Appear in NUS central website lol haha

yeah finally update after end of sem 1…

wow my photo appear in NUS website haha… (for Student Achievement Award 2008)

http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/headlines/1108/tcc_01dec08.html

Great experience though haha….

Muar Trip (19-21 September 2008)

Hahaha… with my cell bros and some cell sisters haha we went to Muar to visit Muar prayer cum rest house haha… i personally want to go there just want to see how is Muar prayerhouse look like. Well we can pray anywhere, but in this Muar prayerhouse, i can sense really the very presence of God in this place and i can be more concentrate in praying to God since the place is very calm, quiet and nice.

The Muar prayerhouse is complex of houses which have been built since before World War II. During the war, the owner at the moment prayed that God will leave this place intact and the owner promised to lease some of the houses for everybody to come and pray. The pray was made true and the house kept intact during Japanese occupation. After the war, some of the houses were leased as prayer houses and the house has attracted many ppl from Msia and also other countries like SIngapore, Indonesia, until as far as Finland! lol…. FCBC bought it over in 1996-1997 and since then many FCBCians come and have prayer mtg or cell gp in this Muar prayerhouse until now…

In Muar town itself, can see the slow pace of life, which is the one I want coz I hardly found this even in Jakarta, as nowadays the pace of life of Jakarta is same as what in Singapore haha… Muar is very relaxing, n trust me, u got plenty of time of praying, worship, reading and also enjoy GOd’s presence there haha….

Of course, the foods are nice, except Otak Otak… Indon otak otak is forever the best! lol

Photos below, want to see more photos? Check my facebook photos! haha

Dim Sum haha

Muar Prayerhouse

Self conscious?

Thank God for yesterday’s sermon (cum some keyboard performance) by  Ps Bray Sibley from Harvest Church Louisiana (US)…. His sermon is really awesome and really makes out the difference from the conventional sermon. I was pretty overwhelmed by his musical skill and his voice… haha… but anyway, I also felt “reminded” on his sermon on losing consciousness. I realize that thruout this time i hv been self-conscious, since high school, getting into uni, trying to get accepted by cca-mates, and even now trying to get appreciated by my urop supervisor.. i mean, u got to go thru some moments like this and being self-conscious is inevitable. However, during his sermon, i was surprised, my spiritual heart is dead haha, coz he said that self-conscious is manifestation of death (spiritually) aft he talked abt adam n eve…. i was really reminded, n well, i felt relieved as in i know that i put my security and confidence in God, and thru God i can re-develop and re-invigorate my heart so that i can try to show my faith, love and self-discipline (hmm this is in what verse of bible i forget again haha?) to everybody everywhere i am haha….

UROP mode

Wew… hah time passed really fast, i have finished 3 out of 5 weeks of UROP. This UROP is also considered the fastest since usually we finish it within one sem or one year, wew, oh btw UROP is Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, in which the specific structure and model actually resembled the MIT one, although this kind of research project is available everywhere…. my one quite unique as in I din have to spend really lots of time planning stuffs or schedules (Thank God for it), and I can get 4 MCs just in 5 weeks.. just hav to write report lah in the end…

Wew the lab timing quite stretching…. everyday hv to work late and go home late, got one day have 12.5 hrs of lab from 2pm to 2am (but the next day i was given leave lah haha)…. everyday hav to do repetitive tests on soil conditions coz i am actually analysing the stress-strain behaviour of cement-treated Singapore marine clay (well, it’s one type of soil found in construction in Singapore, but it’s very unstable and very weak soil, hence need cement slurry to make it harder although improper mix proportion can cause the soil to become brittle hence we oso avoid that to happen)….. The supervisor ok lah although demanding… but thank God i really get used to the research project alr… and it’s left 2 more weeks so i dun have to go lab aft that wew…. v v tiring haha…

Exaltations of Love in February

Just several days later, it will be Valentine’s Day…. Frankly speaking I don’t know how to celebrate it since I am still a single hehehe…. But anyway, I am thinking of this day as my day of reflecting my past lives and try to make a new commitment, not to chase girl of course since I just don’t have a good mood on that hahahaha, but to be consistent in my decision and be brave in taking responsibilities in any circumstances….

Hmmmm…. but I want to buy some presents to my friends, but don’t know what to buy ah? hahahaha

Timing is Crucial – Chronos and Khairos

Wow… today I was impressed by Pastor Melvyn’s sermon about Timing…. Timing is crucial, if you miss time, you miss the bus, miss the train, and miss everything… Then pastor also talked about two things, Chronos and Khairos. I often hear these two terms, but for this time I realize the true importance of these two words.

Kronos (chronos) (Greek) means time where we move on and on. We run our daily lives show the chronos side. But the problem with us, including myself, is the Khairos, which is the right time (now time) or God’s time…

Chronos can’t be missed, but Khairos can be missed… I have experienced that kind of missing the God’s time. God talked to me last semester to be concentrated on my ministry and study. But, I didn’t hear it since I’m actually afraid to hear it. So what I’ve done? I try to escape from it. I try to do other ‘silly’ things but never actually concentrate seriously in these two things. Guess what? My study was a big mess and my ministry was kind of undetermined. I was afraid at the moment. First time staying overseas for so long time, afraid of unable to cope with the living difficulties here, afraid of not getting good friends that can understand me, the thing is just, I am afraid….

Last December, God reminded me that the year of 2007 is the year of victory. I am reminded as a Christian, I should be victorious over my fear and concerns. I should be victorious in my studies as well. I should give more attention to my friends and my family as well. I always remember that we are determined to SUCCESS, not FAILURE…. I really want to experience victory over my life. I really want to experience the victory again…. I believe, Emmanuel…. Lord will never let me go….