Keep in touch

Keep your great friendships strong, even when "life" keeps you apart. If you move away, that doesn't mean you have to let your friendship fall away. Keep in touch. Talk on the phone or by texting or email, but keep the communication flowing. Make plans to visit. Download free software that allows you to talk on the internet face to face with web cams. You may find even stronger with the effort you make.

(Friendship by Paige Jeary)

The Burning Bush

Sermon title: The burning bush
Key Scripture: Exodus 3
Preacher: Pastor Daniel Khong

James 4:8
Do we wait for God or God wait for us?
2 Chronicles 15:2
God yearns to know us intimately.
God loves us so much that He created us to dwell with us.
Isaiah 59:2
Sin separate us from the presence of God.
The burning bush is about drawing close to God.

3 things that Moses did when He encountered God:
1) He looked and saw the Hand of God.
*verse 2
The Hand of God is the Hand at work.

2) He responded and met the Face of God.
*verse 4
Even if you are that close to God, it doesn't mean you truly know God.

3) He hid his face and heard the Heart of God.
*verse 6
You don't really know the person until you know the person's heart.
The Church is the house of God, we don't need to invite God because He invited us first.
What we have to do is to enter into His presence.

Finally

Finally I bought my new year's clothes and some other new clothes too! I find that I still fit in comfortably with cheap clothes. This year I didn't buy any new shoes because I think I have too many heels. So will just wear back those heels. My mother accompanied me to Amk hub, Nex, Chinatown and lastly Bugis. It was very tiring to walk for so long, since morning till evening. Almost 12 hours!

Thank God I finally found somebody who want to work at my child care. Jing Yi who is my cousin is very interested. If she come to work, hopefully I can go back to my K2. Although the toddlers are very adorable, it's very tiring to take care of them. But K2 always make me shout at them which I don't like it at all. Overall, I still love everyone of them.

I hope I can soon said that I'm finally healed! Lord please heal me completely! Thank You!

Cute little children

Wei Yu

Alize

Yi Ling

Si Hui

Hannie & Johnathan

Pampers are dropping everywhere. First is Melanius second is Kermaine. Walk half way you saw a pamper on the floor, it's so funny. The tape is not sticky anymore. Been with the T class children for the whole day again. It's because both Clarinda and Zheng lao shi didn't come. It was quite an easy day, nobody wet bed today! Thank God! HAHA! Their tasks are all very easy except that it's tiring to bring them to the toilet. Luckily they only have 15 children and not like my class, 28!

This age group is very interesting. Everyday it is bound to have one crying child. Their balance is a problem, a small bump can lead them to the floor. They are not noisy in everything they do, unless they are running around catching people or running away from people. Their action and behaviour make your day. Everyday I came back from work with a happy heart. The children always make me happy and always laughing.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow to play with them! Miss my K2 very much too, but they always make me scold them which I don't like. You don't scold they will treat your words as wind. They need lots of discipline.

Looking forward

Now I look forward to going to T class, even though it might be very tiring but they are very adorable. Especially Wei Yu and Yi Ling, both brothers are in my k2 class. During nap time, the K2s are not behaving themselves and creating lots of trouble. Mrs Lim punished them to pat the T and N class to sleep. Wei Kai pat his sister Wei Yu, and Xavier & Caleb pat Zenith and Adam. The scene was very funny because they are so cute. But they are being punished.

Received this on fb: "God wants you to know that you've been driving yourself too hard lately. Sure, there is time to invest yourself fully into work, but there is equally important time for joyful resting. And for you, this time is now. What is the absolutely most wonderful little treat you can give yourself? Do it today." It's so true that actually I haven't been having a good rest. I should treat myself nicer. I'm going to enjoy my weekends.

Poor toy poodle

Just now I saw a video about a toy poodle being abused by a man. What more it's videoed!! I was so shocked and brokenhearted for the poodle. It's 15 minutes long but I only watch for about 1 minute. It's too cruel and I can't bring myself to watch anymore. I cried after I saw what happened. I was so sad for the poodle. Lord, even though it doesn't have a soul, please save the poodle! I hope the couple will be brought to justice. If you don't like dogs, then don't buy them, save it for the dog-lovers. Sicko people! I think I'm traumatised.

