月亮代表我的心

tonight our mooncake festival caregroup epic fail!! no sparklers, no mooncakes, no lanterns… LOL.

BUT……

it’s important to laugh at yourself for silly mistakes made and move on to better things, right cheng and althea?! i think you guys successfully salvaged the situation! (: instead of crying over spilt milk, clean up the mess and make everyone else’s life better, including yours! well done guys!

so we had such an impromptu awesome time playing pseudo 猜灯谜 (more like, CHINESE taboo) at the marine crescent playground, and laughing at our … this really really stupid game that althea led. the sentences were HILARIOUS!!! the funniest one involved our jasmine loh. hahaha.

and after that for one hour or so… we spent time listening to one another share about our families, and at the end of it, i thanked God in my heart because i saw how intricately He’s woven all these relationships, and how he brought us together into this one spiritual family too. the beauty simply lies in how different our backgrounds are, yet our heartbeats are the same. JCEA4, i’m thankful for a beautiful family like you guys (:

i also talked about my family… and i really appreciate my family: my mum, my dad, and my brother. my greatest wish is to see the folks receive Christ and stay in church. ah kor! keep praying with me kay!!

and i also shared about my spiritual family. brings both joy and tears to my eyes. shall not elaborate more. but i literally grew up with this church, albeit all the inconsistencies in my younger years. and i really thank God that the people in this family shaped me, my values and beliefs, and helped me grow in many many areas. its the family i never will wanna leave behind or abandon.

i love this family of God (:

to someone who turns 26 today

besides Jesus and my daddy, this is one guy in my life i respect and love the most!

he knows me really well, and he’s probably the only guy who can see through my faces and tell what i’m really feeling inside.

he loves me really well, too (= bringing me to the doctor at 2am when i’m feeling utterly sick, buying me lunch in the afternoons when he’s around, and always always saving the good stuff for me

he shares with me all his possessions! “since i’m not using the car, you can take it. drive it!” moments. allowing me to use his bedroom, tv, whatever i can lay my hands on.

he gives me the best advice ever. our random conversations on almost everything and anything, his very wise words, him sharing his experiences with me. and in the first place, willing to just spend time talking to an itsybitsy who’s 7 years younger and absolutely clueless about most things (yes i admit it, okay?)

he plays the nicest music ever. this is ohsoveryrandom but hello, i really miss listening to him playing and singing.

oh how can i miss this out. HE COOKS THE BEST FOOD EVER! i miss cheesecakes… yummy fish porridge… yumyum.

and last but not least, he gave me the best gift i ever received – bringing me to know God.. and to this church, too.

 

you know how people say, when you stay in the same house, you see the weaknesses of that other person and maybe this other person ain’t that perfect anymore? i’ve been staying with this person for the past 19 years of my life, and even though we’ve had our fair share of arguments (more like bu shuang-ness right, all the sharing of the toilet and all that), in my eyes, this guy, though imperfect, really tries to live his life with no regrets. a true man, i would say. a real man who chases after God too.

dear korkor,

i can go on and on and on and on about everything you do best as my brother. but shall not ego boost you any further. ahaha. even though you’re in a land far far far away, and i REALLY miss you big time!! BUT that is mixed with a bit of jealousy. or maybe alot. hatechew. hahaha. thanks for bringing me to God… and bringing me back to God. you have no idea how much this means to me. thank you so so so much that you even dispense your wisdom (oh most holy david hahaha), that you bother to listen to my rants and complaints and talk to me still over msn! i weally weally weally appreciate the fact that i am your sister and you are my brother. actually, you know i noticed that over all these years you’ve become so much more loving and good-tempered and you’re really a good role model at home. is this weird? i mean you’re not perfect. but… yes, a good role model. thanks kor, for everrrrything. you are ze best. keep growing okay!! God bless you with a wonderfulllll, God-filled, purposeful, awesome year ahead in dublin. LOVE YOU, SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH! *hugssss

love,
mei

*this is extra.
to my future husband hanging somewhere out there… there, you have an example to follow! ^^ heeheehee

today I did not sleep till 12pm

managed to get myself down to school this morning to pray together with my caregroup (: there’s just something about the joy of knowing God and being around His people (albeit the not-so-ideal turn-out… people usually oversleep ^^) my dear caregroup, i really love just spending time with you guys! literally walked out of school with a big big smile in my heart.

Rendition on saturday!! super excited about it. this period of time has been alot of learning and being inspired by people. recently God prompted me to get back into contact with one of my ex-sheep… and so i started messaging her and msn-ing her. abit awkward… but i know God remembers her. really praying for things to fall into place! (:

never stop asking God to expand your heart and to see that God-shaped void in people’s hearts. all of us definitely have the capacity to love, because we have received God’s love. all it takes is to be willing to step out of that little comfortable bubble and shift the focus from ‘me’ to ‘others’. i realised that there is never a day that i’ll reach a point whereby i can say, i am loving. love is alive, it is constantly growing, God wants to constantly stretch us to love more and more and more. so God, keep expanding my heart!

jcea4, let’s all continue to grow in love okay? you guys have such great capacity to love…. let’s truly be the city of refuge for the friends around you. i’m looking forward to great things happening this season!! in this tog with ya’ll!!! ^^

a 2.05am shoutout

shernlim, lim qinyi,

ball, teresa, sheng, melody, sijing, hanwei,

jolene, bobo, kang, dennis,

if you guys happen to read this, just wanna say

I’M MISSING YOU ALL BIG TIME!!

Good friday

today during cg we had a little bit of easter trivia.

question: what was the colour of the robe Jesus was clothed in by the soldiers?
celeste *very enthusiastically and excitedly*: PINK!!

girl ah, you crack me up. hahaha