"When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup."
-Sam Lefkowitz

"If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get."
-Frank A. Clark

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."
-Albert Schweitzer

"Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free."
-Unknown
"Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not."
-James Russell Lowell

"Things could be a lot worse, the stress of the situation always could be worse, but I am alive and I have a lot to be thankful for - so I shall not waste my days with stress and frustrations - Life is too short! "
-Catherine Pulsifer

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
-William Arthur Ward

"Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty."
-Doris Day

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice."
-Meister Eckhart

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
-Epicurus

"When eating a fruit, think of the person who planted the tree."
-Vietnamese Proverb

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."
-Oprah Winfrey

"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you'?"
- William Arthur Ward

Dear Lord,

I pray for Wisdom to understand my man; Love to forgive him; And Patience for his moods. Because, Lord, if I pray for Strength, I'll beat him to death.

AMEN

hehe... i found this very funny cos this is so typical of me, well... good thing i don't have that much strength anyway cos if not SOMEONE is one DEAD PIGGY. he found it funny as well. probably not so when he is blue black.... mua hahahahahaha... i m evil ain't i?

when you thought i wasn't looking....

A message every adult should read, because children are watching you and doing as you do, not as you say.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator and I immediately wanted to paint another one. When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me and I learned that the little things can be the special things in life. When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say a prayer, and I knew there is a God I could always talk to and I learned to trust in God.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give of your time and money to help people who had nothing and I learned that those who have something should give to those who don't.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it and I learned we have to take care of what we are given. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw how you handled your responsibilities, even when you didn't feel good and I learned that I would have to be responsible when I grow up.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's alright to cry. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be everything that I could be.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I learned most of life's lessons that I need to know to be a good and productive person when I grow up.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked at you and wanted to say, 'Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.' Each of us (parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, teacher or friend) influences the life of a child. How will you touch the life of someone today?

You Are a Bright Star Soul

Like a shining star, you have no trouble being the center of attention In fact, you often feel a bit hurt when all eyes aren't on you You need to be number one in everything, no matter how trivial And it's this ego that both hurts your confidence and helps you acheive You're dramatic and a powerhouse of pure energy You posess a divine quality or uniqueness that's hard to define A natural performer, it's likely you'll become famous in some circles. Just learn not to take everyone's reaction to you so personally! Souls you are most compatible with: Newborn Soul and Prophet Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

i am really bored... not that i m not usually siok sendiri... i am... but considering i m supposed to be studying n not "cam-whoring"..learnt this word today. it sounds bad ya. i think it actually means jus doing a lot of siok sendiri photo taking dat i usually do anyway.... man, and guys please don't comment i look like i m wearing lingerie i will box your face the next time i see u... (dat's for you, fat fat!!! baka!!!) anyway, this my new dress which i have not wore out yet...cos i have no occasion to wear to and oso it's a week to exams... study la... blerrrggghhhhhh-ness....

integrity...

An old man and his dog were walking along a country road, enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to the man that he had died. He remembered dying, and realized, too, that the dog had been dead for many years. He wondered where the road would lead them, and continued onward.

After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall, white arch that gleamed in the sunlight. When he was standing before it, he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother of pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold. When he was close enough, he called out, "Excuse me, but is this heaven?"

"Yes, it is, sir," the man answered. "Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the man asked. "Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up." The gatekeeper gestured to his rear, and the huge gate began to open.

"I assume my friend can come in..." the man said, gesturing toward his dog. But the reply was, "I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets." The man thought about it, then thanked the gatekeeper, turned back toward the road, and continued in the direction he had been going.

After another long walk, he reached the top of another long hill, and he came to a dirt road which led through a farm gate. There was no fence, and it looked as if the gate had never been closed, as grass had grown up around it. As he approached the gate, he saw a man just inside, sitting in the shade of a tree in a rickety old chair, reading a book. "Excuse me!" he called to the reader. "Do you have any water?"

"Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there," the man said, pointing to a place that couldn't be seen from outside the gate. "Come on in and make yourself at home." "How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to the dog. "He's welcome too, and there's a bowl by the pump," he said. They walked through the gate and, sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a dipper hanging on it and a bowl next to it on the ground. The man filled the bowl for his dog, and then took a long drink himself.

When both were satisfied, he and the dog walked back toward the man, who was sitting under the tree waiting for them, and asked, "What do you call this place?" the traveler asked. "This is heaven," was the answer.

"Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "It certainly doesn't look like heaven, and there's another man down the road who said that place was heaven."

"Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates?"

"Yes, it was beautiful."

"Nope. That's hell."

"Doesn't it offend you for them to use the name of heaven like that?"

"No. I can see how you might think so, but it actually saves us a lot of time. They screen out the people who are willing to leave their best friends behind."

"DO NOT
LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED. TRUST IN GOD;
TRUST ALSO IN ME." ( JOHN 14:1 ) So; TRUST IN HIM AT
ALL TIMES, O PEOPLE; POOR OUT YOUR HEARTS TO
HIM, FOR GOD IS OUR REFUGE. ( PSALM 62:8 )

NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DO IMMEASURABLY
MORE THAN WE ASK OR IMAGINE, ACCORDING TO THE
POWER THAT IS AT WORK WITHIN US, TO HIM BE GLORY
IN THE CHURCH AND IN JESUS CHRIST THROUGHOUT ALL
GENERATIONS, FOR EVER AND EVER! AMEN.
( EPHESIANS 3:20-21 )

was gonna start blogging stg but decided i better study... so it's left at here.... for quite some time... hehe...

