HELLLOOOOO! What is this dead blog doing here?? It shouldn't be dead. Anyway, just here to liven things up and at the same time post up the lyrics for Dawn & SK's wedding song! :D
God's Love Will Bring Us Through
Verse 1:
When I look into your eyes
I thank God for His grace
For bringing you into my life
Here in this place
Bridge:
On this very day
This very moment
I cannot help but smile
At God's goodness
Chorus:
Never let go, Lord, your love binds us together
Keep our hearts as one, let us worship you forever
No matter what the weather, despite the harsh endeavours
I know God's love will bring us through, no matter
Verse 2:
When I look into your eyes
I think about my sorrows
They disappear like melting ice
Brings me hope for tomorrow
Bridge:
Take my hand
Let's walk this journey
Our pain and fears in God
Unfounded
Those who still haven't memorised, please do! In case the reality hasn't hit you yet, the wedding, in other words our performance, is this coming saturday, in less than, hm, let's see 5 days time?? Haha, I'M EXCITED.
Oh well, see most of you tomorrow at the rehearsal! :D
Love loads,VANESSA!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008♥ 12:32 AM
sick as a dog
I FEEL SICK. MY NOSE IS CLOGGED AND MY VOICE IS HOARSE. GAHH.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008♥ 8:24 PM
FREEEEEEEDOM!
VANESSA-ESSA-ESSA HERE! (:
With the exception of Joline, Shirlynn (who would probably have finished this by the time you read this since your papers are tomorrow) , Gayle and Cass, our exams are O-V-E-R!!! :D Haha sorry dears, really don't mean to gloat. Haha so yeah we can finally let loose and relax after mugging so hard the past few weeeeks! YAY! hahaha. And anyway this blog is so dead. :/ Exams I guess, so yeah. Since we're slightly free-er now, why not post more and share a little of our lives with each other yeaaaah. :D
Got back 4 papers already. not very well done. ): Chem and e math were better than expected but still not very good. English and bio weren't up to mark at all. ): sigh. but then it's over soooo. i'll just work harder harder harder next year! Jia you Joline, Shirlynn, Gayle and Cass yeaaaaah! Soon we'll all be free and have lots of fun together and at Dawn's wedding! :D EGGXCITING!
SEE YOU ALL ON SUNDAY! LOVE LOADS AND LOADS.
<3
Monday, September 22, 2008♥ 10:31 PM
Transformation
Praise God for everyone and what you have done in faith the last week to bring the kingdom of God in the marketplace!
Praise God for all you and God has done: - giving exam blessing cards to your friends! - giving exam blessing cards to your whole class! - praying for a teacher that you dislike! - praying over sms for friends! - asking more people for prayer cell! - praying for your friends to know God!
Hi Joline, you said you wanted to pray for your friends and then ask them to church. I was suddenly struck that God has already started answering your prayer already Joline when you said that your friend asked you to go with her to a friend's church. =)
Bless all of you with the following verses. Although the kingdom of God where you are placed may start small (like a mustard seed), but God promises that it will grow and expand! So exciting! =)
Matthew 13:31-33 31He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches." 33He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount[b] of flour until it worked all through the dough."
Saturday, July 26, 2008♥ 10:21 PM
teamwork
i think that this is really cool(:
let us work together as a cell to play the beautiful music of god
♥ 8:57 PM
choir duty
OMG VANESSA!!!! same same!!!!! bio test was really ok you know! i was really calm before the test. and i was really awake! (though i was late for school and have to do CWO) HAH! i was really happy you know!!!
its really amazing. i was late for school but i wasnt really angry or anything. then i sat for my bio test! the teacher said we still have about 10 more mins before the test would start. everyone took out their bio textbook and tried to cramp it in. i was so calm i just sat there. and started telling my friend jokes. she was like mavis you not studying? i just replied, huh no la. haha everyone was so panicky except for my another class mate. hah, then, AMAZING. all the small details i studied came out!!! hahaha omgg i was laughing to myself in the test. i could remember which experiment it was and all the stomata thing!!! i was really happy. i wasnt even scared!
