Money Can’t Buy Everything $$$

The world teaches us that money is everything – “Money makes the world go round”, “money can buy you everything”, “all you need in life is money”. however there are definitely things in life you can’t buy with money. you can’t buy love with money, if you can buy the love of someone, i think that person loves your money not you. you can’t buy family. you can’t buy happiness. money can’t buy you meaning.

I was watching this show just now with my family called “Paris Hilton’s BFF”, it happened to be on tv when i got home and i decided to watch it for awhile. it was a game show, the price is winning the title of Paris Hilton’s BFF (BFF = Best Friends Forever). the game show contestants comprises of both genders and of different races like caucasians and asian. its interesting how someone as rich and as the world terms “got everything you want in life” host a game show to find a best friend. during the game show, Paris said something like “all of you have been such great friends, but only one will be my true BFF”. after that was said my mum was like “they only want to be her friend cause she’s rich and she can give them everything. she really thinks she’s some princess”. this show caused me to think alot.
I guess its not that Paris doesn’t have friends, its just that there’s so many people in the world that wants to be affiliated to her that she can’t tell who is true to her and who just wants her fame and fortune that she created this show to find a true friend. kinda sad actually.
Friendship can’t be bought. you can’t just pay someone to be your best friend, even so that person will just be doing it for your money. friends need to be earned. i’m so thankful for the wonderful friends that God has placed in my life. i know if i were to choose between friends and fame/money, i’ll definitely choose friends, i won’t wanna end up alone and lose all that i have now.

I Want To Be God’s Dream Catcher

I think many of us have heard this tons of times like “we’re God’s chosen one” “God chose us among millions of people” and such. i’ve always known that in my head, just in my head. i never really really know it, like really know it you get what i mean? it was only till saturday i was so assured by God through Nel during M3 meeting. i didn’t choose God, He chose me. what made me so special?

Its so amazing how much God spoke to me through that one meeting. it really struck me deep. i’m placed in TP for a reason. i do have dreams about wanting to form a grand choir for God, and i kept trying to pursue them right at this moment. i wanted to take up classical vocal classes and all that. i just wanted to fulfill my own dreams that i misfocus from work needed to be done in TP. one thing Nel said that struck me was “all of us have different dreams and callings of God, but right now you’re in TP your focus should be on TP. if what God planned for you to do now is the callings you have, then what for He place you in TP.” (it wasn’t the exact words). i need to learn to die to my dreams and passions right now or God’s dream can’t enter. i really want to apply and have a breakthrough in this. i want to catch God’s dream.

By nature i’m a feeler. i tend to deal with situations with feelings and emotions. i do things when i feel like it.
One thing – God lives deeper than feeling, God lives in spirit.
One question posted by Nel – what stopped me from being a CL?
One application – don’t serve feelings, serve God.

I’m currently in love and addicted to this song!!!

Blessings After Blessings

Last week i had a math paper which counts 10% of my entire grade for my whole semester. you don’t have to know me well to know that me and math don’t go well together. a few days ago my class’ current grades were revealed. my current grade for math was an F. a huge red F right beside my name.
i’ve been failing ever since engine math 2 started, for my mid-sem paper i got 34/100. what made it worse was that for the paper last week, i didn’t really study for it. i only had time to study the day before the exam. i prayed for God to guide me in the paper.
Amazingly, i managed to do all the questions! i’ve never been able to do that. its just unbelievable!! its definitely God.

Today i got back my result for that paper. guess what? i got 19/20 for it! i tell you when the teacher announce my mark, she was kinda mumbling like “jade… 19…”
my classmates and i: “huh what? who got 19?”
teacher: “jade”(softly)
me: “huh?”
teacher: “jade got 19 upon 20″

i couldn’t believe what i heard. its just impossible! how can i, someone who never passed a paper, get 19/20? even my classmates couldn’t believe it.
only God can make that happen. God rocks God rocks! Thank You God!!! PRAISE YOU!

