(Come To Jesus) Untitled Hymn by Chris Rice

Weak and wounded sinner
Lost and left to die
O, raise your head, for love is passing by
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus and live!

Now your burden's lifted
And carried far away
And precious blood has washed away the stain, so
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus and live!

And like a newborn baby
Don't be afraid to crawl
And remember when you walk
Sometimes we fall...so
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus and live!

Sometimes the way is lonely
And steep and filled with pain
So if your sky is dark and pours the rain, then
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus and live!

O, and when the love spills over
And music fills the night
And when you can't contain your joy inside, then
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus and live!

And with your final heartbeat
Kiss the world goodbye
Then go in peace, and laugh on Glory's side, and
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus and live!


It's such a sweet melody to me. There were times when I back slided and was far away from God. When I first heard this song, I broke down and cried.. I cried so much that it literally felt like I cried a river. It was like this song spoke of so much relevance in our lives. It filled my heart again with joy and praise for God as I hope it would for you too. The lyrics are very meaningful but it is carried by such a simple tune. Like what Leornado Da Vinci says, "Simplicity is the highest sophistication.."

If there's one place you can peace, it's in His santuary.. If there's one place you can find comfort, it's in His arms.. If there's one place you can find wisdom, it's in His Word.. If there's one place you can find hope and faith,it's in His promise to us.. If..there's one place you can find love that has no measure, it's in His heart that aches for us..

A wise man once said.. "when you've hit rock bottom, the only way left is UP.."

So to all who are facing any troubles or problems whether it has passed or it will come..be strong and know that no matter how badly you might fall..you can always fall on Jesus. =)

"The past is a guide post, not a hitching post."

-- L. Thomas Holdcroft

How very true this quote is. This is one of my favorite quotes! I was talking to a friend the other day and she said something that reminded me of something wrong and stupid that I did. All of a sudden a sense of shame and a pang of guilt rushed through me. I guess certain things just can't be forgotten. It's no big deal but looking back it makes me think, "What on Earth was I thinking? I must be mad..!"

After spending 15 minutes condemning myself, this quote just shot right through my thoughts like as if God was saying, "Move on already!"

I just felt like posting this to encourage everyone that I know.. Yup, we've all done something wrong, something stupid, something that can't be erased. Be it big or small... God will still keep telling us to move on and not make the same mistakes in life. Before we condemn ourselves for eternity..remember that the past is the past, it's up to you to see it as a hitching post or a guding post.



done preaching~ =p Have a good weekend!

K2 - K Square~

Er...lame title.. =p

Okay.. K square! You must be wondering, who they are? Hehehe..

both of this gals just turned 18

both are WMS-nians

both are September babies

both are equally wacky~

both are funny
both are very very very..ENTERTAINING!!!!

AHAHAHA!!!! Yup, none other than...

Krystal and Kai Li!!!!!

Birthday cakes

Showered with gifts..

A big Happy Birthday to the two of ya~! Haha.. though both the birthday surprise was messy and uncoordinated, =p it doesn't mean we don't love you two! We simply adore the two of you!! It was fun to plan and prank at the same time. hehehehehe!

To Krystal,

Happy Birthday!!! Your awesome man 'batu mahal'!!! It's been such a blast having you around and it was really funny to hear you speak with all your crazy ideas and suggestions. You made me laugh more than I imagined! I didn't know your that funny but as I got to know you a little bit more, I think you to be one of the most entertaining and hilarious gals around! Happy Birthday again and God Bless ya! Love ya!

To Kai Li,
Happy Birthday to you too!!! hmm..what to say about you?? Your a really smart, intelligent, witty and humorous gal! I had lots of fun in Lit and of course outside of class with you! Your really nice and responsible! You dream big too! I think you amaze me with how good you are when you study, when you plan for the magazine or even when you speak. There's something bout you that shines! Your the HOPEFUL GEM and absolutely not hopeless at all! Yea,you can be excessively wacky at times but your definitely fun to be with! Have a blast today! love ya much..~!

Think

How many times a day would you be doing this??

A random quote I came up with while staring blanky at the sky from the balcony in school a week before SPM :

The sky will always be the same sky but the place I stare the sky from will never be the same again...time to move on,time to grow up...time to say goodbye.

How many times a day would you seem to be look at something while your thoughts are some where else?

I remember there's something Samantha said in class,

"Carmen, ya, she's the one that goes 'life is meaningful', all about life and quotes.."

I used to think that an insult but now, it seems like a complement to me. It's the 8th day of my holiday and other than doing all the chores at home, I'd been doing some thinking again. I was sure I was focused on completing my chores but some how my thoughts wandered.

I remember Iris saying this when we were walking around school one day,

"Carmen, how come you can think of things this way? Why can't everything be flat and simple with you? You'll tire yourself thinking too much one day.."


When I was in primary school, I was pretty much a loner. Maybe it's my character that made me walk alone. I don't recall how I changed later on to mix around more but I know church played the important role here. Still.. in my thoughts I knew I was still alone. I would often walk around school alone aimlessly thinking of anything.

It was kind of a hobby when I was down and clueless or just when I was plain bored. I would think a lot, one of the things I would start thinking is life. Why? No idea. I just think about it. Some how my mind would come up with weird qoutes and sayings. I think I was trying to be philosophical or maybe wise about my life. Being alone so much gave me ample time to do nothing but think. Some how, God gave me a mind set that is maybe just a little bit more mature than my age group.

