release the 'living time bomb' within us, have people we can open up to. for me, I've been shutting my (real) self away from people for a very long time and resorted to unhealthy means to cope with the stress. I couldn't even take the hands of those who've been willing to guide me back on the right track or accept His grace that He gives freely. I couldn't face God.

but obviously, time isn't an issue. what's important is that you make that u-turn, you find yourself consumed by His mercy, you WANT to be blessed and you want to live well for Him. if we want true happiness/joy, we gotta seek it in Him. :) I hope you have it/want it too! IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE! (matt 19:26)

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and oh man, I was looking thru' my archives and realised Dad & I have had such a conversation (in jan)...it's so stressing! haha:
"Hey Dad, so will you be in school when I collect my O's results?"
"It's not even the full result yet."
"I meant next year lah."
"I go for what?"
"I don't know, just be there for me?"
"Okay, if you can show me 9 distinctions for your prelims, I promise you I'll be there next year when you collect your results."

I think 'prelims' have to be changed to 'actual o' levels' now because..I totally got far from nine distinctions! :/
NINE DISTINCTIONS, FRIENDS. So remember, if you see my name in the papers or something next year, rejoice with me for Dad would have gone to school, proud of his daughter. But even more, ('cause good grades are seriously not my thing. SIGH, hahah) praise God for His favour, wisdom and grace. [of course, the latter still stands even if I don't get my nine distinctions :)] but I must not forget to do my part luh...hence, I'll go study now! take care.

your love is beautiful
the reason why I sing

Everything, everyday
for His glory

Thursday, September 10, 2009
u-turns.

sigh. sighing isn't always that bad... you sigh, you leave a problem where you are, and move on.
"it doesn't matter where you've been, where you are, it doesn't matter that you've failed, what matters is where you go from here, what you do from now on..."

shall rest and force myself to work harder soon enough. once school starts, probably. hopefully!

"one of the biggest things I've learned is that my parents are actually people. that sounds funny, but growing up I didn't think of parents as two people who grew up in their own family and had their own lives before they got married and I came around. I usually just saw them as "dad" and "mom", and they were supposed to have life all figured out...I would often get upset at my parents because of the way they would handle something or do something. but now I know they were working hard and doing their best." it goes on to say "..how you view your family will help in how you deal with them. your family is made up of people who are struggling through life just like you are." (A girl's life with God - Casey Hartley)
guess it's something I have to learn.

Everything, everyday
for His glory