If you love dogs and hate dog abuser please sign in this petition, thanks!:
http://www.petitiononline.com/SOSSushi/petition.html

Sick

I'm so sick! Coughing and sneezing so badly. I cough until I want to vomit. Sneeze until my nose is so red. My children are concerned for me. Should I stay home? Or should I just go to work? Lord please help me, heal me fully. Thank You Jesus!:)

The presence of God

Sermon title: The presence of God (A powerful message from God)
Key Scripture: Exodus 33
Preacher: Apostle Lawrence Khong

Isaiah 66:1
Are you pursuing after God's blessings or after God's heart?
God not only want to visit you, He want to live with you.
God want to find a dwelling place to rest.
Who is building a house for God?
All the blessings, successes and every blessings without God' presence or without anything but God's presence?
Psalm 132:1-7

Be grateful

I nearly lost my voice today. If I really lose it, I will be in trouble. I can't tell the children what to do and what not to do. Thank God that my voice was normal when I reached centre. These few days' weather is not so good and I got a cold. I saved a lot of electricity because the nights are too cold to switch on fans! The weather is changing so drastically.

I'm becoming to get used to Ms Low's strictness. Because she want to exercise professionalism so that's why she needs everything done by a time. Even though she is a manager, she don't put her so high up and treat her staff like maid. Thank God for such a good boss.

Mrs Lim told me that she will put me for first aid course with Clarinda. It will be after Chinese New Year. For 6 days, which are all weekdays. From 1830 to 2130!! God please allow me to have enough time to rest. This week supposedly have voice training but I think no seats anymore.

Be happy for friend's successes

The true test of friendship may be whether you can celebrate your friend's successes. If you can be happy for them even when they succeed in a mutual pursuit, then yours is a strong friendship. Even when you feel the disappointment of losing to your friends, enjoy their success with them. Resist the temptation to allow jealousy to rear its head, and focus on your awesome friends and why they are so special to you.

(Friendship by Paige Jeary)

Children = Cute

The K2s are very funny. Before we went out for outdoor activities, the children started smelling my hair for no reason. All of them said my hair smell so nice. HAHA! One of the child still said I'm beautiful! When he said the second time, he reasoned that it's because I wore dress, but actually I'm wearing a pant that look like skirt. HAHA! So cute!

As usual after nap time I went to help T class. One of them shit on the diaper and I have to help him clean. At first I was like, "huh~" but then I just do it because I have wipe so many patient's buttock already why not this? I even help that child wear diaper. I can be a mother already! HAHA! I like my everyday because the T class children are so so adorable. I love them so much.

Dear heavenly Lord Father, please help me to complete my work as soon as possible. It's like never ending. After I complete this work, the next work come. So Lord please give me your strength and energy to do Your work. Thank You Lord. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen!:)

T class

Today went quite smoothly, I helped out in the T class for the whole day because Clarinda and Zheng lao shi didn't have MC. They are very very x1000 cute especially the Yi Ling and Wei Yu. Alice got a wound under the chin when she fell down. Lord please protect the children from accident, amen!

When it was bathing time, I was helping the children to take out their clothes and wrapping them with towel. When I take out Gavin's used diaper, it came down very sudden and the shit drop out! I shouldn't be that shocked because I've done this lots of time. But I was stunt and was wondering what to do. Lord please help me!

I'm lazy to type the rest of the thing, I'm tired Lord! Please give me Your strength. Thank You Lord!:)

Smashing walls

Sermon title: Smashing walls
Key scripture: Joshua 6
Preacher: Dr. Douglass Norwood

How do we smash walls down?
The people have a character of perseverance.
Perseverance is having patient in doing God's work even though you can't feel God there.
God blessed obedience.
Obey God with joy in your heart.

