Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Low battery alert.. Please plug in to a power source..
I'm on low batt now... its been really draining working on assignments day and night... had 2 all nighter sessions just doing assignments so far.. been sleeping at about 4 - 5am everyday and waking up at 9+ to go school for project meetings... i've had only 1 or 2 days to really sleep, but after that its like back to assignment work all over again... and because of this, I also haven't talked to dear in about a week! I miss u!!
anyways yeah really thank God for Rina and Col and Milton and the one who gave me the panadol (sorry i forgot ur name!), those who were concerned last night... had a super splitting headache during Cre8ive last night... think it was from wearing the beanie... compress my head too much... already had the blurred vision in my left eye just as i was reaching church... even though the worship was really good, but I couldn't enjoy it.. i wished i could but I was breaking out in cold sweat and getting numb in my fingers... it was horrid.. I almost felt like I would faint or something...
luckily for panadol and prayer.. that i managed to get through practise and enjoy it actually.. =) so i came home, had my dinner before having project meeting at home and then doing a bit more work before resting.. i'm in school again now doing assignment again... got stuff due from friday through to monday and then thursday again... ok then, back to work... I would appreciate your prayers much! thanks! God, I'm sorry I haven't spent much time with You... forgive me...
~~derek~~ at 5/26/2004 10:31:00 am
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Friday, May 21, 2004
HE satisfies
Had a wonderful time talking to dear last nite. Juz can't get enough even after chatting online for hours...hee hee It makes a whole lot of difference ya know!
I've been busy at work, basically because I'm doing 2 persons job. So glad my supervisor coming back next week. The mountainful of work are drowning me. Often have the thought of leaving. I want to progress, to move on, to advance and to venture out.
I guess talking it out will help my brain in the thinking process. The past 2 nights especially yesterday helped me to ponder over intentions about my life in regards to work.
Penning down what i learnt during my Quiet Time =)
Matt 6:25
"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?
Not only is it true that we cannot extend our life by worrying, but daily experience in our fast-paced culture confirms that worry and a troubled heart actually shorten life! God's standpoint is that we seek after Him. What is more important then to get rightly related with God?
I believe God is speaking to me in these areas:
Not to worry about the means of living but to trust that He will provide, He will make a way when I choose to seek His kingdom. I've been looking for ways to work around the Scriptures, I gave up knowing that I can never work my way through defending myself with my own reasoning.
One could never satisfy the needs of the world.
If I really value what God values rather than trying to satisfy the society values, then He wants me to meet the basic needs of people lacking in resources before I seek after my own possessions that are beyond my basic needs.
He clearly emphasis that He will meet our NEEDS! So why am I complaining? If he feeds the birds or clothes the flowers, he will provide us more than what my culture/society values, not less!
"Yet if God provides for birds and flowers, he will also provide for us (v. 30)"
God promises the basics. This theme is important to the passage. Thus in our lifelong plans and each day as we decide what to do with our life and resources, we have fresh opportunities to prove to God our love for him.
So my conclusion at this moment:: to stay on and see where big daddy gonna lead me. till den i will hold on. Thank You Jesus, for You satifies my all
~~Min~~
~~derek~~ at 5/21/2004 11:32:00 pm
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Friday, May 14, 2004
Site Updates
Added links to Gwen's, Milton's, and Isa's blogs.
Got to go for lessons.. hehe.. byebye!!
Will add more links another time..
~~derek~~ at 5/14/2004 11:55:00 am
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Thursday, May 13, 2004
Time to rest... and the analogy
First I had a fall on monday. Got a small deep cut which required 1 stitch on my left hand. Didn't know what exactly happened but the prime suspect would be my pair of shoes! I've thrown them away! Painful hand, painful thigh, painful pocket too!
Ok I've been hearing this over and over again - It's time to rest! Derek will definitely nod in agreement with the loud emphasis "
Yes"!
