#awesometnt

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After a year of preparation [maybe longer], I think it really paid off for Timmy and Tania for all their hard works in planning and getting everything sorted out for the most memorable day of their life. Not to forget all the great helps from their wonderful friends who partnered with them side by side since the first day of the planning! Well done everyone!

(Photo credit: Evonne Teng)

It was amazing to see how Timmy and Tania chose to honor God by putting God above their wedding! It wasn't easy at all to see the stress and tiredness that both of them had go through during the preparation especially all the obstacles that they faced. But they prayed and trusted God in every way for their wedding and also putting Jesus at the center of everything, from their marriage to their wedding ceremony! During the wedding ceremony, I was quite stressful because I wanted everything to go smoothly although I was just in-charge of smaller part but I was thankful that everything went well and also to see how God blessed their wedding, from good weather to every blessings that they received! After all, it is all about God and He deserves all the glories and praises!

 (Photo credit: Rodman Lim)

Timmy and Tania's wedding also knitted our family closer especially with our siblings and cousins. Not even Chinese New Year can gather all of us just like how this wedding ceremony did. I spent so much quality times with my brother, Kelvin; and being there to witness our dearest brother moving on to his next chapter of life together as siblings indeed it was a beautiful moment and also reading those beautiful and touching comments with full of appreciations and loves by our cousins on Facebook and Instagram showed that we spent our time together beautifully and bonded well during the wedding ceremony especially with all the beautiful pictures that we took together.

(Photo credit: Rodman Lim)

Timmy and Tania's beautiful Thank you speech touched my heart and brought so much tears to me [and also to our dearest family members], it reminded me so much about our struggling during our childhood especially how mummy had to go the extra miles to make sure that we grow up well and also our popo [paternity grandmother] as Timmy's role model and 'hero' who always make sure that there are foods on the table for the family. And he also shared some of his beautiful memories with daddy. After listening to Timmy's Thank you speech, my heart was full of gratitude to God for seeing our family through, from one season to another season. While Tania's testimony about praying specifically had impacted many of us!

Not to forget the beautiful wedding message by Pastor Gilbert; simple but powerful, a message with great reminder for Timmy and Tania and all the married couples who came on that day, to be thankful and do not complain and compare. But guess what, it spoke to many of us too that in our life, we must learn to be thankful and no complaining! How it could not be the wedding of the year when the guests went home not just with beautiful memories but also beautiful messages?

(Selfie with my brother's iPhone 6)

[CONGRATULATIONS again to both of you, Timmy and Tania! Have a blessed marriage ahead with lots of love and joy! :)]

p/s: post wedding ceremony; the cousins went for karaoke session! :P

 [Amazingly at 3am, we all still managed to smile! :))]

It Was SO GOOD To See Them Again, The Godchasers!

When I was a college student, I was attending my brother's cell group, a young adult cell group, known as Godchaser. I was suppose to visit and join the campus youth cell group which is for people like my age but I chose to settle down at Godchaser cell group after my first visit.

Too young for a young adult cell group? Not at all! Looking back, God had groomed me well, shaped my characters and I had grew so much in my relationship with Him through this wonderful cell group for three fantastic years. After I graduated, I went back to my hometown to work and I moved on to new season of my life then as young working adult.

Today, I am not longer with the Godchaser but my heart is always full of gratitude every time when I see any of them at anywhere, whether in church or short catching up at mamak for supper or meeting up virtually at Facebook. Early this month, I got to meet up with some of them, beside than gratitude, my heart filled with great joy and it brought back so much memories. Some of them are parents now, some of them are husband and wife now, some of them are attending different cell group, some of them are migrated to somewhere else and some of them already moved on to a different phase of life. "Godchasers [you know who you are], no matter where you are right now, keep on chasing after Jesus and keep on shining for Him!"

Holding On

Bidding farewell to May and welcoming June in really soon; [time flies!] 2014, what an interesting year for me! By my own strength, I already feeling so fearful to continue the journey because of many uncertainties that surprisingly took place and some happened probably due to the decision that I might had wrongly made.

Such a long time I never felt so defeated and tired to journey on the destination! Rushing to catch from one train to another train can be really tiring especially with heavy luggage of uncertainties and worries. Sometimes, I felt like I just want to stop at one particular station and stop moving!

[Stop moving.... To catch my breath!]

Well, life is full of uncertainties and for some it can quite terrifying! If I am not careful, I might letting the uncertainties of life to paralyze me with fears! This year, I learned so much about being patience and wait upon God. When He started something in me, He will definitely bring it to completion according to His perfect timing. [He will never too early, never late but always on time!]

I always remember that someone had wrote this for my brother that also speaks to me so much that I remembered it until today...

"God didn't promise you a smooth journey in your life,

but He promised to walk with you every steps of your life!"

Recently, due to some uncertainties that I am facing, God never fails to show me that He is faithfully keeping His promises. And I am clinging to His faithfulness. My future is in His hands! The race is on and I am hanging on to His strength to journey on this race.

