16th nov
chap 9 : “what makes God smile?”

The purpose of our life is to make God smile, is to please our lord God almighty. Follow the example of Noah, the man who completely obeys God without any hint of hesitation or procrastination. When he was asked to build a boat to save his family from the flood, he obeyed the lord immediately and took 120 years to build the ship. He did not care the ridicule and the criticize he would receive when he was building a ship that big enough to carry his whole family and other land animals, he just did what the lord wanted and believed that there’s a reason as to what the lord has told him.

God smiles when we obey him wholeheartedly:

Whenever the lord entrusted you with something, do it completely, don’t CHOOSE to obey a few instructions and ignore the rest. Understand that the lord has a reason to accomplish that certain task and wishes you to trust him to fulfill his promises and purposes. Obeying God wholeheartedly means to obey the lord without any reservations and hesitation. There’s no procrastination in it, whereby we tell God we want to think and consider about it. Instant obedience is always appreciated. Delayed obedience is often considered disobedience, God has set up different specific time frames for each task, and thus we are supposed to follow that time frame to finish the task. Thus, any hesitation will spoil the results that God wants to achieve.

Obedience unlocks understanding, only when we obey the lord, then we begin to open our spiritual eyes to know and understand what is going on around us. We begin to understand God’s heartbeat and understand what he really wants for US.

There’s no alternative such as partial obedience, YOU can’t say you love God, when you don’t LOVE your neighbours. You can’t say you go to church and don’t’ give tithes, you can’t say you’re a real Christian unless you have developed an intimate and serious relationship with the lord.

God smiles when we praise and thank him continually:

we learn to live a life of thanksgiving and praise. No matter what happens, thank the LORD>thank the lord for the nice sunny weather, and the delicious mouth-watering food during dinner and the wonderful friends who stayed by my side through the difficult times. Thank God for everything, sometimes when you’re feeling down, and that there’s seriously NTHING about what you can thank God, and then think about the cross. You can still thank God for sending his only begotten son to die for us on the cross to pay for our sins.

i'm back from shanghai!!

..i'm finally back in s'pore after 2 long weeks in shanghai..felt so different when i came bk. . lyke everything seems so different even tho it's only 2 weeks. .

my sis finally finished her exams. .no longer have to tutor her LIAOS>. YAY..hooray. . i'm finally free from the torture. .you won't know how difficult it is to tutor your own sis. .she's so restless when she studies. . you really have to tie her to a chair to make sure she doesn't move around and concentrate on her homework. .LUCKY it's all over. . and the best thing is that she did pretty well for her exams..scoring 100 for her math. .in which she was gloating over. .that she specially smsed me to notify me bout her surprisingly brillant results in shanghai. .

OH..and i forgot to mention smthing. . hah..i have smthing to gloat bout. .other than the fact that i'm a good tutor cum sis. .


jaychou was at shanghai(pudong) international airport on 31st oct..on the same dae as me.. .:)..and i was veryy upset that i din't manage to spot MY IDOL in the airport. .yikes. .sad Lo



picture from http://www.jay-chou.net/ :


















picture from my cam..I CAN'T SPOT JAY!! ::

















our dorm :)















my CLASS!!
















the china students study veryy hard. . .they are having their math lessons..and i couldn't sit there anymore listening to all those cheem stuff. .it was very boring..almost fell asleep..so i excused myself. . and went all the bk to the class to take photos for my SIA..:)





















my math teacher. . he's a jolly man who loves to joke a lot. .:)















me and tifa waiting for the yue ju to start!















me & jeanne :)















doesn't the dog look cute. ?. .it's so small and tiny. .perhaps. .smaller than a chihuahua. .i spot it running across the skool compunds. . it looked really cute with its small tiny legs. .:)

both sams (sam yong and sam sin) with the ice-cream bush. . doesn't the bush looks lyke the ice-cream sold in swenwens. .haha

the school..general office.

the mushroom-like thing is actually taps for them to wash their hands b4 eating. .they also wash their own personal bowls and plates after each meal . .

the jiaoda ppl are very hardworking. .they actually walk around their school track studying or memorising stuff. . it's very interesting..seeing them holding books and walking around the track. .

the school stall..we visit it mostly at nite..to but cup noodles and niCE hot meatballs. :)

best PILLOW talk mates = francine and mindy :)

our pillow talk corner. . here's where we're got thrown by a big pear. . mindy nearly got hurt. . . .the pear literally smashed into pieces like glass pieces. . it was so scary. . and it was obvious that the person who threw the pear were the guys..cuz it was coming from the guys dorm . .and the person who threw it was so accurate..presumbly sum guy basketball . .

a note to our beloved li zi nan hai!!..we're gg to miss you.

