Past Failures

Long time no blog!

In a blink of an eye, the end of the year draws near..All the assignments are slowly piling up and exams would have to be done.

As some of you would have read in my recent reflection letter, there is always 1 lingering issue that with the help of the Lord, i'm still dealing with.
The fear of failure, or rather, past failures still come to haunt me time and again.

There's always a tendency to be discouraged easily.

But today as i was in church, Pastor preached about fighting against the devil's schemes of instilling fear, condemnation and intimidation in us.
of course we all know that fear, condemnation and intimidation can sometimes cloud our minds that we forget that the God that we believe in is so much bigger than all of those!

So instead of surrendering to all these, lets surrender to God!
God is again reminding me that I can be confident in him!

I will continue to give him praise!

I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart;
I will glorify your name forever.
(Psalm 86:12)


Finally a pic of me wearing the Salt and Pepper T shirt!!
I am the only one who has this t shirt in Adelaide!! musahhaha....
Thanks Romans!

Credibility

"Somtimes need to vent frustration ma..i also don't mean it."

Thats what i hear some christians say when i stare at them or comment on their use of undesirable words.

I do not react like that just because i'm the one that sets the standard or everyone must say words that suit my ears.

How would people especially Non C's around you react when they hear you speaking like that? How different will you be from them?

I get really frustrated at times. Not that i profess to be perfect.
But people do not even see the need to speak or behave in a way thats pleasing to the Lord. sigh..

Its does not mean that we must act good in front of people. Its genuinely changing because of love for the Lord , so that people can see Christ in us.

Whatever is in your heart determines what you say.
Lets live what we believe.

In Pursuit of God

I was just listening to a sermon by Pastor Eric chua He was talking about the Pursuit of God which really striked a chord with me.
In bad times, we seek God more but then in good times, we get proud and have tendency to fall away from God coz we think everything is fine so not need him.

In looking at Christ , he always spent time with the Lord in whatever situation he was in. Purpose was to draw strength and instruction from the Lord.

for me, in spending time with the Lord each day, it helps me to realign my thoughts with his. I think i am able to better handle situations that come my way, coz i start seeing things from his perspective.

For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD,
my confidence since my youth. (
(Psalm 71 :5)


Thank God for his sovereignty , coz in his character i can trust.

Jean and i 

moomoos! 

Me,Kai,June,Lily 

Red vintage car! 

My little Pony! 

Praise the Lord!

Tired from staying up till 3am the nite before to finish assignment..
Thanks to Dazz for the jia youing!! haa..
Have been busy with assignments

Thanks to the other ppl for keeping my blog alive by tagging ahhahahha!

I was at OCF today and it was like any other meeting..
But wat especially encouraged me was this fellow OCFer called Sam..
He's from some place in Africa, near Sudan or something.

He was sharing with me about how he was so excited about proclaiming christ to people around him!
He actually said that when he was at the shopping centre , he felt like screaming Hallelujah! but restrained himself lol..
You should have seen the passion and the enthusiam he had when telling me!
He even brings a write up about how he's gonna share the gospel whenever the need arises!
I've never seen such enthusiasm in my life!
If only all of us had that same sense of urgency and Joy in wanting to share this good news!

Today i went to the Annual Royal Adelaide Show! Shall upload photos and tell u wat its about in my next post! remember to tag haa..

I can only Imagine

I'm back again!! This post is kind of a follow up of my previous previous post.
The one before the "Swollen hand" one..haha..
Thank God my hand is back to its normal size..(some ppl might say "Isn't that the normal size?!..NO LOH!)


Wanna share with all of you a song "I can only Imagine" by a group called
"Mercy Me".


This song talks about what our response may be when we see Christ.
To hear the song , click the green musical note on the stickam player on the right.


The Lyrics is as follows..

I can only imagine
What it will be like
When I walk
By Your side
I can only imagine
What my eyes will see
When Your face
Is before me
I can only imagine

{Chorus}:
Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel
Will I dance for You Jesus or in awe of You be still
Will I stand in Your presence or to my knees will I fall
Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all
I can only imagine

I can only imagine
When that day comes
And I find myself
Standing in the Son
I can only imagine
When all I will do
Is forever
Forever worship You
I can only imagine


The Journey we're on is long and tough..but when we see Christ at the end , it will all be worth it.

Shen4 Chu4 yuan2 Shou3..

