My Life

Have you ever imagined?

2007-09-13T05:40:00.000-07:00

Have you ever imagined living a life without vision?
Have you ever imagined living a life without someone to hold on to?
Have you ever imagined living a life aimlessly?
Have you ever imagined living a life without knowing what you are after?
Have you ever imagined living a life without someone who will love no matter who you are and what you've done in your past?

Maybe you are living life in that way at the moment.
Maybe you are lost, aimless, empty, depressed, sad, angry, hurt, feel abandoned by your love ones.
But you have to know that life doesnot need to be like that.
We can live a fulfilling life, filled with joy, not half empty or half full but overflowing...
We can live that life in Jesus......

Have you ever imagined living a life without Jesus?

I have....and the thought of not having Him in my life scares me.
After knowing Christ and having Him in my life, I realize that life without Him is no life at all.
Life without Him will be empty, scary, painful and aimless.
The thought of not having Him in my life scares me.....I cant imagine what I will be like without Him....I'll be lost, sad, empty.
But in Him, I have hope, dreams, vision. It doesnt mean that life will be cruisy, without problems and down times. But it does mean that when I'm down I can hold on to His hands to lift me up, when I'm sad I can still find my joy in Him, when I'm hurt I can find my comfort in Him, when I'm scared I find my peace in Him, when I'm lost I'll find my way in Him. That's what life in Christ is, filled with joy, hope, strength and love.

Have you ever imagined living your life with Christ in you?
I can tell you that that's the best thing you can do to yourself.
Trust me. I know how it feels like to live life without Him, and I can definitely say that to have Jesus in me is the best thing that's ever happened in my life.

God the mountain mover

2006-11-07T22:57:00.000-08:00

Halllllooooo.....gosh im back to share something incredible incredible incredible...ahhahaha...that's lots of incredibles....So what's so increadible? God's incredible for he's healed my dad.
So here we go, last year my dad went for heart check, he's got a bit of high blood pressure and high cholesterol level. So he went to penang at first for a test to check if there's any blocked arteries in his heart. The test at that time showed quite significant blockages of at least one of the artery, couldnt really remember which one, but i read the report and it did write that at least one of the artery was blocked quite severely. So last month my dad decided to go for another test. He went to singapore this time and he did this test called the thallium scan. So what this test does is to look at the circulation of the heart before and after exercise, and also to look at how well the heart is pumping blood. So I've been really praying that God will heal my dad of his heart condition. Being a medical student, I cant help but to know that heart condition is not a very nice thing to have ( for obvious reasons...).

So I've been praying and claiming for my dad's health, believing in God by faith that he's gonna heal my dad. I actually pray specifically that the test result will come out to be totally normal, that there will be no blockages of the heart arteries, and all the blockages will be opened and cleared. ANDDDDDD...yesterday my dad's secretary sent me a message to ask me about the test result, she sent me a short summary of what the report said. ANDDDD....PRAISE GOD, my dad's heart is functioning normally, the test showed no reduced heart circulation before and after exercise, there's no evidence of reduced perfusion of the heart,every part of the heart is beating strong with good output.....ALL IN ALL THE TEST DID COME OUT TO BE PERFECTLY NORMALLLLL.....HOW GOOD IS GODDDD!!!!!!...HE again came through for me and my family. Im just sooo in awe when i read my secretary's message and to be honest I still couldn't believe what I read...ahhahahaa..it's just awesome.....now...... isnt God incredible or what. He answers prayers and there's no limit to what He can do. Remember, God has unlimited power but He's only limited by what we can believe in. If we believe for small things, then He can only do small things. But if we dare to believe God for big things, He surely can do big things. There's no limit to His power and this testimony is the evidence of it. God is indeed the mountain mover. He can move our mountains of troubles, problems, no matter how big they seem.

