Totally Blessed ... Prince Edwin

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

To my friends who are still single…..
Love is like a butterfly,
The more u chase it,
The more it eludes u,
But if u just let it fly,
It will come to u when u least expect it,
Love can make u happy and often it hurts,
But love’s only special,
When u give it to someone who’s realli worth it,
So take your time n choose the best.

To my friends who are not so single…..
Love isn’t becoming someone else’s
“perfect person”
its about finding someone
who helps u become the best person u can be

To my friends who are playboy/playgirl type….
Never say “I love u” if u don’t care
Never talk about feelings
If they aren’t really there
Never touch a life if u mean to break a heart
Never say u will if u don’t plan to start
Never look in the eye when all u do is lie
The cruellest thing a guy can do to a girl
Is to let her fall in love
When he doesn’t intend to catch her fall
- and it works both ways……

To my friends who are married……….
Love is not about “its your fault”
But “I’m sorry”
Not “where are you”
But “I’m right here”
Not “how could you”
But “I understand”
Not “I wish u were”
But “I’m thankful u r”
To my friends who are engaged……
The true measure of compatibility is not the years spent together
But how good u r for each other

To my friends who are heartbroken
Heartbreaks last as long as you want
And cut as deep as u allow them to go
The challenge is not how to survive heartbreaks
But to learn from them

To my friends who are naïve…..
How to be in love:
Fall but don’t stumble,
Be consistent but not too persistent,
Share and never be unfair,
Understand and try not to demand and get hurt,
But never keep the pain.

To my friends who are possessive……..
It breaks your heart to see the one you love happy with someone else
But its more painful to know that the one u love is unhappy with u…

To my friends who are afraid to confess…..
Love hurts when u break up with someone
It hurts even more when someone breaks up with u
But love hurts the most when the person u love has no idea how you feel…

To my friends who are still holding on….
A sad thing about life is when u meet someone and fall in love
Only to find out in the end it was not meant to be
And that u have wasted years on someone who wasn’t worth it
If he wasn’t worth it now he’s not going to be worth it a year
Or 10 years from now
Let go…..

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Jun & Jen were a pair of young couple...Jun was veri charming & many girls could`t help falling in love with him... therefore, he became quite a flirt.

As for Jen, she was an ordinary girl with average looks. Although there were quite a
number of guys chasing her, jen only had Jun in her heart.although She knew that one day Jun would eventually leave her .. she still continued to love him wholeheartedly...

Jen loves rainy days...she loves playing in the rain, & whenever Jun wanted to join her, she'll always stop him from joining.

Jun then ask her: Why don't you let me join you?

Jen replied: Err..er..because i don't want you to fall sick.

Jun then ask her again: If playing in the rain will make me fall sick, then why are you still doing it?

But each time Jen will always keep quiet & smile at him...

Although Jun was`t able to join her, he felt happy. To him, as long as Jen was happy, he'll be happy as well.

However, nothing last long... Jun soon fell for another girl after two months. He even love the girl more deeply den he love jen.

One day, while Jun & Jen were having their dinner , Jun told Jen that this would be their last dinner together... Jen looked at him. She knew dat this was going to happen, but she choose not to ask any farther...Jun then requested for a break up.. And Jen...she accepted willingly... partly because, she knew... Jun was just like the wind...never stop
at any point.

That night..it was to be the last time Jun send Jen home.. Jen kept veri quiet... although deep down she wanted to know the reasons but she choose not to ask. Just when Jen was about to step into the lift, Jun stop her.

He said: Jen, I'm really sorry that i've let you down. But i'll never forget those days when i see you playing in the rain...those are the most happy & unforgottable memories i had with you.

After listening to Jun, Jen could't help it but cried.. Jun hugged her tightly.

He said: Jen, there's one question i wanted to ask you long ago... Why is it everytime when you are playing in the rain, you just wouldn't allow me to accompany you?

Jen was stunned..

pausing for a few seconds,

Jen replied...

Because...

Because i don't wish to let you know...

I was crying..

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My husband was an engineer. Since I met him, he was always an unflappable rock in my life. I knew he always had his feet firmly planted on the ground, and it seemed that no matter what else went crazy, he would be the one constant.

Three years of romance, and two years of marriage later, I got tired.

