Long Run

Did a measured long run yesterday, and yes, very happy! =)

Cuz the run on Sunday was just abt 3.5km & at a leisurely pace, i felt unsatisfied and since i was back early, decided to go for a long run yesterday (Mon). Dropped some smses to see if anyone wanted to join me halfway or something, and even my most enthu long run partner (Linus) wasn't in Singapore so yeah...decided to go it alone! Eventhough it may get lonely! hahahah!


Set some goals for the run, i wanted to do more than 10km, try to maintain a pace of 5min/Km, and get in a 1 hour run! =) Yeah...and i started crazy, running up the hill to Kev's place! Madness, never knew how steep it was! HAHAHAHA! Apparently i ran past Kev at KAP bus-stop, but cuz it was drizzling, and i was concentrating on maintaining my cadence, i didn't even look up! Sorry Kev! ahhahaha!

Anyways, very happy with myself, did
12.04km in (more than 10km - CHECK!)
1:00:25 (1 hr 25 secs) [more than 1 hour run - CHECK!]
@ an average pace of 5'01''/Km (Average pace - 1 sec off, not bad at all!)

I feel accomplished! =)

It was a good time running, fantastic to clarify my thoughts, pushing myself to maintain a constant pace, and just relax. Didn't get a runner's high and neither did i bonk, it was just regular (some would say boring) but i like that feeling, it's like being "in the zone" no additional effort, no undue stress, just rhythmic and wonderful. I wonder why no one really talks about the beauty of maintaining a constancy like that? I mean, even in music and so many other things in life, the beautiful can only emerge when there is a solid baseline of constancy. That is why timing (time signature) is so important, then the other instruments can flourish. Wanna harmonise, you need a melody line...yeah...so...hmmm...good thoughts.

I think i'm pretty much like that, i wanna build that constancy first (always, in all things) and then when i get comfortable, then all the creativity & beauty kicks in. I've had so much contact with talented & creative people who wasted what they have because they lack the discipline to bring their thoughts to bear in a consistent manner, or they run wild with their thoughts and hurt others around them...that's sad...

Audience of One

'Having the same primary motivation at work as i have in the rest of my life - the desire to please, love, honour, obey and represent God to the best of my ability - also makes many of my professional decisions a lot less nerve-racking.

If i only have to please God, i can let a lot of other anxieties go. For example, i don't waste a lot of emotional energy worrying,

"What does this colleague or that boss think? What does he or she expect of me?
How is that group going to react? What do these people want?"

It's a lot easier to perform for the audience of One."

"Take the Risk" - Ben Carson

I like what Dr Ben Carson said, he has helped me articulate the life of simplicity that i try to live. I find it very difficult to work towards multiple goals or manage multiple expectations, and in recent years, i've really discovered what "single-mindedness" really means.

And yeah...in that, i realise that the simplicity in homing in to the goal means just one thing. And it is..."Living for the audience of One" Everything i do can be checked back with that, and it helps me in prioritising, setting goals, changing plans (yes, plans do change!), being flexible in thinking, not taking offence, addressing core issues not symptoms...i enjoy the clarity of thought now, that enables me to say with much verve and assurance still...

"you know....i really have no answers to that..."

I think that simple acknowledgement really opens the doors to God to work. When we realise the complexity of life, and how we will NEVER have ALL the answers, that is when God and His Glory takes center stage, as we begin to acknowledge that we could never have done any of that, it must have been God! WOAH! What a privilege to stand and watch the Master at work! =)

I'm beginning to enjoy that feeling lots now! =)
I suspect that this is what a quiet and confident trust really feels like! =)

Still waiting on you, Lord.

When I can't see Your hands,
i still trust Your heart. =)

Lai Hock

Wow...God, where oh where are you leading me? =)
Today was interesting to the max...and so in-line with all you're doing these days, Lord!

Today was the 2nd time that i had an interesting encounter in the church social hall!
It was just divine that i was where i was, after finishing my chat.

And in walked Lai Hock...

He wasn't much to look at...
A 48 year old man, typically dressed, not too sure of his way,
He wanted the church office but it was closed,
& i'm so glad that we still managed to sit down to talk.

Janell & I were just talking previous to this,
and she mentioned that if it were up to her,
toilet cleaners, and rubbish men would be paid the most,
cuz they do the work that no one else wants to!

