Women Of Destiny

Hello everyone!!
This my last post of 2008. haha. you know why?!
it is the last day of 2008!!! ahahahahahaha
aiya this post rubbish one. i come post for fun.
anyway.. has everyone finished their holiday hw?
i definetely haven't!! haha..
i have to go do now..
see you all later!!
if not.. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!.. study hard everyone..

bel XD

Merry & Blessed Christmas!

Christmas is round the corner & all of us are busy. Even as we're involved in activities/events. I really hope that you will see beyond the task. But let's remember and ask ourselves why we're getting ourselves busy even during this festive season.

My Hope (Adults): 19 Dec, 730pm at Zhimin's place
My Hope (Girrrrlssss): 20 Dec, 5pm sharp Vincent's place (Blk 5, Upper Bukit Timah View, #01-02, Bukit Regency)

Requirements:
1) Come with a heart to be a blessing to others (even as we're so richly blessed by Christ's birth)
2) Gift not more than $5 for gift exchange

It's more blessed to give than to receive :)



Pass It On
It only takes a spark to get a fire going.
And soon all those around, can warm up in its glowing.
That's how it is with God's love,
Once you've experienced it, you spread His love to everyone;
You want to pass it on.

What a wondrous time is spring, when all the trees are budding;
The birds begin to sing, the flowers start their blooming.
That's how it is with God's love;
Once you've experienced it,
you want to sing"It's fresh like spring";
You want to pass it on.

I wish for you my friend, this happiness that I've found.
You can depend on Him, it matters not where you're bound.
I'll shout it from the mountain top,
I want the world to know;
the Lord of love has come to me,
I want to pass it on.

(Happy Birthday Jesus!)

Luv Cynthia

yii it's been so long since i've posted. haha.

i've tried asking close to about 4 friends to come for the christmas my hope party, and so far none can come at all. life can be a little sad sometimes. the worst part was this:

me:wanna come for a christmas party? it's on sat (yada on with details)
friend: oh really? haha when and where? and with who?(and asks more stuff)
me: haha just my friends. there'll be about 50 people, and 2/3rds are quys if you don't mind
(and yes i tell them this for i know some of my friends have mild guy phobia due to their overstay in girls' schools. ok i'll admit i want to show them the pull factor besides the food, but not that we're desperate or anything, since raging hormones does all that to you)
friend:*seems rather interested* ooh ok. oh wait is it by your church?
me: um yeah
friend:*awkwardly* sorry, no thanks
me:*disappointed, but tries not to show it* ok, sure. hey wanna grab some food? you look hungry!

and then i desperately try to change the subject.
of course i am trying to. who tells you you look hungry. as if you can tell.
anyhow i feel so disppointed. people want the party but resist when they hear the word 'church'. really are we that scary? do we throw jesus into their faces? i know we can be a little creepy but honestly i think we as christians need to know.
oh bother suddenly i feel so annoyed. why does this always happen. i just asked my senior to come, and i hope she does. it's almost social suicide in my school to do stuff like that, but ah well. whoever loses his life will gain it, whoever loses a friendship may hopefully restore his with God. still i can almost forsee myself without friends to the party. almost as always. gaah. hopefully i can be a good mother hen and will not miss out on the mighty harvest.
alright, i must keep faith and pray. yes i must. i'm sorry but my posts do have the tendency to have this whole self-motivation section to it. even if no one comes i can still go early and help clean up.
after all, not all superheroes flash underwear while having public displays of violence with baddies.

love
brenda

Ellyn here :D
i just reached Singapore a few hours ago, looking so forward to see you girls on Sunday. HAHAHHA. did you people miss me? afterall, i went for 1month!!! i know you people did lah, LOL. i mean didn't :x hahahah, just joking! x} anyways, meet you girls on Sunday :D and MIRIAM! you left without me, now i'm feeling so depressed! later i get DEPRESSION D: so sad ):

P/S : i post cause Cynthia asked me to.
PP/S (:D) : don't worry, i've got presents :D

loves,

hello everybody!!
i'm in london now..
it's my birthday there in singapore, 2am there.. still 7th dec here. around 6 pm..
it's seriously freezing.. 0 degrees now.. my hands n fingers r freezing just typing now. zzz..
anyway, still enjoying myself. sort of.. interesting birthday. haha
haha chloe, u call me just now.
anyway... gtg. my bros wanna use as well..
happy birthday TO ME!!! HAHA..

bye!
bel

What a year of Sabbath... This year I see many of the things that can be shaken in my life....SHAKEN... And I'm sure it's the same for some of us.