He was the most unromantic man I know. He never bought me flowers, he never surprised me, and nothing changed in our marriage.

After some time, I finally found the courage to tell him that I wanted to leave him. He just sat there, speechless. My heart froze... what kind of man was I married to that didn't even know what to say to make me stay?

After a while, he spoke, "What can I do to change your mind?". "I will stay if you can give me a good answer to this question,"

I replied coldly."If I asked for a flower that grew on a cliff, and you knew that getting it for me means certain death, would you get it for me?". His face grew troubled.

"Can I give you an answer tomorrow morning?" he asked. Hearing that kind of answer, my heart died. I knew that I could never be happy with a man who couldn't even give me a answer straight away.

The next morning, when I woke up, he was missing. In the living room, under a warm glass of milk, was a note. My eyes grew misty as I read it...

"Dear, I have my answer. I will never pick the flower for you if it meant certain death. But before you leave, I hope you can give me a chance to give you my reasons....

You will always sit in front of the computer and type about for the whole day, but everytime you will end up in tears cause your formating will always go all over the place... I need my fingers, to do the formating for you, so your tears will become smiles.

You like to travel, but would always get lost... I need my eyes, so that I can bring you to the nicest places on earth.

Everytime you leave the house, you would always forget your keys... I need my legs, so that I can run home to open the door for you.

You never knew how to take care of yourself... I need my hands to help you get rid of the pesky white hair you hate so much when you grow old, to trim your nails, to feed you.

So you see, that's why I can't pick the flower for you. Until I find someone who loves you more than I do, I will need my body to take care of you.

If you accept my reasons, then open the door, where I will be waiting with your favourite muffin."

With tears streaming from my eyes, I opened the door, and there he stood, with a extremely worried look on his face. He still had nothing to say, but just stood there waving the packet he had in his hand in front of me. And then I knew for a fact that I will never find another man who will ever love me as much as he does.

Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean that they don't love you with all they have...

...Counting My Blessings... 6:23 PM
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

I so can't believe I'm blogging now. Looking at the last post which was dated erm... June 9th (oops), I talked about Kai n Kevin's ORD n how my time will come. 6 months down the road (well, somewhere there), my time has finally come. OMG!!!! I SO TOTALLY CAN'T BELIEVE IT! *pinch* Ouch! Oh god, it's not a dream. 24 months for that card, that much coveted pink card with my lovely handsome face on it. Yes, it is the PINK IC!
Ok, for those who have already ORDed or u still have some time with the SAF n u r giving a 'I dun give a damn face' right as u're reading my blog, can u at least SHOW that u're excited even if u're not. Now, yes show me u're excited. Yes, smile u idiot. Yes, that's the way folks. I knew it, I knew it, I knew u were excited abt my ORD. haha.
I tink i'm freakin irritating, but wth. Forgive me if u're provoked k. Edwin actually has a good heart. Serious.
Anw, was tinking of changing my blog skin. The black background with Edwin's dimmed face is giving everyone a mysterious feel n that's not the way i want the blog to be portrayed. I want it to be plain white n simple so that i can post pictures n write w/o readers having a constraint feel. Prolly just add a tagboard, some links, n some photos at the side that's all. But the problem is I dun know how to do it. Can any kind soul out there teach me?
Ok, that's about all i've to say. I hope i wun take a long time for the next entry. haha.

...Counting My Blessings... 2:30 PM
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Friday, June 09, 2006

