we're living for Your name!

2008-06-30T07:14:00.001-07:00

okay. i know our blog is dead.

BUT I SHALL REVIVE IT AGAIN!

...only i just realize that i cant, seeing as computer is one of the things im fasting for the 40 day fast. darn.

anyways, zee RELAY SYSTEHM:

danitza -> sasha -> davinia -> amelia
abby -> me -> jan -> rachel

all the best for the 40 day fast, for prelims, and for the Os! :)

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
Hebrews 12:1-3

i love you!

xoxox,tams

2008-04-16T05:37:00.000-07:00

Hey kiddos :)

I am posting.
Posting!
Posting!

(I am also procrastinating from studying chem SPA.)

I'm sorry I couldn't make it for the combined cell today but I'm sure it was crazy coooool I hear the juniors talk alot. (I sense digressing in the future, it must be prevented!)

Anyway, I really want to do a mission trip together :D With all the Darfur and UN stuff, and last week's Idol Gives Back and geog today, with all the incredibly depressing videos about the poor and starving, I've been wanting more and more to actually do something meaningful in society. Do you think it's possible? Like next Jan.

Wo ai ni men! :) (Davinia: I love you all!)

The LORD gives strength to his people;
the LORD blesses his people with peace.
Psalm 29:11

(This is the verse I was talking about on Monday, I really like it!)

See you kids in schooooool!

♥ Sasha

2008-04-13T05:47:00.000-07:00

SISTERS!
where's everybody!

our blog is dead D: our JUNIORS are keeping our tagboard alive. hahaha :D

we dont even meet anymores D: i know everybody is busy with schoolwork & everything. & i myself cram undone homework/test studying during recess @@ but we have to meet up. at least, pray for each other or something. we cant let the excuse of studying or work or something keep us from giving some time to God! remember we were made to praise, worship, love God, not made to study, or to get a good job or whatever.

we love Him because He first loved us!

i dont know about you all, but i need cell! i need fellow Christian sisters to listen, to talk to, to support & be supported by, to hold hands with while crossing the looong highway of life.

you all inspire me! and encourage me. :D thanks you all for yous. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

anyway. jia you! we have to meet up somehow someday alrights! :D i love you all!
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

"Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable-
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind-
Think big anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight-
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack if you help them-
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth-
Give the world the best you've got anyway."
- Anonymous

tams

2008-03-21T09:18:00.000-07:00

Why?- Nicole Nordeman

We rode into town the other day,
just me and my Daddy.
He said I’d finally reached that age,
and I could ride next to him on a horse
that of course was not quite as wide
We heard a crowd of people shouting
and so we stopped to find out why
There was that man that my dad said he loved,
but today
there was fear in his eyes

So I said Daddy why are they screaming?
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
Why is he dressed in that bright purple robe?
I bet that crown hurts him more than he shows
Daddy please
can’t you do something?
He looks as though he’s
gonna cry
You said he is stronger than all of
those guys-
Daddy please tell me why,
why does everyone
want him to die?

Later that day the sky grew cloudy
and daddy said I should go inside
Some how he knew
things would get stormy,
boy was he right.
But I could not keep from wondering
if there was something he had to hide
So after he left I had to find out,
I was not afraid of getting lost
So I followed the crowds to a hill
where I knew men had been killed
And I heard a voice come from a cross:

And it said
Father why are they screaming?
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
Why are they casting their lots for my robes?
This crown of thorns hurts me more than it shows.
Father please
can’t you do something?
I know that you must hear my cry.
I thought I could handle
a cross of this size,
Father remind me why
why does everyone want me to die
O, When will I understand why?

My precious Son,
I hear them screaming.
I’m watching the face of the enemy beaming
but soon I will clothe you in robes of my own.
Jesus this hurts me much more than you know,
but this dark hour
I must do nothing.
Though I’ve heard
your unbearable cry —
the power in your blood
destroys all the lies,
soon you’ll see past
their unmerciful eyes.
Look there below, see the child
trembling by her father’s side.
Now I can tell you why,
she is why you must die.

Science and God

2008-03-01T08:01:00.000-08:00

Science and God

‘Let me explain the problem science has with Jesus Christ.’ The atheist
professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his
new students to stand.

‘You’re a Christian, aren’t you, son?’

‘Yes sir,’ the student says.

‘So you believe in God?’

‘Absolutely.’

‘Is God good?’

‘Sure! God’s good.’

