feeling super tired.. another end to a long week.. actually not that long.. but jus so busy..
mayb cos speed doing dentures for the 2 leprosy patients.. and last week was speed clearing the cons and extractions for the other 3 so that they can go home earlier.. wa but q interesting.. i sawed thru 1 patient's full dentures that were 'anchored' by abt 3 teeth on each arch.. thankfully the teeth were v loose so i could extract the denture without too much trouble.. jialat mann.. e things they make at the road side.. he say it was painful and he was glad to be rid of it tho it mean he have no teeth for 6 weeks..
on top of that we went on day trips to village twice for past 2 weeks..
i feel a bit short tempered cos mayb tired.. which is not good i know.. like if things not done perfectly or if staff not automatic enough i feel a bit like scolding them.. but then again, i remember that they honestly dont know how to do so maybe they jus need a clear direction to pick things up.. or not.. dunno. like if the pain is at spot A why are u trimming it at spot B?? which is the other end of the denture?? scratch head.. don understand..
tired.. mayb after next week will be better
now is thinking how to train TR to do complete dentures for her leprosy village patient.. while minimising the number of times she see them.. hopefully, the 2 uncles can go home on Monday.. which means their dentures took less than 2 weeks to do! faster than the estimated 3 weeks.. i realise i do enjoy trying to problem solve and thinking of creative ways to do something using bare necessities.. been surfing the net for videos on doing complete dentures.. hopefully can sort of finish the training in 3 days.. :P.. also hope to train CY to be a denturist.. :P
really need Him to guide..
Friday, August 21, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Whee!!
i'm not sure how but i can surf facebook and blog again!!!! downloaded something and clicked something and here i am!!!!!! im so excited i can feed my facebook pet again but the thing is down!!!! wa piang
anyway, i also wan to blog abt my first year wedding anniversary! so fast.. one yr already!!!!!!!!!
it was like a whole weekend spending time tog. On sat, we watched GI Joe, followed by Isaac's fav Indian food for lunch.. dinner we went to the Korean place where i ordered too much food again.. (eyes bigger than stomach, as he likes to say).. ok la jus left some Korean cold noodles uneaten..
den sunday which is the day itself we went service, dinner we wanted to go Red Star for thai food but it was closed, so we went teppanyaki. Yummy squid and garlic chicken! Monday we still high on good food and made chicken curry fr the packet mix we bought fr carrefour :) yummm
was great fun. :) ok typical sg blog always talking abt food.. mayb cos we been eating china type food for the past weeks so nice to have a change.
Clinic been q busy these days.. tomo gng village! last week also went.. all day trips so far.. but q fun cos we borrow 1 staff fr the other projects.. tomo we borrow TR fr leprosy rehab project to go w us :) real nice to hang out w XM and TR again (we used to be in the same grp in 2005)
this past week was like speed doing dentures for 5 of TR's patients fr leprosy village. V nice uncles and aunty.. v smily tho they have q some disability w limbs and eyes.. impaired eyesight and no fingers and prosthetic legs.. mayb in Sept will get to train her to do some of the denture steps! exciting!
nite!!
anyway, i also wan to blog abt my first year wedding anniversary! so fast.. one yr already!!!!!!!!!
it was like a whole weekend spending time tog. On sat, we watched GI Joe, followed by Isaac's fav Indian food for lunch.. dinner we went to the Korean place where i ordered too much food again.. (eyes bigger than stomach, as he likes to say).. ok la jus left some Korean cold noodles uneaten..
den sunday which is the day itself we went service, dinner we wanted to go Red Star for thai food but it was closed, so we went teppanyaki. Yummy squid and garlic chicken! Monday we still high on good food and made chicken curry fr the packet mix we bought fr carrefour :) yummm
was great fun. :) ok typical sg blog always talking abt food.. mayb cos we been eating china type food for the past weeks so nice to have a change.
Clinic been q busy these days.. tomo gng village! last week also went.. all day trips so far.. but q fun cos we borrow 1 staff fr the other projects.. tomo we borrow TR fr leprosy rehab project to go w us :) real nice to hang out w XM and TR again (we used to be in the same grp in 2005)
this past week was like speed doing dentures for 5 of TR's patients fr leprosy village. V nice uncles and aunty.. v smily tho they have q some disability w limbs and eyes.. impaired eyesight and no fingers and prosthetic legs.. mayb in Sept will get to train her to do some of the denture steps! exciting!
nite!!