I hope this will encourage you if you're believing in God for a miracle in your life. Remember, there's no limit to what God can do. God's only limited by what we believe in. If your circumstances seem big, know that God is bigger.Don't put God in a box ( we cant even fit ourself in a box whatmore God...ahahha...). Don't put your hope in men, not even yourself. Proverbs 3:5 says" Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths."

woww...what a weekend

2006-11-04T23:12:00.000-08:00

woah what a weekend for me...
Went for dinner with the girls to celebrate our dearest friend, Tricia's coming wedding this December. Congratulations Tricia. Im sure you'll be such a lovely and beautiful bride as you already are such a beautiful person......Again, Congratsss!!!!...Am really happy for you and Im sure you and jon will be such a strong couple that will definitely be a blessing to all those around you as both of you already have been.... That's on a really happy note.

But on a sad note, another dear friend of mine, Casey, has just left for good today. And we went for a group dinner as a farewell party for him. I'm really gonna miss him a lot, he's just been such a great friend and of course a great co-leader of our coolest lifegroup. He's just been a blessing. Casey if you're reading, Hope things go well with you back home ya. Know that you're dearly missed by all of us here in melbourne. Don't forget to come back here and visit us. And of course, I'll see you in April when i visit malaysia on my way back to Indonesia. No matter what you do, I'm sure the hands of the Lord are with and upon your life. You'll succeed in everything that you do and I believe that you will fulfill the dreams that God's put upon your heart. You've been such a tremendous tremendous blessing to all of us here in Melbourne and I'm sure you'll be a great blessing wherever you go too. Know that you'll always have a friend in me. No matter what you do, DONT YOU DARE FORGET ME k? I know you wont...ahhahahhahhaha.......you wont dare i suppose...muahahahhaha...im jokingggggggg.....Casey's a lovely person so he'll definitely remember all of us. Keep us updated with things back home k?

Well..that's my weekend and these are the photos. I made opera cake, recipe taken from my fave blog http://pennylanekitchen.blogsome.com
Highly recommended everyone, try and make it, you'll love it, you dont even need to decorate much coz it's already such a wonderful and beautiful cake...
chao chaooooo....

Unconditional love

2006-11-03T19:54:00.000-08:00

What does unconditional love mean?
According to Oxford dictionary, Unconditional= not subject to any condition.
So unconditional love to me means a love that's not subjected to any condition or sitution. Love that's ever so strong and true despite of all the weaknesses of the other party, love that persists through the good and the bad, love that doesn't change despite circumstances that ever so often change in our life, love that's always there even when we dont deserve it, love that's ALREADY there when we havent realized it. To me, that's unconditional love.

But how often do we find this kind of unconditional love. Honestly, not very often I find. Too often in our society and even as a child, we were brought up in a culture which says " if you're required to do something that doesnot benefit you, dont do it.".Too often we try to work so hard to try to obtain other's love and approval. Don't you agree with me?
We try to be nice, smile at people, do nice things to others so that we can obtain their love. Honestly, in our society nowadays do you think many people will love us if we are harsh, impolite and rude? Well.....i guess all of us know the answer. Too often people love us not of who we are but of what we do or have done. Where then can we find unconditional love? Im not saying that we shouldn't improve to be a better person. Neither am I saying that we should be rude and harsh to others. No no no no...Im a kinda person that am completely into being a nice person to others. But that's not the point, my point is, all of us are human and we make mistakes yea? We do wrong things, we have our ups and downs, good and bad day, happy and sad day. No one escapes making mistakes in life. And when we do, do we have people around us that'll say : "I love you no matter what mistakes you've done in your life. It's not too late to change." Well of course some of us do, but sometimes people are too quick to judge that we aren't given the opportunity to change.

I think unconditional love can only be found in God. I was strucked in awe again by God's love the other day. He made me realize again how much He loves me despite of all my weaknesses, all my shortcomings, all the mistakes that I've done in my life and all those times that I have either intentionally or unintentionally hurt Him. His love is always there. He is the ONE that'll continue to love me with a love so strong, a love so true despite of all my weaknesses. Even at times when I've walked away from Him, at times when I've neglected His presence in my life, He is always there waiting for me to run back to Him. And when I take that one step back to Him, guess what? He'll take that extra 100 steps to me. All He wants is just that one step back to Him. Nothing can separate us from the love of God the bible says, not angels or demons, not heaven or earth. His love is always there for us. he loves us even before we love Him. But the only way that we can get disconnected from God's love is when we choose to walk away from Him. His love is STILL there even when we walk away, but it's us that choose not to experience it. But we we turn back, we'll always find Him, Our Father, there waiting for us.

