Funny Pictures.
i like funny pictures. well, not pictures that claim to be funny are funny to me but here're the few which i think are funny, my all time favourite =P just feel like posting this.
brave penguin
hope these pics brighten your day =P
i must really find my cable for my camera to transfer the baptism photos onto my comp. hope i find it
bored sheepdog
brave penguin
world's tallest giraffe
hope these pics brighten your day =P
i must really find my cable for my camera to transfer the baptism photos onto my comp. hope i find it
{ Tuesday, April 29 }
Baptism.
5 of my girls are getting baptised today. i'm so happy and excited.
it's so cool to decide to follow Christ the rest of your life.
3 important decisions you'll make in your entire life:
1) who's your master?
is it money? is it love? or is it God?
2) what's your mission?
why're you existing?
3) who's your mate?
what'll he/she be like?
though my girls won't be answering the 3rd question so soon, i'm glad that they have decided for themselves who they shall serve for the rest of their lives. =)
have you?
more pictures to come... watch this space.
it's so cool to decide to follow Christ the rest of your life.
3 important decisions you'll make in your entire life:
1) who's your master?
is it money? is it love? or is it God?
2) what's your mission?
why're you existing?
3) who's your mate?
what'll he/she be like?
though my girls won't be answering the 3rd question so soon, i'm glad that they have decided for themselves who they shall serve for the rest of their lives. =)
have you?
more pictures to come... watch this space.
{ Friday, April 25 }
JP Morgan Challenge.
hahaha.. to celebrate my company's 50th anniversary, our marketing department decided to sign up for the JP Morgan Coporate Challenge. it's a marathon we're running. 5.6km.
gosh, i have not run for the longest time. but thanks to a basketball session with my girls i think that helped build stamina just that little wee bit.
why did i participate since i hardly exercise at all? hahaha, i told my other friend, DL ,that i did so because i get to knock off at 3.30pm. hahahaha!!!!!! cheap thrill... i know...
anyway, here're the pictures of us!
this is us before the run.....
...and this is us after the run
it was a great work out for me and i enjoyed it... though i went home with mega-ly aching legs... lol. but it's good cos it worked up an appetitte.
should seriously consider exercising regularly... i always feel eeky when i perspire. that's why i hated PE so much.. but every time after i exercise, though i feel eeky, i also feel super good.
kinda reminds me how we are to have faith. we find it hard or refuse to have faith because we feel super afraid and skeptical... but after, we know God that little bit better and we feel good we held on...
and so the saying goes... no pain, no gain.
gosh, i have not run for the longest time. but thanks to a basketball session with my girls i think that helped build stamina just that little wee bit.
why did i participate since i hardly exercise at all? hahaha, i told my other friend, DL ,that i did so because i get to knock off at 3.30pm. hahahaha!!!!!! cheap thrill... i know...
anyway, here're the pictures of us!
this is us before the run.....
...and this is us after the run
it was a great work out for me and i enjoyed it... though i went home with mega-ly aching legs... lol. but it's good cos it worked up an appetitte.should seriously consider exercising regularly... i always feel eeky when i perspire. that's why i hated PE so much.. but every time after i exercise, though i feel eeky, i also feel super good.
kinda reminds me how we are to have faith. we find it hard or refuse to have faith because we feel super afraid and skeptical... but after, we know God that little bit better and we feel good we held on...
and so the saying goes... no pain, no gain.
