the sound of faith

Saturday, December 30, 2006

oceans will part

if my heart has grown cold, there your love will unfold.

as you open my eyes to the work of your hand,

when im blind to my way,

there your spirit will pray,

as you open my eyes to the work of your hand,

as you open my eyes to the work of your hand.

oceans will part, nations come,

at the whisper of your call.

hope will rise, glory shown,

in my life, your will be done.

present sufferings may pass, Lord your mercy will last,

as you open my eyes to the work of your hand.

AND my heart will find praise,

i'll DELIGHT in your way,

as you open my eyes to the work of your hand.

Jesus, dear lord, please open my eyes to the work of your hand

-hillsong ; mighty to save

9:57 AM

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Christmas isn't Christmas

'Til it happens in your heart.
Somewhere deep inside you
Is where Christmas really starts
So give your heart to Jesus
You'll discover when you do

That it's Christmas

Really Christmas for you.

Jesus brings you warmth

like a winter fire
A light like a candle's glow.
He's waiting now to come inside
as he did so long ago.

Jesus brings gifts of truth and light
And makes them bloom and grow.
So welcome Him with a song of joy
And when He comes, you'll know...

That Christmas isn't Christmas

'Til it happens in your heart
Somewhere deep inside you
Is where Christmas really starts.

So give your heart to Jesus.
You'll discover when you do
That it's Christmas; really Christmas

REALLY Christmas, really Christmas for you.

this chrismas has been a meaningful one, i cant put everyone's picture up, cos i didnt get to take pictures with all the special people that made a huge differnce in life, but you all must know that you've all been a major blessing! from mighty to save, to wage dolls, from sweaters, to cushions, from lipgloss to cookies, from photoalbums to photographs to photo stands, from plushies, FINGER PUPPETS! to THINGS YET UNKNOWN, i absoulutely love it all. EVERYCARD brings tears, and every word would be cherished. i know it sounds mad, but im bringing them all over with me! i'll miss you all! argg.

im glad for ivan's party yest. it was a fun time with bestfriend and i sitting on similar giant eggs. and sik,bobin, ivee, charis and i winning CRANIUM. GREEN ROCKS. mmmhmm! to think we thought we were gonna loose and were almost prepared to have a funeral service conducted by the oh-so-famous pope. it was time well spent with the rocking people of fl. (:

thanks ivan!

7:14 PM

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Monday, December 25, 2006

OKAY, first up, SALVATION IS HERE!

i was playing for worship, dancing, and sharing a testimony.

definitely not what i expected.

firstly, i REMEMBER telling nat i was dancing for it like a long time ago, secondly, i thought he mass send the whole worship min that there was worship prac. I DIDNT know it was only those who were SUPPOSED to play -.-

cos i figured that he knew i was dancing!

and the testimony thing was only confirmed the day before the rehearsal!

and the dance, well, i told yan that i might not be able to dance REALLY gracefully and what not! ANYHOW, i didnt know it would be THAT hard until the rehearsal day, when driel jake , and everyone else was sitting there, staring at me, and i was like, HUH, I AM SUPPOSED TO DANCE!

i felt so out of place, and badly wanted to run of, in fact ive felt that a million times, even during practices, but i didnt wanna just give up cos i didnt like feeling uncomfortable, and it would be TERRIBLY irresponsible to back out. even if it were 2 weeks before, to me that is. SO i stuck on. the worst comment was by judy. made me wanna just die. but ANYHOW, it was just the fear of everything and i really didnt wanna dance AT ALL. but thanks to abby min yan calida beckie becky, it was quite okay, cos they were REALLY supportive. like really really, telling me i could do it and all that during the rehearsal and final practices.

THEN SAT CAME,

AND WE PRAYED LIKE MAD.

daffy was praying for me, nana too. i was so scared i kept asking daffy to pray for me, but she also did without me bugging her too! awfully sweet darling!

and thanks to the awesome awesome PEOPLE, being behind me,

princess, WONNY, jake, quahdebwah, natty, daffy, dan, glenn, ivee jlc

:D

i guess it was a WHOLE lot better than the rehearsals.

mei jans nana, said so, MMM. i just thank god for pulling me throught THAT.

and during worship, i KNOW we had a feel mistakes,

but GLORY GOES TO GOD in the end!

