hey ppl! i got thru the inetrview!.. =) wanted to come online and thank God frm monday but couldnt find the time! sigh, i ought to slap myself.. anyway, need ur prayers for the campaigning part now.. and ideas too! for slogans and interesting ways to conduct a speech.. haha.. if you're bored and have nothing to do can help me think lor..

mm, thank God my friends are very supportive wif the sc thing in sch.. even my new classmates! yay. anyway my week has been quite diao.. like lectures den tutorials den lectures.. super boring.. but i guess friends do liven it up. even tho some bully me alot.. lol.

nothing much to write lioa.. see you guys and gals on sunday! meanwhile keep shining for God! =)

<3 amanda

3 test down, 2 more to go!

Finally! Thank God for giving me the strength to pull through and performing little miracles! I don't know why, but i am feeling extraordinary happy today! Actually for the past few days although all the power of my brain is squeezed out.

I am currently trying to find out the challenges faced by elderly at home on the net but the information is so limited in there. I have no idea how on earth i can complete this project within 1 and a half hours. Hmmm..

School is so stressful. Not because of homework or the tests but rather my classmates. I don't understand why there is so much competition in this world. I am thoroughly stressed by all these nonsense. I really don't want to compete because i don't want pride. I read recently in my devotion books that comparison produces pride and pride separate us from God. I really don't want that. But when my classmates compare with me, i would have this tendency to allow this pride within me to want to score a better mark than them. It's hard. Why can't competition just disappear from the face of the earth? Sigh. I kept telling God about all these but the load within me just won't dissolve.

I am glad that you all are enjoying life now! All the things happen around me had make me realise that things are unpredictable. We might leave this place anytime. So before i missed the chance, i shall tell all of you how thankful i am to God for putting me in this cell and knowing all of you! Haha.

Take care and see you on sunday!

Love,
van

I don't know what to call this post so I name it "I don't what to call this post."

Dudes and dudettes (not sure if the latter is a recognized word), I'm very glad that this blog is ALIVE! Seriously rocks my cotton socks! Quoting Jess, "It's very encouraging."

The past 2 weeks has been really hectic for me. Doing lesson plans after lesson plans, spending long hours in the office during staffwork, drats! Training for the new cadets have started, and the tough part isn't here yet, but I'm already feeling the workload building up. Not that I'm complaining, but there's very little time for me to do quiet time. Everyday I end off at ard 12pm, and when I start my quiet time, I find it really hard to keep my eyelids open. It is a challenge now to do quiet time, but I always try to drag myself to do it. Somehow, it doesn't feel right that I have to drag myself to do it. It is supposed to be something I look forward too yah? Pray for me people..

Also, now that I have cadets to look after, I feel that I have kinda like neglected you all. I wish to apologize for that. I've tried my best to keep myself updated with what's going on in cell by sms-ing a few people. Thank you Tim for your SMS, and thank you to all who replied my smses and kept in touch. Anyways, very glad that so many people are using this blog to stay in touch, do keep the redbloodcell spirit alive, and let's work towards the ultimate goal together.

I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14

Normz

Hey guys, I just wanna say that I'm very encouraged by all your posts! :) continue to post and encourage each other using this blog okay. I was thinking of what I could blog about, and I was really having a short-circuit in my brain cos this whole week has just ZOOMED past me. So many things to do and so little rest for me dear brain. But, I just thank God that He has continued to speak to me through my friends. Anyway, I was checking my mails and stuff and I thought I should blog about prayer.

Sometimes ago pastor sam emailed the leaders saying that in addition to WWF (word, worship and fellowship - i hope you all still remember!) focus in speedlight, we should also have a new focus on prayer. And then, the VCF (varsity Christian Fellowship) of NUS also decided that their focus this year should be on prayer! On top of that, I've been feeling a burden to pray, cos this is an area in my spiritual life that I'm lacking, and struggling with. Reading about Daniel in my devotional book 'Encounter with God' has also really taught me a lot about prayer and spiritual disciplines. Back to the point, many times prayer has been soooo overlooked, and I also am guilty of it almost everyday. just because we don't see the effects of prayer drop from the sky immediately doesn't mean that God is not doing His work! I have many unanswered questions about prayer too, but faith in God should be enough to keep us going in prayer. to cut the long story short, i just wanna share something that VCF forwarded:

1. "No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; The people who are not praying are straying; The pulpit can be a shop window to display one's talents; The prayer closet allows no showing off. Poverty-stricken as the Church is today in many things, She is most stricken here in the place of prayer. We have many organizers, but few agonisers; Many players and payers, but few pray-ers; Many singers, few clingers; Lots of pastors, few wrestlers; Many fears, few tears; Much fashion, little passion; Many interferers, few intercessors; Many writers, but few fighters;

Failing here, we fail everywhere."
2. "Prayer is profoundly simple and simply profound. Prayer is the simplest form of speech that an infant lips can try. Yet so sublime that it outranges all speech and exhaust man's vocabulary."

