♥ living a life built on the Beatitudes

.Monday, 31 December 2007 '

most of my office-working friends have either half-day off or no work on new year eve. my company? full day.

sian-ness to the max.

there's bbq at my place later with some close ones. i've yet to buy the food yet. like, argh!

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time flies. it's the eve to a brand new year. been through many tough times. of cos there are good times too. emerged victoriously in many trials i've been placed into. God's definitely been good and faithful to always be at my side to pull me through.

one thing i really wanna thank God the most is the friends He's placed in my life. they've been playing a vital role in my life to where and what i am today. in ministry, i've made strong bondages with great people of faith that has brought my spiritual walk to a higher level like youmei and jeremy - for giving me plenty of chances to do more in the ministry to serve God. singyee, jasmine - for being there with me during my darkest period, encouraging me that all things will turn out fine. :)

of cos not forgetting cell group!
keeve - he may not be the greatest in the church, but he's my best of the best! a true leader indeed, to e378. i believe no one will disagree to that statement. plenty of times we could have given up on ourselves, but yet keeve had NEVER once shown a form of giving up on us. instead he'll hold on to us even tighter to make sure we'll never slide away from God; to keep on keeping on. we could have given him plenty of headaches with how to handle our notorious behavior at times too, but never has he once flared his temper on us to make us see our mistakes and learn. where else do you get such a wonderful, patient leader? it's truly an arrangement of God that keeve is e378's leader. he's a person who gives us freedom almost to the max eg. when there's any slight conflict among us, he'll not interfere. instead, he'll let us settle everything ourselves. he'll only step in if it gets too serious for anyone of us to handle (which has never happened before. we usually manage to clear any disputes ourselves). goes to show how he treats us as mature adults. he knows most of our characters are also the stubborn type, thus he never outwardly/openly force things to happen. he has his soft approaches towards us which isn't easy, for those who knows e378's attitude. haha. (the way i praise keeve, i've good marketing skills eh? lols. they're true!!)

another 2 friends i wanna thank a gazillion is ruby & ziling!! truly, never would we have expected our friendship to blossom to what we are today. crazy as we may seem, but deep down we share this bond i know i've never had with any of my other girlfriends. we're not lesbian(though we may behave like one sometimes). i think it's through movie madhouse that our friendship went for a drastic change. many lives were changed during that outreach(thank God the leaders had this organised). we grew closer through chilling sessions often after BS, sharing sessions i remember when me and mil's friendship was quite on the rocks. and how we could share really almost everything under the sun especially relational stuffs(right ruby? hehe). the biggest (and i guess still an obstacle) change we had was during our zone camp. jealousy entered this friendship and pulled me and ruby slightly apart. i realised yesterday how dear i am to her as how she is to me when she called to clarify her sensitivity about some stuffs. i know, i know. 2008 will be an even better year for our friendship. so will ziling and mine be!
*ruby, not that i don't treasure you. it's my fault that i didn't see how i'll spend more time with zi and not you. both of you are very dear to me. i promise i'll put more effort in making this friendship an even more beautiful one yea?*

not forgetting joce. been "stuck" with her since day1 i entered church. haha. glad to have her company though we aren't of those that hangout as much as i do with ruby and gang. a great listening ear at super appropriate times. (: diana too. great friend full of encouragement always. the rest of e378 that has played a part in lighting up my life.

gosh. just talking about thanking cg, my post is already that long.

of cos, to those friends that i've made this year. you've all been part of why i can say 2007 has been a fruitful year in a way or another. people like wyelin, weicheng, jonnehton, rainft, gerald, leonger, munkit, ben wang, timothy wong, wahkeong, randolph and many more. sorry if your name is not mentioned. all the friends made in 2007 are equally treasured!

as for 2008, friends whose lives i wanna continue pressing more into are keeve, ruby, zi, janet, huiyuan, jasmine(my SL), cindy, wenting, wenlong, g1s1d especially dorigo and michelle, plus my dearest ms chiu. yea. these are people whom i know will be my guide to going higher levels with God or people whom i wanna be a help to in going higher levels with God. :)

2007 has really really really been the best year i've had so far in my 4years in church. this is only the start. i believe greater things are in store for me in the new year. so is it for everyone else! :D

i'm gonna plan my goals and visions for 2008(seems slow, i know). shall share more next time. i've blogged alot. don't say nothing hor. haha. i started blogging at 9:43am. it's now 11:33am. quite long. lols.

11:33 am Y

.Friday, 14 December 2007 '

i realise i've not blogged for like so long. been really busy with my birthday stuffs (those that have yet to give, i'm still waiting). haha. zone camp preparations. work. time just flies.

oh yes. thanks alot to those who came for my birthday bash and your presents. this is the first time ever that i've received sooo many presents and mostly are of things i want/like. received alot of red packets from relatives too. thank you, thank you everyone, for making my 21st possible. :)

in the midst of zone camp, but i've to work. oh sigh~ i'm so gonna chiong later after work for the second night session cum finale. whooohooo.

zone camp photos will be uploaded up together with birthday party photos after xmas, asap.

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