-When you are bathe in the Holy Spirit we will have:
1) Perseverance - Hanging in there for God
2) Obedience
3) Praise

When you want to break down walls, don't trust in the flesh, don't trust in education, skills and training, trust in the Lord only.
God honors the prayers of the faithful ones.

Lady of Conviction

I like the chapter on Lady of Conviction. It talks a lot about how a real man loves God and worship God from the bottom of the heart. We ladies have to have a list of godly qualities that our soul-mate should have, then we can date him. We have to surrender our whole heart to God so that he can guard it. I did the quiz and I nearly got full points. It's under "DATING BY YOUR LIST (More than 31 points). It says that:

You hold your list of standards for your ideal husband close to your heart and use it as a shield of sorts to deflect attention from unworthy guys. Sure it's flattering when a cute guy asks you out, but you know it will only lead to pain and confusion if he doesn't fit God's standards for manhood. Instead of trying to get attention from whatever guys happen to be around, you focus on your relationship with God. You know the standards list goes both ways, and you want to be the kind of woman that a godly man would want to marry. With your eyes on the prize (Jesus) and your standards set as your guard, you surely will become a godly woman-a bride worth waiting for, and more importantly, a worthy member of the Bride of Christ.

Cockroaches!

The pest control person came and spray pesticides near my centre area. Then there was this child I forgot who said that when they spray this, the cockroaches will come in. He must have experience it before. So clever. HAHA! When the cockroaches came in to the K1 class, they were screaming and screaming, the K2 was so busybody that they went to take a look. One of the K1 child got scared until she cry. So poor thing.

Because of the pesticide, we postponed the outdoor activities to music and movement (M & M). So during M & M time we went out for a short walk to see cockroaches. When we were moving from cockroach to cockroach, I was not fearful but I was alert of my surrounding. When the children saw me jumping away from a cockroach, they said "Miss Tan is scared of cockroach! HAHA!" Then Ms Low, "Yes, Miss Tan must be braver." HAHA!

I enjoyed my day today a lot with the T and N class. Yuan Kai suddenly want to take care of his clothes in the classroom and Janavia is singing praises to God. They are so adorable! Yi Ling, whom elder and eldest brother is Yi Hong and Yi Jie, is always smiling at me.

OK got to sleep soon, but first I'm going to eat because I'm quite hungry and later I'm going to eat my medicine. Thank God for whatever that happens today!:)

Lord Jesus!

Yesterday I didn't have the time to update my blog because both monday and tuesday I went out till very late. Monday I went to buy clothes and Tuesday I went to collect my spectacle. When I wore my spectacle, the children was like, "Miss Tan why are you wearing a spectacle?" They are so fascinated by my spectacle that they didn't pay attention in class. I'm sorry about it but I can't stop myself from wearing, I need to look at words. Then the moment I wear my spectacle, my K2 children's head look so small. HAHA!

Yesterday Eason nearly kiss me! I was wiping him after bath and he was so happy that he suddenly bend forward and wanted to kiss me. Lucikly I was holding on to him. Then he said shyly, "Opps! Sorry." HAHA! He is so cute! This week after nap time I'm going over to T class to help. I'm tired and I need God's strength. One of the toddler, Rachel, called me aunty!!!! Ahrx! HAHA! And Gavin called Huang lao shi ah ma! The 3 years old children is so fun but they kept crying. Thank God I don't find their crying irritating.

Today one of my child has an accident. I don't know what happened to him but one of the lao shi came and told me that the child is bleeding. The moment I heard the word "bleeding" I was anxious and quickly went to take a look. It was quite serious and I immediately bring him to find teacher. Thank God one of my class lao shi came out at the right moment. I pray that the child will be blessed and the Holy Spirit will come and fill that place and protect everyone of us.

Actually I have lots of things to say, but I think I was my fever burns my energy and I can't remember other things that happened. Lord please take away my fever so that I can go to work to finish those work that I haven't finish. Thank You Lord Jesus!:)

Lady of contentment

As usual I read the chapter and did the quiz. I got the "Living The Secret (More than 31 points)". It says: Like the apostle Paul, you have learned the secret of contentment. You do not defraud yourself by attaching too much emotion to simple events or serving guys with an ulterior motive. You monitor your own emotions, and you try to help your friends monitor theirs because you know that real happiness and contentment is not based on circumstances (which can change), but on the eternal truth of God's love for you. This is a powerful tool that will enable you to connect with God in the midst of any situation. You believe in His goodness, which is the foundation of your contentment, and you will taste of His goodness as a result.

Tarry until...

Sermon title: Tarry until...
Key Scripture: Luke 24:49
Preacher: Apostle Lawrence Khong

Acts 1:4-5
-2 Commands
1) Tarry
Acts 1:12-14
God don't wait upon us, we have to wait upon Him.
Matthew 18:19
We wait because God is God.


2)Tarry until...
We don't just wait, we wait until God comes.
When God says wait until, it means we wait now.
It will happen!

Laugh together

"A cheerful heart is a good medicine"-Proverbs 17:22. Laughter is one of the best things you can do for your body-and your friendship! A good laugh reduces stress, diverts negative emotions, leaves a great clean feeling, changes your perspective, and exercises and relaxes muscles. Laughter is a "positive connection" that helps to create happy times and great memories with friends.

(Friendship by Paige Jeary)

God is good all the time.

I didn't go for work today! I miss my K2 children very much. In addition, I have lots of undone work waiting for me to finish! I hope I can get back to work and finish everything by Monday or latest by Tuesday. Lord please help me with that!

OK let me tell you what happened to me that it blocked me from going to work. I was happily bathing and suddenly I accidentally kicked the floor and it bleeds a lot. I thought it was just bleeding because I cut myself, but I saw a black line below the cut. It means the foreign body cut my skin and went inside and stayed that. I was quite scared but after I prayed for God's help, I was calmed down.

I quickly finish my bath and in the process of bathing, I rested my right feet, that was injured, on the short platform between the small drain. After some time, it started to hurt and the moment I bring up my feet, I saw blood flowing down very quickly and there was a lot of blood. I was so scared that I quickly lifted up my leg letting my feet face me.

After bathing, I called my mother for help. She was actually on her way to work but rushed back to help me. She wanted to squeeze the foreign body out but I was too scared to allow her to do that, because I scared it might go deeper instead of coming out. So she she brought me to see the 24 hours doctor. The doctor examined the wound and wanted to refer me to Mount Alvernia which is a private hospital. I was worried that I couldn't claim the medical fees if I didn't go to the government one.

So after that I was referred to CGH A & E. I went through triage and then consultation, X-ray and lastly the OT room! Inside, I was asked to lie down and it was very very cold. I thought the doctor will just cut my skin and take out. Yes, they did that but they said I need to have LA (Local Anesthesia). My reaction was "huh~?" I have no choice because it is a must if not it will be even more painful. The moment the needle goes in, I was screaming and crying at that same time like someone just died. It was so painful that the range from 0 to 10, my answer will be 10. It's that painful.

I even forgets to have my morning devotion and I have no appetite to eat for the whole day. Since morning till now, I only drank one packet of milo and one bowl of fish noodle. Thank God I still have the strength to go for cell group to praise God for everything that happens. So thank You Jesus. God answered my prayer too. When I was waiting for my turn, I considered quite long whether I should go to the toilet. I pray that they will call me after I come back from the toilet. By faith I went to the toilet, and praise God the nurse called me immediately I reached the waiting area! God is good all the time.

Be sensitive

Sometimes we may hurt someone's feelings without really meaning to. We may, without thinking, poke fun at a friend for something he or she is sensitive about. Friendships can rise and fall at moments like this. It's very important to be sensitive to the feelings of your friends and not humiliate them in front of others. It's equally important to apologize if you have offended.

