just popping by :D

its okay if you don't understand the last post
I don't either! ;D

Math of life:
Shared joy is a double joy;

shared sorrow is half a sorrow.

-- Swedish Proverb



People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.

sometimes, it would be easier for them to realise they're on the same side

caring about your relationships!
its... gideon!

mmmph!

mmmph? mmph!

grawr

now hermitising...

celebrate!
official first day of holidays!
school's been crushed under the heels of FREEDOM
WHOOOOO

yea, just a little too high
ANYWAY

saturdayy
service
multiplication
suffice to say, I was forewarned
sure, when I first heard the news it was pretty crushing
but after LCE when I got back home
and in my TAWG
God spoke to me, and he told me that this was where He wanted me to go
to pioneer
which was reinforced by a prayer at the next ignyte service
which was why I stood
and all that time, although I doubted, I heard His voice at the back of my head going "stand tall, this is your place"

FUEL
my awesome buzz group
doesn't matter how small we are, we have fun :D
"God is not responsible for our trials & hardships and therefore we should never blame God for the things that are not going right in our lives.
He merely allows these trials to happen because
a) He knows we're strong enough to withstand it (God will never send us a temptation we cannot overcome)
b) He knows that it makes us stronger (citius, altius, fortius)

if you're wondering, that's the olympic motto

Citius - Swifter
Altius - Higher
Fortius - Stronger
(Kanye West anyone?)

sunday
watched indy jones (again)
seems the trend is to watch movies twice
well at least, it is with me
like I said earlier, its good.
Not amazingly good, but good
after that
wii tennis at ariel's
then home
to sleeeeeeep.

I'm glad for the new friendships God's sending my way
new season, aye?

grawr
I so desperately want to say I'm sorry
but I'm not sure its enough
and it annoys me profusely that I know this is what it took for God to humble me
that I'm such a stubborn cow that it had to be something this big
and...

I'm sorry

It pisses me off that there are words that I could say to you
words I know would be encouragement
but His voice just repeats itself in my ear
not now, not yet. not now, not yet

I'm sorry
I'm so, so sorry.



find rest my soul
in Christ alone
know His power
in quietness and trust
when the oceans rise and thunders roar
I will soar with you above the storm
Father You are King over the flood
I will be still, know you are God

I trust, I trust

whoo whoo, saturday morning, yes, sorry to all, I haven't been blogging much
cause every time I come home I always walk in to find...
my sister hogging the computer
every. day. this. week.
emphasis on 'every' and 'day'

anyway, its been a fun past few days
yea, for term 2, I failed three subjects
BUTTTT
thanks to the magic of
AVERAGING!
I managed to fail only 1 subject over two terms
yay!
thank you God :D
hahahaha, tim's results were funnier
49.9, 79.9, 69.9
hilarious-ness

anyway
school has been BORING
to an incredible extent
really, you have no idea what its like to WANT to sleep, yet not be able to
in school!
you should always be able to want to sleep and be able to sleep in school
it should be a rule!
rawr!

watched indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull yesterday
its good, but not spectacularly good
and kinda freaky too
anyway, cool stuff

rawr
and if I could, I'd live this week all over again

I never want to forget

oh look, a perfect fit

its yours, don't break it

whooosh, what a week
weak week?
nahhh
just a warring week

didn't do well for exams
scratch that, did really badly
so much lower than I expected
phailed 3 subjects
there's failed, there's phailed, and then there's epic phail
thankfully, only at the phail stage
still annoyed though

condolences to Ryan Goh's grandfather
but he said yes before he left, so just wait till you see him in heaven

saturday went swimmingly
movie at house before
service was... service
I hope my acting wasn't too bad
messed up a little :p
but I needed service :) (to say the least)
altar call, altar call
fuel
buzz group is awesome fun :D
dinner
home

sunday
pretty much spent all of today with my family
I guess that's good, cause I haven't really been spending time with them
ah well.

quickie

I don't think enough people realise that sometimes the battle is already in your hands
God gave you control of it since the beginning
He's just waiting for you to step up to the plate
and deliver

He'll never put you through something you're incapable of surviving
never put you through a trial you're not ready to go through
no matter what you say
you're ready

"The Lord is with you, mighty warrior."
Judges 6:12

yep, this is the verse from judges
the one that the angel of the Lord says when he first meets Gideon.
The angel call gideon "someone who might be a mighty warrior" or "someone who will be a mighty warrior, but only after you go do a bunch of things for me".
The angel calls gideon a mighty warrior
why?
the answer lies in the same sentence
"The Lord is with you, mighty warrior."
gideon was mighty because God was with him
nothing else
all that was left to do between that time and when gideon crushed the midianites was that gideon had to realise that too

plant your feet on ground no one else has trodden
and with The Greatest Warrior by your side
step forth, and conquer

meh, lazy to blog
grawwwwr

don't worry, giddy's okay :D
just that he had to keep a promise

anyway, yesterday was fun
congrats on all ya'll who got baptised
ooo ooo ooo, and happy belated birthday nathan!
hope the party was fun

yea, bored
worry gets you nowhere
prayers move mountains

rawr
CHINESE
EPIC PHAILEDDDDDDDDD
left the first 11 questions completely blank
bye bye 23 marks!
heh, and I fell asleep during the paper
yep, that bad

