.. I LOVE Adelaide! ..

Really really thankful that I can have the opportunity to re-visit Adelaide!

If not for the financial breakthrough that came with the sale of the Mountbatten Suite, this wouldn't be possible. :)

God is good, and I am just so thankful that He granted the desire of my heart, once again...

Had a great great time catching up with many of the friends...  Many of them will be graduating this year.  Beside those who are rooted there, and a few who will be graduating in another year, I guess it will be very different feel if I visit Adelaide again the next time, with so many people not around any more!

Hmmm.  Maybe the next time when I visit Adelaide...  will be April 2013?  Haha..  For Janice Chiang's graduation!!  Janice, if you are reading this, hope this will bring a BIG WIDE smile to you! :D

Also had the opportunity to visit Sydney for the 1st time!  It's a.... HUGE city!  Everything is....... SO expensive there!  HAHA.  After visiting Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne & Sydney, actually I feel living in Adelaide is the BEST of all.  I really love the peace, the serenity of the place...  :)  Maybe because as I aged, slower pace is more lovable for me...  Wahaha...

But of course... Sydney trip would not be great, if not for EVA!  Appreciate her hosting me, bringing me around...  Taking care of me, even though I am so many years her senior.  Hee hee...  Had a great time catching up with her!  EVA!  I will keep you in prayers!  Don't give up trying!  God will surely provide...  A great job opportunity for you & Derrick!

It has been a great year thus far!  Though it was challenging, God has brought me through day by day.  His goodness & faithfulness has never failed indeed.

I am looking forward to 2012...  Believing it will be a year of greater breakthroughs!  It's so exciting!  Life is so exciting!  So fulfilling!  Really feel I'm living in the prime years of my life right now!

:) :) :) :) :)

.. The Last Quarter ..

Time flies, really flies this year!

It's already... 20th Oct! 6 more mins to 12 midnight..

I am getting ready... to hit back the office this coming Tues! :)

Feeling much better... and much stronger.

Gonna end the year well! The latter shall be better than the beginning indeed!

AMEN! :D

.. No more sorrow, No more pain ..

Yesterday I was startled, and very much saddened by a piece of news that I heard from a sister very dear to me. Her mum who was suffering from depression, committed suicide & died on Wed. This sister was holidaying in Taiwan, reached Taiwan on Tues and supposed to come back on Sunday. But she flew back on Wed late night.

When I saw her SMS and returned her call, I knew something must be wrong. Her mum's death was really something that I could not expect...

I teared. I asked God to strengthen her. And me. It was at that very immediate moment, I was reminded of this song by Chris Tomlin. I will rise. I wasn't even very familiar with the song.. But the few sentences just ministered to my heart...

I will rise.. when He calls my name.
No more sorrow, no more pain.

I am really looking forward to the day of His return.

In heaven. No more sorrow, no more pain, no more tears.

I happened to chance upon this short video posted in FB. CNN Heroes. Never heard about it before. But when I watched the clip, it blew me away. I went to the website & watched the various nominees, their lives are so so so inspiring.

While it disgusts me to see & hear about how the world is suffering because of evil-ness & sin, it is comforting to see & hear of the different creative ways that people are doing so that they can be a blessing & an impact to the world & society.

I can see Jesus in the works of their hands. I am really really stirred, comforted, inspired, encouraged. These people are indeed demonstrations of His hands, His feet, His love.

The work of Christ must be done, ONLY by His grace & through His grace.  It can never be by human effort.

I am seeking for an even greater significance to my life. Life should not be enslaved by the culture of the society that we are in.

Let us be people... who will be a blessing to the people who are suffering today. Be His hands, His feet and His love. And I am really looking forward to the day of His return, so that the promise of no more sorrow & no more pain come to pass.

The Love of Christ - Hope of Eternity.  Let it be in every heart......

.. Jehovah Rapha: He's our Healer ..

