Thursday, September 30, 2004
all the best for your papers tmr..
miss you all .. my thursdays are less interesting.. but more peaceful.. haa
happy children's day!
come by my table if you wan a goodie for children's day .. :)
both pris and myself think that the incredibles are really cute.. hope to catch that.. better go now.. pris is waiting to use the com and she's laughing at all my typos..
{10:16 PM}
prissy.. thanks so much for helping me with a new blog skin :) this is really cute, love it much2
preparing for the children's day party tis sun.. hee.. checked out lots of superheroes.. aunite florence, eunice, juanita & nicole came to help out.. haa.. looking forward to all the fun
praise God, received quite a lot of new registrants for cf the last few days.. about 6~! wow.. really hope that they are genuinely coming to know more about Christ and to love his ppl
vince signed on as a officer regular and he asked me to be his ensurety..really pray that the Lord will continue to guide and protect him.. His ways are always higher than ours..
{9:50 PM}
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
feeling really tired now.. zombified.. everything seemed to be in slow motion, even when i went to run some errands for children's day party this sun, it was pretty torturous.. i'm really glad that Bert came along with the van. phew!
went home late (reached about 12plus in the morning) cos i went to a wake of a dear friend's father-in-law,
he ended his life because he was too overwhelmed by his depression. in fact my friend told me that in her father-in-law's family, there are 5 boys and 4 girls. 3 out of the 5 (including my friend's father-in-law) suffered from depression and ended their lives.
my friend continued to share that her husband (the eldest son) also had manic depression during his teenage years. seemed that it may be genetically related.
she shared that how as friend, she would visit him in institute of mental health (IMH), all tied up to his bed and not allowed to leave his ward. day in and out, she'll visit him and talk to him and share God's word to him.
after much prayer and encouragement and also medical treatment, he was healed! in 6 short months!
even the doctors were really amazed at how fast he overcame depression, moreoever manic depression!
my friend shared how both of them really are so so so amazed at God, how He healed..
during my studies, i had attachment at a psychiatric care centre.. had some experiences with people who are on their way to recovery. it's really good to see them recovering and trying to do things that will help them in their reintegration process to society.
think this society really need to show more grace, huge amount of grace. the issue of stigma continues to cripple people's recovery from mental illnesses and even that of ex-offenders.
the yellow ribbon project is starting soon.. in the hope of causing awareness to re-accept ex-offenders who are jailed.
really hope that our perceptions will change :)
a bruised reed, he will not destroy..
{4:51 PM}
went over to the hous' again cos uncle david and auntie florence needed to go for a visit to the doctor's
ha.. had to give nathan spelling in the morning before he went to school .. wow.. he got all 10 words right! pretty impressive for a p1 student right ... right until.... i asked him if he knew the meaning of 'scramper' (one of the 10 words being tested and it means to run in small and quick steps), he said he doesn't.
so i asked him to check it out in the dictionary cos i wanted him to build up a good habit of looking up words which are unknown or he's unsure of...
straightaway, he asked.. "you mean you dunno the meaning also?"
diaaooow.. nowadays p1 boys are really cheeky.. hmm.. anyway he's fun to hang out with.. he told me the joke "what do you get when batman and robbin get knocked down by a big truck?"
(: haaa...
flatman and ribbons ... okie.. not really farnie :>
he also told me that he's considering to be a cleaner in future cos everyone benefits and enjoys n a clean place ... haa
anyway,left for the airport at 4 this morning to send 4 power women to cambodia for a mission trip among youth & children in villages.. heee...
kinda still remembered my trip there 15 months back.. was really a learning experience.. think the cambodians really suffered during pol pot's time and the Lord is indeed bringing many to his kingdom..
Lord, pls continue to protect and keep them safe :)
okie.. sarah, gen and jiahui from 3/9 are here now.. telling me to go for lessons with them.. gotta chow.. :) peace...
{8:51 AM}
Thursday, September 23, 2004
now in prissy and juanita's place .. taking the opportunity 2 blog .. haven't blogged in a thousand years.. haa
been really mad rush the past weeks.. hv been shuffling btwn work & looking after my cousins cos uncle david's bn admitted 2 SGH.. aunt florence has been looking after uncle david and hence the need for me to be there..
it's really so farnie hanging out with my cousins for the last 4 days...
nathan actually told ruth, nath & jon that he wanted 2 prepare breakfast for me the next morning.. peanut butter and jam bread.. he also wants to sneeze on it and charge me $8.. haa..
my cousin is really so cute..
hee..
eunice came by during one of the afternoons to study.. then Ruth lighted up and burn some aromatherapy essential oils.. lemon grass smell so as to keep the mosquitoes away..
and when both eunice and jon smelt it.. both exclaimed that it's tom yam..
haa.. pretty hilarious!
staying with the hous has taught me many things.. how a family grew stronger together in a time of crisis..
today when i was in bus, i overheard a group of boys talking loudly about their fathers..
one of them said that his dad is a bas****..
was really irritating to hear that.. this boy even said that he can't wait for his dad to pass on so that he can get his inheritance..
wat a constrasting sight!
i really hope that we'll continue to shine like stars and to hold on in the midst of such a perverse generation..
alright.. back to prisca and juanita.. haa.. just now prisca was trying to tie juanita's hair with a chopsticks.. now.. prisca's straightening juanita's hair...
haaa
been reading a book by ajith fernando.. the supremacy of Christ..
really cool book... will share more as i continue...
oh ya.. have been swimming pretty regularly... hee.. looking forward to the next swim on monday.. hee...
God's awesome... been talking with a girl who's been disturbed by evil spirits... God pls grant her the peace...
may the supremacy of Christ reign always..
{9:13 PM}