Kathy! This is for you!

My fellow April babe. Next year April, I'll be celebrating my birthday without you already...

Retreat -> 休息是走更长远的路。。。

Back Dated Thanksgiving...

Got my common test papers back like one month ago, did better than I had expected.

Marketing: 42.5/50
Human Resource Management:47/50
Financial Market and Services: 47/50

Never do so well in my tests before, was shocked and happy at the same time.

Been busy for the last one month, meeting deadlines for project. Projects will take up 20% of my course work yet I had to work like crazy for it. It does not commensurate the efforts put in. But well, thats how the world work.

Exams is approaching.. Schedule as follow..
16th Aug: Marketing
18th Aug: Human Resources Management
20th Aug: Financial Market & Services

Need to start revision soon... Pray that I will do well.
Looking for temp job starting 1st Sept 2008, anyone got lobang please let me know.. =)

That's all for now.

-Serene-

As some of you may know, Jocelyn wasn't in a very good state last Friday. Was actually down the whole of last week...work didn't seem to be as smooth sailing as I naively thought. Made a lot of mistakes and blunders due to my carelessness and lack of spirit of excellence. I was more disappointed in myself than being affected when my colleague ticked me off. I wonder, what happened? Why had I become so incapable? People thought I can do it...I thought I can do it...in the end, it was all in thoughts only... My confidence and ego were hit. Not only did my colleagues lose trust in me, I lost trust in myself, thinking whether I can really "do it", whether I can excel in my "career", if there was a career to talk about in the first place. Since then, I went to work heavy-hearted, head down, praying each day that there would be no mistakes made. Work kind of took on a whole new meaning for me.

But God did encourage me, told me off gently actually. That I should bring Him more often to my work place, spend more time with Him and walk closer with Him, "...seeking first the kingdom of God and then all other things will fall into place..."

I've to work doubly hard now, not only to perform my tasks excellently, but also to earn back my trust, to win my colleagues and boss over again. But this time, I hope to do it with God. Pray for me, won't you?


-Jocelyn-

ooh wait i forgot to give thanks for something on friday too :)

thank God i got tuition now. yea dont shoot me im happy to have tuition heh heh. my gp needs saving, and i dont blame my teacher now cos my class really is big... And the good thing abt my tuition teacher is that he was once a relief teacher for my class. He comes to potong pasir to teach us, and doesnt charge so ex, esp when im paying by myself( yay :) )... 1-1 at $150 for minimum 1.5 hours a month haha... can extend de :)

and the cool thing is, he's christian too! and he was asking me to go the conference at SAC on friday. He's into theological studies. Can learn abit from him. He's doing it for his last year for philosophy i think... He shared one thing:

God is well known by us all to be "love". However, for love to exist, a subject must be present, like someone to love. So since God is only 1(before man was created), how can God be love... Then we rmb that God is 3-in-1, so love can exist in God, so God is love!

(i dont know if i put it in proper words, but the idea is there right? haha)

He said something about Man, but i cant rmb... Cool teacher :)

and thank God for friends too~~~ : )

Give thanks!!

Just want to thank God that He sustained my dad back to work. Yesterday, the doc said that he has fully recovered. Yeah! Thank God for that and he is able to bend his left knee at least at right angle. think he won't be able to squat or to kneel again. :( .. at least he is alright now. :) Not really happy with his working hours. However he finds it ok cos he says it quite light duty. Well, as long as he can cope and he enjoys it. I'm fine with it.

Thank God for my colleagues! They had a surprise cake for me. Ha.. weitan even got me out to packet lunch for them. when I got back to my company, they were all ready to sing birthday song for me. The colleague that recently resigned even came down to celebrate my birthday. thank God for friendship at the work place. Yah.. realise that i've always focused on the unhappy things that happened at work. Actually, work place can be quite fun too. It's how we choose to respond and relate to different individuals.

Had to train a new guy at work today. Thank God for for the opportunity to talk to him. Managed to find out that his friends brought him to city harvest and New creation church before... Haha.. next step... Have to find chance to tell him about God's love. Pray for me as I embarked on this new mission...to share His love.

Some upcoming events that you might be interested...
Streams of Praise is in Singapore. (Chinese Worship team from taiwan)
Go Forth (mission conference this wed to sat I think...interested parties can go for free night sessions)

Okie... that's abt all for now.

Joy. ...of the Lord is my strength. Yeah!

The musing of a recently turned 29 year old

Hello everyone who remembered my birthday. Thanks so much! At this age (wah... i sound so old) ... I value the cheng-yi more than anything. Of course presents are welcome (haha) as well as all the well wishes! I felt v loved when friends, students, colleagues and family came and celebrated my birthday with me. I ate so many cakes that I have room only for one more. I had oreo cake from s13, strawberry cake from savory fare, strawberry tall-cake from four-leaves, mango cake from s12 and hmmm... let me guess... what cake I will eat on sun? Actually it was quite funny to see so many candles on my cake.... too bad next year only got 3 big ones.

