Love

Love. Source and motivation to how things are made to happen, people to bond, miracles and wonders to take place.

Without love no relationships will exist, no communication will occur. Life virtually becomes dead.

But as love becomes the motivation, there it shall be that nothing is impossible for anyone and anytime.

It involves a simple matter of concern, an act of service, a sacrifice not out for rewards, pure giving without agenda, moving on with a vision, being full of passion and never afraid to fail.

Full of faith, courageous and bold.

Life is simple. We are made to love. Love exist over boundaries and time.

:)

Surprises

Recently God has been pretty surprising.. Constantly springing surprises fm nowhere, with changes i nv expect to take place, at least not on me..
Old doors closed behind me but with new ones opened, catering to where I'm heading or where my talent is in..
Got challenged into areas where i'm good at, to be better, capacity expansion..

Somehow i'm still coping with the changes that'll take place, and definitely more to come. At least more things to finalise before new year commences prob. I guess as compared to some, i'm quite in a unique position where I can serve in many areas and it's actually pretty for me to switch ard. But problem may be where will i be best at?
and track record as compared to those in my cg, is definitely different in some sense..
Haha..

Suddenly i realised sth... Time for me to change my goal settings for this yr le.. Many things await.. :)

had attended ALTC today as well and man it was good! Went right to the basics on the heart of a person.. And very creatively still rmbing how beatrice used the eg of the coke.. Haha! And it was a renewal of my r/s with God.. :)

Cool mth of jan.. Better things yet to come! :)

I'm just beginning to love my life more.. :)

recalling the dream...

suddenly i remembered about my dream and i'd blogged about it 1 yr ago, so for my own sake, just tot of posting that blog again... as follows:


Whenever you wake up, ever asked yourself how you want this day to be shaped? What do you want to achieve in this day itself? What dreams will I have today?


Haha I've always been thinking how life will have been if I'm without dreams and goals, without something to look forward to everyday. Perhaps dry, without a direction so will be at a loss as to what to do at times?
Thank God really that there are always things I want to go for, everyday. That He had given me dreams, talents and exposing me to areas where i can use my skill to benefit others.

So what is this dream I'm talking about? To be involved in social work, helping the less fortunate especially families to re-build their homes and to give the young a better future. Making a difference in their lives as well.

Since young I had always been associated to be self centered and basically, I don't know how to share. If my brother needs anything I won't relent and what is mine will be mine. Selfish? Yup absolutely.


After graduation from secondary school and into polytechnic, I was being exposed real-time to what we call voluntary work or community services. A group of 5 of us set up a club called NP Soleil which aims at helping the residents of Red Cross Home for the Disabled under Singapore Red Cross Association. What we did was to organise monthly visits to the Home, with many different activities related to festive seasons etc.
I still remember one of the bigger projects we had was to bring the residents out in SBS buses to Orchard Road during Christmas to view the lightings and all. Absolute wow with what we could do and I could always remember the smiles on the faces of the residents back then. The students and lecturers themselves too had the fun and through this I found the joy to help people with needs to be met.


Anyway time in NP was short but was experiential. Thank God for the oppurtunity to be helping out in volunteer work out of school and that's when I got to know CHCSA and Vic aka my CGL is one of the social workers there. So can imagine the number of activities I could be involved in, even till this day!! =)

Being there, exposed to me to greater areas of serving and the projects can be so diverse, from painting one-room flats to workshops at schools, to camps and projects aim at changing lives through books etc. And groups that I had came across with range from ex-inmates, youths, elderlys and families in need.

It is through all these that I realise I want to reach out to these groups of people to make a positive difference in their lives. God has also through all these events, taught me that people are the key, not the SOPs or the technical items of the event. Just like how a country values its people as the main resource.
That is also why right now I'm planning to take up Psychology degree with UB in SIM in August and so far I had people affirming that I'm actually on the right track so thank God for this. =)

I'm very excited about realising this dream of mine and as long as people is my passion and with God in it, I'll have a great future ahead! This also came by through ushering in church and event management in my current job that I can be equipped better for the future too! Amen to that!
Found it funny but I ever thought of setting up a business, a social enterprise to help me realise that dream and event management can be the thing! :P

So what is your dream?



