my BFF!!

Dear Sihua aka my Bosom Friend Forever..

Thanks so much to be my BFF and also a fellow sister-in-Christ.. really feel very loved by you.. always so willing to accompany me.. thank God for this friendship that i have with her..

she rushed back to boonlay just to want to pei me eat dinner yesterday cos she feels that i wasn't very ok but i was too tired so decided not to meet her.. but she waited at the mrt station to pass me a fruit donut that she bought for me to bring home.. so sweet rite? :) very touched and blessed by her..

haha.. she waited for me for 3 hours plus today just cos i asked if she wanted to meet me up.. so touched and so sweet of her.. really very grateful.. she knows that i was feeling rather emo the past few days.. so wanted to encourage me.. cannot stop thanking her actually for the many things she have done and how she almost always give me the support.. really have to thank God to place this sister that is so sweet, cute n cheerful in my life..

i learned quite a bit of things from her too.. haha.. and realised some things that never had occurred to me.. she is very influential with her character too.. haha.. you will be amazed.. gal, you r very impressive de k? haha.. don't belittle yourself k? haha..



Photos to share:

my BFF.. sihua.. :)
i took this photo of her with my new hp..
first pic on my new hp..
honoured eh? lol..

2 pics of the waffle that we ate today
:P
yummy!!

haha.. she has done so much thing for me.. how much have i done for her? i wonder.. haha.. we shared our good and bad times together ever since we started this friendship that we have.. i really hope we will continue to grow this friendship that we have.. cos we are gonna spend eternity together so BFF is the best description ever.. haha..

jus be who you are.. you are dearly loved the way you are by God.. i also love you the way you are.. :)


I love you, my BFF!! :) hugs..


Love,
Naomi

a revelation, a realisation or a reminder?

eh... how to start.. haha.. i also don't know.. cos it is just some thoughts that went through me and what happened along the way..

was feeling rather emo the past 2 days including today actually.. haha.. it was partly because i was tired.. i am so tired that i start to emo but to come to realise that it is even more tiring to emo.. haha.. so sad rite? emo le even more tired.. another part is that i couldn't let go of something that i said to someone that has caused a deep scar that may take a long time to heal..

some very negative thoughts went through me.. think all who have emo before should know what i am talking about.. yeah.. these thoughts made me feel even worse.. worse than ever.. but the rational side of me took over.. tried to stop thinking negatively and dwelling in my emotions.. i look to a book that i am reading these few days, named 'Next Door Saviour' by Max Lucado.. was reading the chapter on 'The Trashman - Imperfect people; John 1:29'.. was reminded that i need to let go of 'trashes' that i have in my life thus far and give them to God then can i lead a new life with Him.. just like he is my brother, he ain't heavy.. He chooses to take on all the rubbish that i have in my life onto Himself.. so touched that i teared.. was reminded about a verse that touched me very much when i was a non-believer..

"28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

- Matthew 11:28-30-

then i decided to read a brother's blog.. something really struck me.. and i know it isn't coincidental.. some negative thoughts that went through my mind came on his blog.. i was like 'woah!!'.. God, You are really amazing in the ways that You speak to Your people.. haha.. it is really like a wake-up call.. an almost mind blowing yet warm-heartening call.. indeed, i shouldn't allow the evil one to twist the Truth cos of my emotions and negative thoughts.. needing to guard my mind and heart well and aline them with the Truth and cling on to the promises God has given me.. cos i want to be a victorious overcomer with God.. not a defeated fool that chooses to wallow, self-pity, who hates discipline, etc.. cos i know the Truth is the one that will stand forever..

"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my Words will never pass away."

- Matthew 24:35, Mark 13:31, Luke 21:33-

" 5 Trust in the Lord with all your hearts and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your path straight."

- Proverbs 3:5-6-

" 11 My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline and do not resent His rebuke, 12 because the Lord disciplines those He loves, as a father a son he delights in. 13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom , the man who gains understanding."

- Proverbs 3:11-13-

i am refreshed and reminded.. had a revelation and a realisation too.. haha.. so many things.. so i will continue to chew on them.. and let it sink deeper within me.. so i will be stronger everytime and not fall as easily as the previous times..

last verse that i want to share and remind myself..

" Above all else guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life."

- Proverbs 4:23-

God in Naomi = nothing is impossible! Amen!