Been complaining that I'm tired, I'm restless, I'm exhausted. And seems like God sure know how to answer my prayers... Get 2 days MC so that I can stay home to rest. But on the days where I'm suppose to rest, this rebellious brad went out and got sun burnt! How nice of Mr. Sunshine =(
Well so much of my bad incidents, anyway here's what I wanna share for the week. I came across this article twice and thought it's something that God wants me to learn it well. It's like He reminding me again and again saying -
"My dear child: 1) I make u Rest, 2) Recognize the Lord and 3) be Restored." Enjoy reading tis::
abstract of "THE SHEEP WITH A BROKEN LEG"
A fascinating explanation the eighth verse of Psalm 51 in relationship to ancient shepherding practices. It is said shepherds used to break a leg bone of wandering sheep, bind up the broken leg, and carry these sheep close, on the shepherd's shoulders. As the bones mended, a relationship and comfort between the shepherd and the sheep would be built, making the sheep less likely to wander in the future, keeping the sheep close to the shepherd. David, the writer of this Psalm, had a shepherding background and would be literate of the practices of the time.
What an amazing analogy this is as we face the reality of our pain, we are brought to a realization of our need for the shepherd (and, of course, immediately this brings to mind the Good Shepherd). The shepherd nurses us back to health and we grow to know and love the shepherd, understanding the necessity of the pain. We don't want to wander any longer, having a deeper relationship with our shepherd, we know our own limitations and dependencies, and we know the danger of wandering from the shepherd's care. We want to stay close to Him, our Shepherd.
Gratefully in Christ I rest... =)
~~Min~~
~~derek~~ at 5/13/2004 11:47:00 pm
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Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Overload.. Overload... TAA TAA.. Somebody pls get off the elevator...
yep.. i'm feeling overloaded... ok its not that bad... i'm just being piled up with assignment after assignment after assignment... its endless... I just did up my calendar, and you can see i got 3 submissions back to back!!! its killing... really... oh well.. nobody said university was easy eh...
but I do thank God lots cos I've really learnt a lot here... church has just been so awesome.. its unbelievable.. guess a new environment really opens one up to new experiences and just a refreshing spirit...
work's been a killer... been rushing my assignments since i last blogged... and I'm still rushing them.. sorta... doesn't feel like i'm rushing though. maybe i'm not? I probably should buck up..hehehe.. i still think i'm pretty lazy, even though i got so much to do, i'm not in much of a hurry.. hehehehe.. =) argh!! HELP!!
this blog post is just something to blurb out to let you know that I'm still existing here beneath my pile of work... think my hand can still be seen... i'm buried somewhere beneath it all... you probably won't see me in another few days...
~~derek~~ at 5/11/2004 10:48:00 pm
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Thursday, May 06, 2004
An Evening with Alvaro Sanchez
I recieved free tixs to attend a performance at Victoria Concert Hall today! Its a fund raising project for St. Andrew's Cathedral in building of their extension of "THE QUIET PLACE".
You might be wondering who's Alvaro? here's a little background -Well he's a world-class guitar virtuoso colombian who stayed in Spain.
Just read his biography --He played for Queen Elizabeth of England & King Juan Carlos of Spain. He even performed that piece entitled, "Meditation Flamenco" at the Barcelona Olympics. Does it ring a bell to you? coz i've got no idea!! hahaha
yep, anyway the performance tonite was good. Didnt really appreciate the second part: where he played on a spainish guitar along with the chinese orchestar-blends in pretty well but i juz didnt feel comfort with the arrangement =P
The best part is alwaiz the Grand Finale!!
"Expresion Jazz" was more up-beat & hype! He was Jam'in with his special asian guests on the Saxophone, Drums, Bass & piano. To my surprise Eunice Olsen (Former Miss Singapore) played the piano! but there wasnt any solo on her part tho.
the band even played Hymns in bossa nova style... adds a fresh touch to those oldies =P hmmm maybe that's a good idea to implement some of these techniques for sunday service huh? hee hee... well i'll leave that to expert abriel to handle.
what a night of JAZZ- it's not a kind of music but a way of approaching music. I need more time to cultivate the interest & i'm still working on it.
