50 days to go!.
imagine... less than 2 months left.... i feel so excited! can't wait to see my baby's face. hubby keep telling baby at night "good night ethan, see you soon" hahaha. so cute... on the flip side, i also feel very apprehensive becoming a parent. just last night i told my hubby that he'll be seeing his son soon... *shivers* i still feel like a kid man! may it be that by God's grace that hubby and i will be good parents to our children.
it's so amazing. there's something alive in me! hahahaha. and it is now that i can better understand why the bible says that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. it is wonderful! no matter how you feel abt yourself, you are fearfully and wonderfully made. i'm so filled with awe by God's chosen method to multiply mankind.
i'll be going for another check-up tomoro. no more hbo this time... in gynae's clinic only channel 5. haha.
anyway, on the side, celebrated my birthday (a belated one) with hubby... since he was away in london during my birthday. had the most wonderful lunch and dinner.
also, my brilliant gals gave me a "strawberry cake". hahaha. it was all strawberrys! shiok. how brilliant they are to know i'm nuts abt fruits (except durian... though many claim it's the king og fruits... yucks) pretty creative of them isn't it? i thought they were. =)
yesterday hubby and i went for the housewarming of one of his cell brothers. i think his journey with the Lord has been so amazing and it really encourages me... or rather, the likes of the young and inspiring, who wishes to make it rich one day, somehow.
just a brief background, he has a wonderful wife and 3 kids. they were living in a 5-room hdb, driving a normal car and living what many would call an ordinary life. then he got promoted.... to a very high post in a big company. the company made him drive a BMW... and it's a 7-series. he then went on to buy a piece of land and got people to build a 3-storey house on top of it.
the house was beautiful.
and their sharing, was everything God... because it was! how many times have we heard of young, inspiring professionals, aiming to make their first million by the time they hit 30 (actually, that's all possible nowadays)... but for this couple, the move to this house, promotion and driving a big car was never part of their plans. i'm not saying that they never wished to have such a place to live in, but what i'm saying is through their journey in life, being rich and owning a house has never been the top of their pursuits.
God in fact released a word to them telling them that they would live in a bigger house. well, but you know, being human, we wouldn't want to box God up would we? a bigger house could mean many things, since we're all so familiar that Jesus spoke in parables most of the time. so they were faithful. they prayed... and asked God what He meant. and after a few yrs, they're finally there... in a bigger house, literally.
the dedication of the house was so splendid. we sang, we blessed and we took a "tour" of the house. the attic is so nice! and they dedicated the attic to any inspiring missionaries or any person who needed a place to stay. a house of peace indeed.
God is truly faithful. being there yesterday, looking back at how God has been faithful in my life, really encouraged me. encouraged me to take bigger steps of faith in Him and trusting Him.
i think many of us can look back and give thanks for God's faithfulness and how He has came through and answered our prayers.
then another thought came to me... we humans are always never content... i think we should learn to be... let me list some examples...
hubby and i prayed hard for a child. we finally had one... and sometimes i find myself complaining abt the discomforts of pregnancy...
maybe you're a student, you prayed to get good results and get into a good school... but the environment there wasn't as splendid as you thought it would.
maybe you're working, you got your dream job... but your boss is mega irritating or you're worried now abt the economic crisis and your job security...
maybe you got married to your dream man... but married life is bringing on some tough challenges you've never thought of before...
and then you think to yourself.... is God really there?
what i'm saying is, life goes on. it doesn't mean that once God answers any of our prayers that life is going to be smooth-sailing thereafter. but rather, we should be asking ourselves, after receiving a gift from him, how do we want to journey with Him thereafter? in every new phase, God surfaces different things abt us and how He wants to lead us. how sad it would be if we receive a gift and life stops there....
now, having this house is a dream come true for the couple. the husband really wished that one day his parents could live with him and his family under one roof. God made that possible. at present, when we look at their lives, it's so perfect... but i'm sure it doesn't mean that is the end. there would be challenges... but i know, that no matter what happens from now on, they would look back and remember God's faithfulness... God will bring them through everything.
and so it is with all our lives.
am i thankful for this child? i am! but do i complain? i do... maybe next time when my kid grows older i'd be complaining how abt how hard it is to raise him. but yesterday's session taught me to remember God's faithfulness...
we sang a song... it really is true and touching.. brought tears to my eyes
I Serve a Faithful God
I serve a God who is faithful
He will never fail
When I'm in the desert
He's a river of hope
I serve a God who is faithful
His faithfulness prevails
Lord I put my trust in You
I serve a God, who is faithful and true
I will hide, in the shelter of Your wings
For I find my rest, in Your faithfulness
Yes I serve a faithful God
won't you trust in a faithful God?
it's so amazing. there's something alive in me! hahahaha. and it is now that i can better understand why the bible says that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. it is wonderful! no matter how you feel abt yourself, you are fearfully and wonderfully made. i'm so filled with awe by God's chosen method to multiply mankind.