And here...in walked Lai Hock,
I've never seen someone positively "glow"
when talking about his 3 day old job,
and showing off his cleaner's uniform...
I saw it...it said, "Professional Cleaning Services"
Was it framed in gold or fancy? No...
but it gave someone his sense of identity.

After 7 months out of a job,
He finally got one, and near his place too
And the thing he most wanted to do...
was to come to church to give thanks to God. Wow...

The backstory that he had,
about being in & out of prison,
serving multiple terms...
being converted in a halfway house.
Always having to struggle with alcohol (even now...)
yet clinging to God. Amazing...

He does not have much...
Months without work...
No handphone...
Bills to pay, on medical treatment still,
and yet, he had just come from helping someone else out...
Someone who had little, just gave of himself, his time...to someone else...
Just rummaging his wallet for the bus ride left him with precious little...
it reminded me so much of the widow and her two mites...
giving all...

It's not what's in our hands, but what's in our hearts that counts

His servant heart...
the Joy of finding a job...
the simplicity he displayed...
the way he asked me to "just keep me in prayer..."
they left in me an indelible impression...
Gosh...i'm amazed at you Lord Jesus.
There is so much more to learn,
more miracles to experience.

I had just shared with Fay,
in ministry, my greatest encouragement is seeing God at work.
And today, i think had a true, genuine New Testament encounter...
I think God knows my heart...and He sent me an angel in Lai Hock,
to encourage, to spur, to just show me what it REALLY means...
I certainly have more than two mites...
I truly am learning how to give of myself more...
give til it hurts, and then give somemore,
watch God show up...

Life has been so interesting lately...
My last post was about blessing those who can't bless us back,
and once again, today it happened! Gosh...
Lord, you're amazing!
And this time, in the interaction, I was the one...poor in spirit...
who was significantly blessed, if only cuz i see how God...
How You TRANSFORM lives! You really, totally, and amazingly do it daily!!

God, you send the most interesting people to bless our lives.
And we're never the same again!

I hope i see you again Lai Hock.

Blessings

Had a moment today that made me go... =|
Like i really did not know whether to be sad onot.

I'm not the most unselfish of people lah,
i wun call myself generous,
i definitely know tons of people more generous,
more giving, more loving than me...

But today...it made me go... =|
Maybe cuz i suddenly saw how dark people can be...
or is it just me?

Do we sometimes choose who we can bless?
And is the choosing based on...
If i give this person this, if i do this person a favour,
is it in hope of getting something in return?
Maybe this person has the capacity to "bless" me in future!
effectively...putting the other person in our debt?

I take what Jesus said & did really seriously,
and i know that He said to love those who can't love us back,
to bless those who can't bless us back.
& i've truly found the Joy in doing that. =)

But being faced with such a harsh reality,
to see that this is really counter-cultural,
makes me sad...cuz it shouldn't be the way it is...
We really have such abundance...
how could we DARE ask for more
when we dun even bless with what we have now!?
GOSH!

So yes, i will bless others,
no matter how much or how little i have, i will...
I will be who God made me to be...unapologetically
& i hope Christ will be shown in that pale reflection tt i try to be.

Little or much is not seen in what we have in our hands...
It is seen in how much we have, in our hearts.

Thank you Lord for gifts...for blessings,
for those who light the way so clearly

Two precious birthdays,
27th & 28th
Two special guys...
i see God's hand on you.

Thank you for teaching me more about Love
than i could properly express in words or deed.
May you continue to grow more & more in Christ-Likeness!

You are blessings, beloved of the Lord, and i'm glad you're my brothers.

Created for eternity

Do you have a sense of destiny?
That maybe you were created for eternity?
that all these petty struggles; wasted emotions?
are hidden markers that mark the way back, where we came from

It feels just like home,
back to the place i belong
a transformation of me
to who i'm supposed to be.

Whoever said this would be easy,
they missed the struggling me...
But now in this process,
i'm beginning to see...

When my heart aches for You,
when my mind runs rings in me,
and the tears begin to fall freely...
that's...that's when it feels just like home

Because this world was never home,
and that's why it doesn't satisfy...
i'd rather be a doorkeeper in Your house,
than have an island in this world.

I'm created for eternity,
and that's where i'm longing to be,
but Home...Home just has to wait,
for now i know...I'm here for a reason, and a season...

Who I am, who i'm meant to be,
it starts now, and continues forever,
who i'm entrusted to love, will continue til then too,
i'd rather it end in Joy rather than heartache then.