As we go through tough & difficult seasons of our life....Let us Remember Jesus. Our God is great. His unfailing love, great compassion is for us.

Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise

Romans 8:31-39 (New Living Translation) Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love
31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? 33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself. 34 Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.

35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Luv Cynthia

Comic taken from http://www.reverendfun.com/

*wink wink*

Luv Cynthia

Who is KINDER BUENO???

Poor Bren Bren!!!! Hey dun be frustrated!!! Cynthia to the rescue!!!! the mystery commentor is non other than -> -> -> My cute cute boyfren!
Kinder bueno because he buys them occasionally from 7-11 for you (if you didn't run off too early) Rough paper because Jo needs them for exams & he always, somehow, managed find a stack for her :)

now really. who's the chap with all the funny names? it's always nice to have a visitor, but it'll be even nicer to know his/her name.

we've been talking a lot of love lately. not cynthia's sudden outburts of 'let's talk about boys!' (an unfortunate accident on my part) but true love, the type where you excercise when someone wrecks your most beloved mp3 or something. it's pretty tough to truly love someone i realise.

i for one thing, won't turn my other cheek to someone when they slap me. a classic example is when i tried to reconcile with an old classmate of mine. we shall call this person D. it started rather awkward for D happens to be a rather formal person in cyber chatting and got worse when D hit a raw nerve when a sensitive issue was raised somewhere in the coversation.

D was right of course, but i still got annoyed the way the way the issue was brought up. suddenly i wasn't too keen on reconcilation any more. for us, when sparks start to fly we start to fly away from the situation. but to truly love would be to embrace each others' mistakes and comprimise frequently. well, if jesus can love us, we have to excercise the same type of love too right? this is going to be hard, but apparently i'm going to try to talk to D again. i've been trying to connect with those i usually ignore, and i don't get very positive results. it's really important to treasure the friendship when it's still good man. spread the love!

in honour of our mystery commentor,
'pancake'

i know i'm mad to post two things in one day. but i receieved funny inspiration from cynthia and Ee jay (woah).

funny things to do(by my whole family)

1.talk while grinning all the way in a restaurant. especially to the waitresses. whoever opens their mouth first is the LOSER.

2.read out the descriptions of the menu while ordering. eg."hi can i have your muddy mud pie: ice cream packed with biscuit punch with delicious hot fudge enveloping it that will whet my appetite?"

3.go to an exotic restaurant and order the dishes with the hardest names. "can i have ajshkitedlooo?"

4.greet them with unusual enthusiasm and hesitate. eg." HELLO! can i have uh, uh, uh.....(let 5 minutes pass)"

5.book a hotel room with a huge bed. share all your jokes, laugh until you roll off the bed and go back up again. repeat till your tummy feels really painful (my mom)

6. question your parents on their love life. this turned out to be really entertaining for my family!

7.go into a lift with someone. hold the door open for a really long time before closing it. when it closes, turn to an empty space and ask"why albert, how rude. why keep us waiting?" (not original)

8. teach your dad new words. like when you say something rocks, it doesn't contain actual stones. emo is an emu, and an oxymoron is not used for scolding people like the word 'moron' (all of the above are my dad's resposnses to the following lingo lessons)

9.bring a camera along for camwhoring especially when your mom put on makeup. my mom purposely did so on our last family dinner. she went to the extent of doing an ah lian smile for us all.

10.share your ambitions. eg. my hilarious childhood friend kenneth. "my dream was to be a security guard. then i wanted to be a dishwasher." from that evolved my sister's dream to be a photocopier.