I Bid Farewell (for now)

After contemplating for so long, and trying to make things work, i’ve decided to stop serving in Hopekids. it was really a hard decision, seeing how i’ve grown attached to certain kids there, how the choir have grown, how i love serving there together with all the wonderful volunteers and teachers. this wasn’t just a ministry as how it started out to be. Hopekids is really a family i treasure and love being in.

Thank you so much for welcoming me into the family and making my stay there so enjoyable. For now, i’ll focus on my pastoral ministry and hopefully in the near future i’ll come back to serve.

To My Hopekids Choir:
Hey all of you, i want to thank each and everyone of you for joining choir from the start and giving your time to it. thank you beverly, ethan, yuhan, sarah, kate, amanda, hanna for making choir practices enjoyable. we’ve really gone far together the whole of 2009. all the times we stay back on sundays for practices and meetups on weekdays for rehearsal are truly fun and memorable. i love serving with all of you and definitely will miss this choir alot and all of you. hope we’ll still meet up and catch up, haha! we can still hang out uh. continue to sing for God and also live your dream! live a life of no regrets yeah? JIAYOU in 2010, it’ll be a great year! ALL THE BEST. Love all of you!

To Hong Teck:
Thank you so much for guiding me and helping me through every step of the way as i serve in Hopekids.
thank you for making my stay in Hopekids memorable and enjoyable. thank you for helping me make the choir dream come to pass, without your guidance i won’t know what to do. thank you for all your teachings and daily smses of encouragements and learnings, i’ve benefited from them alot. if its God’s plan, i’ll come back to serve. i’ll be praying for Hopekids, may 2010 be a year of breakthroughs and blessings.

To Eilton:
Hey thanks alot for helping me in the choir side, like all the rehearsals and practices, won’t know what to do without your help. apart from the ministry, you also really make effort to get to know the kids and volunteers personally. thanks for all the encouragements, prayers etc. i’ll definitely miss serving in Hopekids and serving with you! all the best in 2010!

To Liting:
hey thanks alot for helping me in the choir side too. sorry i always ask you so last minute to help me play the keyboard and all that, but thanks for always helping when i ask. i’m thankful that through Hopekids i got to know you. you’re a great friend and one i enjoy serving and playing with. i forgive you for all the times you embarrass me. haha! catch up soon!

To Misha:
thank you so much for bringing me to Hopekids for the very first time, if you hadn’t brought me, i won’t even be here. you helped me so much in being comfortable with kids. i enjoy serving with you. thank you so much for all your support in the choir and in sound and in all that i do. i know i’m not serving alone. seeing how devoted you are and all the passions you have for kids really impacted me. i know this is really what God made you to do. Go all out for it! Jiayou in leading praise and worship and drama. though i’m not serving with you in the same ministry anymore but i’m still giving you my support. all the best!

To KK and Joey:
thanks for all your patient guidance and help since i join sound from the very beginning – for teaching me all the tech stuff and sound stuff, they are not just skills i learn and forget, i’ll definitely put them to good use. serving in sound and under the both of you is really fun and i love it alot. thanks. sorry for the times i come late and not help with packup when i have choir. JIAYOU in sound! and also in MM! i’ll come back to help out if needed. all the best!!

there’s much more thanks i wanna say, but these are just a few.
i’ll miss Hopekids! i’ll be praying constantly for Hopekids. 2010 will be a year of blessings and breakthoughs! gogogo!!!

NEW BELIEVER PARTY VIDEO

For those who missed the Bizart-Engit NewB Party, you’ve missed this!!!

New Believer’s Video from Natalie Lim on Vimeo.

Blessing In Disguise

I’m currently using Cher’s laptop to blog now because my laptop is dead.
Anyway God blessed me so much today…

Last night i spent 5-6 hours doing my Ideation assignments, i’ve got 2 to complete – 4 squares and my collage.
the collage was my holiday assignment but due to all the other school works and also some procrastination, i started doing only 3 days before the date due. i went to sleep at 2am after chionging leaving with the collage 3/4 done and the rationale undone. i was planning to wake up at 6am the next morning (which is this morning) to complete it. instead, i woke up 1 hour later. waking up 1 hour later means i have 1 hour less to do my collage.
i was really panicky at that time because there was no way i could finish everything to be on time for school. but while i was chionging, there was this voice that kept talking to me. “relax, everything’s under control”, “just do your best, I’ll make a way for you”, “have I ever failed you?” were the words spoken to me. true enough, it was God speaking to me. i felt comforted and decided to trust Him and go to school.