~ Leonard Ravenhill ~

3."God's cause is committed to men; God commits Himself to men. Praying men are the vice-regents of God; they do His work and carry out His plans." ~ E. M. Bounds ~


So guys, even though we do not see each other during the week, let's continue to keep each other in prayer, and I cannot emphasize that more! Anyone who hasn't been coming, PRAY; anyone whose soul you feel a burden for, PRAY; any questions you have about God's will in your life, PRAY. PRAY PRAY PRAY!!!

P.S. Dino, hope your dad's okay :)

Love, Jess

Song!!

haha! seeing what a nice person i am, and probably the freeiest among us all (except 4 sam phua..), ive decided to post the lyrics of the song i mentioned earlier. its who am i by casting crowns. beautiful song tt really speaks to me. hope it blesses ya! speaking of tt, God's been really great! my problems were all miraculously solved before the day ended:)YEAY!haha! i'd like to say that ive adapted well to life in MI (which i think so), but with each new day comes challenges, so pray for me yea? tt i'll have the maturity and be less innocent (if tt is a gd thing?) when dealing with these issues. Alright, to the best part now!

Who Am I by Casting Crowns

Who am I?
That the Lord of all the earth,
Would care to know my name,
Would care to feel my hurt.

Who am I?
That the bright and morning star,
Would choose to light the way,
For my ever wondering heart.

Bridge:
Not because of who I am,
But because of what you've done.
Not because of what I've done,
But because of who you are.

Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow,
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapour in the wind.
Still u hear me when I'm calling,
Lord, you catch me when I'm falling,
And you've told me who I am.
I am yours.
I am yours.

Who am I?
That the eyes that see my sin,
Would look on me with love,
And watch me rise again.

Who am I?
That the voice that calmed the sea,
Would call out through the rain,
and calm the storm in me.

Bridge and Chorus 2x

I am yours.

Whom shall i fear?
Whom shall I fear?
'Cause I am yours.
I am yours.


beautiful, aint it?? haha! k, bye!

ps. pris, christie says im more innocent than u. i find tt hard to believe!;)

Sam Says

Sam says like in Simon says. Nver really posted on blog be4, so this is my 1st time.

JC life in Tampines is quite ok, in the sense its atmosphere is not that stressful and the lessons arent exactly boring. This is the 1st time i really enjoyed my CCAs or at least find it ok. At guitar ensemble, the senoirs were really understanding. They know its our first time and they are very patient wif us. At chess, although i keep getting thrashed and lose my games fast, the seniors will try to teach me some moves but whether their moves are really gd or not...that isnt really the point.

But my only worry is that its too slack in studies. Being an elective geo student, I am alrdy finding it difficult to understand the physical geo theories which our teacher gave in 1 whole set of notes and told us to define the terms lol. However, this brings out the caring side of my classmates who I will miss alot if we changed schools. Btw there are only 2 guyz besides me in our class. 1 offered to lend me his geo bk and even his notes lol. Our class is quite fun lol, they created nick names for every1 and they are even celebrating sum1's birthday on mon. When I tink of monday, I find it a dread, sch ends late and we have PE which is a big torture, so muz REN lol.

Hope this gives you all a view of my JC life in the 1st 3 mths. Enjoy it, coz i am enjoying it 2!

