The Power of WORDS

Teasing, gossiping, bad-mouthing a person, and any other forms of verbal bullying or abuse. All these things- how can I not understand it perfectly well on how words can be so destructive to a person? Ever since I was young, I've been hurt over & over again for things that people say about me behind my back, and also in front of me. I can still remember how when I was younger (probably 7 or so), my family & I went out for dinner & a very young girl (younger than me at the time) was laughing at me, saying how weird my legs looked & that I needed to be carried around by my mother. My dad comforted me saying words from people like that don't matter. All I needed to know was that he & my mother loved me. Still, deep inside those words hurt me enough for me to remember it till this day. 


Too often throughout my years as a primary & secondary student, there were "friends" who said things behind my back that pierces my heart. Many actually laughed at me & some boldly teased me as "cacat" (disabled) in the class. Looking back, I thank God that He gave me such loving parents so that I wouldn't even contemplate on suicide. But really, it hurts.


Now that I'm 20 and as I looked back on all the things that I've been through, I am ashamed to say that I've hurt many many people with my very own words. I've teased people too, and I've said things that hurt people just as how those "friends" hurt me when I was younger. As I trace back my memories of how I've come to be this person that I see in the mirror everyday, I realized that I wasn't like this all my life. As I was physically incapable of defending myself from the things people say about me, I realized that I was good at defending myself verbally. As I honed this "skill" I had, I realized that it was very easy for me to get revenge by teasing the people that teased me in the first place. 


Over the years it became a habit & before I realized it, sarcasm & hurtful words come very naturally to me. I'm awake now at 5.16 a.m. contemplating on this. I can't sleep knowing the damage that my every words has done to the people around me without me realizing it. And so,I prayed & made a covenant with Him and as I pray, I felt very burdened to write this. I want to speak for God & to share His Good News to everyone in the world. I won't want to just "speak well" & get praises while my very life is a contradiction to what I preach. 


I don't want to only "practice what I preach" but more importantly "preach what I practice". I can't do this without His very own WORD. All this while,the words spoken that hurt the people around me are not His words,but MINE. So I'm asking anyone whom I've heard over the past 2 decades of my existence to forgive me for what I've said & done for I was ignorant. I want to learn to LOVE and be able to say "I LOVE YOU" to everyone I meet, regardless what they have done & their past. 

"The power of one word can destroy a person but the Word of God gives LIFE to whoever who hears it. I must no longer live like the Word of God isn't in my life." - Daniel L.

A New Adventure BEGINS

Wow,it's been like forever since I last wrote! Many things had happened since then. Met new friends, made new decisions, moved on to new paths, yet the same GOD still brings me through.  2011 has been a great year of "wrestling" with God and "losing" to Him (obviously). Wrestling with God is NOT necessarily a bad thing as many may think. I've been humbled and amazed by His faithfulness even as he challenged me in various ways. 


When I first went into college, I've had plans of graduating with a degree as young as possible(I'm only 20 now), probably even a Master while I'm at it. I knew that I had a "head-start" compared to the friends around me & with 4 years of college,I'd graduate with a Degree in Psychology from UK by the time I'm turning 21. And if I want to,I can even possibly finish a Masters Degree within a year's time by the age of 22. THAT was THE PLAN. 


Then there came God, who just casually whispered in my ear and "ruined" what I've planned for four years! I was like, "Seriously,God? Why didn't you just tell me like four years earlier. Why now? Why challenge me to let go of my degree when I'm only ONE semester away from going to UK?? Besides,it will only take 3 months in UK for my degree. You sure that's you,God? Or is it just some crazy voice in my head?" 


I thought it was a CRAZY idea not going for the degree when I only need 3 months to complete it. But trust me,when God calls you for something, however crazy it may sound, you'll know that it's the RIGHT thing to do. It reminded me of the time God called Abraham (Abram at that time) out of his home to the "Promised Land". What kind of a crazy person would just leave home suddenly one day & start a journey to a "land" that may not exist,not to mention all the challenges & the dangers he may face while travelling to this new land? But that was what Abraham did. 


 Where exactly am I going? I don't know either,just as Abraham didn't know his next step until God told him where to go. One thing's for sure-God called me to speak of His love by sharing my life with others,and despite everything that may come in my way in this new "adventure" that I'm embarking on, I BELIEVE God's faithfulness will prevail. 

