I'm A Christian

A poem by May Angelou. :)

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not shouting "I'm clean living."
I'm whispering "I was lost,
Now I'm found and forgiven."

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble
And need Christ to be my guide.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not trying to be strong...
I'm professing that I'm weak
And need His strength to carry on...

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed
And need God to clean my mess.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible
But God believes I am worth it.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I still feel the sting of pain.
I have my share of heartaches
So I call upon His name.

When I say.... "I am a Christian"
I'm not holier than thou (you),
I'm just a simple sinner
Who received God's good grace, somehow!

I'm A Mint!

I'm coming back. Slowly but surely. ;)

You Are Mint

You are a honest person with a strong personality. Your frank point of view is refreshing. You've been quite lucky in your life, though you have made more of your own luck than you realize. You are engaging and disarming. You definitely have the "gift of gab!" You live an edgy, dynamic life. Sometimes you get a little burned, but you always bounce back.

What Herb Are You?

Inspirational

This morning, a colleague forwarded us a link to this video that truly inspired me. Jason McElwain is the source of this inspiration, and I just want to share it with you. :)



I love to follow stories like these, so I clicked link...


after link. ;) This video gets a bit emo though~


On my way to work this morning, I was reading my National Geographic and came across this quote:

Time, our most precious currency, is the most valuable thing we humans can spend.

Jason McElwain spent his on training, managing, and being enthusiastic. Most recently, being totally inspirational.

What might you be doing with yours? :)

Happy Chinese New Year!

Just a few days ago I just celebrated my 25th birthday, and then was facing my project's deadline, Saturday was helping out my parents, and today's Chinese New Year Eve and it'll be gone in a few more minutes!

Before I let anymore time slip by (and totally lose the opportunity or enthusiasm to blog about it), here's wishing everyone, again, a happy 牛 year! :D

Since it's the year of the ox, may everyone be charging forward towards their goals, and may success and prosperity fill your days! Here's handing you a gold nugget (virtually)~

HUAT AH! :D

Lord Reign In Me

HAHA! Didn't expect our church's worship video to land in youtube! Wonder if there's any copyright infringement, but oh well, I'm enjoying this song so much. :P

This worship service was on New Year's Eve, our Watchnight Service counting down to 2009. Try to spot me in the video! ;)

2009 Resolutions

The thing about how each year unfolds itself is how it is so unfathomable that it seems pointless to make any new year resolutions. Take last year for example; I set myself out with a list of things that I barely completed by the countdown last month.

And now, before I know it, it's already officially the 4th week to the new year, and I'm left with less than 50 weeks (48 to be exact) to carry out my resolutions. However, if I am to stop short and not have any new year resolutions, I fear that another year might just slip by again with nothing to account for at the end.

Hmm.. Ok shall stop my long winded introduction (read: lamentations) and start penning down what I originally wanted to do since weeks ago. :D

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#1 Sleep latest by 11pm daily
Over the last year, I find that late nights were really detrimental for me. No matter if the cause is TV, surfing online, gaming, or work, sleeping late is just bad. That's why this is my top resolution this year, and I'm proud to say that till today, I'm keeping it! At least roughly~ :P

#2 Get to work on time
This resolution has a small clause, which is "even if late, don't be too late". *loL~* Due to my previous job nature, I was accustomed to flexible working hours. I carried that habit to my current work and for the past year, I think the number of times I reach work on time can be counted by the fingers of one hand. I'm happy to say that I've kept this resolution intact till today too! :D

#3 Spiritual Growth
Read the following books for my spiritual growth this year (apart from the Bible of course) :)


#4 Exploration in my career
Self study the following for my career (will definitely spill into the following years). I won't be elaborating what they are or my decision to study them. If you want to know, just chat me up. Think not many people who read my blog are really interested in these dry topics. REALLY. *loL~*

• php
• jQuery
• dojo
• Adobe Flex
• Adobe AIR
• Design patterns
• Technical mathematics
• Game programming
• Artificial intelligence

#5 IPPT
I dint exactly get a chance to blog about it, but I got silver for my IPPT last year. Shall blog about it in another entry, but the resolution for this year, is that I'm aiming for GOLD. ;)

#6 Spend less time on games
Spent so much time on casual games last year that I really under perform in many areas of my life. I'm just going to spend at most *2 hours per week* and I shall stick to it.

#7 Blog more on all my blogs
Blogging is good. That is why people blog. To pen down their thoughts, to leave a mark in history, so that they can look back. I need to spend more time to pen my thoughts down. It makes reflection for the year a lot easier too. :)

#8 Japanese studies
Planning to make a trip down to Hokkaido this year with my bestie. Really want to brush up my Jap again before I head there. Shall see how aye?

#9 Build an application with Adobe AIR
Again, techy stuff. Just thought of building some applications that you and I can all get to use. Just have to pen down again what I should build. Anyhow, gotta start somewhere.

#10 Start using more social network services
Rarely will I upload photographs online because I'm not really an online social networking person. But since last month, spending time on facebook, commenting on friends' photos and stuff have really made me realised that a lot more things are more fun when it's social. At last, I will only do all those things if I have time left from what you see above. haha..

#11 Learn guitar
Been a resolution for a couple of years now, but still no time for it. Shall still put it here and see what turns out for this year. :P

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As I reflect on this list, I think I'll be just contented to complete till Resolution #6. The rest I will leave it to their initiation in God's time. *loL~*

Happy New Year 2009!

Nearly a week had passed by and I've finally finished the biggest thing I set out to do back in December: To clear my room. It was such a *monumental* task that it took me the whole month! It saw me throwing, cleaning, recycling and packing of all the papers, clothes, toys, bags and furniture. Simply madness stuff~

I purposed in my heart that till I finish clearing my room, I will not blog. Not at my geek blog, not at my Christian walk blog, not at my cell's blog, nowhere. And so I did, at least I try to.

There was a single exception when God called me to blog for a brother facing family issues. If it interests you, you can read my entry here and my brother Ezekiel's reply here. :)

So now that you have read this blog post, it only implies one thing. I'm happy to announce that I have a proper study area for the year 2009, a very clean room, and I hope I will not mess it up anytime soon. :P

In my next post, I will be penning down my new year's resolutions. I can't write it down now because it's past 11pm, and one of my new year's resolutions is to actually sleep by 11pm. :D

Till the next post then!