So...now i glimpse what it meant for you Lord,
when you spent those 33 years as one of us,
what amazing Love, to endure 3 days of darkness,
to win a victory we never could ourselves...

But really...the sweetest was the journey home
the job done, the season finished...
bringing those You love,
back to the Home that You love...

Thank You for Easter, the cross,
those nails in your hand, your Love, Jesus.
That is why i do what i do...
I'm created and marked for eternity
~rudy~

Focussed on the goal

"I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made.
But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus.

I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back."
Phil 3:12-14 (Message)

All or nothing...

Lord, Your Name,
is higher than hope
higher than dreams...
The Name of the Lord

Surrendered...
once again...

Songs say it better

I'll walk with you
wherever you go
through tears and joy
I'll trust in you

And I will live
in all of your ways and
your promises forever

Jesus I believe in you
Jesus I belong to you
You're the reason that I live
the reason that I sing
with all I am

Into your hands
I commit again
with all I am
for you Lord

You hold my world
in the palm of your hand
and I'm yours forever

Lord Your name
Is higher than the heavens

Lord Your name
Is higher than all created things

Higher than hope
Higher than dreams
The name of the Lord

I will seek Your face
Call upon Your name Jesus
All I want is You,
Jesus

I WILL worship, I will worship YOU forever!

QT...ritual or relationship?

D.L. Moody was once asked why he needs to be continually filled with the holy spirit...

His answer: "I leak."

This is real & so true, i leak, we all leak...it's whether we know it,
whether we feel it, whether we acknowledge it.

“The single greatest cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, then walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle.
That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.”
~ Brennan Manning

"We are not human beings living a spiritual existence,
we are spiritual beings living a human existence."

Let's live this life well...=)
What blessedness it is, being able to have a relationship with God!

3 day partial media fast

Had a really good session today...
Chip Ingram said something that really resonated in me, and i'm going on a 3 day partial media fast. And in that time, it's just gonna be an intense time seeking God for the things of Him.

Abide, abide, abide...the easiest thing to do (in some sense) but also the hardest in reality.

Bye distractions, hello High Quality Time (H-QT) with Dad! =)

reallyyyyyy looking forward to this interlude in the middle of a busy season! =)

Leap year

I just looked at my watch,
it tells me that it's the 1st of March 2008,

my watch doesn't recognise Leap Year...

But I do...

Words are not enough to adequately describe what i feel...

Character

Godly Character is not the sum of many disparate attributes. It is the single quality of Christlikeness.

Tenderheartedness is not the same as faintheartedness. True kindness is actually a gracious strength. It presupposes a steadfast tenacity that sees a relationship through trials and hardship.
Self-control also involves the mind. If your thought life is not under control, evil thinking will quickly rob you of spiritual victory, and eventually ruin your life.

Real Joy is profound even when our circumstances are most difficult to bear. It is not a shallow, giddy, FLEETING sort of glee, but a deep-down, abiding sense of well-being that stems from the satisfaction of knowing God.

stunned...

After the lousy run on Sunday, i decided to haul my lazy butt out for a run tonight...part reward, part needing a run, part wanting a good sweat, part spending time with God! =)

And Dad just totally stunned me...
I was a third into my 5km run...and just breaking into a nice sweat, when i spotted a group of people standing and very animated on the canal pathway. I thought i had just stumbled on a gangfight or something, and i contemplated turning around. But upon taking out my earphones, the FIRST word i heard was "HALLELUJAH!"...it totally caused my mouth to drop! Here i was 10plus pm at night, witness to a canalside prayer meeting by indian nationals...a tremendously loud and passionate prayer meeting! They were gesturing, praying aloud (in their native language) and when i passed by, i saw that everyone had a songsheet and songbook! These people had planned this meeting well!

I was so amazed at the sight that i was just marveling with God as i continued running along, and my mind was really going wild! It's like...wow...i know that i pray for these workers and for their homeland, and it is amazing for me to see a sight like this, and to imagine them lifting up prayers for us too...for their employers, for the people around them, maybe even for my safety as i run along the canal at nite! Gosh...my mind was filled with such awe! And yeah...i decided that if they were finished as i ran back, i would say "hi!", and yeah...i was kinda looking forward to it (tho trembling about the unexpected also!) and as i came back past them 15 mins later...Dad just amazed me even more...not only were they NOT finished, they had hardly quietened down! In fact, i think that they were even more animated, some prostrate, some crying, hands lifted up, and more "Hallelujahs" than words i didn't recognise! WOW!

