It's Your Birthday!

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to Fishylalalalalalalalalalala.......................

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!

(curi-ed some pics from your friendster.. hope you don't mind.. :p)

Goodness me, you're 19 already,
How'd they survive, your mummy and daddy?
Bringing you up, they have to do it still,
Hoping one day, you'll be a woman after God's will

Happy 19th Birthday!
God bless!

Australia, Here I Come!

Hey everyone!


Please take note:

DO NOT CALL OR SMS MY HP NUMBER FROM 18th - 28th APRIL AS I WON'T BE IN MALAYSIA..


Where will I be going?

Hehe..


The title of this post should've given you a BIG hint



Well, if it still miraculously somehow does not..

See the map below?


Yes, that's where I'll be heading to..





Australia!



















Will be going to Sydney.. and after that, Melbourne











So yeah.. do remember not to call or sms me until the 28th of April yah.

Uuhh... do let me know if you need anything from Australia lah k.. like maybe something from a sister who's there or sumthing.. jst leave a comment here or e-mail me if there is anything lah. Hehe



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And oh.. birthdays!

April - for some reason or another, there're just so many April-babies around

So since I'll not be around to wish you April-babies, I shall do so now



Here's a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to...

Tabitha Dorcas Lim - 18th
April


James (Ah Pek) Quah - 18th April


Monica Khoo - 21st April


Wong Hui Min - 22nd April


Lukas Lim (Cambridge guy!) - 23rd
April

Hope you'll all be having nice, happy and interesting celebrations!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!




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And yes.. for those who have yet to know......

I'm officially a GRADUATE now!

After all these years of studying.. really thank God for helping me get through


Convocation was on Sunday (15th April 2007) at Shangri-La Hotel, KL

Well, it was held at Shangri-La because HELP University College has some kind of agreement with the hotel to have their major events there... so yeah.. that's why it was held there


Anyway, I had the opportunity to graduate alongside some other former CF members.. such as Charis, Junita and Serena In. Also managed to see Franklin and Dr Goh in graduation gowns / robes for once.. hehe

Since I didn't have a functioning camera, I had to depend on my friends' cameras. And since I've yet to receive the pictures from most of my friends, can't show too many pics for now.. my apologies to those who're hoping to see Dr Goh's photo here now - "SORREEEE!"


Here are some of the pics I have with me right now..



Some coursemates and I - Joanne's camera












And then...

Hon Yau came to rescue the day!

...with his heroic camera-phone!



Thanks to Hon Yau, we can now see the next 2 pictures.. hehe

"Thank you, Hon Yau!"



Picture with parents














Churchmates who turned up for my Convo - (from left) Jason Kuok, Aaron Teo, .. (me), Monica Khoo and Lim Hui Ling

Hon Yau was taking this pic.. thus his non-appearance in this pic







See you all when I get back!

Take care!

Amazing Love

Can you think of anyone else who would leave His glory to come down to die for our sins?

I can't.

Amazing love - yes, that was it. That was what kept Him there on the cross. That was what made Him come down to our lowly Earth.

What seemed like weekness (the cross) turned out to be victory (resurrection)!


Indeed, He gave His all.

What else could we ask for?


He knew that we needed to be saved.. to be rescued. He knew that there was only ONE way, no other way.

It was His blood that took our place in redeeming sacrifice.

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me

Amazing love, how can it be
That You my King would die for me

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Anyway, HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY

(belated wish)

Matthew Khoo!

Hope you like the Jay Chou concert DVD!

Not easy to find eh.. hehe.

Enjoy it!

Paradox of Forgiving Love

Hhmm.. been a while since I last updated...


Anyway, after being 'interrogated' by a Bible study group (members of the group will know who they are) about some issues regarding our future love partner, been thinking a 'lil about what love really means..

I kinda realised that we, humans, tend to love only what we like. We mix with certain people because we like them.. we read only the things we like, such as the comics and sports sections of the newspaper.. we even sometimes choose to hear only the advices we'd like to hear.

But God's concept of love is so radically different from ours. We are inclined to go for what is comfortable and to avoid what brings pain. What about God?

God loves what is in our best interest. We are inclined to forgive when we think it is in our best interest. God wants us to forgive when it is in the best interest of someone else. God tells us, "Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good" (Romans 12:9), or another version reads, "Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good".

Well, loving others requires a willingness to forgive. In the same way, whether we like it or not, forgiving others requires a willingness to love... can't run away from either, if we are to let love be made "complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like Him" (1 John 4:17).
So then, how do we know what love is?
God is love.
We love because He first loved us.
The ability to love and forgive can begin only after we have been forgiven by God.


This reminder hit me hard. I've failed terribly in this aspect of love.. to love and forgive when it is in the best interest of another.

God loved everyone. Shouldn't we at least try?
He paid the ultimate price for us on the cross and has chosen to forgive us for all we've done. We're so unworthy of such love and sacrifice. He truly loved us while we were still His enemies. He came to us so that we might come to Him. Such Amazing Love. Such forgiving love.

I'm forgiven, because You were forsaken
I'm accepted, You were condemned
I'm alive and well, Your Spirit is within me
Because You died and rose again

Amazing Love, how can it be
That You my King would die for me
Amazing Love, I know it's true
Now it's my joy to honour You
In all I do, I honour You

Forgiveness is the loving cencellation of a debt. God forgave because He loved.


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By the way, congrats to all of you who just got your SPM results!

For those waiting for their STPM results, all the best!
May the peace of the Lord be with you.


And oh, happy belated 17th brithday, Zhong Xin.

Happy Chinese New Year!

"Xin Nian Kuai Le!"

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!



"gong xi, gong xi"


CNY has come..

It's the time for reunion dinners (or some may have reunion lunches), time for families to get together, time for friends to visit each other's houses, and the tradition that will never die out - angpow giving sessions (it's receiving for our part though.. hehe).

While quite a number of ppl may be travelling back to their respective hometowns, here I am in the city that is unusually quiet during this time of the year - Kuala Lumpur. This yea may not be as quiet as previous years though, since some families have decided to stay back as well - e.g. the Chaks, Lows, Yongs, Lims, Khoos.

So anyway, just hope you'll all have a good new year celebration.. and a prosperous stomach by the end of CNY. Hehe.



HAPPY CNY!