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why hast thou startedtodayandmademesad, oh school.

alabasterjars — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:24:02 +0000

its been really long since ive posted. and alot of things have happened(:

school:

ive got rather good results for the effort ive put in. its really quite humbling to see how well ive did despite the slacking ive been doing. i got an all time record 72% average! quite cool right.

holidays:

i stayed over at john’s house two nights(: and it was quite interesting. havent done that in quite awhile. its quite interesting what bridge and a overrated movie’s piano song can do to a group of friends.(:

and i went for prayer mtg! wow. haha first time in about half a year=x well its good to be reminded of spiritual stuff early in the week(: but it was quite interesting cause the message was on deut 29:29 on the secret things belong to the Lord and all.. and i watched push just before that(watchers:D)

oh then i had frisbee camp/chalet. i woke up late and missed all the suicide runs and baby jumps xD but it was quite interesting. first time i played on a muddy field. it was seriously super muddy and sick. all the mud puddles and etc=x but aaron’s house was quite interesting(: all the frisbee videos made me wanna layout. then when we went to sentosa the next day i FAILED. tragic right. haha oh wells(: but we thrashed clement’s team 7-3(: not very exciting but at least got some sort of satisfaction xD and i finally got to rest on friday(:

OHOH. and i got DISTINCTION FOR GRADE FIVE PIANO. i know its nothing much but to me its a super big thing ok:D must be cause of my new piano hehehe.

k on to more serious stuffs(:

i was on the mrt going to somewhere i forgot where. when i felt abit guilty and i took out my handphone and read the Bible(: and i came across this verse "O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. psalms 34:8"

yeah and it kinda caught my attention. firstly, sometimes you know when a gas gets too concentrated in the air you can actually taste it in the air. it the same way, God’s goodness saturates the air so much that we can genuinely taste it(: its comforting to know that no matter where you turn or go to you’ll always be in contact with God’s goodness(: secondly, sometimes when the reaction is underway a gas is evolved. and only a few gases can be seen(: (like nitrogen dioxide and bromine k nvm not important.) when the air is saturated with the gas then you’ll see it clearly(: and when its there you can actually visually justify the presence of it(: k doesnt really make sense right. (think doubting thomas)

furthermore you’ll have to agree with me that the kjv has a very beautiful artistic sentence structure, “O taste and see that the Lord is good” doesnt it just comfort you(: k sorry i dont think im making much sense. but ah wells.

God bless all(: to those who are selling their souls to band/strings/guitar/banjo whatever all the best(: and dont neglect your spiritual walks(: and to those who are discouraged by their first term results, hope in the Lord(: for “This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. psalms 34:6”

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alabasterjars — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:19:06 +0000

heyloo(: never blog for so long alr. finally exams are over(: left with a few outstanding projects and assignments here and there and that should be all(: thank God my results have been rather satisfactory. sometimes it just makes you feel how unworthy you really are to be receivers and partakers of God’s wonderful grace.. oh and stars are really really nice(: its beautiful to look up and see a night sky full of God’s delicate handiwork. especially when they stand out in the silence of the night(:

i love frisbees! ok whats new right. heh we owned the yr 6′s on thursday:D wow im super glad its the weekend already. means rest and more frisbee(:

and yesterday was actually sentosa to celebrate Aaron’s birthday(good excuse right) haha yup(: and i think i played slightly better(: my last huck was seriously seriously pure skill.

well things are looking better for me now and hopefully they’ll improve(: God bless all.

alabasterjars — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:43:04 +0000

wahh school life is seriously becoming super jia lat.
actually life on a whole. ahh gonna die alr. too many things to handle too little time and too little healthy moments): what happened to the good old days of primary school maple global times): and sec one and two go home sleep times and sec three’s go out exhaust every movie possible and still dont know what to do times.. now got b div table tennis competition and class tests and the ltf cny visitations and all. wow. oh and i love frisbees although recently my playing really sucks): like totally pass completion rate is 40%. life is tough.

ok on a more serious note. please do pray for me cause im really starting to cave in under the pressure. its really quite bad. thanks and God bless(:

blessed cny!

alabasterjars — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:04:01 +0000

heylo heylo all(: blessed cny. since its the lunar new year i’ll share smtg about the moon. ooooh how original right.

firstly.
the moon gives us light in darkness.(wah really ah.)
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
i dont think i need to state the usefulness of light right.
secondly.
the moon is still there even though you may not see it. although the moon goes through phases and all, its still there(: our God is an unchanging God and He’ll always be there even though we may not see His hand or His blessings. the new moon is as present as the bright shining full moon.
thirdly.
the moon doesnt shine only because the earth blocks the light to it. God is always there(:
Psalm 34:8
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
often times its cause of our own human nature that we block the light reaching the moon, and in theory blocking path of light to ourselves.
sometimes we have lunar eclipses when the moon is totally not seen. but its just a phase in life(and the moon) and God just seems so far away. but we are to cry to the Lord with broken and contrite hearts, for “This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.(psalms 34:6)” wonderful promises to claim(:
that shall be all for the moon(:
ohoh and

**hint hint** i want cake:D nice nice cake(: but no need like this one so nice la.
stawbelisotkake:D heh.

oh and for once im gonna try and wish my parents blessed cny in chinese verses. power right.
ohoh and the password for the post below is the pass to my facebook(: **hint hint.**