Talk about fervency, passion and desire. I found it on a sidewalk, amongst people i never expected to see, in the dead of night. I'm humbled and totally struck by how blessed i am to have witnessed that sight. Thank you Dad.

dementia

Phew...a week of illness (flu and sore throat) set against the backdrop of a frenzy of frenetic action. =) hahahha!

ANYWAYS...cheem language...seems so unlike me...but yeah...i need to flic flac some... I realise that i've allowed all of my creativity to rot and waste away...hence...the title of this post.

In the name of reaching the masses and making difficult concepts easy, i've constantly striven to hammer home a point by sharpening my prose by using fewer words, & those that are easier to grasp. But yes, while i realise that there is much beauty in simplicity, sometimes, objects of beauty can only be described by unique means. I'll leave that obtuse and undefined...after all, who can define true beauty adequately?

Been loving my creative projects of late...the posters, the videos, the teaser, the magazine, the articles, i think i feel most comfortable when i have that space and time to create and craft something clear, concise, poignant, something that strikes on several levels, and simultaneously appeals to multiple senses. I like the feeling that everything is rolling along well, feels like something amazing is going to be churned out...=P

It was a marvelous week...saturated the campus with 24.2K of magazines! AMAZING!
While i know that i should feel the victorious exhilaration of a job well done, at the back of my mind, i can't shake the feeling that saturation is just the sowing part...

We have spread the seed out far and wide, now it is God's job to cause it to grow...and yeah...we still have the mandate to go out and harvest. That is the challenge ahead! So...even as we look forward...my thots are on the events that are happening, this week, next week, the month ahead, the year going forward. Has our preparation been enough? Did our pre-e focus help to set the stage? Did the skills we imparted in conversational E come into play? How can we better learn from out mistakes? How can we encourage and build people who are not concerned just to wait for opportunities, but are people who actively seek out and create opportunities to present the gospel...

So many things that might be debilitating thots in other circumstances...BUT i feel an awesome sense of peace and of wonder! =) I feel just like a child, waiting for Daddy to spring a surprise, to come up with something unexpected! =) Why? Cuz He ALWAYS does! =) That is the hope that bubbles forth in my heart! The Joy that is inexplicable!

You know something? seeing Dad@work is something that i never want to forget! =) In January, i already saw Dad working in a "Pay-it-forward" manner, and this month, i see Him so mightily during distribution, and now this sense of expectant wonder! Hmmm...wow...i'm amazed! Dad, keep my heart constantly tender towards you and what you are doing! =)

Flame...arise...

"Come near to the holy men and women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God. They mourned for Him, they prayed and wrestled and sought for Him day and night, in season and out, and when they had found Him the finding was all the sweeter for the long seeking. Moses used the fact that he knew God as an argument for knowing Him better.

"Now, therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight;"

and from there he rose to make the daring request, "I beseech thee, show me thy glory." God was frankly pleased by this display of ardor, and the next day called Moses into the mount, and there in solemn procession made all His glory pass before him."

~The Pursuit of God~
A.W.Tozer

Alot of times, the fury of our passion fades after the initial flame. How i wish it were not so, but sadly it is. The key then is how to keep the flame going. Been reading alot books, and they just happen to be classics...."The Calvary Road", Roy Hession, and "The Pursuit of God", A.W. Tozer. Love these classics and somehow, they speak to me in a way that modern books do not. Think i may just have an old soul...=P

Life this season has been really challenging, stress and workload has been really high...the campaign starts this week...11th & 12th, then the harvest event on 19th. I think for me, i really wanna see the students more effective and unafraid to share their faith. I think this campaign is a brilliant Pre-E time, and yes, Lord, use this whole season for your Glory! It's been immensely stretching but yeah...all things worth doing are worth sacrificing for! =) I hope that the strategies and everything learnt will gave an impact far beyond just this year, but i hope it will be a life-long skill for everyone involved.

Ok...just rambling here...back to time with the guys!

We're waiting for pizza and watching Shanghai Knights, i'm actually clearing work but yeah...took some minutes just to blog! =) hahahah!

