FrIeNdS ^.^V

Everyone needs a friend. For me, I need at least one. Someone to talk to when I face problems in life. Someone to treat me coffee sometimes. Someone to lend a listening ear to me. No man is an island, ya?

I have many friends but not all are kept in constant contact. Some of them are my primary school friends. They are already under the L.i.C group. Some are my secondary school, T.K.D, poly and NTU friends. Okay, they are under S.i.C group. Some are army friends. Greatest buddies whom we K.K.K together. Haha, they are under C.i.C group. The rest are my church friends whom are under A.i.C group. Great! Lots of friends but not for putting them under my Friendster account only. I do want to be in constant touch with them. Still got one last group which is the G.T.B.K.i.C. My colleagues. =)

How to keep in contact with friends? For me, I will sms them. Any smses will do. Can be encouraging ones, inspiring ones, silly ones, crappy ones, disturbing ones, chatting ones, etc. So if recently you have just received one of my smses, maybe take note that I am trying to K.i.C with you. Sometimes when I am bored, I will think of creative smses to send out.

There is one very important Friend in my life. Someone whom I always talk to when I faced problems in life. Someone whom will always lend His listening ear to me. He is my God. From 21 Oct 2001, I have acknowledged Him as my Friend. He has never left me since and in constant in touch with me. He has seen me through all things.

Do not feel guilty when you think that you have not lived out a good testimony for this Friend. Because He has never blamed you at all. He knew your heart and character. He does not want you to live in guilt. He wants you to be free. That’s why He is here today to show you the way back to Him and to free your chains. He took the initiative. He has shown by His actions not just His words. He has done His part as your Friend.

All He asks of you is whether you are willing to accept His Friendship. The answer can only be a ‘YES’ or ‘NO’. Check your heart today. If you are ready, put Him under your A.i.C group, ya?

Some acronyms for this entry:

L.i.C ~ Lost in Contact
T.K.D ~ Tae Kwon Do
S.i.C ~ Still in Contact
K.K.K ~ Keng & Keng & Keng
C.i.C ~ Constant in Contact
A.i.C ~ Always in Contact
G.T.B.K.i.C (This is a hard one!) ~ Going To Be Kept in Contact

一个礼拜的结束

一个礼拜就这么地过去了。
我真正要学习的是如何建立良好的人际关系。
这也是我能在公司传福音的第一步!

Mark of the Beast

Have you heard of this term, "Mark of the Beast"?

If you have not, feel free to click on this link: 666

Read to find out, Ask to learn, Respond with Action. =)

迎接星期一

我的星期一永远是白色的。
因为它是每个新工作周的开始嘛，所以对我而言它像一张白纸，是白色的。

明天就是星期一了。
就让我收拾心情回到工作岗位继续地为我的公司奋斗吧!

志胜，加油!!!

Message of the Bible

Do you want to know what is the one thing that stands out throughout the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation? What is the main message of the Bible? I will like to answer the first question with "The Attributes of God". That is the one thing that stands out throughout the entire Bible. The main message of the Bible is as shown in the figure above.

Before we discussed the figure, let us take some time to look through some of the verses in the Bible. We will only be looking at two books of the Bible namely, Genesis and Revelation.

Brothers and Sisters, look through these verses yourself and hear the message of God from His very Words. We can see from the figure that in the beginning, God is with Adam and Eve and together they are in the Garden of Eden with the Tree of Life. No sin is present. Adam and Eve are in perfect relationship with God. Sin enters in Genesis 3 and thereby man is corrupted by Satan and goes through a period with the presence of Sin. We can see this whole period is even right till today.

Then, there will be a period of seven years of tribulations. After that, Christ will come back again and rule the earth with all the Saints who are the Christians for one thousand years. Next, Satan will be released from captivity after the one thousand years to deceive the world before he is thrown into the lake of fire to be eternally destroyed. Eventually, eternity will kick in!

Is it exciting to know that God is the one who is always in control and He is the author of this amazing message? He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. And if you have realized, the beginning and the ending in the figure is the SAME.

How will you respond to this God who has already planned the great future of your soul? I know that I will be seeing His face again and fellowship with Him in eternity.

Will you like to join me?

God alone is my BOSS

My Work Principle

God is KING!

邪不能胜正。

A Week Well Spent

Learnt a lot, Experienced some.
Open Mind, Open Eyes... (yes, open eyes... very impt)

Mind Like a Sponge

AbSoRb, AbSoRb, AbSoRb...

Work for Needs, not for Wants

忙忙碌碌，只为生活一口饭。

Tomorrow “KUI GANG”

New chapter. New beginning. New challenges ahead.

Yes, I will be officially entering the workforce tomorrow. Things will definitely be changed somehow and I have to also adapt to these new changes, new people and new surroundings. I do not know how long will I need to adapt to my new life. The only practical thing which I can do and you can also do for me is to pray to our Lord and Father. The God of this universe. Although sad to say, many still do not know Him today.

Okay, let me make myself clear first right from the start. In this blog, I will never, never and yes, never write any entries regarding my work. It will be CONFIDENTIAL. Something like IMF in MI:III. Impossible Mission Force. All things are not to be revealed. Hence, do not ask me in this blog how is my work, okay? Thanks.

As I enter the workforce, please continue to pray for me in terms of relationships building with my superiors and colleagues. This is very important and crucial to me. Let me take up the role of a cultivator and prepare all my colleagues to trust me as a Christian.