Sam Low

school's over taking my life

hey ppl.. haven't been posting cuz i guess sch has been pretty hectic for me.. since orientation's over, dere's like tutorials and tutorials. of corse there are other things like CCA and making new friends and stuff..

and i realised, being this busy adn being caught up with sch, i feel i'm treting God like a vending machine again. everytime i talk to Him, it would be to ask God to give me this, to give me that, to prevent this. sigh. and dere are times He realli helped me, and i told myself i'll at least glorify Him here, but no energy, no time, or not in the mood.

i shall respond to tim's post, i think i do dat alot.. like judge ppl and everything, and the culture in my frens are like gossiping. being a Christian you should be avoiding these stuffs, but sometimes you get too caught up with fitting in and everything.. and so I have to ask God to help me become more Godly, and there im going to Him with my probs again..

ok, done with the dreary stuffs, He has helped me in other areas la. like ooh, i must blog abt this. haha. on like wed nite, this guy appraoched me at the int asking where lighthouse is.. He was looking for pastor Rony, but he kinda thought pastor was like soem person who got into jail and came out and become a pastor.. anyways, I brought him to lighthouse cuz in my heart i felt i should bring him dere and not just direct him. and the church was closed. anyway, on the way i found out he was not a Christian, just someone who's looking for the true religion, to find the true spiritual stuff. he told me he tried budhism, but he thinks it's not true.. he thinks dat all the stuffs using idols are not true. yupp.. just an interesting experience, even tho my mom scolded me for bringing a stranger man alone or smth. haha, i felt like realli gd dat night, like i did smth gd.. =) oh, he might come for service tmr or today!

hmmm, sch has been hectic as i have said. oh and im running for council, so please pray for me and pray dat i will leave everything in God's hands and if i get in or dont get in, it's His little plan for me. yupp. anywa, must thank God for giving me a realli nice og so i've made a few new frens and also for my class.. dere are like 16 girls and 5 guys! haha, so i've made nice new girl frens. lol. ok, hope things are gg well for all too.. God bless, take care ppl

<3 amanda

Hey pple!!

haha... I MISS SAC!

These past days at MI have indeed been fun, but life here is SO different frm my previous sch... i miss the prayers and hymns in the morning, i miss gg to the chapel, i miss the RE lessons and ANGKLUNG!! in sch and the openess between friends. (READ:hugs and kisses!haha!)

Seriously, those who have survived 4/6/10 yrs in a co-ed, secular, neighbourhood (no discrimination there), wo zhen de hen pei fu ni!! My frens tell me of backyard fights and how u get picked on if u tell on others or if it's ur special day! For my sch,we sing the birthday song and have surprise 'parties' lah! Really eh! The stories they tell me make me appreciate SAC so much and i realise how well protected and sheltered i've been for the past ten years. My frens say i very innocent... They'll say stuff i dun understand, and then refuse to (in their words) corrupt my innocent mind when i ask them to tell me! My fren calls me holy innocent can... but i noe he's only jesting lah. It's SICK! Is this what the outside world is like? I dun wanna grow up!!!!! Err...let's just say i've learnt alot these days! haha! Wonder what would happen to joanne or prissy... ;)

Honestly, i find it much harder to be a Christian here, cos the environment here's very different ( back in SAC, majority were Catholics and Christians) and there's ALOT of negative influences here. i miss SAC!!!! It's ok.. I'll just learn to trust in the Lord and GROW!! haha. Really eh, i've learnt that i must reallyy depend on Him to help me be an example and to get thru the day!

Here's a song for all u nice pple. Its Who Am I by Casting Crowns. Heard of it? Came across it in my fren's blog, i love it!! Too bad im too lazy to type the lyrics out, but go check it out k! The lyrics are super meaningful and they touched my heart!

K, i think i've said too much! time to go! bb!
Cheryl!

A Believer's Cry : The Love and Sacrifice of God

This is an e-mail i received several months back, reslised it isnt posted as i have intended to.. Enjoy and take the lessons shown in it , thanks.



Read only if you have time for God
Let me tell you, make sure you read all the way to the bottom. I almost deleted this email but I was blessed when I got to the end


God, when I received this e-mail, I thought...

I don't have time for this... And, this is really inappropriate during work.

Then, I realized that this kind of thinking is... Exactly, what has caused lot of the problems in our world today.

We try to keep God in church on Sunday morning..

Maybe, Sunday night...

And, the unlikely event of a midweek service.

We do like to have Him around during sickness..

And, of course, at funerals.

However, we don't have time, or room, for Him during work or play...

Because.. That's the part of our lives we think... We can, and should, handle on our own.

May God forgive me for ever thinking...

That... there is a time or place where..

HE is not to be FIRST in my life.

We should always have time to remember all HE has done for us.

If, You aren't ashamed to do this...

Please follow the directions.

Jesus said, "If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father."

Not ashamed?

Pass this on ONLY IF YOU MEAN IT!!

Yes, I do Love God.

HE is my source of existence and Savior.

