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Life is like a monopoly game...

Life is like a monopoly game, in the end, everything goes back into the box. In a monopoly game, the main idea is to be rich, have lots of money, properties and houses and buildings. To beat the other opponents in terms of wealth. But have we ever thought, in the end, all the paper money and deeds, all of them will be kept back into the box. They are not real, not eternal.


This reminds us as Christians, in life, what do we seek, things that are eternal or things are in heaven? We should seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. What we really really need, are already kept in us for heaven. Isn't it comforting that God has promised to take care of our future. That in the, we will be in paradise with Him. No more pain, no more sufferings. Everything will be perfect.

There are many analogies about Christian life. But I personally like this one; Christian walk is like a train ride. The train is already moving, meaning Christ has already died for us, saving us. There is nothing else we can do, but to hang on to the handles that are in the train. While we head towards our final destination, the train will shake, refering to trials in life. We just have to keep hanging on, persevering in our Christian walk, keep trusting God, putting our faith and focus on the cross. Even if we fall into temptations, all we got to do, is to realize our mistakes and confess to God. He will definitely forgive our sins.

Hang on brothers and sisters..

PTBC 2007 - NUS

Applied for PTBC twice but only went for the conference once. Paid $100 for the first PTBC last year, but due to some last minute injury, couldn't really make it as its rather inconvenient. Today is first day of PTBC, everything thing is great. Only problem is that I feel a bit feverish and weak in the morning. Having sore throat too. Went to buy Strepsils, Panadol Strong and Hicee Vitamin C tablets. This year's speaker is Rev Mike Raiter. Funny Liverpool borned Australian. Principal of the Bible College of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia). Great speaker with great attendance. At least a 100 over brothers and sisters coming together to learn about Wealth and the Christian. Had a lot of fun learning and joking together. I even helped Andrew to be back up singer. So pai seh, got to stand on the stage to sing. Like my mini concert like that. Thankful that I didn't went out of tune. LOL

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After the last talk, we went to have some supper. So we went to a cafe called K Gourmet Cafe. Had a piece of one of my favourite carrot cake. Really taste very good. One of the best carrot cake I've tried. Food there are very affordable, student price, food taste not bad too..


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Went back and first thing is try to connect to the wireless. Had sooo much problem trying to connect. The signal strength is so weak. Took me quite sometime to find the correct spot to have "some" signal. Strength is always low.. Takes so long to load a full website. Worst thing is can't connect to msn. Haha.. While trying to connect, something funny happen. Ray and Benjamin was in my room. Then Ray spotted a cockroach in my toilet.

All of us are afraid of cockroach. Do not dare to catch so tried to kill. Haha.. Tried to smack it with my sandals but kind of difficult as the front part is curved up. So in the end, Ray used the shower to kill the cockroach. He turn on the water to the fullest. Not only to the fullest also to the hottest. Its really so hot that so much steam was formed. In the end the poor cockroach was cooked to death. Haha.. 3 big guys afraid of a small cockroach. That was the most funniest and enjoyable time here at PTBC at the moment. 1 and 1/2 more day to go. Hope to be able to learn more on how to handle our wealth..

I miss Didi Elliot!!

Thank God for the smooth delivery of baby Sharona. Wai and family have been in Australia for few weeks. Really missing them alot. Went to Queensway Shopping Centre the other day, reminded me of the day me, Elliot and Wai going there to buy shorts. How Elliot run about and hide behind the clothes. Miss going to their house and play with Elliot. Watching cartoon with him. Haiz.. Miss Maria's scolding during music practise, miss her raw vegetables during dinner, miss her butter corn too!! Miss meeting up with Wai, doing Colossians or going out to look for jerseys.

Was first rejected by NIE, so tot maybe I should go continue to study to get a degree. Thought for very long but still cant decided what my interest is. So tot why not just continue in IT line since I have a Diploma in Internet Computing. Almost registered with SIM to do a Bach in IT with Uni of Wollongong. But after working at the care centre, I really begin to love the kids there. Was teaching some primary 2 kids maths today. Kept reminding myself to be patient with them. Not to show a sign of impatience in my actions and tone of voice. Glad that I did quite well when I was teaching some kids who are a bit slow in understanding. So I guess I will try to apply for NIE again. Give it another try.

