Last night at Youth we watched this really nice movie, Facing The Giants...
It's amazing!! It's really motivating, and inspirational..such a GREAT movie!!
It's about a football coach who hits rock bottom in his life...everything's just going wrong....and when you think, okay, it CANNOT get any worse...it does.
In desperation, the coach turns to God and begs for light in his time of darkness.. Then from there, it's just miracle after miracle..and you're just like...W.O.W.
I seriously recommend EVERYONE to watch it....you can find it on YouTube....it is SO worth it...
My favourite scene is when one of the football players carries another one on his back the entire length of the field on his arms....when i was watching it, i was like 'come on! come on! a little bit further! you can do it!' I was almost jumping out of my seat...it was THAT good....
i just LOVE this movie....so motivating!! and it's great for non-believers too...so they can see that with God, nothing is impossible. Here's a quick trailer for the movie:






**jumps up and down like an idiot and squeals excitedly**
yay! yay! yay!! *screams*




I haven't been blogging much lately...i suddenly looked at the calendar and thought......"what?? 2 weeks left?! Okay, i better put my paintbrushes down and start studying!!"
So i've mostly been studying the past few days...maths quiz on thursday, bio quiz on friday.....
then the semester exams in a couple of weeks...there's A LOT to study now...twice as much as last time...so i won't be blogging much for the next couple of weeks....i'll be studying my brains out...
over and out!





yay, Aladdin and Jasmine!! ^^ A Whole Neeeeew Woooorld..... =P




lol....okay, so since EVERYONE seems to be reading Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, i think i will too....(eventhough i already read it last year =P)




Here is my "masterpiece" =PAs you can see, the face is horribly mishapen.... =P But apart from that, overall i think it's quite okay....of course it's beyond my capability to copy the oringinal 100%, all i can do is give it my best....







original : mine


In my defence, my painting itself, instead of just a photo of it, is waay cooler.... (in my opinion) When i compare the two side by side (the original and my version) , it just doesn't look as cool....heheh... =P




Yes!!! finally finished!! Ive been working on this painting for 3-4 months now....and i just finished it last night!! so relieved!






Today is Jinky's birthday......
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JINKY!!!!
I gave him the card we all signed....Powerpuff girls! Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup! He told me he really likes it...^^
well.....he SHOULD! I put A LOT of effort into it...and it came out really nice...even I like it! =) hehe...




My next painting to tackle:One of my Youth teachers just LOVES Totoro, and she asked if i could paint her a picture of Totoro, and i thought, hey, why not? After all she's done for me the past 5 years, it's the least i can do.... ^^







Busy busy busy.......
been so busy the past few days.....bio, chem, and plus all the cards i've been making....Teacher Michael's....Jinky's....Miss May's.....the first two with deadlines...luckily there's still a long way till Ms May's...so i can take my time with her card....I'm planning to post them once they're done....




Who was I kidding?....Of course i would cry..... I cried A LOT.....i couldn't help it.....it was so sad.....
The microphone was passed around the congregation so if anyone had anything to say, they were free to do so...It started off with Brother Chew's wife and she read out a letter she found among his possessions which she wrote to him 10 years ago - it was the first time he had to go off on business since their marridge. In it she wrote how much she missed him and how unnatural it felt without him there.....
Then the was passed to his two children. The youngest went first. She thanked her daddy for buying her dolls, and for playing with her.....Then it was the son's turn. Being a bit older, he understood that he wouldn't be seeing his daddy anymore and was crying as well.....He thanked his daddy for buying him a basketball, and for sending him to school and picking him up, and asked his daddy to say hi to Jesus for him....
Then it was Brother Chew's brother's turn.... Since Bro. Chew was the only christian in his family, the rest of his family had only been to church a few times before.....His brother could hardly speak - his voice was shaking so hard and he was crying non-stop. He mostly shared childhood memories, and his feelings now that his little brother is no longer here....One of the things he said really stuck with me.... "In '97 we came to church to attend his wedding......In 2008 we came to church to attend his funeral."
HOW SAD IS THAT???
And so the mic was passed around....every few passes someone said a few words...mostly memories and how they met Bro. Chew and how long they knew him...a lot of people directed their words to Bro. Chew's family, hoping they accept Jesus as their saviour and one day meet their beloved son/brother again...
It was a very sad night....lots of tears..... I just hope there won't be another one anytime soon.....




Going to the memorial service tonight.....hope I don't cry...




Life is so short.
Not long ago our church experienced the passing away of Elder Jong. Yesterday, exactly one month later, our church suffered another loss - Brother Chew
A short intro on Brother Chew:
He would have celebrated his 40th birthday on Saturday. He has (had) a wife and two children – a boy a girl. The son, who is the eldest, is only in Primary 2. Brother Chew and his wife are (were? I’m confused whether to use past or present tense) very active in church – they’re one of the couples the rest of us admire…both of them are Sunday school teachers and almost half of our Youth [population] have been their students once upon a time, so this kinda “hit” us harder than Elder Jong’s passing…
No one could have guessed he would leave us so suddenly.
Early yesterday morning, his wife found him in bed as usual. She only noticed something was wrong when she found she couldn’t wake him. It took a while to sink in - he had passed away in his sleep.
Doctors suspect he suffered from a silent heart attack. What’s so upsetting, apart from the suddenness of it all, is the fact that Brother Chew had no other symptoms. Apart from a little discomfort last year, nothing.
Nothing. Just out of the blue, one morning his wife couldn’t wake him up. Tragic and heartbreaking. Unbelievable. Just like that. You go to sleep and don’t wake up. Life is so short. We should cherish the time we have now....it could end any time...we have no idea whether or not we'll live to see tomorrow...This shock really put everything into perspective for me...

Our only comfort is that he WILL wake up. We all will. When we are done here, we WILL open our eyes again. One day we’ll all be reunited. We comfort ourselves with the fact that God loves us so much He would never let us perish. That is my firm belief.
I regret that I don’t have a photo of their family to show everyone what a beautiful family they were…I so wish I did….




Another preview for Twilight:



Woohoo! I LOVE Twilight!! *sigh* Edward and Bella...And I'm currently reading Midnight Sun, which is Twilight from Edward's point of view....seriously addictive! once you start, you just can't stop!! (well, I can't)
Yay Twilight!!




Selamat Hari Raya everyone!!
Today wasn't much of a celebration for me though...I didn't go out visiting coz I don't know any Muslim friends...I just sat at home and finished my pencil case....yay! finally finished!