15th nov
chap 8 : “planned for God’s pleasure”

We are all planned for God’s pleasure, to please, delight him. We existed for his benefit, his purpose and his delight. The first purpose of our lives is to please our creator, the lord most high. So to please him, we’ve gotta do things that pleases him, to fulfill the GODLY promises and purposes in our lives. When we understand that we are impt to our God, we will therefore not have the problem of inferiority and insignificance in our lives. We know that each and everyone of us is impt and valuable to God, we are children of God, treasured and loved by him.

God wants us to enjoy the life that he has given us, so that our lives are not meaningless. . But rather we live everyday meaningfully. .with great joy and love. We live everyday the way God wants, living in the light of the 2nd coming, so that everyday to us is a NEW dae. .that’s how it goes. . God wants us to enjoy life, not just endure it. When you live everyday of your life for God, you’ll find that life is so much more FUN, and interesting. It’s not just sum old boring thing that you’re doing, you’re enjoying every minute of ur life. therefore, let’s not just live for ourselves, but for GOD.

Worship is not just singing unto the lord, or just expressing our thanksgiving and delight unto the lord. Worship is far more than that, it’s a form of lifestyle.

Worship is far more that MUSIC:

People always classify worship as a synonym for music, they think it’s just pure singing unto the lord, or making music for the most high. Clearly, this isn’t true. worship consist of everything that’s happening during church service, it includes, sermon, singing, praying, taking notes, giving offering, communion and baptism. It comprises of all that is a form of pleasure to the lord. Therefore, worship has nothing to do about the music we sing during service, it has nothing to do about the style, the volume and the speed. It doesn’t matter how people choose to worship the lord with the music, it can be singing hymms, or sometimes simply keeping quiet amidst the presence of the lord. The style of music Christians worship differ from one church to another. Many defend their own style of music, saying that this is more suitable to worship the lord and that this style of theirs is more appropriate and more preferred by God. Frankly speaking, there is no specific correct worshipping style. God loves all worship, not matter if it’s rock music or simply hymms. It ‘s all like sweet melody to his ears, and sweet honey to his lips. THEREFORE, there is no such thing as Christian music, there’s only Christian LYRICS. It is the words sung unto the lord that matters, not the tune. It is the lyrics that is sung lyke a prayer unto the lord.

14th nov
chap 7: the reason for everything”

We honor God by fulfilling our purposes on earth. “When anything in creation fulfills its purpose, it brings glory to God.” The birds brings glory by chirping, flying, mating, and the cats do it by meowing, licking milk and simply sleeping. We are made differently, God made ants to be ants, and us to be us.

We being God glory by serving others with our gifts:

We are all different people and are equipped with different talents and abilities. Some are musically inclined, or perhaps have the dance streak in them; others simply are eloquent in speech and can say an impromptu speech anytime, anywhere. We can use our talents and abilities to serve others, for example, if we are good with children, able to talk and play with them, we can serve in the children’s ministry in Sunday school or giving tuition to the kids weak in their studies. God has given each of us spiritual gifts and abilities, manage it well, use them to bless others so that people will be greatly blessed through you.

We bring God glory by telling others about him:

Since we know that God has designed a unique and special purpose in each and everyone’s life, therefore we should not keep this truth as a secret. Rather, let’s share it with others so that they too will also have this privilege, discovering their destiny and purpose in life, to prepare them for an eternal purpose. We also want them to be part of the kingdom of God, so that when the 2nd coming has come, we will be reunited with friends and loved ones.

We bring God glory by worshipping him:

When we worship God, we are giving him the greatest glory and honor. It is our responsibility to worship, for as long as we live, all tongues should proclaim that Jesus is lord and king. worship itself shouldn’t be a chore. It should be a form of enjoyment, we should enjoy the presence of the lord as we worship him. our worship should be motivated by love, thanksgiving and delight, not DUTY and discipline.