Man looks at the outward appearance...

but the Lord looks at the heart...


Last month, one of my girl friends told me about an experience she had with a guy she met on a website. It wasn't a good experience. To cut a long story short, it basically gave her the impression that looks are very important.

Well, man looks at the outward appearance. And by 'man', I'm referring to all mankind, not just the males. Is it in our nature to be attracted by beauty? Isn't that what caused the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden?

The truth is: good-looking people have it easier. Most of the time anyway, unless they have really crappy personalities.

Feel free to disagree with me :)

Patience!!

It's been so long since I've blogged...did u missed me?? haha...

Anyway I think I've been eating so much nowadays. On Fri night, I went to this restaurant called Chilis at RWS with the girls. And just came back from a dinner cum farewell for last CG at Julven's house.

And I think I'm starting to run out of patience....

Praying....

It has been such a tiring day.

Something happen that made me wonder about people.

Why do people behave the way they do? But who am I to judge anyway?

Is it disappointment with the lack of concern?

I felt like telling her that it is not worth going to hell for the people who do not care anyway. Who needs their attention?

If it's not worth living for, it's much less worth dying for....

Ok, I'm more awake now...

Thanksgiving first.

I thank God for the past year and His provisions. As I've mentioned in my previous post, 2009 had seemed to be quite a slow year. But I guessed it did start off pretty well with the preparation for our Taiwan trip last April. Then somehow, along the way, things started going downhill and I was contemplating changing job. I remembered that during the church camp, I was still praying about it. And indeed, doors were opened as I managed to find a job related to finance. Thinking back on the process, it was nothing short of God's providence.

Prayers for 2010

Jobwise, I pray for fulfillment and contentment. Since I've just joined, there is still much to learn, but thankfully, I have understanding bosses and colleagues. Though there might be some changes in future, I pray that it'll all work out for the better.

For my family, I pray that we'll continue to grow closer to God and as a family too. That those who do not know Him yet will come to know him as well.

And personally, for a renewed direction in my life.

It's 2010!!!

and I'm extremely sleepy now...so pardon me if there're errors =P

As per previous years, I'll recap on the happenings for this year. Nothing really exciting actually, except the change in job. Wished there were other interesting things to update on, but it was not to be. Oh, I also visited 2 countries, Taiwan and Bangkok, in 2009.

Somehow, 2009 seemed to be a rather slow year. Like the Taiwan trip seemed so long ago I forgot that it was in 2009.

Ok, resolutions. Actually, I'm not one to make resolutions at the beginning of the year, mainly because I know I won't keep them anyway.

too sleepy le..zZZzzz...will con't tmr....

I finally understood how XQ felt when she blogged the other time about her 'well-meaning' colleagues.

Yes, I know their intentions are good and I really appreciate it...

But I just don't feel that I'm missing anything in my life.

Is it so wrong to be single? And it's not as if I'm the only single woman in the office.

bleah...

arhhh...why is this world so shallow?

Fragile

I think a life can be so fragile...

sometimes we wonder, why do bad things happen to good people?
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on a happier note, Monday is over!!!
the office is so empty today. so many people on leave.

it has been a rather busy weekend:
christmas outreach at the hospice on friday afternoon
movie at vivo, followed by a friend's grandmother's wake
piano concert on sat evening

and i've bought my christmas pressies too :) :) :)

i've no idea why i'm typing in small caps today though ;P

More blessed...

to give than to receive...

Last Sat, I went to watch 'Broadway Beng' at the Esplanade with Kia.

At the Esplanade link (or whatever it's called), there was an installation art exhibition with gummy bears. Which enticed me to want to buy gummy bears, so we went to Millenia Walk.

On the way there, we walked through Marina Square and chanced upon the World Vision booth. There was a magazine stating their needs and what we can do to help. I was browsing through the magazine, which was really colourful and full of cute children.

Some stats:

Food for 1 child for 1 month in China
$58

1 goat for 1 family in Myanmar
$59

Warm jackets for 2 children in Myanmar
$14

Hep B vaccinations for 5 children in Bangladesh
$5

Support 1 family in Cambodia
$250

Feed 1 street child for 1 mth in Cambodia
$178

Sponsor a child
$45/mth

and the list goes on.....

This Christmas, what can we give?

Where are you heading?

I've to admit. This post is inspired by XQ's recent post.

She wonders about 5 years later. And like her, I do too.

And especially so at my new workplace, where a majority of people are already parents, or at least married.

Where am I heading? Will there even be a next phase in life for me?

And Renee, I didn't forget what I've said I'll do if I still remain single after turning 25 =P

I just wonder if there's any point in doing that. After all, I'm happy with my life now. Is there a need to complicate things further?

MINDS and BBQ

Finally had time to post these pics, taken 2 Saturdays ago.


It had been a rather packed day. The morning event was a family day organised by the MINDS school and being one of the sponsors, my company was roped in to help out as well. Angie and I decided to man one of the game stalls.

After an 'exciting' ride on the LRT (we took the wrong one la), we finally reach Fernvale around 9.10am. The event started at 10am so we had some time before that for the briefing etc.

This is our game stall. There are numbers on the manjong paper. The participants are supposed to roll the tennis ball and whatever number the ball stops at will be their points. It's not as easy as it sounds :P

Our team, with the prizes.



There was a big float for the children to play as well.

One of the other game stations there.

The family day event ended around 2 plus in the afternoon, which is timely as it started raining around that time as well. Overall, it had been an enjoyable experience and I get to know some colleagues from other departments as well. However, we didn't really get to interact much with the kids as they only spent a few minutes at our game stall.



In the evening, we had a bbq at Pasir Ris Park to celebrate Ting's birthday. If you can still remember, it was raining that evening but we couldn't let the rain dampen our spirits right? And thanks to Jason, we managed to get the fire started under the rain, with umbrellas sheltering the bbq pit of course. Thanks to SJ too for preparing all the food!!