Where is your silvery thread?

Imagine this: Millions & billions of silvery thin threads coming down from Heaven, God's very own heart, and each attaching to a living person's heart.

The thread of affection. The cord of love. No one of us can live without it.

Probably heart language originated from these - pulses of love reciprocating to and from the Giver of Love, like alternating current running through wires.

The bible tells us in Hosea 11:4 that Jesus indeed leads us with 'cords of kindness and ties of love'...

Where is your silvery thread today?

i suspect for some of us, it is like a string on a flyaway kite. Was that you bobbing up, up and away into the sky?

EJ288 Re-encounter for me

You can click on each frame to view it bigger.


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Man Hunt?

Watch how Ps William beat the other hunks! Woohooooo!

[This is a short video done by my group Beryl during the EJ288 Re-encounter in Melaka. Wonderfully done right? Ha. I watched it probably twenty times, and laughed eighty times. Ha ha...Watch how the bouncers 'bounce' too...]

My first birthday pressies of the year!

have been showered by little gifts from all over since last week...

dalaaa....

did you see that 'God bless!' card on the right? Dear jing made it herself & flew it all the way from perth!

dear xianglin, i received your card too! it's so sweet... thanks for remembering my birthday! Hope you're coping fine in poly =)

The pweety tee in the middle is a 'representative' gift from my dear bro, bought by my mum on behalf of him since he's in army now. You guys gonna catch it on me soon! =p

Because of security reasons, i have decided not to publicise the diamond necklack and earrings which my mum bought. (Haha) You can see its pweety red box on the left though. =p

Wah, an ang pow from my granny! Traditional, but still bursting with love! =)


Not forgetting the 'frog prince' that my YP12 sisters gave me at a planned celebration with YCYPAO36 big family in Melaka. Look what's sticking out at its tongue - a lip gloss (as Jasmine said, to kiss the frog with). Ha. To tell you the truth, i still think the softie looks a little 'scary'... Heehee... but i still appreciate it! =)


Thanks family and friends, you are God's blessings to me! =) *hugs*

God gave me an early birthday present too - a long awaited rest. i stayed entirely at home yesterday and today, from being nauseous from stomach acid reflux/gastritis (do i really have that?) with slight fever and bad stomach cramps today. I give thanks to God for this prolonged rest, even though my body was feeling uncomfortable the whole of yesterday, causing it hard to sleep still. Thank God for family who prayed, and even called! =)

Okay, tomorrow is going to be an even more beautiful day, cos it's my birthday! :P

i think i should get out of my dazed mode immediately.

When i stepped out of the mrt, i took out my house keys instead of my ezlink.
Stepping out of the lift to my home, i took out my wallet, wanting to open the door.

*tired*

Are you facing a steep hill in your life?

* Click on the picture to view what can lie ahead for you, after the hill or mountain.* =)

(Please turn on your speakers first too)

The final words 'When we have reached the top, you would have gotten stronger too' made me sob. =)

dazed | dazing note

My friend recently dropped this testimonial into my friendster page...

Alex 05/13/2006
-International Woman of Mystery....
-Often mistaken to be non-chinese
-Often appear aloof through can be crappy...
-Surprising understanding and nice..
-Never fail to do her job in spread words of THE ONE that she believes.....
- The ideal lady in next James bond movie...hmmm...

Ha, i wonder how many of the above points you would agree with. I was scratching my head over nearly all of them! :P (except the fifth which i am really humbled to see)

i am on slow mode today, or so-called recovery mode of Autodesk Autocad. EJ288 Re-encounter in Melaka was aweeeesome (*winks) but the lack of sleep left me in a daze today. Will write more about it again! =)

To my archi friends...

My friend Bongshua Teo just sent me this. i thought it spoke so true!!! ha. (heh in a mad mood to relieve stress now =) )
Anyway bongshua, this sketch is to spur you on for your OSIM run!

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By the way i want to tell everyone of you who is reading my blog right now, that you can be a mighty man or woman! Go to www.(insert your name).youaremighty.com and you will know what i mean. :P (Hallelujah to the bunch of wonderful people who have already received this zap from it! hee)

And even if you still cannot convince yourself that you can be mighty (*ding* image of mighty mouse appears in my mind), the truth is even through your weakness, you can have strength. That is cos' 'God's power in made perfect in (our) weakness' (2 Corinthians 12:9), and the Grace of the God of grace and mercy is indeed enough for every of us. ~

Have you seen this on earth?

Heart in Voh, in New Caledonia (a group of Pacific islands, French overseas territory) (This is my fav!)

Yesh, this is really found on earth! *twinkles*

Yann Arthus-Bertrand, an ambitious French photographer, indulges in aerial shots, yes shots taken from the air! His fascinating series 'Earth from above' is a portrait of our planet, which contains alluring shots bursting in colors, depth and humanity, all taken from a helicopter. Check out Yann's website (click!) and prepare to 'Waalaaaa'!

(right) screenshot of Yann's webby, with the main picture being 'Fields of Tulip' shot in Holland airs

i think you can probably catch a small glimpse of how God has been viewing the earth from above! What marvellous artwork... Welcome to the palette of God's canvas! =)

the wonder women in my life

Hi all! You can click here --> animation greeting of 'Shep&Woolie' <-- to catch a funny yet heartwarming cartoon animation of a pair of mummy sheep and baby sheep. =)

i think it succintly encompasses and depicts my heart of gratitude and thanksgiving towards my Mummy and also ahmi YuehPing. *hugs*








Aren't they beautiful? =)


My mummy (in the left picture) is a quiet lady. But through the few words, her actions speak volumes of strength and dignity. She manages the whole household, including the two 'babies' (my brother and i) with all her heart, when my dad is overseas, and willingly gives herself to us. It all really sums up in this sentence she expressed 'I don't need anything. I just want to make sure you all have everything you need'.