He keeps me functioning each and every day. Without Him, I will be nothing. But, with Christ, HE strengthens me. (Phil 4:13)

This is the simplest test.

If You Love God... And, are not ashamed of all the marvelous things HE has done for you...

Send this to ten people and the person who sent it to you!

I don't think I know 10 people who would admit they love Jesus. Do You love Him?


THE POEM

I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do. I had to hurry and get to work For bills would soon be due. So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,

And jumped up off my knees.

My Christian duty was now done

My soul could rest at ease.

All day long I had no time

To spread a word of cheer. No time to speak of Christ to friends,

They'd laugh at me I'd fear.

No time, no time, too much to do,

That was my constant cry,

No time to give to souls in need

But at last the time, the time to die.

I went before the Lord, I came, I stood with downcast eyes. For in his hands God held a book; It was the book of life.

God looked into his book and said

"Your name I cannot find.

I once was going to write it down...

But never found the time"

Now do you have the time to pass it on?

Make sure that you scroll through to the end.

Easy vs. Hard

Why is it so hard to tell the truth but Yet so easy to tell a lie?

Why are we so sleepy in church but Right when the sermon is over we suddenly wake up?

Why is it so hard to talk about God but yet so easy to talk about nasty stuff?

Why is it so boring to look at a Christian magazine, but yet so easy to look at a nasty one?

Why is it so easy to delete a Godly e- mail, but yet we forward all of the nasty ones?

Why are the churches getting smaller but yet the bars and dance clubs are getting larger?

Do you give up? Think about it . Are you going to forward this, or delete it?

Just remember-God is watching you. Prayer Wheel-Let's see the devil stop this one!

Here's what the wheel is all about. When you receive this, say a prayer for the person that sent it to you....

That's all you have to do....

There is nothing attached....

This is so powerful....

Do not stop the wheel, please....

Of all the free gifts we may receive, Prayer is the very best one....

There are no costs, but wonderful rewards... GOD BLESS!

May God keep you and bless you. If this doesn't give you chills, nothing will...this message is very true. Hope you are all as blessed as I was from this story. I wonder how many people will delete this without reading it because of the title on it?

There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak..."I was walking through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this bird cage. On the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds, shivering with cold and fright. I stopped the lad and asked, "What you got there, son?" "Just some old birds," came the reply.

"What are you gonna do with them?" I asked.

"Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he answered "I'm gonna tease 'em and pull out their feathers to make 'em fight. I'm gonna have a real good time" "But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you do?"

"Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy. "They like birds. I'll take 'em to them."

The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much do you want for those birds, son?"

"Huh?? !!! Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're just plain old field birds. They don't sing. They ain't even pretty!"

"How much?" the pastor asked again.

The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, "$10?"

The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone.

The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot Setting the cage down, he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free.

Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then the pastor began to tell this story.

One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. "Yes, sir, I just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"

"What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked.

Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!"

"And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked. "Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly. "How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked

"Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you. You don't want those people!!"

"How much?" He asked again.

Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your blood, tears and your life."

Jesus said, "DONE!"

Then He paid the price.

The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from the pulpit.

Notes: Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell.

Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow Satan (who, by the way, also "believes" in God).

Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing?

Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it to them.

Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than what God thinks of me.

I pray, for everyone who sends this to their entire address book, they will be blessed by God in a way special for them.

And send it back to the person who sent it, to let them know that indeed it was sent out to many more.

p.s:

Guys, if you receive this in your email, is not because I want to just forward any email to you. But because I thought of you when forwarding this. That you are one who may need to read this as well.. like me..

Be blessed and have a nice day.... ;) Jr.


Well thats it, is has impacted me big time.. were you ?

God Bless
Dino

An old thinking

Have you ever wondered, the possible outcome if you havent intervened in a certain event ?
Isit possible that the outcome would be better, or would it ultimately be worse off ?
Has intervention helped others ?
Has intervention increased the contempt others showed to you ?

If thats the case, how ? what will be the way to the greater good ?

Thats what i am hoping to know.