When i was on my way to "The Idea of North" concert on saturday.
I got bitten on my hand by an insect. I initially thought that it was
just a normal mosquito bite and i was telling myself, Whoa its only my 2nd time being bitten by a mosquito here in oz land woohoo! haha...

IT went flat after a while..but the next day..... my hand started swelling....
then i used it to tell my housemates about the doraemon joke
i can actually show and tell the yuan shou part! lol..

I went to the doctor's on sunday waited for like 2 hrs..and then i only saw the doc for like 5 mins ahahah!
doc said its nothing major. prob got a sting or something. so i'm suppose to monitor if the swelling gets bigger.
Can fight with Daryl's doraemon hand liao..ahahahha!

However, the concert was fantastic man! I watched it at Elder Hall, a music conservatorium at the University of Adelaide.
The acoustics were really good..and the best part was that "The idea of north" were super on pitch man. The performance was just superb..

The idea of north are an Australian Accapella Group/Jazz Quartet.
Those who love accapella must absolutely listen to them..

For now...admire my fist..loL!

me in my messy room.. 

Are u ready?

Updated as promised! after skin shedding season! its updating season! (i think i'm last on the list..)
still can't get that e blogger thing of the top! lol..but someone helping me get new skin rite? lol!

to those who update their blogs regularly Good on ya mates!! (Fake Aussie Accent haha..)
Some challenging and encouraging blogs include, Romans' Peng siang's and Amy's (the links are on the right)
Thats what i hope to do on mine as well.

Sometime this week,Romans shared with me that he had a dream about judgement day and how he was brought to a room full of TV"s and his whole life was about to be flashed on the screens. (Like matrix haha..)
A fren that stayed over just yesterday was memorising a verse during her QT and it was about Christ's coming! guess wat??
Today during service, pastor preached about Christ coming also!

This reminded me of something that me and some others often say "Jesus faster come! " (If u find yourself grining or smiling, we might have said that to each other sometime or another ahahahhaha!!)
But then are you sure you would really be ready if christ came the next moment?

I was sharing with Peng siang a few days ago, about how i found being a Christian even harder here in OZ land
when we try to share the gospel, its nothing new to them, people would just tell you nicely that they don't need it.
Some think that they know a lot about Christianity coz they live in the "city of churches".
Another group of people would think that they do not need religion because they are happy within themselves.

I guess that is because they do not live life with an eternal perspective.
people think that as long as i live my life happily now can liao. We have been made to last eternally. we might live for the most 80-100 years (By God's grace) on this earth. Its a super short time, compared to forever.
the next question would be what are u going to do for the rest of eternity?

I've heard some Christians saying "are we seriously gonna like sing songs, read the word and worship God forever? aiyo very boring siah.."
For me, i thought about what would happen when i see Christ again. I can only imagine that when i finally see Jesus again, i wouldn't have to say anything and he would understand everything that i went through.i would just be in his presence singing and being with him forever!! yeah!! Thats really something to look forward to.

but..have i been living my life the way that is pleasing to him? how about in reaching out to others?
Am i proclaiming the gospel or ashamed of it?

For those of us that are christians, how does finally meeting Jesus face to face and worshipping God forever in heaven sound to u?

I hope you're just as excited as me :)

Ladies and Gentlemen! School is officially open for me!!

HOw exciting! (Self psychoing...learn from sherm hahaha...)
Actually its not really self psychoing but rather looking at it from a different perspective.
Praise the Lord that he has brought me through 1 semester , it has been and will continue to be a tough journey.

Many people say that "studying overseas? easy one la..." i beg to differ.
but maybe it just me? the assignments seem more difficult and lectures difficult to understand (not taking into account the lecturer's accent haha..). have to handle people to people relationships. SOmtimes i just wonder how i'm going to get through it.

However in the midst of these situations, God grace , mercy and faithfulness continue to be evident. I really cannot do it on my own and began to depend on him more.

In learning to handle different situations and emotions, God revealed how flawed i am.
I used to think that i was "ok". Able to handle emotions well..it just went all downhill when i came here..haha..

This statement from Rick warren struck me a lot. "God is interested in building your character and not making you comfortable" (Rick Warren, 2006)

I'm definitely not comfortable at this moment.
Pray with me that the Lord would continue to work in and through me for his purposes.
and that i would face each day with Joy!

