Problem: Getting my wireless connection up and running.
It's been an hour and I still have no clue how to get my mac to search for my very own internet wireless connection. Woke up this morning to find that everyone in my block has secured their internet connection. Sighs! I'm looking at this black device that says it connects my PC to the internet via cable but I think the wireless is still disabled.
Upon reading the directions and looking at the Linksys box, I realize that I don't have that 2 antenna Linksys broadband router thing. It said to press the Linksys Security System button to enable the wireless connection but! The funny thing is, what's connecting me to the internet, right now via cable, is this black device - 'Motorola' - while everything else, in terms of software, is Linksys.
Motorola. M... Linksys. L... Could someone please enlighten me?
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Bubble bubble
Finally swam yesterday! Beautiful weather with the sun up. After lunching with Clem and Weichang, I changed and literally rushed down to the pool. Swam from 2:30-4pm. Wonderful. Just wonderful! Looks like today's another sunny day though I'd be out again...
Anyways, met up with Mel as well and went for dinner at Din Tai Fung! Gosh haven't had that in a while with xiao long bao and some noodle soup thing and pork strips yum! Still trying to accustom myself to the loudness and crowded-ness of being back. Too much invasion of personal space on the Mrt!!! On the bus, in shopping centres, on the street.
Honestly, I'm not exactly actively searching for a job right now. I mean I do look @ recruit every now and then but I'm kind of 'savouring' the free time to read, swim, pack. I'm still trying to linger on as a student (though graduated) before I turn 'working adult'.
Issues at home seem to be on standby. Mum's keeping busy with bible school in the day which gives me some space from her perpetual harping of family matters. The night does get its colours with the lonely idleness but that gets swept under the rug with my "so what did you learn today?", "have you done your homework and readings for tml yet ma?", "No? Come let us read 'The Midas Touch' together..." Some call it avoidance, I need the breather. My mum has a grand total of 10 books to read. Some small pamphlet looking ones and a few thick tiny print ones. She struggles with catching up in readings so I try to help her as much as I can. Though her short attention span or short memory (like mine) seems to get us nowhere to a certain extent.
Oh wells, another story for another day.
Anyways, met up with Mel as well and went for dinner at Din Tai Fung! Gosh haven't had that in a while with xiao long bao and some noodle soup thing and pork strips yum! Still trying to accustom myself to the loudness and crowded-ness of being back. Too much invasion of personal space on the Mrt!!! On the bus, in shopping centres, on the street.
Honestly, I'm not exactly actively searching for a job right now. I mean I do look @ recruit every now and then but I'm kind of 'savouring' the free time to read, swim, pack. I'm still trying to linger on as a student (though graduated) before I turn 'working adult'.
Issues at home seem to be on standby. Mum's keeping busy with bible school in the day which gives me some space from her perpetual harping of family matters. The night does get its colours with the lonely idleness but that gets swept under the rug with my "so what did you learn today?", "have you done your homework and readings for tml yet ma?", "No? Come let us read 'The Midas Touch' together..." Some call it avoidance, I need the breather. My mum has a grand total of 10 books to read. Some small pamphlet looking ones and a few thick tiny print ones. She struggles with catching up in readings so I try to help her as much as I can. Though her short attention span or short memory (like mine) seems to get us nowhere to a certain extent.
Oh wells, another story for another day.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
A day of sunshine...
... and I wasn't able to swim. ARGH!!!! I want to swim. I'm dying to swim. I need to swim.
Anyways, was good to meet up with some old old perth Taylor's people today! Good time of catching up and all. Seems like with the new year, everyone has advanced forward to new avenues in life. Got a few errands done like booking a basic theory test date and posting a parcel to Philippines. Talked to a family friend's daughter (long connection I know) who's running her own graphic design company and got me interested in doing something along that line... though ultimately reckon I'd be doing marketing or a/c mgt or something of the sort.
All this thinking about what line of work I want to be in is confusing but I'm praying hard and praying praying praying that God will have a door open where He wants me to be. Anyhows. My basic theory is booked for March the 9th. Long right? It's like I HAVE TO pass the basic theory otherwise it'll be too late and my Aus license wld expire in May. The lady behind the counter was really nice. Too nice till she 'tricked' me into spending another $5.20 for an e-Trial test before my actual test. Not that I need it but kiasi me just willingly accepted.
