Monday, September 18, 2006
Been thinking abt..
i shared abt my IA experience previously and i tot to myself.. there was nothing wrong in wanting to use this attachment to find out more abt wat it is like to be an engineer, to wanna find out if this is wat i wld like to do in the future.. it is a good desire but the prob was i got too engrossed with this good desire tt i forgot abt His higher purposes for my life.. when things wasnt gg according to wat i had planned or tot it wld be to accomplish my good desire, i tot i had missed it.. i tot i had heard wrongly from God over the choice of my company during the 2nd round of selection.. but in actual fact, God had beta things in stored for me.. (i will share more over the next few weeks..)
i thank God tt i didnt complain to my IA tutor abt my job or else i might hv juz missed wat He wants to do in my life cos i was too engrossed with MY good desires..
Prov 3:5-6 ~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.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Recounting my industrial attachment experience.. (part 2)
Believing i am in the perfect will of God, i tot things will go on smoothly for me.. in the perfect will of God wat.. haha.. how wrong i was!!
i had signed up for the recycling department cos tt is something related to wat i am studying.. at least i can apply wat i learnt in sch or i can learn something useful for my future but when i reported for work i was assigned to the Procurement department instead.. totally unrelated to wat i studied.. procurement deals mostly with purchasing items for the company.. nothing engineering abt it.. i was very disappointed cos i am thinking whether i wanna be an engineer aft i graduate and this wld be a very gd chance for me to access whether engineer is my cup of tea but now i hv no chance liao..
angry, disappointed.. i began to question if i had heard wrongly from God abt the IA company i shld hv signed up for or this is the consequence to bear for not choosing LTA at the 1st round of selection but deep in my heart, i knew i didnt hear wrongly and this is not a punishment from God but i juz refused to accept it..
i had tot of telling my IA tutor abt the company not putting me in the department i had signed up for.. i really wanted to hv a taste of wat it is like to be an engineer.. to me, my future is at stake here and since God is not doing anything abt it, i tot i beta take things into my own hands..
then, on one fine evening, i had a gathering with my JC friends and while waiting for the rest to arrive, my friend and i chatted abt her IA experience.. her words cut into my heart and settled all the turmoil in my heart.. she said: "at first, i was in the Planning department and it was totally unrelated to wat i studied and i felt it wasnt rite so i told my NTU supervisor abt it.. he feedbacked to the company and the company put me into a department related to wat i studied and i was able to apply wat i studied BUT i realised i learnt more in the Planning department.."
to her it was juz an ordinary conversation but it was then i realised being in the perfect will of God doesnt mean all will be fine, the grass is always green, the sky always blue but it means
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. " -Rom 8:28Amen.
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Recounting my industrial attachment experience.. (part 1)
As some of you might noe, engine students need to go for one semester ie. 6 mths of industrial attachement (IA). so being a good christian, i prayed and asked God which company shld i choose to go to for my IA last year July and i felt i shld choose LTA but i chose PUB in the end.. so much for trying to be a good christian.. haha..
next i realised i didnt get into any of my choices so i had to wait for the 2nd round of selection and it so happened tt the 2nd selection registration was during the church camp.. i onli had one day to read thro all the companies offered but i didnt hv the time cos in the morn i had a ge exam and in the aft i had to travel to the place where the camp will be held.. due to lack of time, i prayed tt the Lord will direct me once more to help me choose somewhere He wld like me to go.. and tt's how i ended up at FME Onyx..
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Contentment..
Question: Why does the grass always look greener on the other side?
Answer: cos we are not on the other side.. looking at the other side is always different from being on the other side..
Question: Why human compare with human will qi(4) si(2) human?
Answer: cos we like to take what we see as our worst and compare with what we see as other people's best.. it's a neverending story cos there will always be one mountain taller than the other mountain.. haha..
i read this story from "i kissed dating goodbye".. i shall paraphrase it : "a speaker said to the congregation tt he has a feeling tt one who always yearn to get married will eventually get married, have a taste of marriage life and hope tt he/she was single again.. why? cos when the person was single, the person was so focused on getting married tt the person did not cherish the time he/she had while being single.. " yikes.. it freaks me out.. it gets me thinking of the situations i was in or am in now, did i learn to or am i learning to cherish them?? i surely dun wanna end up a grumpy old woman..
so how?? to learn to be contented.. be contented with what i hv, the situations i am in may not be the very best but to learn to be contented.. to not to compare with people too..