then i just had another 2 more lessons before school ended. there was early dismissal because of speech day. then, i told my friend to get a cake for veneetha because it was her birthday the next day, which is today. and ask her to walk in while we are practising to surprise her. then she went off to go get the cake. at the rehersals i told my teacher about it then she said cannot because there was no lunch! i was really panicky because i could not contact her, i didnt have my phone with me. then i ran down to ask my other friend to call that friend to tell her she cant get it. hah are you guys confused?
haha then back at the pracitce session i was really sad. the trainer kept on scolding us and i kept on making mistakes when the performance was later. she called us in and gave us a talk. she said you guys have to work faster. we are going to break later at 1 30 for lunch. i was like WHAT?!?! so i hurried back to my bag to sms my friend to go get the cake. i could not even read her reply because the trainer continued prac. i was like really 'hands and legs all over' hahaha translate to chinese.
then 1 30 came. i ran all the way to the canteen to try and call her. and woooph, before i took out my phone i saw her walking in. HAHA i was so crazy! i was jumping up and down. we hurry lit the candles and went to surprise the birthday girl. haha she was really shocked but happy la. (: glad she was. (she was quite sad that she wont be in singapore on her birthday and we couldnt celebrate it with her)
oh well then after eating the cake we had to start to rush for the performance, make up and everything we were so scared we could not finsih it on time. haha in the end we waited for more than a hour before we were called up. we kinda rushed in the performance, and were so scared the trainer would kill us. we walked back to the training room. sat there and was so emotional. she came in, sat down, and kept quiet. then she stood up and said. lets have a group hug! HAHA WE SCREAMED LIKE CRAZY haha so overjoyed. i was stoning there for a moment. until 5 seconds later i realised what was going on.
WEE i was really happy later. and i realised that it was all god's grace. and that i honoured him. everything turned out really well. enough though i only studied for bio on the bus, had so much problems to get the cake and it was unplanned. also to finish off the day with a good performance, though i didnt practice much for it and it was a last minute change. oh ya i forgot to tell you all that they only changed the dance on thursday! so yea. i really thank god for it.
oh yes at choir practice! i was so prominent. like usual. hahhaa but oh well. GOS LOVES ME AND I DONT CARE.
mavis
Wednesday, July 23, 2008♥ 11:45 PM
God will make a way
I am currently posting with a blocked runny nose (don't ask how that's even possible) and sore throat and when I spoke to my mother on the phone it sounded kinda like this "Hello, bubby, do lah it's all de dust (sniffs) cause i'm packing de stuff into de boxes (sniffs) yub i'm finde. (sniffs)" really. okay maybe not that drama lah haha i'm exaggerating a bit but yeah it's terrible.
Anyway, wanted to post today, I'm Vanessa, by the way haha, about choir. (: Want to let all you darlings know that when we honour God and put Him first in our lives, He will put in His 100% for us and make a way, even when there seems to be no way. He works in ways, we cannot see. He will make a way for me. (:
That day, I might have shared with Mavis, i think. haha forgot sorry. I had dance and of all days that day was torture day. I emerged from the hall dripping from every pore in my body, my head spinning and throbbing all at the same time, my eyelids droopy, my muscles aching, my limbs weak, waves of nausea pulsing through me... (okay so i kinda exaggerated, heh but i really felt like throwing up all over the car and just lying on the bed to sleep)
so ya I felt so sick I was so tempted to tell Dawn that I was sick and couldn't make it. Add to the fact that I had A math test the nest day and A math is my worst subject. I felt so terrible that when I reached home, I couldn't even make it to the toilet to bathe. I sat on the floor with my head between my knees for five minutes to stop myself from fainting before rushing to finish bathing in 15 minutes. Rushed through my dinner too, and was so dazed I took mismatched clothes that made me look like shit to wear and rushed off after an equally rushed dinner.
In the car, my father was still telling me that if I felt so tired I might as well not go and I really felt SO SO SO tempted. I was so tired I fell asleep in the car halfway through while talking to my father. My father said a quick prayer for me and A math textbook and little else in hand, I got off still a little drowsy to meet Gayle at TCT auditorium. Went inside and felt kinda lethargic-ish.
