We are free

Wednesday, December 31, 2014


She threw her fist to the air and gave him a high five.

He said in the sweetest way possible “You’re free now.”

He carried her and let her sat on his shoulder like old times.
 He ran as far as he can and as fast as he can.

We are free!

xx

I gave in my laptop few days ago and when I come back to work next year (as if is a long way to go), I’ll be switching back to using desktop.

I’m glad I’ve spoke out and I’m very excited about the changes that we’re going to have.

Another new colleague will be joining our team soon and is gonna be awesome!!!

While being present in the present, I’m excited for the future!!! 
*High 5*

First

Monday, December 29, 2014


I admit that after the trip to Bangkok recently, I was too busy until I had no mood to pen down my thoughts.

But after concluding 2014 in my previous post, a small fire is ignited.

Brought Chrome Heart: Origins to Bangkok!


We stayed at another hotel this time.
As we are going to be here for 12 days, Oyan wanted a place which is more spacious and she found this place which was awesome for us!

They gave us 2 single beds! Yeah!


This TV can roll to the other side!

The other side.
*That's Oyan looking through the kitchen.*

The Kitchen! Small but have all that we need!


The toilet is a bit small though.
No bathtub. :(

This is outside the toilet.

Where I spend most of my time watching drama.

We stayed at Citadines Sukhumvit 23 which is located near Asok BTS. 
OK.  Is not that near, but it doesn’t feel far because there’s a lot to see along the way.
*We took a taxi from the airport and it only costed us 370 Bath including toll.*

And because the place is surrounded by office towers, we experienced a glimpse of a “normal” Bangkok life instead of just normal tourist experience.
And the most important thing is there’s A LOT of street food nearby! *yums*.

Our first night, we met 2 lovely aunties from Taiwan when we haunted for food.
The 2 aunties were super friendly and lovely!
One of them is 60++ years old!!!!
She was sooo friendly that she kept holding my hand. ><
I felt super uncomfortable.
But then… err… I still let her…

They asked us to join them to go to a night market. 
But both of us were not as semangat as them! *shame on us!*

We just walked around the area and went back to our temporary home. XD

1/24

Saturday, December 27, 2014


5 more days till 2015 creeps in.
Is been an eventful year.

I’ve travelled to Yangon, Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, Bangkok x 2, Singapore x2 and I’m going to end this year in Taiwan with the Boon family.

Including the last 2 days of 2014 which I’m going to spend in Taiwan, I’m overseas for a total of 42 days this year. I just realized is more than a month. In fact, is almost one and a half month. WOW!







I guess I’m little bit closer to my dream where I can travel all around the world.
Just that for now, my “world” is Asia.

My dad did complain a little regarding this.
Well, I am guilty for spending so much time and money travelling.
That’s why I’ve plan to have only 3 oversea trips next year.
2 missions, 1 personal.
Hopefully I can save up some money and then travel further in 2016. XD

I remember in the beginning of the year, we write down what we want to achieve this year.
Sadly, I did not achieve most of them. 
I did not learn how to swim and I did not post any videos on YouTube yet.

That being said, I still accomplished a lot this year.
I experience a lot of breakthroughs and I’ve stepped out of my comfort zone.

I sold my hand drawn note books.

I joined church production TWICE.




I started Inkedoo.

And I’ve read more than 10 books this year.

AMAZING!!!!

Is been a pretty challenging year as well.
I spent a little time to read my old blog posts and was reminded of the time that I struggle, doubt and fear.
But thank God that whatever evil plan the devil had, He can use it for His glory!

God reminded me that earlier this year, He gave me the word “Obedient”.
Looking back, I’ve realized that obedient was and still is something significant this year.
A lot of time, I just stepped out feeling that it is what God had asked me to do.
And a lot of things happened.

Normally we pray for people that respond to the word. But I remember being obedience to God and walked towards a friend and pray for her. She was greatly blessed, so was I.

And though there isn’t any BIG BANG in my recent Thailand trip, but I just felt God telling me that it was my obedience that He wanted from that trip. Nothing else.

Obedience.
To be obedience, I’ll need to hear God speaks.
This year, is been a year of constant conversation with God.

A closer relationship.

A lot of people think that I am crazy.
If I were an outsider, I think I will think that I’m crazy too.

But truth be told, I’ve never felt closer to God as this before.
This being said, I’m not saying I’m more perfect, pure and righteous.
I’m just saying I talk to God more than I did before.

I think I read this somewhere. 
As we grew older, a year feels shorter. 
Because it's a smaller portion of our life compared to the year before.

When you are one. A year is your whole life.
When you are two. A year is half of our life.
You know where this is heading.

I foresee 2015 will be a more exciting and challenging year.
God, let's have fun! :]

I don't feel like giving Xmas gifts

Thursday, December 18, 2014


I thought I’ll be able to resume my routine of a post every other day when I come back from my Bangkok trip.

But I think I’ve underestimated the power of holiday season.

Ever since I came back from Bangkok (which I’ve not written a single post about it), I’ve been busy at work, church and also doodling.