Ya. Ok I ran out of things to write. So... end. =P
Anyways, was good to meet up with some old old perth Taylor's people today! Good time of catching up and all. Seems like with the new year, everyone has advanced forward to new avenues in life. Got a few errands done like booking a basic theory test date and posting a parcel to Philippines. Talked to a family friend's daughter (long connection I know) who's running her own graphic design company and got me interested in doing something along that line... though ultimately reckon I'd be doing marketing or a/c mgt or something of the sort.
All this thinking about what line of work I want to be in is confusing but I'm praying hard and praying praying praying that God will have a door open where He wants me to be. Anyhows. My basic theory is booked for March the 9th. Long right? It's like I HAVE TO pass the basic theory otherwise it'll be too late and my Aus license wld expire in May. The lady behind the counter was really nice. Too nice till she 'tricked' me into spending another $5.20 for an e-Trial test before my actual test. Not that I need it but kiasi me just willingly accepted.
Ya. Ok I ran out of things to write. So... end. =P
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Downpour
One moment of sunshine ... and a whole downpour of rain. Boo.... Right now I wish the pool below was indoors. I've been longing to swim!!! The rain's been a rather 'wet blanket' for my activities. I'm spending way too much time indoors then out! Anyways, was kinda down after my last post but God has a knack for sending great friends as my 'tiramisu'! (Did you know... tiramisu actually means "pick me up"?) Some Trivia.
The very same day, after I posted it, got a call from Weichang asking me to come out for lunch and she and Clement are on their way over to pick me up! Now that was a real improntu wonderful surprise!
It's interesting how there's a change in role play in my household. Did I inform people that my mum has signed up for bible school and thus is a full-time student, 9-1pm, Mondays to Fridays. That leaves me tentatively at home, taking over her former role as 'home maker'... till I find a job (that is). Not that I mind staying home. Somehow it turned out great coz I've got more time to catch up with God. My routine begins once Bon2 starts yelping at 8am. Make breakfast, prepare my mum for school and quiet time. I've been trying to incorporate the inductive bible study method in my quiet time. Somehow it takes me really long to think about questions and answering them. When we did it at Urbana it was like 3-4 people brain-storming so hmm. Anyways, all's gd all's gd. There's still so much God has to show me and I can't wait!
Forgive me for the no-flow in my post. I'm trying to cover the main stuff over the past week since I've been back.
Yesterday visited Trinity@Paya Lebar. Not too sure if I felt at home or not with the service itself but I definitely felt welcomed by the people. The whole service structure reminds me fondly of FCC. Corporate prayer before service leading into worship. Sermon was on God's Will. How apt I must say. Seems like God has been reminding me about focussing on His desires, His heart.
Today, I'm attending Yio Chu Kang Brethren Church. Yup I'm switching church thanks to my mum. A follow up post on this another time. I've gotta go. Cheers!
The very same day, after I posted it, got a call from Weichang asking me to come out for lunch and she and Clement are on their way over to pick me up! Now that was a real improntu wonderful surprise!
It's interesting how there's a change in role play in my household. Did I inform people that my mum has signed up for bible school and thus is a full-time student, 9-1pm, Mondays to Fridays. That leaves me tentatively at home, taking over her former role as 'home maker'... till I find a job (that is). Not that I mind staying home. Somehow it turned out great coz I've got more time to catch up with God. My routine begins once Bon2 starts yelping at 8am. Make breakfast, prepare my mum for school and quiet time. I've been trying to incorporate the inductive bible study method in my quiet time. Somehow it takes me really long to think about questions and answering them. When we did it at Urbana it was like 3-4 people brain-storming so hmm. Anyways, all's gd all's gd. There's still so much God has to show me and I can't wait!
Forgive me for the no-flow in my post. I'm trying to cover the main stuff over the past week since I've been back.
Yesterday visited Trinity@Paya Lebar. Not too sure if I felt at home or not with the service itself but I definitely felt welcomed by the people. The whole service structure reminds me fondly of FCC. Corporate prayer before service leading into worship. Sermon was on God's Will. How apt I must say. Seems like God has been reminding me about focussing on His desires, His heart.