So, please partner with me in PRAYER even as God calls me to this new adventure with Him. 



"Abraham BELIEVED God, and it was accredited to him as RIGHTEOUSNESS." (Romans 4:3) That is exactly what I want to do this year & in the years to come. His love endures forever.

Beauty from Ashes(Tribute to Dad)

A special dedication to all those who has suffered the loss of someone special in their lives, and also people who are just struggling to know that there is still a tomorrow for them. 

October 26th six years ago, just 4 days after my birthday,was the day my life turned upside down and everything that I relied on fell apart for the first time in my life.

I was born with a disease called "Osteogenesis Imperfecta" a.k.a. "brittle bones" disease. For my whole life as I could remember, I've been constantly breaking bones. I could walk when I was very young but started falling down a lot & breaking my bones frequently after that. I stopped walking at the age of 2 or 3. My mum was the one carrying me around all the time until we could afford a wheelchair. Being laughed at & talked about behind my back were not unfamiliar to me. Plus,the "stares" people gave me whenever my mum carries me although  I was old enough, hurt a lot. 


However, despite all that I would say that I was never a bitter person (depressed maybe but definitely not bitter) because of my parents. My mum was always there to carry me & take care of me. My dad  was the person that I looked up to the most & yet was like my best friend. We used to talk, play PS games together, joke around and have fun. As I grew up he was the one who taught me about perseverance, principles and the things that shaped my character today.


The year was 2005. I celebrated my 14th birthday on the 22nd of October, the day before I had another surgery on my leg. Because of the fever that I was having as a reaction to the wound, I was only discharged 4 days after the surgery. That very morning my mum told me my dad wasn't feeling well. He was shivering & vomiting all of a sudden. Then news came that it was a heart attack. My dad never had a heart condition before this. He even had a body check up a few days before that & it showed that he was well. In less than 5 hours, my mum called me and said that my dad passed away. 


My whole life crumbled before my eyes as I wept, not knowing the future of the family. It all happened so quickly and suddenly that it felt like a nightmare that I was desperate to wake up from. I lost one of the most important person in my life in less than 5 hours & I didn't get to see him before he left. I felt like I was buried deep within the ashes of a great fire. Because of that,my mum, me & my 2 sister had to move somewhere else so that my mum could work. To cut the story short, as a result of that, I got to know Jesus 2 years after the tragic incident in my life. 


All I want to share is God has a plan for you and I. He didn't take my dad away so that I could believe in Him. Everyone has to die one day. All He did was to use the tragedy in my life (like my disease,my dad & challenges in life,etc. ) and make it into something BEAUTIFUL. So, put your hope in Jesus because in Him there is HOPE. 


He can bring BEAUTY out from the ASHES that you are in, whatever it may be. He has done that for me, He will do it for you too. In Him, there is always a tomorrow! 


In memory of,

Lee Seng Wai (1956-2005)

Husband, father, mentor, best friend, loved one.

Be blessed. 

It's a REAL-ationship!

Got a rare chance of talking to a friend of mine, Dino, while waiting for Hannah to finish with her interview with the Star yesterday. While we were talking, he somehow asked if I was Christian. It was only until then that I knew he was Christian as well. 

Dino is 55 years old this year. He seems like a successful businessman now, full of confidence, has a happy family and he doesn't look 55 at all! What I didn't know was that years ago, he had a broken marriage, had a divorce, had a business and went bankrupt, and had multiple health problems from drinking too much all the time. Everything just seemed hopeless to him at that time. It wasn't long that he found a VCD on the gospel in his house (how it was there,I didn't ask). He watched the VCD and tears just came flowing down his cheeks,not out of sadness but joy, and HOPE. 

Since then, his life changed totally. He remarried, has a 14-year-old son now, and his business has been greater than ever! He was sharing on how God changed the way he acts daily. Whenever he goes for a business presentation, he'll pray and surrender everything to God first, and even when he's discussing business, he never lets go of an opportunity to share the gospel if there was one. He told how he just cried out to God when his then 12-year-old son was addicted to online gaming,and it wasn't long before God taught him how, and his son is now a very passionate leader in his church CG. He shared so much of how REAL God has been in his life with so much passion and a spark in his eyes. He wasn't just sharing some story about his life, rather it was about his relationship with God. 