Love,
Naomi

finally after so long... lol...

just like what my title says.. finally man.. after so long.. i got to meet my close guy friend.. he was so so busy the past semester that he met none of his friends up to hang out.. lol.. finally we met up today.. haha.. happy to see him after so long sia.. hopefully no need to wait another semester to meet again.. lol.. that would be so sad..

some background on how i got to know him.. i knew him since jc times like the jc friends that i introduced to you all in the third post.. haha.. but how i got to know him was rather unique.. the first time i started to chat with him was over irc cos he don't know me.. and it was actually because i wanted to help my friend 'matchmake'.. cos my friend has a crush on him.. haha.. but i got to know him better through a overseas community involvement programme trip to thailand.. yep.. ever since then we have been very close.. =)


Some photos to share:

my close friend..
his name is Christian..

guess what place is this?
i'll give you the answer at the end of the post..
lol.. :P

a hazelnut macaron
a dark chocolate macaron
a tiramisu
and last but not the least...
a dark chocolate banana cake
Yummy!!
:)

my close friend's girlfrend put in his car de..
awww... so sweet rite? "Always by your side"
haha..
actually quite a random shot..
lol..
but really think it's very sweet..

it was quite a good time.. to catch up.. got to know how happy he is.. :) despite of all the busy-ness.. haha.. and even though i wasn't exactly in the best emotional state.. but going out with him did help me to take my head off my emotions.. which is good cos it clears my mind.. see things better.. Thank God that i didn't decide to cancel the meet-up cos of my not too good feelings.. yup yup..


so the answer to where exactly is the place that we went to? it is .............................





Candele.. it has a very good ambience.. and it has fantastic desserts.. super nice.. it's a must try.. lol.. the food there is not bad too.. portion is just nice de.. haha.. if you enjoy desserts, do drop by.. you won't regret it de.. =)

next time i get to go anywhere there is good food.. will let you all know de.. haha..

Close friend + good food = happy times


Love,
Naomi

need some sorting out...

hi hi hi..

a lot of thoughts going through my mind.. a lot of emotions running through me too.. i need to make sense of everything that is going through me at this moment in time.. please pray for me that i will be able to sort out my thoughts well and convey them to the people who needs to help them.. and that they will really make sense for themselves too.. cos i really don't want it to turn out just another thrashing session with no fruits at all..

once settled, i will blog more about it.. :)


give thanks in advance

love,
Naomi

a video n some thots..

Hey all..

decided to share a video with you from youtube.. i am very very touched by the portrayal of God's love through the play.. so great is His love for me that He never gave up on me.. yet i can be so easily distracted from Him by the things around me.. God, You are the faithful one always.. and You've won the battle so i can be freed.. thank You..

actually before watching the video.. i came upon an email that i wrote to my shepherd (aka spiritual mentor).. it really brings back memories of what i have went through in the past.. if i hadn't persevered on, i would have not be where i am now.. whether is it for my relationship with God or whom i have become..

the combine of the 2 above really made me cried badly while watching the video.. such strong emotions rushing through me..

maybe you can say i am just being emotional.. i am a feeler, i don't deny.. but i know if not for the experiences that i have with God, not because of whatever i have went through previously.. the struggles.. the good times.. the bad times.. i wouldn't be feeling what i felt.. cos it would merely be me being the onlooker of things and the emotions would not be as strong as those of the first party of the story..


Enjoy the video below...




May it bless your heart..


Love,
Naomi

Blessings from people =)

Hey everyone...

It's Christmas day.. haha.. how did you spend your Christmas eve? and how you gonna spend your Christmas on the day itself?

i enjoyed the company that i had during Christmas eve.. so very touched by the play and how God's love was being portrayed during the play.. =)

wanted to go to countdown as a unit at esplanade de.. in the end the celebration at esplanade was cancelled.. so we went to subway in the end.. lol.. what a place to countdown in.. but how cares? it is the company that matters most..

thanks so much to everyone who blessed me with the cards and gifts that they have given me this Christmas.. so so touched.. =)

may you are be blessed by the other people around you too.. cos you are greatly loved by God and His people..


Photos of the gifts and cards i've gotten today:

little gifts from friends =)
small candie cane from Joyce Lim
toblerone from Ying Jie
big candie cane from Shun Rong

Christmas card from Tracy
good creativity..

Christmas card from Shi Jie
Not bad handicraft skills eh.. lol..

Organiser from Xingni
promoting for your company? lol..

Christmas card from Qianru
fellow transformer!! :)

Christmas card from Matthias
a cute little red nose..

Christmas card from Qinyan
xoxo

Christmas card from Meijuan
a sweet little heart..

Christmas card from Eileen
mark and spencer eh.. rich sia..

:P

Christmas card from Wee Boon
cute drawing.. lol..

Christmas card from Guo Feng
plain but meaningful..

