12:18 AM
Life in 21SA after Course in Arty Institute (AI)Yes... Life is gonna be much more tougher... 1st impression already gave me a negative feeling, to the extent that people there whom we saw them sweep the leaves on the road telling us "welcome to hell". Heard of the negative stuffs that they have, and it's all true...
No doubt, life in 21SA is gonna be at least 100 times more xiong den back in AI i believe, but I gotta learn to look on the bright side of it.. Yes, I complained and keep whining bad things about it, but I think this is not going to last throughout my stay in 21SA till I ORD next year August... I must think of positive things, like I believe that I am able to get Gold, or at least Sliver for my IPPT, and perform well in my role as a GA... Everyday in camp, no matter how tough or xiong or ridiculous the training can be, I must choose to carry the joy of the Lord in my heart. It's the joy that carries the strength that I need for my daily life especially in camp.
Perhaps, my life in BMT and in 6th AOC @ AI has been pretty slack and relaxed, and now I kena posted to this 21SA, which I really (3x) have cultural shock in a very xiong way... And especially when right now I know that I am allocated to battery line, just don't know which battery, and life in there can be even more tougher as compared to HQ line, and no matter how sick and tired I am going to be, I must choose to rely more on God and less of myself, because I know and I know that all these while, I keep depending on my own strength until I am pretty drained out, and right now, I believe this is the time....
Like what my CGL shared to me yesterday during the BS with me, my quiet time has to be interesting and new, in a sense that I don't do the usual quiet time style every time, and like what she shared and what I feel about myself, I need to really start changing for the better. I realised for the past few weeks, whenever I go for service or CG or serving in Usher Ministry, the feeling that I have is much different from the past before my NS... I used to be full of passion, and being an active helper in my CG, right now it has changed a lot from bad to worst... Everytime I will ask "where is my turning point of my life?", and when will I start prospering in my life, this answer may seem to come but always never come so far until now... Until yesterday when she shared a verse with me....
"Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers."
- 3 John 1:2 (NKJV)
The words "just as your soul prospers" stumbled me when I read that, and reflecting back, I find that it is very true why am I not prospering in my life... My soul already like quite cui, how to expect myself to prosper in all things and be in (good) health?
And everytime when I seem to forget the things that I have thought, I pray that God will lead me back to this blog and refer back to this blog entry, and always be reminded the things that God reveals or said to me through things and people around me....
Till then, I expect improvement for myself for the next few months at least....
P.S: and oh yea, I can't forget that everything that I have right now is from the grace of God, even the 2 days off for my unit, and a lot of other things....
Victor Lim
Tuesday, September 22, 200911:56 PM
No one is perfect in this world..Yeap... That's with exception of God and His only Son...
Always when I wanna blog about some good things which I blogged till halfway, when I wanna continue it, there is bound to have something at least to stop me from doing that...
Anyway, in this case, there is really a big negative happening around the bus community, but I shall NOT talk anything much about it... What I really wanna say is that in this world, we can't satisfy everyone's (and I mean ALL) expectations and agree with their thoughts etc... This world is really imperfect... Let alone bus community which is a good example.. People have their own reasons to "shoot" or say something unpleasant in a particular way, but not everyone sees the intention and the motive.. and even if they see it, they may not fully understand and treat it with a positive approach... Yes.. Some people maybe too sensitive about certain issues or even certain words, but well.........................
As what 1 of my bus enthusiast friends said to me... " 做好人真难啊！" (In English it means being a nice person is really hard)
Yes... I agree.. and sometimes it may be hard for me to forgive certain people and forget about their past mistakes (and sins as Christians put it this way). For me, I just wanna love the people but hate the sin... As believers of Christ, I believe that all of us are imperfect (me included), and at times, it is because of the various sins that they have, which makes people around them hate them, but in actual fact, I believe that the person itself is innocent, but not the sins that they have.