Went back to SGH for follow up over the last 2 days...  Praise God my blood count is recovering well! He is indeed our Healer! :)

Met Prof Tan on Thurs.. He was the one who operated on me. The first statement he made when he saw me was, "So you are the one who made many people so worried that night"..

Basically he explained to me what happened that evening in the operating theatre... When they made the abdominal incision, and upon removing the fibroid, they were shocked to see lots of blood inside. They need to extend the length of the cut so that they can check the source of bleeding. Prof Tan was initially worried it could be liver rupture or something like that, but thankfully it was not so. So after checking, they could not determine the source of bleeding. And since the bleeding already stopped, they decided to just close up the incision, put a tube in my stomach to drain out the blood.

I lost about 1/3 of the total blood count in my body.. The bleeding most prob should be from the fibroid, could be some vessels burst or something like that. Prof Tan extended 3 more weeks of my hosp leave.. I was actually looking forward to go back to the office!.. Felt really bad that I have to be away for soooo long....

Drew some blood again to check on the blood count. Today when I met Dr Ong, the general surgeon, he told me that my blood count is recovering very well. :) Thank God for the tonics & fish essence & DOM I have been feeding on.. HAHA..

What an..... experience indeed.

Looking forward to be back, jumping & full of energy, to serve God and the people..

Indeed, 休息是为了走更长的路。。。

.. The Emergency Op ..

Wow, it has been more than a month since I last blogged!  It's really quite time-consuming to keep blogging.. I wonder if I will be able to keep blogging from now onwards...

Thankful for a successful op 2 Saturdays ago...  Though the cause of the bleeding in my stomach still unknown..  Removed a huge fibroid from my body.  Scary how it can grew to be this BIG...

It's really quite a.... scary experience.  When I was in the operating theatre, I hoped, yet I knew it was not a dream.  But everything just happened so sudden...  I was happily celebrating Vic & Roger's ROM just in the day, and then an emergency op in the evening.

I'm so sorry to have caused worry especially to my family..  But I am really really thankful for the support from them...  By the time I regained consciousness, it was 11pm plus (I asked the nurse what time it was)..  When they pushed me out of the theatre, I could hear those familiar voices.  It brought me so much comfort, knowing that I was not alone...

Stayed in the hospital for 5 days...  Many people visited me.  Really thankful for their visits, prayers, gifts, flowers & all those tonics...  Thank you sooo much, from the bottom of my heart...

Pst Kong & SUN visited me too.  Wow..  I was really blessed by their love & prayers.

I just felt everything is like a warfare...  Spiritual warfare.  But I know, greater days are ahead.  Greater days are coming.

I need to pick myself up.

I will get back soon.  :)

 This bear from Angelin was my "best friend".  It came in so handy when the doctor removed the tube from my stomach...  It was soooooo painful. :(

 Thanks for all the gifts & flowers!  :)

 My adorable nephew Daniel visited me..

 The fibroids removed from my body....

 Cute Papa Smurf from Jialing! :)

Yes I will...  Get well soon.  :)

.. I Love My Family ..

I love my family...  :)

Can never thank God enough, for His grace that has seen us through evidently over the last 12 years.. Ever since we came to know Him.  :)

God is good, all the time.  All the time, He is good.  :)

.. The Great Bunch ..

Love this bunch of people with all my heart. :)

CHC celebrates 22nd Anniversary as we COME TOGETHER as a great spiritual family... to celebrate this joyous occasion!

12 years in CHC!  Saved in 1999 through a touch by the Holy Spirit...  It has indeed been an exciting journey.

I am thankful to God for opening the door, and giving me the opportunity to serve God full-time in this spiritual family..

6 months in full time ministry, seen a bit more, experienced a bit more.

And I seem to be able to understand, and empathize about certain things... as I myself went through the experiences over the last few months.

I am praying... for a breakthrough.

Went on a Desaru tour today, and it was really a great fellowship! I wished we can have this kind of fellowship as often as we can! :)

Serving God is great. But the journey is made even more awesome with a great bunch of people serving together with you. 

I am thankful, that I am blessed with such a bunch....