A love so strong, a love so true.
This love I find when I found You.

Bday cupcake project!!!

2006-10-27T09:10:00.000-07:00

Hi there everyone....
gosh after so long...I'm finally back again....
Today's my lovely housemate's bday...happy birthday ADELINE...this post is for you...if you're reading...ehehhehe......For the rest who are reading this post, Ade is really such a sweet girl.....She's an excellent housemate, TV mate, chatting mate and of course just a great friend to me. Doesn't she look just beautifulllllll??....again Happy birthday girl, really look forward for the dinner this evening with you, I'm sure we'll have heapsssss of fun.....

Soooo.....roughly one month ago I decided to make a bday cupcake for her.....Karen( my other housemate) and I then decided to make this bday cake and it turned out well.....
I was inspired by another girl who made bday cake for one of my friend out of cupcakes and since then i decided that I want to make it for Adeline's bday too...coz i just thought that It's something different and it actually looks really cuteee....=).....We decorated with white chocolate which we added in pink colouring, milk chocolate, flowers made out of marshmallow fondant and I made my own chocolate balls. The cupcakes that we used were coffee cupcakes and Devil's foodcake cupcake...It turned out really nice...All thanks to Karen too who decorated the decorating chocolate really nicely....check out all the decos we put ...ehehhee....it was really a fun project...wouldn't mind making it again for another friend's bday if the opportunity comes up.....

ok.....guess that's all from me for now..very sleepy and I'm really going to bed soon...I'll write more about our food adventure tomorrow....chaoooo....

first attempt at cake deco...

2006-10-15T04:40:00.000-07:00

Hi there...as promised...hahahaha..here I am writing a bit about my weekend and my baking experience through the weekend...
I made pandan chiffon cake on Saturday.....that was my second attempt and I turned out wayyyy better than my first one......my first chiffon cake just look and tasted weird.....it's tooooo green coz I put too much pandan essence and it's not quite that "chiffon-y" if you get what I mean. But this attempt was fantastic....well we learn from our mistakes dont we....I used the wrong flour and the temperature was too high....

So this is the recipe:
PANDAN CHIFFON CAKE

Ingredients 1:
-200 gr egg white ( around 5 large eggs)
- 150 gr castor sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tar tar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt

Ingredients 2:
- 150 gr self rising flour OR cake flour
-5 egg yolks
- 75ml vegetable oil
- 100 ml coconut cream
- 1 teaspoon pandan essence ( please dont put too much coz it'll taste and look like play dough...ahhahahah.....that's what happened to my first one)

Method:
- Heat up oven at 170 degrees celcius
- Ingredient 1, mix everything and beat till stiff peaks form ( around 5 minutes with hand held mixer)
- Ingredient 2, put the flour in a bowl, make a well in the centre and put the egg yolks in, mix in one direction, add in oil and coconut cream slowly until you get a paste. Add in pandan essence. Mix well.
- Pour 1/3 of ingredient 1 into ingredient 2, mix well, add in the mixture back to ingredient 1, mix well.
- Pour into a chiffon pan or bundt pan WITHOUT greasing it with oil or flour.
- Put in oven for 30 minutes and turn down the temperature for 150 degrees celcius and bake for another 15 minutes or until it turns brown or an inserted cake tester/tooth pick comes out clean.
- Take cake out from oven and turn it over. Wait till the cake cools down then use a knife to scrape the side of the cake to help you get the cake out of the pan.
- While baking, NEVER OPEN OVEN DOOR

And i also baked a japanese cheesecake, you can get the recipe at http://pennylanekitchen.blogsome.com . Go to the cheesecake section and look for japanese cheesecake. Forgive the decoration. It was my first attempt using a decorating bag so obviously I need more practice....ahhahhaha...

