School started so fast... I had 3 pretty intense days of exams, which I felt were quite okay, so really thank God for that. I'm not sure what to expect for my results, hopefully there'll be an improvement, or some sort learning point, so that I'll know what to work towards. Yikes ahhhh.
I really wanted to have starbucks because the weather has been so so so warm! These coffee joints are way overpriced though. Decided to do ice milo + vanilla ice cream! Don't do it though, it is way tooo sweet hahaha.


Sneaking photos of a cutie.

Going grocery shopping with kids, mum and grandma on Sunday morning!! *Cat ears*


Met up with my family afterwards at this new mall called HillV2! It's at bukit batok and has several restaurants. It has a shuttle service from bukit gombak. Doesn't look like it has any potential study spots though V.V Oh well! We went to this korean restaurant downstairs!
The food was really good! I had this beef noodle thing. The beef was really sweet and there was alot of beef! The store owners are koreans! Nice ambiance and service! Only thing is that it was really expensive.. Like nearly $20 for this noodle thing.

My breakfast on youth day! And a soft boiled egg. Okay lah, I don't really eat so healthily every day. 

Oh my.. There's so much typing to go......... I think I'm gonna save the typing for another day. For now, here's a video of Gloria. 

Vimeo is pretty good to upload videos on because it uploads fast, but you gotta enable HD mode :-)

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Back to blogging!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay :-) Today is 12th July 2016. On 5th July, which was exactly a week ago?? Time flies. I had my math paper in the morning and as I was walking to the bus stop by myself, I happened to see deepikaa!! Who used to be in my sec 2 class and my OG :-) We made an impromptu decision to go for LoveMG, which was happening that day. Whew. It was actually really nice to talk to Deepikaa. We both feel similarly about ACSI!!! And we both really missed things about MG :-)

We toured around the school. So happy to see verses everywhere in MG! It's like the verse in the bible. (went to check)

Deuteronomy 6:8-9 "Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates." So yes! It's really pretty too :-)
Yeah.... Now I'm going to type for real. Today has been a strange day for me. I know I have to go and pray now because I have to admit something to God or God wants to speak to me, but I'm just like avoiding it. .... Now that I have written this out and at least confronted that fact, I should go and pray now.

Back to LoveMG, it was really nice to see so many old faces, like Joanna!!!! Happened to see her outside and sat next to her. The theme for Love MG was "For I am His" and I think the speakers and worship leaders did something amazing that night! I was so blown away at the speaker's (Jemina) story. She is an old MG girl which makes my heart swell with so much pride :') She is a missionary in war-torn Congo. She shared about the journeys of faith she had to go through as a missionary, being so close to danger and seeing for herself the poor, helpless and destitute. It was such an inspiration and it reminded me of what the pastors in church say alot, "Signs and miracles will follow the disciples of Christ." And her life is a testimony of that. A lot of times, in my own Christian walk, I don't see the miracles of Jesus enough. I do sometimes, but I am also quick to forget :'( Her testimony also helped me to realize that there are actually people who are suffering so much because they are so poor, and here I am, in my place of comfort. Congo is actually known as a rape zone, which is so scary!!! Jemina said that it is more dangerous to be a woman in Congo than to be a soldier. I can't even imagine the kind of emotional trauma these women have to go through. For myself, being raped is so so scary. I don't know if I will have the courage to live on if I were ever raped. The fact that it is so rampant in another part of the world.... is heartbreaking. Women even have to turn to prostitution as a means of living because the crops they grow keep getting destroyed by soldiers. The amazing thing in that dark place is that people like Jemina and her fellow missionaries are willing to listen to God's call and help those people. God called them to build schools and they followed suit, not knowing how much blessing they would bring the Congo people. It's amazing. It makes me want to live a life of faith. I desire to stop chasing all the materialistic things that are so important to me and think about what is the life that God would want me to live. I would want to drive a car, get married and have many kids and have a job that allows me to interact with children, something I would be passionate about and is very comfortable. That is the ideal situation. But is that what God is calling me to? Again and again I feel I have to give up money. Which I know for sure is all in my head, because I don't even have any money in the first place. I guess is it in my own head, or is God telling me to pursue something in future that is not so high-paying? I'm telling I'm willing.. I'm willing... and I trust He will provide, provide, provide. Sometimes I'm fearful I can't live that comfortable life in Singapore with beautiful children, or I have to give up marrying or something. But I guess... In the end of the day, I have my hope in heaven. If I were to stay faithful to God, He has a place prepared in heaven for me and to me, spending eternity with God is the prize. I'm saying all these big things now, but I know I have to be more obedient in the little things first, before I start to think about the big things again. Jemina also shared about her life in uni, when she spent two hours every night taking walks around the campus, just speaking to God. During that time, God was really present with her. Animals like stray cats followed her, she said it was as if they knew their maker. Just like it was how it was like in the Garden of Eden. It was during that time that she could bring her thoughts to God. God even lighted a streetlamp(?) with a blown fuse to show her something. She had many messages to share that day and it was amazing. It really touched my heart to see someone who walked and seeked God so closely. With faith, she asked God to heal and damaged tree and make it the bushiest tree and it did!! Wow. What a life of miracles. It shows how God shows himself to us when we really seek Him. She talked about how by the grace of God, He used her to save a mother from taking her daughter and son into committing suicide. And it all started with a willing heart, to tutor the girl every Saturday.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it." Matthew 13:45-46
We are that one precious pearl!
"An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that each may have a part, but to each one He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others." - AW Tozer. (A quote I read in my devo book my church gives)

God also spoke to me about the doubts I'm facing, which really assured my heart. The leader prayed such a powerful prayer for me, "Why won't God want to draw near to his daughter?" Realized that in our day to day lives, if we do not seek God and speak to Him often, we can easily listen to the lies the evil one plants in our heads. Abrupt ending because I really gotta go already!!!! *hope wont be late again*