Monday, July 13, 2009
wisdom is not the same as intelligence.
wisdom is seen when a man seeks God for answers instead of the ways of the world and his own ways.
the ways of the world and man are insecure. the bricks we use to build our world will constitute its character.
an insecure world is built by insecure bricks. it is only a matter of time. or else the deception can carry them to their grave.
intelligent pple can make foolish choices.
humility and pride. been reading through Chronicles with the girls. God truely always gives grace to those humble enough to repent and ask Him. But pride inevitably leads to ruin and loss. However, some kings choose pride to their grave and their lives end sadly bringing damage to themselves and those around them. How long and how much ruin will it take before we let go of our pride to pursue God humbly and in His terms and not ours..
wisdom is seen when a man seeks God for answers instead of the ways of the world and his own ways.
the ways of the world and man are insecure. the bricks we use to build our world will constitute its character.
an insecure world is built by insecure bricks. it is only a matter of time. or else the deception can carry them to their grave.
intelligent pple can make foolish choices.
humility and pride. been reading through Chronicles with the girls. God truely always gives grace to those humble enough to repent and ask Him. But pride inevitably leads to ruin and loss. However, some kings choose pride to their grave and their lives end sadly bringing damage to themselves and those around them. How long and how much ruin will it take before we let go of our pride to pursue God humbly and in His terms and not ours..
Friday, July 10, 2009
china blocked blogspot
china blocked blogspot a few months back.. now in USA for 2+ more weeks so can access.. sigh.. bk in china dunno when they will let me access again..
Friday, April 24, 2009
glad
today is a sort of wonderful day. where everything i wished to do occurred. arranged by Him.
had the clinic meeting.
talked w ZF
really wanted to speak w HQ but didnt see him until he suddenly appeared at 4 plus!! got to speak w him. PTL.
did the 2 ops (prayerfully they will heal uneventfully)
went for after work appts. :)
PTL!
had the clinic meeting.
talked w ZF
really wanted to speak w HQ but didnt see him until he suddenly appeared at 4 plus!! got to speak w him. PTL.
did the 2 ops (prayerfully they will heal uneventfully)
went for after work appts. :)
PTL!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
!!All heaven rejoice!
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
Glory be to God!
Amen.
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
Glory be to God!
Amen.
Thursday, April 09, 2009
trips!
gng to msia in june and idaho for a mth after that!
even tho its a good number of weeks away its still exciting!
can't wait to see idaho in summer! isaac says its beautiful w many wildflowers..
Kunming having cherry season.. i want to go pick them.. hope can arrange for it b4 the season is over but jasmine says after that is yangmei season so maybe still can go..
tomo is good friday! holiday! phew.. like having holidays.. rest at home.. clinic been q full on past few weeks.. but we are finishing treatment for massage class, so maybe will be free again? who knows.. only God knows. :)
even tho its a good number of weeks away its still exciting!
can't wait to see idaho in summer! isaac says its beautiful w many wildflowers..
Kunming having cherry season.. i want to go pick them.. hope can arrange for it b4 the season is over but jasmine says after that is yangmei season so maybe still can go..
tomo is good friday! holiday! phew.. like having holidays.. rest at home.. clinic been q full on past few weeks.. but we are finishing treatment for massage class, so maybe will be free again? who knows.. only God knows. :)
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
student with one brown, one blue eye
here's one of our students with different coloured eyes.. nice guy, plays basketball. we have 3 students like that and 1 student with 2 blue eyes (all chinese). They are all deaf.here are 2 links to learn more about why pple have diferent coloured eyes. it seems it's a matter of melanocytes not reaching the right place. it may or may not be indicative of a medical condition.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/353/22/2409
http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id=226
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
shoulder ache
recurrent shoulder ache on the right fr dental work. bad posture? hmm.. this week is funny. bad is got a school trip for cancelled last minute which was disappointing but we got over it. good is we had 3 special visitors. :) n i joined a p meeting which was just what i needed.
Monday, March 16, 2009
sermon
this week sermon was on how the cultures of the world are built on 3 main themes.
in the garden of Eden, when sin entered, 3 things happened. Guilt, shame and fear entered the garden. What was missing in the garden.. Repentance, which has to do with taking responsibility. the man blamed the woman, the woman blamed the snake.
the western culture: built on innocence and guilt, ie right and wrong
the middle eastern and asian cultures: honor and shame
animistic culture (fear of the spiritual realm): power and fear
what it means; ie in middle eastern culture, what is more important is maintaining honor. the qn asked is not what is right, but what is honorable. what is honorable is not always right (ie a country harbouring a terrorist and not giving him up because he is now a guest in your house and honor dictates u look after those under your roof) (or, in Genesis, Lot offering his daughter to the men in Sodom as long as they leave his guests alone)
i thought it made a lot of sense. because we are taught a lot about christianity from the western culture, thus when we present the gospel, we tend to focus on what is right and wrong, (the 4 spiritual laws etc) which can leave us feeling a bit cold. There is not 3 gospels, but only 1. We often forget to present the gospel in its fullness.. that at the cross Jesus disarmed all the forces arrayed against us (colossians), removing our fears and anointed us with honor, removing our shame (brought on by sin).
the speaker made an interesting point. he say guilt is feeling bad about something we have done. whereas shame is feeling bad about our person. sometimes shame is put on to us by other pple. and it is possible to feel shame while doing the right thing.
reminds me of a qn posed to me before: if u catch someone cheating in class, will u tell on him. while it is right to report on the person, the shame of being labelled negatively by your peers may stop u.
yes i think in our society, honor and shame and power and fear play a significant role.. pple are always v interested to discuss about supernatural things. Feng shui, superstitions, fillial piety, honor, and shame (often hear parents trying to motivate their kids using shame).
