O precious sight, my Savior stands,
Dying for me with outstretched hands.
O precious sight, I love to gaze,
Remembering salvation’s day,
Remembering salvation’s day.
Though my eyes linger on this scene,
May passing time and years not steal
The power with which it impacts me,
The freshness of its mystery,
The freshness of its mystery.

May I never lose the wonder,
The wonder of the cross.
May I see it like the first time
Standing as a sinner lost,
Undone by mercy and left speechless,
Watching wide eyed at the cost.
May I never lose the wonder,
The wonder of the cross.

Behold the God-man crucified,
The perfect sinless sacrifice.
As blood ran down those nails and wood,
History was split in two, yes,
History was split in two.
Behold the empty wooden tree,
His body gone, alive and free.
We sing with everlasting joy,
For sin and death have been destroyed, yes,
Sin and death have been destroyed.

May I never lose the wonder,
The wonder of the cross.
May I see it like the first time
Standing as a sinner lost,
Undone by mercy and left speechless,
Watching wide eyed at the cost.
May I never lose the wonder,
The wonder of the cross.

May I never lose the wonder,
The wonder of the cross.
May I see it like the first time
Standing as a sinner lost,
Undone by mercy and left speechless,
Watching wide eyed at the cost.
May I never lose the wonder,
The wonder of the cross.

- the wonder of the cross by vicky beeching.

found this song by accident but found it really meaningful. =].

A new year has already begun. hmm... i really want to turn back the time. After watching Proposal Daisuken, it makes me think about the every moment i'm living at the present moment. can i live it in a better way, in a way that God wants me to?? i dont think a fairy will appear to me during a wedding and turn back time for me, the chance of such an incident happening is almost zero. thus, every moment of my life must be lived without regret. or as i was taught dont bother regretting and live out your decision.

this year's birthday was one which i did not have the feeling that i should be else where while cutting the cake. although i refused to my dad's offer to throw a party, i still get to celebrate with my family, cousins, friends and teammates. it felt like it was all preplanned. it just fell all in place.

Martin: maybe you wont read it but shall type anyways. thanks for asking me to think about trying to make my birthday special by doing something special. hmm... but i guess it's been quite a while since my birthday is on sunday and that i get to celebrate with quite a no. of people. it's special by itself without doing something special. =].

Gonna go sleepover now... crash milk's house...

thank God for birthdays and people to celebrate them with. =]

MERRY CHRISTMAS

found this as i was clearing my table. written on a postcard.

A fading flower
An echoless whisper
A piercing dark silence
Beauty hidden beneath the ugliness

The sun which casts no shadows
A fire which yields no light
The soil where no plants grow
Where has nature beauty gone?

Gone with the wind
They say the locust did.
But I think gone with the wind
are the innocent minds
where are the innocent minds that hide no corruption?

Setting with the sun
The lights have vanished
The happy memories have left
The demented minds of sadness and grieve

What has this beautiful world become?

i think i wrote it when i was bored. kinda funny. oh well.

MERRY CHRISTMAS =]=]

i feel like doing random things like hopping around in a circle. =] maybe i should...

bro and i are gonna go on a cookie baking spree.=]=].

whee... suppose to bake gingerbread man with cross team... but o well...

thank God for cookies=]=]

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. - Aristotle

Learn the art of being angry.


Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle


Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. - Aristotle

Within friends, trust that every word is truth is of utmost importance. is this what Aristotle is saying?? or is he saying that finding a true friend is really hard but to seek the truth is even more difficult. i dont get it.

Thank God for Aristotle.

I'm watching you DAD.

Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling

do you feel my heart beating, do you understand

do you feel the same, am I only dreaming

is this burning an eternal flame.

I believe it's meant to be, darling

I watch when you are sleeping, you belong to me

do you feel the same, am I only dreaming

or is this burning an eternal flame.

Say my name, sun shines through the rain

a whole life so lonely, and then you come and ease the pain

I don't want to lose this feeling.

Close your eyes, give me your hand

do you feel my heart beating, do you understand

do you feel the same, am I only dreaming

is this burning an eternal flame ...