Today, I'm attending Yio Chu Kang Brethren Church. Yup I'm switching church thanks to my mum. A follow up post on this another time. I've gotta go. Cheers!
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Sit. Sit!! Sit....
The longer I'm at home the more I think I was tricked into taking care of Bon2 and training him. He's a 4 month old puppy, way small small for a dog I would prefer but let's not go there. He's a hyper little rascal that's teething and runs crazy everytime we let him loose from the leash. Jumpy little fella un-toilet-trained (I'll have to get that fixed since half the time I'm cleaning up after him) with a mighty shrill bark. He's my 8am (on the dot, sharp, mind you) alarm clock.
Woke up today and the first lesson was to sit. A little sense of fulfillment though that he was able to listen to sit at the sight of a chicken jerky. Let's hope he remembers it tml. Anyway.
Was good meeting up with the NUS people who exchanged to UNC. It made me miss being a student. Seriously. Once the commonality of student life/studies is taken away, I found it really difficult (in a sense) to join in the conversations but all-in-all it was entertaining to see them at it. "What module did you take ah?" "How ah could you bid for it?" etc.
Life is good. Life can be complicated. Life is difficult. When Life is down, Life trys to stay up. I confess. I've come back to a truck load of problems. The very same problems that I left behind in SG, have come back round again and again and again. Honestly, I try not to let it affect me. I'm getting quite tired of it. Considering I've got so many other things to get done and can't afford an emotional breakdown. The pains of being an only child is that it leaves you with no alibi, another 'burden-bearer'. No other person to share the brunt of the arguments. There's no excuse, I've gotta stay strong.
Lord, don't let the circumstances in my life extinguish Your joy. Give me strength to persevere and focus, looking to You and nothing else. Lord, may I continue glorifying You in living.
James 1: 2-18
Woke up today and the first lesson was to sit. A little sense of fulfillment though that he was able to listen to sit at the sight of a chicken jerky. Let's hope he remembers it tml. Anyway.
Was good meeting up with the NUS people who exchanged to UNC. It made me miss being a student. Seriously. Once the commonality of student life/studies is taken away, I found it really difficult (in a sense) to join in the conversations but all-in-all it was entertaining to see them at it. "What module did you take ah?" "How ah could you bid for it?" etc.
Life is good. Life can be complicated. Life is difficult. When Life is down, Life trys to stay up. I confess. I've come back to a truck load of problems. The very same problems that I left behind in SG, have come back round again and again and again. Honestly, I try not to let it affect me. I'm getting quite tired of it. Considering I've got so many other things to get done and can't afford an emotional breakdown. The pains of being an only child is that it leaves you with no alibi, another 'burden-bearer'. No other person to share the brunt of the arguments. There's no excuse, I've gotta stay strong.
Lord, don't let the circumstances in my life extinguish Your joy. Give me strength to persevere and focus, looking to You and nothing else. Lord, may I continue glorifying You in living.
James 1: 2-18
Monday, January 08, 2007
Wide awakenings.
The time's 5:14am and my brain's active. I'm physically up and don't feel a hint of the long sleep I got since hmm.. 8pm yesterday. Good & not-so-good. Woke up to stickiness and heat, sounds of cars rushing by the busy road below. Brilliant. I'm home. Haha!
Don't really want to comment about my flight, except that it was delayed from the very beginning by 3 hours but thx to all for praying! Am feeling much much better though my nose is still stuffy. Ok maybe I'll say something about my 1 day flight back. Lawrence and his fiancee, Janet, kindly dropped me off @ JFK which was suppose to depart at 9:40pm (NY time). When I got there and the lady told me the flight was delayed due to security breach since morning in Vancouver, it was kinda too late to ask Lawrence & Janet to kill time with me. I received a $15 voucher from Cathay and proceeded to check-in. Had a decent 'dinner' before settling down and playing with the sweet baby in his mother's arms across me.