091006 will always be a special date in my heart. Haha, at least that is the date of release for me documented down in my COS. Sisters, you can always feel free to sms me to ask me what is COS. And fellow brothers, yes you got it there. It is definitely not Company Orderly Sergeant. Haha! =)

My ORD gifts

The soccer clock on the left is given to me by my RQ while the MicroBank is given to me by my CQ. Thank you, Abba Father! Why? Because He has reminded me through my two superiors that I must be a good steward of the time and money that He has provided for me. =)

ORD or ROD?

Whatever it is, I am happy that I am granted the opportunity to serve my nation. Be it 2 years 4 months or 2 years only, I have served with pride. I am really glad that I have resumed my role as a civilian as of today. Glad not because I have finally finished my ‘ordeal’ with army but glad because I have concluded and done my part for the nation as I obeyed my call of duty to the Republic. I feel a sense of pride as I received my certificate of service together with that coveted sticker on my SAF 11B indicating that I am now officially a NSman.

ORD or ROD? To me, it really doesn’t matter much. In fact, I will be really happy if I only ORDed. This is because I will get to wear my No. 4 again and do my part to serve the nation again. This is so exciting. However, if I really RODed, I will just have to admit that it is all due to my shortcoming and I don’t blame anyone. All in all, if I am given the chance to serve my nation again, I will definitely do my best again.

2 years 4 months passed by in a flash. It seems like yesterday when I have gotten my new SAF 11B at BMTC School and today I have ORDed from army. It is really fast. Plus I was disrupted for three years for my studies before resuming my service again in late May this year. This last four months of my service is very memorable just like the previous two years when I was with my unit. In totality, I have learnt the importance of healthy working relationships with my colleagues and I must really continue this fostering of healthy working relationships as I enter the workforce starting next Monday.

Felt quite reluctant to leave my camp this evening. I did spent some two years plus in this camp and the sudden feeling of leaving it for good is quite sad. She has became like a good old friend to me and my permanent departure from her can really rekindle some fond memories that will forever be remembered in my mind even after many years.

National Service to me is not really a waste of time. In fact, I do feel that it is preparing me to face the real world outside. Although the society in the camp cannot really foreshadow what the society is really like in the outside world, it does give you a foretaste of what it is like to work with the different people from different race and background. One of my professors did ask my graduating cohort in NTU, “Are you ready for the world?” Today, I can answer him that I am ready for the world only after National Service.

This is the end of my national service journey. I can indeed identify with Paul in 2 Timothy 4: 6-7, “… the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”

National Service is over but this is just one small chapter in my entire life and if counted against eternity, it is nothing but just a drop of water in a full bucket. Let me continue the race for God and prove to Him that I am His good and faithful servant. Thank God for seeing me through everything. AMEN!

Patience, my friend, PATIENCE

Throughout this week, I just have to be patient. Patient with time. I have to be patient in waiting for my collection of my pink IC. Patience. Imagine I have to wait for one full week before getting it and resuming my role as a civilian. Patience. God is always there to train me in my patience. A good example is He would make sure that I will be waiting for the person I want to meet. Be it five minutes or an hour. I will be there waiting.

Of course, patience has other issues to be dealt with besides our time. Patience with people is also one area which I have to be trained by God. Oh yes, I will need a lot of this patience with people when I go out to work. How can I really be patient with people when I feel that people is always getting on my nerves? This will definitely takes much effort on my part. God, I will want to go that extra mile to be show patience to people. Give me the courage to do so.

Many times, when God wants to train you in something, He will purposely put you in that particular situation. For example, if He wants to train you in controlling your temper, He will definitely put you in situations where you will be really angry. Therefore, I know that if I want to develop patience, I will have to do one thing and that is to wait.

This whole week, I am waiting for my ORD. Tonight will be my last night till I ORD. Resuming my role as a civilian. Will I be able to give up all my army lingo? Will I stop behaving like a childish soldier?

就让我们拭目以待吧。

The 3 Dec 2006 Challenge

It is exactly two months away from my half-marathon run. I pray that I can complete this run with minimal walking. See you guys at the run if you are going, okay? =)

2nd Day of Rest

正所谓休息是为了要走更远的路，我现在步入我第二天的休息。

真要好好地休息一番。不然，我一定会后悔的。哈哈。。。

A Day of Little Breakthrough

Today is a day of little breakthrough for me as I practiced my guitar. Can you please pray for me so that God can give me wisdom, understanding and confidence in playing this instrument well?

I hope to be able to play well enough in order to lead in worship for cell group. My focus at the current moment will be really upon the cell and I pray to God that all my hard work and efforts will not go to waste.

It's 1 October!

Oh yes, October is here!

Had a great weekend and it was very fruitful indeed. Just yesterday, met up with three of my church mates and we went for a morning cycling trip. Can't believe that we actually cycled from Bishan to Esplanade. That was like very amazing. To add on for the bonus, I actually cycled from Sengkang to Bishan to meet up with them. Almost died man. =)

And after our cycling trip, I had to cycle back to church for my weekly tuition project. Upon finishing the tuition, I had to cycle back to my home in Sengkang. It was a whole day affair with cycling. Not calling it a day yet, I have to lead worship and word at cell. Wow, how did i manage it?

Cycling trip photos can be viewed and downloaded at: http://picasaweb.google.com/edsoh98/CyclingTrip30Sep2006Sat

Today is Children's Day and I spent the evening with my parents at Chinatown shopping. Enjoyed the fellowship with them and it is a joy to see my parents holding hands. Thank God for everything.