Sometimes it is really quite a sad thing for me to see such things happening around, when at times they don't wish to have it, and they are the victims when the sin (or rather the devil in Christian context), is the culprit.. Personally I have seen it (and perhaps experience it too?) quite a lot of times, and I pray, especially for my NS, that this kind of things will minimise.
Times when I have made grave mistakes to others, and vice-versa in this case, I find that it is really important for us to still be able to forgive others. Although it may be hard in this case, but these 3 verses from the Bible somehow encourages me, and I hope it encourages you too...
Colossians 3:12-14 (New Living Translation)
12 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. 14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.
It is clearly stated already so I just emphasis it in bold and color...
Especially to the believers, let us do some reflection shall we?
- Victor
Labels: bus enthusiasts, prayers, thoughts
Victor Lim
Sunday, August 24, 200811:46 PM
Touched.... Blessed... This whole week so great!Yeah! For this whole week, I went to the morning prayer meeting every single weekday... The feeling is super great, although we started as early as 7am every morning.. So happy that for this 1 week, I got to know more friends within our (Meiyan) sub-zone, and for the next sub-zone camp, I really (3x) wish to get to know even more people and interact with them ;-)
This whole week, I felt so blessed too... Blessed by everything that God has provided me..
Financial blessing for new guitar for me (as a beginner, my friends said that $200 is enough... Lolx..).
God has also surprised me with bus cameos (not only just saw but RIDE too). One afternoon when I wanted to wait for Service 171, a Dennis Lance (with Volgren bodyworks which there are only 2 of them in entire SMRT bus fleets, and their permerant route are all Service 851) came. TIB1017D for those bus enthusiasts reading my blog... (swapped with TIB820H on that day which went over to Service 851). There was also one late morning when a Volvo B10M Mk 4 (DM3500 bodywork) did Service 124, and I saw it while I was on Service 700, so I alighted at SMU and boarded it...
God has also enlarged my capacity as well... Just within this month, I was being called to be 1 of the welfare I/Cs in my church ministry (usher). I also gain more ideas for the past few weeks for my CG blog (E447) and it's more or less done, just that my CGL got suggestions which I can improve on, which is good, because even as the blog I/C for my CG, I have to admit that I do commit mistakes at times too. Even in my bus enthusiast CG, I am also called to be the leader to lead the West group. But for now, thank God that currently, Ben (our zone leader who oversees both East and West group currently) would be sitting by my side to guide me...
It's not easy to lead a group... And I really want to visualize that my West group is a very active CG, that we would be serious in our spiritual life, and lively + casual when it comes to CG casual/relax activities every month which I don't want to have anything related to bus for it, with a reason behind it..
This morning, was the graduation service for the graduates from SOT (School of Theology aka bible school), and when Dr Abraham prayed for our pastor Dr Kong Hee, it touched my heart a lot too to the extent of tears coming out when we sang "Although Thousand Collapse" during worship... Seeing all the SOT graduates, really makes me feel very motivated to join... When my 2 years of NS finish, I really want to go for it..
Well... Shall stop here for now... Got other things to do... Haha.. What a busy man I am.... =.="\
Meiyan's subzone Brothers and Sisters who went for the morning prayer meeting on the last day of 2nd week.. (Eeee.... I should post in that shot that way... Argh.. Haha!)
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ALTHOUGH THOUSAND COLLAPSES - CITY HARVEST CHURCH
MERCIES THAT RISE WITH THE NEW MORN
SET ME APART AS A NEW BORN
EACH MOMENT I LIVE
BY FAITH I BELIEVE
WITH YOU I'M NEVER ALONE
DARKNESS MAY COME, TRIALS SEEM SO LONG
YOU ARE THE LIGHT I DEPEND ON
THROUGH VALLEYS AND STORMS
YOUR WORD KEEPS ME STRONG
MY SHELTER, REFUGE AND SONG
I TRUST IN YOU
EVERYDAY I LIVE I KNOW YOU ARE MY GOD
I LIFT MY FACE AND LOOK TO YOU MY LORD
EVEN WHEN THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLE
AND A THOUSAND FALL
I WILL STAND WITH YOU
MY JESUS TAKE MY ALL
Victor Lim
Sunday, June 15, 20087:37 PM
Amazing Bus Fans Race June 2008What a wonderful event for all the bus enthusiasts who participate in this race yesterday...
