Argentina 2 - England 3

Not much to blog about today. Met Ray for lunch before bs. Talk to him about some topics which I found interesting in. Was late for the lunch though. Due to the always jamming Eunos. Think maybe the real meaning of Eunos means traffic jam or slow traffic. lol. Before bs, I recieved the cd that Aylmer and Chong Suan bought for me, Jay Chou's latest. After bs, cleaned up the room with Ray and had dinner with him and An Muo Shi (Amos) at mac. Chatted about my blog and some funny happenings of our life. After that went to watch Initial D at Can This place. Before the show could finish, both she and curry already fell asleep, leaving me to off the player and go back to watch Argentina vs England.

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Argentina vs England match, one of the big match from all the other international friendlies. The match was pretty exciting. Crespo scored the first goal, and Rooney equalised few minutes later. After Samuel headed Argentina back in front after half time, to lead England 2 - 1, I tot that's it, England has lost the match. Its all over. But who knows, mighty Owen headed the equaliser at 86th minute, bringing the match to a tie. Drawing in an away game against Argentina is already quite incredible, but 2 minutes before full time, Owen headed a cross from sub, Cole, and England leads 2 - 3 and eventually won the match. Was quite relieved that Owen headed the ball in, before clumsy Crouch while trying to head, lost balance and was pushing Owen and another Argentine defender. What a match it was!

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A big thanks to Andrew, for leading today's bs and making sure that we really
understand it clearly. Did Romans 12 today. Learnt about God's mercy on us; Jesus' death on the cross that brings us salvation, escaping from God's wrath, gaining of righteousness through faith, gift of Holy Spirit, future glory and many more. Also learnt of the difference between God's mercy and grace. Mercy - God not giving us what we deserve (death, judgement). Grace - God giving us what we do not deserve (salvation, eternal life). Romans 12 helped me understand more bout God's will, to obey the Gospel and to be more like Christ. Another important lesson is about our relationship with one another in church and outsiders. We should not be self-centered with our fellow bros and sis in Christ. We should be more people-centered, using our gifts, given to us in accordance to God's grace, to serve one another. To the world, bless those who persecute us, rejoice with those who rejoice, mourn with those who mourn, do not repay evil with evil, live in harmony with one another. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil wih good. I know that it's not easy to do all these, but pray that we'll always cling on and refer to the Bible for guidance, strength and faith to be more Christ-like. Amen.