ORD LO! in 6 months. heh. Anw, congrats to Ling Kai, Kevin n Lionel the recently ORDed personnel. U've waited long enough for this. Nvm, my time will come.
3 more weeks to Hillsong Conference! Woo Hoo. N World Cup starts today. Haha. England n Rooney All The Way! But have to be realistic, England will not win the World Cup. Seriously doubt so. No football experts predicts England will win. N even if Beckham n Co do play well, they'll end up playing Brazil in the semis according to the match fixtures. haiz.
To date, I still think being involved in NDP sux. Compensating one off for one Saturday is so totally not worth it. Who's around on weekdays manz! Thank God i'm going Hillsong Conference this July. At least can skip some rehearsals. Woot!
Been doing a lot of reading lately in camp and during my off days. This story which I'm about to share made a huge impression on me when i first read it in 'Your Best Life Now' by Joel Osteen. Then it appeared again when i read 'The Law Of Prosperity' E-book by Kenneth Copeland. So i guess it's a sign that i should share it.
There is a man who scrimped and saved and finally managed to get himself a boat ticket to America and just enough money some crackers and cheese. During the voyage, he would look into the dining room and think to himself, "I can't afford that" and he would sit outside the room and consume his food ration. One day, a steward stopped by and asked him, "Sir, I've noticed you haven't eaten a single meal in the dining room for the entire journey. Is something the problem?" The poor man answered, "Oh no, it's just that i've only enough money for the ticket and not enough for the meal." Bewildered, the steward said, "But Sir, the meals are included in the ticket."
You see, the meals belonged to the poor man but he did not realize it. Similarly, many Christians do not realize that the blessings which they want are included in the new covenant which Christ has come to establish among the Gentiles. So sad. They limit God just like the Isrealites. Next time, when someone gives you a cow with a stash of money tied to its neck, for goodness sake, milk it first!

...Counting My Blessings... 4:32 PM
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Read this from Kenneth Copeland's 'Tools for financial success' and i tot i wud like to share. I'm sure many of u have read before the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15. It's considered as one of the most well known parables in the bible. In case u have forgotten the parable, it goes like this in summary..... The father divided his inheritance between 2 sons. The younger son is a bastard in our lingo (watever the spelling is), basically he squandered his share of money on a sinful lifestyle and one day he repented and came back to the father. Instead of beating up his younger son, he embraced him with with open arms and even killed a fatted calf for part of the celebrations. I'm sure many of u identify ourselves with this younger son and how our Father still accepts us in the beloved despite all our sins.
But for this entry, i'm not gonna talk about the younger son. Instead i will share on the older son. The diligent and hardworking boy who is the total opposite of his younger brother. Naturally, he was really angry at his father's reaction when his brother came back. Notice the father's reply, "Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine".
What he meant was everything, and i mean EVERYTHING that was left behind after his younger brother left was his. He could have all the fatted calves he had. Yet he didn't take advantage of his inheritance. Many people often regret at the meagre amount they have taken from Daddy God. He has so much yet we take so little.
People, Abba Father is rich. Let's draw from him evermore and stop letting our conscience and self-effort prevent us from getting our full inheritance. The inheritance was paid with a huge price. Let's take to the max.
Enlarge ur tents now!

...Counting My Blessings... 9:38 PM
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Well, I thought I wud never blog again, but this excerpt from Kenneth Copeland daily devotional just touched me so much that i wanted to share it.

"Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money in.... And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites.... And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them...this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living." (Mark 12:41-44)

Dear Edwin, Have you ever wanted to get God's attention? You can, you know. There's a certain kind of boldness, a certain kind of faith in giving that will get His attention every time. You can see that in Mark 12. Read that chapter and just imagine the situation it describes. Jesus was sitting by the treasury watching as people put in their offerings. Don't you know there were some sanctimonious displays going on with Him there watching? There was bound to be plenty of pharisaical robe swishing as those wealthy leaders walked up to put in their gifts that day.
Right in the middle of it all, this poor widow walked up and threw in her offering. I can just see her in my mind's eye. I can hear her say to herself, "By the eternal Almighty God that liveth, I've had enough of this poverty. I'm fed up with having nothing but want. I may just be a poor widow now, but I'm not going to be a poor widow anymore. I'm going to be a broke widow if God doesn't do something here because I'm giving Him everything I've got!"
Then, wham! She threw that last little dab of money she had into the offering.
Do you know what? That got Jesus' attention. He said, "Listen, everybody. I want to talk to you about this woman," and He started to preach.
What moved Jesus wasn't just the fact that she gave. It was how she gave. She gave in faith--not in fear. She didn't stop and calculate what she didn't have and say, "Boy, if I do this, tomorrow I won't eat." She just boldly threw in all she had, expecting God to take care of her in return.
You and I need to catch hold of that same attitude. We need to start holding our offerings up to the Lord in confidence, throwing it boldly into His service, expecting His blessings in return.
If you have a need right now, get God's attention by giving with boldness like that widow woman did. Throw open the door of your household by throwing everything you have at Jesus. Let God know that He is your source. Before long, the abundance of God will come pouring in!