Forever Love redux

Loving You...is not only because of Your beauty
I love You more & more as Your every gaze stirs me
Because You let me see forever, to understand myself...
Now, I'm soOooo going to cherish my remaining days

Loving me means taking some pain & unfairness,
It's not going to be a natural or easy decision
When i feel your breath near me, and your tenderness near...
My heart calms in response

I want to be the object of your affection...

Forever Love, I want to live my whole life loving You,
from now on, you will be my everything...my Joyful Reason for living!

Heard "Forever Love" by Wang Lee Hom and his lyrics were just very meaningful, and i decided to translate and then paraphase to express what is on my heart too! =)

Lord, such songs pale when sung to anyone else, i think that they all describe that God-shaped vacuum that we all have and try to fill...but the best love songs speak of an enduring, sacrificial, selfless & everlasting Love possible only in You. All creation and all created beings hunger after You, and i thank You that you never hide your face!

Lord Jesus, teach me to be a better communicator of your truth, showing your face, demonstrating your Love, carrying your Fragrance, being your hands & feet to wherever you may lead me. Amen.

True Joy

"Faith, as i'm growing to understand it more,
is about looking beyond my circumstances to a person.

To have faith in better circumstances,
even in God creating better circumstances,
is NOT true faith.

I want to be the kind of man who can watch every
dream go down in flames and still yearn to be
intimately involved in kingdom living,
intimately involved with my friend the King,
and still be willing to take another risk
just because it delights Him for me to do so.
And my flesh shivers to think about it."

~David Shepherd~

Learning to Love You in the wonderful and smooth times is not hard, it's in fact greatly pleasurable and delightful to my spirit. However, the journey of learning to Love You in the dark times, the times where dreams vanish in flames, where things are complicated and not beautiful, that is where the journey really begins.

eyes turn away...
throbbing heart hurts...
I look up...
Tears well up...
Vision is blurred...

just enough to see the face of God

My hurting heart swells with worship,
I discover how deeply i pant for You.
My soul longs for You,
above the hurt...
and that's the way it should be.

Thank you Lord.

I'll still offer up myself in praise to you. Regardless...and always.

There is only one way to love...
recklessly and with total abandon.
risking self, because Love is nothing without action.

Thank You for that example on the cross.

So arrogant we are sometimes...

"It's so natural to think the Presence of Jesus has no greater purpose than to improve the quality of our journey through life - with quality defined as a pleasurable, satisfying, self-affirming exercise - a journey where certain things don't go wrong or, if they do, they correct themselves.

If dreams never shattered, we would continue to believe that lie and value only what God can do for us now; we would value neither His Presence nor all that He intends to do later. And we would not be willing to pay the devastating price required to experience His Presence now.

Without trials, only spoilt brats would enter heaven. And that would turn heaven into hell."
~Larry Crabb~

MMmm...Wow...yeah...the first thought on my mind after reading the above passage was..."So arrogant we are sometimes..." How can we even presume that we know better than God, how could we demand anything of God? How could i ever doubt the Love that He has when He didn't hesitate to give His very own Son to redeem me?

But yet...the truth is, sometimes, i really really desire for present circumstances to be more ideal, for things to be clear, for only good to remain, and no bad. I wanna kick and scream against the circumstances, i wanna rant and wail, Yeah...it's true...without trials i would be a spoilt brat...

We do not live in a cotton candy world, ugliness remains, and yes, in our leadership team meeting today, we had thanksgiving time prior to beginning, and yeah...i thanked God for trials. And yeah...i really mean it. It seems like i've been constantly fighting fire, and deadlines, and snowballing work (plenty of times not due to my negligence) since 2008 began. Yet, somehow, though it is always on my mind, i can still genuinely give thanks!

And yeah...tonight, i thank God that the keynote program went well, the vision was cast, i remembered once again that i'm one small cog in Dad's big plan, I see that many things that are done cannot be 'measured' with any human measure...I sense the pleasure of His deep and abiding Presence.

We showed this quote earlier....

"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for good men to do nothing"
~Edmund Burke~

I never want to be someone who does nothing...Lord, grant me the strength, the boldness, the Faith in you, and your everlasting Agape Love...and make me a man who acts for You and because of You. May your Love always compel me and guide my actions. Amen.

Frustrations? part of life....