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zai jian 2.0

alabasterjars — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:55:08 +0000

zai jiann all. haha from friday till wednesday im off to KL(: for cdp. character development program **audience coughs** yes it is! and the shirt looks like some detergent advertisement! wow! ensures that you get stares near and far in ten seconds or less or your money back! ok nvm spaz. yup have a great ltf and blessed Lord’s day(: dont miss me too much cause i’ll be too busy having fun to miss you back. haha ok nvm(: if there’s anything really urgent like your pet grass needs a new pogo stick or smtg then sms me. if not please dont thank you(:
oh and blessed birthday you! you know who yes you! its early but better than half a year late(: and to all those that got their o lvl results. God’s plan for you is never wrong(: and the just shall live by faith(: not by results or whatever so press on in the Lord(: i know it doesnt really make sense since i dont take much o lvls but still. sec four is crazy. nonsense one. haha oh wells. off to KL(: please pray for me that i’ll be safe and keep close to the Lord. its gonna be hard to honor Him but please pray that i will(: and that my precious guitar will come back safe with me carrying it of course(:

alabasterjars — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:57:39 +0000

so ironic. after longing for school to start and all im really starting to dread it. reality’s hit me with all its got): and its really quite alot. all those flowery new year resolutions and hype about it being a good year seems to have disappeared rather quickly. its like for two months you enter ikea and stare at all the cool furniture and dustbins and you come back out to the world. ok maybe not quite. but still.. its like the school days seem longer, the laughter doesnt seem that funny, the homework seems to photocopy and give itself, the frisbees dont fly that well, the astroturf doesnt seem that artificial, the prata doesnt seem that crispy, the donburi’s no longer taste like artificial crack.
my teachers are a very very exciting set.
my form teacher’s from china and my co form is from the states. wonder how that works out. my form teacher has recently been placed in charge of table tennis. whoohoo. my year head teaches us bio while our assistant year head teachest physics. our language arts teachers are both the same person. we have mortimer(not real name) as our math teacher and we absolutely love him. the rest of the teachers i dont feel like talking about.

haha well God bless all(: life is tough.

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alabasterjars — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:39:06 +0000

hey everyone(: its the end of the year already.. time flies amazingly fast. i becoming old man alr. seniors of the school already(: wow so many alreadys. quite cool. i still remember when i was sec one. the orientation camp and how i was the only maris stella boy in my class): ah wells. i’ve been through the blue level, then red then yellow and now its green. furthest from the canteen D: well. its amazing that every color represents another year that God has seen me through by His really wonderful grace and mercies. it is truly by His mercies we are not consumed. looking back on all those stupid and really useless things ive done. its impossible not to marvel at such grace that forgives and writes off these things.

blue -
the color of the sea and sky. represents the consistency, the unchangeable nature of the Lord(: the God of abraham and jacob and all is the God of ours(: there’s no way that He will not see us through the coming year, since He’s seen us through all the past(:
i suppose blue is also a rather peaceful color(: and it shows the peace that every believer has in Christ Jesus(: not as the world gives(: its that peace that allows us to smile in trials, and to even weather each of those storms with confidence(:

red -
well. i suppose it kinda evokes feelings? we humans tend to rely on our feelings alot. like being emo or high and all. and it affects how we live our life and all. and our love is also an emotion, a feeling. but God Himself is love(: there is no way He will not love, for the simple fact that He is. well. err love(: the Love of God. amazing stuff(: better than those stuff that allow fairy tales to end with happily every after(: better than the love that friends give and all. imagine. the Creator of absolutely everything cannot help but to LOVE you(: how cool is that. and the One who controls everything loves you too(: i suppose we dont really have to worry since God is ultimately in control of all right(: and all things will work together for good to them that love Him(:
red also shows anger. but interestingly the gospel message can sorta be derived from there too(: imagine. we are sinful. God hates sin. so He’s angry with sin. but His LOVE was so great that He sent His only begotten Son to die for us. cause He lived a perfect life He bore the sins of all. and His blood (see red again:D) was shed for all, that we would stand justified before the Lord(: hope it somehow makes some sense.
the blood of Jesus is red too(: since He was fully human and fully God too(: i guess one reason why we spill blood so easily is so that we’ll be often reminded of the great sacrifice that Jesus paid on the Cross(:
furthermore, red is also kinda like fire(: its WHY we should be IGNITED with hearts aflame for Christ, that the H2O of the world cant quench us, that we may be soldiers for Christ, girded with the ARMOUR of God, with one body, united that there may be no DIVISIONs(sorry cheated abit) sorry last two cant think alr. BFG went to eat FRUITELLA. sorry. randomness. that aside. i guess we should really have more fire within us, to even be full of our first love(: and to spread the gospel(:

yellow -
a bright and optimistic color. represents our great joy that we christians have in Christ(: and what hope we have of seeing our Lord face to face, where no tear will fill the eye, where we’ll know the reason behind every trial and tear that graced our pilgrim life on earth(: rejoice in the Lord(:

green -
grass(: Psalm 103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. how fragile our life is. our days are like GRASS leh. our days are like the stuff that we step on when we play frisbee.
Isaiah 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
well.. read your Bible(: and another point to add about God’s unchanging nature(:
1 Peter 1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: how meaningless our lives are. our lives are but a vapour. only what’s done for God will last(: sorry if im still not making sense at this point of time=x
green symbolises growth too(: so even as the years pass and we draw closer to seeing our Lord face to face, may we also grow in Him(: allow the Holy Spirit to sanctify us(: and mature as christians(: as a nice friend wrote in my notebook “a young christian thinks of himself as something. a more mature christian thinks of himself as nothing. but the truly mature christian thinks of himself as less than nothing.” strive on in the Lord(:

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hear no evil see no evil speak no evil(:

the hat gang(:

blessed belated christmas all(: my resolutions and more the next post(:

wonderful grace of Jesus:D