Thk God for this opportunity. It came in at the right time! Good to pamper oneself once awhile. =) it's been such a long day for me, gtg. another long day tml..nitezzz
~~Min~~
~~derek~~ at 5/06/2004 11:57:00 pm
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Sunday, May 02, 2004
Busy Busy Week...
i'm sorry that I didn't blog in a long time this week.. its been really very hectic for me.. assignments and mid-semester exam and all that.. anyway I'll share what I can remember and what happened over the week.. =)
Mid week was just busy busy... was rushing for assignments that had to be handed in.. and also had to study for mid-semester as well... wednesday, after settling the comp3804 project plan that had to be handed in, i went to norman's house for cell.. but cos the weather is like really cold cos its been drizzling... was supposed to have a game of touch but didn't... was supposed to meet Lung and the rest at Sunnybank for dinner, but it was kinda far so we didn't feel like going there... so we didn't have cell!! hahaha.. left 3 of us in the house, Norman, Mun and myself and so we went over to Serene's house for dinner! she's so nice.. she cooked mee suah and bee hoon so we just slacked there, watched simpsons and talked nonsense throughout... of course having the girls around was a refreshing change.. michelle being noisy as usual..
thursday was tiring throughout and studied til like 2am for my mid-semester on friday morning.. the funny thing is this... the mid-semester exam was so unprofessionally conducted man!!! well first of all, I sure didn't expect that many people taking this subject... cos most of the time the lecture is only 3/4 full, and that's with all the seats in between people... for the exam the ENTIRE lecture theatre was full... its amazing where all these people come from... then the paper was handed out and we were still talking... i mean everybody's sitting next to each other loh! and when we got the paper, we still can like look through the thing, talk a bit.. hahahaha.. AND THE PAPER IS LIKE 80% SIMILAR TO THE PAST YEAR PAPER!!! you could practically see the answers of the guys on ur left and right and front as well... anyways it was easier than expected, so good.. =) got 4 mistakes... yeah they finished marking by that night and the results were out online.. amazing right?!
anyways friday night went to Emerge Conference 04, the young adults conference hosted by BCC... Christine Caine from Hillsongs was the conference speaker.. she's amazing man!! She got so much energy and dynamics... really inspiring us to live with PASSION, which was the topic of the conference... to move us up to the next level...
then Sat was also in church the whole day for the conference, learnt a lot.. need to read up on the material to refresh myself though.. then at night the service was just so cool!! OH and I forgot to mention, on Friday night, there were like a whole lot of people jumping at the front of stage, until the basement below was actually shaking and the lights below were just bouncing as well... like the floor is about to give way man!! hahaha... anyways I did the dance for Soldier for the conference again... that was fun.. but the smoke machine was really suffocating.. i mean you can't see a thing man.. hahahaha...
and today sunday.. i played for BCC West, Jindalee today.. it was an experience i must say.. well its a small congregation west of Brisbane... today was like about 20over people? yeah but the thing I like about BCC is its culture of excellence, no matter how big or how small things seem to be, like even with 20ppl, everybody still put in their best to the Lord, to have quality... well its probably like the softest I've ever played, cos can't play the kit loud or i'll drown everybody else out.. so was really quiet.. so good practise of skill control.. =)
but the few days really drained me out and I'm so tired... its been a long day.. i'm going back to sleep... =) though tomorrow is a holiday here.. yes labour day... but i still got to go back to school for meetings and all that, so yeah got to go...will blog again when I have the time.. =) gdnite ppl!!!
~~derek~~ at 5/02/2004 11:59:00 pm
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Saturday, May 01, 2004
Labouring on Labour dayIt's suppose to be a day of rest.. but i've got to wake up early to attend the camp meeting at Merche. Some brainstorming, discussion & lotsa food... Today's meeting was rather fruitful, got to tie down some loose ends and stuff. The meeting was longer den expected... that i have cancel my another meeting at bedok. see... i'm busy on labour day!
Den to the movies we went!! together with wendy, tiff & abriel to catch Jersey Girl.
It's abt A man who once had everything in the world, wealth, status an ideal life with a beautiful wife. Tell me what can he ask for!!??
But things kinds come falling down after the birth of his daughter. A story of self acceptance and moving on with whatever you have got.. which is the most important asset in your life --family
I like the tagline of this movie "Forget about who you thought you were, and just accept who you are" We are all unique in our own ways... there's only one of a kind of me! aren't u glad!? hee =)
Later that evening i got a news from my fren that Abraham Laboriel & Friends are in Singapore for a one day concert at Rock Auditorium, Free Admission at 7.30pm. Heard that there was a extra tix from one of the crusaders. Ivin acted fast enuff to grab that last tix! And called me to make me envy him! haiz
Nevermind, at least i enjoyed myself at cell today!! In all things, give thanks
~~Min~~
~~derek~~ at 5/01/2004 10:03:00 pm
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