Quote from "i kissed dating goodbye": we dun arrive at contentment as a destination as much as we develop contentment as a state of mind"As Paul said in Phil 4:11.. ".. , for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content. "Paul had to learn to be contented so does Abigail Lew.. hee..
Monday, July 24, 2006
My favourite topic.. GOD !!
God is good that's why when tough times come.. we are willing to go thro' the fire cos we noe tt it is for our good.. the outcome of that fiery trial is good cos God is good!!
We can trust God cos He word nv fails.. He is the same yesterday, today and forever.. not like the mcdonald ice cream cone.. the poster said 25 cents everyday but now it's back to 50 cents i think..
God is love that's why we will always find strength to go one more mile for someone God has placed in our hearts cos the love of God compels us.. tt means when we need encouragement, God will send someone who will go the extra mile for us cos the love of God compels them to do so.. thank God!!
and God gives His beloved (that's me and you) sleep so i am going to sleep liao.. nitey nitez... hee..
Monday, July 10, 2006
Me vs The Customer..
The stage was set in the heartlands of Singapore...
Round 1:
The customer takes a slow approach, checking out the surroundings before making the first move.. the customer moves, "How much is the clothing ?"
haha.. a chance for me to move in now.. "2 pcs for $10 !!" and the customer was hit directly on the heart..
10.. 9.. 8.. 7.. 6.. 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. (Yes.. Yes.. i am gg to win..)
suddenly, the customer springs back: "do you hv a new piece?"
Round 2:
the momentum is rising.. the sudden influx of people heats up the stage.. no more me vs the customer, it's me vs the customersssss now..
i try to make a quick move,"it's a new piece.. juz displayed today.."
the customer strikes back: " you dun hv a new piece ??"
i make a more forceful move this time, "dun worry lah.. juz displayed.."
10.. 9.. 8.. 7.. 6.. 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. (Hurry.. hurry.. everyone wants a piece of me now..)
again, sad to say.. the customer bounces back: "will the colour fade?"
Round 3:
caught off guard but i give another blow: "i hv the same t shirt but it did not give me any prob aft washing it.."
the customer putting up a good fight: "but it gave me prob before.."
throwing in the white towel: "how abt i let you decide first and when you need anything, juz let me noe.."
The referee steps in
: "and the winner is MUM !!"wat?? cos MUM actually managed to single-handedly knocked down a few customers.. and she nv lost her cool.. amazing i tell you.. amazing..
Reporter: "so how did you managed to take on a few at the same time?"
MUM: "oh.. the key to my victory ah.. when someone comes to the store, they are our customers wat, so regardless of whether they buy anot, it is our job to serve them to our very best lah.."
Reporter: "orh.. so that's how the customersss fell prey to MUM easily.. cos of her good service.. "
i tell you.. my respect for my mum went up, up, UP !! wow.. every word dripping with ink xia..
Saturday, July 08, 2006
People Need The Lord
Verse 1:
Everyday they pass me by
i can see it in their eyes
empty people filled with care
headed who knows where
on they go thro' private pain
living fear to fear
laughter hides their silent cries
only Jesus hears
Verse 2:
We are called to take His light
to a world where wrong seems right
what cld be too great a cost
for sharing life with one who's lost
thro' His love our hearts can feel
all the grief they bear
they muz hear the words of life
onli we can share
Chorus:
People need the Lord
people need the Lord
at the end of broken dreams
He's the open door
people need the Lord
people need the Lord
when will we realise..
people need the Lord
i believe revival is coming.. it's getting pretty obvious by now.. and i wanna be prepared for the harvest.. i wanna get ready to be used by God.. before the revealing, there will always be a period of obscurity.. "on the stage one min, down the stage ten years' work" (translated from chinese)
and the flock that is coming in definately need shepherds.. will the Lord find faithful men and women tt He can depend on to shepherd His dear precious ones?? i pray He will find many in Cornerstone, in Anastasis..
Let's get ready, people of God !!
Jn 4:35 Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!
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