Thursday, December 11, 2008
A Flower of God's Design
A young preacher was walking with an older more seasoned preacher in the garden one day. The younger preacher, feeling a bit insecure about what God had for him to do, was inquiring of the older preacher. The older preacher walked up to a rosebush and handed the young preacher a rosebud and told him to open it without tearing off any petals. The young preacher looked in disbelief at the older preacher and was trying to figure out what a rosebud could possibly have to do with his wanting to know the WILL OF GOD for his life and for his ministry. Because of his high respect for the older preacher, he proceeded to TRY to unfold the rose, while keeping every petal intact it wasn't long before he realized how impossible it was to do so. Noticing the younger preacher's inability to unfold the rosebud while keeping it intact, the older preacher began to recite the following poem.
"It is only a tiny rosebud, a flower of God's design; but I cannot unfold the petals with these clumsy hands of mine. The secret of unfolding flowers is not known to such as I. GOD opens this flower so sweetly. When in my hands they die. If I cannot unfold a rosebud this flower of God's design. Then how can I have the wisdom to unfold this life of mine? So I'll trust in Him for leading each moment of my day. I will look to him for His guidance each step of the pilgrim way. The pathway that lies before me, only my Heavenly Father knows. I'll trust Him to unfold the moments, just as He unfolds the rose."
yam's statement. PERIOD.
5:05 AM
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
holidays [:
time to do everything i want to do.
yam's statement. PERIOD.
9:18 AM
Thursday, October 23, 2008
LE SIGHZZZZZ.
times like these are so hard, yet people who are supposed to be affected the most somehow manage to find multiple silver linings in their set of clouds...thank God for that. now that all that is over and done, it's really high time to move on. and someday when we look back, we'll just wonder at our inexplicable ability to have managed so much in so little time.
yam's statement. PERIOD.
7:48 AM
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
life has been crazy, really.
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with the whole stressing-over-promos and promos itself being over, now it's time to concentrate on pw op and gsc. but that's just the academic aspect of school life. other than that,life is starting, once again, to look extremely beautiful and exciting yet stressful all at the same time.
so after promos was beu's orchestrated kidnap birthday surprise plus twelve sleepover at joe's; open house, mad singing plenty good room and blasting high notes for the entire 5 hours, 'twas tiring but good fun. next came CCAAB camp; i believe people who saw me believed sincerely that i was carrying my entire house on my back. (which i was, actually...who brings 7 t-shirts for a 4 day 3 night camp?!) CCAAB camp was an insane amount of simultaneous fun and learning as well as meeting new people and making new and good friends, and i really applaud the school and teachers for coming up with such an amazing programme that was jam-packed with so many important life lessons and a whole new refreshing of challenges. it's surprising how enduring such a camp can build up such a strong sense of camaraderie; definitely an unforgettable experience.
so next up, gearing up for pw op and gsc revision; the whole of next week is devoted to these 2 subjects only. i kinda feel sorry for the people who have to come for school only for pw....so loser. HAHA. but academics aside, choir's starting up again! [: love the feeling of learning new songs and the sense of satisfaction and accomplishment when we manage to put it together nicely. good start today, and we're definitely gonna be able to achieve great things. God's gift of music has got to be the best thing in the world. first up, performance in the CPA for ASEAN delegates on monday, then lots of other activities lined up for the holidays. did quite a bit of planning with the pee during camp; imma pretty excited for what's to come. still got a fair bit of detailed thinking through to do, though, an hour simply isn't enough to establish everything you want to achieve over the next year proper.
at the same time as i've constantly been emphasising this year, life doesn't end after promos. (such naive thoughts hah) i remember the days in primary and secondary school, where we would become full-fledged couch potatoes after the end-of-year exams. but it doesn't continue in jc, sadly. in fact all the things that i've been neglecting now come back to attack me full-force: programmes planning for camp, ocip, ogl sign-ups...but i'll do it. anything beats studying 24-7, because life like this holds so much more meaning and excitement. many different thoughts floating around in my brain right now, need to spend some time sorting things out and planning for my 'holidays' proper.
okay this has been a rather wordy post, here are some pictures [:
cel's birthday dinner, held in some totally swanky apartment buildings that really help you enjoy life. inbuilt jacuzzi in toilets. UNFAIRRRR.
two-thirds of the spastics [:
sandypanty [:
one of cel's extremely cute and exuberant cousins, who very kindly allowed us to have a go at wii because we had to leave early
happy birthday cel <3
CCAAB graduation dinner!
mmm. our hard-earned badges indeed.
favourite pinoy!
pretty shoes of team ten boom girls
ivan my buddyyyyy haha
jiayi the buff and pretty canoeist
calebwong, who simply can't keep his eyes open during pictures taken with flash (we had 5 unsuccessful attempts before i gave up)
LIY, my favourite bfg [:
BESSIE. we managed to see each other during the camp before nights out quite a bit, so that's good
choir presidents 2009. HERE'S TO US, YES? [:
yam's statement. PERIOD.
10:13 AM
Sunday, September 14, 2008
happy mid-autumn festival, everyone [:
ripped a quote off the bird; it's really quite apt.
"Everyone is like a MOON, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody."
- Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer
yam's statement. PERIOD.
8:59 AM
Sunday, September 07, 2008
WOW. this holidays have been nothing short of amazing.
pure, unadulterated fun. spent with people whom i love, doing things that make so much difference. albeit a scarce amount of studying done, but hey. a little's better than nothing, right? i managed to clear some stuff up, and cross out items on my to-do-if-not-will-suffer-painful-death-list. some major accomplishments, i say.
plenty good room, strawberry shortcake, mrs ongs', aloud, stayover, breakfast, badminton, wii, sleep, ida's, GLO for youth, group study, inventio, o2jam, piano, mr chin, joel's, wading in swimming pools, talking, supper, photo printing, calvin's, school, pw, joel's, badminton, dinner, volcano eruption, wall.e, cycling at ecp, turkish food at arab street, SPMF tapathon cip, vick's, fish and chips, playground, rain, refugees, dancing, walking, screaming, laughing, nathan's, snowpuff, reading, lounging, chatting.
just an inventory list of the activities of this past week; kudos to you if you read through the entire chunk and managed to make sense of the disjointed words. pictures will come once my hard drive comes back to me from corrine's.
[: awesome.
yam's statement. PERIOD.
8:44 AM
Sunday, August 31, 2008
much has been happeninggg; the september one week break is here.
the week's just gonna fly past, there are already so many activities lined up. major priority this holiday is studying, indefinitely. MUST FOCUS.
i've been so grateful for the frequent reminders, they keep me sane and happy.
i miss so many people right now, though.
i want time to come to a standstill.
i feel my hermit tendencies coming out to play, once again.
yam's statement. PERIOD.
7:38 AM