Hmmm everytime people ask me to make a wish... I'm begining to think that wishing... no use... just work hard for what you really want or you pray hard and just keep trusting God! I must live for a worthy cause and make each day count!!! With the prelims drawing near, I feel myself worrying alot about my students. Please pray for me to have wisdom to know how to help them and also to trust God's purposes for them too. We reap not where we laboured.. yup we sometimes don't see the fruit or result, but it doesn't mean that the investment is wasted :)

Cosette I agree that life is certainly more than having good grades... and having a good life... we must have God in the mainframe picture in our lives lest we live our lives in aimless pursuit of the better but miss out the best...which is to live for God's purpose in our lives. We are like jars of clay which holds out the treasure (Jesus) who can shine through gloriously even in the life of one whom society deems as a failure.

- Carol :) -

my first day at work...

thanks for all your prayer!! Today is my first day at work. I went to the Yishun Centre to observe my colleague's lessons. There's so much that I need to learn and pick up...But I must say that it is indeed quite different from classroom teaching...It is less restricted. Students are enticed to learn!!! It is a skill!! Will be quite challenging I suppose but I'm quite looking forward to meet the children. My lesson will offcially start only in 2 weeks' time. Thanks to my boss who is rather understanding. She wants me to settle in first.

Every child is so different and interesting. The teacher in Yishun has also inspired me. She encourages the children and desires that they will continue to try. Many of them are so afraid of making mistakes that they don't even dare to try. In school, sad to say that a lot of teachers don't have time for many of these students. We're so driven to complete the syllabus that we've missed them out.

Continue to pray with me (if you remember) that I too may be a teacher who sees every child through the eyes of God. God created everyone of them with a purpose in mind. May I see the purpose God has in mind for every child.

Thanks!

Cosette Song!!

suddenly remember some of things I like about Tokyo...

they have toilets and food stalls at the train platform! so nice! unlike ours, where our toilets are outside the gantry and "no eating" signs are everywhere...haha...oh, and their toilets are so clean, cleaner than ours! can you believe it...

then hor, their customer service is also superb..unlike our salesgirls who always give us the "buy or scram" look..and the people generally are quite polite..

and the Japanese kids are so well-behaved and cute! so adorable! I rolled my eyes when I see Singaporean kids being rowdy and noisy and whiney...another point to why I'm not thinking about having kids now...hee..

ok, having said all that, I think Singapore is not that bad LA...haha...transport and food are cheaper and shopping is excellent! most importantly, my family and friends and you guys are all here! haha...

anyway, click below to see what Francis had collated about Tokyo!

-Jocelyn-

my first post...

this is my first post. :)

bought a fruit juice press today at TPY! Shihao and James can probably re-enact the scene (how the uncle tries to promote this press). haha....

anyway we were deciding if i should get the fruit press, so we had our "AGM".haha...4 votes out of 7. majority wins and i bought the press! :)

it's not too bad and i just had two cups of orange juice for the day. it has been agreed that i'll bring the press for the retreat and u people can bring the fruits! haha...then we can all have a fruitful retreat!!

Cosette Song!!!

Just one more...takes more time. Have fun!

Yeap! Answer for the previous riddle is Peter. Ok...just one more puzzle.

Hidden Books of the Bible

The names of sixteen books of the English Bible are hidden in the text of the following paragraph. Can you find all sixteen of them?

I once made a remark about the hidden books of the Bible. It was a lulu. Kept people looking so hard for facts and for others it was a revelation. Some were in a jam, especially since the names of the books were not capitalized. But the truth finally struck home to numbers of readers. To others, it was a real job. We want it to be a most fascinating few moments for you. Yes, there will be some really easy ones to spot. Others may require judges to help them. I will quickly admit it usually takes a minister to find one of them, and there will be loud lamentations when it is found. One little lady says she brews a cup of tea, so she can concentrate better. See how well you can compete. Relax now for there are really sixteen names of books of the Bible in this story.

Have fun...
Hui Im

Bible riddle... Have a little fun! Got this off the net...

Who Was He?
There was a man who went one day
On top a Joppa house to pray,
And while he waited for his meat
He dreamed he saw a great big sheet
Let down from heaven, and inside
Fowls and creeping things did ride,
The one who prayed was told to eat,
For God had cleansed this "common" meat.
Who was he?

