HEY GUYS,
I didn't blog for the past months cuz we went through consecration period and lots of crazy things happened. It occupied me like crazy.
But as what my blog title says, I developed new routine everyday.
LESS FACEBOOK MORE TIME READING THE BIBLE/CHRISTIAN BOOKS.
Soon soon, I'll blog slowly on things I recently learnt ok. Will share with you guys.
Also I'm still trying to fit t in my things to do because now I also asked Aaron to disciple me so I'm focusing on learning as much as I can absorb. :)
Ciao people! LOVE YOU ALL
Monday 25 October 2010
NEW ROUTINE
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Tuesday 31 August 2010
STAYING STRONG
We went through tough and easy times. but we must not rely on our own strength cuz over and over we will just fail.
I learnt from the recent incident that we must not look to either left and right but straight to God. I also learnt that each and every moment that is passing, is precious and we must not waste. Life is too short for grudges and hates toward other people. Life isn't about hate and all but all about LOVE and FORGIVING one another.
Now I can say that you cannot love a person again if you don't know how to forgive first, well if ever they did something wrong to you. YES, broken trust isn't easy to repair, but why repair if you can make a better and stronger one.
They said TRUST is like a chocolate.. once melted, its hard to reshape it. Yes that's very true but you see, if you have God with you, you can FORGIVE and LOVE over and over again.
Imagine the pain that Jesus went through for us all. We're not even worthy of it you know, but He loves us all more than anything.
THER'S NO GREATER LOVE THAN DIEING FOR THE PERSON YOU LOVE
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Monday 19 July 2010
Discipline - One step closer to God.
Hey guys, been quite some time. Well a week to be exact. Tonight, I'll be blogging about something abit serious, so no pictures.
Well anyways, I'm gonna talk about discipline.
Discipline is NOT, I repeat NOT limiting or restraining. *at some point it is but not all the time*
Discipline can also be liberating and enabling.
Life is a matter of freedom and bondage.
-> IF YOU CHOOSE ONE FREEDOM, YOU GET ONE CORRESPONDING BONDAGE.
-> IF YOU CHOOSE A BONDAGE, YOU GET A CORRESPONDING FREEDOM.
E.g.
If you place yourself in bondage to brushing your teeth everyday, you have the corresponding freedom from cavity.
If you exercise the freedom of not brushing your teeth, you have the corresponding bondage of cavities
If you indulge yourself in total freedom, you will never get any of the things you want out of life.
E.g.
I want to go college but I don't have enough money. So its either I start working hard to earn money or give up my desire for college.
In order to get something we desire the most, we must learn to sacrifice something. We must be willing to pay the price of that something we desire!
SEVERAL KEYS TO DEVELOPING GREATER DISCIPLINE:
1) COMMIT
--> begin by commiting our lives totally to the Lord and making the decision to be more disciplined!
2) PRAY
-->God answers prayer, and prayer for the fruit of the Spirit is prayer! God will be pleased to answer. But we must have PATIENCE
3) CHOOSE
--> decide what do you think God wants for your life. Don't worry if you're not sure about it(pray about it and see what God has to say). The key is to begin!
4) IDENTIFY
--> establish your core values.
5) PRIORITIZE
--> make sure you distinguish the non-negotiables in your life from those things that are merely strong desires.
What does the Bible teach about discipline?
--> the Bible teaches us that self-discipline is a virtue and a fruit of the Spirit we all ought to possess
* 1 Corinthians 9 : 24 - 27 *
How do we develop more discipline?
--> we develop ,ore discipline by being faithful in small things and gradually going onto bigger things.
Note: You will never be more disciplined until you gain more self-control, but you cannot gain more self-comtrol until you are more disciplined!
*when striving for greater discipline, start with one thing at a time.*
This takes me back when I first joined acts29. I always go home very late until my mom scolds and nags me cuz of it. But i really tried to say no and know my real priorities. Up until now, I cannot say that I'm completely fine with my time of being home, honestly, not completely. But atleast i'm doing something about it and I'm learning from my mistakes and thank God, I'm not being nagged by mom all the time. Cuz she can see even a lil change. Changes starts with you. If you really want to change, work hard for it!
Set goals! If you accomplised one, set a new one!
So yeah, that's what I've learnt about disciplined and I'm applying it to life. Don't worry it will definitely take time but surely, you'll be able to make it. I believe in you! I'm learning it myself! Good luck!
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Sunday 11 July 2010
Birthday Celebrations 2010
I'm blessed with awesome friends! First birthday celebration was with Uncle Chris, Aunty Kim, Jane, Naomi, Jon, Puilim, Sam Chin and then person who shares the same birthday as me, none other than OMEGA!
ESCAPADE LAGI AND ITS UNCLE CHRIS' TREAT!
We ate a lot but I only manage to take this.. Cuz we were all so hungry! MY GOSH!
MY SECOND CAKE BY THE YOUTHS! ACTS29 I LOVE YOU!