i'll be going for another check-up tomoro. no more hbo this time... in gynae's clinic only channel 5. haha.
anyway, on the side, celebrated my birthday (a belated one) with hubby... since he was away in london during my birthday. had the most wonderful lunch and dinner.
also, my brilliant gals gave me a "strawberry cake". hahaha. it was all strawberrys! shiok. how brilliant they are to know i'm nuts abt fruits (except durian... though many claim it's the king og fruits... yucks) pretty creative of them isn't it? i thought they were. =)
yesterday hubby and i went for the housewarming of one of his cell brothers. i think his journey with the Lord has been so amazing and it really encourages me... or rather, the likes of the young and inspiring, who wishes to make it rich one day, somehow.
just a brief background, he has a wonderful wife and 3 kids. they were living in a 5-room hdb, driving a normal car and living what many would call an ordinary life. then he got promoted.... to a very high post in a big company. the company made him drive a BMW... and it's a 7-series. he then went on to buy a piece of land and got people to build a 3-storey house on top of it.
the house was beautiful.
and their sharing, was everything God... because it was! how many times have we heard of young, inspiring professionals, aiming to make their first million by the time they hit 30 (actually, that's all possible nowadays)... but for this couple, the move to this house, promotion and driving a big car was never part of their plans. i'm not saying that they never wished to have such a place to live in, but what i'm saying is through their journey in life, being rich and owning a house has never been the top of their pursuits.
God in fact released a word to them telling them that they would live in a bigger house. well, but you know, being human, we wouldn't want to box God up would we? a bigger house could mean many things, since we're all so familiar that Jesus spoke in parables most of the time. so they were faithful. they prayed... and asked God what He meant. and after a few yrs, they're finally there... in a bigger house, literally.
the dedication of the house was so splendid. we sang, we blessed and we took a "tour" of the house. the attic is so nice! and they dedicated the attic to any inspiring missionaries or any person who needed a place to stay. a house of peace indeed.
God is truly faithful. being there yesterday, looking back at how God has been faithful in my life, really encouraged me. encouraged me to take bigger steps of faith in Him and trusting Him.
i think many of us can look back and give thanks for God's faithfulness and how He has came through and answered our prayers.
then another thought came to me... we humans are always never content... i think we should learn to be... let me list some examples...
hubby and i prayed hard for a child. we finally had one... and sometimes i find myself complaining abt the discomforts of pregnancy...
maybe you're a student, you prayed to get good results and get into a good school... but the environment there wasn't as splendid as you thought it would.
maybe you're working, you got your dream job... but your boss is mega irritating or you're worried now abt the economic crisis and your job security...
maybe you got married to your dream man... but married life is bringing on some tough challenges you've never thought of before...
and then you think to yourself.... is God really there?
what i'm saying is, life goes on. it doesn't mean that once God answers any of our prayers that life is going to be smooth-sailing thereafter. but rather, we should be asking ourselves, after receiving a gift from him, how do we want to journey with Him thereafter? in every new phase, God surfaces different things abt us and how He wants to lead us. how sad it would be if we receive a gift and life stops there....
now, having this house is a dream come true for the couple. the husband really wished that one day his parents could live with him and his family under one roof. God made that possible. at present, when we look at their lives, it's so perfect... but i'm sure it doesn't mean that is the end. there would be challenges... but i know, that no matter what happens from now on, they would look back and remember God's faithfulness... God will bring them through everything.
and so it is with all our lives.
am i thankful for this child? i am! but do i complain? i do... maybe next time when my kid grows older i'd be complaining how abt how hard it is to raise him. but yesterday's session taught me to remember God's faithfulness...
we sang a song... it really is true and touching.. brought tears to my eyes
I Serve a Faithful God
I serve a God who is faithful
He will never fail
When I'm in the desert
He's a river of hope
I serve a God who is faithful
His faithfulness prevails
Lord I put my trust in You
I serve a God, who is faithful and true
I will hide, in the shelter of Your wings
For I find my rest, in Your faithfulness
Yes I serve a faithful God
won't you trust in a faithful God?