Recently, i asked a friend who came back to NASNPCC as a CI [One who completed secondary school as well as the Cadet Inspector course. ] whats going on in npcc. His reply -
Friend : sux, the ncos are no longer committed, they taught the wrong stuff, then make the cadets learn their wrong things for promotion test.
Me : then hows the sec 2, 3s ?
Friend : sux, sec3 now very ill discipline, sec2 also defiant towards ncos
Me : then what are the C.Is planning ?
Friend : maybe we need you back, because miss lee actually ask for you, sarah and sadatul...
I got the message.
I did give thought whether i would return to the unit, where i brought up a bunch of quiet Sec 2s through their training from June '05 to June '06. Thus, when i remained in school to observe them after my term ended, i saw, with great disappointment, their discipline level dropping like an aircraft without wings...
Whose fault is it ?
Partially ours, the J [Sec5s or graduated] batch, but then, its the Ks [ Current Sec4s ] that are taking them ! We took them up, i told the promising ones to keep their discipline in np, and stay till graduation ! Okay, its going smoothly, but then, what i see, is truely sad. The way i see them, they arent united, both the cadets and the ncos. the sec 2 situation is in my opinion, seriously chaotic. It hurts to see effort put in, go into waste. An example ? Chaotic classroom, a DM comes in for an hour, where the class is lectured, with great interest. Then, when he left, chaos and ill discipline takes control again. Lets say that i have lived with npcc for 3 1/2 years as a blur cadet, and 1 year as a blood-vomitting nco. Effort was happily put in, competition was healthy and fun, we looked forward to restoring lost prestige. But then, after failing miserably in several competitions, morale was low. There was no 'sit down and discuss' but plenty of 'walk around and observe' attitudes. alot of 'suan here suan there' and little 'lets get together as one and solve it together' feeling. I admit i cant stand one member, but then the majority of the squad shared the same view. too late for regrets, hes still in nass for sec 5. although i try to tolerate his whining and nonsense, its wears patience to a chain of atoms [ seriously, that thin ].
Pity, with self disputes and piss-off situations, the external situation of handling the juniors is left to the squad ICs. i know everyone has their own slackers, but then, when i see my squad, its really over the limit. During parade time juniors can tell me that ncos from MY squad is playing table soccer ! dangit ! what is the word d-i-s-c-i-p-l-i-n-e coming into ? crapola ?
Strange how people can be petty with their feelings these days. It adversely affects the others around them. Cos of bad mood, one sec 4 nco shouted at a cadet till i guess, the kid could have wet his pants, then callin them stuff which we should have never said. Side-effects, amazes everyone how negative it'll be once a sinlge member of leadership is turned against the others.

Hopefully God will show me the Way, should i return to the unit to try and help ?

Is there ever, a final solution to end all things ?


-dino

What do you see in others?

Hey guys, hope u all are having a great time at school! For those not in JC yet, all the best in whatever challenges u might be facing, take things positively, and lets keep everyone in prayer:)

This week, i learnt many things abt girls that i never knew! It changes everything lah, like we guys are forced to act more gentlemanly and stuff. We have to give up our seats and yeah, basically do the dirt work, while the girls have "the right" to enjoy!! Oh man, haha am i being too MCP?? Hope not haha.

Anw, my concern today is not with girls:) I met my class this week. The ppl are pretty much different from my og, some girls from my class are more hiao and hyper, not very nice if i said bimbo, and the guys are also more talkative. Basically they are not as innocent as my og lah. I thot they should be nice ppl, yeah but i was shocked at how fast ppl can make conclusions abt one another.

On the first day, my fren already made up his mind that the girl that seemed very smart is some really bad person. Bcos he's quite competitive when it comes to marks, so juz bocs the other girl spoke with a strange angmoh accent, he already passed judgement on her. They hardly know each other! Another incident was how the talkative group shunned the more quiet group. There was this girl who did not really make the effort to try to allow the more quiet girls to join "the group", but on the train home, i overheard her complaining to her frens that those quiet girls are not making an effort to join "the group". Well i think that's a little unfair. There are other examples, but i dun really want to mention them. I didn't know girls can gossip so much! And for the first time, it really occurred to me how much it can hurt!

For me, i am just as guilty of it. I didn't gossip, but i sorta judged girls on their looks (rjc guys are mostly despo according to someone), and i gave different ppl different treatment. A small difference of saying gd morning to a person can make a lot of difference! I treated the "chio bus" slightly nicer u could say, maybe chatting more with the pretty ones more often. When i realised this, i felt really sick inside, like how could i do this? How could i be so insensitive, to sift the "better looking" ppl from the "more quiet" bunch of frens? I thot to myself, how would i feel if someone did the same to me, if someone smite me behind my back?

What do u see in others? Do u see a person as someone who is just like u, deserving as much love as u do, or do u see someone as whatever u think u see from the outside? Do u see just another pretty face? Sometimes we can be caught off-guard, thinking we do not show favouritism. But if we are not alert, we can in fact be guilty of giving differing treatment to ppl.