-Eternal Flame by the Bangles.

i love this picture of me and my identical twin brother who retained 3 times in p1, p6 and s1.
isn't my little brother cute and perhaps pretty too. =]=]. we are looking more and more alike. hehe. one of the rare pics i get to take with my twin. =]=]. According to a reliable source, my little bro and i are similar in mannerisms, character, etiquette and speech. So therefore, since i love my brother. i love me. =]=]. okays... enough of me being ego. =]=]. anyways, reminds me of my mom and my uncle. they have the same eyes and same smile. just like max and me. =].

thank God for siblings. =]

YM camp is over. =].

Spirit of God came to visit.

I'm falling in love with the strings all over again.

I've been running, trying to be one who sees
I've been working, this salvation out on my knees
There is nothing better than knowing
We are redeemed
I'm believing, trusting in creative hands,
I am praying for our world to bow to your plan
And this one thought is unmistakable
To take up my cross and follow You Lord

When You stand, the tall tress and mountains bow
When You speak, the fiercest of oceans is still
And I see the sinner seek devotion
The lost become chosen, and I fall to my knees

I'm forgiven by a Savior who did not deserve death
He was blameless and I was lost in shamefulness
Undelivered, but it doesn't seem right
Unless I keep my eyes focues on the Savior who gave His life
In the middle of a world that denies it believes
It is breaking apart at the very seams
There is one thing to be alive for
And it's to take up my cross and follow You Lord

When You stand, the tall trees and mountains bow
When You speak, the fiercest of oceans is still
And I see the sinner seek devotion
The lost become chosen, and I fall to my knees

I will take up my cross and follow Lord where You lead me
And I will take up my cross and follow wherever you go

When You stand, the tall trees and mountains bow
When You speak, the fiercest of oceans are still
And I see the sinner seek devotion
The lost become chosen, and I fall to my knees

Fall to my knees

- Devotion

next prane home

Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become destiny.
- Lao Tze

was playing some typing game. they made me type this. quite meaningful i guess. many a times that's how a destiny is forged i guess.

ten powerful phrases... saw this when i was waiting for huiling...

1. i'm wrong
2. i'm sorry
3. i believe in you
4. you can do it
5. i'm proud of you
6. thank you
7. i need you
8. i trust you
9. i respect you
10. i love you.

great. now do you feel powerful??

i learnt in church about testimonial sharing. hmmm... so here's my testimonial...
i was not born in a really christian family. so before i'm a christian, i was a little kid. i still remember at the age of 5/6, i made the conscious decision to go to church. the 1 reason i wanted to go to church was because i dont know what a church was and i thought church had snow. =]. so happily, i went to church. i turned to CHRIST because he talked to me and i loved bible stories. ( i was 7. stop laughing.) then i prayed the prayer... or is this the prayer my mum taught my cousin. Dear God, thank you God for saving me and for dying on the cross for my sins. i want to give my life to You. thank you for forgiving my sins. i want to accept You as my Lord and Saviour. please come into my life. Amen.

went to a concert today at esplanade's recital studio. quite nice. oboe/ piano, flute/ piano and piano/piano duets. =]=]. went with Huiling. the pianists looked so alike that i thought they were the same person wearing different wigs or sth. this is my 2nd classical concert i attended. =].

Thank God for music.

i found something interesting. quite hilarious too.
some reading profile that was done on me when i was a little kid. probably 3 or 4. i dont even remember doing this anyway here it is for your entertainment...

Name: Jiayi

Jiayi is a child who
- has very strong tactual preferences
- has fairly good visual and auditory sstrengths
- is more adult-motivated, fairly peer-motivated, not very self-motivated
- prefers adults choosing reading materials for her
- prefers to check her own work first before getting an adult to check her work
- enjoys reading, particularly with adults or with peers( I think she meant her sister)
- is not very persistent and fairly responsible, needing reminders to carry on with her reading
- prefers intake of food while reading
- shows no specific preference for either formal or informal design
- prefers to read in a quiet place with bright light
- prefers to have some freedom in deciding how to do her reading work, does not prefer to have an adult telling her exactly how to do her work
- works best in the evening

great. now stop laughing. life goes on.

for my sister.

i'm a runner. gonna be a mad runner soon. i'm running and running. and just running. i've been running so long. i'm envious of soccer training. their circuit training seems so fun. reminds me of badminton days. runners just run. shall start converting back to be a shuttler. huiling will say. how about studies... oh yeah. studies... hmph. shall start learning from the crazy runner -- allan. (hey whoever that thought i was crazy, i found a better crazy runner.) shuxian and i tried the wake up in the morning thing to run to meet up for breakfast kind of didnt quite work out.