And today's church service was great, pastor Doery preached a great message on believing that God is a God that's able to turn the impossible possible. He is the GOd of abundance and able to give us the miracles that we need or have been praying for. That really lifts up my spirit and I really felt very encouraged.....Sooo..keep believing everyone, God is able....

Well..that's all from me for now........I attached some of the pics we took today.....enjoyyy.....

Weekend's here againnn....

2006-10-13T01:17:00.000-07:00

Wooohhooo...weekend's here..but my weekend wont exactly be the type that I want it to be....why you wonder? coz I have to study...guess for the next one month I'm just gonna lock myself at home and study study study study......My final exam's coming up and I kinda regret haven't been studying as much as I should have prior to this...ahhahah...but ou well..what can I say.....It's my last semester, I'm finishing soon, why not enjoy the last bit of my student life coz working life will be absolutely different.....

For those who are having exams...my lovely friends.....work hard, work smart...dont be too stressed out. Just do your best, I'm sure you'll be fine......My motto is : "Just do my best and God will do the rest."

If you're feeling stressed out, just stop and rest.......no point forcing yourself when you know that nothing can go in anymore, take a short nap, have a cuppa coffee, watch tv, pray, just do whatever it is that can make you relax....and then start studying again....

I'm gonna make japanese cheesecake during the weekend...will post the picture and recipe up for you guys. I've tried the recipe a couple of times and my sister absolutely loves it...hahahaha..and me too.....

For those who havent tried jap cheesecake you gotta make this cake, it's soft, spongy, melts in your mouth and not as rich as normal cheesecake so you can have another piece if you want to. You can also add in green tea powder ( which you can get in asian grocery I suppose )to make green tea cheesecake. I've even tried brewing couple of bags of herbal tea and put it in, and it tasted absolutely fantastic.....!!!

Sooooo.......don't miss out my post for this recipe k? check out my next post...
chao chaooo.....

with or without egg? well they just taste as good....

2006-10-07T06:51:00.000-07:00

harrrlllllloooo.....im backkkk againnnn...ehhehehe...
wondering what my post this time is all about eh? and what a weirrrrddd titleeee...with or without egg?
who loves to eat eggs? be it scrambled..omelette...poached....in cakes...they just taste great aren't they...
I personally loveeeee to eat eggs.......no matter how they are cooked they are just soooooooo yummy and tasty...whatmore they are always easy to prepare....well except for poached egg, I still havent found out the proper way to cook poached egg....those with runny yolks and perfect shape...anyone got any idea...please lemme know...would love to know how to make the perfect poached egg...

NOW NOW NOW.......my post today is aboutttt.....EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE..some of you must have tasted it at some point....some of you havent.....i came across this eggless choc cake recipe early this week and it just loookkkkkkk sooo yummmyyyy.....it's baked in a bundt pan.....as you can see in the pic......and they just look nice...

I baked it yesterday for my lovely friend Wendy's bday party....she's just such a lovely person..i dedicate this post to you girl...it's been such a blessing to know you and to have you as a friend....I'm glad that you enjoyed the bday party and you just look so happy and lovely...keep staying the way you are, keep being you coz you just shine.....You've been a blessing.....and pleaseeeeeee make sure you come back to MElbourne in the future kkkkkk? please please pleaseeee....ehehehhehhe.....

So i baked this cake to bring for her bday party, and it tastes great...it's not as rich as choc mud cake but yet it's "chocolatey" enough and the best it it's not too sweet so that you can always go for second serving....it's also moist enough....and it's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo easy to make....and im serious.....anyone can make this cakeeee.........hahahaha....you just measure everything in a bowl and just use your arm muscle to mix it all togetherrrr...gosh how easy is it....it's really worth trying....get the recipe at http://bakingsheet.blogspot.com, look for eggless choc cake.......

enjoy!!!!

