"In the Gospels, we see Jesus pause in the middle of his busy day for the bleeding woman, stop his teaching to lift the chin of the bent and bowed, walk miles to deliver one small child, and wait patiently in the hot noon sun for the broken Samaritan to arrive. What kind of God does that? A God who loves his daughters."
- from daily devotion of Girlfriends in God
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
June 28, 2011
June 26, 2011
2-months of flurry
From the first meeting to the day of the Charity Bazaar, it has been a mere 2 months and we have been through, learnt and accomplished so much.
When the 4 of us 1st came together, none of us had done this before. At least not sth of such importance and magnitude, in such a short time.
And over the numerous meetings, lunch-ins, dinners-before-OTs and IM-sessions, we not only learnt more about each other and how to work together more efficiently, we've also learnt to help each other grow in faith :)
It's amazing how God puts people in your life, in the right circumstances and situations and you grow through that experience to be alot more than who you were.
And through these 2 months, things were so overwhelming, but one thing never fails to bring peace to the day: remembering that God provides all that we need and in Him, we are never short of anything.
All of us knows full well that if we only depended on our strengths alone, we would have been swallowed by all the details and things that we need to do to get the bazaar going.
Going though sth like this also helped me to realise how much more I can push myself at work and how efficient I can truly get. Now with this major event out of the way, I can concentrate on my core work and it has never occurred to me that I will actually miss writing interview reports!
Pictures!!
Looking back at the happy faces, crazy time and the packed-to-the-brim turn out that day, I truly thank God for this memorable experience :)
When the 4 of us 1st came together, none of us had done this before. At least not sth of such importance and magnitude, in such a short time.
And over the numerous meetings, lunch-ins, dinners-before-OTs and IM-sessions, we not only learnt more about each other and how to work together more efficiently, we've also learnt to help each other grow in faith :)
It's amazing how God puts people in your life, in the right circumstances and situations and you grow through that experience to be alot more than who you were.
And through these 2 months, things were so overwhelming, but one thing never fails to bring peace to the day: remembering that God provides all that we need and in Him, we are never short of anything.
All of us knows full well that if we only depended on our strengths alone, we would have been swallowed by all the details and things that we need to do to get the bazaar going.
Going though sth like this also helped me to realise how much more I can push myself at work and how efficient I can truly get. Now with this major event out of the way, I can concentrate on my core work and it has never occurred to me that I will actually miss writing interview reports!
Pictures!!
Looking back at the happy faces, crazy time and the packed-to-the-brim turn out that day, I truly thank God for this memorable experience :)
June 12, 2011
[Travel Diary] Across the Causeway
Finally went for the long awaited JB trip with my colleagues on Sat!
We were supposed to meet 9.30am at Kranji MRT stn to take CW1 into JB. By the time we reached, the queue for the bus was already snaking halfway across the front of the station.
Waited about 45 mins for the bus and we managed to get a seat :D It took extemely long to make the u-turn towards the checkpt and when we looked across the st, the queue was already beyong the train station.
Anyway it only cost $0.80 for the bus ride :D
Happy looking pops boarding the bus :)
The ride to Sg checkpt and clearing the immigration was a breeze, took barely half hr (including the huge u-turn that the bus had to make), but the ride to M'sia custom was @)$(*%#&@.
We were stuck for more than half hr on the bus and we're barely halfway there. So we got off and started walking.
Only to turn ard and see that almost everyone's doing that so it looked like a mass exodus of some sort :X
And all the buses ended up practically empty and the bus drivers even came down to talk to each other because the traffic was DEAD STILL.
We probably saved 3 hrs by walking that 15 minutes. And the walk was seriously an experience :p
Took another 45 mins to clear the immigration apprantly because of their new index fingers scanning system.
Officially in JB ard 1+ and headed str to Ya Wang Restaurant!
I took a BEFORE pic but accidenally deleted it -_-
Anw all these food for RM140 and it fed 7 pax to the brim! :)
Took a cab to KSL City for RM8 and our 1st stop was MANI-PEDI!
Jess and I did the new colour from OPI's Pirates Series and Debs did her (usual) gothic color :p
The service was ok lah, they did what they sld do for classic mani and pedi but I didnt really enjoy the entire experience because they has so many customers I felt that they were in a rush.
