more SBSP!

i went to the website.. hahas.. am q amused! so here's more.. whaha!

Character Guide:

SpongeBob SquarePants - If you could describe SpongeBob with three words they would be naive, optimistic, and square. He never seems to know what is really going on. SpongeBob can never be bored because everything he does he uses his imagination. He works at the Krusty Krab, the home of the Krabby Patty, and is a fry-cook legend. His favorite thing to do (besides flip patties) is playing with his best friend, Patrick. He also lives in a pineapple!

Patrick Star - Patrick, the chubby pink starfish, is SpongeBob's best friend. They even joined the Best Friends Forever Club. Patrick always comes up with some crazy idea that SpongeBob performs. The failures may show that Patrick isn't the brightest creature in Bikini Bottom. In fact, he's far from it.

Mr. Eugene H. Krabs - Mr. Krabs is SpongeBob and Squidward's money hungry boss at the Krusty Krab. He really does love his customers and employees a lot (probably for their money), but he'll do anything to get a few dollars, or even a dime! His hobbies include counting money and saying "Argh!"

Gary The Snail - Gary is a snail, but meows like a cat, and he is SpongeBob's bright and faithful pet companion. He's always guiding SpongeBob and directing SB in the right path.

Mrs. Poppy Puff - Mrs. Puff is SpongeBob's Boating School teacher. She is constantly getting hurt by SpongeBob's bad driving.

Pearl Krabs - Mr. Krabs' whiny teenage daughter who just happens to be a whale. Mr. Krabs loves Pearl more than anything (except maybe money).

keke.. der was more but decided wld hv been too tedious. dian dao wei zhi. :)

movies and ice-cream

wonder if i'm growing old or something.. there's rarely a movie dat interests me these days.. wat happen to all the corny/lame movies.. hmm. really nothing much to watch these days. dont think its me. wanted to watch "spongebob squarepants" (even found someone to watch it w!!) but no more showing when i returned.. hmm..

mummy bought 3 tubs of haagen daas! choc, vanilla and strawberry cheesecake.! esp sweet of her cos i jus pseudo commented that there's no ice cream in the fridge 2 days ago.. haha. Ks, i hv more ice cream den u now! (he alwiz say HD v cheap in USA..)

haha, here's an example of things that amuse me! esp the live in pineapple under the sea, absorbent/yellow/porous bit! haha!!

Theme Song (of SBSP!):

Captain: Are ya ready kids?

Kids: Aye, aye, captain!

Captain: I can't hear you!

Kids: AYE, AYE, CAPTAIN!

Captain: Ohhh..... who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: Absorbent and yellow and porous is he!

Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: If nautical nonsense be something you wish,

Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: Then drop on the deck, and flop like a fish!

Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: Ready?

Everyone: SpongeBob SquarePants! SpongeBob SquarePants! SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: SpongeBob... SquarePants!

keke.. yeah.. i like my corny movies.. or shld i say my movies corny..

song byte

here's a refrain dat still plays in my internal cd player fr time to time..

i'll walk with You in my heart..
i'll walk with You in my heart..
find me at the cross, down on my knees
thank You Lord for saving me..

yeah. :)

Praise You!

q glad today, heard A and his gf going for encounter. am glad.. keep them in prayer.

seems Yihui got baptised while i was overseas.. aiyah.. would hv like to been there.. oh well.. guess really cant hv everything sometimes..

Guojun started a http://www.simcell.blogspot.com/ for his cell! its really neat. :)

hee.

back fr retreat

jus got back.. it was so many things.

abt 80-90 pple at the retreat, from all over the world, swedish, americans, canadians, australians, new zealanders, german, koreans, african, singaporean.. jus seeing them there is touching.. so many non asians. and the only reason they are here, so many fr halfway ard the world.. is just Him. they came with their chlidren, most of the children less then 7 yrs. little angelic blond haired running all over.. there was this really cute korean little toddler who liked me a lot for some reason.. he was adorable.. took many pics of him.. hee

a typical family.. G and J, living in N, fr canada.. they've been here for 15 yrs, in different parts of China.. they have 5 children, J is expecting her sixth. G is working with a specific minority pple trying to teach them how to farm(this tribe used to be hunters, then ran out of animals).. he's an engineer by training, but was brought up on a farm.. they r so earnest and sincere.. and have such clear eyes. if eyes are the windows of the soul.. then you cant miss the love in theirs. love for Him, pple and each other. as they speak, you can also sense that life is hard, but they are jus trusting in Him.. i heard they live in the village, with the villagers.. in a v mountainous part..

there's an American korean family.. learning chinese.. the father is a doctor.. and they've been in Kunming for 2 yrs.. with 2 tiny children..

so many very humble people of all sorts of professions.. serving and finding their way as they serve, as projects are quite dependant on the govt's approval, and the govt can change their minds and the rules of the game, and you just dont know when.. some dont really know what they are going to do yet, jus learning the language and trusting that He will open a place for them to serve at the right time..

R, the new in charge.. kept reiterating this verse Deuteronomy 33:27 (New International Version) The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. the first session he taught us and the last session.. something like a theme.

it spoke to me, and i felt it was His way of assuring me, with something familiar.. KS will know.. this is a special verse to me.

was q stressed in the middle cos it seemed i had 2-3 places i could go and all seemed suitable or all not suitable.. could not sleep that night and smsed a couple of friends. i felt better after that.. and was glad of their encouragement. Thankful for them and God.

the next day i talked to 2 pple. and the possibilities seemed better. i could go 2 places. still praying that Your will be done. please make it clear to me.. and keep the process in Your peace..

thankful for my singaporean roommate, who is abt to embark to nujiang for 2 yrs. she's ard my age too. it was a v blessed time. thankful for all the pple i met and jus for the experience to worship tog and our sharing sessions in our groups.. kinda looked forward to home too the last couple of days. perhaps it was all the travelling.. and a lot of info.. yah.. now. jus glad to be home and glad about the past few days.. its amazing. God is awesome.