Busyness is really fun when you are busy doing the things you love with the people you enjoy doing with. 

Everyday I look forward to the things I need to complete. Though I was pretty low batt a few days ago, but God is always here for me and recharge me whenever I need. I just need to pause for a while, take my ukulele and just be with Him and I’ll be better! Thank you JESUS!

So before I need to rush-off for another doodling, I just wanna say that I think I’m the weirdest person EVER in the world. 

Just the other day, I went Christmas shopping. A second earlier I was happily choosing the gifts and paying the bill. A second later I doubted myself for conforming to the world view of giving gifts on Christmas!!! LOL!

I actually told God and said that Jesus is the best gift ever, why do we still need to buy gifts for people!

I know right. You really won’t find anyone else like me on planet earth!

So I decided, instead of just giving gifts, I’m gonna write something personal to them. Encourage and love them through words!! That means more work for me to do!

Wrapping done!




Wild at Heart by John Eldredge

Wednesday, December 10, 2014


Exactly one week ago, we came back from Bangkok and I never stop working since.

Though I still get enough sleep throughout the week, but I’m still very tired.
Just now after dinner, I just KOed and I couldn’t even get myself out of bed! LOL

And now I finally got the time to just sit down and blog!
Ah~ How I missed blogging~ 

I’m not going to share on my 12 days at Bangkok, but I’m gonna share the book I’ve completed reading during my Bkk trip! XD
This is a book recommended by many to understand man.
As the cover book says, “Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul”.

Honestly speaking, it did open my mind to something that I’ve never notice before.
And I think it help me better understand why things are the way it is today.

If you are a man, there’s no doubt that this is a good book to read!
If you are a woman like me, you’ll benefit from this book as well!

So as usual, I’m gonna share some extract from this book which captivated my heart!

Wild at Heart by John Eldredge


Eve was created within the lush beauty of Eden’s garden. But Adam, if you’ll notice, was created from the earth itself, from clay. In the record of our beginnings, the second chapter of Genesis makes it clear: man was born from the outback, from the untamed part of creation. Afterward he is brought to Eden. And ever since then boys have never been at home indoors, and men have had an insatiable longing to explore. ~p.g. 4

God gave us eyes so that we might see; he gave us ears that we might hear; he gave us wills that we might choose, and he gave us hearts that we might live. The way we handle the heart is everything. A man must know he is powerful, he must know he has what it takes. A woman must know she is beautiful; she must know she is worth fighting for. ~p.g. 18

Does Jesus tiptoe around the issue next time, so as not to “rock the boat” (the preference of so many of our leaders today)? Does he drop the subject in order to “preserve church unity”? Nope. He walks right into it, he baits them, he picks a fight. ~ p.g. 26

“In our fear that no one will speak on our behalf or protect us or fight for us, we start to recreate both ourselves and our role in the story. We manipulate our surroundings so we don’t feel so defenseless.” Fallen Eve either becomes rigid or clingy. Put simple, Eve is no longer simply inviting. She is either hiding in busyness or demanding that Adam come through for her; usually, an odd combination of both. ~ p.g. 54

“The ancient societies believed that a boy becomes a man only through ritual and effort- only through the active intervention of the older men,’” Bly remind us. The father or another man must actively intervene and the mother must let go. ~ p.g. 69

And every wound, whether it’s assaultive or passive, delivers with it a message. The message feels final and true, absolutely true, because it is delivered with such force. Our reaction to it shapes our personality in very significant way. From that flows the false self. ~p.g. 74

Yes, Scripture teaches the wise use of strength and the power of forgiveness. But you cannot teach a boy to use his strength by stripping him of it. Jesus was able to retaliate, believe me. But he chose not to. And yet we suggest that a boy who is mocked, shamed before his fellows, stripped of all power and dignity should stay in that beaten place because Jesus wants him there? You will emasculate him for life. From that point on all will be passive and fearful, never knowing if he is a man indeed. Oh yes, he will be courteous, sweet even, deferential, minding all his manners. It may look moral, it may look like turning the other cheek, but it is merely weakness. You cannot turn a cheek you do not have. ~p.g. 81- 82

Do you know why there’s been such an assault? The Enemy fears you. You are dangerous big-time. If you ever really got your heart back, living from it with courage, you would be a huge problem to him. You would do a lot of damage… on the side of good. Remember how valiant and effective God has been in the history of the world? You are stem of that victorious stalk. ~ p.g. 90

He created Adam for adventure, battle and beauty; he created us for a unique place in his story and he is committed to bringing us back to the original design. ~p.g.105

We must reverse Adam’s choice, we must choose God over Eve. We must take our ache to him. For only in God will we had the healing of our wound. ~ p.g. 119

A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family. He must have a cause to which he is devoted even unto death, for this is written into the fabric of his being. Listen carefully now: you do. That is why God created you- to be his intimate ally, to join him in the Great Battle. You have a specific place in the line, a mission God made you for. ~ p.g. 143

But that’s not why you love her -  to get a good grade. You love her because that’s what you are made to do; that’s what a real man does. ~ p.g. 192

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive. ~p.g. 202