Oceans will part
If my heart has grown cold
There Your love will unfold
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
When I’m blind to my way
There Your Spirit will pray
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand

Oceans will part, nations come
At the whisper of Your call
Hope will rise glory shown
In my life Your will be done

Present suffering may pass
Lord Your mercy will last
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
And my heart will find praise
I’ll delight in Your way
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand

Sometimes, things can't be controlled, and it is in those moments that we are tested in all ways possible...I'm so awed and amazed sometimes...last night, i was really sian'd out, so many things went wrong, MULTIPLE people missed deadlines, and everything snowballed on my end, really felt supremely overwhelmed. To the point where i really wanted to just go for a midnight run and really run the problems into the ground! Really...had that thot at 12.30am...but yeah...combination of a sore knee and weak will, i decided to just hunker down.

Yeah...but Dad is good, i think it is really when we are pushed to the limits of our endurance, when we can't take anymore, then it tests our dependence. I literally resigned and asked God to take over. And this morning, we sang this song that spoke so clearly to me, " Oceans will part, nations come, At the whisper of Your call"Just a whisper...and all these things will be fine. WOW!

And so...i'm surrendered back into your hands dear Lord. Watching to see you work. Trusting, letting Hope arise, killing fear and listening to God all the way. Not easy, but yeah...doing it.

Thank you for such Grace dear Lord.

Reflection Morning

Took the time this morning to have an extended time with Dad. Such breakfasts with God always delight my soul! =)

"Integrity is telling myself the truth,
and honesty is telling the truth to other people"
~Spencer Johnson~

Been thinking alot these days...they have been days of intense reflection and just learning and relearning things. One key lesson i have been actively exercising and challenging others is in honesty & integrity. Doing the RIGHT thing, even when it is difficult. Even when nothing goes right...keep DOING right. why?

This is what the LORD says:
"Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom
or the strong man boast of his strength
or the rich man boast of his riches,

but let him who boasts boast about this:
that he understands and knows me,
that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness,
justice and righteousness on earth,
for in these I delight,"
declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:23,24

Eric Liddell once said that when he ran, he felt the pleasure of God. I've felt such a thing when runnning too...but yeah...i feel His pleasure more when i exercise my will to do the RIGHT thing, especially when it is difficult. Been having such a challenging 2008 thus far, just doing the RIGHT thing and challenging others to do so...and you know, it always requires a certain surrender, a giving up of our personal rights, just to do the RIGHT thing. But it is in learning that, that i've been growing more and more. As Shawn keeps saying nowadays, "the goal is not perfection, but growth" So yeah...grow well, grow well in intimacy & obedience to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, who at the same time, is so close and intimate that we can call Him...Abba...Daddy. WOW!

This is how we know we're living steadily and deeply in him, and he in us: He's given us life from his life, from his very own Spirit. Also, we've seen for ourselves and continue to state openly that the Father sent his Son as Savior of the world. Everyone who confesses that Jesus is God's Son participates continuously in an intimate relationship with God. We know it so well, we've embraced it heart and soul, this love that comes from God.
1 John 4:13-16 (The Message)

Enjoyable weekend!

Had fun this weekend, used my keynote program to do up a funky presentation, and yeah...tho i'm still learning about it, but yeah! totally loving it! =) I'm so thankful! Tons to learn but i'm eager to! Got another one this Wed nite...and yeah...will try out some new stuff that i saw up on the screen today! =) Coolness! =P

Anyways...dinner at ABC market was great! And when the auntie came to get payment, the things she said about Ah Seng & then me, were utterly hilarious! Gosh! The sight on Ah Seng's face was totally priceless! Even being suaned about it later was worth it! =)

Today...was supposed to go running with Ah Seng after lunch, but yeah...he decided soccer would be better. And yeah...my bum knee, and the lack of boots prohibited me from doing that...was kinda resigned to running alone (cuz i really wanna exercise) but yeah...i'm glad the younger ones wanted to play captain's ball! Joining them was fun! Oh...prior to that...the letter writing moment...yeah...something precious & well worth remembering! And oh...during captain's ball, I saw and heard a ROARING lion(ness) in close proximity! Hahahahaha! Super hilarious! =D hahahaha!

Great day of rest! And i'm glad i set it aside and guarded it well today! =)
Extremely satisfied! =D

Thank you DAD!

Like the point made yesterday, Love can never JUST be an emotion, True Love will come at a cost, and it will be accompanied with action. I wanna learn more of such extravagant Love, and show it more fully in life. May this life be a surrender, a sacrifice, a total offering for you Dad. Amen.