‘Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?’

‘Yes.’

‘Are you good or evil?’

‘The Bible says I’m evil.’

The professor grins knowingly. ‘Aha! The Bible!’ He considers for a
moment.

‘Here’s one for you. Let’s say there’s a sick person over here and you
can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?’

‘Yes sir, I would.’

‘So you’re good….!’

‘I wouldn’t say that.’

‘But why not say that? You’d help a sick and maimed person if
you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn’t.’

The student does not answer, so the professor continues. ‘He
doesn’t, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even
though he prayed to Jesus to heal him How is this Jesus good? Hmmm? Can
you answer that one?’

The student remains silent.

‘No, you can’t, can you?’ the professor says. He takes a sip of
water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax.

‘Let’s start again, young fella Is God good?’

‘Er…yes,’ the student says.

‘Is Satan good?’

The student doesn’t hesitate on this one. ‘No.’

‘Then where does Satan come from?’

The student : ‘From…God…’

‘That’s right. God made Satan, didn’t he? Tell me, son. Is there
evil in this world?’

‘Yes, sir.’

‘Evil’s everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything,
correct?’

‘Yes.’

‘So who created evil?’ The professor continued, ‘If God created
everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to
the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil.’

Without allowing the student to answer, the professor continues:
‘Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible
things, do they exist in this world?’

The student: ‘Yes.’

‘So who created them?’

The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his
question. ‘Who created them? There is still no answer. Suddenly the
lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is
mesmerized.

‘Tell me,’ he continues onto another student. ‘Do you believe in
Jesus Christ, son?’

The student’s voice is confident: ‘Yes, professor, I do.’

The old man stops pacing. ‘Science says you have five senses you
use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen
Jesus?’

‘No sir. I’ve never seen Him’

‘Then tell us if you’ve ever heard your Jesus?’

‘No, sir, I have not.’

‘Have you ever actually felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or
smelt your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus
Christ, or God for that matter?’

‘No, sir, I’m afraid I haven’t.’

‘Yet you still believe in him?’

‘Yes.’

‘According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable
protocol, science says your God doesn’t exist. What do you say to that,
son?’

‘Nothing,’ the student replies. ‘I only have my faith.’

‘Yes, faith,’ the professor repeats. ‘And that is the problem
science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.’

The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a
question of his own. ‘Professor, is there such thing as heat?’

‘Yes,’ the professor replies. ‘There’s heat.’

‘And is there such a thing as cold?’

‘Yes, son, there’s cold too.’

‘No sir, there isn’t..’

The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested.
The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain.

‘You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat,
mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we
don’t have anything called ‘cold’. We can hit up to 458 degrees below
zero, which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is
no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the
lowest -458 degrees. Every body or object is susceptible to study when
it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have
or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat.
You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of
heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units
because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the
absence of it.’

Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom,
sounding like a hammer.

‘What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as
darkness?’

‘Yes,’ the professor replies without hesitation. ‘What is night
if it isn’t darkness?’

‘You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the
absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright
light, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have
Nothing and it’s called darkness, isn’t it? That’s the meaning we use to
define the word. In reality, darkness isn’t. If it were, you would be able
to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?’

The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him.
This will be a good semester. ‘So what point are you making, young man?’

‘Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is
flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.’

The professor’s face cannot hide his surprise this time.
‘Flawed? Can you explain how?’

‘You are working on the premise of duality,’ the student
explains. ‘You argue that there is life and then there’s death; a good
God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something
finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can’t even explain a
thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much
less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life
is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive
thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it.’

‘Now tell me, professor. Do you teach your students that they
evolved from a monkey?’

‘If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young
man, yes, of course I do’

‘Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?’

The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he
realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed.

‘Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work
and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you
not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a
preacher?’

The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the
Commotion has subsided.

‘To continue the point you were making earlier to the other
student, let me give you an example of what I mean.’

The student looks around the room.. ‘Is there anyone in the class
who has ever seen the professor’s brain?’ The class breaks out into
laughter.

‘Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor’s brain,
felt the professor’s brain, touched or smelled the professor’s brain? No
one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of
empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no
brain, with all due respect, sir. So if science says you have no brain,
how can we trust your lectures, sir?’

Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the
student, his face unreadable.

Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. ‘I
guess you’ll have to take them on faith.’

‘Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists
with life,’ the student continues. ‘Now, sir, is there such a thing as
evil?’