{ Thursday, April 24 }
Interesting Conversations.
praise be to God, managed to complete quite a bit of work here in vietnam. i'm excited. finally things are moving. i still remember my last blog entry last year titled "pray for me" and about being in a make or break situation. finally, i'm making it... after the project has been delayed for nearly 9 months, it's finally back on track. so i'm really very thankful for that and for those who've been praying for my work.
anyway, have been having rather interesting conversations with my boss and the vietnam co bosses. we were talking about some colleagues that we know who're absolutely irritating and arrogant, making them very difficult to work with. i have my own frustrating encounters with these colleagues as well... and then i recall also the many times that people were complaining about other people and i happen to be in the conversation, listening to them... i think the world is full of frustrating and irritating people. and they'll always be in our lives to a certain measure. but what are we to do with them? well, we could retaliate, back-stab them, scold them, despise them, look down on them, avoid them... blah blah. but i was reminded to love them. that's what God said in His Word... love your neighbours as yourself. it didn't say love your lovable neighbour, or it'll be good if you could love your neighbour. it says it point blank: love your neighbour as yourself.
it's sad when i see the lives of these "irritating" people (ok, i shall call them from now on, "extra grace needed" people)... i don't think they know what they're doing.. and i doubt they know that they're angering people around them. sigh... i believe that most of such reactions from them stems from insecurity... not knowing that they're loved.. that eternity could be set on their hearts. i think the only way to help them stop being irritating is to love them. such is the power of love. and i guess then, it would require sacrifice and grace on our part fo accept them and to look beyond who they are now....
it's tough. but i'm still learning. i hope one day they'll know how much God loves them.
then the topic changed to fortune telling.
you might or might not be surprised that vietnam has a very superstitious culture. and my bosses were all sharing that they do visit the fortune teller from time to time and that they believe in fate. well, i guess to me, fate just means God's plan for my life. and i believe that my fate is good. it will always be. because that's God's promise.
then my bosses shared about how they enjoy listening to good things... i guess, we always crave for good things to happen to our lives. but let's face it. it's life we're living and it's bound to throw some bad things at us. i feel it's how we perceive these bad things and how we overcome and rise up above them that matters. i feel sad for my bosses... i can see the desperation in them to want something to hold on to when all else fails. sadly, what the fortune teller says or what the horoscopes say, as true as they say they are, is all in vain.
i really feel so sad for them... God has good things for them. He really does and i really believe it. what He promises will never change and there is something even better to look forward to after death. i also hope that one day they'll be able to see God's love for them and that God has already designed a wonderful plan for them.. all they have to do, is walk into it.
i hope your life is more than situations or words... i hope your life too can be based on faith... faith in a good God.
anyway, have been having rather interesting conversations with my boss and the vietnam co bosses. we were talking about some colleagues that we know who're absolutely irritating and arrogant, making them very difficult to work with. i have my own frustrating encounters with these colleagues as well... and then i recall also the many times that people were complaining about other people and i happen to be in the conversation, listening to them... i think the world is full of frustrating and irritating people. and they'll always be in our lives to a certain measure. but what are we to do with them? well, we could retaliate, back-stab them, scold them, despise them, look down on them, avoid them... blah blah. but i was reminded to love them. that's what God said in His Word... love your neighbours as yourself. it didn't say love your lovable neighbour, or it'll be good if you could love your neighbour. it says it point blank: love your neighbour as yourself.
it's sad when i see the lives of these "irritating" people (ok, i shall call them from now on, "extra grace needed" people)... i don't think they know what they're doing.. and i doubt they know that they're angering people around them. sigh... i believe that most of such reactions from them stems from insecurity... not knowing that they're loved.. that eternity could be set on their hearts. i think the only way to help them stop being irritating is to love them. such is the power of love. and i guess then, it would require sacrifice and grace on our part fo accept them and to look beyond who they are now....
it's tough. but i'm still learning. i hope one day they'll know how much God loves them.
then the topic changed to fortune telling.
you might or might not be surprised that vietnam has a very superstitious culture. and my bosses were all sharing that they do visit the fortune teller from time to time and that they believe in fate. well, i guess to me, fate just means God's plan for my life. and i believe that my fate is good. it will always be. because that's God's promise.
then my bosses shared about how they enjoy listening to good things... i guess, we always crave for good things to happen to our lives. but let's face it. it's life we're living and it's bound to throw some bad things at us. i feel it's how we perceive these bad things and how we overcome and rise up above them that matters. i feel sad for my bosses... i can see the desperation in them to want something to hold on to when all else fails. sadly, what the fortune teller says or what the horoscopes say, as true as they say they are, is all in vain.
i really feel so sad for them... God has good things for them. He really does and i really believe it. what He promises will never change and there is something even better to look forward to after death. i also hope that one day they'll be able to see God's love for them and that God has already designed a wonderful plan for them.. all they have to do, is walk into it.
i hope your life is more than situations or words... i hope your life too can be based on faith... faith in a good God.
