Wednesday, May 27, 2009
when you listen to the rhythm of the falling rain.
the days ahead are getting exciting. to love and to hold. (:
i pray i'll be ready for school. it's been such a long while since i've touched anything related to studies except for clearing my stacks of notes which are probably more than sufficient to give me warmth if i set them aflame on a cold winter night. i think my writing's getting worse. i probably will have difficulty coughing out a piece of writing. get choked to death.
so i look to You.
9:54 pm
Friday, May 08, 2009
grace like rain.
i just read a friend's written article on his views on a recent hot topic. through much reading and research on my own, there are also certain views that i hold towards certain issues. there is always much that we can comment and talk about on issues pertaining to society or those that are close to heart/home. especially when it's in conflict with our values and the absolute truth. the world lives in a state where everything is relative. nothing is absolute, not even truth for the matter. but that's a fact because we're in a way blinded. it does seem ironic then, that truth is relative. truth is absolutely relative. oxymoron?
personally, i feel that when we get so involved in the matter, it's hard to keep our cool and also our perspectives in sight. when all we want to do is to correct the wrong, or voice our opinions publicly, arguments may result and in turn, get heated. when we're so ready to defend at all cost, we dont consider or listen to perspectives anymore. the whole battle becomes a shoot-and-hit affair that we just want our voices heard, acknowledged and reckoned with. despite being Christians, we fail to listen with patience, to correct with love and to express grace in every circumstance. even when there is a conflict in values and a difference in beliefs, how do we channel what we have for the greater good? some may feel attack is the best form of defence. i beg to differ in this case. bearing in mind that we are all in need of a Saviour, how can those who already has that privilege of being saved help those who are lost? we gather because of the gospel. the greatest weapon we can ever have would be the sword of truth.
i guess amidst this ugly secularism, it's time to ask ourselves if we're self-righteous. especially in the way we react to certain issues because sometimes we might be sending out the wrong messages to those who have yet believed, but are ever-seeing. so let's pour out grace like rain just like how we've been, and still are being showered with it daily.
to be ever-praying, never ceasing.
help me fight this fight of faith.
10:39 pm
selamat siang.
i cant find my il divo cd. bought josh groban's cd the other day. experiencing a change in genres. the current one's probably something not many will appreciate.
our bahasa class's growing in size. had to chiong down after peg yesterday cos peg ended so late. 2 studies in a row. attending hc peg brings me back to jc days. especially when the colour of the uniforms are so similar haha. but it's good stuff. the kind of environment i never had, but now have.
sometimes when you feel like you're missing out, dont fret. 'cos you never know when it'll come. slowly, but surely. God works in mysterious ways.
'trust is cheap. you'll never know what trust is until you have a platform for it. you'll never learn to trust until it is called for.'
Tuhan memberkati anda
so i look to You.
2:18 pm
Monday, May 04, 2009
love many many.
the past week's been quite mad. i got to find time to sit down and do some planning and preparation for stuff. teengames frisbee was whoa hot. think few escaped getting a tan. haha. but it was great action, no doubt. my cj team called themselves strawberry cheesecake. and it came from aaron. haha. left for jp after half-time special on sat to do street publicity for playmax. the crowd was good where lishan and i were stationed at. thank God for the responses that we had. hopefully they'll sign up soon. galven and i decided we would go back to kcp after we were done at jurong. so off we went on an hour long train ride. it was zzz.
met up with the gang for lunch yesterday. spent some quality time together and i told james that his hair is getting bushy. quite hmm. haha. took many pictures with the holga but too bad we wouldnt be able to save them in the com or anything. i'm quite excited to see how the pictures will turn out. haha. i must say that guys these days really like taking pictures. haha. for the last bit, oreo cheesecake. (: brings back memories that are 3 years old. at our first 'formal' gathering, they celebrated my birthday with a cheesecake too. and we all remember it was good friday. click goes the camera. thanks for the bag, friends. i'll use it for school like i promised (: