Monday, April 30, 2007

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Sunday, April 22, 2007

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在飞机上，我们碰到了一个非常热心的台湾叔叔， 他在机上热心地告诉我们那里好玩，与我们整整聊了四五个小时， 可惜他说的地方我们大多数都没机会去， 但是对他还是非常感激的！

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Saturday, April 21, 2007

ever heard of this phrase called "blue blood"? Begin school already.. and this is phrase that caught my interest during translation lesson....

BLUE BLOOD

It’s a direct translation of the Spanish sangre azul. Many of the oldest and proudest families of Castile used to boast that they were pure bred, having no link with the Moors who had for so long controlled the country, or indeed any other group. As a mark of this, they pointed to their veins, which seemed bluer in colour than those of such foreigners. This was simply because their blue-tinted veins showed up more prominently in their lighter skin, but they took it to be a mark of their pure breeding.

So the phrase blue blood came to refer to the blood which flowed in the veins of the oldest and most aristocratic families. The phrase was taken over into English in the 1830s.



Interesting, isn't it? Learnt something new this week. And thought of sharing it with you. =)

To be continued.. ( I haven forget my promised with regards to the taiwan trip and operation lor!.. try my best to update abt them in the weekend.... :) )


Cheers,

von

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Taken @ Bukit Timah Hill
Our Lecture Group Outing 

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Saturday, April 07, 2007

Hello Friends!!

Finally..!! Managed to discipline myself to write a proper and decent piece of journal! Greatest apology... i didnt repent again... and this time round it was a long silence of almost 5 months. ( Or was it more?) Time just past... and before I know it... ta-da! 5 months is just gone. Anyways, to me...This blog records more of my growth than daily living. It's my hope to resolve certain issues before sharing, primarily because I felt that being an emotional person, my perspective needs to be reflected before blurting out. I hope this will not a place for emotional outburst or anger released, but rather, it helps me to be more accountable of my words and feelings. So ya... here I am to share with you the "happening" things in these 5 months!


Let's backtrack to last year Dec!

Christmas @ Genting
It's been a long time since I've been overseas with my family. Thus, though its just a short trip to Genting. I think I enjoyed it very much. It think the best thing about family trip is the opportunity to interact with one another in a very relaxed manner. Back home, all of us are tired and stressed up with work and school, hardly can we really talk to one another, so in this trip i managed to interact with my bro and sis more, and I think it did built up certain bonds... Thank God! :) Hopefully, such opportunities may come again soon!

2007? New Year? Was it?
It seemed that 2007 came very silently... I wasn't even prepared for any new year resolution, and January seemed to be coming to an end. There is a saying " time past faster as you grow older...." And I seems to be a living testimony of it. Must admit, my timetable and life went a mess at the start of the year... I was like living in the past for these few months, the pace of life was so fast, that I could hardly keep up. Before I knew it, tons of work just came simultaneously, before I could reflect and try to something about it, my mind is filled up with things to do, countless of things to clear. Now, I begun to see, why busyness can take someone one away from relationship with friends, family, and worst, with the living God. You just keep on doing neverending work, and get yourself physically, mentally and sometimes even emotionally tired...Where is the time for God? It is all replaced by all the work you need do and endless deadlines. I think during this period of time, I was really lost. Lost in work, and almost drown in deadlines. And I thank God that He reminded me of a book (Idols of your Heart) that I had read previously. The book talks about how many things can subtly become your idol, your God, and one very good counter check is your reaction to it. Well, I think this period, I have failed the test. However, even with this, I will not despair... I think this marks another period of learning, another step of growing... many to change.... right now.. I am taking this break to do something about it... Pray for me bros and sisters, tat i will take this time to evaluate to begin fresh when school term starts!

School - Changes & Changes
I remembered telling minsen after my exams, that something is going wrong with me. Think i have lost focus in alot of things, and it includes my objective for studies. Before i came into NP, i recognised that my focus for schooling days was not to do well. Not that i hope that i won't do well, but rather, this will not be the focus that drives me to do my best. I do my best, basically because my God is the best, and i believe doing everything to your best ability pleases Him. I love my school mates, they are a bunch of very fun people... and i think as we study and burrow through the tons of projects, the sharing of frustrations and joys did allow us to know one another more. However, there is something going wrong with me, and i can sense it strongly right from the mid of 2nd sem. I think my focus have shift to meeting others expectations. I think when you happened to do well, it seems like people will expect you to continue doing well. Nothing wrong with that but it stresses me up. How to continue to keep to the standard? On the other aspect, i think desiring the joy when doing well ( 成功的喜悦) has also shift my perspective. When has it shifted? I guess it has been also subtly. But i remember reflecting on my "most hectic period" and feel very upset. I remembered the times when i just let one day go by another, let one assignment cleared one by another, (一天过一天) losing the reason for doing workind , feeling tired physically and mentally to do anything. This has upset me, and also affect my other areas of work too. Ministry work has not been put to the best and my life is just assignment clearance time. Meaningless.