This cake isn't the end of it trust me!
Once again I repeat, I'm very blessed to have such awesome friends who turned my sad birthday to an awesome one. Probably the most memorable one. I wasn't expecting anything at all and to think they would bother to come all the way to my house at 10pm at night to surprise me? Man, I felt like crying. :')
To all, who came up with the plan to surprise me, thanks loads and I am seriously touched.
It didn't end there! I celebrated my birthday last saturday(a belated one) with my friends outside church and yeah, it was pretty much didn't go according to plan but it went pretty well
The third cake for my 2010 birthday!
I seriously was touched by these people. They went all through the trouble of buying me such a delicious cake and I was seriously shock!
Just knocking at my door, they gave me a shock! I don't want to post the picture here cuz so bida!
Well anyways, I hanged out with other people recently at the mall(10th of july)
Who said friends are not awesome? Remember! They are the greatest gift in life that you can have. Choose them carefully!
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Sunday 4 July 2010
Once a Year.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Hey, its been a while! I haven't got the chance to bloG for 2 months cuz things has been crazy. I've been through alot for the past 2 months but here I am, still standing up. Can't say that I'm completely ok but atleast I'm standing up once again.
Anyways, I'm turning 19 tomorrow and pretty much I still have no plans. Well I had one but cancelled. Anyway, I'm not expecting much physically but BY FAITH, I will be blessed abudantly as I enter my 19th year.
I cannot imagine how far have I gone, how fast I've grown and how much I've changed. For the past 18 years, I've gone through alot, I'm not saying all bad things have happened but there's more happy memories that were made.
There may be downs at times but not in a million years that will pull me down. You wanna know why? Because, firstly, God is with me! Secondly, God gave me awesome friends who He's using to pull me up in the times of trials, tribulances and hardships.. There's nothing, I repeat NOTHING can break the link between my friends and I because God is with us.
I learnt loads of things, for instance, I learnt that I CAN SMILE EVEN IT HURTS. I CAN SMILE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORMS(problems) -Aaron Lim-. And now, I'm really able to laugh about my problems for all I care. Cuz there's nothing too big for our God to handle. All I need to do is ask Him and lay it all down at His feet.
Another thing, why wear a mask while you can just be yourself? -Jerold Chen-. I won't be a hypocrite. I wore a mask, just to fit into the crowd that I wanna be in, but what good did it give me? Nothing, I just lost the real me and strayed away from God. Trust me, its not so good to stray away. Its dark and cold. The devil is just waiting for you to cross that line of protection from God. The moment you step out of it, you're letting the devil to get you anytime and minister to you.
Let me ask you this? Will you wear a mask and be a somebody to the devil or be yourself and be a somebody to Christ.
Let me tell you this, YOU ARE NOT A NOBODY.
As far as I remember, I was always feeling alone, and thought that I was a nobody because the people are making me feel that way. But the moment, I knew my true identity in Christ, I never felt that way anymore cuz I know I'm a son of God. I AM A PRINCE!
Well I can continue typing about the things I learnt for the past 18 years but if i don't put it to life, why bother typing it here? Don't get me wrong, I'm still learning. We all are.
As I turn 19, well I will still be myself but I must grow more mature intellectually.
As I also promised/pledged, I will strive and do my best to serve God. I will use and multiply the talents given to me and use it to glorify His name and for the expansion of His kingdom.
I will also devote myself to serve the Lord. Not try but DO
I should also continue to learn to not depend on SOMEONE but depend on God. Why? Because, that certain someone CANNOT always be there for me but God will. -PL Yong, Aaron Lim and Jerold Chen.
Ooops wasn't that too serious. Sorry I got carried away. Hehe. But seriously, what I stated up there, is all true. Up to you to read and apply.
As far as I'm concerned, don't depend on your own understanding but ask God for more.
Keep the fire burning in you! God bless!
Btw, later tonight, I'll be waiting for the race of people greeting me.. Ahaha. See you guys soon!
MEMORIES<3 *People from the past that made alot of difference!
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MY ESTFRIEND WHO IS IN CANADA NOW! I MISS YOU NIKKI!
THE TWO GIRLS WHO ARE SO ANNOYING AT TIMES! AHAHA LIKE ME :p JOWKS!
SHE'S VAIN!
THE GROUP THAT IS SO FUN! INFORAMA!
THE SO NOT NEW PEOPLE IN MY LIFE!
i WANNA THANK ALL THIS PEOPLE WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE AND HEKPED ME CHANGE FOR THE BETTER! MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS! LOVE YOU ALL!
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Sunday 9 May 2010
Happy Mother's Day 2010
Had so much fun today. Well I had to wake up early but I woke up at 7am which is still early but for a choir member, it's late as we have to be in the venue(Orchid Garden Hotel) by 8am. Well i was able to make it but 10 minutes late though. :D
Well we had pretty hard time singing since the microphone is not working well. So our only option was to make our voice louder. Hmmm my stomach hurt because of projecting our voices. Well atleast choir is back to its feet. I'm gonna miss choir for the rest of the month since I'm not singing this month due to my exams. Haiss.. Wish me luck.