[Ting... Ting... Where is my next destination? I don't know but I am trusting the *Train Driver to lead me to the destination that He always wanted me to go!

*(The Train Driver who is my God who loves me unconditionally)]

...just a [Vulnerable & Imperfect] HUMAN

["I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.
I'm human, just like anybody else" - Ben Affleck]

I watched so much celebrities interviews recently on a famous talk show. What I have learned from what I have watched is that celebrities are just a human, someone who are also as vulnerable and as imperfect as we are. [Yes!] They are very much a human like you and I, who is also come from the same Creator! There is only one difference between them and us is that their career or job require them to be on TV, magazine or newspaper quite often and eventually making them a famous person.

[With Elvis Presley wax figure at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong]

Just because they are somebody famous, always on headlines, but does it mean that they are someone who is 'mistakes proof'? [Nope!] Sadly, people set a very, very high expectation on them; expecting them to be perfect, say the right thing, do the right thing and make the right choice. If you say that they are someone on the TV, therefore they have to [always] set a good example for everyone who are watching them, then, how about us? Well, we are not famous like them because our career or job do not require us to be on headlines or on TV but some of us are working in a very professional job [like doctor, engineer, pilot, bus driver, teacher, tutor, a church pastor, manager, businessman, etc] does it mean that we don't need to set a good example?

[Leave the celebrities alone, they are human too! We can make mistakes and so are they, therefore, we have no right to judge anybody! Everyone, including myself, should take responsibility to set a good example and making a difference in someone's life!]

To begin, it has to start from us! ["Be the change that you wish to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi] Secondly, don't lose heart, keep showing your compassionate by bringing love to the people around you. ["People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care" - John C. Maxwell] Sometimes, life can be bad, unwanted circumstances can happen to anybody, therefore, with a compassionate heart, we can be the instrument or an agent for God to bring joy and comfort to the needy!

Don't underestimate yourself, what you are just a play a small role but who you are is more important; your character and your attitude is crucial when it comes to setting a good example and making a difference in someone's life and to the world! Yes, no doubt we are very much a human, often times a vulnerable and an imperfect one but if we begin with our willing heart by allowing God to make us as His vessel, don't be surprised, He can use us to do mighty great things for Him!

[Always begin with willingness and top up with LOVE!

"So no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love. 

- 1 Corinthians 13:3b (MSG)"]

God bless! Cheerio :)

Passion Above All Else

["The purpose of a doctor or any human in general should not be to simply delay the death of the patient, but to increase the person's quality of life." - Patch Adams]

Last night, my friend, who is a medical student, felt really sad when she aware that sometimes the medicine that she studying couldn't help the dying patient. And I completely understand how she feels...

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Whether you are a doctor, or a nurse, or any medical worker, your passion in your work must be always above anything else! But sadly, when someone is too immune to their job and make it into a routine task or make their job to earn more money instead of earning a living, slowly their passion will be replace! I am a human and can be very easily caught up with my duty as a Radiographer, nothing but scanning and making sure that every examination done on time and also there is no delay in any appointment! But I really thank God for constantly reminding me about my purpose of life as an ambassador of Joy for every suffered ones especially the cancer patient.

Although, at times, I can't do much for some of my patients but I know one thing for sure is that I can lend my ears to them and give them my best-est SMILE, prayerfully my little effort can bring them joy! I strongly believe that a CHEERFUL heart can does good like a medicine!

"A cheerful heart is good medicine,

but a crushed spirit dries up the bones."

-Proverbs 17:22

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You only have one life, do something about it by living it passionately! :)

God bless!

The S.E.O.W. Retreat

Out of so many blessings that I received from God, belonging to this AWESOME Cell Group and meeting all these FANTABULOUS creations of God in the Cell Group, no doubt it is one of the best! And we called ourselves as 'The S.E.O.W.' What does 'S.E.O.W.' mean?

[S.E.O.W. pronounce as 'Siao' in Hokkien, means 'Crazy' - We're a group of believers who are Crazy for Christ!]

[S.E.O.W. also pronounce as 'Xiao', means 'Smile' or 'Laugh' - "The Joy of the Lord is your strength! - Nehemiah 8:10"]

[S.E.O.W.; S - Sanctuary; E - Edifying & Encouraging; O - Outreach; W - Worship in Spirit and in Truth; The Cell Group is our Sanctuary and it is also a place where we Edify and Encourage each other. And our Cell Group's vision and mission is to do Outreach, reaching out to the lost, poor and sick by bringing the Good News and the Love of Christ. And we Worship the Lord in Spirit and in Truth!]

Last weekend, we had our retreat to Malacca! We had so much fun and laughter during the two days and one night retreat! Personally, it was a great retreat for me and I really rested well in the Lord and physically also recharged! Not to forget all the yummy Malacca's foods that we had! [Thumbs up!] Oh ya, and also the WONDERFUL home stay that we stayed, 'Apa Kaba'; no doubt it is a nice place to stay and you might have the opportunity to meet people from different parts of the world! 

God bless! Cheerio :)