His story struck me. I could still remember the times where God just seemed so REAL to me and my relationship with Him was all that I longed for. It was a timely reminder for me that the key to see a TRANSFORMATION in my life is NOT by all the superficial things that I do. It's not even by how much I know about the Bible or how much I serve in church. It's about the DESIRE to have a REAL relationship with Him. 

I long to experience Him in a very real way again. To start my every day just excited to hear from Him. To go through my daily activities with a desire to please Him with all that I do. I long for Jesus to transform me with His love and grace. After all, this is not just any relationship. He wants to have a REAL-ationship with me, and I in him. 

p/s:PRAY for me, that I will seek Him and His righteousness first and long for nothing more than His love. I really long to see Him in my life & people to experience Him through me. That will be my prayer for you too. 

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39)

God bless. 

A special place in my heart for you =)

This post is a special dedication to TWO girls who unexpectedly made their way to a special place in my heart. These girls have been a GREAT blessing to me over and over again, even though we've just met a little over half a year. These two girls are none other than the lovely Wooi Sue Jane & Dr. June Kew Pei Ern!!! (well,not really a doctor yet..hahaXD). 


It's been almost 8 months since we met each other in National Conference last year. I wasn't that close with June & Jane during the conference. We got closer after we went back to our respective campuses actually. Despite this, the two of them never failed to encourage me & make my day better with their smiles & their words of encouragement. 


Juney is definitely a very bubbly person that never fails to cheer up the people around her; well at least me. Her blurness is sometimes a good point of hers too. Haha. Never fails to make me laugh (at her) XD. One of the things I really admire about her is her passion to know more of Jesus & of God. Her desire & thirst for Him encourages me to have a child-like faith for God that I once had. I can really see that God will use her mightily to touch the souls around her. I've learnt a lot from the sincerity in her faith & her life. 


I've kept in touch with Sue Jane more since we met up a few times before & we went to the East Asia Regional Conference together recently. She's just an amazing girl with much humility & passion to glorify the name of Jesus. She has been such a good sister to me & of course a great example of not boasting of her own strengths but glorifying His name whenever she has the chance to do so. A girl that yearns to see Him work in her life, she'll definitely touch many souls around her too. 


Why these two girls have made their way to a very SPECIAL place in my heart is because of how they have touched my heart & encouraged me through their words & the little things that they do to make me smile. Sue Jane recently made a documentary of my life for her assignment. I was really humbled that she'd ask me to do so. What really touched my heart was the personal messages that she compiled in the video to encourage me. I never expected that June would be in it,so I was really touched by both of them when I saw it. 


I have been going through a lot lately & I just find myself so depressed & down due to the challenges & the people I faced. I find myself getting easily agitated lately too. The video really touched my heart & helped me a lot through the challenges (whether they realized or not). I believe that they are two very special people that God has put in my life to walk with me in this journey that He has set out. No words could express my gratitude to Him for bringing June & Sue Jane into my life, nor could I thank them enough for what they have done to me.


So, this is just a simple way of show how much I love you two from the bottom of my heart & how you've both won a very special place in my heart. I pray that I too will be able to do the same for you two in the time to come. Thank you,really. =')

Sue Jane, the humble yet talented editor of the short documentary of my life, Limitless. A great sister & encouragement to me =)

June,the bubbly & passionate child of God! Learnt much from her sincerity of her faith in Christ. Like a little sister to me (though she's actually older..LOL!!) Isn't she SUPER DUPER cute in this picture?? XD

p/s:Continue to touch the lives of others just as you have touched mine. I am convinced that God will use you two greatly in His kingdom here on earth. So, let's run this race together,shall we? =)

God bless. 

Life is NOT a SNAPSHOT

There's a lot of things in life that I don't understand. Sometimes, things just happens & all of a sudden your life became more complicated than it ever was. It could be a bad result in an exam, it could be a decision you have to make about starting a new relationship, it could even be the death of a loved one. 


When my dad died from heart attack so suddenly, it seemed that there was no hope for me & my family. I wasn't a Christian back then. So,I couldn't understand why it had to happen to me. As a Buddhist back then,I thought it must be karma. It must have been something my dad or me did in our past lives to deserve such fate. Now that I know the hope that I have in Jesus, I thank Him that from something so horrible that happened to me & my family He was the only one who could make something beautiful out of it. After my dad passed away, my mum had no choice but to move to another town to work. It was from there that I came to know Jesus personally. 