Fast forwarding... ... The 13 hour stretch from Vancouver to HK wasn't all bad except for the fact that I didn't feel well. Slept through most of it to attune my body back to SG time though it didn't really work considering I'm up at this unearthly hour. Ate so much on the plane. Another way of psychoing myself that "Oh! it's breakfast!" "Oh! It's lunch!" "Oh it's dinner!" Can't remember how many meals I had in a day time but had like 2 cup noodles (never felt so good eating it to relieve my stuffed nose... surprise surprise... why? hot soup. Hello! =P) in between. As a result, I missed my flight into SG from HK and had to settle for a later flight which left me arriving in SG around 3pm yesterday arvo. It definitely was a long.... trip back. Was greeted by the alarmingly familiar tune of "Gong-xi gong-xi gong-xi ni ah!". I miss the states already.
The ride home felt like home. Don't know if that made sense but it felt like I've never really left SG to begin with. Ok apart from new rearrangements in the house and a tri-colour "adorable" puppy poodle invading the kitchen corner, it felt home. Thank God for His peace and assurance!
Bon2. (what a name for a dog... anyway) He's alright I guess. Skinny little fella who's extremely hyper playful and teething. Though he's becoming quite adorable now as in cute. Haha! My mum expects me to train him. So far in my coming back. I've done 2 things:
1) Cleared out my luggage
2) Taught Bon's to stay away from human shoes.
Reckon that's pretty gd aye? Haha! Oh and did I tell people that my luggage transformed into a China/Pakistani pink bag? You know those 1 dollar huge rice bags? Ya. Aunty Mew Yee passed it on to me so that I'd be able to fit everything in. Not that I had too much to begin with but my luggages were apparently undersize. All in all the total weight of the 2 came under the designated weight by 10kg!
Anyways, what's up for me now that I'm back? Recover, rest, relax, job hunt.
Think once I've gone out to the city or Hawker Center & see, hear, smell, feel SG, realism will definitely be hitting me hard.
Don't really want to comment about my flight, except that it was delayed from the very beginning by 3 hours but thx to all for praying! Am feeling much much better though my nose is still stuffy. Ok maybe I'll say something about my 1 day flight back. Lawrence and his fiancee, Janet, kindly dropped me off @ JFK which was suppose to depart at 9:40pm (NY time). When I got there and the lady told me the flight was delayed due to security breach since morning in Vancouver, it was kinda too late to ask Lawrence & Janet to kill time with me. I received a $15 voucher from Cathay and proceeded to check-in. Had a decent 'dinner' before settling down and playing with the sweet baby in his mother's arms across me.
Fast forwarding... ... The 13 hour stretch from Vancouver to HK wasn't all bad except for the fact that I didn't feel well. Slept through most of it to attune my body back to SG time though it didn't really work considering I'm up at this unearthly hour. Ate so much on the plane. Another way of psychoing myself that "Oh! it's breakfast!" "Oh! It's lunch!" "Oh it's dinner!" Can't remember how many meals I had in a day time but had like 2 cup noodles (never felt so good eating it to relieve my stuffed nose... surprise surprise... why? hot soup. Hello! =P) in between. As a result, I missed my flight into SG from HK and had to settle for a later flight which left me arriving in SG around 3pm yesterday arvo. It definitely was a long.... trip back. Was greeted by the alarmingly familiar tune of "Gong-xi gong-xi gong-xi ni ah!". I miss the states already.
The ride home felt like home. Don't know if that made sense but it felt like I've never really left SG to begin with. Ok apart from new rearrangements in the house and a tri-colour "adorable" puppy poodle invading the kitchen corner, it felt home. Thank God for His peace and assurance!
Bon2. (what a name for a dog... anyway) He's alright I guess. Skinny little fella who's extremely hyper playful and teething. Though he's becoming quite adorable now as in cute. Haha! My mum expects me to train him. So far in my coming back. I've done 2 things:
1) Cleared out my luggage
2) Taught Bon's to stay away from human shoes.
Reckon that's pretty gd aye? Haha! Oh and did I tell people that my luggage transformed into a China/Pakistani pink bag? You know those 1 dollar huge rice bags? Ya. Aunty Mew Yee passed it on to me so that I'd be able to fit everything in. Not that I had too much to begin with but my luggages were apparently undersize. All in all the total weight of the 2 came under the designated weight by 10kg!
Anyways, what's up for me now that I'm back? Recover, rest, relax, job hunt.
Think once I've gone out to the city or Hawker Center & see, hear, smell, feel SG, realism will definitely be hitting me hard.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Leaving for Home...
