important lesson in life-part 1

haha oki some updates on 4 days of work. LOL one day seemed rEALLYYY long because of long hours..and the after the first day of work..i was sOOOO super exhausted that i just fainted on the bed when i reached home. luckily my parents came to fetch me.. yes i din bathe.><..(i did in the morning though!!)..ahh.. I don't remember ever feeling that tired for a long time alr..maybe the last time i feel like that was NEOS camp in 2008??..

yea..rEALLY tired man..so on day 2 have to get off bed around 7am..then prepared to go to work again..

everyday was a challenge mentally not to quit. but yeA!! i am very determined not to!! for sch fees sake. ><.. just pray my body can take it cos i reach home 11plus at night daily..

LOL so me and marg was rEALLYYY glad that weekends are finally here.. i have never wanted sOO badly a break at work..it's a different kind of looking forward..not just because it is very sian..but because the body is screaming to rest or threaten to stop working properly. >< LOL..it's very essential at this point of time.

after waking up at 12pm for sat and sun..i am feeling better alr..though deep inside, i am still dreading the start of a new week. =X..

it's going to be so long!! ><...5days... hope i won't faint halfway thr the week or something.

haha. anyway yest went to suntec cos john need to buy laptop..then ate kfc(OMG finally i can have lunch longer than 30mins without constrain). and went to church service..

church was great and refreshing! where they talked about something which i feel like sharing in depth cos it's something i feel is very impt in life.(if u are bored by it, just skip the following part.:))

so it started with pastor phil talking about life filled with trials. and patience is developed thr trials..patience = waiting for a long time under immense pressure with positive attitude. there can be many happy events that occur in life, but just one trial..can make you grow stronger from it.

also talked about how God allowed bad things to happen to us,not to weaken us, but to srengthen us..not to defeat us..but to make us victorious.. As we go through the hardships in life, we will slowly learn to deal with life better. Of course that's if you approach those trials with a positive light and not be all negative about it.

then he continued to talk about how it's important to keep our eyes on our vision, just like in a car, there is a rear mirror(small) and a windscreen(big)..we shouldn't keep holding on to the past..what has happened in our life..bad or good..and just keep revisiting and living our lives in those memories. instead, we should look ahead, get on with life..positively and with faith that God will make things right for us. =)..

He then went on to talk about his church,(he is not local) when he started it for the first 3 yrs..it was faced with many difficulties, people signed petitions, wanted him to be stripped down..church wasn't growing, etc. but it was during this 3 yrs, which he learnt so much, how he was not doing things right.. and finally, after 8 yrs of obstacles, he is now reasonably famous in his country, all those that has wanted him off, now wants to shake his hand. even the prime minister...and he received many awards for his contributions..that's how things is going to work in life. God will turn things around for us. Always.=) Patience and perserverance!!!..

and most cool thing he said was what i am going to type. he told us..not to be judgemental..nobody can judge...we can't understand what is happening to us..(the unhappy stuffs..the bad things...why it is happening to us..)and when we judge the situations and try to reason it out with our own logic..with our naked eyes..natural realm..it will not be accurate cos our judgement is wrong.

one example i thought of: if something bad happens to us..example..relationship problems? break up? maybe we will feel that it must be because we dun deserve to be loved, are lousy, or whatever pessimistic thoughts there is. but those aren't true. if we continue thinking that way, our future lives will just be sad.

3 lessons learnt from trials
1.Trials teach us to focus. (forgetting past and looking ahead)
2.Trials teach us that we are never alone.
3.Trials teach us the need for His presence. OR maybe sometimes i feel,trials happen to us so we can draw closer to Him. haha.

so if we see it in this way, bad things happen to everyone, it's just part and parcel of life..so instead of feeling sad and discouraged and becoming resentful and unhappy with life long term, (looking at the wider picture)..it is actually designed to make us stronger! :)..so lets smile and have this never die attitude in us~!! and i think life will turn out great.

well that's what i am believing. =))..at least we have hands and legs right?..if we compare with those better life ppl, of cos it SEEMED like our lives are disastrous. but if you really think about it, comparing to those worse fate ones, our life is actually good. for one, we are singaporeans,(you really won't know how lucky you are holding a singapore passport until you come to work at this factory worker job) for a second, we are educated. universiy students.

LOL. oki i learnt from china friends working at work. OMG they are university grads as well, (i am so shoCK CAN!!)but because their degrees are not recognised in s'pore *faints*..they have to work 15hours a day and paid sOO lil. ><..why? do they deserve it? just because they are not locals..they have to suffer so much with no power to argue for human rights. to think i only work 12hours ..and i am already half dead. how can they take it??...but i guess when you have no choice..the only way to go..is to accept positively. to at least try to make life better. accepting negatively?? just make life even worse lah. why do that. don't make sense.

anyway the point at the end of the day is.. we are lucky bitches. let's be happy about it. LOL.

haha okie this is really a loooong post, and finally, after church, i rushed to peiling's birthday party. It was fun!! :)...and have yummy food and cakes =D.. though only stayed 1hour plus cos it was alr late..

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY XIAO MEI MEI! =)..hahah...

wheee took some pictures!! shall post it when i have them. !

adios for now! :)