Now uncertain, the professor responds, ‘Of course, there is. We
see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man’s inhumanity to man..
It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world.
These manifestations are nothing else but evil.’

To this the student replied, ‘Evil does not exist sir, or at
least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God.
It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe
the absence of God.

God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when
man does not have God’s love present in his heart. It’s like the cold
that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there
is no light.‘

The professor sat down.

2008-01-15T06:01:00.001-08:00

HULLO PEOPLE! THIS IS SAD! WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR CELL????

i dont care, we have to keep it alive somehow. don't let our passion for God die in school! ~

i love you all, hope ya had lovely holidays! heres a testimonial to get the year going! :D

a friend of mine lost her wallet today @@ she was uber worried and all that. it had her ez link and ic and money and stuff. this morning. so i said pray pray pray! she told me that she told God that if she could find her wallet, she promises to go to church every single sunday no matter what, even during the Os.
i went with her to the police station after school, and we reported. while the policeman was typing in all these stuff, i prayed. i didnt think my friend would notice, but she did .... ._. so embarrassing. hahaha :D

then GUESS WHAT! after art club, when i switched on my handphone (OUT OF SCHOOL i promise. im so guai), she smsed me saying that THEY FOUND HER WALLET!!!!!!!!!
someone turned it in to the toa payoh police station!!!!!!!!!
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

ISN'T GOD GREAT?!?! HALLELUJAH!!

i guess its a small miracle for both her & me. i cant say i've been very faithful...in fact, over hte holidays i backtracked spiritually.

but im not going to let go and lose my faith to laziness and hte world and stuff! i'm going to rise for the Lord! :D huzzah! go go go, SC cell! i love each and every one of you!
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

2007-12-01T19:25:00.000-08:00

i know there's no space for youtube videos, so please watch this! it made me cryyy.

God is so good!

i miss all of you guys!

xoxoxoxo, tams

P.S. did you notice that our chatterbox died. from lack of use. again. ._.

2007-11-09T01:15:00.000-08:00

2007-10-24T07:55:00.000-07:00

i love each and every one of you!

*muacks!

2007-10-10T00:35:00.000-07:00

I lift up my eyes to the hills
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
the maker of heaven and earth.

I came across this lately, it was in coach carter :)

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves,

Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same

As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

-Marianne Williamson

We are meant to shine, and it would be selfish not to. :)
I love you guys, just keep these words in mind and let us never be afraid of excellence for Jesus Christ, using it to glorify the Lord our God.

2007-10-09T00:44:00.001-07:00

The road is rough, I said
Dear Lord, there are stones that hurt me so.
And He said, Dear child, I understand,
I walked it long ago.

But there is a cool green path, I said,
Let me walk there for a time.
No child, He gently answered me,
The green road does not climb.

My burden, I said, is far too great;
How can I bear it so?
My child, said He, I remember weight.
I carried my cross, you know.

If only, I said, I wish there were friends with me
Who would make my way their own.
Ah yes, He said, Gethsemane
was hard to face alone.

And so I climbed the stony path
Content at last to know
That where my Master had not gone
I would not need to go.

And strangely then I found new friends;
The burden grew less sore
As I remembered-long ago
He went that way before.

Leona B. Gates

*Gethsemane; The place in the New Testament of Jesus's agony and betrayal, a garden east of Jerusalem near the foot of the Mount of Olives; an instance or a place of great suffering.

2007-10-08T04:32:00.000-07:00

hey babes,

here's the link for the video, visit it HERE

i'm so proud of us, we've made it through the exams! Let's continue to be testimonies in His name! :)

Love, dan.

2007-09-14T07:58:00.000-07:00

1 Jesus

+

3 nails

=

4given.

2007-08-29T04:19:00.000-07:00

stole this from my church ah yi's blog:

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to work up a good conversation.They talked about many things and a myriad of subjects.

Eventually, they touched on the subject of God. The barber said: 'I don't believe that God exists.'
'Why do you say that?' asked the customer.
'Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children?If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain.I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things.'
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument.

The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop.Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.

The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber:
'You know what? Barbers do not exist.'
'How can you say that?' asked the surprised barber.'I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!'
'No!' the customer exclaimed. 'Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside.'

'Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when people do not come to me.'
'Exactly!' affirmed the customer. 'That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! That's what happens when people do not go to Him and don't look to Him for help. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world.

xoxoxox, tams :D

2007-08-26T08:18:00.001-07:00

do you know how an eagle learns how to fly?

the eagle mama first places her baby on her back, then glides through the air, majestic wings riding the currents. her baby sits atop happily, enjoying the chill of the wind. then suddenly, the mama flips and drops her baby eaglet.

the eaglet is hurtling through the air, towards the fast approaching ground. what should he do?! where is his mama?! how could she do this to him?! why has she abandoned him?! as the ground grows closer and closer, the eaglet getting more and more desperate, right before he crashes, eagle mama swoops in out of nowhere, catches her baby, and carries him safely back to his nest.

again and again, eagle mama drops and saves the baby eaglet. he is first despaired, then apprehensive, then doubtful. gradually, he learns how to turn his body in the correct position to slow down his fall. he discovers that when he opens his tiny wings, it catches the breeze and pushes him afloat for awhile. until one day, finally, as the eaglet is dropped again from the safety of his mother's broad back, he spreads his wings and flies.

not all eaglets are as complacent as this one. there are many stubborn baby eaglets out there, who curse and rebuke their mama, refusing to acknowledge that this is the only way for them to learn to fly. in desperation for her babies to learn what those wings are for, the eagle mama tears at the nest, clawing all of the eaglet's shelter to shreds, until he has nothing to hold onto. without anything to hide in, anything to return to, the baby eaglet has no choice but fend for himself, and slowly he too, learns to soar.

You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.
Exodus 19:4

our papa eagle, our Father in Heaven, wants us to be Eagle Christians. He wants us to have all of the eagle's majesty and grace. sometimes we find ourselves in horrible situations. we find trials adn tribulations have suddenly taken a fancy to us and are throwing themselves in our faces. we feel hopeless and alone, forced out of our comfort zones, our security torn asunder. but because of all these troubles, we learn to rise. we overcome and we conquer. we step up and out. we soar like eagles.

so don't blame God. don't accuse Him of abandoning you, of cursing you, of throwing misfortunes upon you. i dont think the eagle mama was happy to see her baby so angry and frustrated and afraid, but she knew it was the only way for him to fly. God doesn't want you to be distressed or anything. He wants you to learn to fly. Do you know that eagles are the only birds that fly above storms? that's what God wants us to do.

fly above the storm, with Him.

hide me now
under Your wings
cover me
within Your mighty hands

when the oceans rise
and thunders roar
i will soar with You above the storm
Father you are king above the flood
i will be still, and know You are God

from a sermon preached by Ps Julie Seow, from FCBC :D during a GCYC conference held during hte weekend. there are more, but its really late so i'll post them up another time :D

let's all be eagle Christians!

xoxoxoxo, tams

2007-08-21T02:15:00.000-07:00

duty roster!♥

1.abby heng-this friday, abby! :D
2.amelia (next monday)
3. danitza-31st august (next friday)
4.davinia-3rd sept (is there school?)
5.jan
6.sasha
7.tams

sarah teddy! we aren't including you yet, becaues you seem to be very busy! sorry!

relay:
tammie -> sasha ->davinia
-> jan
danitza -> abby -> amelia

duty ICs :D ♥
abby - outing IC
meals, birthdays, holiday arrangements including missionary trips, if any :D
tams - admin IC
doing this blog hahaha. and keeping the numbers
jchan - co-admin IC
help me in doing stuff like this ;_;
danni - worship IC
suggesting songs for worship :D maybe one day we'll get round to bringing guitars to sch :D
amelia - prayer IC
tell her your prayer requests! :D :D she'll pray for you, and/or tell us. if you want her to.
davinia - co-prayer IC
when there are too many prayers to handle haha :D you can tell her your requests tooo :D ♥
sasha - special events IC
tell us about things like FOP, GDOP etc etc :D

yay :D

upcoming news:
CELL LUNCH TOMORROW. NO BACKING OUT :D♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

xoxoxo, tams ♥♥

2007-08-19T05:25:00.000-07:00

HEYLO!