11.(special) imitate the jonas' brothers' songs. they are SO FUN to do. britney spears is good too, or even jay chou. my dad's favourite is jay chou, but my sister and i take jb, britney and miley cyrus plus other funny dudes anytime. who knew singing out of tune could be so fun.

all of the above was actually demonstrated by my family. try at your own risk, but it proves to be especially exhilrating when you're all on high.

haha.
brenda

(Picture taken with permission from historymaker. Check out his fabulous blog at www.historymaker20736.blogspot.com)

Caller : Hello, can I speak to Annie Wan (anyone)?
Operator : Yes, you can speak to me.

Hiiii all,
I went back to church yesterday, although I didn't see you guys (: I went for 1st service, and saw Cynthia. Just decided to drop a note.
Lately, this past year and last year was a turbulent one. I had no problem with 'friends' transition in Secondary school, which I am very thankful for. But I struggled a lot with my studies, and still do up to now. (so lousyyyyy)
I received stress and pressure from my family to do well, from my older sister telling me how everything was so easy, and that if I didn't do well it would just show that I was really stupid, to my parents reprimands when I scored B's. Sometimes although all they say is that they want my best, "best" is a tall order. I'M A VERY LAZY PERSON, AND I DO NOT LIKE TO STUDY AND NEITHER DO I HAVE A FLAIR FOR IT. I struggled with my studies last year.
In addition to that, towards the third quarter of the year, Ps Khong had approached my father and asked him to take on a second portfolio- to be the Operations Manager of Gateway Enterprises.
Actually, this wouldn't have affected our life at all, as no pay rise no yada yada shit whatever, but it consumed all of my father's time, and that left no time for family. He would hold a 9 to 5 job on weekdays, and be in church over the weekend. Naturally, I struggled with this too. My father who had always been available for me to talk through problems with was no longer there, he was always out or too busy to even sit down for a chat with me. When my grades were dropping, and without anyone to talk to, everything just kept going downhill. (Jack and Jill went up the hill blahblah)
I don't know how to bring across the ending without sounding bitter or cynical, but it's weird, maybe? Beginning of this year was rough. Horrible results, yet again. (When will the plague of bad results leave me?! It started in P5, wahlaooo.) In short, everything changed.
Up till now, everything's still changing. I'll post the ending when it's confirmed ;)
Bear with me, I have my reasons for not going to church or cell or whatever.

Love you guys!

Hello EVERYBODY!!
it's me again.. this is going to be a weekly affair..
cyn here it is. :)it is on the same day. i m supposed to be studying for history and chinese exam tomorrow but NVM..
if i fail my history exam.. cyn ur fault!!! HAHA. jkjk.

ANYWAY. today sermon was by PS MELVYN MAK.
it was titled THE CHARACTER OF THE KINGDOM-LIVING THE PRIVILEGED LIFE.
the 2 points were KNOW YOUR POSITION-The way God sees You
KNOW YOUR PURPOSE-The Work that God Sends us to Do
APPLICATIONS
Bren Bren- Will invite 1 friend and bring her/him to church
Mi- Join choir for 1st week *& maybe after.... haha(added by jo n me)
Jan- Have more confidence when going for CCA
Abi- Do QT everyday although very busy
El- Have more confidence in herself, talk to deputy head prefect
Jo- Have more confidence in herself when teaching her friends stuff.
Bel- Invite and bring 1 friend to church

again. hope no objections to nicknames. real names not released due to private n confidential reasons. if anything wrong with names, sms me. i'll change it. or u can change it urself.

HI DEBBIE!! haha. she say she'll come see.. she came this week by the way.. haha.
STUDY HARD EVERYBODY.. last lap... think of it.. 1 week more to freedom. (sorry jo)
ALL THE BEST!!

bel

Actually i hesistated when cynthia asked me to blog about this. Mainly, because i really dont want to sound like i'm boasting or what. Because really, I dont have the authority to press either of you girls to come to church or cell.. What i want to say is this, God did not let me "lost out". Ha ha.

So, ok, i think i did kind of well for Prelims this time. BUT, i strongly believe the credit belongs to HIM, God.

