Random thoughts.

Been a long while since I blogged.

Been busy with school and I'm actually working on a website nowadays. Haha yeah. In the mid-terms.

I don't have midterm exams myself because I have had quizzes earlier in the term.

Hmmm, I hope everyone's been doing fine. I personally am really encouraged because someone we've been reaching out to is very open and excited to come for service. Thanks to my very 'I' Bible school cum SMU module mates, Tianyi, Charlene and Daniel!

Am looking forward for the year ahead. I'm going to take up presidency in my CCA club Uni-Y and looking to impact the marketplace! =)

I think certain areas in my life need to get right, like the most important one, which is getting right with God. Not that I'm off, but living a life like this, it's easy to go off tangent.

I'm really passionate and excited about Uni-Y and my future website nowadays, sometimes even to the point I can't sleep. It feels like it's going to be an exciting time! Can't stop dreaming!

BUT, often need to check myself, because it's easy to go into the flesh, but nonetheless, as I learn and keep learning from Xinhong, to be passionate about everything! Haha.. it's actually quite infectious.

Now's Week 7 of school. Still manageable so far, though I need to catch up with my work a little, but well, it's a never ending workload so why get bothered by it?! Ha..

I'm officialy a 1 year 11 month old Christian today. Ha.. 29 Sept. My second birthday was 29 Oct 2005. Still keeping track. But it's been a great journey. Really have to thank God, for as what the Bible says, He brought me out of darkness into His marvelous light.(1 Peter 2:9).

I feel I've grown quite alot, much has changed. Even closer friends have changed. I guess that's the price of progress; our relationships affect our destiny. One thing I still ask from God, that's wisdom, and more than that, greater presence of Him in my life!

I shared with Xiaohui and Daniel about what happened before I got saved. I think it's quite an interesting and unique story, and I think rather applicable to future business people. I shared with Estelle cos she asked to share my testimony. Ha..

One of the guys from SMU Law Fac actually left CHC to go start his own youth service in his old church. Wow. I'm super impressed, it's been sometime since he left but as I've heard from Daniel and Charlene that he's still really on fire for God. Tsk tsk... Amazing guy. Tho it's a small group now, but God anoints people who step out in faith!

There are certain places in my life that remind me of the past, so I tend to shy away from them. One of them is Choa Chu Kang, Yew Tee area, then BBDC,( which could be a reason why I haven't learnt driving till now. Ha), Suntec tower 2. Horrible memories, but great life lessons learnt.

I shared with Charlene today, she was telling me she didn't know what to wish for on her birthday;I shared with er my birthday wish is always that the people around me would rise to become history makers! Jia you guys!

The road is long, but we'll all in this together! The world doesn't belong to the able, it belongs to the willing!

The Student's Psalm

The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not flunk.

He keepeth me from lying down when I should be studying.

He leadeth me besides the water cooler for a study break.

He restores my faith in my study guides.

He leads me to better study habits.
For my grades' sake

Yea, though I walk thru' the valley of borderline grades,

I will not have a nervous breakdown,

For Thou art with me;

My prayers and my friends, they comfort me.

Thou givest me the answers in moments of blankness;

Thou anointst my head with understanding,

My test paper runneth over with questions I recognize.

Surely passing grades and flying colors shall follow meAll the days of examinations;

And I shall not have to dwell in failure
Forever!

Investing

Xinhong has gotta be one of the most passionate people I've seen. Haha.

Today he just came from a talk with CIO of Goldman Sachs, he's been telling me alot that he learnt. Ha...

Actually hor, investing well is rather common sense, rather, business sense.

V inspired.
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School's been really pressurizing, and my values have been challenged already. I think for a few times my speech have been compromised. Said things I shouldn't have said, and was really burdened after that.

I pray I'll never compromise again. Greater is He who's in me than He who's in the world.

Something regarding someone

Just a thought. Heard something regarding some. Not very pleased.

What's the point of spending 4 days a week listening to the Word with no intention of obeying it? I think anyone would have better things to do. =P

A joke

I was just listening to a podcast by Robert Schuller, senior pastor of the Crystal Cathedral. He made a good joke... Hah..