this is kinda late, but:
KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE FOR FINISHING THE 40-DAY FAST! :D :D :D

there were times where some of us broke it (coughcoughCHOCOLATEcoughcough), faltered or found it kinda pointless, but we all held on and with the help of God's awesome power we made it through! :D :D :D
yeah man! :D thank you all for sticking to meeting every single day regardless of our busy schedules! :D for supporting each other, for praying for each other, and for making cell time fun :D

i think of how me & jchan, chocoholics, and davinia, meat lover, and danni, who eats so much (not that she's a glutton! :D), and yet we were able to go through the Daniel fast :D (and danni who did the esther fast-that's NO FOOD COMPLETELY for three days-during the last stretch) and i realise it is truly not by power, not by might, but by the Spirit (zechariah 4:6)
yayyy! :D Thank God for helping us through! pray that we continue to love and be passionate for God! :D that we won't die out spiritually after the 40 day fast! :D

i love you guys!!
MILLE BAISERS! (that's a million kisses in plain english :D)

xoxoxoxo, tams

The Roman Catholic Faith

2007-07-30T02:47:00.000-07:00

Hello! Wow I haven't used Blogger for so long now!

Anyway, just food for thought:

I once heard someone say that they found it strange that the Roman Catholics seemed to prize Jesus in his weakest postitions. As in, they always have Him pictured in the manger with Mary and Joseph by His side, and then instead of just a cross they have Jesus on the cross. So as in, baby - weak, defenceless, cross - also 'weak and defenceless'.

And I always thought it was kind of weird that they did, like yeah, Jesus is so magnificent right? Why portray Him in His weakest states?

But today when I was walking home from tuition I saw a cross with Jesus on it outside someone's house, and it struck me - maybe it's not that they are portraying Jesus in His weakest states - after all, Jesus never really was weak was He? - but that these were the greatest sacrifices that he made for us, and they use it as a constant reminder of how much He has given us!

So when He was a baby, it reminds us of two things - firstly, the miracle of how Mary gave birth to Jesus when she was still a virgin, and secondly, how He was willing to come down from Heaven to go through the torture of life to save all of us!

And when He was on the cross, it reminds us of the greatest sacrifice ever, and how the whole point on His life on earth was just to die for our sins!

I suppose that one may argue that what would be even more miraculous was the part where Jesus came back to life, but I think that it's pretty hard to put into a necklace don't you think?

Tag your thoughts! =)

Sasha

2007-07-26T03:35:00.000-07:00

one of the twenty three korean Christian volunteeers captured by an Al-Qaeda-linked group in Afghanistan has been killed.

Let us continue to pray, and pray hard! Miracles will happen. Don't lose faith, and don't give up hope. Pray that he will be at peace with God, and that the other twenty two will be saved.

God bless!

2007-07-23T04:29:00.000-07:00

jchan!

no fear! God is always near! :D
you WILL get well! :D dont stress yourself out okays!
THE SC CELL LOVES YOU MANY MANY MANY! :D

and shall we FINALLY go for church visiting? this sunday? watch me & abbyh embarrass ourselves on stage with makeup and a blinding polo! :D

xoxoxoxo, tams.

sniff! ):

2007-07-23T02:56:00.000-07:00

when you are sick, everything seems kind of dreadful.

EXCEPT READING THE BIBLE AND READING STORY BOOKS! :)

but whaaaaa i have so much homework uncompleted. not to mention i didnt do any homework over the weekend because i was feeling quite sick already. boo. woo is me.

i miss cell <3

2007-07-22T05:51:00.000-07:00

TAMMIE, ABBY and RACHEL'S CHURCH IS NICE! :D

:) and their pastor is cute.
their spiritual mom is cute.
their message is cool.

im quite lazy to blog. yay.

blog next time :)

sasha martin please dont be sad and bat. :)

2007-07-21T21:20:00.000-07:00

Hide me now
Under your wings
Cover me
within your mighty hand

When the oceans rise and thunders roar
I will soar with you above the storm
Father you are king over the flood
I will be still and know you are god

Find rest my soul
In Christ alone
Know his power
In quietness and trust

I was in church yesterday and they sang this song and the words just really made me happy :)
cos even as the going gets tough, block tests, competitions, worries of the world aside
he renews me, he gives me new strength each day

we are more than conquerous in Him!
20 days and counting, I'm so proud of all of us, for sticking it out this long.
more to come, more endurance, more tests,
more blessings, more love :)

<3dan
(and i typed the may 22 post tam! hahaha)

2007-07-17T05:36:00.001-07:00

i am really uber uber uber thankful for the school cell!

im thankful for abby heng for accompanying me in phone prayer every night, and for being a wonderful encouraging sister :D
im thankful for danni for always being so open and honest, and making us laugh :D
im thankful for amelia for sometimes making really wise and thought-provoking comments :D
im thankful for davinia for being my mommie! HAHA. she's always there and always nice and always comforting :D
im thankful for sasha for being an uber great friend, and worrying with me when i do silly stuff like forget my homework or something :D
im thankful for jchan for being always adorable & sweet & funny :D

its people like you guys that keep my faith going strong (: thank you. thank you for listening when i rant silly stuff that i do! thank you for praying. thank you for paying attention. thank you for being warriors of light. thank you for sharing all your personal stuff. thank you for encouraging one another. thank you for staying strong in the Lord. thank you for being you.

