Life indeed have a curve, curve of ups and downs. just when my life is picking up, my finances are going at the same time, lower and faster then i can ever thought of... My manager is delaying my pay... Goodness! i have no simple idea why is he doing so.
Letters after letters, reminders after reminders from those companies. I was unable to make payments due to such matters. My mind was really pushed to the edge, As i pray hard, persistant praying, somehow there are food coming my way and i didn't pay a cent. Sometimes when there is no sales, i wil just make a simple prayer by asking God to give me 1 sales and indeed it really came.
God has been faithful and has been answering to prayers that i requested. During the morning prayer meeting from 9th to 13th Feb, i attended all of the prayer meetings. Throughout all the prayer meetings, i wil be asking for the same thing over and over, again and again. seeking persistantly and some have already taken place.
Today i also had an interview at attributes, had an initial round of interview with Gilian and Valerie. I have no idea on what the outcome will be like but i hope that the outcome will be positive and will engage me to work. I hope that they will call me up for round 2 of interview. =)
Thank you Lord for everything You have done in my life. I now ask for revival to take place!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
House warming
Sat was wen jie and siew lee's new house warming and also another get together with jia hui, desmond and wife at their places. though they didnt have much, so they ask if it is ok for us to cook a little thing over and we'll dine together. we were all alright with the idea. i was the first to reach, so i got myself to start preparing the spaggatti for the second time. but this time with a little pressure, their stomach depends on my noodles.
this time round, the spaggatti was less oily but the texture is still hard. i can't figure out why. it's so sad for me. i need to find a reason to decode it, so that i can cook better the next time round. this time round, i cook the noodles with salt instead of plain boiling water. also i cooked a dish of vegetables. everything was meat less mine... flour and vegetables... we had prawns, sotong balls, fish balls, chicken, mutton, pork meat with satay sauce and fried chicken wings. we were very filled at the end of the eating session. everything was finished up, leaving the chilli sauce and my pamasen cheese and a little of the oily spaggatti. we still have cheese cake as desert.
follow by that, we played blackjack, dai dee and texas poker. of course, money was involved though as small as 10 cents games. i did win some during the blackjack and daidee but lost all my winnings and some money in the game of texas. desmond was the sole winner, winning back like $10 from us.
follow on, after we left siew lee's place, i followed jiahui to his relatives place. i wasnt really expecting to go up because i don't know them at all. but my best buddy's mummy wanted me to come up, so i just have to say ok. going up with the laptop in my hand, i was thinking what should i be expecting. when i reach the door, i was greeted by my buddy's sister and she brought me in. i greeted everyone in the house "uncle, aunties, xin nian quai le." with a smile in my face. guess what? everyone ignores me. did they hear me or they were just busy playing their mahjong session? hmmm....
after that we headed home. another long day... =)
this time round, the spaggatti was less oily but the texture is still hard. i can't figure out why. it's so sad for me. i need to find a reason to decode it, so that i can cook better the next time round. this time round, i cook the noodles with salt instead of plain boiling water. also i cooked a dish of vegetables. everything was meat less mine... flour and vegetables... we had prawns, sotong balls, fish balls, chicken, mutton, pork meat with satay sauce and fried chicken wings. we were very filled at the end of the eating session. everything was finished up, leaving the chilli sauce and my pamasen cheese and a little of the oily spaggatti. we still have cheese cake as desert.
follow by that, we played blackjack, dai dee and texas poker. of course, money was involved though as small as 10 cents games. i did win some during the blackjack and daidee but lost all my winnings and some money in the game of texas. desmond was the sole winner, winning back like $10 from us.
follow on, after we left siew lee's place, i followed jiahui to his relatives place. i wasnt really expecting to go up because i don't know them at all. but my best buddy's mummy wanted me to come up, so i just have to say ok. going up with the laptop in my hand, i was thinking what should i be expecting. when i reach the door, i was greeted by my buddy's sister and she brought me in. i greeted everyone in the house "uncle, aunties, xin nian quai le." with a smile in my face. guess what? everyone ignores me. did they hear me or they were just busy playing their mahjong session? hmmm....
after that we headed home. another long day... =)
Chinese new year
as i started using my A4 size organiser, i start to realise that my activities have been piling up like crazy business... at the same time, money is leaking out from the part, part time work that i'm into.