Christmas card from Dorling
my dear shepherd..
and a gift from Thailand
good taste eh.. lol..

thanks once again to all the blessings given to me..

thank God for the blessings and the learnings that i have in this past one year.. even though it might not be all smooth sailing, the joy, peace, courage and strength i found in You when i needed them, made a great difference to my life.. also thank to all those who have standed by me all these while.. and those who served alongside me in my care group.. i'm really grateful..

i've very much taken people around me for granted.. until i slow down to think how much they have done for me, supported me, endured my rubbish, etc.. really grateful.. immensely grateful.. especially to God.. cos without Him, i wouldn't be who i am now, know the people around me now, be able to learn how to treasure the people and things in my life..

i think i can never thank God enough.. for what He has done, for what He did and for what He will do.. =)

Praise the Lord for the salvations today.. looking to forward to see more souls being saved.. =)
as when one sinner repents, the whole heaven rejoices.. - Luke 15:3-7
very very happy to know that Kemin received Christ personally into her life.. cos she was touched deeply by God's love.. pray that God will continue to do His work in her.. Amen!!


A heart full of gratitude..


Love,
Naomi

Care group... =)

~~ Care group ~~

You have your own life,
I have my own.
We studying different courses,
Doing different specialisations.
You don’t know me,
I don’t know you.
As sad as it is,
We don’t care.

A message comes,
Asking how you are,
Too busy to reply,
Too tired to answer,
Or simply just bo chap.
Then we put down the phone,
And complain that we’re lonely,
Life is not good,
But no one cares.

How are others doing in their courses?
It never crossed my mind to drop them a little msg.
To ask them how was their day?
Because I’m more bothered with how was mine,
As sad as it is,
I don’t care.

We come together on weekends,
To Praise and Worship a common God.
You say “hi” to me,
I say “hello” to you,
We settle unto our seats,
But I still don’t know you.

Come Meridian,
You look at your group,
I look at my food,
You have nothing to say to your group,
But I have grace to say for my food.

I look at the food,
It’s steaming hot,
One minute I wait,
Two minutes, I wait,
Three minutes the steam no more.
My stomach growls,
The food cold.
Be logical I learnt,
I decide not to wait.
Hot food, hungry stomach,
Must satisfy,
My care group members never mind.

Come Care group,
The same faces appear,
Nothing exciting,
Nothing New,
The weather is hot,
But the hearts are cold.
You say “hi” to me,
I say “hello” to you,
But I still don’t know you.

What is the care group strength?
What is our vision?
Where are we heading?
What is our role in it?
Not my problem I say,
Because I just follow.

Praise and worship,
Holy com,
Testimony &
Teaching,
We say Amen, Amen,
& Amen.
It is our thousandth Amen as a group.

We make a covenant,
We cast a vision,
We set a direction.
We say Amen, Amen,
& Amen.
It is our thousandth Amen as a group.

A breeze passes,
Care group ends,
Everyone goes on different ways,
You go yours,
I go mine,
And we say Goodbye with a smile.

this is a poem on care group that i came across in Jie Hui's blog (a fellow brother-in-Christ), which i find it rather interesting.. so i decided to change some of the words to be more applicable to a campus ministry setting..

how sad it is to be in a group describe in the poem.. esp when it is a care group, which is suppose to be a family.. a place that we find support and encouragement through sharing our walks with God...

so what is the idea of a family for you?

for me.. i just want a family that i can find support and encouragement from.. and i will also want to contribute back out of the overflow of God's love within me.. being able to cheer each other on and learn from one another in our journey with God..

God's idea of a family?

"1 If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being in one spirit and purpose. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than ourselves. 4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others."

- Philippians 2:1-4-

" They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer."

- Acts 2:42-

that is why meeting of the care group is named 242 is because the verse mentioned above.. the kind of care group we hope to achieve in our lifetime is well describe in the verses in Acts 2:42-27..

do take some time to ponder and reflect..

A care group united in spirit by One Spirit..

Love,

Naomi

Christmas is coming =)

Christmas is coming.. only 2 days later.. haha..
how you spending your Christmas? partying? haha..
have you ever wonder what does Christmas really means? i did and i still do.. :)


So what is the real meaning of Christmas?

Christmas is a yearly reminder of how much God loves you and me.. the verse below summarises it all..

"God so love the world that He gave His Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life"
- John 3:16-

Christmas is the day Jesus was born.. He is the Son of God.. sent down to earth for the sake of each and everyone of us..

God is the Creator of all things on earth and in the universe.. and He wants to build a relationship with us.. how amazing is that.. We are His beloved and He loves as us as who we are.. so we can be who we are (even with our most darkest ugliest secrets) we can just share to Him and He understands.. Jesus also came down to identify with us and show us that with Him, nothing is impossible to overcome..