Then the worship leader guy, Thomas was like how many of you here are not fully ready to worship God? and i was like oh my gosh. ME! he prayed for us and everything and then we went off to learn the actions and albeit some muscle aches, I can proudly declare I was more awake than Gayle! haha. And really amazingly, all the tiredness seriously left me and most amazing was, the A math test the next day was actually MANAGEABLE. like :0 praise God! hahahahaha.
so yeah, just want to encourage you guys that sometimes when we feel like shit and worshipping and praising God is the last thing on our minds, that could be a sure method to make your day and clean you up of all the shit. Even though mine was kinda forced, I'm glad I was 'forced', because I know God worked in a very special way for me (: and Mavis I know you're very busy on thurs and have bio on friday, but it's okay, God will lift your spirit and energize you to do exceedingly well for your test, yes? <3
Love all of you dearies, and see you on sunday! :D
VANESSA!
Sunday, July 20, 2008♥ 9:23 PM
Thanksgiving for 40 days fast and prayer! =)
Hallo everyone,
As most of you know, I am going to Legal Aid Bureau to work in August and it is a government agency to help those who cannot afford lawyers but need legal aid.
As I am reading the 40 days fast and prayer booklet, I am really thankful that God is so good to me, and has planned my life and my career. As most of the 40 days fast and prayer booklet is about God's heart for the poor and needy, I was affirmed that it is indeed God's call for me to go to Legal Aid Bureau at this time, to serve the poor and needy and make a difference for His glory.
God is indeed good because He is preparing my heart to go into my new job at Legal Aid with this 40 days fast and prayer. I had wanted a longer break between jobs so I could among other things prepare for my wedding and also prepare myself for my new job, but I did not get a long break. But God had planned it that he was preparing my heart now (before my break and better than I can ever plan the preparation of my heart) with the 40 days fast and prayer. He is giving me His compassion for the poor and needy and also building my faith that He will do more than all I can ask or imagine in my new job.
Wanna bless everyone that indeed God is good to you and He plans every detail of your life. =) Wanna bless everyone too that we will be givers of God's love and compassion (and not be like the container that keeps receiving though it is full and becomes useless). =)
Dawn
Tuesday, July 15, 2008♥ 9:03 PM
MAGICBOX!
Hello my dear family! Vanessa here! You should all post more, you know. Can you hear that? Listen really carefully.
"creee, creee..."
Can't you hear the sounds of the crickets chirping at you so joyfully?? Tsk tsk. We should all be ashamed of ourselves. Let's put on sackcloths and repent. Okay okay, I should stop being stupid. heh. :D anyway.
I'll be going to watch Magicbox with my parents this coming saturday, and I'm really excited about it. Thing is, I heard from my cousin that things have beengoing a little wrong with the sets and cues and stuff. Something like, the spikes did not fall as planned in one of the shows and it's obviously NOT a good thing.
I really feel that the evil one is doing all that he can to wreck this show and make a mess out of it because he cannot stand seeing pastor khong 'invading his territory' since that was the main media he wanted to win the world by. Can I please solicit for all your prayers in this time.
Not just because he is our pastor and we're afraid it will make FCBC look bad but think about the adverse effects of this if people start to look at this pastor as if he's unprofessional and feeling that his God can't be so great after all if He can't even help him make the show a success.
That would be really sad. So come on, let's all rally together and pray for the rest of the shows and for pastor khong and everything okay!
oh yes, there's a whole 2-page article written about Magicbox, ps khong and priscilla in 8 days! it's 'the sexist issue' the one with christopher lee, joanne peh and dawn yeoh on the cover. READ IT OKAY! i'm really proud of them! :D heh.
okay so yeah, do keep me in prayer as well, please? i have ting xie tomorrow. hahaha. trying my best to study for it! :D thanks you all, have a terrific week ahead yes yes? MUCH LOVE TO ALL YOU! <3
Love, VANESSA!
P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASMIN! GOD BLESS YOU IN EVERYTHING! HE LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE! WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH TOOOO! (:
Monday, July 7, 2008♥ 9:42 PM
CELL OUTING!
hihi all you! Vanessa, here to post bout cell outing! hahaha. first one that Mavis did not attend (:D) though she really should have. (:
okay that was after shirlynn pushed me into the water and i was trying to get back at her. heh. pulling like mad. elkan snapped it. hahaha.
self-timer! hahaha. the four pretty girls (: joline, shirlynn, gayle and me (frm left to right)
Bryan being buried in the sand!
