God make my life a little light

God make my life a little light
Within the world to glow;
A little flame that burneth bright,
Wherever I may go.

God make my life a little flower
That giveth joy to all,
Content to bloom in native bower,
Although the place be small.

God make my life a little song
That comforteth the sad
That helpeth others to be strong,
And makes the singer glad.

God make my life a little staff
Whereon the weak may rest,
That so what health and strength I have
May serve my neighbors best.

God make my life a little hymn
Of tenderness and praise,
Of faith, that never waxeth dim,
In all His wondrous ways.

Words: Ma­til­da B. B. Ed­wards, in Good Words, 1873, p. 393.

Tune: Unknown: See Here

Everyday

A new song to me. chosen to be the first song of today's tertiary group worship.
(
TG100418
Songs : Everyday; With All I am; {[God Make My Life a Little Light] Canceled}
Guitar : Shane
Singer : 3y
)



What to say, Lord? It's
You who gave me life and I
Can't explain just how
Much You mean to me now
That You have saved me, Lord
I give all that I am to You
That everyday I could
Be a light that shines Your name

Everyday, Lord, I'll
Learn to stand upon Your word
And I pray that I
I might come to know You more
That You would guide me with every single step I take, that
Everyday I can
Be Your light unto the world

Everyday, it's You I live for
Everyday, I'll follow after You
Everyday, I'll walk with You, my Lord

Speech Day, 2010

Time passes so fast!
Speech day of 2010, the last performance for me in Temasek Secondary School choir Temasek Chorale.
After a tight schedule in the morning,
I came in late to choir.
The same dressing as last year,
however different mood as compared.
This is not other but the last performance in TMS Choir.
Even I had not been very sure about what my lyrics were before stepping onto the stage,
by the time I opened my mouth, I sang as good as any of my previous times.
It is a memorable day that sums up the two years' choir experience,
though on the other hand, it indicates also the approaching O' levels.


Wish us all have a meaningful year.

the light of the world

today when i was rearranging some handphone photos,
an underexposed photo of NLC came into my sight.
the white cross on top of our church was so shiny as compare to the background.
so i decided to process the photo into an artwork.

when i editing the photo, focusing on the shiny light, i remembered a verse:
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."(John 8:12)
It encourages me to live in the light of life.
I hope the others can be benefited from this also,
so i made it a wallpaper of 1440*900 as according to my desktop size,
can be downloaded by clicking the image above.

and thinking more from the light of the world,

Matthew 5:14-16 (New International Version)
¹⁴"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. ¹⁶In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

Brothers and sisters, do you know that not only Jesus Christ is the light of the world, so are we!
We need to live out up to our standard so the we can be a living testimony to this world.

Draw Me Close

A beautiful song, Draw Me Close - Michael W. Smith

Draw me close to You
Never let me go
I lay it all down again
To hear You say that
I'm Your friend
You are my desire
No one else will do
'Cause nothing else could take Your place
To feel the warmth of Your embrace
Help me find the way
Bring me back to You...

You're all I want
You're all I've ever needed
You're all I want
Help me know you are near

Rearrangement of Youth Hall

I came to NLC to rearrange our youth hall today.
Drums are moved onto the stage,
and all the stereos are stacked at the back neatly.
So now, the whole worship team can stand on the stage.
Pastor can preach on the space in front next time
to have more interaction with us.
Chairs are arranged into two arcs facing the centre instead of three blocks.
It looks like... wings like eagles... if you could imagine.

After all when I tended to go back and stepped out the hall,
I found it was raining heavily outside,
having no choice but stay to see if the rain stops.
I was quite worried for some seconds,
then I thought of word of God,
"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."(1 Peter 5:7)
I calmed down, standing beside a window, and prayed to God in silence.
Surprisingly, when I refocused my eye sight back to the scene outside,
the rain has stopped.
Isn't it amazing that a heavy rain stops in seconds?
It is true that God hears our prayers.

17 years old

17 years old.


my 16th year,

2008:
Aug, Sept, Oct:
Slacked for months at home, but really enjoyed a great time with my family.
Late night of Nov 6th: Stepped onto Singapore Island!
Nov, Dec:
Had a great time of Bridging Course with Mrs Hoo and scholar friends.

