His-story

Greet all Philippians :D

How have all of u people been, looking forward to the small group next week, so can hear from u people...
Hmm... let me recall the past few days... starting from erm... Friday...

Friday: Friday was slack, missed tennis inter house as i had to go for a 'learning journey' at Central Narcotics Bureau(CNB), quite refreshing for me as the presenter once again reminded us not to mess with drugs and the current drug situation in Singapore and a lot of other things, very enriching u know. ha... in addition they gave us Goodie bags and refreshments! After that i went with my friends to Plaza Singapura for dinner, then we walked to Orchard Road... i met my a few SJI friends there, friends from gym and also my classmates and also those who i happened to know of... throughout the night i felt really very sad, they are all studying in the same school, and i know many other friends who are also in that school... so i fell deep in thought and felt that i'm lonely in JJC-after 7 months spent there i still cant find a close friend who can associate well with me... i mourned that i could not get into the same JCs as the guys, i felt that i had lost them, my gym friend was one of my best friends in SJI, i missed those times, i miss the people who made up the culture which i so love, ... and so missing now in JJC. i miss the guys.

Saturday: missed James Trail on Friday night, so woke up early to travel down to our office in Geylang(EH) to attend the Saturday one. My dad fetched me there, mid-journey, we were involved in a minor accident in the PIE, the car in front braked suddenly, my dad managed to brake in time, but the car behind did not, he banged onto ours, i was so shocked and frightened, thank God none was injured, my dad sending car for repair tomorrow.

James TRAIL: was reminded again to watch my tongue, as the tongue is powerful and can cause severe damage( man can tame the fiercest creatures, but man cant tame what is within himself_ the tongue), so i learnt to watch what i say as it reflects my character and most importantly, my heart which God looks at. With the same tongue we praise God and curse -- this should not be.

After that went Presbyterian High school for the fair, hoping to make contacts or to share gospel, its quite hard to do so though as its quite noisy and hard to find the relevant links.

Church: message was clear, blessed are those who are being persecuted because of righeousness ya? rejoice in the Lord always, even when facing trials, its in His plan to help us grow. Then they sang my favourite song!!! Thank You Lord, i love it soo much as its so true and also reminded me of my last official day in SJI when we sang this hymn. Oh i also remembered i first heard of it when Hsiao Ling taught us in North Area retreat 3 years ago... After service i was guilty of being critical again, really guilty coz of what i learnt not to do in the morning i did it at night, tame my mouth.

then i walked, i love the weather yesterday, cold and misty, thank God for the weather!

at 10min to 12am, wanted to talk. When i reached home my parents told me that Sharm El Sheikh was bombed by terrorists, i was shocked, angry, horrified, extremely sad. i had just went there 7 months back and then it became a victim of the ruthless terrorists.( 3 years ago i went Bali, a couple of months later it was bombed) It disgusts me so much how terrorists see no value in peoples lives. i love the place, its one of the most beautiful places i've seen and been to, the people there are really hospitable and friendly, i recalled i had marvelled at God's creation there. Called a sister to talk to, had time of sharing, thank God for it.
i have to get used to the people that are with me now in JJC, thank God for exposing me to a different group of people.
thank God for reminding me that He is my great and best friend.

Alvin Chia