Happy Easter

Hi.. Happy Easter to all of you



It is raining outside... Such a wonderful feeling.
Holidays past so quickly...

Yesterday I attended Holy Saturday service at GPBB. The drama was titled "Standing Alone". It was about Joseph's life journey which is full of trials and struggles.
Great performance, great choir, great songs...
Trust His Heart is one of the songs that I like most from the whole performance. It is good as a reminder when you feel discouraged in life... Just pressed on.. cause God has a best plan laid for you...
Wish you all a great day..

Trust His Heart
Cynthia Clausen

All things work for our good
though sometimes we can't see how they could.
Struggles that break our hearts in two
sometimes blind us to the truth.
Our Father knows what's best for us;
His ways are not our own.
So, when your pathway grows dim,
and you just can't see Him,
Remember He's still on the throne.

God is too wise to be mistaken.
God is too good to be unkind.
So when you don't understand,
when you don't see His plan,
When you can't trace His hand, trust His heart.

He sees the Master plan.
He holds the future in His hands.
So don't live as those who have no hope.
All our hope is found in Him.
We walk in present knowledge,
but He sees the first and the last.
And like a tapestry, He's weaving you and me
to someday be just like Him.

God is too wise to be mistaken.
God is too good to be unkind.
So when you don't understand,
when you don't see His plan,
When you can't trace His hand, trust His heart

Happy Good Friday

Hi

Happy Good Friday all..


When I Say

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin'"
I'm whispering "I was lost",
Now I'm found and forgiven.

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble
and need CHRIST to be my guide.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak
and need HIS strength to carry on.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed
and need God to clean my mess.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible
but, God believes I am worth it.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I still feel the sting of pain,
I have my share of heartaches
So I call upon His name.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner
who received God's good Grace, somehow.

I was reminded once again that God is so good......
Have a good day to all of you..

New Fish

Hii...
Good morning all..
Yesterday my roomate bought 3 cute fishes. I don't know what's the type of the fish, but the body is silver, orange with a few black stripes.



Finally the aquarium above our fridge is not empty anymore :).

As you know during my 23rd birthday, I got a red and blue fighting fish as a birthday present from my friends.
It has been living in a cute aquarium above our refrigerator for around 1 and 1/2 years. However, for some reason, the fish died.

Well, we have tried our best to keep it alive. We have mixed the water with some medicine, put a little bit of salt to kill germs(this advice is from my mum). My roomate even searched the web to see what people usually do to cure the sick fish.
We didn't bring the fish to the doctor for sure :) (Anyway, I don't think the vet will accept my fish as his/her patient).

But in the end it still died.
The aquarium has been emptied since that day.

Heheheh anyway now we can see a few fishes (instead of one) swimming around everytime we open our fridge :).

Have a good day everyone. And happy Maundy Thursday.

Edited: Now I know the fish name is Tiger Barbs. Thanks to Rav :).

The Matchless Pearl

Salvation is free but it is not cheap :)

THE MATCHLESS PEARL
-- Author Unknown

David Morse - American missionary to India - became great friends there with the pearl-diver, Rambhau. Many an evening he spent in Rambhau's cabin reading to him from the Bible, and explaining to him God's way of salvation.

Rambhau enjoyed listening to the Word of God, but whenever the missionary tried to get Rambhau to accept Christ as his Savior - he would shake his head and reply, "Your Christian way to heaven is too easy for me! I cannot accept it. If ever I should find admittance to heaven in that manner - I would feel like a pauper there...like a beggar who has been let in out of pity. I may be proud - but I want to deserve, I want to earn my place in heaven -- and so I am going to work for ! it."

Nothing the missionary could say seemed to have any effect on Rambhau's decision, and so quite a few years slipped by. One evening, however, the missionary heard a knock on his door, and on going to open it he found Rambhau there.

"Come in, dear friend," said Morse.

"No," said the pearl-diver. "I want you to come with me to my house, Sahib, for a short time -- I have something to show you. Please do not say 'No'."

"Of course I'll come," replied the missionary. As they neared his house, Rambhau said: "In a week's time I start working for my place in heaven; I am leaving for Delhi -- and I am going there on my knees."