where has all my hard earn money gone to? =( did i spend it most by taking buses and train? why did i bury myself into so many activities? was it to stretch myself or keep myself busy? sometimes when i think about it, i can't answer myself to all these questions. it is so strange, why all these and not those? what are the other ways that i can manage my times since i have habits of idling at home when i'm resting? am i physically tired? why am i not doing all these things? seriously, no answer for my actions.
during chinese new year, it was my first attempt to cook for my whole entire family. i was cooking spaggatti and 1 additional more that i can't remember what is the name for it, for my whole family. Being excited, here's what i did for cooking my spaggatti:
cooking the spaggatti noodles in boiling water.
chopping garlic cloves into bits and soak with cooking oil.
put in cooked spaggatti and fry.
add pinches of salt, pepper and butters.
fry again abd before serving, add another scoop of butter.
it came out a little too oily on the surface and very hard inside. i don't know why it turn out ot be like that. kinda sad that i didn't get what i wanted. but it's ok... i will be able to do it better next time, because i missed out a few steps. hahaha
there wasnt much excitements in this chinese new year. somehow dunno why it is like so boring. and this is just day 1.
day 2, i went over to my "wai puo", which means my mother's mother place to bai nian. for so long i have not seen by "biao di", they have all grown up and i seriously could not recognise them well. and worst still, i thought that they were someone else. also to my shock, they started smoking. i was very shock to see it. so i talk to one of my biao di and asked him why smoke? he couldn't really answer me well. somehow or rather, i feel that it is the influence of their dad, or by their eldest brother, who is also a smoker.
i even asked if their mum is agreeable with the idea that they were smoking, expected answers came out from his lips. he told me that his mum don't wish to see them smoke. i, as an ex smoker, knew how parents feel because it really will break the hearts of the parents. smoking is not really so cool afterall. it's so money wasting. i regretted smoking so heavily last time but thank God that i manage to quit in time. though temptations still still comes along the way, i always ask myself what are the side effects for that. it would be stomach upset, stoned for hours, cold sweat, blur and tired. these are the horrible feels that an ex-smokers gets after quitting smoking for so long and picks it up again.
thereafter, i had dinner at my wai puo's place. there wasn't a lot of varietys but there were a lot of meat. prawns, chicken, ducks and pork. all tasty and oily. i didn't ate much because i was heading over to Ruth's place to eat too. i was there way late, i reach about 9plus and there were really still lots of food left. so i did my best, trying to finish as much as i could. i didn't know that her dad was a cook. he was a zhu chao chef! the food was really great. but it's such a waste that i couldn't finish much.
after this, i head home... what a long day i had...
where has all my hard earn money gone to? =( did i spend it most by taking buses and train? why did i bury myself into so many activities? was it to stretch myself or keep myself busy? sometimes when i think about it, i can't answer myself to all these questions. it is so strange, why all these and not those? what are the other ways that i can manage my times since i have habits of idling at home when i'm resting? am i physically tired? why am i not doing all these things? seriously, no answer for my actions.
during chinese new year, it was my first attempt to cook for my whole entire family. i was cooking spaggatti and 1 additional more that i can't remember what is the name for it, for my whole family. Being excited, here's what i did for cooking my spaggatti:
cooking the spaggatti noodles in boiling water.
chopping garlic cloves into bits and soak with cooking oil.
put in cooked spaggatti and fry.
add pinches of salt, pepper and butters.
fry again abd before serving, add another scoop of butter.
it came out a little too oily on the surface and very hard inside. i don't know why it turn out ot be like that. kinda sad that i didn't get what i wanted. but it's ok... i will be able to do it better next time, because i missed out a few steps. hahaha
there wasnt much excitements in this chinese new year. somehow dunno why it is like so boring. and this is just day 1.
day 2, i went over to my "wai puo", which means my mother's mother place to bai nian. for so long i have not seen by "biao di", they have all grown up and i seriously could not recognise them well. and worst still, i thought that they were someone else. also to my shock, they started smoking. i was very shock to see it. so i talk to one of my biao di and asked him why smoke? he couldn't really answer me well. somehow or rather, i feel that it is the influence of their dad, or by their eldest brother, who is also a smoker.
