Had a birthday lunch with the 'Rice Club' yesterday. It was absolutely INSANE. I thought it was just going to be a simple lunch and catch up with everyone. But I was totally taken by surprise when each one of them stood up to make individual speeches. I was like.. WAHHH.. are you serious?! LOL.
I didn't really enjoy being in the centre of attention for such a long time, but I was really touched by their actions (: While MK and Nancy were making their speeches, they actually started to cry.... I was just left speechless, couldn't help by tear too. I think if I wasn't feeling so tense about being the centre of attention, I'd have cried too. It was one of the most intense moments I've ever experienced.
The stuff they said in their speeches were so honest and sincere.. I can't believe I've made such a great group of friends. Each of them so loving and non-judging. It's true what they say, no matter how cliche it may be. It's like finding precious jewels when you find true friends. They are so rare and valuable. Thank God for bringing them into my life (:
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Here are pics from the birthday party Zac and I had at the beach.
It was a blast (:
Franny the alco.
Ouser & UOP
Alfie Strange!
The only person who actually dared to swim in the water with me (:
Everyone else was too pussy. Haha!
The weirdest angle for a group picture,
I have to say.
HAHA.
I didn't really enjoy being in the centre of attention for such a long time, but I was really touched by their actions (: While MK and Nancy were making their speeches, they actually started to cry.... I was just left speechless, couldn't help by tear too. I think if I wasn't feeling so tense about being the centre of attention, I'd have cried too. It was one of the most intense moments I've ever experienced.
The stuff they said in their speeches were so honest and sincere.. I can't believe I've made such a great group of friends. Each of them so loving and non-judging. It's true what they say, no matter how cliche it may be. It's like finding precious jewels when you find true friends. They are so rare and valuable. Thank God for bringing them into my life (:-------------------------------------------------------------------
Here are pics from the birthday party Zac and I had at the beach.
It was a blast (:
Franny the alco.
Ouser & UOP
Alfie Strange!
The only person who actually dared to swim in the water with me (:
Everyone else was too pussy. Haha!
The weirdest angle for a group picture,
I have to say.
HAHA.
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Sometimes people say it's just concidence,
but I chose to believe it's answered prayer (:
So I'm praising God.
The past 2 weeks I've been really stressing about fundraising for the Summer Project happening at the end of this year. I kept worrying about how I was going to call people up to actually ask if they wanted to support me and stuff. Thoughts about people rejecting me were just too much for me to take (sounds so emo. LOL!). I kept stressing about the fact that God wasn't going to come through for me.
Initially, I figured that if I couldn't raise $1200, my parents would still be able to pay the amount I couldn't raise. I even asked my parents if they were ok with that. They said they were more than happy to.
But deep down I wanted the money to come from a source I didn't expected it to come from. If the money came from my parents, or myself, it would've have built my faith at all. I needed to see God in the midst of it; I needed to see something special happen that would blow me away.
3 nights ago, I struggled with it to a point that I couldn't even sleep. I just felt so horrible for not trusting in God to provide. I knew that God promised to provide, as long as it was according to His will. What I've come to realise is that knowing is very different from believing. It's so similar that sometimes they can be mistakened for the same thing. But believing is a lot more powerful than just knowing. If I believe that God wanted the best for me and would give me all that I needed, why did I feel so unsettled about fundraising?
Basically.. I prayed. I prayed for peace and for God to show me that He was right in the middle of this. That I had no reason to worry or to stress about anything. God kept telling me to just let go of all these insecurities and to just let Him take control.
Well... it turned out that friends I didn't expect to be THAT enthusiastic and joyful to give, were more than happy to support me (: They were even sorry they couldn't give me more, not realising the amount they had given was really appreciated.
Last night, God went way past my expectations. Someone, I shall leave unnamed, gave me a total sum of $600. She said $500 was for the project and $100 was for me to be blessed by it. I was just like... 0.0 TOTALLY, UTTERLY SPEECHLESS. There are not many moments in life where I'm just left dumbfounded in amazement. This was one such life-changing moment.
She wrote in a note:
Store up treasures where none can destroy
and leave the rest for the moths.
The Lord is well pleased with you.
Nothing I can say on my blog will describe how God, as well as this friend, has touched my life. It has made me take a step back and think about the way I've been stewarding my resources.
God is good. No doubt about it.
Sometimes people say it's just concidence,
but I chose to believe it's answered prayer (:
So I'm praising God.
The past 2 weeks I've been really stressing about fundraising for the Summer Project happening at the end of this year. I kept worrying about how I was going to call people up to actually ask if they wanted to support me and stuff. Thoughts about people rejecting me were just too much for me to take (sounds so emo. LOL!). I kept stressing about the fact that God wasn't going to come through for me.
Initially, I figured that if I couldn't raise $1200, my parents would still be able to pay the amount I couldn't raise. I even asked my parents if they were ok with that. They said they were more than happy to.
But deep down I wanted the money to come from a source I didn't expected it to come from. If the money came from my parents, or myself, it would've have built my faith at all. I needed to see God in the midst of it; I needed to see something special happen that would blow me away.
3 nights ago, I struggled with it to a point that I couldn't even sleep. I just felt so horrible for not trusting in God to provide. I knew that God promised to provide, as long as it was according to His will. What I've come to realise is that knowing is very different from believing. It's so similar that sometimes they can be mistakened for the same thing. But believing is a lot more powerful than just knowing. If I believe that God wanted the best for me and would give me all that I needed, why did I feel so unsettled about fundraising?
Basically.. I prayed. I prayed for peace and for God to show me that He was right in the middle of this. That I had no reason to worry or to stress about anything. God kept telling me to just let go of all these insecurities and to just let Him take control.
Well... it turned out that friends I didn't expect to be THAT enthusiastic and joyful to give, were more than happy to support me (: They were even sorry they couldn't give me more, not realising the amount they had given was really appreciated.
Last night, God went way past my expectations. Someone, I shall leave unnamed, gave me a total sum of $600. She said $500 was for the project and $100 was for me to be blessed by it. I was just like... 0.0 TOTALLY, UTTERLY SPEECHLESS. There are not many moments in life where I'm just left dumbfounded in amazement. This was one such life-changing moment.
She wrote in a note:
Store up treasures where none can destroy
and leave the rest for the moths.
The Lord is well pleased with you.
Nothing I can say on my blog will describe how God, as well as this friend, has touched my life. It has made me take a step back and think about the way I've been stewarding my resources.
God is good. No doubt about it.
