Do you know..

What I am believing in? Came across this poem on web. A non-Christian friend blaming his Christian friend for not sharing the good news of the living God... Till the non-Christian friend is facing the final judgement and it is not turning back...

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My Friend
by D. J. Higgins

My friend, I stand in judgment now
And feel that you're to blame somehow
While on this earth I walked with you day by day
And never did you point the way
You knew the Lord in truth and glory
But never did you tell the story
My knowledge then was very dim
You could have led me safe to him
Though we lived together here on earth
You never told me of your second birth
And now I stand this day condemned
Because you failed to mention him
You taught me many things, that's true
I called you friend and trusted you
But now I learned, now it's too late
You could have kept me from this fate
We walked by day and talked by night
And yet you showed me not the light
You let me live, love and die
And all the while you knew I'd never live on high
Yes, I called you friend in life
And trusted you in joy and strife
Yet in coming to this end
I see you really weren't my friend

How many of your friends and family know that you are a Christian? Do you love them enough to tell them how to get to heaven?
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Jesus said, "If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels" (Mark 8:38).

Jesus also said, "Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire" (Matthew 7:17-19).
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Tonight, I gonna sleep with this burden with.. I love my family members, I love my friends.. I don't want 1 day both of us regret at the no turning back.

Don't grumble

Last Sunday sermon with topic 'do not grumble 不要诉苦' in the service, has served a great reminder to me. Most of the time, we like to complain this and that then start grumbling on small little stuff even it is a blessing eg boss given us a good project or opportunity to learn and grow but we grumble about the workload; or we grumble about children are too high commitment while not all the people is having heathy and active children like us..

Pastor preached about we shouldn't grumble in this 5 aspects.
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不要诉苦

路得1:20-21
1:20 拿俄米对他们说：“不要叫我拿俄米（“拿俄米”就是“甜”的意思），要叫我玛拉（“玛拉”就是“苦”的意思），因为全能者使我受了大苦。
"Don't call me Naomi," she told them. "Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.
1:21 我满满地出去，耶和华使我空空地回来。耶和华降祸与我，全能者使我受苦。既是这样，你们为何还叫我拿俄米呢？”
I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me."

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1.
大家一起受的苦，我们就要接受
We shall accept the hardship if all are experiencing the same

罗马8:22
我们知道一切受造之物一同叹息、劳苦，直到如今。
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

2.
犯罪-要悔改
好心没好报-神喜悦的
We shall repent if we have done the wrong thing, rather than complaining about the beating and punishment. But if we get some suffering because of us doing good, then we shall not complain about it, as this is please in God's eyes. The reward would be coming from the highest.

彼得前书2:20
你们若因犯罪受责打，能忍耐，有什么可夸的呢？但你们若因行善受苦，能忍耐，这在 神看是可喜爱的。
But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

3.
有些苦对我们有益的
去婚礼好过去丧礼，我们会学习更多, 因为我们在欢乐里面，往往得到不多，苦难让我们学习到生命的更深沉。与其埋怨，不如改变自己

Sometime hardship brings benefits. For us complaining on the situation, we shall change ourselves and receive the good deeds from the hardship. Most of the time, we learn in hard situation. Happy moments are means to be only on surface of happening. We do not learn much lesson from the surface of happening.

诗篇119:71
我受苦是与我有益，为要使我学习你的律例。
It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.

4.
受苦往往是转机的开始
走投无路时做的决定
结局是美满的
受苦是有价值的

There is always the turning point for our hardship and suffering situation. The outcome is fruitful although we don't see the harvest at the beginning stage. There is value behind all the hardship.

"Fear not that your life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning"
- John Henry Newman

The victorious Christian life is a series of new beginnings
- Alex. white

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending"

路2:3-4
路得就去了，来到田间，在收割的人身后拾取麦穗。她恰巧到了以利米勒本族的人波阿斯那块田里。
So she went out and began to glean in the fields behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she found herself working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
波阿斯正从伯利恒来，对收割的人说：“愿耶和华与你们同在！”他们回答说：“愿耶和华赐福与你！”
Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, "The LORD be with you!" "The LORD bless you!" they called back.