"Man, you are crazy! It's nine hundred miles to Delhi, and the skin will break on your knees, and you will have blood-poisoning or leprosy before you get to Bombay."

"No, I must get to Delhi," affirmed Rambhau, "and the immortals will reward me for it! The suffering will be sweet - for it will purchase heaven for me!"

"Rambhau, my friend - you can't. How can I bear you to do it - when Jesus Christ has suffered and died to purchase heaven for you!"

But the old man could not be moved. "You are my dearest friend on earth, Sahib Morse. Through all these years you have stood by me in sickness, in want - you have been sometimes my only friend. But even you cannot turn me from my ! desire to purchase eternal bliss...I must go to Delhi!"

Inside the hut Morse was seated in the very chair Rambhau had specially built for him - where on so many occasions he had read to him the Bible.

Rambhau left the room to return soon with a small but heavy English strongbox. "I have had this box for years," said he, "and I keep only one thing in it. Now I will tell you about it, Sahib Morse. I once had a son..."

"A son! Why, Rambhau, you have never before said a word about him!"

"No, Sahib, I couldn't." Even as he spoke the diver's eyes were moistened.

"Now I must tell you, for soon I will leave, and who knows whether I shall ever return? My son was a diver too. He was the best pearl diver on the coasts of India. He had the swiftest dive, the keenest eye, the strongest arm, the longest breath of any man who ever sought for pearls.

What joy he brought to me! Most pearls, as you know, have some defect or blemish only the expert can discern, but my boy always dreamed of finding the 'perfect' pearl - one beyond all that was ever found. One day he found it! But even when he saw it - he had been under water too long... That pearl cost him his life, for he died soon after."

The old pearl diver bowed his head. For a moment his whole body shook, but there was no sound. "All these years," he continued, "I have kept this pearl - but now I am going, not to return, and to you, my best friend - I am giving my pearl."

The old man worked the combination on the strongbox and drew from it a ca! refully wrapped package. Gently opening the cotton, he picked up a mammoth pearl and placed it in the hand of the missionary.

It was one of the largest pearls ever found off the coast of India, and glowed with a luster and brilliance never seen in cultured pearls. It would have brought a fabulous sum in any market.

For a moment the missionary was speechless and gazed with awe. "Rambhau! What a pearl!"

"That pearl, Sahib, is perfect," replied the Indian quietly. The missionary looked up quickly with a new thought: Was not this the very opportunity and occasion he had prayed for - to make Rambhau understand the value of Christ's sacrifice? So he said, designedly, "Rambhau, this is a wonderful pearl, an amazing pearl. Let me buy it. I would ! give you ten thousand dollars for it."

"Sahib! What do you mean?"

"Well, I will give you fifteen thousand dollars for it, or if it takes more - I will work for it."

"Sahib," said Rambhau, stiffening his whole body, "this pearl is beyond price. No man in all the world has money enough to pay what this pearl is worth to me. On the market a million dollars could not buy it. I will not sell it to you. You may only have it as a gift."

"No, Rambhau, I cannot accept that. As much as I want the pearl, I cannot accept it that way. Perhaps I am proud, but that is too easy. I must pay for it, or work for it..."

The old pearl-diver was stunned. "You don't understand at all, Sahib. Don't you see. My only son gave his life to get this pearl, and I wouldn't sell it for any money. Its worth is in the life-blood of my son. I cannot sell this - but I can give it to you. Just accept it in token of the love I bear you."

The missionary was choked, and for ! a moment could not speak. Then he gripped the hand of the old man. "Rambhau," he said in a low voice, "don't you see? My words are just what you have been saying to God all the time."

The diver looked long and searchingly at the missionary, and slowly, slowly he began to understand. "God is offering you salvation as a free gift," said the missionary. "It is so great and priceless that no man on earth can buy it. Millions of dollars are too little. No man on earth could earn it. His life would be millions of years too short. No man is good enough to deserve it. It cost God the life-blood of His only Son to make the entrance for you into heaven. In a million years, in a hundred pilgrimages, you could not earn that entrance. All you can do is to accept it as a token of God's love for you - a sinner.