Look to the horizon. Its antartica already!
For more pics go to www.sarahang.shutterfly.com

View from Granite Island 

On a rock on granite island 

Victor Harbour

JUst got back from victor harbour.
Had a fabulous time taking in the sights and the fresh air!

had been talking about going there for about 1 month now and finally we got to!
Was suppose to get there in 3 hours but sammi taking advantage of the no speed limit at the hills brought us there in 1 hour 40 mins. Goodness...

Had the role of backseat driver (literally) . We all thought that it was gonna be a long ride and packed 2 bagfuls of snacks and fruits. IN the end we didn't eat any. loL!

i brought my laptop along coz the map of victor harbour was inside and ended up getting a hard copy there and lugging my laptop and a super thick jacket around.

We suddenly went into a photo taking frenzy coz then scenery was just spectacular.
I can't even put into words the grandeur of God's creation!

I was at this place called Granite island and when we look out many many KM away is antartica already, coz its like the end of australia liao. (aiyo i think my engrish getting worse.)

We then proceeded to this place called Freemans Nob to whale watch! there were a few sightings of Southern right Whales this morning and we were encouraged to go see. But then we went there ...almost froze to death and all we saw were crashing waves. no doubt Still a beautiful sight! the whales prob knew i was coming and went home already. loL!

Super tired now..from all the zi lian photography and walking around lugging the laptop.

Till then

COLD!!

Freezing!!!!!! and i've a blocked nose..loL!

Been busy bringing my parents around..
the past few days have been going shopping and i actually can find clothes that are my size!! yes!! lol...

We went to barossa Valley yesterday and i just realised that it had not only 1 vineyard but many many!! but it was kinda sad coz its winter and the vines were all botak!! haha...
In the 1800s, land and soil surveyors were called in by the english settlers to survey what can be done on the adelaide land. The result was that given the dry weather conditions and the state of the soil. IT was good for growing vines and making wine. So the settlers brought in vine shoots from original wine making countries like South africa and france to plant! and the wine industry boomed since then. The winery that i went to bottled about 1 million bottles a day, to be shipped out to about 70 countries..
I tasted a few kinds of wine , stayed sober and bought a nice wine glass!

Most of the trip was spent in the coach going through the beautiful Adelaide hills.
I can't help but see God's hand in all of it! Praise him!
Went past some herds of cows and sheeps and kangaroos. the bus driver purposely honked the horn to make them run! it was hilarious!!

NExt we went to a small german village called Hahndorf..Did u know that in the 1800s the german lutherans were persecuted for their faith and quite a number of them escaped to adelaide and now their descendants are living in that village! there are lutheran churches everywhere! so cooL!

it was also the first time i ate kangaroo meat...............in my opinion it tasted better then beef, but mum and dad thought otherwise..loL!

Got 1 more week before sch starts..and mum and dad are leaving on saturday..boohoo...........
then it will be back to learning and stressing...loL!
its gonna be tough but I WILL to praise God in every circumstance!!

peace out?? no way ahhahahh!

Peace be with you:)

Living beyond myself

Finally updated! HAve been busy with exams...but finally i'm free!!!trying to enjoy as much as i can before school starts again! lol..My housemates and i are jamming daily on the guitar...laughing crazily and getting bored together wahahahahh!

However, in my time here, i have been able to reflect a lot on my life and attitude as a christian.I listened to a podcast by JOhn Macarthur about qualities of an excellent servant , something that struck me a lot was the pursuit of a life of Godliness.

Somtimes even Christians can found to be pursuing recognition by others, pursuing to be highly educated, pursuing wealth without even realising it..Godliness is doing things that are rite before God and that which honours him.
Its not gonna be easy going against the flow of the world, sometimes it can even mean going against Family and good friends.

Am i willing to do that to do wat is rite in the Lord's eyes even if it means hostility from others?

We should not live for the present but always have an eternal perspective.We discipline ourselves for the purpose of Godliness , for it holds promise for the present life and the life to come. (1 Timothy 4:6-8) and for this reason we Labour and strive, cause we have put our hope on the Living God! (V9-10).

Although we may be really involved in church stuff but take a moment to think.
what are you really pursuing?

You are not too young to start thinking about that.

What keeps me in perspective is knowing that this life is not mine.
Live beyond yourself coz we are created for our creator!