And we thank God for giving His son Jesus Christ to die on the cross to take our punishment for us, so that we may be reconciled with God. We thank God, for by our own means, we'll never be able to solve our incurable problem of sin, so we thank God for His grace towards us, however much undeserving are we.

Therefore what then should cause us not to rejoice in this! Rejoice we shall, and even more shall we rejoice! Man's greatest problem of sin has been solved, what problems can be bigger than, or pose a greater burden on us than the punishment that were meant to be? This hope and the joy of having this hope surpasses all our worries, all that distresses us.

We have peace with God through our Lord Christ. May we appreciate this peace, that God has graciously restored the broken relationship, then we will not feel stressful or dwelling in a pit of prevailing immediate problems.

Again let us rejoice
Vin

I love the 'yu sheng' made by Benjamin Christopher Ho's dad. Its amazing. So tasty right down start to a detailed finish. So different from the horrible tasting ones outside. Thank you so much Christopher for letting me have some!!! :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

personal recordings

A levels results are getting everyone that jittery. Please pray for all of us, as we retrieve our results, we may respond in a godly manner, giving thanks in all circumstances. So nervous. i guess i'll retreat to some quiet secluded place immediately after i get my results. You know, i'm thinking of what nice 'last' things i can do before collecting my results this week, coz afterwards if i do these nice things, it'll be done with guilt, the i-don't-deserve-this feeling will be so strong. I wanna go for a good movie, go for a late night coffee, go for an ice-cream, go for the magazines section at Borders & kinokuniya(The longest surviving practice ever since i was a kid). well, Whatever it turns out to be, God is in control!!! :)))))

Last Thursday, i recorded another first! Got a chance to be involved in Dragon-Boating! Kinda same as kayak-canoeing, just that the boat feels more stable, and paddling on a single side only. Thank God the Kranji boys had a good and fun experience!

On a brighter side of things, my love affair for Lacoste - Sport shirts/tops(whatever you call it) for men is growing. haha... You know, Lacoste has the crocodile like logo, which people forgivably mistake for the brand crocodile. I've finally unwrapped this stunning top last week which i've flown back from where Lacoste originated from. Goodness, everyday for 70days it'd been laid in front of my bed. I've finally put it on to visit Eunice's Shanghainese hdb flat. Its lovely i feel. ha.. The best thing is, both the Lacoste apparel i'd flown back can't be found in S'pore! Whippee! Even the closest 1 alike to mine has a real huge crocodile 3 times the size of mine!
ha.. YeeWah exclaimed that i'm so uncle, still wearing crocodile clothings.

Sorry for the above. I'm into crocodiles.

I feel totally refreshed! I just played tennis tonight!!!!! For the 1st time in so many many months. i'm so thankful to God for giving me this opportunity to play. Coz i was so into the game, really never took my mind and concentration off it. In fact i was hitting so many clean balls i surprised myself. An SYFC staff, my ex-supervisor handed me a roll of Christian tennis balls last Saturday. haha. so cool, it had like Christian messages on it. Thank God for tennis today.

i reached home and treated myself to an assortment of fruits. You know, my house never ever run out of fruits. Almost everyday my mum will prepare an inviting neat serving of oranges and apples. My parents hunt down the crunchiest, juiciest apples, sweetest big oranges. The best grapes and bananas. So today i was so thirsty i ate half a tupperware of washed grapes, apples, oranges, 3 bananas. How about that! I do thank God for my parents :)

Vin

11.15pm
dah kah hoa!

from the greeting, it can be guessed that its me

haha

it da jie hao in shanghainese

pity i dont know how to say good evening

anyway the main point of this post is

PLEASE FOR MR BZW'S EYE

its still erm bloody

he is going to ttsh this wednesday for an appointment with a specialist

possibility that the bleeding may be due to foreign objects

anyway theres a possibility of an operation if its jialat

so people please pray that all he need is time for it to heal

:):):)

i shall resist BBQ-ing the cables again
and yet i cant sleep long as that green icon is on
so i'm waiting for the clock to strike 12am when my dad will force me to get away from the com

piglet and i agree on quan from hana kimi :):):):):)

ei.lovesshc:)

of broken, incomplete relationships

Dreadful of Chinese New Year. Besides the jam (but thank God really for the car which helps a lot alot)
The extended family. This year's was real real serious and bad. More lashings of their stress than ever before, their unhappiness, troubles which accumulated in the past year left many in tears, in fury, in sadness. sigh... All these in the 2nd day of CNY. dysfunctional families. But i still love them.

Vin

Uncle Freddie's preaching yesterday was very youthful, ha... the Jia Yan and Ren Jie dialogue was very fresh and i love it. I wanna see it again!! Jia Yan very 'seh', i'm very impressed, Ren Jie is another lovely package also. haha.. cool man.

Happy Chinese New Year to one & all! May you be prosperous from the Word of God! :)

Vin

Gala night

Gala Premiere of Paris Je T'Aime:

amazing amazing Cinema. i felt like i'm in for some opera performance. My partner & I was 3 seats away from winning a Canon camera. haa. A lot of business people were there, must be the associates of sponsors and the French ambassodors.