"Rambhau, of course I will accept the pearl in deep humility, praying God that I may be worthy of your love. Rambhau, won't you accept God's great gift of heaven, too, in de! ep humility, knowing it cost Him the death of His Son to offer it to you?"
Great tears were now rolling down the cheeks of the old man. The veil was beginning to lift. "Sahib, I see it now. I have believed in the doctrine of Jesus for the last two years, but I could not believe that His salvation was free. Now I understand. Some things are too priceless to be bought or earned. Sahib, I will accept His salvation!"

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16 KJV

IA Outing

Finally we had IA outing after lots of emails, cancelled date, etc etc.

Yesterday 9 of us went to Marche for dinner.
Each of us ordered one food and shared it. After dinner, I still feel hungry.. :S.
Hehehe we should choose the food with big portion but instead, some of us chose a very small portion of food, such as a piece of salmon, a very spicy stingray fish.. hehehe can you imagine, we divided a small piece of salmon into 9 pieces..

We chat, exchanged phone numbers and compared. Compared what? Heheheh compare salary lah, size lah (Some people looks much2x fatter, some looks thinner and some are still the same...:p)... people really like to compare.(heheh my English sounds very Singlish this time).

After dinner, we took pictures in front of Marche. At first we would like to take it in front of the MARCHE banner. However the waiter didn't allow us. So we took pictures with the cow near the entry counter.

E-filing for Income Tax

I really don't know what happens with the e-filing system for income tax.
I have been trying to go to http://mytax.iras.gov.sg for almost 45 minutes.

But it always gives me this error and that error.
I hope the government will do something to it... gee.
I will try again tommorow...........
Nitezz..

Three Grand Essentials to Happiness

It's been a very busy week for me. My company are going to release software this afternoon.
Hopefully there are not much bugs this time.

Trying to find a little bit of happiness in the mid of distress :)
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.
by Joseph Adison

I think it's true. One of my church friend went to Maldives to help the tsunami victim.
He went there to help them built their houses. Well, he mentioned that the real condition were worse than mentioned in newspapers and news.
The people were losing their love ones, houses, money, basically almost everything.
They had no hope to continue on living.

On the first day, the church team started to built their houses, and the locals were just staying at the beach, looking at the waves.
They didn't help at all.
Well may be they didn't care about their future anymore.

After sometimes, the houses were half built, they were started to see the wall, the window, the roof.
And funny thing is, the locals suddenly started to help the team.
So the progress became faster. May be they see a beacon of hope and the love from the foreign help.
Anyway life must go on......
Yes, life must go on :).

I Sleep Too Much

Today I sleep too much.

I take a nap at around 4 pm and wake up around 7.45 pm. That's almost 4 hours.
I was very shock when I looked at my alarm clock.
Gee..

I think I really need to control my sleep... heheh...
I hope I will be able to sleep tonight... :)
Gnitezz..

It's Been a Busy Week

This week Singapore weather is quite cool compared to the last few months. I feel so glad. Finally the rain comes.

However , it's been such a busy week for me.
On Wednesday I attended 3G Telephony Seminar presented by one of my boss from US.
He purposely came to Singapore to speak at the seminar organised by IDA. I get free tea break, free lunch and afternoon tea(that's the best part from all :p ).
The seminar is held at I2R. Yeah my IA company last time.
I missed those good old days, where all NTU and NUS students went out together.
Yeah, during my IA, there are quite a lot of students from NTU and NUS having IA at the same time.
They are very friendly. The NUS students brought us tour around NUS, visited all their canteen and tried different food everyday.
We are still keeping in touch until now :)

On Thursday morning Singapore time my technical manager who is in Spain told me that there is some problem with the installer that I built for our product.
Actually the problem lies long time ago. The problem happens on part which is created by my ex-colleague (He is a part time employee doing master at NUS and quit a few months ago because of his exam).
This problem only happens in Spain.. hehehe. When I asked him what is the error. My boss answered, "Titin, the error is in Spain", glek... how to solve.
After some discussion, we found out the problem, so I quickly fixed it, built new installer and sent it to my boss in Spain.
I need to stay quite late to wait for my boss to test the installer as there are a few hours different between Singapore and Spain.
Thank God the installer is working :). So glad.

Have a great weekend all...