God - Change me...

I'm prideful, selfish, jealous, petty + inpatient and so forgetful of others' kindness towards me. Need so much grace, prayer and change. Cannot stand myself. ARGH!

Working as a team

I simply concede defeat. I'm so not a follow-up person. Maybe I'm not a commitment person. Just can't do follow-up. Maybe lacking in patience. Need God's mercy...

But thank God for a cg of people with different skill sets. I can bring e people and others can do the followup which I can't do for goodness sake. Like how I brought YY and HY discipled her. And how I brought Ruth and now YY is helping out. Its really nice to be working in a team. Brings a warm feeling deep inside.

The Weirdest of Weirdest Feelings

Nothing can express how I feel now. I call it the "shock-happy-queer" feeling.

Went out with YMM today and we had a great time and she didn't say anything. But e moment I reached home and got her sms I was shocked into a on-off crackle of disbelief tt went on till today, and even this present moment!

Oh well, what can I say? God's ways are higher than ours. Even if we deliberately made the decision to say, "no" to certain things, it could still turn out to be a "yes" in the future. - to put it in simple terms tt is.

Like how Ruth said she has decided to join her friend in New Creation. Though I hoped she would change her mind there was nothing I could do to pursued her not to esp w her sounding all determined and stuff. But guess what? She's having second thts after going - her comment was tt e people there were too liberal. Woo... Hope she'll change her mind to come back to CHC!

Back From my 1st Mission Trip

The mission trip was amazing. It really showed me what it meant by the harvest is great but the laborers are few. And the church we went to was a weak one, the pastor was really old and there was no one in line planned to take over his place. Despite having so many of us there this time round, we still didn't have enough people. Seeing the patients took up so much time, esp since no teams went there for the last 2 months (supposed to have one trip per month), the villagers' medical care were haywire. Only managed to free up 2 people out of the 11 to share the gospel cuz of the language barrier too. Felt to inspired to pick up bahasa indonesia and brush up on my Teochew. Who can teach me? One thing I realised was tt our Singaporean Teochew is so different fr theirs; this I know cuz usually my Teochew pts in Singapore would understand my Hokkien.

Everyone is into missions these days! Paige is. YY is. My preceptor also went to Kunming recently with Linking Hands (a Christian medical missions org). Even Ivan and Cyrus are interested in coming for e Sengarrang mission trips. Suddenly remembered a channel 8 drama and what Pst taught about common grace; "If the unfortunate cannot walk out of their disfortune, the fortunated must walk in to bless." "不幸的人走不出来，有福的人要走进去。" I totally agree with it. Hope tt with my longer working hours in Guardian I'll still be able to go for these. =) Its really great to know tt I can use what I learnt in pharmacy school for the expansion of His Kingdom and to serve others.

And most importantly, Jenny and I spent some quality time together during the trip and we finally had tt heart-to-heart talk I've always been praying about during those cold war days. The greatest thing was she understood me better, she apologized and I was able to release forgiveness. It was the best thing tt happened during the trip.

Medical Mission Trip! Here we go!

Just really excited over this upcoming mission trip tt I've been given the opportunity to be part of! Its one of its kind because it sees saved medical professionals fr ALL churches and denominations coming together as one and doing God's works in an impoverished land. And using the knowledge, the resources and the skills that He had given us to reach the unsaved.

Now I just gotta get my project, last VIVA and registration done and over with so that I can go. And most importantly for my leave on the 21st to be approved. Need prayers and a miracle for it to happen cuz AH pharmacy dept is currently very under-staffed right now so tt might not be able to let me go. But no matter what its an open door and a new exiciting opportunity to serve.