5.
为主而受的苦
与基督一同分担，很快乐

4:12 亲爱的弟兄啊，有火炼的试验临到你们，不要以为奇怪（似乎是遭遇非常的事），倒要欢喜，因为你们是与基督一同受苦，使你们在他荣耀显现的时候，也可以欢喜快乐。
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.
But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

歌罗西书1:24
现在我为你们受苦，倒觉欢乐，并且为基督的身体，就是为教会，要在我肉身上补满基督患难的缺欠。
Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.
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By looking at this 5 points, we have no reason grumbling on our frustration and suffering. When we are less complaining, we shall see the beauty and positive side of things.

数算主恩
不是受苦
As a conclusion, we shall celebrate 2015, counting the blessing of God and do not grumble for all the learning points and suffering that received :)

Jesus is the reason

The Christmas celebration had just over, but the grace and blessed moments are still being counting :) Jesus is the reason for the season and God'd promises are real.



And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.


But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.


This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."


Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,


"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."


3:16
神爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信他的，不至灭亡，反得永生。
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

10:10
我来了，是要叫羊（或作“人”）得生命，并且得的更丰盛。
I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

14:6
耶稣说：“我就是道路、真理、生命，若不藉着我，没有人能到父那里去。
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Yammer turns One!

During my travel trip to Vietnam, I got this email received..


Wow!


Of course, I didn't miss this get- together session. Happy to see the great movement and achievement for this communication and collaboration tool progressing in the company. Many hours of meeting and brainstorm session for my division to come out with activities and postings to make this tool more useful and effective use for business purpose.


So, alone I represented my team for this meaningful and fun event


Lately company held lots of get together celebration sessions to cheer big and small success, and to improve employee engagement. I like those deco..


And lots yummy foods presentation


Here came out CEO. Inspiring and friendly sharing from him. Then the award giving ceremony session started in cozy environment. Lots of laughters and applause.

Then, came to my turn to be on the stage!


Ta-dang! Our team got the top yammer group :D the emcee explained about this award - this group updated quality posts and have most engaged members and posting. The Mr CEO smiled at me, and said 'great job!' Then shake hands and snap photo :D feel proud for this moment, a happy news to close the year ^^



Greyhound pound is the group created by me that advised by my boss to have a platform for us to reach out to our members. Education contents presentation for this project progress and best practise update. On and off we do have members post their photos on the their greyhound meeting sessions. Project Greyhound is talking about continuous improvement tool and new way of working. Been involving in this project for year+ together with my team member.



The feeling is like seeing your baby got an award on stage la :p the simple and yet meaningful recognition :)



Today is the day my department moving to new office location. Been in this office building for 9 years. Still remember I first stepped in this office after my 2 month maternity leaves when I was having my twin angels. Time flies..

Let me share with you my new workstation in the new office.


Comes out from the lift, go in the one of the entrance glass doors, then turn to the corner... My proposed seat is at the corner left top


Nah.. Side view


The desk with the ID tag is my proposed seat. Next to me is my team member. Then the round table bar chairs are for discussion.

Why am saying this is my proposed seat? Coz we are practising hot desk concept. No one owns any seat. You can sit at any empty desk. Then you are supposed to clean the deal before you left. Or else, all things to be taken away by admin department. So we keep our thing in the locket provided.


Hehe.. My seat is near to the pantry. This is important :)

Hopefully we have better engagement and collaboration in the new office. Looking forward for a brand new start ^^

Entering December

Here comes December 2015


On last day on November 2015, as usual, apart from office work,


I involve in some special events at the office, got the chance to work with a group of creative and energetic officemates :)

Then some other tasks at church,


Invitation card done for cell group Christmas celebration


Sunday school Christmas celebration too. 1st time I am the main crew for the school Christmas celebration - children going to do story telling for good news of Jesus ^^

Children and I are busy with December schedule. Christmas celebrations and year end closing.

Flying too for this week - travelling with children. And the week after.. And after - for business trip. Exciting year end wrap up ^^

Till then, Happy December!

Ps: sharing the test result of some passing time self test





Result shown - I am a 'love'able person hehehe :D

19nov deepavali fun

Good morning~ time flies.. School holiday is around the corner, December is coming.. Year end celebration events and work completion due dates... Am I ready for all these?

Angel complaining about my loud snoring lately that caused her not sleeping enough @_@ good thing is 'mummy, I know you are tired'

Yesterday we celebrated deepavali in the office. Delicious muttons and fried chicken served We ate the food with our hand only :D Indian songs were in the background and we were chit chatting while enjoying the food. Then followed up with fun silly games..