Praise the Lord that in Him we need not fear and we have no condemnation. We have honor restored to us, the power of God in us, and we are seen as innocent through Jesus.
sometimes we get distracted by the accessories and trappings we forget what is the main thing..
That we were lost and dead in our sin.. and God saved us.
O precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow
No other fount I know
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
in the garden of Eden, when sin entered, 3 things happened. Guilt, shame and fear entered the garden. What was missing in the garden.. Repentance, which has to do with taking responsibility. the man blamed the woman, the woman blamed the snake.
the western culture: built on innocence and guilt, ie right and wrong
the middle eastern and asian cultures: honor and shame
animistic culture (fear of the spiritual realm): power and fear
what it means; ie in middle eastern culture, what is more important is maintaining honor. the qn asked is not what is right, but what is honorable. what is honorable is not always right (ie a country harbouring a terrorist and not giving him up because he is now a guest in your house and honor dictates u look after those under your roof) (or, in Genesis, Lot offering his daughter to the men in Sodom as long as they leave his guests alone)
i thought it made a lot of sense. because we are taught a lot about christianity from the western culture, thus when we present the gospel, we tend to focus on what is right and wrong, (the 4 spiritual laws etc) which can leave us feeling a bit cold. There is not 3 gospels, but only 1. We often forget to present the gospel in its fullness.. that at the cross Jesus disarmed all the forces arrayed against us (colossians), removing our fears and anointed us with honor, removing our shame (brought on by sin).
the speaker made an interesting point. he say guilt is feeling bad about something we have done. whereas shame is feeling bad about our person. sometimes shame is put on to us by other pple. and it is possible to feel shame while doing the right thing.
reminds me of a qn posed to me before: if u catch someone cheating in class, will u tell on him. while it is right to report on the person, the shame of being labelled negatively by your peers may stop u.
yes i think in our society, honor and shame and power and fear play a significant role.. pple are always v interested to discuss about supernatural things. Feng shui, superstitions, fillial piety, honor, and shame (often hear parents trying to motivate their kids using shame).
Praise the Lord that in Him we need not fear and we have no condemnation. We have honor restored to us, the power of God in us, and we are seen as innocent through Jesus.
sometimes we get distracted by the accessories and trappings we forget what is the main thing..
That we were lost and dead in our sin.. and God saved us.
O precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow
No other fount I know
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Friday, March 13, 2009
serving Him
if there is love in my heart, it doesn't matter what i do..
in that moment, i feel the pleasure of God. i feel God. n my heart is happy.
i treated 4 kids fr DL's home today. they were adorable. 3 extractions, 2 shots, it was all smiles. only 1 nervous little boy with tears that dried quickly. 1 little girl even said she hoped she got a shot! so i told her congratulations she is gng to get one :P
Isaac cooked tonight! not bad :P
in that moment, i feel the pleasure of God. i feel God. n my heart is happy.
i treated 4 kids fr DL's home today. they were adorable. 3 extractions, 2 shots, it was all smiles. only 1 nervous little boy with tears that dried quickly. 1 little girl even said she hoped she got a shot! so i told her congratulations she is gng to get one :P
Isaac cooked tonight! not bad :P
Sunday, March 08, 2009
sermon
heard an analogy today at church. thought it was interesting.
Unforgiveness is like drinking poison yourself and hoping the other person dies.
well put.
He also talked abt keeping ourselves clear like a conduit/channel of God's blessing. keeping watch that we dont get clogged up (w anger, bitterness etc) and hence unable to work as a channel. Also how a dam starts w one log, then ano log getting caught. or how our bathtub gets clogged w 1 hair which then v quickly traps the next hair and it goes on.
Unforgiveness is like drinking poison yourself and hoping the other person dies.
well put.
