Saturday, September 29

can't elaborate more abt how busy i am..realized in the last few days that i dun have enough time for my revision..now that i didn't plan my time, just that the amt of time available is just now enough and i'm taking more time than i needed to revise...

but today's re-encounter session was real refreshing for me..i was struggling whether to go as i needed to revise but i thank God i went..His purpose for me revealed at the end of the session and i received the blessings by faith..sometimes its not why we face so many issues with our lives, why there are so many problems that are bothering us, its abt our prob with the Lord...we need to settle matters right with Him, then the rest will not be an issue anymore...

although its not that the Lord created more time for me to revise, but i can better handle the situation now with the peace of the Lord and most imptly, i can claim His victory and blessings with faith!

all the best to those who have tests upcoming in the next few weeks, esp my students in nchs who are having their end of yr exams this coming mon!

jel; 8:59 pm

Monday, September 24

went back to nchs today..was looking forward to it a lot..the memories are still there...it signified a huge part of my life spent this yr..furthermore, there were wonderful memories too...

was sharing with jh how my life now is so different from life then..from a teacher to a student, leading a life thats completely different from then...not to compare, i'm enjoying the different stages of my life now..

i guess being through army and work, i appreciate now better the role of a student..in the past, being a student seemed more lk a compelled responsibility..and thats whats burdening a lot of students now..that they irk sch simply because it is not by choice...

yes indeed, even now as i return to being a student, it is also a natural course for me but its a role which i willingly pick up with ease and assurance that it is something i desire...and i appreciate the role i'm serving now and i definitely want to serve it well as a student, to appreciate attending lessons, doing assignments and studying for exams..

it may seem absurd to some and seriously, i thank God for the different stages of life He has placed me in which allow me to understand what it means to put in my best in the different roles and responsibilities He has placed in me..

right now, let me fulfill my responsibility as a student and serve it well!

jel; 11:20 pm

Saturday, September 22

thank God for the mid-term break this coming week..a time to rest and recover as well as to refresh in the Lord..

was watching the online streaming of my church's worship last sun and i was ministered through what pastor shared during the worship...

9"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

11"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[f] a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
- Luke 11


indeed, ask from God the blessings which He has stored for you in Heaven...present your needs to Him and He will bless you with so much more..simply because He is our Father in Heaven...sometimes when i feel that i'm far away from God, its because i didn't ask from Him to bless me with the impt needs in my life..things which i need to ask from Him but neglected..and through this ministry, He reminded me that i need to ask from Him, esp things that matter to eternity and not the things of the world...

and one thing i've asked God for is to reflect more of Jesus in my life..to allow the light of Jesus to shine through me..i know i haven't done enough but i want to allow God to work through my life and use me to let the pple see the presence of God..

one impt verse which is kept in my memory since yest....it helped me overcome negative thoughts..
Romans 12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

jel; 8:54 am

Wednesday, September 19

oh good news..going back nchs next mon with some of the rt since its our 1wk break..to catch up with mr seah and just to visit the sch again...so looking forward to that since the sch left some much memories in me...

updates abt my life now? routine as per normal...bascially my sch week is the same every wk..doing the same things every week and my life seem to repeat itself every week for wkdays...but the gd thing is i'm still as satisfied and fulfilling a person as i am..

looking forward to the greater things ahead...

jel; 11:07 pm

Monday, September 17

i thank God for the weather today...it was raining heavily in the morning but i was praying for the rain to stop by the wedding reception in the afternoon cause my sis's wedding reception was held by the poolside...although it has shelter but being an outdoor event, it'll be wonderful if the weather was good..

but the weather can't be anyway better in the afternoon...due to the rain, the weather was very comfortable and cooling..not too sunny as well, almost perfect weather i wld say..thank God for that...and also for the smooth movement throughout the wedding...

the poolside location was a beautiful place to hold a nice high tea reception..and Goodwood Park has pretty good service and the food was of quite good standard...started imagining having mine there too but i'll prob use that place more for a smaller fringe celebration cause the poolside place wld be too small to hold a full scale wedding dinner or sort and i wld want to invite as many guests as possible..anw, will upload photos taken today soon, once i get it from my sis..

oh, and i managed to grab my hands on the Goodwood Park durian snowskin mooncakes..if you've not heard of it, let u tell you, they're very famous and really mouthwatering...

jel; 12:40 am

Saturday, September 15

spent the last 2 days doing up my sis's wedding guestbook..its quite rushed actually..wanted to do it since june but ended up delaying it till 2 days before the actually wedding tmr..can u believe i actually delayed so long?...no matter what, i managed to finish a decent job this afternoon..at least decent enough to present it in a wedding..in fact i'm quite proud of it..not only have i managed to do a pretty decent job within a short time, but its also one of the biggest project i've ever done so far and one of my most satisfying one so far...took some photos to share with u guys...


cannot take credit for this first page cause its a template front page already done when i bought it...


first page...the theme of this guestbook is lk a love storybook..as it starts off with the usual once upon a time...


then it starts with their individual lives before they met each other..so 2 separate sides for each of them...


more of their own stories and lives..


this is the first page with both of them tog..so the theme for this page is 'kissing the single life goodbye'


these depicts the memories of the 2 of them tog..