Sometimes we just wonder why we have to go through the things that we just come our way without invitation. There were many times where I wondered if the pain & aimlessness will ever end. It NEVER makes God happy seeing us suffer. However, God is the only one that can make something beautiful out of the mess that we are in. All we have to do is to have faith in Him & just hang on a little longer. 


Many times, I can't see the bigger picture of God's plan for me in my life. Sometimes I don't even know where God wants me to go or what He wants me to do. But one thing's for sure. Life is NOT a SNAPSHOT. It might take some time & more snapshots, but soon enough I'll be able to see the bigger picture of His plan for me. Until then, I'll trust in my Father. 

p/s: Whatever that you may be facing right now, He has a better PLAN in store for you. Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's NOT THE END YET. 

Sometimes,it takes more than one snapshot for us to realize how much He loves us.Hope you've been blessed. ;)

Don't give up!!

This post is specially dedicated to the lovely Mar Lynn, who despite what she may think, will touch the lives around her. Somehow God is just telling me that you will be used greatly by Him to impact & touch others in the time to come. So,I hope that this will encourage you & help you (even if it's just a little) to go through hard times. 

I might look like a strong person who has overcome many obstacles, but you'd be surprised at how many times I've felt like I was lost, felt like I was losing sense who I was, felt like I wasn't good enough for Him. I've lost count of how many times I've felt like giving up. 

I understand how BIG challenges can seem to be when they come our way. There are times where we find ourselves in a valley so deep we doubt we'll ever get out of it,or in a place so dark we can't see the way. Wherever you may be,JESUS will meet you there. So, don't give up!! Because you have a story to tell & you want to be heard!! If it is the weight of the world on your shoulders,Jesus will lift it for you. If it is the darkness that blinds you,Jesus will shine to guide you. If you don't have the strength to run anymore, Jesus will carry you.

Of course,we see "strong" Christians around us & they are already being used greatly by God & doing well on their own. I tend to look at myself & thought "I'll never be able to touch the lives of others as he/she does." or "I'm not doing as well in my walk with God as that person does." You know what? It's good that they're doing well. But it'll be even greater when people see ordinary people like us overcoming REAL problems: problems that everybody faces. Then they will know that our GOD is real through our lives. 

So, don't give up!!! Because you want to be heard!! I am really really confident that God has GREAT plans for you and I will definitely be praying for you. One day,you will be the one helping others overcoming problems that you once faced. You are LOVED!!! 

p/s: Hey, you don't have to go through this alone.If you need help, don't be afraid to let me know. None of us are meant to walk this journey alone y'know? ;) 

God bless =)

You are LOVED!!

"...Everyone wants to be understood....Everyone wants to be loved. Don't give up, because..you...are...LOVED."

"You Are Loved(Don't Give Up)"- Josh Groban 

It's been quite some time since I've encountered this feeling. The feeling that tells me that I don't belong there. The feeling that tells me that they don't want me there. To feel like a burden. Ever since I was a boy,I've been struggling with this issue. I thought that now that I've grown up, it won't hurt as much anymore. It doesn't seem the case for me.

Everyone has an innate desire to be accepted...to be understood...to be loved. It's not a good feeling at all when someone keeps hinting to you that you are not wanted there. It DEVASTATES me. Sometimes I'd think to myself, "Maybe it's better if I stop trusting people. It's better if I don't rely on others. Maybe I should stop getting too close to others. Everything would be less painful if I just give up on people." 

And that may be what you are thinking right now. It's not wrong to feel like giving up on trusting people. I just felt like that yesterday! It just mean that you and I are humans. It's normal to tend to think that way. The important thing is NOT to be convinced by it. Every time I start to convince myself that people are not trustworthy, that I am a burden, that I should give up on people, Jesus touches my heart & tells me "Don't give up. You are LOVED. Even if the whole world abandons you, I will NOT." 

So,if you are trying to convince yourself that you are unloved & to give up on trusting people, think again. JESUS is telling you now that YOU ARE LOVED. As humans we are not perfect,so me may hurt one another. But every time that I thought I should give up on trusting people,God uses the brothers & sisters around me to remind me that I am loved. I want to tell u that because Jesus loves you, I LOVE YOU too..So,don't give up...You are LOVED. 

p/s: Just wanna wish Sue Jane Happy Birthday again! I thank God for yesterday. If it wasn't for you,and Lisa & ALL the wonderful people I met yesterday, I'd still be trying to convince myself of that thought. SO, thank God for all of you...