1st time organizing for such a more major type of activity for my fellow bus enthusiasts here.. Main objective is to allow them to have fun in this race and also to foster bonding & understanding among one another..
As the organizer for this race, first of all I would like to thank all my organizing team (Ben, XY, Terence). They have put in a lot of effort in assisting me and contributing interesting ideas for this race.. We have actually spend quite a lot of money for this race including the printing cost (which is about $33 in total) and all the vouchers that we have given out for the winning team, and also out of my own expenses, I went to VivoMart to buy some stuffs for everyone to eat after the race.. Though it is quite a lot of money spent, but we (at least for me myself) find it worthwhile to spend on.. To be able to bless every single participants and my organizing team + 2 helpers (Alan and Wen Jun) with all I can provide is a pleasure for me.. ^_^
On my organizing team members' behalf, I would like to thank every single participants here to really come all the way to Youth Park early in the morning (8:30am) just to enjoy this race with passion and enthusiasm.. Without you guys coming, this race definitely won't be a success.. Hope you guys really enjoy this race a lot and if the response is very positive, we may be having another round in the coming December school holidays..
Won't actually say a very long story here... Trying to cut my post as SHORT as possible (which I have always failed to do so in this point..)..
Here goes the "SHORT" story.. (Putting in point form should look shorter perhaps?)
- 8:30am to 9:20am: Participants gathered at Youth Park stage area
- 9:20am to 10am: My opening speech, introduction of organizing team members, ice breaker games, grouping into teams of 3.. (6 teams in total)
- 10am: FLAG OFF!
- Teams have to go to various checkpoints for their deetour (Detour) and Road Blok (Road Block) and also Pit Stop halfway for a mandatory 30 minutes lunch break..
- 1st checkpoint: Novena Square; deetour; 1 of the team members have to choose between answering 8 questions or finding 10 items.. (All teams choosing the 8 questions one)
- 1st checkpoint: There is also Fast Forward, 2 teams tried to attempt, but only 1 team managed to succeed in the end..
- 2nd checkpoint: Ten Mile Junction; deetour; 1 of the team members have to choose between a LRT ride (answering 6 questions, only 1 team did) or borrow 2 books from Bt Panjang Plaza library with a certain requirement.. (which other teams did)
- 3rd checkpoint: Teban Garden Food Centre; pit stop; mandatory 30 minutes lunch break for every team.
- 4th checkpoint: Hougang Central Bus Interchange; Road Block; 1 of the team members have to snap 2 cameos buses and 1 Dennis Trident.. (a lot of time wasted for some teams because of the Tridents.. Only about 5 Tridents were deployed on that day, 3 from Service 89 while 2 from Service 51)
- 5th checkpoint: Jalan Angin Laut; Road Block; 1 of the team members have to snap 3 specific photocopied TIBS service guides around the area.. I am also very lenient for this part as I only pasted it around the playground and the small road area, instead of all the way down to the pillars along the MRT track as suggested by Ben earlier... Make things easier for the team members and myself + Alan... Lolx..
- 6th checkpoint: Kallang Leisure Park; Speed Bump; the 1st few arriving teams will get this speed bump. They have to follow instructions given by Terence... The later teams that arrived will just proceed to the last checkpoint.
- 7th checkpoint: Sky Park @ Vivocity; ending point for all the teams...
Once again, thanks to all who came for this race, be it participant, helpers or organizing team for making this a big success.. Definitely there are room for improvements, and will try to improve as much as possible for the 2nd round in December 2008..