2009: as a Sec 3 student in Temasek Secondary School.

Jan: failed to be any student leader but chose choir as CCA
Feb: started to do CIP volunteering in Public Libraries
March: got a Bronze metal for NOI of sg
April: I was baptized! SYF got Gold
May: Mid-year. OCIP->Laos!
June: holiday I spent in sg, slack somehow
July: NE show as preview of sg NDP
August: milo fund raising, X-country, XCL ex-co inauguration, ABRSM choir Exam initial outstanding

Back from NDP show

Spending whole afternoon and evening
NDP show is an experience.
Gather at War Memorial Park at 4
Enter the Parade Area by 5
NDP starts by 6
a lot of shouting out of voice
and also Singapore flag waving
Hand Drumming
white and red Hearts

Saw helicopters, parachutes, tanks, fighters, launches, divers
and the parade troops are better than expected.

The atmosphere today is high
When 8:22 Singaporean taking their pledge, the scene was impressive.
Another thing is the firework at the end of the show was spectacular.

By the way, the gift pack was a surprise when getting into the show.
Though I feel fatigued in the end of the day.
Having dinner in Subway in CityLink Mall and back by 36.

XCL and School

Quite a long time never update my blog.
A lot of things take place after school starts.
Firstly, I, as one of the XCL Ex-Co, start designing the website.
Choosing Joomla 1.5 + Discuz 7.0.
Everything just start.
For convenience, I make my PC a LAMP server.
It took me days to solve problem debugging in localhost.
Luckyly, things are better now,
after having short of sleep for two weeks.

CA was very bad. A-maths and Chem both very simple but made mistakes.
Hopefully can still have an A1.

CCA is to restart by next week. I love choir.

Today
I received an email from scholarship sth to attend NE Show 09 this Sat.
Then I saw the emaillist in the receivers.
A thought came out from my mind.
I wrote an email to all of the scholars who attend this NE show.
Really got some replies.
I think I am changing myself as compare to the very first day in Singapore,
more outgoing, more humour, and more mixing around.

Just now
Shutao came here asked me what's wrong with his pascal program,
a program tend to solve sudoku problem violently.
I found I have been away from programming for another one month.
I have to wake up by now.
Do what I should do.

Refresh Camp 4.0 @ NLC

Just came back from the Metamorphoteens, Refresh Camp 4.0@Newton Life Church.
It was a two-days-one-night camp.
Its objective is "To understand developmental changes that youths go through so as to have a right relationship with God and people."

First time having a overnight camp with church. I did not manage to be there from the beginning and I missed the morning sessions. We played games in the afternoon.

One of the games is to use a piece of A4 paper and to tear it into a non-breaking ring for three person going through. We were advised to fold the paper first. I tears the paper from the folding, and going besides the edges of the paper, when coming back to the folding line, instead of breaking it but going perpendicularly for a short distance to make a U-turn, then going on further as following the previous steps. I was not doing meticulous and in the end it formed a ring enough for a man to walk through. Two among all completed the ring and mine was a bit smaller than the other.

We played another game witch is using plastic straws given and a few name-tag tape and three balloons to build a tallest structure.
I had TauHui (those soft and smooth bean curd, sweet taste) which I missed a lot during the afternoon tea. I learnt to play drums with my friends in the free time.

Pastor Vincent gave a sermon after dinner.
Scripture:
Philippians 1:9-11
⁹And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more,^B)"> with knowledge and all discernment, ¹⁰so that you may approve what is excellent,^C)"> and so be pure and blameless^D)"> for the day of Christ, ¹¹filled^E)"> with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ,^G)"> to the glory and praise of God.
I then wrote a letter to God, a new way expressing my feeling to God. I also wrote a letter to my parents.

The movie at the midnight brought me a good sleep in the sleeping back after that. I went out by my own in the morning, walked along the Newton Road for the first time, applied for Bus Concession Pass at Novena MRT station, and lastly took a bus back on time. After the devotion we cleaned up everything and ended up the camp.

Through the camp, I knew more about my church friends. As I talked to my friends, I feel true that God leads my way.