What do they call pastors in Germany?

German Shepherds. Ha...

Who in the Bible was a very good financer?

Pharaoh's daughter. She went to the Bank of the Nile and drew a prophet!

"Don't Get Lost In The Crowd"

I posted this song on the previous post. I really feel this, especially now I'm in SMU, where alot of people around me are choosing careers based on $$. It's really a contest of influence, whether I allow these to pressure me. And really, I pray that I'll find my own niche, my own passion, be it low pay or not generally popular with my peers.

I pray I can follow not the world, but my heart. I pray I won't get lost in the crowd.


Don't get lost in the Crowd
You are the one that keeps your dream alive
And you are the one who feels the rhythm deep inside
Do you ever wonder if you can make you fly?
But you will never know, if you don't really try

There's so many fast frames
Quick cuts and a million stars
Can make you wonder
Can make you dream
ahead from the start
When you know your heart
and follow your own destiny

(Chorus)
Don't get lost in the crowd
Be the one to be strong and turn heads around
Moving from dark to light
You are the spark
You have the fire
You are the heart
Now be a believer
Don't get lost in the crowd

Look around you
You may not be the latest fashion or in a magazine
Or under high profiles
But you will be a sweet inspiration
If you got your own style

(Bridge)
Cause we live in a world of so many choices
It's hard to find our own voices
And keep going on from day to day
So get with the earth, and get with the sky
Get with the inside
Don't get lost in the crowd...

(Chorus)

Songs that define my past

Hey guys, been a while since I blogged properly. Busy with school and CCA and other stuff. But it's good. I have learnt to be more organized nowadays. Now my desktop is PURE schedule + things to do. Ha.. Do visit my laptop when you can. lol.

Anyway recently I was looking at my mp3 files and my old songs which I gotten long time ago. There were alot of songs that reminded me of my past. You know, when I look into my past, it seems all dark and all, then God reminded me of the verse.

Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is like the shining sun.
That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.

Means last time it was darker. Ha.. but its true. My childhood and youth was filled with defeat, rejection, slight depressions, low self-esteem, sometimes loneliness... and little purpose in life. Don't know what I was living for, but didn't really care then. So young never think so much. But I was seldom joyful then I think. Got happy lah, but didn't have joy in my life.

A year back, many times things or people from the past come back to me, I would feel a little sad and all. But now I think it's much better, things don't affect me so much now. But when I read the diary, there's this mix of nostalgia and sadness, but I really felt God speak to me, not to re-visit my past anymore, because He has a great future in store for me !

Okay then, this shall be the last time, unless someone asks. Ha..

Let's start:
Secondary 2 > My heart will go on - Celine Dion
It was a time when I liked this girl. But never told her. Ha..

Secondary 4> Graduation - Vitamin C
Had a prom night, but I was rather sad I think. Still liking the girl but still never told her. Ha.. but gradually forgot about it after I entered JC.

JC 1> Together again - Janet Jackson
It's funny how I link songs to sad moments in my life. I started liking this girl. LOL. Okay i know I know, I seem to be liking people alot. But generally I guess it's cos of ( Long lesson on emotional dependency) ... okay. Ha..

JC 2> High - Lighthouse family
This song was the theme song for our JC2 seperation. I even made a video for our class and I still have it, even in this laptop. Ha..

BMT> Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
The only reason I don't like this song is that it reminds me of BMT time. Never listened to it cos reminds me of very sian times.

Army(Unit time)> Don't get lost in the crowd - Ashley Ballard
Now I really recommend this song from the Centerstage movie soundtrack which is like ancient liao. I've been listening to it and I think it's a great song! It tells us to break out of the crowd and to dream. And in a world where they are so many things to distract you, it's important to know your heart and find your passion in life.

I've Never Been To Me - Charlene
This is a great song! It's a brutally honest song about a girl who went for the wrong things in life and sharing her experience about how she tried to find paradise in the wrong things and regretted it because she never found herself. I recommend listening to it. Superb. Quite a touching song, reminds us to live life the right way. =)

Army (Ex Wallaby)> Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
Now is a beautiful song too! Same theme. I realized I really like songs that have this theme of standing out, believing and so on. I really think I can't identify with those angry songs. I used to think I didn't like those heavy metal or rock, but actually i'm okay as long as they have good, positive lyrics. Just that most of the don't have.