That's us again! Elkan took this picture too. He took pictures of infected oily toes on his own camera. HAHAHA.
okay anyway, cell outing today was, hmm. quite fun! hahaha. but kinda annoying toooo. hmph. Bryan lahhhh. And Shirlynn Tan! Grr. ANNOYING THE TWO OF THEM! See, I brought extra clothes but forgot to bring extra undergarments. So i did NOT want to go into the water because i was going out after that with my mother. But stoooopid Bryan who obviously could dive in and swim around like a fish because he brought extra everything (even towel and shampoo and soap and stuff) decided that he was lonely.
And stoooooooooooopider Shirlynn who is supposed to be my darling sister, helped him drag and shove me into the water. :s thanks a lot, Shirlynn! i later just HAD to take revenge on her and succeeded in dragging Shirlynn into the water, shrieking and flailing her arms like a madwoman, with Bryan's help. hehehehe. so ya then joline and gayle emo-ed a bit while we built some sandcastles and stuff. then cause the girls were lazy so we sat around and played with sand while the guys went to cycle so ya. then we were all SO SANDY!
except joline and gayle cause they refused to let us pull them in, and bryan who showered. so it was really gross cause my undies were like. Dripping. oh oh and we all got these weird oil stains on our feet! ): it was really gross and culdn't come off! D: Elkan thought it was some disease or infection or smth. hahaha. he's got pictures of it on his camera. anyway. so then yeah that was about it. we left soon after. so yup that's all, haha. Good night all you! Have a great day at school tmr! (: LOVE YOU ALL LOADS AND LOADS! :D
VANESSA! <3
Sunday, June 22, 2008♥ 6:33 PM
hey! wow. havent posted for a while.. haha
oh i guess TMR is school reopen. stress like crap now. haha i really really hate first weeks. so much to do! and no mood to do. hah. anyway. during the holidays, i guess there was lots of activities going on. which is fun! haha though its sad that there isnt a camp!! got the muar one, but in malaysia.. so i guess not every parent allows.. hmmm hopefully there is one during december! ((:
lets see. first.. it was the chalet? i think? hmm only julienne and i could make it. plus dawn la huh. but it was all good. though we didnt stay. pretty much fun, especially seeing how the guys work, and bbq! hahah its really funny. well wasted most of my time bbqing the marshmellows, trying to make s'mores. ahahha but its good! and nice! agree? yup. we played fresibie?(sp?) like PE. hah! then i had to play with the guys. kinda embarrassing. (i was really scared i hit them!) and they were so quiet, erm.. yong hong and joash i guess. OH then i was surprised that we had to get the food, because i thought the food was all ready and there! we had to marinate the chicken and stuff. haha when it was frozen! but everything turned out well! lucky no FOOD POISONING! god blessings. HAH
then it was.. movie outing! julienne, joline, gayle, bryan and me went to watch kung fu panda! and went to bowling. oh wait, i think julienne has covered most of this. HAH but she didnt write in the part where she EATS ALOT. haha she ate bk student meal and the yam pie thingo and subway cookies and yam puff. is that it? oh but haha she ate much more than us! julienne dont be offended kay! hahah we still love you!
next! the.. sports fiesta
dawn, joline, gayle, vanessa and me! haha we went for the hip hop lessons! haha i thought it was fun, but gayle and joline didnt. i think its because they dont dance, they do sports! hehe. i enjoyed it. learning a new style was cool.((: haha dawn was really cute when she dance. hahaa^^
WII CARNIVAL and MINDS CAFE (most recent, yesterday)
hah! me again, and vanessa. we were like really late! reached there around 2 plus. played one game! ONE game of mario kart!(oh oh! i beat vanessa!) (DIDNT GET TO PLAY THE RABBITS GAME! AND GUITAR HERO) and eat icecream. hmph. they cheat our feelings la! say end at 3, they closed at 2 30, because of the finals of the soccer match. haha vanessa and i were really lost. we just shouted goal when everyone did, basically, following the crowd. so game ended, and so we waited for samuel to finsih his duties, then we left magicbox. we were practically trying to call anyone who came along. so funny. then we got kevin to come along. so we bused down to town, and trained to dhouby. walked all the way to the place and finally started playing. we played snorta, taboo, and some voting game. i think snorta was still the funniest. vanessa won the game though! tsks. hah! then.. vanessa had to leave first, so she left me with the 3 guys. hah. we played a little more then we left to cathay. walked around. and then kevin and samuel left. bryan and i went for dinner. and then home!