Still, it was a full set for RM60, nth much to complain abt :x
The guys wanted to watch X-Men there but the timing didnt match so they ended up at KBox Plus. A medium room for 7 pax (incl 1 jug of drink) costs RM90. And they had THREE mics in the room. And the rooms and toilets were super clean! Damn worth it :D
Dinner was at a seafood hawker center.
All food photos on FB. We had Baby squid, cereal prawns, salted egg fish slices, kang kong, xiao bai cai, sting ray, butter cray fish (abt 2 crayfish for each person), coconut juices, sugar cane juices, all for RM230.
Will try the crab nxt time :D
After the meal, we went for massage opposite the hawker centre
Had leg massage and upper back massage for RM54.
The experience was ok lah, preferred the one in Thailand :)
And we jostled back to Sg at 1120pm, in time for the last bus back and the last train from Kranji.
I'm looking forward to another trip !!
We were supposed to meet 9.30am at Kranji MRT stn to take CW1 into JB. By the time we reached, the queue for the bus was already snaking halfway across the front of the station.
Waited about 45 mins for the bus and we managed to get a seat :D It took extemely long to make the u-turn towards the checkpt and when we looked across the st, the queue was already beyong the train station.
Anyway it only cost $0.80 for the bus ride :D
Happy looking pops boarding the bus :)
The ride to Sg checkpt and clearing the immigration was a breeze, took barely half hr (including the huge u-turn that the bus had to make), but the ride to M'sia custom was @)$(*%#&@.
We were stuck for more than half hr on the bus and we're barely halfway there. So we got off and started walking.
Only to turn ard and see that almost everyone's doing that so it looked like a mass exodus of some sort :X
And all the buses ended up practically empty and the bus drivers even came down to talk to each other because the traffic was DEAD STILL.
We probably saved 3 hrs by walking that 15 minutes. And the walk was seriously an experience :p
Took another 45 mins to clear the immigration apprantly because of their new index fingers scanning system.
Officially in JB ard 1+ and headed str to Ya Wang Restaurant!
I took a BEFORE pic but accidenally deleted it -_-
Anw all these food for RM140 and it fed 7 pax to the brim! :)
Took a cab to KSL City for RM8 and our 1st stop was MANI-PEDI!
Jess and I did the new colour from OPI's Pirates Series and Debs did her (usual) gothic color :p
The service was ok lah, they did what they sld do for classic mani and pedi but I didnt really enjoy the entire experience because they has so many customers I felt that they were in a rush.
Still, it was a full set for RM60, nth much to complain abt :x
The guys wanted to watch X-Men there but the timing didnt match so they ended up at KBox Plus. A medium room for 7 pax (incl 1 jug of drink) costs RM90. And they had THREE mics in the room. And the rooms and toilets were super clean! Damn worth it :D
Dinner was at a seafood hawker center.
All food photos on FB. We had Baby squid, cereal prawns, salted egg fish slices, kang kong, xiao bai cai, sting ray, butter cray fish (abt 2 crayfish for each person), coconut juices, sugar cane juices, all for RM230.
Will try the crab nxt time :D
After the meal, we went for massage opposite the hawker centre
Had leg massage and upper back massage for RM54.
The experience was ok lah, preferred the one in Thailand :)
And we jostled back to Sg at 1120pm, in time for the last bus back and the last train from Kranji.
I'm looking forward to another trip !!
June 5, 2011
His Peace Will Grant You Strength
The week before was MAD.
That explains the amount of money we splurged on food. Comfort food.
As the day of the Charity Bazaar draws near, work will just get increasingly crazy.
I've been praying for strength this whole week and while He granted me the strength that I needed to make it through the week, God told me very clearly that He will renew me on Sunday.
And today, God shared His words with us:
"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful." - Colossians 3:15
And Pastor gave a very apt analogy:
We all know that the very center of a cyclone, the eye, is always quiet and calm. Yet the amount of energy that it generates is tremendous.
Similarly, when we feel like we need a tremendous amount of energy and strength to deal with all the hectic madness around us, we must always remember to fill our heart and mind with God's peace. The very center of our being must remain quiet and calm.
When we had to deal with something seemingly impossible and difficult, it doesn't help if we jump straight into it. Instead, if we stop, remain still and pray for understanding, we often find that we come back to the problem with a whole new perspective.
This week, I'll have the picture of a cyclone in my mind to remind myself that I have to constantly ask for God's peace to be in me while I brace through the roaring madness all around me.
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