To worship = To sacrifice

2006-09-30T07:01:00.000-07:00

What does worship really mean to you?
Singing? clapping? dancing? giving praises?
Is that all?
Is there more to it?
I finally realize again that to worship means to sacrifice.
To come back to a heart of worship means to bring to the Lord an offering that costs me something.
As King David says:"Let me not bring something to the Lord that doesn't cost me anything."
Do we always keep this in mind when we worship God? When we give our tithe and offering? When we sing? When we go for choir rehearsal? When we go to church?Does it always cost us something? be it our time, energy, attention.... Or do we do those things because it's convenient for us at that point of time, because there's nothing much to do on sunday morning anyway, because I have that extra money to give God. Does the offering you bring to GOd cost you anything at all?

Sometimes going to church becomes a routine and we start to forget about the true heart of worship. Often, we bring our offerings to God that does not cost us anything.

It is not worship until it costs us something. It takes sacrifice to truly worship.
It's when we choose to give thanks to God despite of our bad circumstances, when we choose to worship even when we have the worst day of our life, it's when we choose to give thanks when things have gone wrong, when we choose to give the last few dollars in our wallet to glorify God, when we choose to go to church despite of having only 3 hours of sleep last night.....it's when it costs us something, that's worship.
God is not a God that is very often wrongly perceived by a lot of people. Many people think that "He is a Big Man up there who is so far away from us" and sometimes lots of people think that " He is a God with super high ego that wants everyone to worship Him."
Honestly, GOd has millions of angels to worship Him 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year...NON STOP. He doesnot need us to make Him feel more worthy or great. But Why does He wants you to worship Him then? Because He loves us so much, that our worship matters so much to Him. Because HE loves us so much that just by hearing us say "I love You Lord" brings so much pleasure and joy to Him. He does not need us to worship Him to make Himself feel more worthy, He is worthy no matter what, because He is God. But HE wants us to worship Him because HE rejoices in it, and our worship just put a smile on His face and makes His day. Very often we will say: " that person/incident made my day." . Know today that YOU make God's day great. YOU make Him happy. You make Him smile. So worship Him with a true heart of worship.

Bring your offering that you know will put a smile on God's face.

sniff sniff

2006-09-26T17:09:00.000-07:00

sniff sniff.......i caught this cold virus from my general practice rotation.....hiks...after seeing like 200000 patients with the virus ( I'm exaggerating big time, i didnt see that many patients at all ), finally i got it.....Well, i thought i'd be strong and healthy enough not to get it.....been coughing a bit, and it's dry cough....gosh it's just so irritating...feels like something's in your throat but just dont wanna come out......and been having a bit of runny nose...
Hope I wont give the virus to all the patients im seeing......Really feel like resting at home but i feel bad, being such a diligent student (hahahahaa...i wish) i have to come here even it's just half day...IM JOKING, im really not that hardworking. The fact that I'm writing up a post now when I'm at my general practice clinic shows that I'm not a very hardworking kinda person eh? agreee???.....

Ou well...hopefully I'll get well soon. For those having cold too....rest, take vitamin C if you want and remember to drink plenty of water to keep yourself hydrated. Those at comfort of a home with your parents, make your mom boil a nice pot of chicken soup for you....just comfort food, makes you feel loved and better....

Other than that, well there's really nothing else you can do really, antibiotics are useless against virus. If your condition gets worse go to your local doctor( that's what we always tell patients just to be on the safe side...=)...) Oh well.....be good everyone and stay away from me coz i might transfer some virus to you....hahahaha....caoooo....

finally.....

2006-09-22T00:46:00.000-07:00

Hi thereeee...
finally after such a long absent im back here writing my new post.....
I havent had any inspiration to write recently....but now i think i do.....and it's becauseeee...FINALLY my craving for scones is satisfied...
I baked my own scones today...yum yum!!!!...love scones...actually this is my second time baking this.....I love it so much after i baked it last time and I decided to bake another batch today....

It's called Raisin/sultanas oat scones.....the texture is really good, no metallic after-taste some scones give and it tastes like digestive biscuits ( for some reason). Though it does not rise as much but I really like this recipe.....
For those interested in making it, check out the recipe at www.joyofscones.com and look for cranberry oat scones....