HEH OK. i just realised, i m always there for those outings. hahaha!!! oh wow. hmmm no wonder there is a hole in my pocket. money all gone. oh but i have to thank bryan for paying for the GST and service charge (: haha thanks again!
i really got a chance to bond with bryan and samuel over this period of time. the rest too la, but mostly with them! hurray interdependence! great bonding.
mavis
Saturday, June 21, 2008♥ 12:03 AM
Jesus rose again from the dead - John 20
John 20 relates the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
When I read John 20 today, it was struck by the simple truth that we all know - which is that Jesus rose from the dead!
I felt that God told me that He is a God who brings life and who has the power to bring life to the dead.
John 20:30-31 says 30Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
Just want to encourage everyone that however dead or messed up you feel your life may be, Jesus can bring you life.
However dead or messed up an area of your life may be - be it your studies, relationships, family, etc, Jesus can bring life.
Mary Magdalene was crying outside the empty tomb of Jesus. John 20:10- 11 Then the disciples went back to their homes, 11but Mary stood outside the tomb crying.
She must have been really sad and discouraged because she thought that her God was dead. There are times when we feel like Mary - we are sad and discouraged over circumstances in life.
However, Jesus rose from the dead and came to her. John 20:16 -18 16Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher). 17Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' " 18Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them that he had said these things to her.
Jesus is our God who rose from the dead!
I pray:
Jesus come and bring life to our lives.
Jesus come and bring life to every area that seems dead and does not seem to be doing well.
Jesus come and bring life to our families and spiritual family.
Jesus come and bring life to our tribe blog too. =P
dawn
Thursday, June 19, 2008♥ 9:40 PM
THE outing
i thought this blog was dead already (!) but it's still alive and kicking (and there's a new skin, too!)... and since i haven't been here for a very, very, very long time and samuel has asked for a post about the most recent outing(mavis, joline, gayle, bryan and I)!
i thought it was kind of weird at first, you know, having a thorn among some very pretty roses... (joking!) but it turned out okay! we went to watch kungfu panda and it was so, so funny. i was sitting beside gayle and she laughs very gayle-ly. right, joline? hehhehheh. don't worry gayle, it's so you and if you laughed like joline you just wouldn't be gayle.
oh i think before that we ate at burger king. don't ever ever ever go for the student's meal because the portion is so miserable. i was hungry very soon after that. oh pish, i was hungry the whole day! xP
and we went BOWLING. bowling is fun when you don't bowl gutterballs. i bowled many, many gutterballs. and bryan and joline are good at bowling! joline does look like the bowling kind, and likewise for bryan. (how do i know what is a bowling kind?) heh, i think they just look good with a bowling ball. like the roundness of the ball totally compliments their face and their hair and their clothes and what they had for lunch... sorry, corny! we bowled two games.
after bowling, we walked around a bit, had more bites to eat!
anyway, we all still had fun! and let us have many many many more outings to go!
oh, a text from dawn that i'd like all of us to remember when our inbox runs out of space
Hi gals today's bible reading is on john 19, where John relates Jesus' crucifixion on the cross. Whatever circumstances in life you may face, bless you that you'll trust Him and His love for you. God loves you so much that He sacrificed His Son for you; He'll take care of you and your every need :)
Julienne (: oh. by the way, my blog isn't dead... anymore! xD
Saturday, June 14, 2008♥ 10:30 PM
Hip Hop Dancing Class - 14 June 2008
Thank God for the hip hop dancing class today during Sports Fiesta! =) It was fun!
Vanessa and Mavis, think you all can dance really well.
for the rest of us (especially me), we are still special and God loves us even if we don't dance so well.
Dawn =P
♥ 9:49 PM
Jesus is the Vine and we are the branches
John 15:4-8
4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
I have recently been very busy with work and with wedding preparations. My thoughts and time were consumed with the things I need to do at work and my wedding. My QT has also been rushed and was mostly in reading the book of John.
The above verses reminded me that I need to draw near to God, because Jesus is the Vine and I am the Branch/es. I cannot do anything without him - a branch without the Vine will die after a while and can never bear fruit. Also, how much fruit grows on the branches is not dependent on how good or strong the branch is but on the vine who gives life to the branch. When I remain in God, He promises to remain in me. The responsibility is on me!
