Ode.. with, the guitar

After listening to a handful of other fellow levites and their lack of musical accompaniment in their homes, I'm left with thoughts of gratefulness-that I'm blessed with such a lovely instrument that is ready for me as and when I am, that it's sound is intensely backing me up as I carry on with my pursue after Him.. yet gentle enough to let me hear God whisper into my ears..

I'm not trying to say that you can't worship God just by yourself and that you need to have a full orchestra to initiate your time spent with God.. but I'm saying that I'm thankful for this piece of relatively expensive wood, which I sometimes take for granted, in enabling me to generate higher decibels of noise in my tiny, bedroom worship sessions. haha.

Angry..not

I never knew I will react this way...

My dad came back yesterday night and shared with me that he got into an accident. While he is not sure of who's at fault, he confirmed to me that the other party was 4 young men and a lady- And they were least polite to him. They even made him signed something that acknowledges that he was at fault.

I flew into rage.. Well not exactly, but you can literally spell out anger from my face. I immediately came up with all the reason to back up my act. I began to summon the 4 men in my mind and started punching them.

Then I remembered-My anger can never make things right in God's sight(James 1:20).

The truth is, it grew worse.. Even my dad got the hint and comforted me by saying that the driver later apologizes for his disrespect, something which I think was just being said to calm me down.

My conclusion is that I was not at fault in being angry with those bunch of young adults, but I was wrong to harp on it.

And that is my biggest weakness-I'm a professional harpist. Yeah, I'm sure those around me are able to relate to that.. And that's also probably why I picked up guitar so fast.. haha.. But yeah, I guess I'm still learning to control, to stop harping when the piece of music is not right, when it's not glorifying His name..

haaaa.. I feel a heavy weight taken off my shoulders.. I feel.. free..

Surrender

There's freedom in surrender,

so I'm raising my white flag.

Not to opposition, but to my greatest Ally.

An irony it is for me to do that in any facet of this alliance,

but it was me who started it.

Blatantly displaying my mediocrity, executing frivolous battle plans.

So I'm raising my white flag with joy,

Because there's freedom in surrender.

I hope my white flag won't be blocked by the clouds. There's been quite a few floating around these few days.

Lol

"Laughter can conceal a heavy heart; When the laughter ends, the grief remains."
- Proverbs 14:13

I hope laughter stops doing that haha..

Where Joy and sorrow meets

"For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. " - 2 Corinthians 7:10

Friends

" A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need"

-Proverbs 17:17

Talk... Chisel... Control... Chisel...


Chisel.

Kris

I'm not idolizing, but just looking through his AI journey has been inspiring

On how he changed to the better, but one thing that didn't change,

was the joy to watch him perform

singing some simple 4 piece acoustic 'bedroom' songs

Well, he's not trying to impress, but be himself

Plus, he can play guitar and piano.. and sing.. lol.. again, not idolizing!

experiment no. 10234153

Mum told me not to play with fire..

Boss told me otherwise.

hahaha!

Pleasure in worship

"In his book prayer, Richard Fraser speaks of stepping-stones along the path of learning to adore God. Ultimately, adoring God involves gratitude, magnifying Him, and "foot-stomping celebration"( LOL I laughed out loud at this one), but these must be grown into, and our hearts must be taught. A good first step is simply to make a habit of watching small things in nature... This does not mean analyzing but rather discovering the pleasure in simply observing and participating in nature." - Solo

How do you learn to worship Him? One thing I have learnt is to find pleasure in doing so. And I do so by making myself know that it is worth it, and most importantly, knowing that it pleases Him. I learnt also to worship not by hard, but by heart. " Our hearts must be taught.."- And this teaching.. and learning on our part, never ceases.

Psalm 34

Time did more than just flying..

wow.. soon I'll be having my graduation ceremony(15th May).

Soon I'll be serving the nation with my brain(muscles)( this one took a long time actually ha)

Soon.. But it really did more than just flying, it gave me the opportunity to enjoy so many things I didn't knew I could. I experience so much more to life.. so much more towards God. Some came in just minutes, some hours, then months.. years- The moments of my life I am grateful for.

I was kind of trying to set things right like what the picture shows, but instead God set me right. I remember once I posted about me being speechless.. I believe now I'm still able to generate sufficient silence to remain-

I found my favourite guitar song on playlist.com! hahaha.