Why? I dont think i prepared well this time, thinking that since i've studied so much for mid year, i still sort of retained majority of the things that i should know, complacent you may say, but i thought i was just trying to justify my own laziness. And i didnt practice much, in fact the night before my Chemistry paper 3, i did last minute studying, trying to cramp the whole of 25 chapters of Chemistry into my head. I only managed to catch 3 hours of sleep that night. Needless to say, i was horrified at how tired i was the next morning, even when the paper was in front of me, the only thing i desired was to close my eyes and sleep. Of course, i couldnt focus and think quickly. That paper ended in...a disaster, i felt. I expected to at least score a 32/80 for this paper.

Ok, so that was a warning from me: Rest well before your Exams.

Physics was horrible too, almost couldnt finish paper 2. =(

Next, i was also sharing with my Christian friend in school that i'm still attending cell and church. The conversation continued with him telling me how i should really stop going and study because God and my leader will understand and prelims are really important especially in the event when something happened and our prelims results are to be used instead of the actual A's blah blah. And, you know, by the end of it, i was thinking, YEA, he is right... And i proceeded to send Cynthia a message telling her to excuse me for cell. She replied by saying the usual of how God will never shortchange me an what will He withhold from us and all that.

And again, i was thinking, YEA, she is right... because, when i think of my previous Exams, i didnt perform too badly either, Common Test, Mid year (On both ocassions, i did well too. See? A dim person will never do well but It's all 'cause of Him!) So okay, i managed to attend all this faithfully, though i do get worried that i cant finish on time. Of course, i do have a bit of disagreement with my parents as they wanted me to stay at home to mug. But since, they are not very firm on that, i get my way la..

And so, now i've gotten back the majority of my papers. I must say, i'm really surprised. Totally out of my expectation, i think it was quite well done. (If you want to know, can ask me personally). I imagined the Almighty to be the one marking my papers, frowning at my careless mistakes and yet giving me good results.. (i know that was kind of childish..)

So, the moral of my entry is : TRUST HIM!
Even in the midst of exams and work, do attend church and cell faithfully, i believe God will still bless us. I know its hard to do, it takes time too, especially when you guys have so many of this extra curriculum activities and you really need those weekends to revise, why not let God bless you by first giving him that time of yours to him??

Come on la, i've come a long way too. When i always skipped church last time to study, Cynthia NEVER fails to ring me up, always trying to grill this into me: He will never shortchange us. Now, i hardly dared to say anything to you girls when you were absence just to study, 'cause like what i said, i dont have the authority or right to.

Ok, that's it.


(I never meant for this post to be long...sorry)


By Anonymous.

Hello everyone!

HAPPY CHILDRENS DAY!!!

HAPPY HARI RAYA PUASA too!! haha.

Anyway. this weeks' sermon was titled Being Bold For God's Kingdom-Living in A Love Driven Community.
It is 3rd part of the new series.
There were only 2 points this week.
#1 Love your neighbour
#2 Live in Communtiy
Though there were only 2 points, it still spoke to us and probably got thru to us.

This weeks Applications are:*
CK- SMS her friend who she has not been talking to
Bren Bren- Help her parents more
Jol- Be nicer to her sister
Mi- help her Brother with his work
Chlo- Show more love to her mom, don't ask her to pick her up from school
ZM- Respond to her mum's nags
Bel- Don't be rude to her Grandmother
Jo- Teach her brother his homework
*names have not been revealed due to private and confidential reasons. If you are not happy with your nickname, look for me by all means. It will be changed. Hope no offence will be taken by u all.

haha. thats all. DREALY is in Japan.. eating eating n eating. haha. I'm supposed to be studying.. but i'm supposed to post this as well. so here it is. I'm wearing my yali shirt now. haha.

EVERYONE! STUDY HARD!! ALL THE BEST!! just think of it. exams r ending soon. Hope thru this period u all will still carry out ur applications. dun be stressed!! if do badly, work harder. 失败是成功之母! haha seldom see me use chinese. hope its correct. :)

bel

pic taken from: thesituationist.wordpress.com

I AM DYING.....

It's not too far to say that when you are hopeless, in despair, depressed.... Hopelessness Kills.

Quoting something which a wonderful friend smsed me:
"If we come to think or feel that we have nothing to hope for and can only expect things to get worse in the future, invevitably we grow depressed and to a certain degree, desperate... We may try to hide our condition, but the unfocused rage, fury and hatred of life that we feel, work like acid....dissolving all other feelings into purest bitterness.