I was in Australia and I kept listening to this song, either that or it was in my head. But I had a good time in Australia during Army so it's a nice song to revisit.

Post Army, Pre-university> Chu Lu - Dong Li Huo Che
This was probably the 'darkest' period in my life where I went through alot, because of stupid choices I made. Those closer to me knew what happened and really, it was the point in my life where I was the lowest, near emotional death that type. Lie on sofa and wait for time to pass.
But if not for this, I might have never known my God =)

1st term in University(Aug 2005 onward)> Holy - City Harvest Church
Haha.. I began going to church during this time. I thought it was a good song, and the friend who brought me to church gave me a copy of cross album. And well the rest is history.

Honestly, I haven't looked back till a few months back where I chanced upon my old diary.

One thing I have to say: When they say God will change our lives, they're not kidding. Ha...

Income Tax: What is a plant?

The horse is a plant.

The swimming pool is not a plant.

Movable office partitions are plants because it is with which you carry on business. Immovable office partitions are not plants becaue it is within which you carry on business.

Doh.

This is classic.

From Batam Mission Trip.. You gotta watch it. All of us had a really good laugh over this. Ha..


This is classic too. Can you believe they're Bible school graduates? Ha... this shows you can be spiritual and have loads of fun at the same time ;). Spiritual people are not dull... sometimes they're crazy.. and high, but never on alcohol. Haha.

I don't like Corporate Reporting

It's worse than Company Law.

The no. of Financial Reporting Standard Chapters are so much!! Even the professor also confesses he doesn't know certain things.. Ha...

FRS 14 says A, B and C. Then FRS 108 supercedes FRS on point A and is implementing in January 2009.

Prof makes a mistake on a previous slide regarding reporting captial expenditures because FRS 108 now says they must.

Doh... What am I supposed to know man. I heard that they came up with so many new FRS chapters that people cannot keep up. Haha..

I wonder what supercedes FRS 108. Ha..

Was just reading...

Kianfong's post on his blog regarding more and more people dressing up in formal to attend the career talks and networking sessions..

Personally I think attending so many talks is quite a waste of time. In the end you can attend 100 networking sessions, 100 career talks.

You end up with 1 career and 1 employer.

The best thing is to know exactly what you want and go for it. I'm sure studying the modules would have given you a huge clue about what you want to do in the future.

NO! But all the contacts you get are valuable!!! But you aren't...They'll probably chuck your card away somewhere. If you were valuable in their eyes you don't look for them, they look for you. Ha...

Photos of Grad Ceremony

Well, I shall not say much more about SOT. Think it's enough for now. Haa.... it's sad it has to be over. It's so surreal. For the past 4months literally is EVERYDAY doing something related to church, and best of all doing it with great people . Hai.. Hope CHC does a degree program for Theology sometime in the future. I wanna go for it. Haha.. 4.5 months is too short!


BUT anyway, we did have our graduation ceremony today morning! Alot of clapping and waiting, but it was a great time. I'm blessed!


Let's see the people of God: the beautiful ladies and great-looking gentlemen!






Myrna!

Cell group guys! Wenhui, Leonard me and Tsiu Wei.
Mel!
Chew! ( Pardon the lighting. I don't like flash cos it takes away the color of the interior lightning of the church which is v nice)
Cell group! At least 1/2 of it. Leonard, Mingli, Chris, Me, Jess, Tsiu Wei and Meliana.

Charlene! Don! Look forward to working with him in SMU too!

Sheryl! My FAV team leader! I can praise her non-stop, so I shall not start! Haha.
Valerie! V fun loving =P

Tianyi!

Sharon and Mingli. These two had their turn at discipling me. Ha... And it's still one's of these two's turn.

Chan Eng! or Charis. Ha..

W311! My cell group!

So, well, tomorrow I finally don't have to wake up at 645 am. Ha... But I'm gonna miss it.

My greatest honor will always be
to serve my Lord and King...