there’s no pretense.

If God is for you, who can be against you?
If God is against you, it wouldn’t count for anything if the whole world is behind your back.

But it would mean nothing if I have none.
And the whole world is just me.
and
the you.
and the dreams,
we believe,
really do come true.

Curses and swear words flow out of me so passionately, emotionally and full of excitement it surprises myself sometimes. I am seldom capable of such emotional swearing outbursts.

Only watching soccer hypes me up to such an extent.

Hmm..

“You know yourself best.”

Do I know myself?
How well do I know myself?
What do I want?
What do I really want?
What do I want to do?
How do I feel?
What am I thinking?

What are my motives?

I don’t know.

I’m not ready.

Murdoch, ECU, University of Arts London – LCC, or… NTU? No not NTU. I really don’t want to study in Singapore anymore. I’m in a dilemma. I don’t know which to choose. I ought to seek advise.

On a more postive note,

FULHAM OWNED MANCHESTER UNITED’S SORRY ASS 2-0.

Keep it up Man U! (:

It’s the first day of the brand new year of 2009. Did you know that the year of 2008 was exceptionally longer than all the past years. Nope it’s not because of February 29th. 2008 is exactly one second longer than previous years. That’s due to the Earth rotating slower and slower around the sun. Saw this on the news yesterday. (:

5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1. Happy ‘09!

Here’s wishing I’ll have a great year ahead myself. Cheers! (:

I did this for last year. Now let me do it again. (:

Glad to see 2008 go? :
Yes. Definitely.

Age turned in 2008? :
19

Did you change your hair in 2008? How?:
Yes. I shaved it off.

The best part of 2008? :
1) Charmaine! (:

The worst part of 2008? :
Enlisting into the army? I’m not sure. There have been struggles but none qualify to actually be the worst of the lot.

Any new crushes in 2008? :
No.

Who will you never forget? :
The many friends I made during my trainee period in army.

Who did you wish you did not meet? :
Definitely quite a number of people.

Did you have a girlfriend in 2008? :
Yes I did, and she still is now.

Did you fall in love in 2008? :
Yup.

Did you catch someone in a lie in 2008? :
Yes.

Did you call them out? :
Yes and no, depending on the situation.

Did you get caught in a lie? What was it? :
I did. ):

Funniest moment of 2008? :
Smoking myself, ie. throwing a smoke granade right in front of myself. HAHA. That was dumb.

Most embarrassing moment of 2008? :
Falling asleep while talking on the phone. (Sorry! I was really tired.)

Did you take any vacations in 2008? Where? :
No, but I want to go back to Taiwan..

Any new hobbies of 2008? :
Not really..

Did you get a new job in 2008? :
Yeah. SAF employed me.

Did you lose a job in 2008? :
No. I wished I can lose my current one.

Did you host a party in 2008? :
Nah.

Where did most of your money go? :
Shopping, and not to forget filling the never satisfied monster known as the stomach.

What song will always remind you of 2008? :
~ Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
~ City Harvest Church – My life, Your song

What do you wish you’d done more of? :
Prayed more.

What do you wish you’d done less of? :
Feeling sorry for myself.

Biggest achievement in 2008? :
Knowing that I’ve become more independent, and getting my 3Sg. (:

Biggest failure in 2008 :
Not saying no to myself when I should, again.. ):

In 2008, did you lie to miss a day of work / school? :
I didn’t. Or rather, I couldn’t. Later they charge me ah!~

Did you move in 2008? :
As in residence? Nope, but I got a new ‘home’ though..

Did you wish on a shooting star in 2008? :
I wished I did, but I saw a lot of stars though. (Outfield.)

What was your greatest musical discovery? :
Still the guitar?

What was the best book you read? :
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult.

What was your favourite movie of the year? :
I can’t really decide..

What did you want in 2008 and got?
I would say my laptop, but I got it last year, so nothing that I really strongly wanted and got I guess. (:

What did you want in 2008 but didn’t get?
I still want that pair of aviator sunglasses from River Island! And add that bag from Oakley.
Update! I got the aviators. My dear girlfriend got it for me. (:

Did you make-out in public in 2008? :
Next!

What’s the ringer on your cellphone? :
‘Satie’ Nokia ringtone.

Who/What kept you sane?
God.

Who did you miss?
Bao Ying. I’m glad she came for Christmas service this year.

Who was the best new person you met?
Sadly, I can’t think of anyone.

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Spending the time wasted due to army doing more useful things, and having more money. :/

Did you drink too much in 2008? :
Nope. In fact, it was too little, still too little.

Your favorite commercial of 2008? :
Didn’t really watch much tele.

Something you couldn’t leave home without in 2008? :
My keys, cellphone, wallet, and iPod.

How did you spend New Year’s 2008? :
At Grace’s house with some cell group members.

Valentines Day 2008? :
With Charmaine.

Easter 2008? :
Church.

Halloween 2008? :
In camp. ):

Thanksgiving 2008? :
In camp! ): ):

Christmas 2008? :
Church.

Your birthday? :
With Charmaine at Vivo City if I’m not wrong.

How do you plan to usher in the new year?
Probably with Charmaine, though I have no idea yet as of now.

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008 :
Never judge a person by how he/she looks.

I stole this story from Deadly Viper who stole it from Phil.

–

Often times, our point of view says more about us than it does the circumstance upon which we are commenting..

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside. “That laundry is not very clean”, she said. “She doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.”

Her husband looked on, but remained silent.

Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.
About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband: “Look, she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her that.”

The husband said, “I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows.”
–
Matthew 7:3-5

“And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

Asia Conference was a blast. I’m thankful that I was able to make it for all the night and weekend sessions, though I’m really disappointed that I missed all the electives. Honestly speaking, I wouldn’t say AC was better than Emerge, but it definitely had more meat, more substance. Emerge is a lot of campus ministry and taking your school for God, but AC is more of life transformation, and really living your life right before God. I look forward to Emerge next year, and I definitely look for to AC 2010. ( My ORD year! )

Christmas is coming in 14 days. I’ve been looking forward to this day for quite some time. Christmas always feels special to me. Maybe it’s because it’s the day we celebrate Jesus’s birth. Maybe it’s because it’s the festival everybody in the world celebrates, regardless of religion. But for me it’s definitely because it’s the time of forgetting and forgiving whatever that has happened in the past 12 months. The time of fresh beginnings, re-dedications, and of course new resolutions. Christmas always brings about a sense of warmth, joy and happiness every time I think about it. (:

The year 2008 is coming to an end, and 2009 is inching closer and closer by the minute. So what have I done that’s worth remembering or doing again? What has happened that I should learn from or that should never happen again?

I’ll go think about it. (: