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What is love?

The answer from the user's manual for us, the Bible

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." 1 corinthians 13:4-7

Not too long ago I resolved not to get into any relationships until i figure out for myself exactly what an ideal relationship should be all about.. Well for someone who got his fingers burnt a few years ago.. U can't blame me for being overly cautious.. But I don't want to get myself carried away cos i have a crush on gal A or infatuated with gal B and in the end get my heart broken when her true colours got shown or when the relationship simply didn't work out due to personality differences or whatever. Cos that was how my first (and to date only) relationship started, and that was how it ended.

Like my mother once told me, "The right woman will make you; The wrong woman will break you." Very true..

If I say I like gal A, what do i mean? Crush? Infatuation? How about if i say to my partner "I love you"? These 3 words are the most powerful words a human being can say to another. They can change the destiny of both parties concerned, or if not, more often than not, the person on the receiving end. These are definitions that I am still searching for the answer..

In the long run, like all of us, i would want to find the right woman and settle down in a God-honoring and fulfilling relationship with her. But before I can do that, I will have to first KNOW what its really meant to be in a relationship.. what its really meant to be married.

Love and marriage is definitely more than the warm fuzzy feeling you get when in the presence of your loved one.. I must say. it is DEFINITELY MORE than that.

after my breakup with G.. i was fearful of relationships to a certain extent. A relationship can end in either of 2 ways.. 1, they marry and 'till death do us part' which is the ideal ending for a relationship... 'lived happily ever after' ending... 2, they break up.. can range from a puppy love relationship ending or a divorce after years of unhappy marriage.. sadly, unfortunately, majority of relationships fall into that category... that stems from a flawed understanding of what relationship is about..

peace. out.

Photos from the Amazing Race...

Some photos from the Amazing Race at Sentosa...


Guess who's that in the background? 

 
Ditto as above


Collect ration time. The guy looks like me, but it's not me. I wasn't wearing that shirt.


ACJC Ppl faced with their Fear Factor...


o man did she get arrowed to eat those things?


YUCKS!


And here's the main photo.. i was cheerleading.. but they din take me cos i think the photographer was standing next to me..


from another angle..


most of the ACJC ppl...


the KEY photo.. this was shown as part of the weekend connection video... haha my first reaction when i saw that was "tat mi! tat mi!"


All right gentlemen, well done, let's take a well deserved break...


As again i am hidden by someone or something... i never really appear in any of these photos


this is the JC cluster cheering


and this is they trying to learn the cheer jocelin was teaching.

SYF opening ceremony 2004

Btw i was also involved in the SYF 2004 Opening Ceremony held on 3 Jul 04 as Contingent Commander for the St John Ambulance contingent.One of the rehearsals, which explains the empty spectator stands.
This was my partner, Liew Shanzhi from Zone 10. His first time in safari on that day. Anyway, he's also from the same corps as one of my friends in st john.

I think his tour of duty in SYF had also been a period of transformation for him, really inducting him into the Officer-hood, as i learned that this was one of his first projects after commissioning as an officer.



overall we had a good time at the parade... i can say this is the pinnacle of my 'career' with st john as this is what i've always wanted to do for a very long time. if i ever get the chance to do NDP i'll jump at it too =)

2 MONTHS CUT!

I can't believe it, NS is cut by 2 months!!!


http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/90049/1/.html

http://apps2.mindef.gov.sg/display.asp?number=2129


'nuff said.

we are the reason..

Another song that is touching especially the chorus. Makes us reflect on the reason behind The Passion of the Christ, why Jesus came to this earth to die for our sins..


As little children
we would dream of Christmas morn
and all the gifts and toys
we knew we'd find
but we never realised
a baby born one blessed night
give us the greatest gift of our lives

we were the reason that He gave His life
we were the reason
that He suffered and died
to a world that was lost
He gave all He could give
to show us the reason to live

as the years went by
we learn more about gifts
giving of ourselves and what that means
on a dark and cloudy day
a man hung crying in the rain
because of love, because of love

I’ve finally found a reason for living
it's in giving every part of my heart to him
in all that I do
every word that I say
I’ll giving my all just for him
for him...