kinda like the bright fun look for the left side and the unique four square design for the right one...


like the spontaneous idea i had for the left one where the bride and groom are featured in separate photos and with the appropriate words fixed to them...i lk that layout...


the left one was another very satisfying layout design which also came spontaneously...basically this is an example of how one can choose the bkgrd according to the colours in the photo as seen in the purpple for this case..



very nice blissful words attached to an equally blissful photo..


a nice picture which i managed to find on the net that depicts perfectly my theme of 'hand in hand'..beautiful combination


final page of 'this day i thee wed'..nice end to this book but not the love story because the concept for this love story is that 'real love story has no endings'

quite proud of what i've done...in fact there's so much more which i can explore...and i've discovered that i can make all these at pretty affordable cost which is also another thing i'm proud of...being her brother, i wanted to do this as a gift for her and her husband and this is what i felt i can contribute to her the most and i hope it'll be a blessing for her...

my sis's wedding in 12h's time..may it be a blessed marriage indeed!!

jel; 11:45 pm

Thursday, September 13

had a short reflection today and i realised the areas in which God has blessed me in school so far....

rejections which were meant to be bad news turn out to be blessings in disguise...lk how i was offered usp and a place in the hall..now that i think abt it, i'm so glad i wasn't offered those chances..couldn't imagine how it wld be if i were in those shoes, how wld i be at this moment?? i mean it all testifies to how God knows i can't possibly have faced all those stress, so He set the path ahead of me...for indeed, His plans for me are always the best, plans which will prosper me, not harm me...i thank God for His blessings for me so far as i continue in this adventurous journey in nus...

highly recommend all of u to go to this website www.makeadifference.com and join their free newsletter subscription...the main pt is to get this free screensaver which comes along when u join this newsletter subscription..whats unique abt this screensaver is that it depicts a story of this boy Teddy Stallard and his teacher...this story, though a fiction, left a deep impression in me and left a conviction in me how my actions can indeed input a difference in the lives of others...

just a side info, this story is famous worldwide, watched by millions of pple and obviously impacted those who watched...trust me, its that gd...it moved many to tears when it was screened during the teachers' conference...i encourage you all to watch how the story unfolds and hope it'll bless you as much as it has blessed me..

do feedback to me how u feel when you've watched it!

jel; 9:01 pm

Friday, September 7

i always know the Lord has bigger reasons for the plans He has for us...bigger reasons which we may not understand at first and not apprehend the rationale...but the Lord will soon reveal the mystery if only we wait patiently and honour Him...

recently there's a new friend i've got to know and i wld say over time we've got to know each other better...and right from the start how we got to know each other was really a pure arrangement from the Lord and also the events which unfold after that cause over the past few weeks, we practically had to depend on one another many times and in one sense, many opportunities were created for us to go through the seemingly tougher times and for me to speak forth into his life...

there were some coincidences which i discovered..lk how we both happened to celebrate our 21st birthdays at the same chalet unit..more than that, i know there's more than just coincidences...just waiting to be that obedient servant and fulfill a greater purpose for our friendship...

and not forgetting, i really thank God for this friend and friendship...i treasure all friendships and i believe the Lord has a better purpose and future for this friend....and i pray he'll indeed receive the Lord's blessing and love in his life

jel; 11:59 pm

its friday!!! i just thank God that its friday..seriously, i'm so looking forward to the end of this week...having settled the work for this week..although next week everything will start all over again, but i just praise God for getting me through all my work and handling all my emotions for this week..

just came back from the airport after sending alwyn off...we're so going to miss him..he looks kinda sad today..the feelings of leaving this place...but i'm thankful for a great friend lk him...the memories were so fond...but we definitely wish him all the best for his studies and hope he take cares of himself over there! we'll see him very soon in dec...

jel; 12:32 am

Wednesday, September 5

doing physics experiment now..a lot of waiting time while doing experiment...its different in uni..u can actually blog while in lab..thats the diff..haha..thanks to those who have being quite concerned for me the past few days...i'm feeling much better now..thank God i can handle the tutorials and my assingments thus far..though not the best but at least i'm coping well...and i'm slightly more free now too..

will update more..back to my experiment..

jel; 10:15 am

Saturday, September 1

i just want to give thanks to God in this post...for in everything give thanks to God..thats one of the winning attitudes which pastor has sunk in deep in us...

and i just want to give thanks for every single situation i'm gone through/going through..even the not so pleasant ones which include not passing this morning's driving test...

in fact today turns out to be one of my most refreshing days i have..maybe its because of whats being happening in my life that i turn to God more than ever...and i've turned out to be more refreshed than ever before..and i always treasure the spiritual family which i have who really provided the support and encouragement i need...its the love of the Lord communicated through this family which brings me back to the focus of the matter, of the purposes of our lives

and really, no pt drowning in misery when one's life can be used in more meaningful ways and i desire to make my life a miracle, to let my life shine for the Lord and thats one of my goals of my life...

and now all i really want to live my life right for the Lord and to live a life that trusts and loves God totally...through a life that delights in the Lord, from Psalms 37:4, He will give me the desires of my heart which are aligned with His desires for me

jel; 11:49 pm