Hopelessness is at the root of many of today's psychological disorders.... Our sense of self worth dissolves into self doubt, self-distrust and self-dislike; confidence is swallowed up in despair. (J.I.Packer)"

How scary. Hopelessness kills one softly... if you allow it. But I found a cure for it. H*O*P*E. Hope it perks you up again as it did me :)

When we come to the end of ourselves....perhaps that's truly when God can begin a NEW work in us.

John 12:24-26 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Luv Cynthia

I went back today immediately before my GP lesson starts.

And i met an Angel today on the bus journey there. Actually i was very unsure where to alight, so i was looking around for an obvious sign of the building. Again, i was so sian having to stay alert, i decided to ask the auntie beside me.

Me: *tap tap* Do you know where is SGH?

Auntie: All the way to the interchange, then you can take shuttle bus then you can alight along one of the many stops...

Me: *speechless* How do you know?

Auntie: Im going there too.

...Ya. On both ocassions, i had someone to follow to get to the place =)

Anyway, my uncle had already completed his scope test for checking of his lungs and was resting. And he is looking so much better than yesterday!

Though, i must comment, the hospital is soooooo inefficient. The test was done only after so many days that he was warded.

ok! that's all for today! My math revisions are calling for me...........

Signing off and still praying hard,
Jo

Won't it be great if we have more healthy, clean, godly content on the Internet :)
*I will be buying the album soon! yea!*

After reading my post on date rape my wonderful malaysian joker (fren) shocked me with the update that there is worse drugs out there. They don't even spike your drink, just paste a celotape drug (think something like hansaplast) & you're GONE!!!!

I thought this is a wonderful post from EJ. Hey girls enough of me telling you all the time about short skirts and stuff....Hear it from a man himself!

A month ago, I had a rather traumatizing encounter while shopping at a shopping mall. This incident happened while I was traveling up on the escalator. Sited ahead of me, next to the step out point from the escalator, there was a shop brandished with perfumes and cosmetic products. What shocked me at that particular point was that one of the salesgirl, back facing the store entrance and wearing a mini flair skirt, was climbing up on a ladder and stocking up products in the cabinet. She was totally oblivious to the fact that in that position, she was going to almost let everyone around have a free upskirt show!

It didn't need to take supersonic senses for me to understand what was coming next if I were to continue staring for another 10 seconds. Instantaneously as this salesgirl started her climb up the ladder, I immediately turned my eyes away to look elsewhere. Phew! A huge sigh of relief.... (I will explain my point later in this post. Read on.)

Traumatized enough, I wasn't prepare to stay around to spot the "Ti-Ko-Pek"s whom may be drooling at this free view nor see if there were anyone whom would go and get this salesgirl down from the ladder. I zipped off to the next level and carried on with my shopping.

Gosh! What has happened to the dressing culture of the teenage girls of today? Aren't they worried of over (or indecent) exposure when they wear such short flair kind of skirts? Honestly, I have nothing against girls wearing skirt, but I just feel strongly that there's got to be a limit to how far this can go. There has been enough horror stories of molest cases and people using handphone cameras to capture upskirt pictures. I seriously think girls can go one step further to protect themselves by giving their mini-skirts a bit more cloth-lengthening.

To the Girls: Yes, you do have the free-will to wear anything you like. Yes, guys should learn to be more self-controlled and not have wandering eyes. But the truth is that you will do yourselves and the guys a huge favor by re-considering your approach the next time you want to wear those short skirts. You can take active measures to protect yourselves. Example: If you are wearing those mini-skirts, do use you handbags to block or get a friend to stand behind you while you travel up the escalators. and for goodness sake, girls please do not climb ladders when you are wearing skirts. I am sure there are plenty of gentlemen around whom can lend their muscles to help you. Honestly, we guys are all visually stimulated, that slight upskirt/buttline/over-fleshy exposure will trigger a lot of reaction through our mind.

Having said this, Girls, you do not need to wrap yourselves up like a dumpling. Either opt for longer length skirts or learn to take proper preventive measures. I am certain beauty and proper cover up can co-exist.