i even asked if their mum is agreeable with the idea that they were smoking, expected answers came out from his lips. he told me that his mum don't wish to see them smoke. i, as an ex smoker, knew how parents feel because it really will break the hearts of the parents. smoking is not really so cool afterall. it's so money wasting. i regretted smoking so heavily last time but thank God that i manage to quit in time. though temptations still still comes along the way, i always ask myself what are the side effects for that. it would be stomach upset, stoned for hours, cold sweat, blur and tired. these are the horrible feels that an ex-smokers gets after quitting smoking for so long and picks it up again.
thereafter, i had dinner at my wai puo's place. there wasn't a lot of varietys but there were a lot of meat. prawns, chicken, ducks and pork. all tasty and oily. i didn't ate much because i was heading over to Ruth's place to eat too. i was there way late, i reach about 9plus and there were really still lots of food left. so i did my best, trying to finish as much as i could. i didn't know that her dad was a cook. he was a zhu chao chef! the food was really great. but it's such a waste that i couldn't finish much.
after this, i head home... what a long day i had...
Monday, January 26, 2009
where was i
good and bad things happened in my life for the past week, and i have also thought of my own resolution again because i think that it is too short....
the bad things:
1) my computer power supply box suddenly exploded on thursday and now i couldn't even power on my computer.
2) i forgot to return the stand chart champion chip, i threw it, and now they ask me to return... and i forgot to pay them. payment date due on 23rd Jan.
3) i also overlook on my prudential policy... now it's close to only $200, thank God that i dropped. or not i'm really shit.
4) i have also got my Aviva to make payments, about S114.
5) while clearing my house for chinese new year, i notice that a lot of things a faulty and requires immediate rectification.
the good things
1) While my computer broke down, i have more time reading my bible and really spending time with God. Catching up with the bible reading chart.
2) while clearing my house, i found a lot of exercise books that is used halfway, and i will be finding a way to give them out to bless those who will need them.
3) i signed up this discipleship class that will be taking place every sunday after Jurong service. it will last for 16 lessons and after that i will graduate from the class. i will be drilled and moulded to be a stronger person in character.
4) i was feeling very down due to financial difficulties, but i was comforted with the book of Pslams 54:6 "With a freewill offering i will sacrifice to You; i will give thanks to Your name, O Lord, for it is good." and i was encouraged!
Dilemma
1) i heard news that pearl centre is selling second hand laptop at 300 odd. but i'm not sure to buy or not.
2) what to choose for my next career.
My 2009 Resolution (updated):
Spiritual aspect
> in par with the bible reading chart monthly.
> increase in personal prayer time from average 5 min to 30 min in 2 months time.
> 1 full fast every week. if miss a week, next week to make up.
Connect group aspect
> multiply to 3 group.
> closer bonding and friendship by longer quality fellowship.
> see 2 of my friends receive Christ.
> groom 2 leaders up under my care.
Ministry aspect
> never be late for ministry.
> attend all training provided.
> giving my best during serving.
Character aspect
> being more patient with things around me.
> more understanding and sensitive to the people around me.
> able to motivate and move people by words that i speak.
> keeping time management at tip top condition.
> never late for any appointments unless unforseen things happen along the way.
> have a better ear and able to give effective counselling.
> able to learn and master the impartation skill.
Career aspect
> able to pick up the skill fast.
> get brown medallion (life saving).
> get my class 3 this year.
Achievement aspect
> silver for IPPT during reservist. (if any)
> join at least 2 5km to 10km marathon that is free.
> completed 5 Christian books.
> have a new gaming computer.
> an oversea trip with friends.
Financial aspect
> have a saving of $5k before 2009 end.
> harvy norman credit card cleared.
> no owing of telecom any outstanding amount by june.
Health aspect
> weight lost to 70kg.
> 1 X 5km run every month
Relationship / friendship area
> have a date.
> closer relationship with family members.
> keep monthly contact with friends from my phone list / facebook / friendster / MSN / blog.
That's all for now... I hope it will all come to pass=)
the bad things:
1) my computer power supply box suddenly exploded on thursday and now i couldn't even power on my computer.
2) i forgot to return the stand chart champion chip, i threw it, and now they ask me to return... and i forgot to pay them. payment date due on 23rd Jan.
3) i also overlook on my prudential policy... now it's close to only $200, thank God that i dropped. or not i'm really shit.
4) i have also got my Aviva to make payments, about S114.
5) while clearing my house for chinese new year, i notice that a lot of things a faulty and requires immediate rectification.
the good things
1) While my computer broke down, i have more time reading my bible and really spending time with God. Catching up with the bible reading chart.