He will then make me fruitful. When I remain in God, He will bless me in my wedding and marriage, my work and my ministry.
Bless you all to draw near to God and remain in Him even as life is busy and there can be many things to do. Because our life can only be fruitful and bear life through God.
Love, Dawn
Monday, May 26, 2008♥ 12:08 AM
MAGICBOXXXX!
here to do some ADVERTISEMENT! this is the exact same thing i posted on my blog so yeah. hahahaha. okay so, some of you MIGHT know my church's senior pastor, Ps Lawrence Khong cause he's like the coolest 55 yr-old i know? hahaha. not that i know many to begin with, but. yeah. heh. so anyway. he's doing this really cool show with his daughter priscilla called MAGICBOX at the esplanade (see, told you it's really professional!) from the 12th to the 20th of June. go check out their awesome website at http://www.magicbox.com.sg/ for details, cast and stuff like that. NOT TO BE MISSED.
for us students, it IS kind of pricey, but i think it's TOTALLY worth it. i've watched the smaller scale and slightly different show that ps Khong and Priscilla put up before the 'Magic of Love' and it was already amazing. So now, MAGICBOX is going to be MUCH better and SOO much cooler. some of you, especially christians, might doubt that what ps Khong is doing is of any good. because magic is always associated to black magic, and magic of the occult.
ps Khong always repeats this phrase in his show the 'Magic of Love' and in his own words "Remember, the basic principle of magic is that things are not what they seem!" what he is trying to say is this, quoted from the book he wrote 'Give me the multitudes' (a very good book which i own that you can borrow from me if you're interested) "...I have found that while many church people and leaders have no problem with Christian magicians pulling rabbits out of a top hat - something which is abviously a trick 0 these same believers cannot accept the illusions which I use to levitate my daughter on stage, fly up to her in the air and cause her to vanish into thin air! The fact is that I have accomplished the latter with the same mechanical means and principles that I use for the former."
Nothing ps Khong is doing, has anything whatsoever to do with the occult, or black magic. He is simply using sleights of the hands, professional fishing line, and whatever else they require that I have absolutely no clue about judging by the fact that it took me 12 years to discover that my daddy's infamous egg trick, performed yearly at my birthday party to amuse my friends, was done with a toothpick. (mavis would know it XD) so yeah, he's using magic, combining it with song, dance, theatre and a heartwarming storyline to share the love between the father and daughter.
The father, though not explicitly spelled out as this is a non-religious show, symbolising our father in heaven and the daughter, representing us. An absolutely amazing show. If you're interested, please do not hesitate to tell me k, there is 15% discount for tickets bought by this sunday. i know for a fact, that you will be greatly blessed by it. ((: LOVE LOADS, DARLINGS. <3
if you haven't realised yet, i was, using the colours of magicbox for the font. heh. :D oh and i'm Vanessa, here. hahaha.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008♥ 8:27 PM
OPERATION REVIVE DEAD BLOG.
heeelllooooooooooooo! THIS IS ONE DYING BLOG. ): i shall attempt to revive it.
CPR! *pump pump pump, "1... 2..." pump pump* I'm picking up a pulse. A very slight one! Keep going at it! *pump pump pump* It's getting stronger, victim's regaining conciousness! Just a bit more! *pump pump pump* Almost stable! Heart rate's almost stable! Victim's almost saved! "Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep." *silence* "heh, sorry, my pager." THE VICTIM'S ALIVE! WE'VE SAVED IT! *everyone cheers*
umm. okay now what. :D hmmm. ooh. yes.Dawn and SK are getting married on 15th November! hahaha. so exciting right??!? i can't wait to wear pretty dresses! hahahaha. ooh! but sadly, quite a few of them won't be around. ): it won't be complete anymore. sighh. anyway. let me just share with you all. my PPR (report book) this term sucks. i already know it. i'm doing horribly in almost all my subjects. I WILL STRIVE HARDER IN TERM 3! I WILL I WILL I WILL! please pray for me. thanks! (:
okay shall post again some other time. JIA YOU JULIENNE who's only starting her exams this friday if i didn't remember wrongly! LOVE YOU ALL MUCH MUCH!