Like this post. My ex box and my hod. We are in the same team. This game made all of us behaving like children, running in the office and looking for the candies. When the team members found the candy, is either you make the sound of cow, chicken, goat according to your team. So, there was an old McDonald's farm in the office :p


This is the 2nd game. In a team, you are to peel the banana is either with fork or spoon or with your mouth. Pic shown I used the spoon to hold the banana, my boss peel it with mouth >_<


the best part is, there are 2 parts of this games. After the team got the scoring for peeling the banana..


there was the competition of - which team can finish off the banana 1st! So imagine all the team members rush to finish off the banana - been rolling on the table, peel with fork and spoon, or mouth!



Here comes the 3rd games, flowing the ping pong ball with straw and goal it! I didn't play this game, my dress is a bit short :p


Player trying hard to get the ball stays on the table


My team got champion for this. We got 50 marks for holding the ball at red circle :D

Like the deepavali celebration yesterday. Laughters and cheers made us back to childhood innocent stage ^^


What's next would be the activity am involving for the division. Hope we can get lots of inspiring stories of our colleagues ^^



Exciting events are coming up and my schedule is full of work and fun. Should be a happening year end closing for 2015 ^^

Network test drive nationwide
Charity works at a boy school
Final audit trip to Melaka

Hope all the road trips go well..


Last week in my northern audit trip..


Tyre burst at highway.. Got the spare tyre fixed..


Then went in to taiping town for a new tyre replacement :~

Till then, see ya!

丰盛生命

属灵四定律是与人分享通过信仰耶稣基督得救恩的一种方法，它把福音里的重要信息简单归纳为四点。

第一条：神爱你，为你设计一个奇妙的生活。

约翰福音3：16告诉我们："神爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信他的，不至灭亡，反得永生。"

约翰福音10：10 解释了耶稣来到这个世界的目的："我来了，是要叫人得生命，并且得的更丰盛。"

第二条：人因为有罪而与神隔绝。

罗马书3：23说道"因为世人都犯了罪，亏缺了神的荣耀。"

在第六章23节又告诉我们罪的后果乃是死。

神创造我们为的是与他交通，但人把罪带到这个世上，因而与神分离。我们毁坏了神想要我们同他建立的那种关系。



这个问题有什么办法解决？

第三条：耶稣是神给我们的唯一出路。

通过信靠耶稣基督，我们的罪得赦免，也就能恢复跟神的关系。



罗马书5：8告诉我们："惟有基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死，神的爱就在此向我们显明了。" 基督照圣经所说，为我们的罪死了，而且埋葬了，又照圣经所说，第三天复活了......"

在约翰福音14：6耶稣自己宣告他是通向救恩的唯一途径："我就是道路，真理，生命，若不籍着我，没有人能到父那里去。"

我如何能接受救恩这一奇妙的恩赐？

第四条：为得着救恩，了解神的计划，我们必须相信耶稣基督为救主。


约翰福音1：12为我们描述这一点："凡接待他的，就是信他名的人，他就赐她们权柄，作神的儿女。"

当你邀请耶稣进入你的生命 人生的各项活动在基督的管理之下就符合神为你量身打造的美好计划了。

如果你想相信耶稣基督为救主，对神说以下的话。单是说出这些话不会拯救你，但相信耶稣就会！这则祷告是简短地向神表示你对他的信并感谢他的救恩。

"神啊，我知道我有罪配得惩罚，但耶稣基督代我受罚；籍着信他我就能得饶恕。为了救恩我要摒弃我的罪，把我的信放在你里面。感谢你的奇异恩典和赦免—— 永生的恩赐！阿门！"

The Four Spiritual Laws are a way of sharing the good news of the salvation that is available through faith in Jesus Christ. It is a simple way of organizing the important information in the Gospel into four points.

The first of the Four Spiritual Laws is, "God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life." John 3:16 tells us, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 10:10gives us the reason that Jesus came, "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."

What is blocking us from God's love? What is preventing us from having an abundant life?

The second of the Four Spiritual Laws is, "Humanity is tainted by sin and is therefore separated from God. As a result, we cannot know God's wonderful plan for our lives." Romans 3:23 affirms this information, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 6:23 gives us the consequences of sin, "the wages of sin is death." God created us to have fellowship with Him. However, humanity brought sin into the world, and is therefore separated from God. We have ruined the relationship with Him that God intended us to have.

