Bandaged Soul...so I can open my heart to you again.

A thought-provoking short passage about the relationship between The Church and her Bridegroom. Incidentally, reading it also caused me to ponder a little on our relationship with people around us to a certain extent. Are our relationship with people (we think) we love based on material benefits we can get out of it, or just because we simply enjoy their company. Or do we not mind something less? Anyway, here's the 'short passage'... By David Ryser: “A number of years ago, I had the privilege of teaching at a School of Ministry. My students were hungry for God, and I was constantly searching for ways to challenge them to fall more in love with Jesus and to become voices for revival in the Church. I came across a quote attributed most often to Rev. Sam Pascoe. It’s a short version of the history of Christianity, and it goes like this: “Christianity started in Palestine as a fellowship; it moved to Greece and became a philosophy; it moved to Italy and became an institution; i

It was really delightful to receive so many birthday wishes on Facebook. For the record, it was on Monday, 20 Jul. So here I am writing about it, lol... Actually, celebration started on Friday. Colleagues gave me a lunch treat. Let's see, Catherine, Fayanne, Hwee Hoon, Sheena and Anne. We went to this vegetarian eatery opposite TP. Some of the dishes we ordered were really good. Look at the photo, what a spread! Fayanne made me a chocolate cheese cake which I took home 1/4 of it. Said she stayed up till 2am for it. So touched :~) Then they bought me and one of our temp staff, Samantha (we shared the same birthday) a cake (my favourite kind) and went through the usual whole-office-sing-birthday-song 'ritual'. Haha... Sunday after Prison Ministry, went home to pick up mom and dad and we went to Mui's house where the family celebrated for me with another cake (that's like the 3rd one before my actual birthday) With nieces and nephews With mom and sisters Took leave on

It takes a lot of courage to hope for something, and it's not easy to step out in faith. Takes a lot of trust in the source of what you hope for, especially when you were initially apprehensive about it. Then when you finally thought that you could put yourself out, but it seems that the source might have decided to withdraw that hope, things began to fall apart. Now you would probably be in a worse state than before you even started hoping. But all these are just speculation. The end has yet to come. Patience. Some people choose not to hope at all, much less develop any tinge of expectation. They'll probably agree that, "No dependency, no expectation; no expectation, no pain." It's easier this way, isn't it? I shall not succumb to a position of hopelessness. For God is my hope and my salvation. One who is faithful and true. That my life is in His hands - that in itself is an everlasting hope.

A day-after report of drama at work just this Tuesday, by my colleague: Dear all, Amidst the seemingly regularly evening in TP, a drama unfolded around 8.30pm right outside SAA last evening. As all of us have been briefed and some even viewed the security footage about the recent spat of crimes committed by an outsider. A few courageous SAA and EFM staff prowled the stadium on the lookout for the thief nicknamed the ‘Professional’. Just when all thought that it would be a ‘No show’, report of sightings came in - dressed in cap, dark T-shirt & Jeans. Our guys reacted swiftly alerting each other and started trailing him. Being the ‘Professional’ that he was he sensed that something was amiss and started to walk away from the stadium, walking passed the rock wall and out of sight into the corridor. In that very instance our intrepid staff Paul Ang shouted at him exposing his cover, as if on cue, everyone who was in the loop picked up their paces and started running towards his locatio

Someone's attempt to get me hooked through a dating agency has failed. Out of curiosity, and an open mind to possibilities, I told the lady that I would turn up for the 8 o'clock appointment. That was yesterday, by the way. Basically, all I did was to complete a 4-page profiling questionnaire of myself and what I want of my ideal partner for them to input and churn out a match. Then comes the little chat with the staff, who kept trying to get me to change my criteria that I'm only interested in Christian men, saying that it would really narrow down the match. Apparently some other Christians don't mind free thinkers. While I understood where she was coming from, I doubt she knew my stand exactly. To me, what's the point of opening the option to date someone who's different from me on the most basic of basics? It's not a matter of how a free thinker is able to accept me in my own religion. It's about me wanting to be able to share this part of me with som