THE WHOLE TEAM ROCKED (:

WHEEEEEEEE(:

and i thankgod for everyone! for natt too! for starting worship bible study, has brought new deeper rooted friends! I figured, after going through salvation is here,

with GOD,i can overcome anything. like TOTALLY.

i really really love this picture, i only have one copy of it, cos nat gave it to us for christmas, so i took a picture of it (: CHEATER'S method but who cares! its sat's band with the media team (:
we make a good picture! YAY, im definitely framing it up in aussie(:

4:41 PM

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Friday, December 22, 2006

who needs diamonds when you've got friends like this!

thankyouall for being so sweet. touched beyond words. blessed beyond the curse.
MMMHMM.

PRINCESS, DRIEL, DEBSDEBS, JAKE, MIN, YAN, ABBY, GRACE, BECKYLIM, DAFFY NANA DANIELLE JANSEN

long thankyou speech ahead, avoid reading the repetitive thankyous, cos im really grateful to each and everyone of you! seriously!

thankyou princess for waiting! and being really sweet! thankyouthankyou thankyou! for all the encouragements and just caring and all the msgs!

driel (: wonny! i'll think of walter, no worries. thanks for beeing sucha BUDD. RHHH. for the words of wisdom the hugs and the knowing wad's going on, and for making me feel better! and waiting of course!

debsdebds(: your HUGG. YOUR TIME means alot dearest dingdong! thankyou for being my version 2! I LOVEYA!

jake hahah, thanks for making me laugh, or trying to make me laugh! and for making me seem like im a pro when you do alot better! and doing ur groovy moves, and just making it all seem like IT ISNT THAT BAD!

MIN! thanks for being there when im down, when i feel like kissing the wall! and helping me be girly and graceful and whatnot! thanks for coming esp early to help me! and for your never ceasing patience!

YAN! :D you've been awesome! with your fantastic amount of patience and encouragement! thankyou. and its really nice being ur mummy :) for the msgs, hugs and EVERYTHING. YAN!words cant express enough! but you must feel my huge amount of gratitude right!! (:

LITTLE GRACE, THANKS FOR GOING OVER THE SAME STEPS AGAIN AND AGAIN. for your presence and laughter and going I LOVE YOU BENNETT. hahahahah. LOVE(:

becky, you're so sweet! THANKS for your patience too! and the lessons to be gentle.(: and your guidance and being sweet!

ABBY ABBY ABBY! RHHH. you've been nothing but awesome! with the msgs too, and the hugs and the terribly encouraging, knocking-senses-into-my-head look on stage during rehersals, and the FOOD, and the laughter, and the PINK-ness of everything, SO ABBY! (: THANKYOU ABBYLICIOUS! i must say you rock my greeen socks till it knocks of jocks! WHA, it rhymes!

DAFFY NANA DANIELLE, THANKYOU THANKYOU> for your presence most beloved! thanks for your prayers and telling me it'll be fine, IM GLAD YOU GUYS ARE HERE TOGET, SALVATION IS HERE!

thankyouthankyouthankyou all again!:) much hugs and kisses, and countless thankyous, but im sorry i dont know any other word to express my thanks to all you people who've been such a bigg blessing! may GOD BLESS YOU MERRY GENTLEMAN!

11:54 PM

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Thursday, December 21, 2006

colleenybaby is back! for some time perhaps, but we've all been so busy.
being busy kills. i could only spend like 3 hrs with darius on monday. cos of xrays, visa-application, medical checkup, whatsoever.

tues was dance, weds was with driel, long-due chrismas shopping day. everyday from now till salvation is here, would be spent on dance, and AMAZINGLY, i didnt know i was playing for worship. so HAH. something else added to THE list of buzzing buzzing. ROBIN would be home in like 16 hours or smth. i cant count properly. but i should think so. I DONT HAVE A CAR RIDE, so i dont think i'll go ): nian, drool and all of us got the date mixed up with tmr night, robin has lousy explanation skills, :D

never mind that. nat told me to write a short testimony on how GOD has changed MY life. and i dont even have time to sit down and think. not that i have to think, but judy has like told me PREPARATION is REALLEH impt. and its quite hard to think cos i might have to share right down to the PAST details, and ppl whom i hope wont hear wad i might say, would definitely hear what i might say.