19.4.05

leaving for airport in 30 mins.. dad dropping me off..

dont really know wat to expect..

dont like aeroplane food.. perhaps due to the 7 flights fr last trip..

will join LY and family tomo.

shall i wander ard Kunming tonite on my own.?

dear Father, i pray i take this trip with You.

kangaroos, fishes, foxes..

a familiar song

here's a song Xianhua taught me when we were in JC.. jus suddenly thot of it recently.. hv always felt it was v meaningful..

there are things, that i have
and hold dear to my heart
they are borrowed,
they're not mine at all..

Jesus only put them
to brighten my life
so remind me, remind me dear Lord..

roll back the curtain
of memory now and then,
show me where You've brought me from,
and where i could have been..

Remember i'm human
and humans forget
so remind me,
remind me dear Lord..

yah..

been thinkin abt tame little red foxes too..

LY suggest i go see an apartment in Kunming.. former owner singaporean.. 3 bedroom(wat am i gng to do w 3 bedrooms..) 5th floor, no lift.. keke.. oh well..

retreat

ohh. due to reasons, my friend has removed pics fr the net. oh well =)

well.. gng china on tues to join the retreat.. don quite know wat to expect.. LY mention uno, scrabble.. cant be jus like dat rite.. shrug.. 'Risk' would be fun though.. :)

well jus keep on praying.. wan to appreciate Xianhua, who stayed at my house overnight on sat during the G12 conf.. really helped me that night in processing the conf by talking it over with her.. yeah.. Thank You Father..

felt q tired today suddenly.. like muscle aching.. perhaps still recuperating fr the past couple of weeks.. but.. thinking about my Father makes me glad..

The Father loves you as much as He loves Jesus..

John 17:23 (NIV)
Jesus prayed..' I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me..'

The Father loves you as much as He loves Jesus..

these are some of the most precious words i heard at the conference recently.. it really changed the way i looked at things.. Be a son.. not just a servant.

Matthew 3:16-17
As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."

and this was before Jesus had began His ministry..

Our Lord worked from a position of acceptance ('My Son'), affirmation ('I love him') and approval ('with him I am well-pleased').. He did not work for it, He worked from it.. we do not have to work for God's acceptance, love, or approval.. we work from it.. our Father loves us because we are, and because He is. how wonderful to remember this..

G12

back fr trip. was great.. but will not post my report here. .

went straight into G12 conference. for past 3 days. its so happening.. the messages were really meaningful, and i learnt a lot. an overwhelmingly strong Spirit of faith and inspiration from the speakers, men who seek after God's heart.. and each altar call we would run down to to receive God's anointing, and .. its amazing loh.. really taste and see that the Lord is good. quite hard to describe in human words what we received in our hearts. it's just.. God.

the most meaningful altar call for me was one where Ps Cesar released the rhema word after we had already reached the ground. he spoke the word from revelations, I know your deeds... but I hold this against you.. you have lost your first love.. ask the Lord show you what made you lose your first love.. it jus really spoke to me.. i jus asked Him over and over.. what made me lose my first love.. His word to me.. i have lost confidence along the way. i have lost confidence in Him.

came back and was jus thinking abt it.. and how.. knew there was something there.. You asked me "what made you lose confidence in Me..?"

i had been distracted by the things ive been blessed with, the ministry, the people, wonderful people though they are, and i loved them with all my heart, really.. struggling with my feelings of inadequacy of leadership.. disappointments.. with myself.. with others..

i was also afraid of feeling the burden of God for the lost.. i remember, at one pt in my JC life, i wld enter a bus and feel burdened for the lost i cld see sitting on the bus.. and would quietly pray for them on my commute.. feelings of wanting to reach out, but yet not know quite how to do it.. its a heaviness of heart.

but Lord... was thinking of how i received the burden for the lost in the first place.. why i thought abt missions since i was 16.. and i realised, its because of how You changed my life when i met You.. how i had felt so alone, so lost, out of place, fearful and with no reason to hope for the future.. and when i met You, You changed everything. You taught me You accepted me, loved me and affirmed me because You just do.. because You are my Father.. amazing.. and Your love healed me in such wonderful ways. and made me grow to see and love myself and love others the way You do. and i felt so deeply that others do not need to suffer needlessly the way i once did when You want to restore them to their rightful place with You. Home. Loved. Accepted. and gently invited to grow out of that position of love and acceptance.

and over the last 4-5 years, i forgot how terrible it once was to be lost. i became so comfortable.. and to live a subsidised Christian life. i'm sorry Lord.. restore to me my first love. if it means to receive Your heart of burden again, then give it to me. i do want Your dream to come true. Your Heart's cry to be so in me that i can always find the place in my heart to cry with You. i give thanks to You Lord, for You are good, Your love endures forever.

i think somewhere along the way.. i decided to be close enough to God to know His blessings.. even do a bit of ministry to tell myself im alright.. but away enough not to hear or know His heart's cry.. but not to know Your heart, Lord.. is really not to know You.. and i dont want that anymore. thank You that You give generously to Your children. and You desire to give good things to us. Thank You Father. :)