However, i think i must really thank God. I think this holiday is a time of reflection. I begin to think more about myself, i also begin to be more honest with who i am. And it helps because i can then think of what to do next. I think as i align my objectives, i recognised 1 thing too. That is i must realign my walk with God. My walk with God will keep me focus in the things i do. Once this shifts, everything shifts. So another prayer request: That I will continue to grow and reflect upon His word.

Will be seeking to improve and grow in this area when school starts.

"Emotional Depression" Spiral Re-run
Sometimes, i think God is very interesting, and He is so unique in His pruning and discipling of His children. Sometimes, just when you thought you have already learnt your lesson, He will tell you that actually you still need more practice and growth. After this few years, I thought I have already learnt quite abit about controlling my emotions. I've learnt or many a times try to use my head to think before getting emotional. I am not so personal to people's remarks as i used to. I have learn to take changes better. I have even cry lesser in shows, though i still felt very touched. All this have led me to think that I quite "OK" when it comes to emotion management. I am more rational than before. However, a series of events have lead me to conclude that, there is more to learn, and i have an important thing to deal with: my sense of security.

I am very "relational" person. I reckoned that this personality of mine is a plus but also minus factor. I can be very friendly and relationships do take an important part of my life. However, I think the problems comes when my security of happiness rests on relationships solely. Sensing a change in a friend affects me greatly, sensing a change in relationship with another person worries me, finding difficulty in relating to a person pulls down my confidence, and gets me anxious and uneasy. When all of the above happens consecutively, I literally crumples and break down, and my "emotional depression" spiral reruns...my emotional state came to its surface. A weird person, don't you think? But yeah, thats the part of me i always fear, and always hated. As much as I hope this spiral will not come back, it nv fails to come back to haunt me. Its attack always leave me tired and upset emotionally.

How then? Well, been thinking about it ever since i came back from Taiwan. What should I do about this headache. So far, my conclusion to this matter is ( Must say there is more to think about): A shift in security. I must reconcile this point: My self view should not rest not people's view of me, but on how God view of me. In the recent Easter Day, went to Wanjun's church because of her baptism. Cheehong in his teaching made a point: "Because of Christ's resurrection, there is no room for inferiority" Indeed, recognising that Christ accepted you despite you being evil and worthless should lead you to thankgiving of what He has done. You should put your focus on what you need to grow, and on God our Creator, on the relationship with Him. How narrowminded when you put your worth onto material goods, looks, enjoyment and how well are your relations with others. It is many times worthless or dissappointing. (Not saying that you cannot enjoy fun and friendships, it just means that fun times are bound to go and people are bound to disappoint you, thus you do enjoy them, but it shouldn't be your source of happiness.) Thus, pray for me, that my priority in life, my security in life should always rest on Him and Him alone.

Secondly, I was also reminded that in whatever relationships in life, God is in control of it. It is in His plan we meet one another. ( How do you in millions of people come to know me? Definitely not by chance!) It is in His grace our acquaintance deepens to true friendships. ( People may meet one another, but they just don't "click"...you know what i mean ya? :P ) It is in His Sovereignty that our friendship may go through the test of storms, the test of fire, the test of time. ( Many times, tests just show how fragile and weak a relationship is...) So, i rest my faith on Him and Him alone, to sustain our friendships, to help our friendship to grow. In His glory. :)

A Busy Holiday
This term break is indeed eventful. Have got lots to think, students to meets, things to plan, and also never forget My Memorable Taiwan Trip *o* (to be continued) and My Unforgettable Operation (which explains why y i am speechless now). All in 2 months! However, I think this entry is indeed long enough. ( Almost 1800 words liao ) Therefore, shall share my 2 other important events in the coming few entries. This is done so that i can quickly publish this one. It has taken me 3 days to type! Haha...yup... shall end here.... all shall be continued till the nxt one.



Love,

von

Posted by von at 9:40 PM

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

hiya....
haven actually got the time to type much yet... share with all of u the lyrics of the 1st k? hahaha...to be continued....

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