God bless, always and forever :D

No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
Romans 8:37

i love you each & every muchos :D
<3333333

2007-06-29T08:43:00.000-07:00

h'lo!

we still have to work on our focus & concentration during school cell. p'raps its a little awkward talking about Christiany stuff in the middle of the day where all you want to do is be jovial & funny & stuff, but remember! we are here to help one another on our path in righteousness during secondary school. not to chitchat (:

remember bottling up is bad! if you have anything to say, by all means, SAY IT! :D dont be afraid to share with us alright! because i believe that even if we gossip an itsy bitsy little (okay, maybe more than that...ahh, gossip is bad! @@) we will NOT tell what happens in cell to others. we are all sisters in Christ! and im sure we all love one another lots & lots & lots.

sometimes some people want to say something and the others dont hear it. aye i think this happens to amelia sometimes. I'M SORRY AMELIA! WE LOVE YOU! ♥ we need to be an itsy bit more sensitive! haha :D

and, newsflash: WE ARE SIGNING UP FOR GREAT EASTERN WOMEN'S RUN 10K AS A CELL! :D (sarah teddy, that means you too okay!..although i dont think you read this. XD) don't worry, God will see us through! i am this unfit, couch potato blob, and yet i survived last year's. so definitely all of you can make it, yessum! :D don't be afraid! :D we shall all gather and pray before the run okay! :D :D :D :D

finally, one last comment:
JCHAN, RACHEL LEE & DAVINIA ARE LEADERS IN GUIDES! :D dont forget, leaders are very influential people! you can use your position to reach out to people! :D & congratulations! :D thank God for His blessings!

i love you all lots & lots & lots & lots & lots!!!
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

p.s. no using God's name in vain! no swear words either! :D

2007-06-10T22:18:00.001-07:00

HULLO!

two important people are coming back from their 18-day trip in UK today! yes, let us welcome home *drumroll* SASHA & DAVINIA!! ♥♥♥
yessum i hope you had lotsa fun! :D
i missed you guys lots!

this friday, abby & i are leaving overseas! :( so i dont think we can do much outings or anything. ABBY! OUTING IC! :D

and lets end off with abby & my church camp's verse:
1 timothy (or is it 2?) 4:7
i have fought the good fight
i have finished the race
i have kept the faith

keep holding strong darlings! God bless in all that you do (:
I LOVE YOU!
♥♥♥

2007-05-22T06:48:00.000-07:00

Your will above all else
My purpose remains
The art of losing myself
In bringing You praise

hello i don't know how many of youare actuall reading this but here's something to tide us through the holidays, no? :)

No, in all these things we are more than conquerous through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, nither the present nor the future nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

-Romans 8:37-39

I don't know but i was comforted when i heard this verse; cos it just means that nothing will ever separate me or us from him, no matter what we do or how much we sin his love still covers us mightily and i take joy in that.

it's been a tough term, and i'm burned out like mad, and i know that i haven't put in as much effort as i should. but he renews me, so let's just take this holiday time to get closer to the lord, no? :)

i love you all alot alot alot.
God bless you i'm praying for youu.<33

2007-04-15T07:21:00.000-07:00

something i thought would be applicable to the studies and stress that all of us face nowadays (:

Matthew 6:25-34
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown in to the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

I stupidly typed out everything before I realized that you can copy and paste from the online Bibles. darn.

anyway! we have to get more focused during cell okay. AND WHY ARE WE STILL NOT YET CHURCH VISITING?!?!??! :(

xoxoxox, tams.

2007-03-12T09:41:00.000-07:00

for those who read the Da Vinci Code:

http://www.neverthirsty.org/pp/otherbiblestudies/davincicode/da01.html

& jchan! we cant go without you. please dont be mad, and dont bite the glass bowl! :(

i'm going to hongkong tmrw, til friday night! so no smsing/calling alright! i'll sms sasha if anything okay?

i love you all!
xoxo, tams

2007-03-11T08:59:00.000-07:00

Booya!

you guys are going for Church visiting sunday no matter what!