YEA. im blabbering cos being busy kills.

and colleenybaby, said this in her blog.

truly, our lives are so alone, how seperate our lives are, and how no one else will ever truly understand our thoughts, how amazingly close yet far people may be.

___________(insert short no-harm curse word here, eg. PINEAPPLE). im late for piano lesson.

DEAR LORD, I PRAY YOU'D JUST HELP ME WITH DANCE. I PRAY MY LEGS WILL FLIP TOTALLY STRAIGHT REALLY NICELY! AND EVERYTHING WILL GO WELL. :( PLEASE.

OH, GODPAH'S COMING HOME TODAY TOO. YAY :))))))))))))

8:28 AM

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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

http://multimedia.asiaone.com.sg/2006revamp/vodcast/2006/11/16b/story.html

http://multimedia.asiaone.com.sg/2006revamp/vodcast/2006/11/18a/story.html

check this 2 doulos- related videos out (:
one clip is with sarina, the swiss girl who was on my church team(: and i did ballooon art with her! in 5 mins, i had to overcome the goosebumps i'd get! thank god i accomplished it!

another clip has jiaminzheeei's short kinda testimony. MMMHMM. really short.

ive been missing the ship alot, which is highly weird! i miss the ship's company. ):
ive never really wanted anything THIS badly before.

anyhow's i kinda hinted to mummy that i would go on the ship after i finish studying.
:D

HINT does not equate to approval but.

the future's not for us to see. anyway, logos hope would be fine too, i guess. MMHMM.

icant wait for 4 years to pass and for MYSELF to grow up and earn enough money to go on OM's ship. cant wait(:

7:53 PM

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Sunday, December 17, 2006

the pope wants the world to know that, HE IS COMING BACK TO SPORE.
we are estimating to receive his royalty at : 12.30am on 22nd of dec.
do dress in purple robes and hail pandan leaves or rotten pineapples whichever you prefer.

tgnubnub, his cheapthrill dong dong of a pope guard has a blog. in dairy land. how sweet. oh and im sure he is out to rule the world! with his cam hor-ing and supposed chickmagnet poses.

dong dong.

(:

11:37 PM

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HELLO WORLD! (: im back! and really pleased to be back cos there are actually people who are pleased to see me! SUCHA HAPPY FEELING!

helps soothe the sadness a little.
i'll blog more and post pictures next time, when im less sad and when things work out more.

i miss godpah): godpah's in kl on business trip. i miss him alot. ):
the feeling of everything is so overwhelming.
EVERYTHING.
i think i'll miss godpa more than anything.

im not used to this.
the waves all crashing at the same time.
gramps is in hospital, and he doesnt even recognise me. HE DOESNT EVEN KNOW IM MANDAAA. ):

he tells me to go away, and that he wants to sleep cos he's really sleepy. he cant open his right eye cos its swollen. his arm is bandaged up, and he cant move his legs. he's alot thinner and he's got no more hair):

and they only called me in the evening. SIGH.

all i want for christmas is you.

7:56 PM

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Monday, December 11, 2006

BACK FROM SYC!
stupid peak hours cost so much. 7 bucks to come home from church!
rushed home to apply for my visa, but something HAPPENED. so now im stuck waiting.

i feel rather at peace.
thou the commotion at home is crazy.

maybe's cos of all the alter calls. (:

ANYHOW. im gonna say WAHLAUEH.

siqs and i got 1982859394928 idiotic spots on our tights and hands and knees and calves!
VERY UGVY! not to mention ITCHY!
mummy was like grumbling that i'd fail my medical examination cos of the crazy spots; and i wld not be granted visa.
LIKEREAL.