We are the reason that He gave His life
we are the reason
that He suffered and died
to a world that was lost
He gave all He could give
to show us the reason to live
He is my reason to live

caught His Passion...

just returned from the movie.. wow it was awesome. especially for us Christians. for me it compelled me to take a fresh look at the death of Jesus on the cross.. and even more the reasons behind it.

peace out.

Thank You for the Cross Lord
Thank You for the price You paid
Bearing all my sin and shame
In love You came
And gave amazing grace

Thank You for this love Lord
Thank You for the nail pierced hands
Washed me in Your cleansing flow
Now all I know
Your forgiveness and embrace

Worthy is the Lamb
Seated on the throne
Crown You now with many crowns
You reign victorious
High and lifted up
Jesus Son of God
The Darling of Heaven crucified
Worthy is the Lamb
Worthy is the Lamb

The Passion of the Christ

hmz i'm so excited! the movie will be released in Singapore on 1 Apr with M18 rating without cuts. Though that wasn't what we hoped for at first, at least the older youth will be able to watch it. If it was R(A) (or R21 under the new system), out of my cell group of 10 +, only a few will be able to watch. Initially if it was NC16, my whole cell group can watch, now claris cannot watch liaoz. =( but we'll wait for the vcd.. i'm sure there will be some kind of vcd available (tho probably pirated..)

Amazing Race at Sentosa!

i took leave today to go for the Amazing Race at Sentosa and wow i must say i had a blast there... especially at the end, tho we didn't win, but i still had a good time cheering the other AC teams on, even the organiser commented on our good team spirits. =)

my team has an agreement that this time next year, we shall meet again, for the same cause.. =)

got to know quite a few more of the juniors, including got a couple of J1s who are considering running for the 29th... my great-grand-junior council. wow.. think they will get in.. =)

ok, gtg, going to take a well-deserved rest!

i well guess that my posts on this aren't as frequent as i would like it to be... haha... how time flies, it's the middle of March! and soon i will be crossing the halfway point of my NSF liability. One down, one to go. Or, everything I have seen in the SAF up to that point, I will see one more time.. and then i'll step past the final frontier. But, I will have to see three of my colleagues step past that frontier, before I do so...

What would one consider milestones in NSF life? Colleagues stepping past the frontier? Getting promoted in rank? Marking out every 6 months? I guess anything will do... as long as i get a sense of time passing... towards the time when i myself will step past that frontier...

i went back for CF Camp yesterday together with a friend... that's the last night of CF camp whereby there would be a terrifically long session of worship and ministry. And, I must say, it was surreal. The presence of God came down like I had not experienced for a very long time. And time flew - it was before long that the time came for us (my friend and i) to leave as we had to get ready to go to work today. But we never regretted coming. To those Christians reading this, regardless of denomination, i really encourage u all to arrange some time and gather together in twos and threes to spend a few hours with the Lord, and the results will be amazing! Jesus Himself said "For when two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them." Matthew 18:20

ok time to go for my run... been a week since i last ran =P

i realised it's been about 2 1/2 weeks (1/52 of an NSF liability) since i've last posted on this blog. have been busy with stuff at camp... recently, the A level results came out... and many of my friends did well, but there are some who didn't, and my heart goes out to them... just hope that they'll get over it soon...

well life is as usual now... i didn't go for my usual run today... will be going tomorrow... but anyway now i've got bible study class on wed evening and cell group on thu evening so there won't be time for me to go for my run... so perhaps i should find a way to space it out. perhaps on tuesday and saturday (which is the weekly run in camp anyway) will be a good idea then perhaps on one of the other days i'll go for a game of badminton or something...