Past few days have been on a lower tone since I didn't have any travel agendas or an inkling of idea of the itinerary for NY. Met up with my old old SG church friend yesterday! Was really good to see her after a long while... Even in SG we hardly met and what a coincidence that she'll be here the same time I am!
Anyways, did a whole lot of walking (surprise surprise...). While I was @ my first family friend's place (Uncle KinHui & Aunty Mew Yee), walked from their apartment on 54th St to Central Park and made my way back down the second day to 20-something street. Then I shifted homestay to Lawrence & Janet's place on 34th St and took the subway to Little Italy and started walking from there to Soho then to Greenwich then to West side and back to Soho... all this in 4days! Wouldn't say it was aimless walking but I just left my feet to take me wherever.
All in all, my last days in America ended quietly. No big bangs but definitely got much RnR. It seems like I'm kinda in that surreal state where I can't believe I'm flying tonight back home for good. Sighs...
Oh could people pray with me as I fly back... Somehow I've caught a cold yesterday and I felt really bad... like aching and runny nose and sore throat. Think I had a slight fever but with the cold it was too hard to tell. Anyways, took a panadol last night and am feeling much better today though I still have a painful throat and runny nose. Hope to recover while on the flight back with the amount of sleep I'll get. Thank you!
Take care ya'll and have a great blessed weekend! =)
Anyways, did a whole lot of walking (surprise surprise...). While I was @ my first family friend's place (Uncle KinHui & Aunty Mew Yee), walked from their apartment on 54th St to Central Park and made my way back down the second day to 20-something street. Then I shifted homestay to Lawrence & Janet's place on 34th St and took the subway to Little Italy and started walking from there to Soho then to Greenwich then to West side and back to Soho... all this in 4days! Wouldn't say it was aimless walking but I just left my feet to take me wherever.
All in all, my last days in America ended quietly. No big bangs but definitely got much RnR. It seems like I'm kinda in that surreal state where I can't believe I'm flying tonight back home for good. Sighs...
Oh could people pray with me as I fly back... Somehow I've caught a cold yesterday and I felt really bad... like aching and runny nose and sore throat. Think I had a slight fever but with the cold it was too hard to tell. Anyways, took a panadol last night and am feeling much better today though I still have a painful throat and runny nose. Hope to recover while on the flight back with the amount of sleep I'll get. Thank you!
Take care ya'll and have a great blessed weekend! =)
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Start spreading the news...
It's New York all over again!
Just a brief recap on Urbana...
We ushered in the New Year glorifying God in worship!! Just watching the whole arena, 22,000 delegates from over 150 countries, singing, dancing, praising together as one... that topped the list of past New Year's celebrations! How great is our God that His people can enter into His presence and kick start 2007 proclaiming Christ as our Redeemer, our King, our Father, our Comforter & Friend!! It was just amazing. I'm still awe-struck by God's power.
Ask me how Urbana'06 was for me and I'd tell you God changed my perspectives once again! I came to Urbana thinking of finding direction concerning my career path and how I would fit into missions. Not that I got a clear cut answer but God's revealed so much more - in the in-depth Ephesians bible studies and the general seminar sessions and the worship. God's renewed His joy and strength once again in my spiritual walk and I can't help but find myself longing to linger in His presence.
I got a lot out of every seminar as well but just to pin-point 2 points that stood out for me:
With God's grace, the only logical response is Joy!
Missions is no longer going across the oceans. It's just going across the street.
God is doing great things. He's fulfilling His purpose in each and everyone of us and I'm expectant of His mighty works in me and through me to glorify Him!
After the worship party @ Edward Jones Dome, I got back to packing. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be... even with the amount of material provided by Urbana, I still managed to zip up my luggage haha! Of course it's starting to look rather out-of-shape but ya it still closes and that's the most important thing isn't it.
Said many goodbyes to UNC friends who were there. Spent time talking to Liz, Amanda & Sherri & a few other new friends. It's always sad to say goodbye. Anyhows... woke up at 6am, packed the rest of the stuff and left while the rest were still sleeping. The airport was packed with Urbana people la! In a way, it was quite comforting. Comforting to be with familiar people, Christ's family, as the realization of my American experience draws a close. It's hitting me harder than I though it would. Especially when people start leaving, it gets so abrupt...!!