RAHH!

sikhi, was my group leader BTW. sophhhaye, stefan, JOSHTAY, abbyjaredisabelCAMPCOMMANDANTgjy,cephiaanddavid.

the craziest was doing some LEOPARD CRAWL in some unknown field that the guys play soccer at on sundays. I WAS SUPER. negative about it. seriously. it was pointless to me. i mean if i were to work my ass of on smth for a good cause, hey, NO COMPLAINS.

but i was really frickin ticked of by having to crawl the whole length of what seemed like 1039582metres. so i guessed thats why i was whiny.
MMMHMMM. :/
anyhows, ben was really nice (: and so was likea million other people!

that was the LOW point of the whole camp. the high point was everything else. restoration of friendships, healing, tongues(: , faith, trust, hope, one body, one baptism, stargazing with quahdebwah. ( I SAW A FALLING STAR AGAIN! but this one's alot shorter than the one i saw on the ship, and it moved faster!) learning to play better- in a way. [jake,wonny,joanne,soph,] being very encouraging thou all i did was seemingly insignificant. i thank god for alot. all these wonderful mates and their terribly funny and entertaining acts. i thank god for nat too. i think its a blessing being called a dingdong. cos debsdebs is like version 2.

anyhows. other than the weird bites on my body, and BEING SUNBURNT! and bombed like mad, SYC was good. i learned alot from alot of people. im glad stefan was in my grp. he was josh's secret pal, and he bought josh a dragon fruit. i thought that was so hilarious! he's a REAL authentic humble pie! and sounds alot like driel! LIKE SOPHAYE, YOU AGREE!?

anyhow, will edit soon. AM SO SLEEPY.

God's presence was so mightily amazing yesterday night.

10:09 AM

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Thursday, December 07, 2006

i had the strangest conversation yesterday.

driel(WONNY) and deborah and jake and dan and i were walking. and wonny and deborah were talking bout AGAPE, about being in the same group, and so on,

then jake said : i was from dilecto (:

and i thought, " how come that sounds like my group? isnt that MY group name???"

and that was what i kindof said aloud, AND then jake and i talked about ppl in our grp like terminator, josh, selene, ETC. . we knew everybody and everythingg that happened in the grp. just the fact that WE were in the same group.

so strange huh?

SO anyway, SYC'S TMR! so exciting! (: i cant wait to see who's in my grp! :D

and i dont think im gonna get better :(
stupid timtams keep tempting me. RAHHHHH.
how to go holiday when u're sick!

4:56 PM

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Monday, December 04, 2006

OK. feast your eyes on all the ULTRA adorable kids of vbc this year. :D
RAHH. LUCAS. he is so adorable lar! esp when he calls u zheeeizheei!

debdebs and i thought he was so cute! i mean, there were LOADS of cute kids, hahah. i thank GOD debs was in my group too! and i have TOTALLY no idea how our group won second placing, but we did anyhow. WHOO. IMPACT WARRIORS!

and some kids really grew up in one year! like GREW. TSK. darius has grown so much. last year, he was just this chubby cute INNOCENT quiet boy, that when u asked him anything he'll go, " i dunno, ask manda."

BUT NOW!

darius, has become so skinny!

and he brought along his tow of family. tengyaw denzel danyon, and denzel's brother.

tengyaw's the one in yellow, and denzel's the one beside him. tengyaw's like the most decent of the lot! and im amaze that he sing and dance thou darius denzel and danyon all so act cool. (: that's wad amazes me. denzel's so small, but IS so LOUD. he looks so blur everytime u take his picture. hahaha. denzel's really cute too! he always swears to god, and ask me whether i wanna bet. TSK. 9 year olds.

ok more kids. THEY were imitating smallguo and his 'touche rocks' hand sign. WHATEVER. WHATEVER GUO. then the other 3 pictures are kids from IMPACT. daryll, conelieus, JORDAN, bryan, and JON. another fast-speaking-trash-talking kid. (:the girls in my room asked people to sign their shirt, and TEOGUONIAN, signed touche rocks. like. . . *ROLLS EYES*

anyhow, check out the pastor, he looks like jackneo right!

but he says they are not related, which i still dont buy. YUPP. so that's all!

vbc was a blast. the kids were so awesome. the games could've been better, but OH WELLS. they had fun. (:

2:38 PM

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