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Stuff to keep me company

Gonna spend my weekend in Singapore 

for the first time as of Semester 2

Give Back

Will anybody comprehend

how have you been good to me

how much you have blessed me with

certainly I cannot understand

why your love for me

and how you do it

Please keep me from forgetting

never allow I to be nine with leprosy

I owe you four months of rain

now accept my little pail

for of all that you give me

a tenth I will give to you

© Joel Yap

Yes!

Today I feel good because I did something. It feels really good!

You do not need to know what I did, but everyone needs to know the importance of keeping promises. Your word represents yourself, and you need to keep your word in order that people can find you trustworthy. So do not make promises you cannot or are not ready to keep.

I did something that made me really happy and I just need to shout it out.
Appreciating the privilege and ability to give, embraced the opportunity to keep a promise.

iPod (no) Touch

If you were to own an iPod Touch, you basically have your music, emails, Facebook, Twitter, various games and apps literally at your finger tips. But if the touch screen function is disabled, you have nothing!

I have nothing! What's the use of an iPod Touch when it doesn't respond to your touching?

Technologies cannot be trusted. Haha! No matter how fascinating something appears to be, you just need a backup plan. Anything can go wrong.

Having read about faults in other Apple products besides experiencing it on a personal level, I have come to a little conclusion that, at the moment, only the Macbooks are good. Thus I shall give up on Apple for now.

iAm not the way, the truth and the life.

Be careful what you ask

We are always in need, we are always in want. But be careful what you ask for because you never know when you'll get it.

Around two years ago I was in National Service, wanted to get out so badly that I went round looking for mosquitoes to bite me just so that I could get dengue fever. "Dear God, will You please send an Aedes mosquito from heaven to rescue me," I prayed.

Lo and behold that prayer was answered this week. Having a fever for about half a week and my blood test reports positive for dengue fever.
Of all times, why now?
Semester 2 begins on Monday and I am down with dengue fever now?

Should have 'cancelled' that prayer after National Service ended.
Or maybe it is by fate that I took a look at a glimpse of how efficient our government's healthcare service is. By the way I do not require hospitalisation but need to report for blood test daily. Today was the first time I went to a government clinic and I walked out of it in frustration. They thought they were playing soccer, refering me from counter to counter back and fourth! Not going there anymore.

Government services are supposed to benefit the public, period.

Light writing?

Saw this tutorial video long before I got my Nikon D90, so "light writing" was one of the first things I attempted once I got the chance. It worked, looking forward to do it better.

Also looking forward to do more!

Call of Duty

I don't play the entitled video game though I know it is quite good, with excellent graphics and sound.

Have just been thinking about the word "duty".
Every person in this world, I believe, was created with a plan to fulfill. Each and everyone of us have a calling, a purpose to serve.

A long term/ big picture calling that requires many steps of faith is what many are interested in in their lives and they go about searching for it. I have at this point of time taken my first step in answering mine in the mission of healthcare. Not absolutely sure that I should be doing what I intend to do in the near future, forever. I shall do it with gladness and perseverance nonetheless.

Besides that "great" calling, there are also stuff that all should generally do. Simple things like taking care of whatever we have? After all we don't really own what we own, rite?
Right now my purpose in holiday life is to rest well and prepare for the coming semester. Besides that, I find it necessary to commit to family. You know, being home where your friends are is nice. You miss them, they miss you, most of us are free to drive around and hang out together. I'm warning myself not to neglect my family. It's not a very easy thing to do though.
Today I sent mommy to work and picked her up for lunch, then picked sister from school and brought her to lunch on the way home. In doing these I find a sense of satisfaction, serving my family as well as being a responsible steward of a car. And if, just if, I can, I might prepare dinner before mom and dad come home.

Not attempting to boast here, but I just need to write these down so as to have a reference or reminder when I start to fail in being a dutiful son and brother.

A man must take care of his family. I do not have an income yet, but there are many ways to contribute to the family.

Counting On Your Name | worshipcentral

Worship Central, monthly, shares a new song with provided lyrics and chords, by various artistes. Few of my favourites were among the songs too. And their new song for this month is Counting On Your Name by Tim Hughes.

(verse 2)

My life is built nothing less

Than Your faithfulness

Your faithfulness

Counting on Christ and Christ alone

I’m hoping in You

Hoping in You

I find this song very well-written, with good and simple lyrics, started to like it by the time I first listened!
The piano parts during the bridge is what I like most about this song, very nice!! Tim Hughes writes good songs.