No dream is ever too small. Dare to dream BIG!

面对，态度

有时候当人面对困难的时候，他的态度会是怎样的呢？ 在那当儿，他会鼓起勇气， 不管多难的事都不临阵退缩， 或者会闪避所有的责任？

而当他在处理问题时，是带着乐观的心情说 “我行的！！” 又或者有着很冷漠的态度，说这 “不关我的事，做错就做错。反正船到桥头自然直。” 更离谱的他可能抱着懒散的态度，什么东西都不管。

在你的身命当中，什么是最重要的? 在处理对你来说是重要的事，你会抱着怎样的心态处理它呢？

author

as you open up your heart like an open book, God as your author will begin to write on it, the purpose and visions and dreams He wants you to have.

letting go may not be an option because God gives us things that we can handle.

yet sometimes letting go does not mean giving up, it means you may be moving on to somewhere greater.

dreams...

yay, now another time of posting during lunch time! wee!


this movie came out last wk in Singapore but it was already shown in US since Nov last year. When I first saw the trailer, it was pretty exciting and the scenes really showed the extraordinary life-changing experience of a man named Michael Oher, from a boy nearly recruited into street gangs and poor GPAs in schools, to a man who graduates from college, earning places in universities with scholarships and a sportsman in american football.

it really touches the heart and it's not because of the person or the whole experience, but a simple gesture of extending help and reaching out to a helpless man, raising him up to be one of good worth. it simply rocks.

ever imagined how a simple gesture of help and thanks can actually change a life of a person, for the better? talk about impacting lives!
it never requires alot to give. just compassion, love from the heart and passion.

i once dreamt myself doing community services, social work and organising those kind of events.



but that was during poly times when i was already doing those. then later the dream just died. i no longer thought about it, nor talked about it. things didn't seem to go the way i wanted it to be. this probably continued for about 2 years?


then came 2010 when the Haiti earthquake came, the movie 'The Blind Side', CG is planning on some community outreaches, these caught my attention. then this dream somehow got revived and i started to think about it, all over again. how it came about, how it was brought forth and other significant events.

how should i go about doing it? doors seem to close on certain ends, i don't know how to go on from where i am now. friday marks the last day of my work here in NIE. a short break i'll be taking, but time passes very fast.


I need to decide how I want to go on.

as the flow of water goes, so should one's flexibility be. be as flexible and volatile as water in what you do.
water gives life and energy. if one's not too fixed on things, there's so much fun and energy in his life. power of freedom and creativity.

Glimpse of light

what does a glimpse of light means to you?

As simple as 1, 2, 3

life can be as simple as 1, 2, 3.

1. Think
2. Decide
3. Act

:)

love

thing about loving people, is just to simply love them. probably the simplest action you can do is just to think of him/her, what he/she may be doing etc.
and as you naturally think of the person, you will want to find out about it and that's when you start to either call or sms them.
thereafter the thought comes of wanting to do something simple for them, just to make their day.

reason: he/she just matter to you so much that love abounds all things. :)

What does it mean to be pushing through and persevering for your visions?

What does it mean to impact the ppl, or through your daily interactions that r/s can be built and strengthened?

What does it mean as well to have ppl walking in the same vision as you, or ppl who are there to support you, no matter what?

Random posting...

Wow, it's already 2 weeks into 2010 and time really passes so fast! I wonder how has each of ur 2 wks been for u? Haha..

Suddenly for the last 2 days i've been thinking of what to blog or twit.. Nth seems to be cmg out of my mind, at least nth meaningful or personal enough? :S

The only thing that seems to be ringing in my mind is my recent post on the human body thing... Some may noe recently things @ work didn't fall really well, and my last day is actually next fri! :S time really passes pretty fast that's why i say..