(You haven't give me the pics frm ytd yet...so i just stole one from ur FB..hahaha!!)

It's also the birthday of a good brother of mine. Gan Kel Vin!! Happy Birthday!!! A brother that helped me a lot & never once complained. I really thank God for you. Sorry I couldn't be there this week. 

The Moment of Truth

"The more I look at myself, the more I feel like I don't deserve you." Those words linger in my mind sometimes. They linger whenever I've hurt you. They linger whenever someone says I'm not good enough for you. They linger whenever I think I'm only one mistake away from you leaving me. 


I sometimes lose sight of the things that matter most. I do things for you to show my love for you. Some people tell me that LOVE must be shown in ACTIONS. Some even tell me that if I love you, I'd do my best for you, to give my everything & nothing less. But there's so many times that I've done things that I'm not proud of, things that I KNOW would hurt you. Sometimes I feel that I'm just not good enough. How can somebody continue to love something that is such a disappointment over and over again?


It is during these times,however, that you whisper to me, "Go back...Go back to the moment of truth". The moment I first heard you say "I love you" & that was the time I said "I do". I've been comforted over and over again by the reminder that it is NOT by what I do that you love me so. It is not by being "good enough" that I deserved your love. It is by how much you LOVE me, and how much you would sacrifice to show that your love for me is greater than mine for you. 


So,whenever you feel that God will not love you anymore because of what you have done, well you are not alone. Most of all, be assured that His love for you NEVER changes. He loves you just the way you are, but He loves you too much to let you stay the way he found you. He has made you GOOD. So, be good! NOT to show that you are worthy of His love, but to experience the FULLNESS of His GRACE whenever you realize that you can't do it on your own. 

Go back to the time when you first held His hand & He held yours. He LOVES you back then...He LOVES you STILL....

God is calling YOUR name

"You know just how much I love you...Even if everyone leaves you, I will stand by you til' the end. I am willing to die for you." Well, at least that was what I said until they came and took you away. I fought for you at first, but I was too weak & you didn't want to see people getting hurt. You know what's worse?? When I was trying to see where they were taking you, some of the people around recognized me. I panicked. I didn't know what to do. My mouth just blurted out,"What are you talking about? I swear, I don't know such person!" Before I knew it, the rooster crowed & I remembered what you said. All I could do was to weep as I regretted denying the very person I loved. I've let you down, Lord. Will you forgive me?


Simon Peter is probably one of the most memorable for me among all of Jesus' disciples. But because of his denial of Jesus, Peter used to be the 2nd last person I'd want to be among Jesus' disciples; Judas Iscariot being the last person I'd wanna be. However, I find myself being able to identify with Peter most of the time. There were so many times that I felt that I've betrayed His love and forgiveness that He so freely gave to me. I sing that I love Him and that I'll offer my life to Him, but there's just so many times that I feel that I've failed Him. How can He still love me after all these?? I've let You down too many times, God.

It just amazes me how long it took for me to realize that in this RELATIONSHIP, He is the one holding me up, and He NEVER LETS ME DOWN. There's no way I could let Him down if I've never once held Him up. 


When Jesus resurrected, the angels of the Lord told Mary and Mary Magdalene "He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.' " (Mark 16: 7) The angel said, "..tell his disciples and Peter." 


"..his disciples and PETER." 


Just when Peter thought that he's blown it. Just when he thought Jesus will never forgive him for what he's done, God mentioned his name. God mentioned Peter by name to let him know that He still cares for him & that He's forgiven him. 

So whenever you think that you've blown the chance that Jesus has given you, think again. God is calling your name, to let you know that He still LOVES you & He forgives you. Remember, He is the one holding you up, not the other way around. We can never let Him down. cause we can't! He never lets us down. 

Two are better than one...

A special post dedicated to the lovely June & Sue Jane. Thank you girls for making the other day a memorable one. =)

-Sincerely, Daniel.

