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Saturday, April 1, 2006

Not out of the woods yet

You tell yourself it doesn't matter, but of course it does. It's always mattered. You've just never allowed it to matter, because you felt it would be petty. People have better things to do with their time. They're busy. They...

Sunday, April 2, 2006

Beauty in the desert

This is not a depressing post. I promise :)  I love flowers. There's something about their fragile beauty that gets me every time. The shapes, the colours, the delicate details... I just feel awed every time I look at a...

Monday, April 3, 2006

Sun's coming out

I've been a busy bee. I finally, FINALLY updated my photoblog! (Anybody fainted yet?) I put in photos from my Chinese New Year trip to Sabah and... err... pictures dating back to last Oct. Good grief. Yes, I am slow,...

Tuesday, April 4, 2006

First day

Told my church cell group tonight that I went for counselling. The group leader said, "Why do you have to go for counselling? You're okay, what!" to which I replied, "I only look okay. Inside, I am not okay." HMMMM....

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

Discovery!

Mom read my blog today and found out about my bout of depression... and called. I was afraid she'd be hurt coz I told the Whole Wide World about it but hadn't mentioned a word to her. Truthfully, the last...

Thursday, April 6, 2006

Relating to God: revisited

After all this time, I'm still wondering what it means to be in a relationship with God. Somebody told me once that using a term like that can be misleading, especially to people of other faiths, coz the word 'relationship'...

Friday, April 7, 2006

Wherein much food is involved

Two words: DURIAN CHEESECAKE. Seriously. Ten dollars a slice, but worth it if you are durian-mad, like me ;) Every time I meet BP, there's food involved. BP even gave me a huge bar of chocolate today, revisiting this conversation...

Sunday, April 9, 2006

Relating to God: understanding disappointment

"Jesus will disappoint you. Jesus will let you down." -- shocking words. Jarring words, to come from a preacher at the pulpit in church service on a Sunday morning. Aren't we always being told that God wants to bless us,...

Monday, April 10, 2006

Setback

Remember the writing job? Well, they are no longer impressed with my writing. *rueful smile* I recognize that you are not familiar with the manufacturing industry and I respect that you have your own style of writing. But most of...

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Into the cave

Went caving today. It was a public holiday, the Prophet Muhammad's birthday. Visited Gua Tempurung (Tempurung Caves). No pics coz we were told to expect to get wet and I didn't wanna risk my precious camera :P The caves are...

Don't box me in

I painted my nails on Saturday. Really love the rich blue colour: Although in many ways I'm pretty conventional, I also don't like to be boring. And part of me likes to shock people. But I wouldn't do the blue...

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Still no 'stickability'

For Maundy Thursday, today, I went to Bangsar Lutheran Church (BLC). We shared a "Christian Passover meal" (the Passover is a Jewish festival... Jesus celebrated it the night before He was crucified) and washed each other's feet, like how Jesus...

Friday, April 14, 2006

Becoming friendship-focused

Sherman recently wrote a series of posts on "Friendship" and challenged me to not only write out what I think about them, but to conduct an open correspondence with him on the subject, on our respective blogs. Since his last...

Good Friday

He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man,though...

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Being a friend of God first

Sherman & I are conducting an open correspondence on the topic of "friendship". This is my response to his latest letter.  Dear Sherman, When it comes to rediscovering and reclaiming the crucial element of friendship within the Christian community, of...

Sunday, April 16, 2006

He is risen! It is finished.

Funnily enough, I can't remember ever attending a Good Friday service. That changed this week, though. I went to church on Maundy Thursday for a Passover-style meal, attended Good Friday service at Bangsar Lutheran Church (BLC) and went to my...

Monday, April 17, 2006

Move forward, don't look back

Written March 15 but saved till the movie's run ended so there'd be no wories about spoilers :)  A friend had free tickets to a screening of The New World, so we went last night. I was on tenterhooks for...

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Sincerity in friendship

Sherman & I are conducting an open correspondence on the topic of "friendship". This is my response to his latest letter.  Dear Sherman, On Sunday, the visiting preacher in church talked about the exact same thing you've just written to...

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Driven

I tend to not handle pressure or stress very well. When too many things start crowding in and life starts getting a bit overwhelming, I start going into escapism mode. This means eating, shopping (retail therapy! Yeah!!!), and... reading romance...

Thursday, April 20, 2006

More than I deserve

At times I think we should be singing "Our God is a wasteful God" for he seems less concerned with efficiency than we are. Read this when I got up today. I could wish I lived in a world not...

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Making time for friendship

Sherman & I are conducting an open correspondence on the topic of "friendship". This is my response to his latest letter.  Dear Sherman, Sorry for the delay in replying... I've been feeling very tired lately, going through another bout of...

Monday, April 24, 2006

Gaaaaah taxes.

Trying to file income tax online and IT IS NOT WORKING. Despite the first six digits of my identity card proclaiming my date of birth, the Internal Revenue Board persists in thinking I'm below 18. Very flattered, dear sirs, in...

Friday, April 28, 2006

Yoohoooo!

Checking in from Sherman's place while waiting to set off for camp. YAY! INTERNET!!! hahahaha Four days (well, more like three days, if you're counting actual hours) all by myself with just God for company was a good break. I...

Friendship keeps no record of favours

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