He also talked abt keeping ourselves clear like a conduit/channel of God's blessing. keeping watch that we dont get clogged up (w anger, bitterness etc) and hence unable to work as a channel. Also how a dam starts w one log, then ano log getting caught. or how our bathtub gets clogged w 1 hair which then v quickly traps the next hair and it goes on.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Monday, March 02, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
:)
i'm glad we got to speak with a patient today. :) prayerfully, we can do it more often. i'm also glad when we can serve pple from the family who are fulltime. And also pple who need some encouragement.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
my cat 2
we are so gng to spay kiki when she gets out of heat.. the pet clinic nearby said they can do it for 200RMB. 1 hour op. need anti-infection shots for 3 days after.
she's momentarily quiet now.. but we are so gng to do it next time.
she's momentarily quiet now.. but we are so gng to do it next time.
my cat
my cat is in heat and the constant mewing is almost driving me nuts.
i wonder if the constant crying of a baby is like that too. i hope not..
was reading thru my past 2 yr blog and.. i like what i wrote.. and.. i understand myself n where i was coming from.. i think i'd be a good fren to myself.. haha
i miss my friends in sg.
been watching american idol.. my favourite is Scott MacIntyre! the young man who is blind. they dont show much of him tho.. he's 19, super talented, super smart (he won scholarship and has finished uni at young age), lovely voice, and has released recordssss of original piano cds!! n he has super nice sincere humble attitude.. aww.. i hope he gets thru to top 36 ( heard rumor that he did..)
i wonder if the constant crying of a baby is like that too. i hope not..
was reading thru my past 2 yr blog and.. i like what i wrote.. and.. i understand myself n where i was coming from.. i think i'd be a good fren to myself.. haha
i miss my friends in sg.
been watching american idol.. my favourite is Scott MacIntyre! the young man who is blind. they dont show much of him tho.. he's 19, super talented, super smart (he won scholarship and has finished uni at young age), lovely voice, and has released recordssss of original piano cds!! n he has super nice sincere humble attitude.. aww.. i hope he gets thru to top 36 ( heard rumor that he did..)
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
i read Wanping's blog :)
i also read Nelson's :)
a lot of nice pics.
Recently i have been asking God for more specific direction about what to do here.. i have not been hearing very well. What is it about, Lord.. the staff.. the patients.. the special friends?.. how should i proceed.. what am i to do here that You desire.. i can't see the next step v well..
i had an inkling tonight.. i think i need to renew the intimacy of communing with Him before He will tell me what He wants me to do.. like.. i cant work for Him unless i am His friend first.. sigh..
Thanksgiving
i've not been waking up the middle of night the past week to 'ahem' go bathroom.. for the first time since the time i was preping for the wedding.. :) it stopped during our last trip to singapore. i take it as a sign my unconscious stress has let up.. :)
great service last sunday. lovely sister from India who shared. We can't do anything worthwhile unless God gives us His love to do it with. And we need to ask Him to give us His love. she says she begs God for His love everyday so that she can do the work of the ministry. she said something about becoming the preaching.. the wordless gospel of love.
a lot of nice pics.
Recently i have been asking God for more specific direction about what to do here.. i have not been hearing very well. What is it about, Lord.. the staff.. the patients.. the special friends?.. how should i proceed.. what am i to do here that You desire.. i can't see the next step v well..
i had an inkling tonight.. i think i need to renew the intimacy of communing with Him before He will tell me what He wants me to do.. like.. i cant work for Him unless i am His friend first.. sigh..
Thanksgiving
i've not been waking up the middle of night the past week to 'ahem' go bathroom.. for the first time since the time i was preping for the wedding.. :) it stopped during our last trip to singapore. i take it as a sign my unconscious stress has let up.. :)
great service last sunday. lovely sister from India who shared. We can't do anything worthwhile unless God gives us His love to do it with. And we need to ask Him to give us His love. she says she begs God for His love everyday so that she can do the work of the ministry. she said something about becoming the preaching.. the wordless gospel of love.
interesting
there is a topic that i have been feeling q strongly abt and angst abt the past few months.. mayb it came to a climax last mth. interesting thing is.. we were having dinner and actually talking abt it a few weeks ago.. and i found myself not being able to say anything.. tho i had q a lot to say. something held me bk. i think He held me back. i resolved that night that perhaps talking about it is not something He wants me to do. it would not do me any good. Whether to repeat positives or negatives.. no need to say anything. because its something that needs to be revealed rather than told. i hope i will remember this. there is a time for everything.
Saturday, January 03, 2009
book
was reading Isaac's book.. 'revolution in world missions' by K.P. Yohannan
v good book.. but more on that ano time..
this comment was very interesting to me.. it was a piece of advice given to the author by an esteemed brother
'No matter what you do, never take youself too seriously'
:)
Its like don't be so stressed out about the ministry until you burn out.. because His burden is light.. and He is at work together with you.
you need only do your part.
and allow God to be God.
v good book.. but more on that ano time..
this comment was very interesting to me.. it was a piece of advice given to the author by an esteemed brother
'No matter what you do, never take youself too seriously'
:)
Its like don't be so stressed out about the ministry until you burn out.. because His burden is light.. and He is at work together with you.
you need only do your part.
and allow God to be God.
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