{ Thursday, April 17 }
Revived.
finally... after nearly 6 months of inactivity... this blog is finally revived...
haha. it's now alive again because i know there're people who're still coming in here from time to time to see if it is alive... and i guess it's still a good way to keep in touch with some friends whom i don't often see. though being able to see updates about me here doesn't mean that we can continue to not see one another. ha!
so anyway, here's just some quick updates of what has been happening in my life so far... i'll try to keep it as up to date as possible...
well, i'm still flying around... yes, since my last post 6 months ago, i'm still flying to and fro vietnam.. in fact, i'm making another trip down this wednesday.
i've stopped flying for about 3 months after a minor op. what op, you say. went to the doctor's and he found a growth. advised me to get it removed and examined. thank God, it's benign. so here i am, up and about again.
really enjoyed the time when i was grounded. flying really gets my life topsy turvy. not very helpful especially if kids come along.
and now, my company intends to send me to dubai. absolutely not looking forward to it. told boss that i am unwilling but i know that if the company feels that i am the best person to go there, then it will be there i'd have to go. sigh. it'll no longer be short trips if i go to dubai.. it'd be 2 weeks at a go because of the long and expensive flights. that'd disrupt my life even more and i'd be really flusttered when that happens since i'm a person who loves routine. then again, i complain sometimes of boring routines. ah well... humans are just hard to please.
so what else's up. well, trying for a baby.
a child is a gift from God. so we're praying that God will bless us with that gift... such a wonderful gift. so if you do pray to the same God i do, you could put in some prayers for me too.
anyway, another reason why i revived this blog is because of the gals i lead. ahem, ain't you honoured? they're all starting up their blogs! so let's all do it together.
i'll try to come in as much as i can. so stay tuned!
haha. it's now alive again because i know there're people who're still coming in here from time to time to see if it is alive... and i guess it's still a good way to keep in touch with some friends whom i don't often see. though being able to see updates about me here doesn't mean that we can continue to not see one another. ha!
so anyway, here's just some quick updates of what has been happening in my life so far... i'll try to keep it as up to date as possible...
well, i'm still flying around... yes, since my last post 6 months ago, i'm still flying to and fro vietnam.. in fact, i'm making another trip down this wednesday.
i've stopped flying for about 3 months after a minor op. what op, you say. went to the doctor's and he found a growth. advised me to get it removed and examined. thank God, it's benign. so here i am, up and about again.
really enjoyed the time when i was grounded. flying really gets my life topsy turvy. not very helpful especially if kids come along.
and now, my company intends to send me to dubai. absolutely not looking forward to it. told boss that i am unwilling but i know that if the company feels that i am the best person to go there, then it will be there i'd have to go. sigh. it'll no longer be short trips if i go to dubai.. it'd be 2 weeks at a go because of the long and expensive flights. that'd disrupt my life even more and i'd be really flusttered when that happens since i'm a person who loves routine. then again, i complain sometimes of boring routines. ah well... humans are just hard to please.
so what else's up. well, trying for a baby.
a child is a gift from God. so we're praying that God will bless us with that gift... such a wonderful gift. so if you do pray to the same God i do, you could put in some prayers for me too.
anyway, another reason why i revived this blog is because of the gals i lead. ahem, ain't you honoured? they're all starting up their blogs! so let's all do it together.
i'll try to come in as much as i can. so stay tuned!
{ Monday, April 14 }