Sharing with everyone this special post written by a dear friend of mine.

Disclaimer: Please read with discretion! =) Stay tuned to my blog for the true blue Singapore version of the story.

So sit tight and enjoy this story.....

So yes, this is the story of a "couple" of my friends. And how the met. And how friendship blossomed into a tree bearing much fruit. Before I go on, I must admit, I have to preconceived idea that Singaporean girls generally are more aggressive compared to Malaysian girls. And I still do think so.

On one of the days during the trip, I asked my new found friend called C, how her relationship with my other new found friend called E happened. She proceeded to produce a a little story slightly south of the truth. When I asked E, a differing story came up. And when I asked the rest of my newly found friends, even more disparities were produced. So I guess I shall hope off the bandwagon and merge my little puzzle here.

I managed to find some cute and archived pictures from this blogger, very creative I must say. Anyways, I'll be using some of her material as part of this story. So all credit goes to her for pictures. =)

Anyways, the story goes like this...

For a long, long, long, while, our friend C has been waiting for a burning ember to spark up her life. But like the saying goes... it's hard to hit a moving target.

Yet somehow, it never happened. What to do? Wait summore lorrrr.

And then suddenly... E appears out of nowhere. Why? Because when we keep our eyes so peeled for something ahead, we never learn to appreciate what has always been around... Hehe. So the moral of this story is... don't tunnel vision. Later low SA (Situational Awareness), then GG.

So they became friends on a mission trip. Wahseh, holy fate + destiny + galaxy colliding + etc etc + please_insert_own_ideas_here. But this is where it gets interesting. C says, that she thinks E is too friendly.

There's such a thing? O.o

And before E can do anything, he's already pwned by the force of a woman's mind. Because in a woman's head... friendly = player.

Everyone say: First Blood!

But yes, E is friendly and warm. So when C sees this, she panics and puts out the fire before there is even a hint of smoke. Yet, she cannot help but already be captured by his presence and charm...

So as the usual corny story goes, time flies by, they become good friends and then they begin to notice each other and then and then and and then. And before we know it, voila.

Being the wonderful rolemodels that they are, they return to their mentors and pastors and "tribes" and begin to consult wisdom from age and experience. Soon they gather up their thoughts and said to themselves... "Why not?".

And from there, C begins to allow E to win her heart. Awwww.

But for that to happen. One of the following must arise...

I'll let you decide for now which one arose. Hahaha.

Nevertheless, as E arised to win C's heart, he embarks on a quest so fearless that it requires him to have faith and the heart of a lion. After all, to win a girls' heart is no easy feat. It requires someone like the above four pictures to rise up deep within. Haha. But the truth is, Someone even better must arise first.

And so E prepares himself. And when the opportunity arose, mathematical formula proved true.

Opportunity + Preparation = Destiny ready to be taken hold of!

A girl will never give in that easily. Obviously because they are complicated creatures which complicate the mind of men. But in the end, with faith and courage, and perhaps a little encouragement from the brothers above...

E wins C's heart. And now they have embarked on a journey ever so beautiful. Even though I do not know the entire story to the point. And neither do I know both of them ever so well, but this I do know...

"And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken."
Ecclesiastes 4:12

So, to E and C. May you both be blessed on this journey. And may I be invited to your wedding day. Hopefully not to present this blogpost. Hahaha.

You're both wonderful rolemodels and mentors to a generation in desperate need of guides in faith, hope and love. And as you both look to our King, may you both radiate with his presence and grace. And above all, may you both radiate with, and in, His love. As we fight for the future, I continue to hope in standing by your sides, fighting for the Cause and for life. With God, less is indeed more.

"What the world needs now, more than ever before, are every day heroes who are ready, willing and able to make a difference." -
Greg Hickman

PS: Why do I say Singaporean girls are more aggressive? Because they tend to make the first move more often than not. After all, a girl must give clear signals. Guys are dumb when it comes to picking up hints. But we were still made first. So there. =P

shh. don't tell my dad i'm here.

but i felt such an urge to tell some really funny stories about certain chaps that just make me crack up so much. one would be wall-e. did you watch the movie? he was so sweet! maybe i should start calling myself eve XD. *snow starts to fall* oh and one more thing.

my sisters are really attractive. the 2nd one, 16, apparently received very special attention. she was walking when a rather cute ah beng passed her a note.