After weeks of planning, we finally managed to meet up last Saturday for our long awaited outing at KLCC. First on our list: Movie!! We watched Beastly, basically a modern day adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, also a book of the same name. After that,we had lunch,ice-cream and had just enough time to get Rotiboy on our way back. However,what was most memorable to me wasn't the movie, nor the awesome lunch we had in the food court (LOL) nor even the ice-cream and Rotiboy. It was all the time that we spent just chit-chatting with one another, sharing with each other stories of our lives & how much God has worked, the time that we ask real & honest questions about God, the precious moment that we prayed for one another in the midst of so many people in KLCC. 

I don't think that I've ever went out with friends for movie and fun but having sharing,prayer & just a time of encouraging one another as our main agenda. This time that we spent sharing, encouraging and praying for each other really really refreshed me & reminded me of how grateful I am to God for putting so many people by my side that helped me so much in many ways.

I was watching a movie yesterday in CF called "Pilgrim's Progress:Journey to Heaven". The main character named Christian was finding his way to the Celestial City (Heaven) & encountering many obstacles along the way. What caught my attention the most was the part where Christian and Hopeful (yes, they use very "literal" names in the movie) was going through the Enchanted Woods where they will slowly grow tired and fall asleep,never to wake up again. There,Christian reminded Hopeful not to sleep. Then they talked about Jesus & how He touched their lives. They just couldn't stop talking about Him and without even realizing it, they went through the woods without falling asleep. 

Later on,they had to swim across a river to reach the Celestial City. As a final desperate attempt to stop them from reaching the City,Satan reminded them of their past sins and convicted them of guilt. Christian and Hopeful both sank and couldn't rise to the surface.Christian's mind was so clouded that he can't remember any of God's promises even when he tried to, but Hopeful remembered that Jesus has washed them clean & he rose up to the surface,pulling Christian along with him.

What struck me the most was how God never intended us to walk this journey alone. We will face great challenges along the way but He will always put people in our lives for us to encourage one another, pull each other up & remind each other of God's faithfulness and unfailing LOVE. Christian and Hopeful helped each other in their journey; neither one could have finished the journey without the help of the other. That was what I was reminded of when I think back of my time in KLCC with June & Sue Jane the other day. Thank you Lord. 

"Two are better than one,

because they have a good return for their work:

If one falls down,

his friend can help him up.

But pity the man who falls

and has no one to help him up!"

(Ecclesiates 4:9-10)

p/s: It's never easy to walk alone in this journey. Good thing is you don't have to. You have brothers and sisters around you who will lend u a hand when you need one. ;)

Before the Morning...

When I was younger, I used to be afraid of the dark. So,naturally I'd hate night time, especially bed time. Whenever it was time to sleep, I'd literally wrap myself from head to toe with the blanket, lie with my back against the wall, and look at the small light that is on in the room. Oh how I'd always hoped morning would come faster. In horror movies, everything would always get better in the morning. That was how much I hoped for mornings. 


I think it is the same principle when I look at how I face life's challenges. I'm still recovering from my surgery the other day. One thing about wounds and broken bones are that they always hurt the most at night. That's when they start to really heal. The nights are always the hardest part for me, but when the morning comes it feels like everything is better. 


It's the same as LIFE. Everyone of us faces pain and challenges in life. Some may be simple and bearable, others may seem so hard we wonder if it's ever gonna end. When my dad died so suddenly, I wondered if my mum & us would ever have hope again. I wondered if this pain would ever end. I wondered if I was going to see "daylight" again. But just as no matter how scared I was during the night, morning would surely come. It was because of my dad's death that I moved to another place & found Jesus Christ. My "morning" finally came!!


So,no matter how much pain you may be going through right now, God knows. And He CARES!!It may feel that this pain will never end, but let me assure you, it will. No matter how long the NIGHT may feel like, MORNING will surely come. So, hang on a little longer. Let God hold your hand through this pain. Let Him show you that this pain you are going through, it's just the dark before the morning. 

"...weeping may stay for the night, 
   but rejoicing comes in the morning." (Psalm 30:5)








p/s:Listen to Josh Wilson's "Before the Morning". It's really a must hear. Hope you've been blessed by this.

2011,here I come!!!

It's been a while since I've written huh?Was very preoccupied by a lot of things, especially my finals that I didn't even have time to write my 1st post of the year.4 papers down so far & 1 more to go!!


Well, a new year has come. God was ever graceful to me throughout the year 2010. Ever so faithful, showing me grace when I did not deserve it & showed me wonderful things that He could do if only I allow Him to work in my life. 


