Lent Begins

Lent is here!

A season of repentance, penance and conversion!

For people who don't know what Lent is, Lent is a period of forty-six days before Easter when Christians commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Try to live our lives as sinless as possible and strive to be good to everyone...the challenge is not to love only those who love you, but to love others too, even the people who hate you! This might be understandably quite difficult to do...but we can always ask God for help through prayer. And also take the opportunity to care for the less fortunate people this season.

Good Friday countdown : 44 more days

Easter Sunday countdown : 46 more days

God bless everyone!

~Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, adn return to your Lord, your God. For gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and relenting in punishment.~ ---Joel 2:12-13

The Verdict

After one week of tryout in the new school, I've finally come to make the decision...

I WILL BE STAYING IN SMK SEAFIELD

Yes, I'll be staying back and meeting all my friends again...and my schedule will be back to normal...

Sorry guys in Ace Adventure...I've got to choose one of them...

Oh well, desicion made...blessing or not? I don't know...will know whether it's a blessing or not when the right time comes...

Prepare for Lent tomorrow!

Good night and God bless!!!

~So then, just as sin ruled by means of death, so also God's grace rules by means of righteousness, leading us to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.~ ---Romans 5:21

One Week Away from School

Hey!


I guess you all know that I went to the new school for a trial, right?

The school was quite ok...no need to wear uniform, no restrictions on handphones, iPods etc....the schooling hours was from 9a.m. til 5p.m....which is longer the usual schooling hours in Seafield...but the teachers there are quite relaxed and there is definitely much lesser homework there...the food there was not bad...except for one of the days...I also made a few, well actually quite a lot of new friends there...

And the PJ and hip-hop classes were fun too...at least we get to workout...the teachers were friendly, actually I already knew some of them before this...and O-levels isn't that difficult at all...in fact, some of the stuff taught there has already been taught in Seafield...but the good thing about that place is that the teachers don't pressure the students with homework and there's a relaxed atmosphere...

Generally that school is not too bad...and its fees is much cheaper than other private schools...
And I will be posting the decision whether I'll be staying in Seafield or transferring later on...

*Thanks to everybody who gave me presents for Valentine's last week!




~Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins.~ ---1 Peter 4:8

Celebration of Love

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!!!

Hey! The season of love is here once again...and let's take this opportunity to show our loved ones how much we appreciate them...we might not necessarily buy them gifts...but just show them how much we love them through our actions...love is not materialistic...rather, it is a gift from God...

Just read Marcus' blog... we indeed should not forget God during Valentine's Day...

Usually when we talk about Valentine's Day we will think of lovers, boyfriends, girlfriends, family members etc....

True enough we ought to celebrate our love for our loved ones on that day....

But we must not neglect God either at the same time...

Moreover, it was God who created love and love came from Him...and it was God who loved us first...

So then, take some time in prayer to thank God for his unconditional love which He has showered upon us and ask Him to fill us with His love...pray also that He will guide us to be in His love, never leave it and to love Him, who we can't see, by loving our neighbours who we can see...

Don't worry if you don't have a boyfriend/girlfriend/lover/or you just feel lonely/etc. to celebrate this occasion with you...God who is the source of all love always loves you no matter what!

Make sure you celebrate this Valentine's Day meaningfully and take the opportunity to express your feelings to your loved ones!

A short info about the origins of Valentine's Day:

Valentine's Day is the official feast day of Saint Valentine according to the Roman Martyrology. He was the bishop of Rome and also a physician who was imprisoned for practising Christianity which was a crime at that time. He converted a jailer while in prison by restoring the jailer's daughter's sight and was beheaded after being stoned and clubbed in 269 for his faith. In the Middle Ages, the English began writing love letters to lovers on this day and that was how the modern celebration of Valentine's Day came about.

Take care and God bless!!!

~Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, it is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interest, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice with wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.~ ---1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Caught in the Middle

This week might most probably be my last week in SMK Seafield...

Coz I'm leaving the school and joining the Ace Adventure School on 16 Feb...

The good news is that I will not have to sit for the feb exams which start on.........16 Feb......and my ex-schoolmates,Jen Li and Tze Lik, who also transfered to that school will be my new classmates...

So this week is most probably my last week...with Valentine's Day as the last day...

Probably I'll buy some Valentine's gifts for my friends...just as a goodbye gift or someting like that...and I'll probably won't be seeing them for a long time if I leave the school permanently as I only meet quite a number of them in school only...and probably they wouldn't have time to meet me anywhere outside school with the whole bunch of homework piling up in Form 4... Haiz...I'll will definately miss my friends and all the stuff going on back there...many people have been repeatedly urged me to stay...I don't really want to leave either...but whatever that has to be done will have to be done...as some consolation(I'm not sweet-talking, it's true) I might be only going off for 1 or 2 weeks and then coming back again...but the most probable scenario would be that I'll be off for good...

Whether I leave for good or not, I'll still most probably come back for Malam Amal, Hari Kantin, IU Night and all those other stuff that they have throughout the year...and if I really do leave permanently, I do really hope I'll still be able to keep in contact with my friends...

I don't really want to go to the new school...there will be a new environment, new teachers,new people, which means new friends(which is good, but I'll have to take some time to know them and be close to them...but in Seafield I already have a whole bunch of friends who I'm already close with), new syllabus(O-levels) and a new lifestyle to adapt to...school will start at 9 am.m and end at 5 p.m....that means no more waking up early in the morning at 6.45 a.m....not bad though...bad there will still be a lot of new things I'll have to adapt to...

I'll miss...
-my friends
-the canteen's unexpectedly delicious fried chicken
-the teachers
-all the fun stuff going
-the heavy bag, the tons of homework...it's not that I like them...but there's just a feeling of something's missing without them...I'll get used to it..haha..
-sleeping in class...? Haha...
-etc...too many to name...

That's probably all I've got to say for now about my last week of school...I can't really make the decision whether to come back to Seafield or not after the first week...but I MIGHT be back...just maybe...

Just leave it to God to guide me on the right decisions to be made...hopefully I'll open my eyes to see his guidance when He guides me...
Thank God for always being there for me...




~Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ~ ---Ephesians 4:32

Receive the Power

Hey!


I was just surfing the net just now when I found out that the theme song for the World Youth Day 2008 Sydney is Receive the Power written by Guy Sebastian and Gary Pinto, and performed by Guy Sebastian and Paulini Curuenavuli. It's a really inspirational and beautiful song. I've lyrics and a youtube video of it with scenes from the WYD. Enjoy it and hope it will inspire all of you Christians and non-Christians alike!



Verse 1
Every nation, every tribe,
come together to worship You.
In Your presence we delight,
we will follow to the ends of the earth.

Chorus
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Receive the Power, from the Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Receive the Power to be a light unto the world!

Verse 2
As Your Spirit calls to rise
we will answer and do Your Will.
We’ll forever testify
of Your mercy and unfailing love.

Chorus
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Receive the Power, from the Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Receive the Power to be a light unto the world!

Bridge
Lamb of God, we worship You,
Holy One, we worship You,
Bread of Life, we worship You,
Emmanuel, we worship You.

Lamb of God, we worship You,
Holy One, we worship You,
Bread of Life, we worship You,
Emmanuel, we will sing forever.

Chorus
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Receive the Power, from the Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Receive the Power to be a light unto the world!











~"You will receive the power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses."~ ---Acts 1:8