2) while clearing my house, i found a lot of exercise books that is used halfway, and i will be finding a way to give them out to bless those who will need them.
3) i signed up this discipleship class that will be taking place every sunday after Jurong service. it will last for 16 lessons and after that i will graduate from the class. i will be drilled and moulded to be a stronger person in character.
4) i was feeling very down due to financial difficulties, but i was comforted with the book of Pslams 54:6 "With a freewill offering i will sacrifice to You; i will give thanks to Your name, O Lord, for it is good." and i was encouraged!
Dilemma
1) i heard news that pearl centre is selling second hand laptop at 300 odd. but i'm not sure to buy or not.
2) what to choose for my next career.
My 2009 Resolution (updated):
Spiritual aspect
> in par with the bible reading chart monthly.
> increase in personal prayer time from average 5 min to 30 min in 2 months time.
> 1 full fast every week. if miss a week, next week to make up.
Connect group aspect
> multiply to 3 group.
> closer bonding and friendship by longer quality fellowship.
> see 2 of my friends receive Christ.
> groom 2 leaders up under my care.
Ministry aspect
> never be late for ministry.
> attend all training provided.
> giving my best during serving.
Character aspect
> being more patient with things around me.
> more understanding and sensitive to the people around me.
> able to motivate and move people by words that i speak.
> keeping time management at tip top condition.
> never late for any appointments unless unforseen things happen along the way.
> have a better ear and able to give effective counselling.
> able to learn and master the impartation skill.
Career aspect
> able to pick up the skill fast.
> get brown medallion (life saving).
> get my class 3 this year.
Achievement aspect
> silver for IPPT during reservist. (if any)
> join at least 2 5km to 10km marathon that is free.
> completed 5 Christian books.
> have a new gaming computer.
> an oversea trip with friends.
Financial aspect
> have a saving of $5k before 2009 end.
> harvy norman credit card cleared.
> no owing of telecom any outstanding amount by june.
Health aspect
> weight lost to 70kg.
> 1 X 5km run every month
Relationship / friendship area
> have a date.
> closer relationship with family members.
> keep monthly contact with friends from my phone list / facebook / friendster / MSN / blog.
That's all for now... I hope it will all come to pass=)
Monday, January 12, 2009
A request from a friend
it has been quite a while since my ITE friend gave me a rang on my mobile. when i saw his name, Ron, calling, i thought there must be a gathering that is going on but i was wrong. he told me that he is helping out in his friend via distributing magazines door to door. "hmmm... ok... distribute to which estate?" was my first question. i have no idea why did i ask that question too... anyway, i helped him out in the distribution, from door to door. the ball started rolling on thursday itself.
friday i took a day off from my part time promoter just to help him. we goes from block to block, dropping those magazines at the door steps. we started as early as 10.30am all the way till night. that was day 1. legs starting to get a little tired. we ended work like 12.30am? i have never walk so much even when i was in army!
day 1, it was only me and ron and at evening time, jason(Ron's worker's son), tong sheng, astor and wife came. on day 2, saturday, came tong sheng and astor, jason. 5 of us work all day and night... it was like a never ending job. and i got to find out that we are to issue 20,000 copies of these free magazines to everywhere. through the hardworks, we all manage to issue 12,000 copies of this free magazine. it was real hardwork, and i really meant hardwork. walking up and down wasnt that funny afterall. it was energy draining...
it feels a little like china's roast goose meat. just that wonderful!!! yum yum!!!
friday i took a day off from my part time promoter just to help him. we goes from block to block, dropping those magazines at the door steps. we started as early as 10.30am all the way till night. that was day 1. legs starting to get a little tired. we ended work like 12.30am? i have never walk so much even when i was in army!
day 1, it was only me and ron and at evening time, jason(Ron's worker's son), tong sheng, astor and wife came. on day 2, saturday, came tong sheng and astor, jason. 5 of us work all day and night... it was like a never ending job. and i got to find out that we are to issue 20,000 copies of these free magazines to everywhere. through the hardworks, we all manage to issue 12,000 copies of this free magazine. it was real hardwork, and i really meant hardwork. walking up and down wasnt that funny afterall. it was energy draining...
But in the midst of all these hardwork, we had fun... and they brought me to hougang block 309 coffee shop to eat one of the best roast duck meat. it was really wonderful!
it feels a little like china's roast goose meat. just that wonderful!!! yum yum!!!
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