Time to decide on what my path will be.. I need to obtain a driving license by end of this yr as well! Many, many on the list building up.. And alot requires the money, and it's a long term thing! *looks into own pocket* and just got to know 'Arise and Build' '10 will be from Mar - Jul for 4 mths! This yr seriously seems to be a yr of spending huge on the necessities with debt cancellations to be done by end of this yR as well! I'm so gonna depend on Him to fill the pockets, and for me to tide thru all the financial needs without worries! :))

Somehow the direction for the yr seems bright and exciting but how many do know that it is as important to maintain that direction clear to self by doing the necessary! Haha.. Includes safeguarding own heart and mind, watchful for the dangers and bad influences, resist temptations, make wise decisions bla bla bla.. The list goes on.. :)

Challenging yr ahead, many goals to fulfill, standards to meet! Taking ownership and stay faithful for the little things before God blesses with the bigger things! Haha..
Got to learn to watch the boundaries as well, somehow i sense.. But it's another thing.. Keke..

Btw i'm blogging fm my phone thru emailing! How cool is that man! Haha.. Ease of blogging! :) wee!

Testing one two...

Testing one two,..

Life's a climb. Idea of reaching the destination is exciting. What excites more is the journey you make in the climb. It grows you!

A possibility is a hint from God. One must follow it. -Soren Kierkegaard

pretty cool, sitting by the waterfront side now enjoying the cool breeze. environment here totally rocks. now i'm at the starbucks at One Fullerton. just finished setting my goals for the year. keke..
this place is a must come for chilling, though it's abit 'ulu'...

year of 2009 had been a roller coaster ride for many, even for myself. as such even for 2010, i'm just expecting the ride to go with more twists and turns. (hopefully no motion sickness~~)

i'm just praying to God that even for this year, I want to outdo what I did in 2009. Things that had gone wrong and I had lived through it, I don't wanna go through them definitely. If the lesson is learnt let it be a history of the past. It can be quite tiring having to go through the same thing all over.

definitely God have His plans for me and I'm just hoping I will be ready to go through them. One thing's for sure is that this year I have to watch over myself and guard those that has been entrusted to me. Things will not seem to be so tempting at the beginning but when the full picture blows and I dwell into it, there's no way of determining how to salvage it and hoping God will come to 'cover up' or minimise the damage done.

as the storm rises and settles, another is awaiting to come and bring forth more damage. but yet with every greater trial comes greater glory when it is overcomed or tided through. It represents a greater capacity of growth and containment for greater things.

I am just thinking, as we grow older, how will we grow wiser? As God anoints and blesses us with more capacity, how do we go about handling them? Something personal for myself, to change my thinking. we are made to adapt. our thinking can't be fixed to one direction forever. we need to position ourselves by changing our thinking to the seasons of God.

haaz, okay this is getting too serious here. just another random posting.. :S *hungry*

Body and Life

new breath, new life.

when we stop breathing, life stops to cease.

yet we are made to breathe, every second and every moment. doesn't that a simple proof that life is ever going and so important to live on?

out of the composition of air we breathe, there will be a small portion of harmful gases. yet our body is well and able to manage and filter them out. pretty direct to say that we are able to overcome all odds, difficulties or bad things that happen to us and function as per normal.

similarly for our immune system, it is designed to adapt to the evolving threats that our body faces with viruses etc and kill and win over it, gradually but surely. so it also speaks of us, that no matter how hard things are, we will overcome it, no matter what.

yeap there will be some cancer cells or viruses which can overpower our immune system, cause our internal organs to stop functioning etc. still there will be medication available or developing in progress that can help to curb the sicknesses. in real life the medication represents the friends and people God place over our lives to help us overcome them.

why do things that's on the contrary of how our body functions? if there's a difficulty, manage and overcome it. our body is designed to live for a period of time. make that period of time count. God don't design or create something without a purpose. I am a person created for a purpose, you are too.

Kris Allen - No Boundaries

Pretty cool song. talks about the process of picking oneself up, and no boundaries for what one can do as well. Enjoy.