Loving my new phone so much. Cool look, good features. Though the camera is a bit slow and doesn't work very well at night, most importantly is that it is a slide phone and its not "very" expensive. Battery life works well too, not like how others comment it about being weak. Guess maybe cos I dun use the music player and camera often.

Life and priorities..

All people have priorities in life. Guess the main difference is whether you are a Christian or not. Non-Christians will tend to put it on studies, career and family. Underlying the non-Christian's world-view is usually a search for success, happiness and pleasure based on what the world-system values highly; money, success, power, prestige.

"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world - the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does - comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever."
1 John 2:15-17

For Christians our goal should be to know God better every day through personal time with Him in the Word. This includes knowing one's spiritual gifts and determining the ministry God has called each one of us to. As responsible Christians we usually will need to get a job to support ourselves. If married, we have a responsibility to our families that is always high on the list of priorities. We can not serve God very well if we don't know what He is like and what He is doing in the world.

No matter what ministry are we in, the most immediate ministry that God has pre-destined us with is our family. There is no point being heavily involved in church and neglect your family. We can't have split personalities. Behaving a way in church and another when we are at home.

If a preacher has a wife, and his wife is seriously ill, its only right for him to stop preaching temporarily, and put full attention to take care of his wife till she recover. In a family, having a healthy prayer life is very important. It is essential for growth and for tuning in to what God is doing in the world. Prayer is God's way of drawing us closer to Him.

God only gave us 24 hours a day. 8 hours is spend for sleeping. We spend the rest of the 16 hours doing many things. We can't be doing everything. We have to know which areas in life to focus in. Studies and career should never come in the way of God and our family which includes church. Not enough time and too busy is just an excuse. If we find that we are too busy, then its time for us to forsake some areas in life. We can never juggle with too many things at a go. There is family, studies or work, ministry in church and God. If we try to juggle them all, the end result is that nothing will be done in the best way.

God never promised the ride wouldn't be bumpy, but He did promise that He'll sit right beside us the entire way. Things may not get better today or tomorrow, but slowly, little by little, God will make sense out of it all and set us back on the right path. The trick is to stay focused on the right priorities.

Be my guide, Oh Lord

<sup>In Philippians 4 : 6-7, God says,

6</sup>Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

There are many things in life I worry about. First was NS. Now that my NS stage is done with, studies and other worries in life all pile up. God told us not to be anxious, but present all my requests to Him. This is an area in life I really struggle in. Not putting enough trust in God.

Kind of decided to further my studies in SIM with Uni Of Wollongong. Really not sure what my interests are, so decided to continue the IT line, therefore doing a part time course in Bach in IT.
Many things to worry and clarify about. How come Grace is doing a full time course which takes her 4 years and my part time course is only 1 and 1/2 years? Isn't part time course suppose to be longer? Even though I have exemptions how can a part time course be 1 and 1/2 years? Next thing to worry is my farewell with FOM. I will need to leave FOM for a while, due to lessons on Sat noon. Will my farewell affect anything in future? What will happen to my relationship with them? The answer is to trust in Him..

Thank God for the temp job at the care centre. Things are going well so far. I love the kids and the kids love me. Though some of them are quite mischevious and rebellious, they still listen to you when you are firm yet nice to them. Some needs more attention, need the extra push to do their work, if not they will take hours to finish a simple assignment. Some just wants your attention to be on them, keep asking you questions. Some are just so cute and funny, which makes you simply love them. God help me to be a good example in this job, be it to the kids or colleagues.

Wai has left for Perth. Spent the whole night with him before he left. Had supper at a prata place together with Amos and Benjamin. Didnt sleep much, was busy packing his luggage and talking to him. He has been a very close brother to me, who I tell all my troubles and joys to. Who calls me in the middle of the night to talk to me when I needed someone. I miss Elliot, I miss Maria, and I am starting to miss Wai.. Cant believe I am starting to tear again when I think of them. Little Elliot whom I play with whenever I am over at their place. The fun times seeing how cute he is. His crazy ideas and funny moments. All the sharing and good food provided. The raw tomatoes and cucumbers. Haha.. I will be looking forward to the day they come back for good...