More on the destination:
Sengarrang is a fishing village situated in Tanjung Pinang, Bintan. This would be the impoverished side of Bintan and not the 'Banyan Tree' side, which is 2hrs away by car. Wesley MC planted a church there in the 1990s and runs a monthly clinic in the church building. The medical team comprises people from all churches and denominations. The only requirement is that they are Christians. The trip is a simple 1-day affair. We leave Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal at 830am on Sat and return at 930pm on the same day. The ferry ride is 2hrs 1 way. While there, we see about 90 patients over 3 hrs. So, the more doctors/helpers, the merrier! Depending on the no of trippers, we may engage in some evangelistic work eg. befriending the villagers, sharing the gospel with them, handing out tracts etc. The cost of the trip is $70 inclusive of ferry tickets and 2 meals (good food I assure you).

Recruiting everyone!
Even if you are non-medical, we want you to come along and help! God can use anyone! Non-medical people can help to do set-up, crowd control, play guitar, befriend the villagers and spread the gospel + pray for the sick! The more helpers the merrier and its great fun to have friends go on the same mission trip!!! Hee... aka YOU!!! This mission trip happens every month so you might wanna give it a shot and let me know asap so tt we can put u up for the next one!

End times are near, glaciers are melting and even in our not-so-environmental friendly Singapore (as compared to other countries) supermarkets are charging 10 cents per plastic bags on Wednesdays, a believer needs to really buck up and do God's work in spreading the gospel and winning the lost. Let us do it together as one big family. =)

Teriyaki Boyz - Tokyo Drift (CHC Style)

Ha! Just when we were crackin' our heads as to how to get our hands on the CHC-remade lyrics (since they sang too fast for us to copy) --> Bernard (one of the trio who sang during Easter drama) popped by at AH and penned the lyrics for me. How cool can it get? Haha. And I gotta say, his handwriting is pretty neat for a guy.

So here it is!

Fast & Prayer (Tokyo Drift - CHC Style)

I wonder if you know
He has power where He goes
If you see it then you know it
then you know what does He sow
Fast and Prayer...
Pray, pray, pray
Fast and Prayer ...
Fast, fast, fast

Hey Listen up!
I've got something to say
There's a special one that's here to stay
More power than ...Bruce or Jet Li
If you don't believe just hear Him speak

The Man-O, Ichiba-O
Jump around and praise the One-O
Walking with Him is the place to be
Best of all, it's all for free!

Many many people following
He's full of power that is growing
Love me, give me, heal me, save me
All the above when we come in
Why can Jesus do miracles?
Maybe our Lord is superman.
Make you, Shake you, Ketsu, Thank you

HERE WE GO!

Pre-Reg Closing Ceremony

Funny they had the closing ceremony even before I finished Pre-Reg training! It was really depressing to know all your other peers fr other institutions have gotten their licence and half of them weren't at the ceremony that day cuz they were on post-prereg vacation already! AH!!!!! When will it ever end at AH??!!!

Anyhow, the ceremony was dead boring....

Tech Support

Had read this a million times before but I still find it funny because it can be so true! Haha.... Thank goodness I got a Husband 2.0 - the new and Godly version. =P

Dear Tech Support

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a
distinct slowdown in the overall performance, particularly in the flower
and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.
In addition, Husband 1.0 un-installed many other valuable programs such
as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5 and then installed undesirable
programs such as MLB 5.0, NFL 4.3, PGA 3.0, and NBA 3.6.
Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 crashes the system.
I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.
What can I do?

Signed, Desperate

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REPLY FROM TECH SUPPORT:

Dear Desperate

First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while
Husband 1.0 is an Operating System. Try to enter the command:
C:\ITHOUGHTYOULOVED ME' to download Tears 6.2, which should
automatically install Guilt 3.0. If that application works as designed,
Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0
and Flowers 3.5.

BUT remember: overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0
to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0, or Beer 6.1.

WARNING: Beer 6.1 is a very nasty program that will create Snoring
Loudly.

CAUTION: DO NOT install Mother-in-law 1.0 or reinstall another
Boyfriend program. These are not supported applications and will
crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it has limited
memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider
buying additional software to improve memory and performance. I
personally recommend Hot Food 3.0 and Lingerie 7.7.

Good Luck, Tech Support