Praise Him

I love this picture! I was wondering what the first person from the left doing when others are playing their instrument and singing and then I got a reply - He's worshipping too! Haha do what you can do! Worship Him in spirit and truth!

This few weeks was great! I have ample time to spend with my family.. nothing clashed and I was able have much quality time with them.

I got my date of enlistment! It falls on the 07 Oct 09. It's what I wanted. Enough time for me to work and get all the experience I can with my current job, and when I ORD I will be going into NUS straight without delay. I'll be able to go for youth camp too! Get ready for an ELEVATION!
haha

Thank God. You're the one I count on. =)

Anthem

"Where you find life in worship, there you find worshipful life"

worklife

Yup! Blogging about my workplace. It's called the center of innovation, in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. It's main purpose is to research, so those who are there seldom teach. Hence my job title-student researcher. A really a cool place to work in. Most of the things I do, I'll never have the opportunity to do it anywhere else. I get to learn so many things, that the learning curve is almost exponentially going up. While work might actually sound boring for all of you who's reading this, it's in fact fun for me. I'm venturing a lot into where I've never been before, and so I've been reading a lot of literatures on photonics, organic chemistry, etc.. The people working there is interesting, there are quite a few doctorates-everyone there has at least a master probably with honours. So the standard is pretty high, the level of professionalism is up there, and there's a spirit of excellence in that place-everyone is really an expert in what they do. I like my boss now, haha and I'm not trying to win favour! He is really like what my FYP supervisor, who recommended me to work here, said- someone who can really go far, and with a lot of experience under his belt.

This is the laboratory that I'm working in.

The equipments are state-of-art. Haha so to speak..

Haha I'm actually having to work inside the lab. there's no space at the office

so we have to make do inside. Otherwise the lab is strictly for experiments only.

Ok... for us not so strict la.. since already the lab is our office lol..
but yeah I'll make it a point to wear lab coat when I'm doing experiments..
the chemicals inside are really hazards, and I've seen a few incidents happening
already haha..

This analytical balance has accuracy up to 4 decimal points behind a gram!
And it's placed on a table called a measuring table.. wonder what's so special about it..
Probably it absorbs impact so that the readings won't be affected.


Even the bin is stylo.. lol

Yup! Thank God for this wonderful opportunity. It'll be a fruitful one.

I like my tea hot

sippppp.. haa

He's with us.. He's with us

"I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people. "

-Leviticus 26:12

You are the joy

God came to GNS..

empty seats filled with expectations..


surely they were filled, with people who were also filled with expectations..

"come on! Praise Him!!"

one of the people I'm talking about..

When I saw the crowd, He asked me, " What is it that you see?"

I said blatantly, "I see a huge crowd waiting for You.."

He said, " I see more.. I see him, him, her, him, her and her... and him too.."

The sermon that caught me the most, even though I was busy running around for logistics, is the one on the last night. Rev. Bonnke speaks of 2 stories, one about Adam & Eve, the other, about the prodigal son. It was a powerful one even though it was so so simple. The point was obvious, that God came running out to us, searching for us( as if He didn't know where we are) and He's the only one who did.. He cannot, couldn't hesitate to reach out to us..

"..He was willing to die a shameful death on the cross because of the joy he knew would be his afterward.."-Hebrews 12:2

We have moved the heart of royalty..

(some photos from Declan and esf)

Audience of one

So many things have happened/ is happening this week. So much so that I felt so lost and tired...


To my audience of one, I lift these arms to you and you alone... find within me, a heart that beats to praise you.. dead to this world, but alive for your will.. even when no one is listening, I know You are...

workday no.2

Nope! Didn't work today, I reported sick. And I am really sick haha.. The worst I had felt for this year I reckon. Went to have lunch. Then I decided to buy parking coupons cos, yeah I ran out of it. Came out realising that it had started raining heavily so I decided to have a cup of teh while waiting. I'm becoming more like an uncle already. haha!

Took some shots of my Cort Parkwood as well:

Look at the strips!!! It's absolutely stunning!

The shots doesn't do my guitar justice haha.. taken with my htc.. I am loving this guitar man.. Thank God for it.

That's all for now! Will post more about work soon!