… is uh-dorable (pronounced adorable)
… is endearing
… is everything I could ever ask for
… is a blessing
You know I could go on and on, right? I actually can’t wait to start teaching! I look forward every morning to see the smile on their faces when they greet me (even though I have to look stern), to hear the ring in their “Gooooood MORNING Miss Joy!”, the noise and chitter-chatter as they play or do their work. Oh! How I love them =)
2009 was a year filled with the FREE favours of God. It was truly an awesome year and 2010’s gonna be even better – the best year yet, as God puts it. So I welcome the new year with open arms, cos it’ll be blessed beyond my wildest dreams. Amen!
Because we love Him and He loves us, for who we are.
Because there really is no better way to thank Him for His unfailing love in our lives.
Because He dances over us in the heavens above.
And then I’ll marry you for good—forever!
I’ll marry you true and proper, in love and tenderness.
Yes, I’ll marry you and neither leave you nor let you go.
You’ll know me, God, for who I really am.
– God in the Bible.
Isn’t he just so romantic?
According to the Jewish calendar, today, October 3rd, is the day Jews celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles which is actually, the day Jesus was born. Today, I was baptised and it is absolutely humbling and awesome to know that I was resurrected from the dead the day my Lord and Savior was born for the sole purpose of dying on the cross, taking all my sin and shame, to save me.
I have new life in Christ and it’s gonna be so good from now on 
I was making my way home one day. Fatigued, shoulders – drooping, eyes – sleepy, hair - unruly, when I noticed Chen Yu walking next to his mother. He had a gleam in his eye and a skip in his step. No care, no worry, no teacher who seemed to speak gibberish in that weird language called English, no problem sums or books to read. He was with his mum and there, in that moment, he was happy.
In class, he was a quiet boy, well behaved and well-liked among his peers. Primarily because of the language barrier, he never participated much in class discussions. I never saw him so enthused apart from that day and looking at him jump around as both mother and son made their way home, lifted my spirits in a way nothing did that day.
A few weeks later, I saw him lying there on that cold, hard bed of the ICU ward in NUH. Tubes at every corner, machines beeping at timed intervals. At that very instant, my heart sank. Here was a boy so innocent, so fragile fighting for his life and I’m sure he fought hard for his parents, his family, his friends and everyone who prayed for him. He was a brave boy, courageous, determined and always willing.
His demise has impacted me a great deal. To know that he will never occupy that chair in the front left hand corner of the 2/7 classroom will always bring me heartache but I’ll always remember him as the boy who skipped by his mother’s side who brought hope, joy and love to me and I’m sure, many others in his life.
Chen Yu, 2/7 and I miss you and we love you. We know you’ll always be with us in spirit. Happy Children’s Day.
If life were to be described as food, mine would be an ice kacang. For non-Singaporeans, ice kacang is a Singaporean delicacy. Its sweet, its cold, colourful and something most Singaporeans look forward to for desert, after a hot, steamy, humid day in this rock we call home.
My life’s been sweet. In the beginning of the year, it could only be described as rocky road ice cream flavour, but God helped me break that rock to let me taste the sweet honey in it. *Sings sweet honey in the rock, sweet honey in the rock. For He tastes like honey in the rock. Oh, taste and see, that the Lord is good, for He tastes like honey in the rock.*
And the best part of the ice kacang, the little treasures that we find inside that heap of ice, the atapchi, cendol, jelly are like the little miracles in my life that He’s carefully set up for me to enjoy.
At times, while I enjoy my ice kacang, I get a brain freeze; just like how I freeze when my phone beeps with news that I passed my choir auditions or I have been offered a teaching position at NIE.
But soon after, the sweet juices of the ice kacang explode in my mouth and its texture and exotic flavour tingles my heart with inexplicable joy
He is so faithful, so mind blowingly good that sometimes I fall at His feet and cry because He found me, in the wreck that I was, and reminded me that I was made in His image. That my destiny’s been paid and assured for at the cross. I will not be afraid, nor will I be discouraged for He goes before me and will be with me; He will never leave me nor forsake me.
Now, let me go enjoy my ice kacang.
Wazzaa!! Hey guys! I decided to give a shoutout before I leave for yet another holiday in Malaysia, my second home.
Yes, I know. It’s been eons since I last updated. And yes, I also know that it’s been pretty hard to have a decent conversation with me because of my erratic schedule. I’ve been busy, or should I say the Lord’s just been doing wonderful things through me.
Life’s been good. I’m enjoying studying. I’m still looking for ways to fall in love with Geography (*gags*) but Economics and Literature really get me riled up.
I have much to be glad and hopeful for. Many good things happening in my life. Shall not bore you with the details (I intend to be brief.)
Well, it’s the holidays and I’ve decided to take a break from tuitions and studies to enjoy the hillside views Cameron Highlands has to offer while having strawberries dipped in whipped cream and maple syrup. Till then friends!
Peace out!
When your life centers around Jesus, when church becomes a place of comfort and security, a day spent without the company of kingdom friendships, feels like a day spent in the flesh.
When I can’t feel you, I have learnt to reach out just the same.
When I can’t hear you, I know you still hear every word I pray.
And I want you more than I wanna live another day.
And as I wait for you, maybe I’m made more faithful.
– Brooke Fraser, Albertine
His strength, made perfect in my weakness. Jesus, you reign!
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