OR I'LL BITE YOUR HEADS OFF.

2007-03-11T08:38:00.001-07:00

ALARM! ALARM!
JCHAN SAYS SHE CANT GO THIS SUNDAY!
ALARM! HOW HOW HOW?!

tams.

2007-03-11T08:38:00.000-07:00

ALARM! ALARM!
JCHAN SAYS SHE CANT GO THIS SUNDAY!
ALARM! HOW HOW HOW?!

tams.

2007-03-11T08:24:00.000-07:00

alright! confirmed confirmed details!

THIS SUNDAY
18 MARCH 2007

where: PARKWAY PARADE {that's the mall thingamajangy.}, OLD CHANG KEE
how to get to PARKWAY PARADE: take 135 from paya lebar mrt
when:9.15 AM
what: CHURCH VISITING! (:

yayness. so no ponning, no excuses unless youre sick/dying! (:

i love you all!
xoxoxox, tams

2007-03-10T02:24:00.000-08:00

Okay, just to correct Tammie's post =)

My church starts at 10am, but I suggest that we meet at Parkway Parade at 9.30am so that we have enough time to walk over especially since it's likely that people will be late =) Myself included heheheh.

So to get there, take to Paya Lebar MRT from which you take Bus 135 to Parkway Parade where we will meet at Old Chang Kee. On second thoughts, it'll probably be better to meet at 9.15am because I'm sure that everyone will be late. If you're not then we can have breakfast =)

Okay I just hope that all of you check the blog!

Love, Sasha

2007-03-09T03:20:00.000-08:00

hi dears!

i invited us to our blog! so that when you sign in with/to your own blog account, you can blog from there :D sorrie mommie! {davinia} i dont know your email ;_;

so its confirmed alright! next sunday, the march holiday one, is church visiting day!davinia & danitza, dont forget to shift/cancel your tuition! we shall go to sasha's first, eat lunch and then head for abbyh's and my church! :D sasha says we can take bus from paya lebar mrt to marine parade, then walk from there :D so we meet at paya lebar mrt at...her service starts at 10, right?...say, 9am? what say you? :D i can actually take bus straight from my home to marine parade. but nevermind we all meet up & go there together alright? :D

ill be in HK from tues to friday morn, so dont contact me during that time! :D oh sasha! HURRY UP & ASK YOUR PARENTS ABOUT THE CONCERT!

love you all!
xoxoxo, tams <3>

2007-03-03T08:35:00.000-08:00

hullo darlings!

im really sad that we arent having church-visiting tmrw :( i was really looking forward to it! :( oh wells! another time. (:

aniwaes this is a quick post. here's some verses that i think summarize what we learnt from obs!

Psalm 119:71
it was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees

Phillipians 4:14
i can do everything through Him who gives me strength

2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despaired; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed.

James 1:2-4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

kay i have to go, its 12.30++ liao!night!

I LOVE YOU! <3

2007-01-27T07:55:00.000-08:00

hello wonderful people!

i just want to say i'm uber uber uber uber x a million thankful for you people! on friday when i talked about my crying fit i didnt even mean to say anything about it at first, i usually keep things like that to myself. but you all listened, and it meant alot & alot to meee! it took a load off me :D i thank God you all are so wonderful! :D

&&& due to aforementioned crying fit, i skipped a day of quiet time :( can we do an accounting thing? where like we remind each other to do quiet time. like whoever do theirs in the morning remind those doing theirs in the morning too. if youre wondering how, thank God for the wonders of modern technology: sms! :D
i do mine at night, around 10. :D who wants me to remind them!
& also if we forget/lazy to do quiet time, we must tell that person that we missed it. having someone taking note of what you do motivates us to do it! :D so yes? is my suggestion taken? :D

& sasha: artemis fowl! :D i just bought the book despite my conscience's screaming XD hahaha. so dunneed to lend me animores. :D thankew aniwaes!

ahh. i love you guys!
xoxoxo,
tam

2007-01-25T21:51:00.000-08:00

Hello! =)
Yeah I like Dav's idea. Except maybe once a month? Or two months? =)
Hahah if all the months passed like this month did then it'll feel so fast!

And yay! Our cell today was good =) We pretty much stayed on track even though we digressed once in a while x)

Oh, and I changed my link and added Abby's okay?

Love you allll!