What is the solution?

The third of the Four Spiritual Laws is, "Jesus Christ is God's only provision for our sin. Through Jesus Christ, we can have our sins forgiven and restore a right relationship with God." Romans 5:8 tells us, "But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 informs us of what we need to know and believe in order to be saved, "...that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures..." Jesus Himself declares that He is the only way of salvation in John 14:6, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

How can I receive this wonderful gift of salvation?

The Fourth of the Four Spiritual Laws is, "We must place our faith in Jesus Christ as Savior in order to receive the gift of salvation and know God's wonderful plan for our lives." John 1:12 describes this for us, "Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God." Acts 16:31 says it very clearly, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved!" We can be saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone (Ephesians 2:8-9).

If you want to trust in Jesus Christ as your Savior, say the following words to God. Saying these words will not save you, but trusting in Christ will! This prayer is simply a way to express to God your faith in Him and thank Him for providing for your salvation.

"God, I know that I have sinned against you and deserve punishment. But Jesus Christ took the punishment that I deserve so that through faith in Him I could be forgiven. I place my trust in You for salvation. Thank You for Your wonderful grace and forgiveness - the gift of eternal life! Amen!"

Tuesday 3nov

Don't evade from your circumstances..


'Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. '

Take the challenges, solve them and move on. Scheduler is pack for November and December, still am trying to move around my scheduled meeting, slip in some quiet moment, leave-me-alone state, family outing, personal errands, children need, kitchen cleaning, laogong hug... Exciting year end closing mode is on!

Continue dreaming and hoping for more holidays, more family travels, surprises and bonuses! The Christmas celebration gonna be meaningful and happening ^^ have drafted performance sketch for Sunday school children, have an idea to make it fun for the office, then a memorable hectic-traffic road journey with loved one :p


More achievement celebration too.

Till then, happy Tuesday.

Nov2015

"If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween." Coupland


Snapped the pic in the office. My colleague chose this mask - this is the real me. She said. What a spooky inner personality. I told her :p

Was on half day leave on last Friday with remarks of 'I want to refresh myself'. So I got my sis to take half day too. We went for relaxing full body massage. Then tried something new on spinal health check. Then follow up with heavy Thai bbq dinner.

So. Did I got myself refreshed? Yes, my body tense feels lighter. So with my wallet :( somehow, money can buy us temporary happiness and relaxation..

Went for prayer meeting in rainy night. Ou of sudden, I realised that.. Not only we asking mercy from God on our sin, but we should ask for forgiven by not taking good care of our health. We shall maintain good health and body as our body is the temple of Holy Spirit. Pray for the strength and continuous effort for taking care serious on our body signal and unusual symptom.



Like this sharing. It tells about the 2 boys working real hard to earn the best seat ticket for the circus. With their day and night hardworking, they finally got the seat ticket as the rewards. When the circus performance started, they 2 boys fall asleep due to fatigue. Do not sleep on your best seat.


16:26
人若赚得全世界，赔上自己的生命，有什么益处呢？人还能拿什么换生命呢？
What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

So. Shall readjust my steps and schedule. To best care my heath and soul, not forgetting my family and love.

I have much more to share, but all the nice photos are not in my phone. Till the next sharing of my life stories...Happy November!

28oct lunch

Got my heavy lunch - a pack of nasi kukus with ayam goreng berempah..


Then I saw this..


The interesting self-served food corner


This looks nice


This is a caring initiative


Ya, this is good for afternoon tea, so I grabbed one!


The sweet doughnut sounds good after the spicy sambal rice~ so I immediately finished one!

And now, I am overeating.. Feeling guilty.. Reminded myself, I shall bring home cook lunch whenever possible. So I won't over eat unnecessary..

Few days back, I brought my own food


In this handy lunch bag rm5.30 from daiso :)


With insulator too


Fried fish fillet by my mum ^^

What is special about this lunch pack is I put half small cup of brown rice in this thermos with 3/4 full of boiled water, close the lid..


..and I got the porridge rice cooked in an hour! Since the sales girl told that the porridge cooked in 3 hours. So I close the lid and wait for lunch time..


Ta-da. Porridge and fried fish for lunch!


Porridge type soft rice with not so much of water. It served hot food. The best product I bought from Tokyo for this round travel trip :)


So the best solution is, eat whatever you want la :D