I modified the recipe a little bit. I didnt add in lemon zest and instead of cranberry i used raisins/sultanas. I also replaced buttermilk with thickened cream. For those who love to bake, try this recipe. You'll fall in love with it as much as I do. The most important step in making scones is really the step where you mix the dry and wet ingredients together. DO NOT OVERWORK THE DOUGH. Just like muffins, if you overwork the dough you'll get really hard scones ( which you probably can carry as a weapon in case if you meet some bad guys on the street you can just throw it at the person and he/she will knock out coz it's too hard....im joking, that's lame im sorreeeeyyyy...). So when you add in the wet ingredients just mix it until it's just combined. However, if you realize that you've overworked the dough after you bake it, dont feel discouraged, try again next time now that you know how much you should mix it.

www.joyofbaking.com is really such a great website for recipes. As well as http://pennylanekitchen.blogsome.com . I really love these two websites, they have excellent recipes with great pictures...go and check it out.
Anyway, that's for my new post today...
caooooo.......enjoy the recipe.....

Oh oh another thing, just to give you a thought for the day :" Do not let fact replace faith in your life. ". This thought came to me this morning when I was praying for different people facing different circumstances and that includes me too. One thought that came to mind at that time was this phrase: don't let fact replace faith in my life. Well, let me explain. Facts are facts. Examples of facts: exam's 7 weeks ahead and i still got heaps to study or friends/relatives been diagnosed with certain physical illness. Those are facts. When we face circumstances, those are facts. But no matter what we face in life, always keep our faith in God that HE can give us the breakthrough we need. IF you focus too much on your circumstances, you'll eventually lose your faith in God and hence you might even feel helpless or hopeless. Do not let those negative circumstances/facts cloud your mind. Keep on believing that He is able to calm the storm, He is able to heal the sick, He is able to meet all your needs, He is able to turn my negative circumstances and bring good things out of it. HE is able!!...So no matter what circumstances you are facing right now, the fact is that those problems ARE there, they ARE real...but no matter what keep on believing that "All things work for the good of those who believe in Him."

okay then...that's all from me for noww....
till i write again...!!!

who'd like to have a scone and a cuppa tea??

2006-09-14T08:02:00.000-07:00

So.....who'd like to have a scone and a cuppa tea? the answer to that question issss ME....ahhahhah..im currently at the stage where im reallllyyy reallllyyy craving for scones, with jam and cream..and tea....what better combinations can we get?

It's all the newspapers' fault......not their fault actually...guess it's more like my appetite's fault....coz i read this article which wrote about scones and all of them looked sooo yummy and it just builds up this thing within me which yells out..."I want to make my own scones too"
I've never tried to bake scones before...but i'll do it probably tomorrow or the day after.....if it's successful maybe i can then take some pics and post it up, so make sure you check it out k?

Since Im here i might as well just talk a bit about my day today, it's been quite a fruitful day, for those who dont know me, I am a medical student and Im currently doing my general practice posting at one of the clinic in melbourne. Today has been a good day, got to talk to different patients and interact with them ,which is one of the area of medicine that I really love. Honestly, I love what Im doing. It's just soooo exciting, we meet with different people from different backgrounds everyday. Some come for regular check ups, some come with different needs and conditions. But one thing that I've really learnt from my current rotation is that no matter what kind of background they come from we need to see beyond that and provide them with the best care we can provide to them. Because very often our preconception of a particular person will affect our attitude towards that person.