(Friendship by Paige Jeary)

Thank You Lord!:)

Children are always fighting over sitting beside me. I have no choice but I need to either put the special needs children beside me, if there is any, or put those that are very difficult to handle one. When I can't sit with them, they gave me a sad face. During small group time, I taught them how to play UNO and they like it. It's my first time teaching them in a group. Although it might be difficult but it's very interesting to teach them. One group with seven children is a very big group. God please give me the knowledge to teach the children. Thank You!

Nap time was very boring because there is nothing for me to do. I get to calm down Shi Kai and brought him to sleep. He was playing during nap time so was being punished to sleep with N class. I love his younger brother, Shi Xuan a lot. He is so chubby and cute. He is always nodding his head when I tell him something, but sometimes he nod and didn't do anything. HAHA! Can't blame him, because he is a special need child.

After my duty, I went to print loads of notes out for Ms Low. There is so much for me to complete. There is a lot of work for me to complete. I hope to comeplete by this friday. God please help me to finish my work by this friday. Thank You! Still have to prepare the books for Ms Low to teach. Jesus please help me to be able to find everything that we need. Thanks!

After nap time, I went over to K1 class to help out because Cassandra didn't come. I find that my chinese is horrible! I can't believe that I don't know how to write seven in chinese! Han Yu Pin Ying and those words is so difficult for me to teach them. When I start to teach, I will start to say in chinese which I'm not suppose to. Lord please lock my knowledge inside my brain so that it won't come out. Thank You!

Today the T class came in to school. I was turning at the corner and I could hear crying toddlers. Most of them are crying so badly that I feel like hugging them. I heard that it won't stop until after about half the year. Actually some still cry when it's near end of the year. Poor children. Lord please bring comfort and love to the toddlers. Thank You Jesus!

I'm enjoying my work and am loving it, but I don't like to bathe them when they wet their pants. It's because it's a lot of hard work and sometime they don't have anymore clothes, we have to find in the cupboard for them. So tedious! God please give me the strength and energy to do all these things. Thank You Lord!:)

Wonderful start

Wonderful start of the year. Everything went quite smoothly except that the children kept misplacing their shoes. Most of the K2 children kept going back to the K1 classroom. Wei Jun even went back and want to put at the K1 pencil case basket. So funny. Wei Kai took the cup and plate for teabreak and went to K1 classroom. But I can't blame them because it's just the first day of school.

When I was bathing Josh, he was happily singing songs while washing his body. When he washed his leg, he will sing something like "wash my leg, I wash my leg". The whole time he is washing with instructions given by himself. He is so cute! HAHA!

I'm starting to feel the challenges and everything. Ms Low taught me lots of things and I can feel the stress. There is so many things I need to do and learn. It's going to be a tough one but I'm going to do my best in everything. I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me. Yeah! HEHE~

So every class meeting I'm going to act like a secretary, writing down notes while they are discussing matters. Every point I have to quickly write down. I need to hurry myself in everything I do. Temperature taking and bath time was too long. I got to buck up. There is this verse that always serve as an encourager to me whenever I need it; "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)" Thank You Jesus!:)

No title; sudden change of speaker

Sermon title: (No title; sudden change of speaker)
Key Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6
Preacher: Rev. Melvyn Mak

~3 active words:
1) Walk
2) Stand
3) Sit
Anyone who does not walk in faith doesn't please God.
Check yourself; have we harden our hearts?
Hardening our hearts is very dangerous.
How strong are you in the word of God?
We must have the delight to read God's words.

a) Check your heart and deal with it.
b) Check what is hardening your heart and ask God to soften it.

Welcome 2011!:)

It's a brand new year. God has made a new year for us to enjoy. We got to make full use of it to do God's work. Don't repeat your mistakes and learn from it. I believe God has given each and every one of us a beautiful and exciting year ahead of us. Receive all the blessings that God is going to pour out and those that He has pour out. Let us welcome the year of 2011!:)

This is the year

(From the song: This is the day)

This is the year,

This is the year that the Lord has made,

That the Lord has made.

I will rejoice,

I will rejoice and be glad in it,

And be glad in it.

For this is the year that the Lord has made,

I will rejoice and be glad in it.

This is the year,

This is the year that the Lord has made.