Daniel ng said something encouraging today

 Live every day as if it is our last. Because that’s what the Word of God says. “It is appointed unto men [women] to die once, and then the judgement” (Heb 9:27). 

Every day we are actually dying.
Every day we are getting one hour older, one day older, sooner or later one year older, and at the right time our lives will be required from us. 

So we mustn’t put off living for God. We need to do the right things each day that we call “Today”. We need to treasure relationships and money/things less. We need to forgive often, carry less bitterness in our hearts. We need to be generous, sowing into the treasures in Heaven. The Christian life is a life of radical generosity and radical faith, knowing Jesus is Lord no matter what — live well, daily.

Titus 2 

3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

 Colossians 1:28 
He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.

 2 Timothy 1:13-14

What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

 "This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go." Isaiah 48:17

 There’s a strange kind of freedom in what’s happening right now, isn’t there? When your mum says she’s “washed her hands clean,” it hurts… but it also feels like the chains just got taken off. You can suddenly breathe. You can choose your own path, love who you want, marry who you want, live life on your own terms.

So yeah… it might actually be a blessing in disguise, even if it doesn’t feel purely good yet. Sometimes the most painful breaks push us into the life we were meant to live.

 Zephaniah 3:17 ESV

The Lord your God is in Kimberly's midst, a mighty one who will save; HE will rejoice over Kimberly with gladness; HE will quiet Kimberly by HIS love; HE will exult over Kimberly with loud singing.

from jeremiah, finance talk

 14 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them.

• When It Becomes Dehydrating: You would likely need to consume over 500-600mg of caffeine—roughly 6 to 13 cups of tea (I had 6-7 cups of green tea and black tea yesterday) —at once for it to have a significant dehydrating effect. 

 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

 Psalm 27

Of David.

1 The Lord is my light and my salvation—
    whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
    of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When the wicked advance against me
    to devour[a] me,
it is my enemies and my foes
    who will stumble and fall.
3 Though an army besiege me,
    my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
    even then I will be confident.

4 One thing I ask from the Lord,
    this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
    and to seek him in his temple.
5 For in the day of trouble
    he will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent
    and set me high upon a rock.

6 Then my head will be exalted
    above the enemies who surround me;
at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy;
    I will sing and make music to the Lord.

7 Hear my voice when I call, Lord;
    be merciful to me and answer me.
8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”
    Your face, Lord, I will seek.
9 Do not hide your face from me,
    do not turn your servant away in anger;
    you have been my helper.
Do not reject me or forsake me,
    God my Savior.
10 Though my father and mother forsake me,
    the Lord will receive me.
11 Teach me your way, Lord;
    lead me in a straight path
    because of my oppressors.
12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
    for false witnesses rise up against me,
    spouting malicious accusations.

13 I remain confident of this:
    I will see the goodness of the Lord
    in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the Lord;
    be strong and take heart
    and wait for the Lord.

i give up. i do not understand his communication and we are of a complete different frequency. and the age gap? nah...

also doing my research on many topics i am interested in. like cancer, world history, food and nutrition, psyhology, news around the world, slangs of other cultures and anything that picques my interest. glad my job is something i chose because i like and can do.

 your life's gotta be more exciting than mine.

tired of thinking

Yes I would admit that there was three months in my calendar this year (3 and a half to be precise) whereby I completely slacked in a job. All I did every working day including Saturday was to read news on cnn and bbc. and of course other countries' news. so yea of course I wasn't confirmed on that job. as in get confirmation.

training at dragon-boating

oh man i never knew that liking someone can make you pray and trust God so much more than you ever did before. improved growth spurts in your prayers life - how else do you get it? (except when you have a crush or something)

aside from that, i have no idea why i actually went yesterday for pub crawl because i was actually undecided about going at the start. then i decided to go because maybe i could actually meet people and chat.

but of course this 'solving of all fears and insecurities' was done completely with prayer as going through God is far more accurate because even the guy you choose to like or fell in love with / have big crush on may be not the right one for you, so prayer does help.

full workout with american dragonboat team today. (the guy is not in same team). i am also kinda reddish on the upper arms and face. haha. was fun eh. they have a very american sense of humour. duh, what other type of humour?

things i learnt abt rushing around and caffeine

i realised about caffeine and rushing around

1) Tea with milk and ice (teh bing) makes me awake for 7 hours.
2) Rushing around after 8.30pm makes me awake too /wake up a few times at night.
3) english breakfast / assam / black / earl grey tea without milk keeps me awake for 8-9 hours from the time i drink it at night

glass bridges - photos courtesy of CNN

Glass bridge of China

                   Glass bridge of Eiffel tower

Again, I will repeat what C.S.Lewis mentioned in one of his books: We cannot have physical affection without emotions. Ok that's for the Christian faith. I think it crosses other faiths as well.

We can't force chemistry...but we can take the opportunity when it presents itself or, get friends to influence them. Or create opportunities ourselves. ;)

you're not the only one studying now, interning or volunteering

i have like 5 friends (3 girls, 2 guys) who are volunteering or interning now. or doing their further studies now.
So sometimes we just feel we are the only odd one out doing our own thing but which we strongly believe in. but when you hear of stories of people also taking risks, forgoing their jobs, etc, as well, to do something greater, you'll see that what you do is "ok".
I'm so thankful for each and every person that comes into my life. if we manage to connect. or form a bond. or click. or complete a good project together. or study for something together. or go somewhere together, agreeingly.
There are still prayer items i have of course but sometimes it just needs courage from others, or myself, or needs adjustment from myself or others, or clarity of the situation which takes away lack of clarity, or simply, just for God to be in the centre of it all.

Writing on a blog practically becomes a so called shoutout online rite. so i will just talk on the surface.

ate soo much raw salmon direct from the packet yesterday. korean style. cool huh. ;) i realise the Koreans also pray with their arms...like moving their arms when praying - boxing-style?

interesting at church yesterday.

yay get salary by tomorrow.