Even as I face the year ahead of me, with new responsibilities, new dilemmas, and brand new challenges, I am confident that He will bring me through it & show me the wonders of His LOVE. I've already been entrusted with a few new responsibilities as well as faced a few dilemmas in less than a month since 2011 began. I am sure that greater challenges will come my way, but I am also very excited to see how God will work in my life this year ahead. 


He always has me in His mind and will always do so, so I'm not worried that He'll forsake me. For everything may change but He will always be the same. He knows His plans for me, plans to prosper me not to harm me; plans to give me a hope and a future.So, here I am looking forward to the year ahead of me, CONFIDENT in the LOVE of Christ.

Saviour, please

Savior, please take my hand
I work so hard, I live so fast
This life begins, and then it ends
And I do the best that I can, but I don't know how long it'll last

I try to be so tough
But I'm just not strong enough
I can't do this along, God I need You to hold on to me
I try to be good enough
But I'm nothing without Your love
Savior, please keep saving me

Savior, please help me stand
I fall so hard, I fade so fast
Will You begin right where I end
And be the God of all I am because You're all I have

Hallelujah
Everything You are to me
Is everything I'll ever need
And I am learning to believe
That I don't have to prove a thing
'Cause You're the one who's saving me


-Saviour, please (Josh Wilson)-


A song that helped me so much when I really needed something to hold on to in the midst of so much chaos. Described me so well. I try to be so tough when in reality I'm just not strong enough. I thought I could hold on to Him with my own strength. Instead, He held on to me. SO, I really pray that you my SAVIOUR, please keep saving me. A real blessing getting to hear this song.


Just wanna thank Jo Kym for putting this song in her blog. I wouldn't have heard this song if not for that. The rest of the songs are really really encouraging too. It really blessed me a lot at the time when I really needed it. Thank you SO much!!! And of course, THANK YOU, my SAVIOUR!!! 

A Tribute to DAD...

It's been 5 years since my dad passed away from a heart attack. He died on the 26th of October,  4 days after my birthday & on the same day that I was supposed to check out of the hospital after my surgery. He was 49.


My dad wasn't a perfect man. He had his own set of weaknesses & failures. However, my memory of him is always about how a great father he was to me. He is the very reason I am the man that I am today; other than the result of the work of God in my life. He was the one who taught me how to treat others with respect, how to treat myself with dignity & the person who had been there for me EVERYTIME I needed him. 


He was a man of honour & dignity. But for his family, he was willing to put all these aside. For me, he was willing to work full time at home as an English tutor so that he can be there for me whenever I get into an accident. I still remember how he refused his boss for a sudden call to work(before he worked full time at home), just because it was my 7th birthday. He was the one that taught me that FAMILY matters more than MONEY. He was an example to me of how a family can be happy & united despite living in poor conditions. 


He wasn't the greatest man on Earth, but he was a LOVING FATHER. So, this is a TRIBUTE to you, DAD. Thank you for everything. 




P.S: No parent is perfect & not all can show love like how we want them to. I'm just very blessed to have parents who knew how to show their love to me in the way that I understand.  Just remember, our parents don't live forever. So,cherish all that you have now. Don't learn to appreciate them only after they're gone. 


God bless you all. 

Wall-E!

Can't believe I've only just watched Wall-E for the 1st time yesterday! It was a very cute & thoughtful movie. Wall-E is just too cute with his sensitive gestures of love towards Eve. LOL. Anyways, there was one part of the movie that really caught my attention other than the devastation of human behaviour on the earth & all the sweet scenes between Eve & Wall-E. It was the scene where the Autopilot of the spacecraft tried to stop the captain from going back home, explaining how they would not survive on Earth. What really caught my attention was the captain's reply. He replied, "I don't want to survive. I want to LIVE!!"

That simple phrase struck me. There is much more to life than just surviving. Life is meant to be lived. Even in my Christian walk, I sometimes find myself merely surviving. It should be more than that. It's not just about reading the Bible, going to church, serving in church,etc. I should be LIVING, not just surviving; to have a real & living relationship with God, rather than just doing what a Christian should do. I don't want to survive, I want to LIVE!!

Awww,they're just too sweet. LOL!

One of fav characters from the movie. Just so adorable.Haha^^