ANYWAY
once the paper ended, things just kept getting better
Peter Tan's epic performance with correction tape stuck to the bottom of his shoe
and him, completely oblivious

after the last paper ends, all AC boys go a little crazy

case in point

ANYWAY
went to cine, acting as a guide to my two very-lost friends reno and gabriel
watched iron man
watched the bit after the credits (finally)

Iron man's a good movie
fulfills the dreams of a comic book fanboy like moi
heh :p

yea, I felt scandalous
>.<

anyway
lunch at subway
bus to ariel mae's
caught some sleep
and funny moments
had a nice dinner
(ARIEL MAE'S DAD HAS IRON MAN THE XBOX 360 GAME
I WANNNNNNNNNNNNNN
VERY, VERY NICE)
ice cream at serene's
randomness and highness
then home

good day

woof

randomness in a salad bowl
a potassium combusting salad bowl
with leaves

I'm not okay :p
randomness is taking over!

right, time to sleep and get rudely awakened tomorrow
how fun!


and everytime I worry about you, and about what God's putting you through, he keeps shoving the verse in my face
Psalms 46:5
God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
God is within you, you will not fall
God will help you at the break of day
It's always darkest before dawn

Psalms 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God

chem went well enough
enough
chinese compo...
EPIC PHAIL
no chance
like a whelk caught in a supernova

listening went okay
I sincerely hope I didn't screw it up too badly

now on to my much-needed nap

I need:
sleep
to wake up my idea
to study some a math and history
discipline
more sugar
comfort




I need:
God

just popping by
C math went well today
and I know for a fact God was with me
how else can I possibly be so calm when my physics paper went so very very badly :p
didn't bring my calculator yesterday, so I had to work out funky questions like 0.29^2 times 164.
Its all in his hands
I only do things to the best that I can
and I leave the rest in His hands

true though, I'm annoyed at myself
in true-blue gideon-only fashion, I figure out the answer to the question that had stumped me for so long I had to draw a penguin
of course, the answer only came to me 5 seconds before handing up the paper
not the point though

heh, and if I pass my physics
all glory goes to Him
cause it really is all God

I chose the second lit question last friday
against every lit-instinct in my body
I knew the astrologer's day by heart, and I knew that I was capable of doing a reasonably good job of it, that I could include in my essay all those much-talked-about points
but I didn't
I chose the text I had only read once, I didn't like, and the one where the only background knowledge I had was an inkling of the storyline and the name of the protagonist
still, I trusted in God and folded the paper with the astrologer's day extract shut
and focused on the one God wanted me to do
so once again
everything to Him :D

"now why would I close down my blog?
where else could I tell the world how much I love my God :D"
ni, I'm lazy to choose new words
so I'll borrow my old ones

1God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.

not just mine, not just pastor gary's, or brother andy's; not just your leaders, or your friends.

yours too.

Your refuge and strength

2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

not that we cannot, because we are so prone to being afraid
but that we make a choice
we make our stand
we know that our God is greater
greater

3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
Selah

4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.

5 God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
Psalms 46:1-5

hey! would you look at that
even psalmists wrote slightly emo poems
but the point was that at the end, they knew who their God was
that's the important bit ;)

strangest things happen during exams
and for some reason, when you express your care and concern for someone
their first reply is 'what's wrong?'
heh, it amuses me
has the world turned into a place where the only time we show how much we care for each other is when we're down

I challenge you
yes, you
go up to someone you care for, you worry for, you genuinely love with as much brotherly or sisterly storge as you can
and tell them that you love them
you'd be surprised at the results ;)

too long in the sidelines
time to get back in the game

mmhmm, sunday post
and you know it

saturday
woke up
got called down to do tech team slides
joy :D
including last minute screw-ups
that actually ended quite nicely
thank you God for being there
couldn't have done it without you ;)

service was...
service
and I knew from the beginning it would be a day of victory
and I knew God wanted me to pray for people
and there I was, altar call ending, and being so afraid of not being able to pray
yet with P gary's words, allowing all who wanted to to stay at the altars
I heard His voice going "didn't I tell you I'd give you time to pray
to speak my words
what are you waiting for?
go already!"
heh, and so I did

God is funny, in the weirdest ways
he turns the bad into good
and you often don't realise it until its all over

hahahahahahaha
botanics, random jumping

kairos kairos kairos
kairos moments ;)

and I'll look after you

ooo look, saturday post!

anyway, school's been okay
wrote 3 1/2 pages for both my lit and IHS exam
so I think I did pretty good :D
but not by my might
all God :D

hmmm... short post
need to get back to work
or... TRYING to work

seasons
seasons of joy
seasons of sadness
seasons of walking through the storm
seasons of pain
seasons of freedom
seasons where God will see you through
seasons

question is, which are you in?

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