Sasha

2007-01-20T19:03:00.000-08:00

HELLO! <3

on friday we had our first "real" meeting of this year, so to speak. we did first thanksgiving then prayer requests..it was a pretty good start i think.

we want to start having worship as well, and also meet in someplace more private and quiet, which i think is a very good idea cos worship is really important and also its much easier to concentrate when no one else is around. not sure if we're allowed to bring a guitar and have proper worship though. we will check with mrs Lee tomorrow!

we need proper bs materials, and i feel (and so does sasha) that we should start praying for God to show us someone to lead the cell. Rachel used to be more or less the "coordinator" before, but we need a cell leader, so all you out there, PRAY!! (:

okay, lets have CELL OUTING!! like my church cell has it on the 5th week of the month..like you know some months have a 5th saturday? yeah march, june, sept and dec have it. But its quite far apart, so if you wanna do it on the every last week or sth, then OKAY!! we'll discuss this sometime!

okay..when are we gonna do GOAL SETTING? we should do it soon. i tell you, 40 min is not enough time for cell at ALL. hahah okay.

pray hard! <3

dav

2007-01-15T04:41:00.000-08:00

HELLLLOOOOOOOOOO MY DARLINGS =)

Since the first empirical attempts to explore the potential effect of new media on old media in the 1940s, there have been two main approaches to the issue: one is centered on the medium and its attributes and supports a displacement and replacement (absolute displacement) hypothesis; the other is focused on users' needs and often results in proposing a complementary effect of the new on the old.

Do any of you understand what that means?
No neither do I.
Stupid media stupid debate rarh rarh rarh.
Whoops sorry I'm forgetting the point of this blog.

ANYWAY.
(Hm I just decided to blog with nothing to say. Oh dear.)

Just to let Rach know - even if she isn't reading this blog she better do sooner or later - today we had a meeting consisting of Me, Tam, Dav, Eleanor, Rachel LWJ, Abby, Jan, and... was that it? Correct me if I'm wrong. Soooo we sort of agreed on the proposal (some people were stoning, hahah!) and tomorrow at recess we're going to go talk to Mrs Linda Lee about it! =)
Danne if you read this come meet us at the staff room tomorrow at recess. Hopefully Eleanor informed you =)

Okay tatah dears I'm off to finish my homework and research more about stupid media.

2007-01-12T20:35:00.000-08:00

HELLO<3

my first time posting on the cell blog!! haha. okay sasha and dan dont know about it yet and neither, im guessing, does rachel.

well..thank you tammie for getting it a nice blogskin and stating our lovely proposal!!

its not screwed up by the way! i like it! (: thanks alot dear, i love youu! <3

okay okaay. so this blog is mostly for us to just post our feelings or stuff we've learnt that really impacted us or testimonies that we really really want to share with the world. and also for us to like post any changes or whatever. oh and let the dear eggplant rachel know what's going on since she abandoned us to go to ip!! hope you're enjoying vj dear! <3 she's still as much a part of this cell as we are!

well okay then. hopefully the next time im here, the sc cell will be up and going properly!

<333
dav

2007-01-12T06:32:00.000-08:00

H'LO!!! yup this template is still temp but i wanted to prettify it abit for now. sorrie if i mucked things up abit! (which i apparently did)

okayye! as all of you {maybe} know, we're hoping to open an official SC cell!
heres the proposal davinia drew up, edited by moi :

meet: every monday recess (to start the week with God!) at the amphi/tables next to amphi & before exam prayer sessions? & maybe a short prayer meeting after sch on fri, to end the week
teacher i/c (if possible): mrs linda lee or ms julie wee
aim: to provide a Christian family for Christians or those who want to be/interested in school, to encourage & support each other on the path God made for us in the school environment & sch pressures & stuff (: [cuz who understands the school woes better than your fellow school mates?] & to raise awareness to other Christians that they dont stand alone in the battle for God(:
stuff like that (:
who joins: absolutely anybody. except those who come just to make fun of religion & stuff like that.
rules: Christians who want to join must make this a commitment. its not just a one-day thing, except for those non-Christians :D theyre welcome to pop by anytime to ask questions :D
also: no using God's name in vain!!

yayye! & our email is the.sc.cell@gmail.com . double yayye :D

& rachelllooo! we miss you!! aw i didnt get to see you when you came back :( hope youre enjoying vj!! :D:D:D

God bless!
xoxoxo, tams