..my battle stance..

for the joy of the Lord is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10) It is interesting that Maclaren 's exposition of this verse starts with statement that Judaism is a religion of gladness. It really is. Even the weekend of Jesus' crucifixion was a festival weekend.  Our faith is really not that kind of solemn, zen, ohmmm.. faith. Our faith- the Subject of our faith, is one which is full of gladness. We revolves around this God who dances and sings over us! Oh.. and not only that. He could have just appeared with all this glory and battalion of angels before us. Surely we would have believed. Yet He chose a different way. He chose to woo us. Quite a Lover. We have every reason to be flattered, to have that silly smile on our face at any random time at any given place and situation whenever we think of this God of us. And yes.. Jesus. This Savior of us certainly has a thing or two for party. His first miracle was at a wedding party. Something to do with treating every...

lately i have been getting this dat$ng app$ mail. i think it is one of fb early day apps. been like... what? 10 yrs? so sometimes they will send you a random matching suggestion, and you can click 'yes' if you find the person interesting. and if both parties choose 'yes' then they will hook you up. of course i will normally just ignore all those emails. i just find this particular 'smart pick' quite.. er... smart, indeed. the tone of both photos just somewhat match. her height and hobby sounds right too heh. how did they do the algorithm ya? im curious.

Please try reading "Mere Christianity" by CS Lewis. This book is NOT Complicated. It is not straightforward, I admit. But there is never simple, straightforward answer to life biggest questions anyway. You may not find this book useful or important. But I promise you one day you will. I was astonished by so many deep and yet most basic truths that CS Lewis shared inside. He came up with the content during world war 1? And I felt as if he just wrote that book a few years ago. Towards the end, he touched on sexual issues, on marriage, on faith and our salvation, on grace vs work. So many relevant topics. The ingenuity of the thought.. it can only be the Holy Spirit that revealed to him. I read some of the chapters multiple times. And I tell you I almost never do that. I feel like I want the book to never end. Almost never feel that way too for other books.

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There are a few things that I constantly dream of. Say.. my dream of becoming a wuxia author. Or my little dream of penning songs like this guy. I lied on that 'penning songs' thing. Not too confident to admit that actually.. I want to be up there on that stage. Like him. haa.. But well..whatever it is, all those involves one little requirement. The language. So I guess I have to master this after all. Never too late, so they say.

I thought this song is cool somewhat! And the singer's (alto?) voice reminds me of our very own Reza. well.. turns out its the OST of this drama . Its "let's not be friends" soundtrack song is bloody toxic. Maybe will try watching if I got time. Like Ruby Lin a lot, even if she has grown old. She has that typical Taiwanese feel.

Just came across a new knowledge. To me at least, since I am not married yet. Lately people have been getting into prenup agreement prior to their marriage. And I took it for granted that for a country like Singapore prenup agreement is something the court will acknowledge. Singapore is a first world country with rather high divorce rate after all. So I thought. But it seems that under Singapore's law, the court is bound to follow the Women's Charter (under the British law) above all else. Prenup agreement is something that the court may refer to but not compelled to follow. In short, it is not legally binding. Apparently this scenario actually gives the women a better protection. (this statement is on the assumption that in majority the men will be the ones with more or most asset) Read here for more: http://singaporelegaladvice.com/prenuptial-agreements-singapore/ So we have Women's Charter, Prenup Agreement, and the Wedding Vow then. Which one is the weak...

When I first saw this quote, I thought it's really ironic that the person who posted this was the person with whom I had the most severe misunderstanding with. I am not sure if the two of us will ever truly come to common understanding one day. I too, have given up on trying to go the distance and 'fix it' in many occasions lately. When it seems that there is misunderstanding.. And it seems that the other party has decided on taking whatever action he/she deems fit, I just let it be and shrug it off. Don't be too virtuous, and don't be too wise. Why make yourself miserable?  - Ecclesiastes 7:16   So don't be too good or too wise! Why destroy yourself? (NLT) I never forget this verse from the first time I read it. But it takes me so many years to finally agree with it. Now. Jesus spoke of the weary who carry 'heavy burdens'.. I guess this is one of those heavy burdens we are not meant to carry. It's not our job to fix all the bro...

but it isn't, it seems.

July 1st.  On this day, the regret of the year before is  as far away as  the hope for the year to come.  But as far as the present is concerned,  we are entering the second half of the game. What is 2015 to you?  To me it's game time.  And more importantly.. It's, I believe, the year that answers. Or the beginning of the years that answers. Betting everything on God, making no provision for failure, .. my battle stance ..