The movie itself is really unique, one of its kind, never seen anything like that before. 16 short stories set on the 16 districts in Paris, each story capturing a different kind of love, different moods, different genres(you will be amazed), woven into the movie are portrayal of as many sides of Paris as it is, co-directed by 22 directors for record's sake! Brought back awful memories of Paris, however i've this certain sense of longing which goes 'Paris is beautiful in every season but winter' which clashes with the bad taste i've had.

Just quite put off by some coarse language used in the first part of the movie & some scenes lor.

Well, loving Paris? come on. Be a realist. Go Lagos.

Gala premieres are cool.

Thank God! for giving is an act of love! I'm deeply encouraged and moved by the many who gave to my service in Project Serve in forming my allowance. Even the young students, i do pray that through giving, they may grow in generosity and their gift be a fragrant offering to the Lord. Thank you all who gave in support of God's Work, your giving too is service towards God, not viewed upon as less important as mine by our impartial God. Thank God!

You know the purpose of fellowship (gathering of brothers and sisters in Christ) is to build each other up in godliness and Christ-likeness. But at times i feel like the gathering is so ungodly. oh man, i dunno, even when its not, i'm reluctant to share anything, and the weird thing is, i feel terribly dissatisfied after that.
I need God's intervention.

I'm online with Yee Hui now, she's a really pleasant and bubbly gal. May God keep her faithful and away from sin. May we encourage the younger ones with Christ's love, His truths and our lives!

Vin

I love the sermon today. its just so assuring! Godly living is possible guys! so we must work at it, the worst thing we want is to be rendered useless. Godliness needs to be trained, with much discipline and diligence, we must intentionally seek to develop and grow Godly character in us to live Godly lives! Thank God.

Tomorrow i'm going to buy New Year stuffs in the morning at NTUC to bring back to Malaysia. After that going to East Coast for Antioch outing, followed by dinner at City Hall area.

I've won 2 tickets to the Gala Premiere of Paris Je T'Aime. So surprised, it was out of convenience i took part in the contest. my dad was mopping the floor and so i read through the LIFE section again, normally i'll just browse through casually. So i came across this contest and later on when i'm logged onto the net i remembered the contest and just sent in my entry anyway with some research. all i had to do was to name 3 American actors in the cast. This has nothing to do with any affection whatsoever with Paris. Movie is coming out on 22-Feb, the Gala Premiere is 9pm at Cathay. Goodness, i've never been to Cathay before. There's no better way to spend a 1st time there than this. Its so close to Valentines' Day, however i've made my choice of partner pretty fast.

Synopsis: In PARIS, JE T'AIME, celebrated directors such as Wes Craven, the Coen Brothers, Gus Van Sant, Gurinder Chadha, Walter Salles, Alexander Payne, Frederic Auburtin and Olivier Assayas, have come together to show Paris in a way never before imagined. Through a kaleidoscope of stories about joy, separation, unexpected strange encounters and of course -- love -- their films capture both the reality of contemporary Paris as well as the enchantment one feels as a visitor.

Paris anyone?
Vin

i've recharged myself with an 11 hour sleep.

i was just typing my PSS last night with the radio on, class 95FM. They were playing this string of slow, blue, soft rock songs, which is soothing, especially at 11pm at night.

i need to start to run. Ever since my NAPFA a year ago, i havent, havent, havent run. with 2 months to NS, i need discipline to run. Gaining a lot of weight i think. Don't dare to step onto the weighing scale, thankfully i can't find 1. Must be Doha, there were a few days when i ate so much i felt like i had difficulty breathing, like the oesophagus is choked with food.

Thank God for Sundays. A break.

Vin

Wai Yin's sharing today is so true, its scary. Don't always think you have all the time in the world to share the gospel. Because there really isn't.

Vin

thank God for a marvelous day!

I have this very cute EBS student. haha... i was sitting with some of my co-workers when my student walked in, and they were like 'so cute!'. haha.. then during the lesson, he told me somewhere got a lot of his classmates think he's cute, and he's so innocent and naive about the entire thing. haha.. so funny. thank God he's absorbing the teachings well.

I met my good o' buddy at night. thank God for this opportunity to catch up with him. I struggle not to be jealous, but i've learnt the lesson of self acceptance, especially when YGOS boss sternly instructed us to accept ourselves 1st before we even go into the step-up Kranji prog to teach students to accept themselves. My friend brought his O levels cert coz he was going for work interview and all i saw was 'A-one's except for a B which really doesn't steal any glory away from the cert. That wasn't all, his 2 pages full CCA record crammed in illustrous & colourful achievements. He's gonna be $40,000 richer by tomorrow. Anyway, he's retiring from the sport that he invested much of his youth in. Can't make a career out of sports alone.

Well, i owe him something important, i'm obligated to share with him that such success is temporal and blinding, so blinding that we think these will be lasting and we'll die a happy man. Oh man, oh Lord give me courage and humility. if he's my friend, i want him to know God.

He's too nice and i'm too afraid to put this friendship on the line. God, open this window of opportunity wider i pray. I pray, o Lord, use me as a mouthpiece to bring the gospel to the ones that are close to me.

Vin