Seconds hours so many days
You know what you want but how long can you wait
Every moment last forever if you feel you've lost your way
What if your chances are already gone
Started believing that I could be wrong
But you give me one good reason
To fight and never walk away

Coz hear I am — still holding on!

Every step you climb another mountain
Every breathe it's harder to believe

You'll make it through the pain (or through all your aches and pains)
Weather the hurricane
To get to that one thing

When you think the road is going nowhere
Just when you've almost gave up on your dreams
Then take it by the hand and show you that you can

You can go higher
You can go deeper
There are no boundaries
Above and beneath you
B-reak every rule coz there's nothing between you
And your dreams

Every step you climb another mountain
Every breathe it's harder to believe

Yeah...

There are no boundaries
There are no boundaries

With every step you climb another mountain
With every breathe it's harder to believe
Then take it by the hand and show you that you can

There are no boundaries.
There are now boundaries.
There are now boundaries.

counting down 10 more days before the 1st transition begins.

looking right now on the things to come this year... SOT, my degree studies, work, ministry etc.. many exciting things coming this year..

gonna be a year of expansion, growth in capacity and new adventures to look forward to!

of course there's this project going on as well. time of completion: 7 months. LOL!

thank you for being such a great friend! :)

undeniably, life's short.

many things in life happen in a flash of seconds, yet it is the build up of many other things which cause the event to happen. they do not take place without reason or without question. perhaps the question for us will be how do we deal with it when it happens.

making it worth, depends on how one deals with that thing or person. to either add value into it or decreases by destroying or ignoring it.

what results in the future is determined by the course of action today.

Decisions

i need to plan, execute, make things happen!

A person waiting for opportunities to come is as good as him waiting for death to knock on his door.

I want to fight, be bold, persevere for the things i believe in!

What I believe in will come to past, what I'm fighting for will be realized.

Opportunities are ever present, waiting to be found. Like a treasure hunter who seeks out and never rests till he finds the trasure. There his reward is found.

All it needs, is a decision to move forward, courageously and without fear!

''Be bold and be of good courage'' the Bible says...

How high and low the valleys are, steep as the roads can be, tall like walls will the tsunamis be. Obstacles can be overcomed, because they are stepping stones to our success.

Find anything in common?
Ans: A decision to do what's needed will determine how the above will come to past for you.
You DECIDE your own life!

another random posting.. :S

ppl do say that time is never enough abd we should try to make the best of what we have..
But ever thought of some who have been successful in life, created a legacy for themselves or had at least made an impact in someone else's life as compared to those who lead an aimless or normal, mundane life? And the common factor btw them could have been they were given the same amount of time to live with (aka born ard same time till age of 50 for eg) yet the outcomes generated can be world's apart?

Yup, probably we can argue that the family backgrounds, education levels would have made the difference. But how many do know that success is not determined by what you do, it's by how you live your life to create an impact?
And seriously how many a time success is determined by how well you pick yourself up from failures, having to persevere in what you believe or dream about and make it happen.
The Wright brothers believed in man having the capability to fly and that belief changed how we travel between continents and modern warfare etc, MM Lee Kuan Yew believed in making Singapore a country who is well and able to function as a world class economy body etc and it is affirmed by how well it's governed today. Many other examples but all these great things couldn't have happened if they have not first dreamt or believed in what they see, spending time and effort to realise them and more importantly not giving up on them...

Anyway it's just another random post which seem no link to many who's reading (lost in randomness haha...)
But pt is, are you willing to put an effort to start believing in what you hold dear to or visualise in, to make it happen?

when you can persevere praying, you can persevere through anything. :)

time flies! it's already the 6th day of the new 2010, and i've yet to set my resolutions! :S have to find some time to do it this wk. :S

starting of the year had been a blast and countless nites of not sleeping enuff! :S but it was great time spending with the friends who have been great company and looking forward to many more wonderful days to come! :)

wonder how has the start of the yr 2010 been like for all of you and what will you be expecting to accomplish in the new year?

if there's time shall blog mine soon. :S

one transition coming on and wonder how it will be. :) trusting God for that..