So many 'why-s' would come up and I would answer differents sets of answers that only leads to more questions without a conclusion. I like to be simple and I try to be simple but my mind refuses to think in 'a simple manner'. I day dream a lot because of this too. I would just picture so many scenarios and there's just no end to all the thinking. Kinda hard to get me eh? =)

There's so much I want to complain about but yet there's so much I want to thank God for. Ironic. There's so many questions in my mind but yet there's so many answers too. How much more ironic can this get?

=) My life is currently at a very laid back pace and everything is moving as it should I guess.. but again..I'm going way too far ahead with my thoughts. What now? Where would I be? What would I be thinking then?

Hmm... =)

My random quote of the day ;

Thinking isn't doing something; doing without thinking isn't something happening, something happening is when doing comes after thinking...

doesn't make sense as usual..sigh..random me.. =p

Passed!

Had my second on the road test today. YES!!!!!! I PASSED!!!!!!! wkakakakakaka!!!!!!!! *high fives rachel* Yea man! We did it Rachel!

It was funny cause I got number 19 today which is my birth date while Rachel got her birthday month. Lucky numbers!!! We passed so who cares! Thank you Lord!

Can't wait to tell Ms Lai and Ms Lim! They were laughing so hard when they heard I failed..so must show off a bit!!!hahaha..but Ms Lim did encourage me a lot. She kept telling me to remember the "7 rules when entering the car" So I pictured her in my mind minutes before entering the car. Thanks Ms Lim, Ms Lai, Jen and everyone who prayed for me!!

P/S : All my family did was laughing endlessly..why?hmm..hard to explain but yea, they were laughing a lot.

Not so little anymore

I knew this fella ever since he's born. Watched him from the moment he started to cry to crawling to walking to talking and to driving me up the wall.. Yup, meet my 'angel' lil' brother, Ivan.

Brief description of him ... He's tall, (yea..unfortunately he's only 2 cm or less from me =( ) very thin, 12 years old, specy, dark, semi-spiked hair, feet of size 8! (i'm only size 5!) and he has this good boy look.

His personality .. caring, kind, serious, responsible, dedicated, not afraid of being taken for granted, accountable, sensitive, (very..) gentle, goody-two-shoes, smart, very mature for his age, can be a little insensible, tears up easily, emotional, cheeky, annoying, loves his family, self-sacrificial, not calculative, animated at times, loves to watch TV, (so do i.. =p) loves music, ( so do i..) reasonable (he wasn't last time), growing up to be a fine boy and he's an awesome lil' brother!

Ivan sits for his UPSR paper tomorrow. My family has a usual tradition is that we would all gather around the person who is taking his/her major exams the day before for a time of prayer. We would always wish each other luck for every exam but since it's a major exam year we would pray especially. So we all gathered around Ivan's bed and laid hands on him.

It was a very emotional scene for Ivan cause he teared up the moment I started praying. By the end of it, mom gave Ivan a big hug so did I. (seems that it's a girl thing..) The entire 15 minutes was very solemn until..

Dad : Ivan, you can do it! May the force be with you! (er..star wars stuff..)

Ivan : We're having a moment here, don't spoil it please..

I laughed my head off when I heard that! This fella...*sigh* You just can't stop laughing with his randomness sometimes. It's very stressful for Ivan cause it's his first major exam and both me and Ed has already passed all that while he just begun. It's not easy being the youngest but hang in there young man!

Love you dearly.. don't panic and don't worry. We love you anyways since your the baby of the family! Who cares about 5 As!! Just do your best, we believe in you! I bring you for movie on Friday k..

Holidays~

Yup! Finally having holidays after another 2 packed months in college. Whee~~ ahaha Some how or rather I feel very tired and sleepy. *yawns*

The second sem is pretty busy. It's like one event after the other! Thank God we had to only plan for 2 of them or else... who knows how we'll all end up? My mom kept saying I was very occupied and she kept telling me to list all of it down, I'll shock myself she says...


July
26th - Treasure Hunt (crazy planning before that!)

31st - BBQ Nite (we had only 3 days to plan!!!)

August
12th-15th - Spent time with Aunty Janet and Lil' Zoe from HK

15th-17th - MITM Fair (only manage to go on 15th caus eof the item below..=p)

16th - 19th - BRATs Camp in Kajang

23rd - Graudation Ceremony (my job was to take photos only =p) + Charmaine's (my lil' cuz) Birthday Party

25th - 29th - Spent time with Aunty Mei Ling > went for dinner every night *sigh*

28th - Ground Breaking Ceremony (just a 45 min event) (taking photos again~)

September
2nd - Driving test!(I know it's not an event but personally for me it is!!)

5th - 7th - MATTA Fair (i'm having a sore throat cause of that..)

6th - MCKL & WMS 's 25th Anniversary Dinner (i'm the photographer again..this time I was using the college's new SLR!!!)


It's so short wad...*sigh* maybe it was long cause of the time I spent preparing for most of the things I went for.. hmm?? Thank God mom doesn't blog nor reads anything in the internet or else I would be hearing from her =p

Well...it's the HOLIDAYS! plain and simple! Too-daa-loos people! Enjoy your vacation!!!