Ok,I didn't blog to talk about exams. Well it was awesome today! Mother's Day celebration! Ahahahaha.
Every mother went front for the cake slicing. Well it was my first mother's day with AFC.:) choir was good! Hehe
CHOIR BEHIND THE SCENES
After I got home from service, I slept from 1pm till 5pm! I forgot to set my alarm so I forgot to cook for my mom. I'm suppose to cook something special for my mom but instead of cooking, I went to but her something else due to lack of time for cooking... i still cooked though. I bought my mom some office clothes and a purse. Thank God she loved it.
After some time, my mom suddenly had the mood to take pictures and was so vain. I wanted to join her so here!
There's more but lazy to post it up. After being vain, my mom and I were not really satisfied. She was lik, 'let's do something that we didn't do for a very long time'. That means, BOARDGAMES!!
Well pictures can say thousands of words. So I leave it like that. I can't explain much but we really played those games and I was so tired at the end of the day.
Pictionary was so funny that my mom keeps on drawing things out of this world and worst thing is that i couldn't guess a single one of her drawings!
I rule scrabble! Ahaha. Not really, It was a close match between me and my mom. score was 425 - 423. I won only by 2 points. Its very hard to challenge her. She can put letters in the least expected place on the board! I never even thought those word existed!!
Oh well... I gtg... Blog again soon!!
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Friday 7 May 2010
Jahna's birthday
Gosh, I'm so bored... I'm pretty much lazy to study but I've got no choice. I want to get credits! I have to! :D
Well anyways, today is Jahna's birthday. We celebrated it yesterday. It was all good except for some rough parts when we got to mall.. All that aside, it was good to catch up with Eldrich! I haven't seen him for 2 years!! Man. It was fun..
And iron man 2 wasn't able to reach my expectations! It was good but it lack the 'woah' ahaha. Anyways, it was fun even my day was ruined. At the end of the day, around 12 midnight, jen, eldrich, lien and I went to pasar malam gadong to grab something to eat. And went home..
Btw, btw, I have a new twin! Beside Ivan gabriel, I have thoby as my twin now! He's a good friend of mine who's very concerned! He just met me but he is very concerned like an older brother but he is actually older than me by a year but he doesn't want to be called kuya! Ahaha.... Its ok.. Atleast we could talk in YM..
Also, i miss my bestfriend and brother jj... Huhu.. I wish him luck in his exams.. Goodluck Jj and also to all my friends.... :D
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Monday 3 May 2010
NEW FRIEND
I met a new friend thanks to my old friends. Well, I'm chatting with him now, but he looks scary! Ahaha.. Kidding.. I should make him smile man
Anyways, later, gonna have to practice for choir vocalization.. Its gonna be fun again! Uncle Pete is gonna be there too.... Wonder why
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Friday 30 April 2010
busy day
Gosh, another day has gone. Thank God fOr the day, despite, it was tiring and yeah. No complains
Towards the end of the day I watched this movie and yeah fell inlove with someone's voice... Oh gosh. It pushes me to go on developing my singing. Improving my talent at all cost.
Somehow, I'm feeling so insignificant nowadays. I'm feeling hurt but I seriously dunno why. Maybe its because my biological dad didn't accept my friend request in facebook.....
Well all that aside, I feel like I'm turning emo nowadays. I dunno why. I listened to a song and I really loved it. The chorus goes like:
I wish I could be your,
Someone to hold you tight,
Someone to make you feel alright.
Everyday and night I wish I was your someone
Someone to hold you when you're weak
Someone to make you feel complete.
Everyday and night I wish I was your someone
I felt something really different..... Somehow... Its unexplainable....
I just feel insignificant.
I also learnt something...
'sometimes there are things that only time could teach you. Like, how much you love a person. Most of the time, you'll only find out how much you love a person when he/she is gone and when you lose that person, you lose a part of yourself too..'
I'm so emotional now. Ok..... I'll see you guys soon.
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Wednesday 28 April 2010
28th April 2010
Praise God for another wonderful day. I was just shocked myself, why? Because, i slept at 12 something last night, and i woke up at nearly 12noon today..... Hais, long story.
Anyways, my stomach still freaking hurts! I seriously need to get checked!
Anyways, I blogged because something caught my attention. People kept on doing stupid things in facebook. Tag people with very rude nicknames and I'm seriously not liking any of it. Man, what's wrong with just telling the people straight in their face!
One more thing, I ever warned people everywhere not to cross the line. Making my friends cry?? I'll get involve seriously! I'll let you know once more, make my friends cry, you'll have to answer me..
Anyways, tiring day! Ahhhhhh calling it a day. See you people soon
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