We should love whoever we come across in our lives, whether they are mean or not as charming as we would like them to be. I made my decision to love anyone, anyone whom i come across, in truth and in action. I'm not going to spend more time with some ppl just bcos they appeal to my natural senses more, u know wad i mean? Sometimes we get caught up in trying to be in the hype, like hanging out with the coolest dudes, but i think there's something not right abt it.

Guys i also need some help here. Sometimes when i try to talk to more quiet ppl, it seems really hard for them to open up lah. Think i need more patience, but i seriously want to get to know them, if there is a good way of trying to help them open up, i would like to know. I'm not an expert in this area at all.

I see in others ppl who need the love of Christ, so let us do our best to show that we are ppl of love, as the bible says in Eph 5:1-2. Be imitators of God, as dearly loved children and live a life of love. I am struggling to show love to others, bcos i can be quite erm..., dao sometimes. But i want to be a warm and friendly person, just like who Jesus is. I want to take the initiative to reach out to everyone in love. Guess we all need each other and Christ's help to do that.

That was my reflection for the week, hope it's not too boring or irrelevant, cos it means alot to me. God bless u abundantly guys, missing u all alot, hoping to see u all on sunday!

Love, Timothy

Hello all! :)
While you all are still orientating, most in school, one at home, and one is already bombarded with tests, let us not forget each other in our prayers even as we lead our own lives everyday. I guess this is what this blog is about, to keep each other in touch with our lives, and it really is something we need to be proactive about. So guys, let's keep this blog alive yea! It's all up to you.

Last year at that camp I went (the ONLY camp by the way :D), we talked a lot about the body of Christ in Romans 12:1-21. As Sue and I told you all before, Varsity Christian Fellowship (VCF) is made up of Christians from all walks and denominations, and it really opens your eyes to the varied ways God works in our lives, and how it all just comes together so perfectly at the end. So, my group is really made up of very different people, and at certain times we could really feel the tension. We all had very different abilities, and there was once I felt extremely overwhelmed by my helplessness in certain situations, when the rest stood tall. It was really a battle within our group and within ourselves. At the end of the day we always thrashed things out, voiced out our opinions and troubles, but the most important thing I learnt was that, we should always run back to God.

In that camp I really saw how God specifically put my team together, so that we may be able to complement each other. For example, I'm the only one in the group who knows how to play any instrument, this girl was fantastic at dealing with the group's finances in a way none of us could have done, my leader has really good public speaking skills etc. We might be really different, but God in His wisdom put us together so we might fill up each other gaps, and we might even have differences in opinions regarding the doctrine (like speaking in tongues, how to worship), but it is our common love for God that brings us together.

Likewise, in our cell, there will always be people who will be better than others in certain areas, and we might all be really different, but let us not forget that our sole purpose of being in a cell is to fellowship and lend support to each other I Christ. Many times people forget that, and they only go for the fellowship, and when the fellowship isn't up to their expectations, they leave. However, a cell is not all about the people, but it's a peopleof God coming together out of a desire to know more about God, and to draw support from each other. Let not our differences hinder us from seeking God yea! And let's always support each other cos it's really really really important. I never understood its importance until after I left my cell and I felt so completely lost. So appreciate each other while you still have this cell!

AND I apologize for the lack of a tagboard, simply because I have no idea how to put it up :/ Any tech genius wanna takeover? Cos I'm obviously not making any progress! Haha. And stay healthy everyone! Don't be like me I'm down with a flu cos of Sat's games in which I was dehydrated la that's why Sunday so no strength. But I didn't fall asleep! Cheryl can testify. Haha.

God Bless!

new year new beginning!

hii everyone!

haha i'm just randomly posting this entry because i feel super high! well, a new blog for a new year, so hopefully everyone would keep this blog alive and not let it be a successor of our officially dead blk 912 blog. hope everyone is adapting well to their new school environment, and for those still struggling with the last year in sec school, God Bless and he'll take care of the Rest! okay i dunno wad else to say liao, erm happy 2007?

Pris

Welcome!

Hello guys & gals! Happy New Year..It's finally up yah? Superb..okok..the links to other websites are at the side and the password and username for this blog will be made available in our Yahoo! group, because if I post it here..you get the picture..hahas..okok..hoping to see loads of activity in here soon yah..take cares and God bless!