<3
Vanessa! (hee)
Saturday, April 26, 2008♥ 3:50 PM
Happy Birthday Jasmine!
Jasmine! - the birthday girl! Who is godly and beautiful. =)
Jasmine with her daughters and granddaughters -that's us! All who are very pretty! =)
dawn
Thursday, April 17, 2008♥ 10:43 PM
science?
here is an email sent by one of my good friends. just take about 5 mins to read this. if you had any doubts about god before, oh well doesnt have to be scientific,but you should really read this.((: god bless you! [mavis]
Science and God
'Let me explain the problem science has with Jesus Christ.'
The atheistprofessor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of hisnew students to stand.'You're a Christian, aren't you, son?''Yes sir,' the student says.'So you believe in God?''Absolutely.''Is God good?' 'Sure! God's good.''Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?''Yes.''Are you good or evil?''The Bible says I'm evil.'The professor grins knowingly. 'Aha! The Bible!' He considers for amoment.'Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and youcan cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?' 'Yes sir, I would.''So you're good...!''I wouldn't say that.''But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person ifyou could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't.'
The student does not answer, so the professor continues.
'He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, eventhough he prayed to Jesus to heal him How is this Jesus good? Hmmm? Can you answer that one?'The student remains silent.'No, you can't, can you?' the professor says. He takes a sip ofwater from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax.
'Let's start again, young fella Is God good?''Er...yes,' the student says.'Is Satan good?'The student doesn't hesitate on this one. 'No.''Then where does Satan come from?'The student : 'From...God...''That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is thereevil in this world?''Yes, sir.' 'Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything,correct?''Yes.''So who created evil?' The professor continued, 'If God createdeverything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil.'Without allowing the student to answer, the professor continues:'Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?'The student: 'Yes.''So who created them?'The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats hisquestion. 'Who created them? There is still no answer.
Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized.'Tell me,' he continues onto another student. 'Do you believe inJesus Christ, son?'The student's voice is confident: 'Yes, professor, I do.' The old man stops pacing. 'Science says you have five senses youuse to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seenJesus?''No sir. I've never seen Him''Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?''No, sir, I have not.''Have you ever actually felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus orsmelt your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?''No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't.''Yet you still believe in him?''Yes.''According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that,son?''Nothing,' the student replies. 'I only have my faith.''Yes, faith,' the professor repeats. 'And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.'
The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking aquestion of his own. 'Professor, is there such thing as heat?''Yes,' the professor replies. 'There's heat.' 'And is there such a thing as cold?''Yes, son, there's cold too.''No sir, there isn't.'The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested.The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain.'You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat,mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but wedon't have anything called 'cold'. We can hit up to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There isno such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than thelowest -458 degrees. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter haveor transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat.You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal unitsbecause heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just theabsence of it.'
Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.
'What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing asdarkness?''Yes,' the professor replies without hesitation. 'What is night if it isn't darkness?' 'You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is theabsence of something. You can have low light, normal light, brightlight, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you haveNothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use todefine the word. In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be ableto make darkness darker, wouldn't you?'The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him.This will be a good semester. 'So what point are you making, young man?''Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.'The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time.'Flawed? Can you explain how?''You are working on the premise of duality,' the student explains. 'You argue that there is life and then there's death; a goodGod and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as somethingfinite, something we can measure.
Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, muchless fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of lifeis to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it.
''Now tell me, professor. Do you teach your students that theyevolved from a monkey?''If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do''Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?'The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as herealizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed. 'Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at workand cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are younot teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?
'The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until theCommotion has subsided.
'To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean.' The student looks around the room. 'Is there anyone in the classwho has ever seen the professor's brain?' The class breaks out intolaughter.'Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelled the professor's brain? Noone appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules ofempirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir. So if science says you have no brain,how can we trust your lectures, sir?'
Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at thestudent, his face unreadable.
Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. 'Iguess you'll have to take them on faith.''Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith existswith life,' the student continues. 'Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?'Now uncertain, the professor responds, 'Of course, there is. We see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man.It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.'To this the student replied, 'Evil does not exist sir, or atleast it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God.It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God.God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens whenman does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the coldthat comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.'
The professor sat down.
Sunday, April 6, 2008♥ 11:03 PM
Hi gayle, bless with the following verses - God's promise for you to claim.
God is the one who gives you a new heart - ask Him for it.