Fastest Fingers.. haa

Hui Im, Joy

:)

wheeeee, just got back from walk at east coast with kor. (sorry sy, sh and james nvr ask you all out, but i wanted some peace, so just ask 1 person only haha)

its nice just to escape to the seaside, drink something, munch on something and talk your life away... lie on the beach, look at stars, enjoy the breeze and just enjoy the peace at night... escape reality for a while :) yea but we escape until forgot to keep time haha... Thank God that we nice nice took the last bus back home.

but please dont do this things when you have important events coming up, like.... yea, exams. (oops)But do it when you can! something different i suppose... yay im happy and i feel blessed :)

whoo see you guys later today! war starts tmr :)

-bran

something i came acorss in the newpaper yesterday....

hi JK!


sorry been really busy... and like juz finish my good frined's wedding being best man... hha.a... realli tiring man.... some teochew traditional thingy... must pick wife up at 530 before sun can like be shone on her... for good luck ... man..... crazy stuff!


anw.... was juz reading my newpaper yesterday.. and came across an interesting article of which i tot i wld like to share with esp the gals in JK.. or in fact anyother gal ....

the article toks about a true story of a Spore gal... who went on a innocent holiday trip with a guy frined alone... n like shared room with him n like becoz of "circumstances" she had to share the same bed for 2 nites.... seeming thinking that they are normal friends.. n he is a normal guy and seems friendly and like a good friend for sometime...



and ............. at the end of the day... she was molested by him whilst she was sharing the same bed with him.... and she put in her her blog which caused some violent comments from the public.... 'she was asking for it' ....??

but yah juz a reminder for all gals to practice alittle decrenment now n then and like to know that ... good frineds.... normal natured friends .. even like friendly firneds all are sinners and have fallen short of GOd ultimate standards of glory n holiness... and there are hormones... there are moments of weakness of the flesh.. there are the lures of the devil .... n they do exists... we all need to practice safety.. and to rather not take risks ... its like in the safety industry... we always tell our ppl... u can get away with 100 or even 1000 times of unsafe acts... but all you need is that one time to fail... n that one time may be fatal......

and guess this article is a good lesson for us all to learn n draw the mistake form... esp since its a spore gal.... n not some american story where "it-can-never-happen-to-me" tots might occur... yupz.... do be careful gals.... sometimes its not about convinence ... n not about savign moeny... got to know wat is right and what cannot be compromise... haha....

ok here is the link to the electronic website of newpaper....


http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,168150,00.html?

i do not condone or agree to any of the extreme views posted.. but juz a tot to get ppl thinking perhaps?

cheers,
jiawei

Do schools kill creativity?

This is for all the dear teachers in our midst :)
And students too la, found it quite interesting and entertaining.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/66

-Jasmine

About Disneyworld..

Finally got the time to sit down and blog my thoughts on my Tokyo trip. Landed in Singapore just last Saturday, then unpacked, then Sunday went to help mum at her coffee stall after Service...man, am i tired..

Anyway, just wanted to say, the Disney trip was wonderful! It was the highlight of our Tokyo trip. We went DisneySea on the first day and Disneyland on the second, staying overnight at one of Disney partner hotels. The room was really neat and nice and has got the Disney feel! A bit only la..cos that hotel is not one of the main hotels..haha..

DisneySea was really dreamy, like Vienna! (unlike Elizabeth who can be at the real Vienna, I can only dream at DisneySea..haha..) It's so pretty that it's beyond words. I thought, the Americans are really smart and creative to come up with this idea of a Disneyworld..the buildings and technology they use are mind-blowing..of course, they are capable of coming up with anything that's money-making..Oops anyway, the rides at DisneySea are pretty fun too. Initially when we arrived, the place is so big that we don't know where to start. Then we began to plan and strategise and make full use of the 2 days to visit both places. Disneyland was not as fun as DisneySea because the rides are more for kids ( we queued for so long only to find ourselves twirling in some machine in Winnie the Pooh's dream and flying in Peter Pan's world and shooting with Buzz LightYears) and the scenery is not as nice. But when the princes and princesses came out (during parade shows), it's still these classics that can steal your heart away.
Oh, kudos to all Japanese who are working at the Disneyworld! They are so professional. They keep smiling at you and greet you and explain to you the safety precautions even though that may be the hundredth time they are doing it. And for those who are in costumes, they still smile joyfully and cheerfully and move about actively under the hot sun, and they really look like they are enjoying it and that helps in bringing the mood in, you know! I really admire them...i mean, can you imagine doing this over and over again everyday? I can't.. *salute!*

We bought some stuff at DisneySea too and this is one of it!











Isn't it nice?! Hee...with that, I shall end my entry. In the end, only managed to talk about my Disney trip. Shall wrap up my whole Tokyo trip tomorrow! (sorry that i'm talking too much here! hee)

Oh, can view my photos here http://good-times.webshots.com/album/563797455IXcIyq

-Jocelyn-

To LCQ (all can read also la..)

JUNQUAN....i so let you down!! sigh..there was a misunderstanding and we didn't get the cake. ok, let me explain.