Lord, I thank You for making this race a success. Whatever prayers that we have prayed for for this amazing bus fan race, You have answered every single one of them. You have blessed all of us with good weather, strength and protection throughout this race, and the participant show a lot of enthusiasm and passion for this race, even to the extent that they wish to have another round for this coming December school holiday. Lord, thank You also for being able to testify my faith, love and the passion for serving them throughout this race, Your Holy Spirit allow me to show my care and concern to the participating teams, by closing 1 eye and trying to show them their way to my checkpoint at Ten Mile Junction over the phone without any demerit points. Lord, I believe that in future, You will be able to bring me up to the next level, to be able to serve the people in the whole big family of bus enthusiast community, with confidence, with love and care, and faith.. Throughout this race, I did not worry about the weather, although it may seem to a bit negative in the morning, because I believe in Your Word, that we should live by faith and not by sight. I know that though You and Your precious only son, Jesus who have sacrificed himself 2000 years ago on the cross for all of us here, all things are possible through all the prayers that we have prayed for. Thank you Lord for having such a great blessing for us and to be able to touch the people here in a special way. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.... ^_^
Our life is lived by faith. We do not live by what we see in front of us.
- 2 Corinthians 5:7 (New Life Version/NLV)
Victor Lim
Monday, June 09, 20087:34 PM
Thoughts to share..Some thoughts which I wish to share about the sub-zone camp that I have just attended last weekend..
1st of all, from this camp, I really get to experience and have a deeper encounter with God, through all the praise, worship and prayer sessions that we had.. Before attending the camp, my spiritual and hunger level was only like this.. After the camp, I really find that my spiritual level start to grow stronger, in terms of prayer during QT and reading the word of God i.e. the holy bible.. I also somehow started to feel God's calling in serving even more in my bus enthusiast CG. (okay from now on I just use the term CG, as we don't just come together and fellowship only but really it has becoming more like a CG itself..) Speaking of which, this coming Thursday night, I am going to meet up with some of my bus enthusiast brothers-in-Christ to have dinner/fellowship with them and after that find somewhere to settle down to share our thoughts/problems and pray about it.. Although things has been improving lately, but still... Our prayer time together, we could never ever neglect it..
2nd, from this camp, I get to see a lot of CG in my sub-zone which are younger than me.. All the while throughout the camp, whenever I look at the Team 2 members, sometimes I really feel like sighing... Somehow it reminds me of my younger days in the past, the lively spirit that I used to feel, now... About 2 week back, my age still starts with "1", but right now, it's no longer a "1" anymore. It's a "2" instead.. Gone were the days of my youth.. Missed it so much.. Got to meet Shu Wen (from Cecilia's CG) in person during the camp, and chatted with her for a while at night.. Later on the next day evening time, she chatted with me in MSN, and I shared with her about the points I mentioned above.. She also shared the same sentiments with me, just that for her CG, it is still not too bad, as in the fact that most of her CG members are under the age of 18..
She told me that she is 1 of the eldest member in terms of age, in her CG..
I told her that I am 1 of the youngest member in terms of age, in my CG...
And after that, I sigh to her, and she sigh back to me in MSN.. What I really wish to say is, for those who are still in their young teenage days (i.e. Secondary school level or below), you must really treasure this period of time a lot, for it will never happen again once you reach 20 years old and above, really... I wouldn't want to see anyone of you here, regretting about your youth days just because of a certain thing..
I also have certain thoughts regarding my big family of bus enthusiasts.. Somehow I just feel that I need to serve even more in this family.. Some of them, they really lack certain things in their own personal life, such as love, care and forgiveness.. Maybe they came from a different family background which has really affected them negatively a lot, and hence their character, their attitude and behaviour right now... Perhaps, our this small bus enthusiast CG, we can do something to really be able to touch their heart, show them the love, care and forgiveness like they have never received it before, let them know that this big family is not just about flaming and criticize and shoot people back especially in SG Forums... Every single day when I view at this forum, I have been sighing, and I have always want to see at least 95% peace in this forum, but I always fail to see that, every single day.. Once I get a guitar, perhaps......I really feel like organizing a kind of session/meet up with as many bus enthusiasts as possible, let them share their thoughts freely, and let all of us have a open heart to receive all the thoughts, and help one another in a great way.. I can visualize......The day whereby all of us sit down peacefully at a quiet place, and as I play the guitar to create the atmosphere, let the rest of them share all their problems that they encountered in their life, and receive advices and words of encouragement from one another...
Okay... Time to log off my laptop and go off to a quiet place somewhere near where I am right now... I just wish to have a moment of QT with the Lord, tell Him all my thoughts, and seek His guidance in all the things that I do... Take care everyone and God bless!~
"I will instruct you and teach you in the way should go; I will guide you with My eye."
- Psalm 32:8
My whole team for camp A.L.I.V.E...
Victor Lim
Sunday, June 08, 200811:59 PM
Thoughts that came through my mind...Just attended my church youth camp (A.L.I.V.E) for 2 days since yesterday... Have my own thoughts to share which I foresee that my blog entry will be quite a long one, hence I have decided to blog about it tomorrow late afternoon when I go to National Library..
Just bought my desire CD album which is the one with "Top 25 Praise & Worship instrumental".. Loaded to my mp3 player just now and listen to it while I was having my quiet time (QT), seem that I received even more wisdom in praying when I listen to it.. Lots of thing which I really wanted to pray for.. 1 hour, and I only managed to give my praise & thanks to Him, pray for my grandma who is currently still hospitalized in NUH, and majority part for my bus enthusiasts community (means I still haven finish praying for this group of friends). Indeed this is really the anointing and the amount of wisdom that He has given to me when I listen to the instrumental worship music, and I just couldn't stop praying... Too many things happening around, and I find that there is really a need to pray for it, to see the great revival and breakthroughs in all the things that we do...
Okay... Share with you guys more when I blog about it tomorrow.. Nitez everyone! Take care and God bless to all..
Victor Lim
Sunday, May 25, 200811:59 PM
Anointed by Your presence..Quite some time every since I had a proper blogging...
Past few days, it seemed to me that I had faced quite a tough and depressing moments in the area of school life.. It's only until 2 days back when things started to get better for me..
Right now, I am not going to say anything much because I have school lesson the next day morning.. But I just really want to thank God that He has guided me on the right path and to give me words of encouragement whenever I am feeling very down or depressed or even stressed in my spiritual walk of life.. Thank God for all Your blessings that He has provided me, especially in the area of emotionally wise..
Just now during the service (both morning service & prayer meeting), I can really sense the ultimate strong spiritual atmosphere and the anointing presence of God. When pastor asked us to visualize all our visions and dreams, I know that God in indeed giving me the call to vision myself that I will become CGL or even my bus enthusiasts Christian fellowship/prayer group leader..
This coming end of May and 14th June, there are 2 activity in total,
- 31th May: CG community service which I needs to lead a small kids group with my assistant leaders (there are 8 teams with 1 main leader each on every team, which I am 1 of the 8 main leaders) at Botanic Garden.
- 14th June: De Amazing Bus Fans Race (June 2008), with me as the organizer of this race..
Okay shouldn't talk much here le... I am pretty sleepy liao... Got time I will blog more... Cya and take care everyone... God bless everyone here =) Nitez..
Victor Lim
Saturday, May 17, 200810:37 PM
Reflecting on my spiritual life..It's time to reflect on my own spiritual life...
I still find that my spiritual hunger level is pretty dry... My level has not reached till the expectation that I myself want to see.. Now the pattern for me is like: (in terms of the spiritual hunger level)
Sunday - Monday: High..
Tuesday: Starting to get a bit lower..
Wednesday - Friday: Very low & dry..
Saturday: High up again..
In terms of my spiritual discipline wise, it's also pretty bad for me... Especially when it comes to daily prayer and quiet time with God.. Every single day, God has indeed blessed me in certain ways, just like this morning for a Mercedes bus for Service 966 (instead of all the crap Scanias cameo which for today, there's 3 of them at least, TIB564Y, TIB658K, and 1 more with ICM rear blue ad), and without much waiting time for Scania K230s on Service 24, and not to forget the NTU buses this afternoon and night (SBS2822H for Service 174 and SBS2818X on Service 16). Of course in areas other than buses, God has indeed provided me with blessings.. But sometimes, I just failed to speak to Him and thank Him for what He has done for me, which I feel that it's a very sad and disappointment for me, that I have failed to do my part even for a simple yet grateful task to thank Him...
Talking about my prayer life, I feel like sighing even more.. Often, when I pray with a few people together, I will hear them praying for a very long time just for a certain stuff and I tend to feel very panic because I know that when I pray, I don't speak very fluently (and very fast as well?!) and have a lot of things to say.. During my quiet time, I will just speak to God naturally, just like how I usually speak to all my friends here, and hence, there isn't any so-called 'chim chim' words being used as my vocabulary isn't that great actually.. Someone did actually mentioned that it's not the 'chim chim' words which determines my prayer level.. The most important thing is that I must really have the hunger for more prayer and pray for wisdom from Him, so that I have even more things which I really wish to pray for in all areas of my life..
Talking about my daily quiet time, it's also actually pretty bad, in the sense that I failed to do so every single day.. I just find that I have encountered with obstructions and barriers to it, most of the time it's at my home whereby I have disruptions from my parents and brother, especially the latter. There isn't any open space court or what around my block area. In the bus, usually the amount of time I have in a particular bus does not exceed 45 minutes (which I find that 45 minutes is too short for me to have my quiet time), and usually for SMRT Buses (it's not because I am biased but that's the true fact because SMRT is well known for poor frequency during peak hours, both in the area of buses and trains), it's already grateful for me to be able to step onto the entrance/exit steps and board the bus, let alone having the luxury to sit down and be able to concentrate for my quiet time... The only time when I successfully get to have my own quiet time so far is when I settle dinner outside alone at night in the city area and after that either go to Benjamin Shears Bridge or somewhere else (for last Tuesday, it's somewhere along Singapore River near the Parliament House).. Indeed, I really find that my spiritual hunger level is not really there yet, because when it's there, no matter what, I will still set aside some time for my quiet time...
For now, I just really need to pray that I will have even greater anointing, stronger presence of God, and that God will speak to me especially when my spiritual level is dry and really need Him to refresh me..
Victor Lim
Wednesday, May 14, 200811:17 AM
Unexpected disastersSome say that the World is coming to an end soon...
Well... for the past few weeks, unexpected disasters have been happening around, especially in China and Myanmar. I hope most of you are aware of these 2 unexpectedly and deadly disasters... Attended the GDOP (Global Day of Prayer) last Sunday and they got mentioned about it... And we as Singaporeans living in our safe country, we should be feeling very fortunate and blessed.. Throughout all these years, our neighboring countries have been experiencing disasters, such as the Tsunami in Indonesia and all the usual flooding and famines everywhere around us, and our safe country, Singapore, managed to escape from all of them... Thank God for the safe location that Singapore has...
It's truly a painful and heart-breaking thing for me (and for all of you here also?) to see such disasters happening around, and countless innocent lives were lost just like that... Thank God that we have kind soul to be sent out to these affected countries to save as many innocent lives as possible...
Perhaps in our quiet time, we can pray for the world's peace, especially in Asia whereby even disasters can happen around us... The world is dying, and we will do all our best to salvage the situation... What SMRT has implemented (The "Go Green With SMRT") is definitely the right time.. Although I may have condemned SMRT a lot in the past because of the well-known poor services that SMRT has brought to us, but definitely, this campaign is definitely going to make us feel proud and honored of it.. Being the 1st in the whole of SEA (South-East-Asia) to implement Euro V buses (Euro 5), I finally have a good impression of SMRT for once, for what they have done...
Speaking of which, Saw Phaik Hwa (The CEO of SMRT) has promised that the new Mercedes Benz O.500LE Euro 5 bus is going to be on the road by today, but until now, still no news to it.. At least please don't make me and my bus enthusiast friends to be disappointed about it.. Broken promise that the CEO has brought to us..
Hope you guys here will be able to appreciate that all of us live in such a safe place and not whining here and there.. And do whatever you can to save the world..
May God bless those poor victims over at Myanmar and China..
Victor Lim
Monday, April 14, 20081:18 AM
1st week of RP Year 3..For the past few days in the week, I have been busying for my team's FYP meeting.. Almost everyday after school, we have been staying back to meet up and to discuss about it. So far, 1st week meetings were pretty slack, but I foresee in the coming weeks, that our FYP meetings will get more and more stressful and tougher in terms of finishing this project..
This year, the modules I taking are all those business-related modules, and can be very challenging for me although I have the best interest for business as compared to some modules related to IT and others. It's going to be a tough journey for me for the whole of this year, as I walk through the final year of my poly life in Republic Polytechnic..
For the past few days in the week, there were things happening whereby it really ponders my mind or set my mind thinking, having a lot of thoughts going through in my mind...
First of all, is the one which I posted about the lessons to be learnt.. That one I have entirely explained it in that post.. (Few posts down the blog)
Secondly, is about 1 of the post in 1 of my senior bus enthusiast's blog which somehow relates to the one which I talked about the barrier between the senior and junior bus enthusiasts.. Somehow it's really better for me to share about my thoughts and everything in person for those those whom I really wish to share with or those who asked me about it in person..
http://www.litemax.info/2008/04/no-chase.html
Last Saturday, went down to have night scenery shots with Xian Hao, Wendy, Melissa & her bf at Esplanade, and after which Melissa went off with her bf while the rest of us went over to Benjamin Shears Bridge (Esplanade side) to have some night scenery shots.. For the both of them were their 1st timers and I can see that they really had a great experience there, while for me..... 2nd time for night scenery shot but 1 time (this week) for my personal quiet time.. (I am only going to post 2 photos for this post, because I am going to relate both the photos in a way or another..)
Each of us have different paths and directions to move on in our personal walk of life... As illustrated in this photo, one can choose to turn left, or remain in the straight road in the expressway (in this case it's East Coast Parkway, in short, ECP). In this photo, it shows that the there is no car passing through at least in the 1st few lanes from the left... In life, most of the time, our life journey are not really as smooth and peaceful as what you see in this photo above..
Over here in this photo, it shows exactly the same place as the 1st photo above, but this time round, one can see all the red lights on the road itself.. Let me tell you why I use expressway as an good example.. At least for Singaporeans in general, their life will be a very stressful and rushing one, to the extent that their journey path of their life are not that smooth as some may thought that way.. Sometimes, things just happened too fast in our eyes, that we may somehow feel lost somewhere in our stressful and busy life..
Let me relate it to my personal walk of life... This year, I am really facing a lot of stress and feel very weary or maybe even get lost out of somewhere in life, but I want to make it a point, that I will finish this race in my entire poly life, without any failure..
As I was having quiet time just now at the void deck in my house block, I asked God to give me a verse or 2 which will really impact my life or encourages me in my spiritual and personal walks of life, and this is what God spoke to me:
But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; in fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple. Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before my face.
- Psalm 5:7-8
In these 2 verses, the enemies can refer to all the physical and mental stress that I have due to my school work and FYP... And in a way, these 2 verses really encourage me a lot, not to just got lost out of nowhere but come back to the Lord and follow His way that He will guide me through the final year that I have in my poly life.. Before I end off and take a 4 hours sleep, I shall end off with a prayer..
Lord, i lift up my stressful and rushing life that i am facing into Your hands right now. Lord, as i pray that from the verses that You gave me during my quiet time just now, that You word will encourage me to continue my stressful race in my final year of poly life.. Lord, as i may feel weary and stressful in time to come throughout this whole year, i pray oh Lord that You will provide me with the supernatural holy spirit, that this spirit can overcome all the difficulties and uncertainties i have in my life.. i pray oh Lord that You will continue to channel Your blessing to us so that we can channel our blessings to all our fellow friends, even within my team for FYP.. Bless them and me in all areas of our personal walk of life.. In Jesus mighty name i pray..... Amen.....
Which path should i go? Will i be confused and get lost somewhere just because everyday i have been keep busying on my FYP meetings and other stuffs? Lord, i really need Your strong guidance in walking through this final journey of my poly life... Lord, i really want to finish this race without any failure and giving up...
Cheers to all and God bless! ^_^
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Victor Lim
Wednesday, January 30, 200812:49 AM
NO nightmares for me for buses!![SBS Transit matters]
It's damn OMG lo... just in a week, at least around 4 or more Volvo B10M Mk 4s from Ang Mo Kio Depot (AMDEP) got transfered to Bedok North Depot (BNDEP). These unlucky bunch of Mk 4s are:
- SBS 400 E replace 922R 54 (Merz bus replaces it)
- SBS 439 U replace 965S 162 (Merz bus replaces it)
- SBS 455 Y replace 2754X 55 (Merz bus replaces it)
- SBS 457S replace 2811P 162 (Merz bus replaces it)
(Quoted from Malcolm's post in SG Forums, 29th January 2008, 2129hrs)
God bless for those unlucky Volvo B10M Mk 4s who just got transfered to BNDEP, especially SBS 2754 X which I saw it 9 days ago (the previous Monday, 21th January 2008, happened to be my sister's birthday) at Bishan Bus Interchange..
And while my favourite bus SBS 2812 L (Nokia Music Mobile bus with sofa seats for those who don't know that..) is still under AMDEP, I really pray very hard that SBS 2812 L will not get transfered to BNDEP, and that I really pray for the deployment contract for this service on this bus (Service 54, under AMDEP) will extend and even if the contract ends and got redeployed to other services, I pray that it will be redeployed to another service under AMDEP, and NOT BNDEP or other depots except HGDEP (Hougang Depot) which cares all their Volvo B10M Mk 4s very well.. In the mighty name of Jesus name I pray... Amen... Amen....
Victor Lim
Tuesday, January 29, 20082:58 PM
I will greatly miss the life of a Year 2 student...It's already Tuesday and 2 more school days it's the end of my Year 2 life in RP le.. Gonna move on to the next level and the next sub-chapter of my life... Gonna greatly miss the days of my Year 2 poly life.. I guess... The challenges ahead for the coming final year in RP will be a very exciting yet the toughest among all the 3 years in RP.
Until now, I have still yet to updates about quite a number of stuffs, such as the Republic LEG Run 2008... I will update as long as I am very free and got a lot of things to talk about..
Something I would like to speak to God:
God, as I lay myself onto Your hands, I pray that You will provide me with the right directions for the next chapter of my life, and bring me to a higher level.. I don't wish to keep staying on the current level I am in and keep getting stuck there forever.. I believe God has more things for me to explore into and experience it, as the child of God. I believe, as my spiritual life goes on, my spiritual growth with You will get stronger and stronger, through my discipline to have my daily quiet time...
God, as You guide me through in life, fill me in with Your holy spirit, and all my ups and downs in my life, You will always be by my side, and at any point of time in life, I will not be lost in the sense of direction in my life... As I pray, let all my prayers come to pass.. And in the mighty name of Jesus I pray.. Amen...
Victor Lim