Anyways, while waiting for my flight there was a chinese dude playing the violin. Urbana kid too. It was so surreal - the whole atmosphere. Flying to Columbus, Ohio wasn't bad. It was arriving in Ohio and finding the Urbana people gone that I felt a little lonely with reality knocking. I'm thankful that when once I use to think my life was defined by the friends I have, the activities I was occupied with, I found sufficiency in Christ alone! So yea... just sharing that I'll really miss the experience.
So. Upon arriving in Columbus. I found out my flight got delayed due to thick fog in Newark causing little visibility on the run-way. At first the 1115am flight shifted to 1325. Who would have known after boarding at 1325, we'd be stuck on the plane till 1630!! They didn't want to de-plane in case we were given the go to take off but yea... it was tiring.
Arrived in Newark at 5plus 6 and by the time I got on the shuttle and arrived at my family friend's place it was 7pm. I'm relieved and physically tired. Though the little girls - Lingling and Huihui - are such a joy! They're the highlight of my day! Will be going free and easy from now onwards. Hope to catch a musical... probably check that out tml. Also want to go to Long Island so yup. Then again my final days here in America may be full... haha!
Wells, the countdown is on... Take care and have a blessed week!
Love,
SJ
Just a brief recap on Urbana...
We ushered in the New Year glorifying God in worship!! Just watching the whole arena, 22,000 delegates from over 150 countries, singing, dancing, praising together as one... that topped the list of past New Year's celebrations! How great is our God that His people can enter into His presence and kick start 2007 proclaiming Christ as our Redeemer, our King, our Father, our Comforter & Friend!! It was just amazing. I'm still awe-struck by God's power.
Ask me how Urbana'06 was for me and I'd tell you God changed my perspectives once again! I came to Urbana thinking of finding direction concerning my career path and how I would fit into missions. Not that I got a clear cut answer but God's revealed so much more - in the in-depth Ephesians bible studies and the general seminar sessions and the worship. God's renewed His joy and strength once again in my spiritual walk and I can't help but find myself longing to linger in His presence.
I got a lot out of every seminar as well but just to pin-point 2 points that stood out for me:
With God's grace, the only logical response is Joy!
Missions is no longer going across the oceans. It's just going across the street.
God is doing great things. He's fulfilling His purpose in each and everyone of us and I'm expectant of His mighty works in me and through me to glorify Him!
After the worship party @ Edward Jones Dome, I got back to packing. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be... even with the amount of material provided by Urbana, I still managed to zip up my luggage haha! Of course it's starting to look rather out-of-shape but ya it still closes and that's the most important thing isn't it.
Said many goodbyes to UNC friends who were there. Spent time talking to Liz, Amanda & Sherri & a few other new friends. It's always sad to say goodbye. Anyhows... woke up at 6am, packed the rest of the stuff and left while the rest were still sleeping. The airport was packed with Urbana people la! In a way, it was quite comforting. Comforting to be with familiar people, Christ's family, as the realization of my American experience draws a close. It's hitting me harder than I though it would. Especially when people start leaving, it gets so abrupt...!!
Anyways, while waiting for my flight there was a chinese dude playing the violin. Urbana kid too. It was so surreal - the whole atmosphere. Flying to Columbus, Ohio wasn't bad. It was arriving in Ohio and finding the Urbana people gone that I felt a little lonely with reality knocking. I'm thankful that when once I use to think my life was defined by the friends I have, the activities I was occupied with, I found sufficiency in Christ alone! So yea... just sharing that I'll really miss the experience.
So. Upon arriving in Columbus. I found out my flight got delayed due to thick fog in Newark causing little visibility on the run-way. At first the 1115am flight shifted to 1325. Who would have known after boarding at 1325, we'd be stuck on the plane till 1630!! They didn't want to de-plane in case we were given the go to take off but yea... it was tiring.
Arrived in Newark at 5plus 6 and by the time I got on the shuttle and arrived at my family friend's place it was 7pm. I'm relieved and physically tired. Though the little girls - Lingling and Huihui - are such a joy! They're the highlight of my day! Will be going free and easy from now onwards. Hope to catch a musical... probably check that out tml. Also want to go to Long Island so yup. Then again my final days here in America may be full... haha!