"when i saw you, i nearly died, because i couldn't breath. 9*******(his number)"

HAHA. she threw it away, shockingly. poor dude. i think he was so breathless he forgot his 'e'. i think that'll be my newest pick-up line. i'll tell it to the nearest pretty girl i see in church tommorrow and i'll tell you what happened. hah.

then the other 19 year old. she had 2 china guys wanting her number and she ran away. haha.
then the best was this. she wanted to get a food coupon and they had to fill in their name or something.

guy at counter: oh, no need to fill in your name, just fill in your number.
my sister: oh, ok. (really believes him and does it)
her friend later: huh, we just filled in our names and nothing else. no need for numbers.

sheesh. what people will do for your number.
but the best was my father. my mother complained that when he was courting her he would call her and ask about algebra questions even though his math was better than hers. haha.

what guys would do for a girl. i really must try it and scare a friend next time.

love,
brenda
p.s it's a joke, relax if you're not annabel XD

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6th September, 3-5pm

cynthia's post is really disturbing me. it shouldn't be. i mean real christians shouldn't be scared, they should be celebrating that god is returning. oh boyy.

i'm stressing here. if i don't buck up, hell is a great possibility. i mean, for eternity. we always use it as and without realising it's real meaning. when you think about, the word is as impactful as the word rape. gah. that word makes my heart stop.

anyway, the easiest way to understand it as i figured out is to imagine one typical day. the day will just repeat itself, over and over again. for a week, a year, a century, a millenium, forever. you just keep going. sleep to wake up, wake up to sleep. that's if you have a good life. in hell, you receive world war 2 torture or worse everyday. non-stop. no break, no light,no companions. far worse than the jews. i heard that they totured one man/woman by grabbing him/her by the fours and banging his/her head against the wall until they died. having that everyday, but not dying. you can't; you've already died in hell. that redefines scary.

i'm not that good at explaining, but i hope you understand. i have more gory ideas of what my hell will be like but i know even i can't sleep after that.
but i can recall my dream of when god returned.

there were hurricanes everywhere, people announcing 'god is coming!'.
'god is coming' my mother said solemnly. she was all ready, all prepared. i felt surreal.
i'm going to die, i'm going to die.i can't die, there are so many things i haven't done. i went hysterical. running in the streets, i grabbed people's hands and begged, blabbered in utter panic.

"please believe in god!" i could even remember the girl's face. she was my classmate, the type supposedly the easiest to reach out to. why didn't i ask her before?
"why should i?" she looked at me, recoiling at my agressive manner.
"you don't understand! i'm going to die! please, please, believe, god is coming." i was desperate. maybe if i saved more people god will just allow me into his kingdom. as i pleaded an impending hurricane drew closer. it was about to suck me into hell.

i couldn't recall what happened after that. i think i woke up after that, but i couldn't breathe. it was horrifying. it was so real.

did you ever feel like two people sometimes?
i always do. the side that longs to lose weight,get great grades, beat everyone in any position in any type of silent competition, be surrounded with friends, have a perfect life, perfect personality, perfect looks. people so afraid of rejection, so reluctant to work, so terrified of not meeting their own expectations of everything.

the other side who staunchly believes in inner beauty, that hard work will reward itself, rather to have true friends than friends in quantity, the one who'd rather obey than to search for worldly obession. sadly this side almost never shows.
it's tough, but we have to decide. who do we want to be? face it, we can change in a blink of an eye sometimes. just that some of us can do it quicker and more often. no one wants to end up like me, begging for people to believe on the streets.

so what can we do to earn a passport to heaven? i suppose we have to obey. truthfully i have no idea, but we're all still learning after all.

love
brenda

The Hope of the Resurrection (The Master's Coming)
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (NLT)
And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.
We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. So encourage each other with these words.

Reference from AsiaOne Digital 20 July 2008 (Kelvin Teh ) Click on link to see article