{ Thursday, November 27 }
remember reading my last post abt how i am always waiting around at my gynae's clinic and at the radiology dept? while waiting for my report, they had hbo running and i watched this mega lame show for like 40 mins while waiting for the report.
it was so lame i can't believe i watched it. when i got to my parents' place after all my appointments at the hospital, i told my bro and his gf abt the mega b-grade movie i watched.
when my husband got home (he was away that week for duty-travel), i told him abt the mega b-grade movie and he actually knows the title!!! so amazing.
when i did a search for the title, i realised that it starred tom hanks and meg ryan. like can you believe it????
anyway, enough of the suspense, the movie's a 1990 production called joe versus the volcano.
i assure you it is mega lame. you can read the whole plot on wikipedia. you can follow this link when you're bored and need to crash your head into the wall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Versus_the_Volcano
can't hbo play better movies? oh well...
it was so lame i can't believe i watched it. when i got to my parents' place after all my appointments at the hospital, i told my bro and his gf abt the mega b-grade movie i watched.
when my husband got home (he was away that week for duty-travel), i told him abt the mega b-grade movie and he actually knows the title!!! so amazing.
when i did a search for the title, i realised that it starred tom hanks and meg ryan. like can you believe it????
anyway, enough of the suspense, the movie's a 1990 production called joe versus the volcano.
i assure you it is mega lame. you can read the whole plot on wikipedia. you can follow this link when you're bored and need to crash your head into the wall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Versus_the_Volcano
can't hbo play better movies? oh well...
{ Wednesday, November 19 }
went for my check up last friday. my, it was a mighty long wait at the hospital for all these check-ups. it took up my entire half day off!!! gosh.
1.00pm out of office, had lunch
2.30pm reached hospital radiology department for my last detailed scan
3.40pm scan ended and i went to my gynae's clinic to "check-in" since it's my appt time
4.00pm back at radiology department to wait for report
4.40pm collected report and went back to clinic
5.15pm saw my gynae
5.30pm collected medicine and left the clinic to go home....
sighz... i'm always waiting around... such a waste of time. but no choice i guess. if i went to KK hospital i think it'll be worse! more people = bigger crowd = longer waits. eeks!
anyway, scan showed that my baby's normal... and now at 1.9kg. i'm current 7 months pregnant.
2 more months or 9 more weeks to go!
and now for some other things that i wanna talk abt... i've been thinking for a while abt sin and consequences.
the bible said all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. the fact is, all have sinned. and another fact is, every sin has a consequence.
some argue the "grade" of their sin. example, telling white lies is a lesser sin than say, murder. why do people think that way? that there are big sins and small sins. then i realised that people probably feel that telling 100 white lies is less sinful than committing 1 murder is because of the type of consequence that the sin reaps.
imagine being in court. and you told a white lie. in court i think it'll be called contempt in court. if you're guilty of that, you'll probably at worst get some time in jail and a fine. whereas for first degree murder, you'd be sentenced to death.
every sin does reap consequences. what makes you think that telling white lies doesn't? or scolding vulgarities doesn't? or flirting behind your spouse doesn't?
what happens when the relative diagnosed with cancer finds out after 2 yrs that she really has cancer and has only a few months left to live? only to find out that actually her closed ones knew of her illness 2 yrs ago but have chosen to keep it from her. i think i'd be devastated. i could have spent that 2 yrs really to its fullest, or sought treatment... maybe knowing it could have changed my perception of death... or at least prepared me for it. this is a classic example of a harmless white lie that some people argue with me abt. after giving it much thought, i realised that such lies, though done with good intentions, does reap painful consequences.
the number of people doing it around you doesn't make the "little" sins you do right.
so is the bible right to say all have sinned? i would think so. the amount of consequences it causes does not justify the level of evil. a sin is a sin. wrong is wrong.
i think that helped me reconcile the fact that we all need forgiveness from God. He is a holy God. that's why when God asked adam and eve not to eat the fruit from the tree, even that simple act was deemed as unholy. was God being unfair? in our minds, we might think so, because we're comparing the consequences to the "grade" of sin again. but it just showed me how holy our God is.
and it also showed me why God had to die on the cross. to pay the penalty of sin so that we would be redeemed, to have a way out of guilt and a way to healing, a way back to Him.
1.00pm out of office, had lunch
2.30pm reached hospital radiology department for my last detailed scan
3.40pm scan ended and i went to my gynae's clinic to "check-in" since it's my appt time
4.00pm back at radiology department to wait for report
4.40pm collected report and went back to clinic
5.15pm saw my gynae
5.30pm collected medicine and left the clinic to go home....
sighz... i'm always waiting around... such a waste of time. but no choice i guess. if i went to KK hospital i think it'll be worse! more people = bigger crowd = longer waits. eeks!
anyway, scan showed that my baby's normal... and now at 1.9kg. i'm current 7 months pregnant.