Ezekiel 36:25-27 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
dawn
Saturday, April 5, 2008♥ 1:10 AM
song? hee hee.
hey i remember telling you guys that i would let you hear (see rather) the song or acrostic poem i wrote? okay i shall post it now. :D
ALPHA AND OMEGA
Almighty Father Best Friend I could ever have Come fill my spirit Down on my knees I fall Enamoured by your radiant face Fully know that God loves at all times However low the situation In Him Through Him Jesus, my Lord King of my heart Lean not on your own understanding Make God the one Never turn away from Him Of all the great things in this world Powerful are you alone Quarter of the way I have come Reflecting that bit of your love So much more, so much more Take me as you find me Under this cover, a broken heart Vulnerable Weak Xin1 shi4 shu3 yu2 zu3 de4 Yuan4 yi4 wei4 wo3 er2 si3 de4 ba4 ba4 Zui4 ai4 wo3 de4 zu3
i know some parts dont link and dont make sense haha. but it's really quite hard cause some letters like V, W, X, Y,Z especially! hahaha. the tune is kinda in my head lah haha. but it's really strange too. anyways, hope all you guys had a great week! (: SEE YOU ALL SOON! :D
love you all, and God bless loads and loads! <3
Wednesday, April 2, 2008♥ 9:18 PM
today i am fufilling my responsibilities
hellos!!!!!!! :D
I OWE YOUR TWO POSTS CAUSE I HAVEN'T POSTED AT ALL YET/; okay so here goes nothing hahas :D
I'm gonna talk about PSALM 91~ which is the psalm of 2 days ago which is the psalm of Monday the 31st of March!
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you make the Most High your dwelling— even the LORD, who is my refuge-
10 then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."
erm to me the psalm is God's promise to us :D
in this psalm the psalmist tells me that:
1.GOD LOVES ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE! 2.GOD HAS THE AUTHORITY OVER US. 3.trust in the lord and HE WILL PROVIDE FOR US. 4.BECAUSE OF HIM WE NEED NOT FEAR stuff like snakes and lions or even the darkness. 5.GOD WILL LET NO HARM BEFALL US if we find shelter and stay with him all the rest of our lives
all this points equate to:
God will provide and protect us as long as we love him and honor him and call to him.
so now i'm very happy cause i know God will always be there when i need him :D AND he;ll be there when you need him too!
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SONGS TIME :D
Casting Crowns - Praise You In This Storm
Praise You in This Storm words by Mark Hall/music by Mark Hall and Bernie Herms
I was sure by now,God, that You would have reached down and wiped our tears away, stepped in and saved the day. But once again, I say amen and it's still raining as the thunder rolls I barely hear You whisper through the rain, "I'm with you" and as Your mercy falls I raise my hands and praise the God who gives and takes away.
Chorus: And I'll praise you in this storm and I will lift my hands for You are who You are no matter where I am and every tear I've cried You hold in your hand You never left my side and though my heart is torn I will praise You in this storm
I remember when I stumbled in the wind You heard my cry to You and raised me up again my strength is almost gone how can I carry on if I can't find You and as the thunder rolls I barely hear You whisper through the rain "I'm with you" and as Your mercy falls I raise my hands and praise the God who gives and takes away
Chorus
I lift my eyes onto the hills where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth I lift my eyes onto the hills where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth
to tell you earnestly, I've been feeling GREATLY disappointed with myself. i feel i have lost my purpose and the heart to serve GOD. THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE KILLING MYSELF FOR NOT GOING FOR THE SANCTIFICATION WEEK. i've missed out just so much D: i want to renew my heart to god but i just don't know how.
when jasmin told us about that session in the sanctification week, the one on whether i would still love GOD even though he may not bless me forever. I REALISED THAT THIS IS THE QUESTION! the question I've been avoiding all my life.
you know what was my answer then? I DON'T KNOW/;
i don't know, can you believe it.
i guess i took GOD for granted, took God for someone who i could turn to when i needed help. what happened to my love for God? D:
I KEEP TELLING MYSELF I LOVE GOD I LOVE GOD! but some how i don't feel god's strong presence in my life anymore. MY HEARTS HARDENING!!! D:
it's time i stop avoiding the question and face up with it.
i guess this song some how relates. read the lyrics :D i lazy explain .