I guess this applies to our daily lives as well. When we see people on the street, isn't it too easy for us to judge just by looking at them even when we don't know them. When someone's not dressing properly or look a bit dirty, the thing that often comes to mind is : "Ihhh..they are smelly..".....OR " oh that must've been a poor guy/lady"...

and when we see someone who carries branded bag the thing that comes to mind will be " ohhh...she must've been really rich"

Those are the thoughts that we often have when we walk around and meet people...and too often we make judgements on people just by their outward appearance, which will eventually affect the way we react or treat those individuals even when we dont know them. The bible says that we should not judge others and before we take the speck out of our brother's eyes, look at ourself first. If we have plank in our own eyes how can we see clearly and tell our brothers that they have speck in their eyes. This is really something that I need to keep learning as well, to see people beyond their appearance and to look at them as who they really are from the inside. It's too easy to judge people from their outward appearance, but is it fair to make such judgements when we dont really know that person? The answer is of course not. It's not even right to judge when we know that person, how can we judge when we dont know them in the first place. But it's not easy to stop ourselves from judging as well because often we are on our autopilot mode that the moment we interact with someone certain preconceptions just build up in our mind which will eventually affect the way we interact or react to that person. And for me one of the most difficult thing to deal with is when I judge others by what I HEAR about that person from other people, well in other words "gossiping". Because more often than not, what we hear from the other person is not true. So always keep an open mind when someone talks bad about another person in front of you coz most of the time it may not be true.

A person may look all happy and cheerful on the outside, but who knows if actually he/she is hurting badly inside. And a person who looks all dirty and rude on the outside may have a really gentle and loving heart on the inside too. Isn't this true? something to think about isn't it?

I have not reached the state where im 100% not judging others yet and i guess no one has. But I think we need to try the best we can not to judge.

This is really something that Im continuing to learn everyday and up until the day I die. To try my best not to judge, and to look at people for who they really are.

Just a passing thought again....cheers

A beginning

2006-09-10T20:45:00.000-07:00

Hi there everyone,
Wow i never thought that i will start to have my own blog. Honestly, im not the type of person who likes to write....but this thought just came up to my mind when i was browsing through my beloved friend, hueiweun's blog...and i thought "hm...why not? it's not a bad thing to write up my thoughts and let others know a little bit more about my life eh?"...so that's why i start blogging....well i guess this is gonna be an interesting and exciting journey...a start of a new journey for me....which is why i put the title of this first blog as "A beginning".

So what am I going to write up for my first post? Im not sure myself.....hahahaha....but i can foresee that i will put down the thoughts that will be flowing in my mind in the future, some of my recipes maybe if i dont get too lazy to cook and write the recipes up for you so that you can share my joy of cooking.

A thought just came up to mind....Life is such an exciting journey isnt it? Everyday is a new page or a new paragraph, and every season is like a new chapter. Some chapters are longer, some are shorter. Some filled with joy, some with pain, and many are a mixture of both. We will tend to like or dislike some of them more than the others, and again there will be a mixture of feeling to many of those chapters in life. There will always be a time where you have to close a chapter and start a new one, at times we can do it with joy and at times with much difficulty. You wont know what will happen the next day and even the next second. Every second is like an adventure. There will be ups and downs, good and bad, joy and pain...yet all those make up who we are in the future. What we experience today will shape who we will be tomorrow. So count it all joy to go through the good and the bad. At times things may be difficult and you may be thinking
"Why does this have to happen? Why does it have to be me? Why can't things go the way I want it to?" But through those painful moments we will grow stronger, more mature and we can use those experiences in the future to help those who maybe going through similar things in their lives. So dont give up friends when you are going through trials, it will bring the best out of us if we stay strong.

There is a chapter in the bible which says that there is a time for everything. A time to laugh and a time to cry, a time to sow and a time to harvest. So whatever season we are going through right now, let us stay strong and keep believing that the sun will still shine again and think of things that you can thank God for. Be thankful of what we have instead of complaining of what we dont have, because we will never come to a point where we will have everything. There will always be things that we dont have. So look at your life and start thanking God for what you have today, i reckon that will be a much better way to live life. It will give you so much more joy and happiness. I've been through my ups and downs in life, but through all of those i truly can see that " all things happens for the good of those who believes in HIM , those who are called according to His purposes."

A friend told me once: " I dont know what tomorrow holds, but i know the ONE who holds tomorrow." I thank God that HE holds my life in His hands every single day, and He holds yours too...

Just a thought from me......cheers