ARE YOU LIMITING GOD?

When God puts a dream in your heart, when He brings opportu­nities across your path, do you step out boldly in faith, expecting the best, moving forward with confidence, knowing that you are well able to do what God wants you to do? Or do you shrink back in fear, and say, “That’s too big for me. I’m not qualified. I’m not able. I could never do that.”

God wants to do a new thing in your life. But you’ve got to do your part and get outside that little box. Start thinking big!

this is what jumped outta the article i was reading from someone who sends me mails every week... i don't know who he is but he's been sending me these encouraging emails faithfully for the last year or so and i still don't know who he is. this is what i need to hear frm God, i believe. there are things in my life that i need to look beyond the physical circumstances and believe for bigger things. a bit change in mindset of my destiny in life. what God has in store for me. i know i am called by name to make a mark in my generation, i know it! yet do i know KNOW it? maybe not yet set in my heart... like jelly that requires setting. it needs to set it and harden. the believe, not the head knowledge but the heart believe. sometimes the people and the environment i am in can be daunting. it's not that it's bad. it's just that the satisfaction or the contentment with now, more or less there, it's good enough, it's OKAY... big word... man, i use it all the time. OKAY means everything from " i am not really okay but i don't wanna be not okay externally. or " i m just cruisin.. life is dandy!" and settling into average mundane life jus floating along. days, months... maybe even years... man, i need to get outta this cycle... and i do... momentarily... when i feel inspired by a sermon, by an article, by a prophecy... by an encouragement... i break through~! but somehow due to lack of perseverance or like a burnt out candle, after a couple of months... tiang tiong teong tiang... i go back to LIFE being normal... blerghhhh! that's my expression...

this is my theory... there are different seasons in life...and some seasons are fruitful, happy, inspiring, spirit-filled whereas other seasons dry, depressed, sucky things happen, life goes round and round. and as life changes we adapt and change too... sometimes for the better sometimes for the worse... and it's a lot easier to change for the worse, following natural progression of things- the theory of atrophy, if you leave things alone, they will get worse...not better... so.... in order to stop the progression of atrophy, we must actively exercise la.... do yaink!!! u want your muscles to hyperthrophy or even maintain tone, of course exercise la... ask jimmy... he's an expert in this....but exercise what? our FAITH.... and our muscles too if you don't wanna have flabby arms and non existent muscles...

as usual i will end up saying other things when i intended to blog about other stuff to begin with... i practise "circumstantiality" a lot... it's when you talk around the topic, beat around the bush for ages... it happens in psychiatric disorders. not that i have one, i've only been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), only diagnosis i have pegged to my name... and i forgot... i've got chronic rhinitis too... but it hasn't been flaring up much so that's good and my bowels are not too bad besides the more then usual tummy aches that i get... colic... i talk too much so i swallow a lot of wind... that must account for it...

anyways, i think i'll stop here for now... i've got a tummy ache now and it's getting to me ( i actually thought i had acute appendicitis one night when i had this dumb pain till 3am in the morning, well i did all the neccessary physical examination and all negative, feel asleep eventually) God, help!!! i am pretty sure it's not appendicitis this time.... :P

someone said," who are these 2 dumb looking guys?" hehe... no comments cos said by a guy... one guy admitted to looking like a pig on tis pic.. another said dat d other guy had a weird looking tie... all in all, i still like this pic cos i think i look good... la la la~~~ 

my faithful ortho partner...

wei how... who had to bear with all my nonsense for the past 5 weeks... and hear me crap and whine and allowed me to poke a jelco into his hand... How blessed can i be... good partners are hard to come by... even tho one who steal m&ms from the wards... haha...

i actually looked TALL

bunny's good photo taking skills... for once i actually looked TALL... muahahahahahahaha 

u can tell by the look on my face...

DAT... they are squashing mua... 

hehe...

you guys must be wondering why we r all wearing hats or caps... it's the designated attire for the party.... hehe... :) 

angel n i~

hehe... she's wearing her red snoopy night dress n holding the handphone chain i gave her... balloons compliments from me... happy birthday dear! *hugs* 

all dressed up fr susan's 21st. wished my piggy was here to take pichwer together.... his substitue the pink version had to do... hehe... 

hindmarsh peeps...

d people i live with... in Hindmarsh International Village... 

b day girl... miss VT n i...

glad u had a great time...! whoo_hoo!!! my surprise worked... talk bout being an "expert"... 

peek-a-boo~!

who's dat spoiling my pic? "tssk tssk" to unwanted person...

raju trying to "cekik" me.... n dat's a spoon of chocolate cake i m holding.. u can see i m really into my food....  

mrs kyeong, my sweet landlady and bunny dear... at starbucks...and dat's a piece of chocolate in my hand...hee hee...