My spiritual mother, ahmi Yuehping (in the right shot) displays Godly qualities in almost everything we observe from her. She faithfully, hardly with complaints, serves her husband, children, us(!) and all. She has walked through with me much, not just in my own life, but also in handling my own gals' lives. What I learnt from her most is a heart of seeking God prayerfully, and also relying fully on God's wisdom rather than mine, in every situation.

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Both of them are also my wonderful role models for my own life, especially in nurturing and serving my own spiritual daughters - my mummy being an example of giving and loving unconditionally, and my ahmi really living out 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 before my eyes...

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Yesh, my dear daughters, allow me to go into your lives more, to be there for you the way i really want to (watch the animation above)! I am proud of every one of you! =)

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Dalaaa...my brother's new look!

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"Boy, you cannot lose huh!"

Kids nowadays indeed grow up in straining times. i noticed that many of them grow up being trained to fight for the best. Do not be mistaken that i am undermining the essence of encouraging a spirit of conquest in the young generation. It is always wonderful to know your purpose, set your goal and strive on towards achieving it. What i am concerned here, is that many are fighting, simply because they do not want to lose. They may not know what they are fighting for; they may not even know why they win in the end. Losing out, on the other hand, has become for these young people, something terribly hard-to-swallow and also hard to fathom.

An (very rare) early retreat back home today caused me to find at the lift, myself amusingly surrounded by a bunch of primary school kids who just finished their afternoon school session. i especially noticed this bespectacled boy (whom i will call Spekky) who could not get into the almost overloading lift. He tried to appear nonchalant about it, but revealed his unrest when he ranted at the closing door 'Your lift surely overload lar. Too many people then it will drop!'

I got into the next lift with him, and another plump-er boy (whom i will call Plum) with his maid. Plum made a nasty remark to Spekky just before he left the lift, causing Spekky to rant abuses back at him, despite the closing door capsule-ing his words partially. To my utter surprise, the door slided open suddenly cos' Plum pressed it open just to retaliate in even louder words! The battle of volume continued for about one minute, with the door repeating its closing and opening at least twice, till i said to Plum, 'it's okay. Go home now!'

i turned to Spekky who had a slightly smirk look on his face and said, 'Do you know you don't have to do that with him who is in the wrong? You don't have to get angry and fight back at all'.

'I could kill anyone if i want to' was his smirk reply.

Not exactly surprised by his answer (come on, it sounds terribly familiar from tv and movies), i grinned, gave him a light pat on his head and said firmly, 'No, you don't have to do that. I know you are a good boy'.

i then left the lift, turning back and said, 'Remember what i said. Bye boy'. He nodded and gave me a really nice smile.

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i posted this account with my brother's armyboy pictures because Spekky's reactions reminded me so much of my brother's when he was small. Nope my parents didn't enforce a 'If you ever lose, i will not love you' motto on my bro (or me). But societal and mass media influences etc. taught us to equate success and victory with acceptance and love. Losing out or making a mistake or failure mean tagging ourselves with the big signboard saying 'i am hopeless. No one loves me'.

Thank God that i found God who let me realise i do not have to carry that self-proclaimed signboard my whole life. He told me that i was made in Jesus' image - always precious, always beautiful, always righteous. He told me my worth is not based on my failures or even successes. He whispered into my ears this, 'My daughter, i love you for who you are. i love you even when you almost failed your architectural project...' ....

i asked God 'who am i?', and He told me i am His. *cuddles in His arms* =)

those were the days

Something spurred me to browse thru' the photos of my university days today. Beside giving thanks to God for how He has transformed and purposed my life through those years by opening my spiritual eyes, i couldn't thank Him enough for the opportunities during those days, to really take a look at the world out there.

i was pretty wild, or in a nicer sense, adventurous. i still am, but i guess the wanderlust pill in me took effect more, and i took flight more into the amazing natures during then with my architecture mates. It was liberating to be intimately amidst the untouched grandeur of God's creation of the nature. And easy to become abit more playful too.

These adventures were also when God drew near to me out of His initiative and mercy, me being a baby in Christ then and still groping my way to know Him more. My first closest encounter with God occured when i was hopping across the river rocks at a falls in Trengganu, and i lost my footing and ended up in a Spiderman posture sprawled over the rocks. Any slight movement could make me slip right into the flowing waters, thus my mates were clueless for some seconds on what they could do. My arms were definitely not strong enough to pull myself upwards too.

But i remembered the song that i was singing throughout that trip - 'You are my strength when i am weak... You are the Treasure that i seek.. You are my All in All...'. Yesh in my mind i screamed 'Jesus help me!', and the next moment my arms found extraordinary strength. Somehow i managed to lift myself to the dry rocks...unto safe land! Indeed Jesus is my strength when i am weak!

Graduation from NUS brought an underlying graduation to the adventurous days. But definitely, i will be back! *winks*

Belle's bridal shower night!

yp12 at chingwah's for Belle's bridal shower

it was an amazingly affectionate night last Wednesday, as our married sisters lindee, chingwah, and joyce shared tips on financing, housekeeping, and beauty for our beautiful bride Belle (of cos the rest of us had a good exposure too!). Our dear ahmi Yp even demonstrated live a salmon cooking tip. The night ended on a loving note as each of us took turns to pray for Belle, and then taking photos, such as the one above in which we all do look indeed tired, but all family time is always worth it. =)

To view the battle between the brothers and sisters on the wedding day, click here!