2 more months or 9 more weeks to go!
and now for some other things that i wanna talk abt... i've been thinking for a while abt sin and consequences.
the bible said all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. the fact is, all have sinned. and another fact is, every sin has a consequence.
some argue the "grade" of their sin. example, telling white lies is a lesser sin than say, murder. why do people think that way? that there are big sins and small sins. then i realised that people probably feel that telling 100 white lies is less sinful than committing 1 murder is because of the type of consequence that the sin reaps.
imagine being in court. and you told a white lie. in court i think it'll be called contempt in court. if you're guilty of that, you'll probably at worst get some time in jail and a fine. whereas for first degree murder, you'd be sentenced to death.
every sin does reap consequences. what makes you think that telling white lies doesn't? or scolding vulgarities doesn't? or flirting behind your spouse doesn't?
what happens when the relative diagnosed with cancer finds out after 2 yrs that she really has cancer and has only a few months left to live? only to find out that actually her closed ones knew of her illness 2 yrs ago but have chosen to keep it from her. i think i'd be devastated. i could have spent that 2 yrs really to its fullest, or sought treatment... maybe knowing it could have changed my perception of death... or at least prepared me for it. this is a classic example of a harmless white lie that some people argue with me abt. after giving it much thought, i realised that such lies, though done with good intentions, does reap painful consequences.
the number of people doing it around you doesn't make the "little" sins you do right.
so is the bible right to say all have sinned? i would think so. the amount of consequences it causes does not justify the level of evil. a sin is a sin. wrong is wrong.
i think that helped me reconcile the fact that we all need forgiveness from God. He is a holy God. that's why when God asked adam and eve not to eat the fruit from the tree, even that simple act was deemed as unholy. was God being unfair? in our minds, we might think so, because we're comparing the consequences to the "grade" of sin again. but it just showed me how holy our God is.
and it also showed me why God had to die on the cross. to pay the penalty of sin so that we would be redeemed, to have a way out of guilt and a way to healing, a way back to Him.
{ Monday, November 17 }
it's me again! hahaha. just feel excited to share abt my girls and what they gave me for my birthday. =) introducing.... the 'ty-ty' giraffe... and my giraffe espresso cup.
thanks to my girls for this beautiful present. am truly touched by your efforts, gifts and words.
thanks too to all my friends who've given me gifts and sent well wishes. thank you thank you thank you.
hubby was away for my birthday. he was in london coz his company sent him there. so sad..... but thankfully i managed to celebrate my birthday with my parents and brother. and thanks to my brother, i was badly embarrassed at the restaurant where my parents brought me to. hahahaha. beware brother!!! pay back time will come =P
and now for other random pictures i've taken with my phone... have been putting off uploading them for way toooooo long. =P
ok... that's all for now... =) this friday i'm going for my final detailed ob scan. till date i've gained almost 11 kg. wow!
praise the Lord for all His goodness...
uh huh... the cup and box...
a wonderfully composed poems and love-letters
and the potrait of giraffe! i think they have telepathic abilities.
this giraffe actually looks like a soft toy i have....
this giraffe actually looks like a soft toy i have....
told ya so.........
thanks to my girls for this beautiful present. am truly touched by your efforts, gifts and words.
thanks too to all my friends who've given me gifts and sent well wishes. thank you thank you thank you.
hubby was away for my birthday. he was in london coz his company sent him there. so sad..... but thankfully i managed to celebrate my birthday with my parents and brother. and thanks to my brother, i was badly embarrassed at the restaurant where my parents brought me to. hahahaha. beware brother!!! pay back time will come =P
and now for other random pictures i've taken with my phone... have been putting off uploading them for way toooooo long. =P
i loved this mouse pad so much... it was free from cartoon network. it's a mouse trap. and it's supposed to be used with a mouse... get it????
hahaha.. i'm just so tickled by that.
hahaha.. i'm just so tickled by that.
and this.... how i found out i got pregnant. the top was the home-test kit... the bottom was gynae test kit. =D
ok... that's all for now... =) this friday i'm going for my final detailed ob scan. till date i've gained almost 11 kg. wow!
praise the Lord for all His goodness...
{ Thursday, November 13 }
So Expensive.
can't believe how much i spent at lunch today....
i'm on course today and it was nicely situated near lau pa sat. so naturally, lunch was there. let me list what i had for lunch
chicken rice set - $5.50 (with vegetables)
tomato juice - $3.00
not full after those
xiao long bao - $4 (5 pcs)
fruits - $3.20 (1 orange, jambu, 1 jelly)
total: $15.70
imagine! i could have eaten in a restaurant with a set-lunch and air conditioned environment. hawkers are just simply getting too expensive.
more updates coming up... i haven't taken pictures for those updates yet so they'll have to come up later. watch this space.
i'm on course today and it was nicely situated near lau pa sat. so naturally, lunch was there. let me list what i had for lunch
chicken rice set - $5.50 (with vegetables)
tomato juice - $3.00
not full after those
xiao long bao - $4 (5 pcs)
fruits - $3.20 (1 orange, jambu, 1 jelly)
total: $15.70
imagine! i could have eaten in a restaurant with a set-lunch and air conditioned environment. hawkers are just simply getting too expensive.
more updates coming up... i haven't taken pictures for those updates yet so they'll have to come up later. watch this space.
{ Wednesday, November 12 }
Go Obama!.
He won!
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
{ Wednesday, November 5 }