Hey guys, i really need your help here!!

I'm applying for this job thingy, and i need your votes! Basically what i do is i get paid to tour taiwan on my bike with 6 other people, and to go up yushan in 3 months ( i tell you there's no excuse i won't lose weight this time! BWAHAHAHA!) we're supposed to blog about our experiences and stuff like that on our own blogs so that taiwan's yu shan will be recognised as one of the new 7 wonders of the world. i'm really excited. the video is the one below, and ya dee.. i HAD to do this okay. grrr

so PLEASE vote for me when the day comes and i send you an email with the web link ya? LOVE YOU GUYS LOTS LOTS LOTSS



love you all

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I ALREADY PASTED IT UP so vote for me. and

DON'T YOU DARE LAUGH!

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 i've been doing lots of thinking, and lots of blog research. seems like everyone's kinda depressed at the moment. either with studies, or emotional issues or sth like that. well.. me too. sighs. it's been really hard. on saturday, i stepped out of math tuition, stood outside the national library and just cried and cried and cried. i didn't want to talk to anyone in ac, cuz they'd be taking their a levels as well, and would make me sad. worse, I WOULD MAKE THEM SAD. so i didn't call shawn or adele or whoever. so i called ak. but he didn't really know how i felt. so yep. I CRIED EVEN MORE. and then, just when everyone thought i must REALLLLY reallly BE CRAZY, i called hemal. who of course didn't pick up. haha. oh wells, it's alright. so i thought and thought.. okay, church darlings, no, can't, cuz they're having service, so they can't talk to me. and the only person i thought of was mojo. so i called her. and we ended up going to the movies. so after that, i thought i'd feel better. i mean, it's so sweet of her to drop whatever she was doing on saturday and just hang out with me. but after that, when i went home. i realised that i was really really dangerously depressed. no, not suicidal. i think i'm just too happy for that. but you know what i mean..

and so i reflected, and i know. it's really all about finding happiness for yourself. my mom's always told me that happiness doesn't come to you, you gotta look for it. so yea.. i started looking for it, through my quiet time, through the bible, through music, and through swimming. i mean, i seriously can't do anything tiring or DISOBEDIENT like clubbing and sentosa-ing. cuz you know, HELLO prelims! so yea, and afterwards, i STILL didn't feel happy. and i kept telling myself that i was depressed. i was depressed. i was depressed. so then when i talked to ak, he told me, STOP FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF. and i listened, and yea. i feel so much better. as in really. sometimes, all it takes is some faith, and some optimism, and DON'T FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF.

i'm so glad mommy's fine in taiwan. she says it's really fun having typhoon. I KNOW RIGHT. oh wells, I CAN DO THIS, not by power, not by might, but by the holy spirit(:

rich

you know, this past few weeks, haven't been updating the blog, cuz i've been so busy. but God just flows my life with abundance of love. LIKE REALLY. you have no idea. i pray for cab right beside the road. it'll stop right in front of me, with a passenger wanting to alight exactly where i'm standing. i hear the Holy Spirit's voice every night when i do my quiet time. and guess what? i'm more and more convinced that prayer is THE thing to do(:



you know, last saturday, not the yesterday. okay anyways. Pastor Kong was talking about this Pastor in Surabaya, Indonesia. And his name is Dr. Alex Abraham Tanuseputra. He is founder of the Bethany Church in Indonesia. Anyways. do you know how anointed his story is? One day, he knocked down a little boy, a native indonesian. And he, being indo chinese, will really get killed if the boy dies. So, for the first time in his life, he runs over to the church beside the accident, kneels down and says to God, "God, please, if you will let the boy live, i will serve you for the rest of my life." And there, he hid for like 3 days. The police finally found him there, and told him, " come, we're gonna bring you to see the dead boy, cuz YOU'VE killed him" and of course Dr. Alex was terrified. So when they police dragged him to the boy's house, they entered the house and everything. and a miracle happened. The boy was totally alive. no scar, no wounds. and even the parents, the police, EVERYONE was shocked. So from then on, Dr. Alex Abraham has been serving God, and it's just so amazing how by faith, he can do anything. He has a son, you see, and this son of his came out of his mother's womb leg first, so his head got tangled up with the umbilical cords, and this baby didn't get enough oxygen. so when he was born, he was born a cripple. and for his whole life, well, at least up till like the age of 4 or 5 (i think), he was in a wheelchair, couldn't talk, couldn't even eat. So Dr. Alex Abraham said to God, " God, please heal my son. How can i do more to serve you if i have to take care of my son at home all the time?" and he prayed and prayed and prayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyed. and well, a years later, his son could walk, could talk, could go to school. now this son is a businessman, married, happy and with two kids. you know when i heard this story, i truly believed that nothing is impossible through Christ our Lord.

so, this week, life has pretty pretty amazing. and yesterday, i went to watch chao jie get baptized. well he was ALMOST LATE AND STUFF. but oh wells, he did get baptized in the end, and i'm so happy for him. I wonder how it feels. Does God wash over you, the blood of Jesus flow through you? i can't wait. i've made up my mind. after the a levels, regardless of whatever temptations i'll have, like going euro backpacking, and stuff like that, i want to go to SOT, school of theology. my destiny lies with serving God, only God hasn't told me exactly how yetttt. but in due time, i'll know (:

and CAROL, YOU SHOULD BE READING THIS! for the past few weeks, someone very special has breathed a new hope into me. she taught me that with the holy spirit, it's possible to see and know everything, even if no one tells you. she taught me about myself, why i feel lonely and empty inside when i'm alone, and why sometimes, even when i hang out with friends, and we're walking down a busy orchard road, i'm still lonely. but she's taught me how to fill that empty spot, and it's not with friends, activities, dreams, aspirations, fulfillment. it's with a personal and VERY VERY intimate relationship with God. and that blessed Angel and great leader is Carol. You know Carol, you've taught me that sometimes, but of course, only rarely, is there true love, and unconditional love. and that's what i feel from you Carol. I LOVE YOU. and i'm so thankful for you. really. maybe in due time, i can start blessing you like how you've blessed me. love you. HAVE A GREAT TRIP IN KOREA((: i hope that God will move you like never before, and when you come back, your spirit will be so renewed and so inspired by the Holy Spirit, you'll do greater things than EVER! and be safe(: heehee

the one in the middle is Carol(:


i tell you, God is working miracles in my life. my mom in taiwan is going to church like REALLY. no more skipping(: and my mom here apparently was so inspired by the story of Dr. Alex Abraham that she actually want to meet Carol, and to go to church just to SEE. heehee 

and i watched the dark knight. the best movie i've ever seen in my life. the plot. the acting. all the values in it(:



so life's good. and arthur kong is much better too, for those who wanna know. HAHAHA.

richie

school's been pretty fun actually. i thought i would die from the homework overload. cuz what should have been completed in 4 weeks now has to be done in 4 days. so i'm not getting any sleep at all anyways. and i'm tired too cuz i'm dieting. BUT I'M NOT GIVING UP. heehee.

hey, i COMPLETED A FRIGGIN CHINA STUDIES ESSAY. i'm so proud of myself. and i learnt, with joan's help, how to use a big big mac. it's so user unfriendly!

other than that, mojo and i just crapped alot(: that's just mojojojojojojo. funny. the stress hasn't gotten to me yet. i think i'm quite screwed. HAHA. 

okay that's it for now. i really really gotta go do my work. gnights darlings(: