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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Jesus Loves Me

These 3 days have been very busy (yes, after the long break). 1st, I thank God for answering my prayer. Though surprised that God give it to me that fast. 2nd, I praise God for strength to observe and conduct a portion of the therapy sessions on 4 cases of children with special needs. I observed how experienced therapists 'do the job' and I gain so much more when I do it hands on. 3rd, I thank God for challenges. I had a challenging case this morning, not the best way to start a day’s therapy but its also good because I have full energy (with the help of coffee, heehee) on this child - low compliances and high attention seeking. Oh boy, the 2 hours therapy session seems like the longest hour today. I was physically and mentally draining, but wow, it was so fulfilling and fruitful just to do the session with him. At least there is a slight improvement or should I say I've 'warmed up' with him and I've kinda learn to understand his behaviours. What happen today really challenged me to reflect and appreciate the simple JESUS LOVES ME Sunday school song that we are so familiar yet often a times taken for granted.

He was throwing tantrum and crying for 30mins! Throughout I observed how the therapist controlled the situation. Hmm, nah, didn't work. Then came the supervision – ya, the pro in action. It's not a Christian therapy so I was very surprised when the supervisor sang 'Jesus Loves Me' to calm the boy. Being the only Christian around other than the supervisor, I joined in too…. PTL, the boy stopped crying. He looked at us quietly, his mucus was dripping (yeew :P haha) within seconds, he was peaceful. Yes, Peaceful is the word to describe that few minutes of silence. I don't know if he understood what we sang. But I know the presence of God is there to bring comfort. As I was singing along, every word became so real & meaningful to me once again that tears welled up my eyes.

I placed myself in his shoes, his difficulties in communicating his frustration & distress. Yet despite all, 'Jesus Loves him, this I know'. 'For the Bible tells me so' that he can seek comfort from HIM who knows that 'though he is weak, He (God) is strong'. I just couldn't control those tears. Thankfully I was sitting behind the supervisor, so hmm no one saw it I guess. The song ministered not just to the boy but to me too.

Thought for the day: Though I offer 101% of my attention and energy on each case and get only 30% response from the child, still I think it's worth it. Because every tear he cry is not wasted, He sees, He understand and He cherish them as precious ones in His eyes. I'm asking God for more of His love for these grp of children. I'm out to Make A Difference!

~~Huimin~~ at 4/18/2007 12:36:00 am   
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Friday, April 13, 2007

its a hard day's life...

work was another mad rush today.. got up in the morning, did some testing before heading to client's office... then it was sitting and staring and typing in the good ol' office 15" laptop like mad in order to get stuff to work...

cough came back again... min's cough also came back.. please keep praying for us that our throats will be completely whole!

I won't be back in time for Radi8 tomorrow, so that's a sad thing... the even sadder thing is that I gotta be back in jakarta again on SUN EVENING... sianz.... but no choice lah... God's got good things in store for me.. i'm gonna claim that.

~~derek~~ at 4/13/2007 01:14:00 am   
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Thursday, April 12, 2007

great start to a tough week

Its been a long long long long while since my last post... well I haven't had the time, or the inspiration to do any blogging, but hopefully i'll be able to post more frequently from now on.


anyways don't think i want to blog about previous events, cos current ones are more exciting.. =)


its been a great start to the rough week ahead.. easter weekend was great, tiring but still refreshing. and then there are other happenings that made the weekend all the more worthwhile.


then comes the work week... back to jakarta again.. i caught the cough from min and was coughing like crazy the last 2 days. but with pipagao and much prayer, i didn't cough at all this morning until after lunch!! thank God! its almost gone as i'm typing now, so i'm praying for complete healing! pray also for min as the cough has now spread to her bro too. also thank God for wisdom, I accomplished a lot of things today and will continue to pray that tomorrow will flow smoothly as well... so that this week will end quickly and hopefully able to attend Radi8 on friday!


alright. back to work for me!


thought of the day:
1. A pleasure that refreshes without diminishing, destroying, distracting from the ultimate goal is a legitimate pleasure.
2. A pleasure that jeopardizes the sacred life of another is an illegitimate pleasure.
3. Any pleasure, no matter how good or bad, if not kept in balance can distort reality or destroy appetite.
- Ravi Zecharias

~~derek~~ at 4/12/2007 01:12:00 am   
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Monday, April 09, 2007

Starry Starry Night on a Surprise Easter Sunday

Brilliance: (from dictionary.com)

A light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted…

Splendor & magnificence

Of Happiness

Full of glory & beauty

Glows in brightness

...I am looking at the perfect brilliance ;p

I'm not revealing much, go on...keep thinking

~~Huimin~~ at 4/09/2007 05:06:00 pm   
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~derek~

Software developer, music, movies, anime, manga, drumming, guitars, sleeping, rice-bin, eating, quiet, God!


~min~

loves to day dream, humorous, c.r.a.z.y., bingeing, precious moments, guitar/bass and talking to big daddy!

Acknowledgements and thanks to...


God, the creator of creativity
Min, for supporting and giving me half the idea in the first place

Milton, the unnamed and uncredited spokesman/ambassador/salesman for Apple
Andrew Yu, another Apple spokesman

Deviant Art artists for graphics and ideas
Joshua Olsen, wae Technologies for OS X bar
Mark Newhouse,
Apple,

and the many many others who have inspired this creation...

his Wishlist

1. Toyota RAV4
2. Oakley sunglasses
3. Adventure PC Games
4. A whole set of drumsticks
5. An XBOX or PS3
6. Skydiving
7. Bungee
8. MacBook Pro
9. 8 Megapixel Digicam
10. Home Recording Studio
11. Analog Guitar Effects
12. iPhone
13. Europe/Japan/NZ Trip

her Wishlist

1. New Laptop
2. MiniDV Handycam Camcorder
3. Holiday to Europe again!
4. Wii Nintendo
5. PASSION Conference
6. Melbourne Koko Black Chocolates
7. our own hse :)