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Distractions

Prayer and love are really learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and your heart turns to stone. If you have never had any distractions you don’t know how to pray. For the secret of prayer is a hunger for God and for the vision of God, a hunger that lies far deeper than […]

Friend

A close friend posted this on her blog: What does a 17 yo and a 27 yo have in common? Both long for friends. Friends that u can share your deepest hurts, fears with and not be afraid of stumbling them, hurting them or be rejected. Friends that you can freely share your heart with.. […]

"Do not yoke…"

In the last few days different friends of mine have encountered the question/problem of a believer + non-believer relationship. It’s always been a sticky question that Christians have to deal with. What do you if, as a believer, you fall in love with a non-believer and you’re advised by others not to pursue a relationship? […]

Broken Trust

Having a trust broken is one of the most painful experiences. I’m sure we’ve all been on both sides of the fence – of the one breaking the trust, as well as the one being deceived. How do we react? How do we deal with it? When we’re the one being deceived, righteous indignation, hurt […]

Friendship Relic

Many, many years ago, my little friend Yinwei and I bought ourselves a pair of Mickey & Minnie journals to write each other in. We would pen down our thoughts, make silly (sometimes very nice) drawings, wrote stories, gossiped, poured out our hearts… all within the confines of its cartoony covers. We’d exchange journals and […]

Indonesia Sedap!

Punchlines Quip #1 Me to Uncle Ming: 你真的很会介绍吃的! Uncle Ming:因为你喜欢吃, 所以才介绍吃的给你。不是吃的你没有兴趣! Quite funny since just a day earlier Zibin told me that Uncle Ming must think I really love eating since he’s always asking me to taste this and that. Ha ha… it’s really that obvious huh? This uncle’s been getting me to taste different […]

Off to Jakarta

Am going off to Jakarta for the weekend to celebrate my grandmother’s 80th birthday. It should be fun cos it’s the whole family going together this time. John hasn’t been there in years. It will be Cathy’s first visit to my relatives’ homes in Indonesia, and it will be both Zibin and Cathy’s first time […]