Wow, that was powerful faith. I guess God really talked to me in this excerpt about my situation. I was so excited to blog this that I haven't even brushed my teeth despite waking half an hour ago. heh.

...Counting My Blessings... 10:44 AM
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Monday, April 03, 2006

Firstly, happy birthday Edmund and congratulations for turning 21. I had a great time and the food was good too. Secondly, apologies to Ling Kai for leading u the wrong way. Actually, we could have continued up past Tekong ferry terminal and chiong the empty roads alongside the runway to the chalet, instead of getting out of Loyang and go out to TPE. Anw, we still got to the place in the end. Hallelujah.
Wat else... oh just realized I got to start my TP soon. No More Procrastination! My mum's bugging me already. Looking at all my frens getting their Class 3 licence is quite demoralising at times. Found out Agnes just passed her TP as well. So I've one year to get my licence, before term starts in April 07 n the hustle n bustle of school life starts to erupt. To all my army mates out there, I'm gonna pass my BTT this time. The reason why i failed the last 2 times was becos I'm confused btw one lane and one way. I keep on tinking one way is one lane n a driver cannot overtake overtake on a one way street.
Went down town today to collect my free guitar strings as well as ask for the quotation for lowering the action of my guitar n to try out all the different models of Oakley sunglasses so as to make my order. Thank God I did not follow the others in ordering the M-frame. It looked nice on the catalog, but seriously, wearing it makes one look like Batman. I finally decided on the Half Jacket. That would set me back by $130-$140 which is like $100 cheaper than retail price. It's too good an offer to be missed. Saw my camp mate Samuel who was heading to SMU for his 4 year information system masters. Read on the website that this programme is actually a scholarship by Inforcomm Authority of Singapore and one have to serve a 4 year bond there after everything. uh-huh... n they only choose up to 40 scholars over the next 5 years. no wonder Sam said his interview was tough, so unlike mine where 7 applicants were having a talk cock session with 2 professors.
Haiz, seeing all those students in school uniform walking on the streets of Orchard on weekdays just remind me of my Dunman High n VJC days.
I Want To Study!!! I Want To ORD!!!
Seriously manz, i dun mind taking A level one more time if i can skip National Service. At least I can still keep in touch with civilization. N I can choose to pontang lessons n teachers will not send me for detention. In the organiztion I'm working for now, I dun have such liberty. 8 more months n my 2 year contract will be fulfilled. They wun have to sack me; I will resign myself.

...Counting My Blessings... 7:55 AM
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

hmm... haven't typed a proper entry for a long time. Firstly, being able to come back to Singapore after such a long time feels wonderful. 1 month in India felt like half a year. Life seems to have a purpose all a sudden. Anw, quite a few things have happened, albeit in a few days, most notably the farewell of Daniel Sithu. pretty sad to see him go bcos he has been such a blessing in my life. Apart from the jokes and laughter he brings, his words of encouragement often impacted me. This is a man after God's own heart and I know God has great plans for him. Apparently, he's coming back in August together with Planet Shakers. That would be awesome. Strangely, nobody went to the Planet Shakers conference in Singapore scheduled on 17th March. Dun tell me they cancelled it. Either way, that would be good news for me cos I really wanna experience worship live with Shakers.
Anw, just watched the dvd from United Live's latest album 'United We Stand' from which i downloaded. Wat can I say... it's awesome. I mean the atmosphere, the presence of God. Songwise, so~so i wud say. expected more. but the instrumental intro more than made up for it. I'm thinking of putting the intro on my friendster homepage. Anybody has any idea how to do it???
Sometimes, i really wish praise and worship in New Creation Church could be like this, dynamic and powerful. probably not in main church, but in youth services. I agree that the current style of worship is good for the church, but i think worship for youth services can be brought up to another level. Wat i mean is that music should be more vibrant, and musicians be allowed to flow on their own and add in their own flavour, perhaps some riffs or smth, espcially in the free instrumental part. Well, this is wat i feel, whether the music ministry want to adopt the kind of music i'm talking about still depends on them. End of the day, we're still doing this to glorify God rite?

...Counting My Blessings... 1:15 AM
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