(for those who dunno what's going on, junquan actually helped me call SQ and requested for a honeymoon cake, a service they provide to newly-weds..)

we boarded the plane and were sitting near the window seat so getting up was a hassle. then, i don't know how to approach the air stewardess and ask them cos i shy..but i thought, cannot let junquan's effort go to waste! and also, this is meant to be a surprise for Francis! i must do it! so finally, at about 1, 2 plus in the morning (ours was an overnight flight), i got up and approached an air stewardess and told her about the cake thingy and she asked when do i want it to be served. thinking that we just had supper, i said, why don't you serve 1 hour before the plane lands. then i went back to sleep...sleep until 5plus and they came over but we didn't know! of course seeing that we're asleep, they didn't disturb us. then Francis got up before me and went to toilet and the guy actually asked him whether he wants the cake. then Francis blur and said we got married half a year ago, not really newly-wed so no need to have the cake..i found out only after i woke up which is the time about to land already...oh man..

sigh..that's the whole story lor..so sorry leh..

oh then hor! i'm so sad! cos A380 wasn't that fantastic..the economy class looks the same as 777 lor (or was it 747 that we took? aiya..one of it la..)! i thought maybe the business class and first class then got big difference..but you know what's the saddest thing? Paul Chow said I should have explored cos there're 2 levels (there's a staircase somewhere for you to go up and down) and a snack bar at the back! i did try to explore! but as i was walking, everyone's looking at me as if i were a terrorist then i don't dare to walk and just went back to my seat...argh!! i'm so sad!! i miss the real A380 experience!! (ok..hmm..sounds like the A380 experience is climbing stairs and visiting a snack bar..but the difference is, it's in a plane!) so guys, if anyone of you is taking A380, remember to climb stairs and visit the bar! and maybe you can dash into the business and first class and check it out when no one's looking..we peeped through the curtains..they looked like they're sleeping in capsules..haha..

ok, adios! i'm gonna blog about my Tokyo trip now!


-Jocelyn-

CHRONICLES OF NARNIA

HAHA~ I felt like I just went into another world just like Narnia la~ all of u wrote sooo much~~ haha~ yeah~ Think this a nice place to knit everyones' live together : ) WELL DONE UG.., I mean, PRETTY JOCELYN~~~ : D..

To eliz, wat is h&m huh?

that chicken chop reali looks GOOD from the pic la~~~~~! lol~

eh~ den we reali having cell retreat on 080808???

So sorry, I don haf the habbit of checking my mail~ so bear with my time lag~~

JUN QUANNNNN~~~~~ SEE YOU SOON~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!

Yours la,
Terry Theodore

P.S i tot Chris chan sermon on prayer was pretty radical~ any school of thoughts? haha~

.LCQ.is.here.again.

hi all,

i just cut and pasted from the shoutbox on the left.

<LCQ>: mrs chong! so it was a great way to fly, huh? hahaha... so, how? did you get the cake onboard? you said you would tell me via this channel. just read your greetings from japan almost a week ago! hahaha... "ni men hao" from japan, osaka too! i am here till monday. just saw cnn news... didnt know there was an earthquake here in northern japan today. dun worry, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, big-eaters or small-eaters alike, taiwan-wannabes, honey-mooning madam, holidaying students and teachers, working adults, new boys on the block, LCQ is fine! food in japan is super nice too! hahaha... gg shopping tomorrow! cos it is a sunday! ha. but nothing beats home-my humble red spot, my dear singapore! wear red... be proud of being a singaporean! take care, jks! and to liz... happy exam-ing! jia wei misses you loads! he must be, right? see all of you soon... in church, i hope. wont be able to attend till mid-july, i think.

cheering quietly,
chun quan

tell me more about the personality tests (like who has what personality) hahah =) jw said is was interesting too

just got back to reality and life in vienna.. went to travel with my parents to switz and after that played tour guide for them when they came to vienna..tiring but it was nice having them over.. my sis just went erhms h&m crazy..shop and shop (erhms i think we visited 6 h&m in vienna) hahahha..yepps hahha h&m is like my most favourite shop here in vienna and europe.. i think in every city i visit i'll head over to check out the h&m.. bleghhh ehhhs tt's coz here in vienna i'm pretty shopping deprived..there's not many nice shops to shop from and h&m is like more reasonable..

my exam is tmr!!!!!ughhhh entrepreneurship..it's like essay form exam and i din really study since my parents just left today and i've been travelling with them for the past week..bleghh but then again i just need to pass... yeppps there's this other prj due in like 2wks too..and we just started last wk..(or rather my frens haf started on it last wk but i haven...)

sighs life is back to reality..the usual routinues and getting readjusted to life in vienna again..

to those in taiwan: oooh man u all haf nice chinese fooood! i want also! hahah mango ice (to elisa: tt's like reliving of our hongkong days uh hahaha)

okay back to studying for tmr's exam..blegh

-liz