I brought my laptop to school wanting to complete my rationale and then print everything out to hand it in. unfortunately, my laptop failed on me in school. i couldn’t turn it on at all! it just run for awhile, and then as if it was lazy and didn’t wanna run anymore, it just stop running and hang there. oh man oh man without my laptop i could not hand in any work. everything’s in my laptop – my rationale, my colour research, my other researches were all in there. there was no back up. in my mind i knew that the teacher will not give me any more extra time to complete it since it was given before holidays, even if she would allow me to hand in late, marks will be penalised. at that point of time i just felt very cui because it was as if all my hard work had gone down the drain just like that.
I decided to just ask the teacher for more time with the excuse of my laptop failing on me, i could just email her the work.

Amazingly, she allowed me to hand everything in and present my collage on Monday. i was so amazed, i mean there was no way she would let me hand in late and just where there seemed to be no way, a way was provided. she allowed me to hand in late without penalising my marks.
Handing in on Monday means i get more time to make my collage better. since i chionged last minute, my work was not to the best that it can be.

Whoo God totally rocks! He really had everything under controlled, and He made a way just as He had promised! and i love my Ideation teacher because she’s so nice.
Though my laptop is not functional right now and i gotta bring it to Alexandra road to get it repaired, but it was a huge blessing in disguise. if my laptop didn’t break down i might have to hand in work that was done anyhow. PRAISE GOD!!!

VOTE, Which Kid Is Cutest

Accomplishing My New Year Resolutions (Part 1)

Since i have 6 resolutions at hand now, i should plan step by step how i should accomplish every one of it. i’m adding a 7th resolution:
7. To overcome biting my nails when i’m nervous. i realise i’ve stopped, but whenever i’m nervous, i subconsciously bite. it must be overcome!

I’m gonna complete every resolution 1 by 1, starting with Resolution Number 5 (see 28/12/09 post).
5. Meet God everyday – starting every morning with God.
I want to try to do my QT in the morning, but if i oversleep or something, i’ll just pray about 5mins to start my day with Him. nothing beats starting the day right with God.
I want to end my day with God as well, thanking Him for the day and praying for a good night sleep. i want to pray that i won’t have weird and scary dreams. lol!
Meeting God everyday will also mean including Him in my life. i’m gonna talk to God often as the day passes, like when i’m alone. so far i’m doing well with this, i can always feel Him replying what i tell Him.
Doing life with God is gonna be so much fun. i’ll do my best to make sure Resolution Number 5 is complete.

Part 1: In Progress

I love God because He loves Me

Just want to share a short testimony.

Today i ended school at 6pm as i do every thursday, somehow i was really sleepy at that time and it made me cranky. i walked to the bus stop to take a bus home, and i wanted to get home faster. reaching home earlier means more time to rest. i think the bus was late because i waited and waited for very long for the bus to come. finally the bus came, but there were so many people wanting to get on the bus that i couldn’t board it. i felt that it was unfair cause i reached the bus stop earlier then some of them but yet they get to board the bus and i don’t. getting cranky, but no worries, i waited. a second bus came within 5 mins, yay. however, due to two buses parked at the bus stop, 69 was all the way at the other end of where i was standing. i got cranky when i saw people boarding the bus from that end. i can see people just coming down from TP bridge and up they go on the bus. wahh so unfair. i just wanted to get home fast and it seemed like i couldn’t. after the buses left, i sat on the bench downhearted waiting for the next bus which should arrive 15mins later. to my amazement, a 3rd bus came in less than a min. i got on the bus happily and since the first two buses packed so many people, the 3rd bus was rather empty.
I praise and thank God that He sent another bus for me, and i didn’t have to squeeze among people.
yay i love God because He loves me!

Ooh and i’ve got a really big and painful boo boo on my head because i walked into a pole at TP bus stop.