adapted from a friend's blog post :)

I believe God wants me, wants us to be happy in EVERYTHING that we do. Sure, at times grief is inevitable and ESSENTIAL for our development, but i don’t believe God created Exams to force us to study and learn. I believe he would want us to be passionate for learning, because we want to. God created Exams to give us the chance to GLORIFY his name, because, of course, he will help us. Studying for exams shouldn’t be that painful. It shouldn’t be prioritized as first, OR EVEN second. Yes, it ought to be given a place in our heart so motivate us to strive for the best and sacrifices SHOULD be made for it. But i do not believe LOVE ought to be forsaken because of exams. NO WAY. God didn’t create exams to give us an excuse to turn into a recluse in your own world, just mugging 24/7.

may you begin to see this perspective of exams and in doing so, study hard but never too hard that you neglect your friendships and relationships and most importantly, love for one another :)

all the best for upcoming exams :)

it's spring!! :)
away with the glooms comes the seasons of blooms and LIFE :)

DAY 28! :)
see you tonight! :)

DAY 11
PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE :)

try to keep up so you wont miss out on anything during discussions!! :)
we dun mind if you read a couple more chapters per day so long you dun read it for reading's sake! :)

DAY 5
PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE :)

have you seen this before? :D

PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE
by Rick Warren

that's the name of the series that CCM will be starting next thursday, 5th Aug! :)
over the course of 6weeks, we're planning go through this book cover to cover :) as the name suggests this book helps readers understand God’s incredible plan for our lives. it aims to enables us to see the big picture of what life is all about and begin to live the life God created us to live. join us, you're in for an exciting whirl of fun times, 630PM at B1.26.

for more information, you can contact me Natalia at 0430992249 :)
hope to see you there! and for the next 6weeks to come! :)

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oh what a barbeequeee
oh what a barbeequeee

: )

the only thing missing was...

PHOTOS! ):

we forgot to take photos ):
how depressing!

photos of that yummilicious sausages, beef patties and best of all, the marinated chicken personally and single handedly marinated by our wonderful chef keith! :)
thank you for helping us cook and prepare all that food! :)

and last but not least :p
sorry to the people who slipped and fell running on the wet grass!!

hope you still had fun! :D

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it was an awesome time seeing everyone new and old joining us last night :)
hope it made good memory marks somehow!

apart from knowing that i, natalia, cannot count..
we also learnt about anger
GRRRRRRRR.

it's normal to get angry. even Jesus did. but what matters more is not the feeling of anger, but more of what you do about your anger.

anger is a source that fuels us to typically respond in terms of "ME".

we brainstormed about things that get us angry. eg. female drivers (being female, i'd say those crazy reckless male drivers :p), people not paying attention to us, having our dates stand up on us etc. In general, we get angry when things do not go the way we want them to.

we react by cursing, swearing, crying, throwing a pissy fit just like a baby
(so the next time we see someone doing that in anger, we know he/she's a baby)

but all those are all negative emotions.
looking on the bright side of life:
THINK: how can we react to such strong feelings like anger positively like Jesus?
how do you think you'll react to your feeling angry the next time when you get angry?


[EDIT]
as promised :)
here's a compilation of the ideas we've had! :)

keith: turning it into a motivation to get things done or set things right
brendan: exercise
nat: retail therapy - buying things to give to others
christina: strumming and banging on her guitar singing out LOUD!!
felicia: zzz. SLEEP!
singgih: calm self down then analyse the situation
nat: EAT. hahahaha

that's all we have so far.
tag if you've got more ideas :)
(even if it's one year after this post iz posted :p)

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