As Jesus was on the cross, He stretched out His arms as wide as the cross to tell us that He loves us that much, He loves us that much that it hurts, He loves us so much that He is willing to die for us so that He will not live without us.. and He resurrected to give us a new life, a life to the full.. so that we can live up to our fullest potential together with Him..

"I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."
- John 10:10b-

God’s love for you and me is so great that no one can phantom how far would He go to reach to us and how long has He been pursuing us to have this loving and lasting relationship with Him..

So.. i wanna take this chance to thank God for loving me.. His love is so great, so deep, so long and so wide.. so so so touched by His love.. this relationship that i have with Him is something that i wouldn't want to let go or give up..

i'll continue to run the race with Him until the end of time..

thank You for reminding me about the love the people around have for me too.. my family, my friends, brothers and sisters-in-Christ, etc.. also because of You, i learned how to love..
even though i have my strengths and my potentials, i'm not perfect, still have my struggles.. so thanks to those who is so forgiving towards me as i am still growing.. growing to be more Christ like..


May this post bless your heart..
Merry Christmas!
Let Christmas really be CHRIST-mas..


ps: some of words were quoted from purpose driven life daily devotionals.. if you are interested to read can let me know..


Grateful,
Naomi

Outing with JC good friends... =)

Photos from outing with my jc good friends on 22/12/08

random photo taken opp singapore visitor center
Zhen Cong, me and Laiquin

Laiquin here, pretty rite? hehe..
she's taken.. too bad.. lol..

Laiquin and me... :)

Zhen Cong and me... :)
he is the photographer of all our self taken photos

at centerpoint with the beautiful white lightings
all 3 of us :)

mango snow ice at xin wang cafe
guess whose finger is tt? lol..

Zhen Cong trying to lick the ice cream
ewww... lol...

gifts from Laiquin..
so swt..
she nv fail to bless me..
=)

unwrapped the present
pink shiny nail polish

Christmas card design by Laiquin
and a bookmark

my v v belated birthday present..
lol..
thanks Sarah, Laiquin and Zhen Cong

so sad Sarah couldn't join us cos she has an exam coming soon.. will pray for her exams and hope she will do well de.. Jia you, Sarah!! see you real soon..

finally after quite some time we met up again.. so so happy to see them.. haha.. thank God that He blessed me with such good friends that are always there for me.. i enjoy their company a lot.. :)

haha.. i don't know should i say i v ma fan or what cos we went through a lot of shopping before getting this belated birthday present for me.. cos previously, only left display piece so i didn't want and so we went on to search for other alternatives as i wanted a wallet.. but thank God cos at the end of the day i still got this wallet that i wanted.. and also have to thank Laiquin that she found out tt there is new stock le.. lol.. even though we spent a lot of time searching for my present.. we enjoyed the times together cos we really get to spend much more time with one another..


friends forever.. =)


love always,
Naomi

New Arrivals!! First hand info!!

Christmas is coming so so fast.. just a few days away.. decided to bless my church friends, jc friends, family and lab people.. got this inspiration from sihua (my blossom friend forever and also a fellow sister in Christ).. thanks dear for the inspiration!!

first time DIY do cards.. quite amazed by the amount of cards i've made in such a short span of time.. lol.. and also my creativity.. some of those who have received say that the cards are pretty nice.. i feel very blessed to see the happy faces of those who have received the cards.. hehe.. i'm glad i did it.. thank God for growing my heart capacity to love people and for sihua being a good influence on me especially with her heart in blessing people.. as said it is better to give than to receive..

there you go.. some pics of the cards i've done.. pardon for the background.. lol.. i took it on my kitchen floor.. haha.. enjoy looking..


Cards Done Yesterday (22/12/08)!!!

Colourful DIY Christmas cards all done by me..
nice eh? lol..

round edged series DIY Christmas cards

horizontal series DIY Christmas cards

rectangular series DIY Christmas cards

Cards done Today (23/12/08)!!

Beary series 1 DIY Christmas cards


Beary series 2 DIY Christmas cards

hope you all are blessed by this blogpost and it has put a smile on your face.. maybe it would be even better that it made you want to do something for the people you love.. it's better late than never yeah.. =)


Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All!!! God bless...


love,
Naomi ;)

A new experience

hey hey..

this is my first ever blog.. contemplated for very long whether to start one.. finally made up my mind to start one.. i hope i won't bored those who will be reading my blogposts.. thanks in advance for reading them.. i will be faithful with my blog de.. jia you!

:)