Wells, the countdown is on... Take care and have a blessed week!
Love,
SJ
Monday, January 01, 2007
Blessed New Year, Singapore!
Think you welcomed 2007 about 6 1/2 hours ago while we here in the North have another 7 1/2 hours to go! Thank God for his provision and revelations in the past week here at Urbana'06. It's been amazing and am looking forward to rejoicing and praying in the New Year together with the 22.000 Urbana delegates here!
We had a commitment time today during the morning session where we filled out commitment cards concerning where we go from here. Was just talking to God during that time of silence and telling Him about all the emotions I feel about going back to Singapore and finding a job and all. One word kept resounding in my head - Provision. Think God's assuring me He'll provide and see me through it all. That I just need to let go of my worries and apprehension and dedicate my life to Him for His purpose to go Wherever, do Whatever, Whenever (Rick Warren's 3Ws... yup he spoke at our session last night along with his wife Kay).
You'll never guess who else spoke to us over a telecast... He's one of the many celebrity ambassadors for HIV/AIDs awareness in the ONE campaign. Don't know? BONO!!!! Like U2's very own rock star lead singer, Bono. Never knew he was Christian but anyways! Haha it's was great!
We also had a rap group close the HIV/AIDs awareness session yesterday. They're called the Cross Movement. Can't say that it was my kind of style of worship but ya... It's amazing how diverse our God is and how He's given all of us talents to minister and reach out to different cultures and people groups. Praise God for rap! Praise God for variety! =)
Anyways, will be in NY tomorrow. Gonna stay with some family friends who have kindly opened their home!
Let's be united in prayer that with the New Year, 2007, God's gonna be ever more real in our lives, that we'll continue to press on being His hands and feet and that His out-flowing of His love will be lived out in Jesus' example through us! Let's pray that God's gonna fire up our generation to follow wholly after Him. A bold and courageous generation, armed with God's living Word, living it up for God's glory!
Lord, You are good
Lord, You are good and Your mercy endureth forever (2x)
People from every nation and tongue,
from generation to generation;
Chorus:
We worship You,
Hallelujah (2x).
We worship You for who You are.
We worship You,
hallelujah (2x).
We worship You for who you are and You are good.
Bridge:
You are good all the time,
and all the time You are good
We had a commitment time today during the morning session where we filled out commitment cards concerning where we go from here. Was just talking to God during that time of silence and telling Him about all the emotions I feel about going back to Singapore and finding a job and all. One word kept resounding in my head - Provision. Think God's assuring me He'll provide and see me through it all. That I just need to let go of my worries and apprehension and dedicate my life to Him for His purpose to go Wherever, do Whatever, Whenever (Rick Warren's 3Ws... yup he spoke at our session last night along with his wife Kay).
You'll never guess who else spoke to us over a telecast... He's one of the many celebrity ambassadors for HIV/AIDs awareness in the ONE campaign. Don't know? BONO!!!! Like U2's very own rock star lead singer, Bono. Never knew he was Christian but anyways! Haha it's was great!
We also had a rap group close the HIV/AIDs awareness session yesterday. They're called the Cross Movement. Can't say that it was my kind of style of worship but ya... It's amazing how diverse our God is and how He's given all of us talents to minister and reach out to different cultures and people groups. Praise God for rap! Praise God for variety! =)
Anyways, will be in NY tomorrow. Gonna stay with some family friends who have kindly opened their home!
Let's be united in prayer that with the New Year, 2007, God's gonna be ever more real in our lives, that we'll continue to press on being His hands and feet and that His out-flowing of His love will be lived out in Jesus' example through us! Let's pray that God's gonna fire up our generation to follow wholly after Him. A bold and courageous generation, armed with God's living Word, living it up for God's glory!
Lord, You are good
Lord, You are good and Your mercy endureth forever (2x)
People from every nation and tongue,
from generation to generation;
Chorus:
We worship You,
Hallelujah (2x).
We worship You for who You are.
We worship You,
hallelujah (2x).
We worship You for who you are and You are good.
Bridge:
You are good all the time,
and all the time You are good
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