My OP is over.

thank GOD for OP. =]

ps: jie how's examies??

it takes a minute to find a special person
an hour to appreciate them
a day to love them
but an entire lifetime to forget them.

The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved

Going back to the corner where I first saw you,
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move,
Got some words on cardboard got your picture in my hand,
Saying if you see this girl can you tell her where I am,
Some try to hand me money they don't understand,
I'm not...broke I'm just a broken hearted man,
I know it makes no sense, but what else can I do,
How can I move on when I'm still in love with you...

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.

So I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

Policeman says son you can't stay here,
I said there's someone I'm waiting for if it's a day, a month, a year,
Gotta stand my ground even if it rains or snows,
If she changes her mind this is the first place she will go.

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.

So I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

People talk about the guy
Who's waiting on a girl...
Oohoohwoo
There are no holes in his shoes
But a big hole in his world...
Hmmmm

and maybe I'll get famous as man who can't be moved,
And maybe you won't mean to but you'll see me on the news,
And you'll come running to the corner...
Cos you'll know it's just for you

I'm the man who can't be moved
I'm the man who can't be moved...

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.
[Repeat in background]

So I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

Going back to the corner where I first saw you,
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag not I'm not gonna move.

if winning me makes you happy, i'll let you win for just today.
if crying makes you happy, i'll lend you a shoulder.
if talking all day makes you happy, i'll be your listening ear.
if silence makes you happy, i'll stop singing my song.
if whacking me makes you happy, i'll start running away...

=] if it makes you happy, i'll just try my best to let things be.

By the fraud secretary of the INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF PROJECT WORK

**top secret**
**start of document**
MINUTES OF 25/9
Hui Ling finds it hard to sit like a girl.
Kanin needs to hurry up.
Anil loves taking picture.
Hui Ling is mad.
We need something to shut hui ling up
Kanin did so by giving hui ling a candy
Hui Ling is excited by the candy Kanin gave to her.

**end of document**

CONCLUSION : JIAYI AND JIASHENG ARE THE ONLY SANE ONES IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF PROJECT WORK.

that's all.

By the law of the INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF PROJECT WORK
COPYRIGHTED...

I'm forever yours - Planet Shakers

I give my all to you

Send me and i will go for you

To the ends of the earth

I'll follow after you

I want the world to know

Your love endures forever

Tell me and I'll obey

This is far greater than sacrifice

Trusting you and not myself

Will always lead to blessing

Lord have your way in me

Not my will, yours be done

Here i stand within your presence

Longing for your touch

A thousand days cannot compare

To one day in your courts

Hold me now

And never ever let me go

My Jesus, my precious Saviour

I'm forever yours

I will worship you forever

I will worship you

=]. i guess the song speaks for itself.

The Paradoxical Commandments

People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favour underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for the underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help, but may attack you if you help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you've got and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

-written by Kent Keith in 1968 when he was 19, a sophomore at Harvard College.

I remember this was the first message I heard from Mrs Lee Bee Yan (if my memory does not fail me) when she spoke for the first time as SAJC's principal. I was wondering what she would say as she was now a principal of a Christian school. unlike crescent days where she was not free to share her faith. I cant quite remember the verse she shared but i remember clearly this part of her sharing.I guess it reminds you that you should hold your values strong and not be shaken by the reaction of people. Most of the time we are afraid of doing something either because we lack confidence in ourselves or because we lack the courage. I'm really envious of this guy btw. Such a wonderful mind. simple words but meaningful message.

anyway, i guess i remeber this sharing well because in sajc, they stand throughout assembly forces us to be awake to be alert and reflect on what is going on in the devotion. Unlike now, where we sit down and sometimes conveniently fall asleep once in a while.