The effects of life

I never realised the effects of the tsunami when I went to Phuket, the very place where the tsunami hit just 2 months ago.. Watching tsunami the aftermath on HBO and my heart broke.. I would never be able to understand the fears and the devastating hope that they have if they lose their family.. Lord, bless the people who helped, bless them Lord... In this movie, its real, its not the fictional movies, where they will definitely save the people at the end of it. Its different from the movies, it will not end with a happy ending, only a story of how they will remain strong and courageous to move on in life. Life is the truth like that... We need to know that life carries on, we need to treasure the people around. We need to...

Amen...

Jewel

Spring Cleaning my home

Today I had one day of leave, think I was too ambitious, wanted to do lots of things.. Sigh kind of regretted it. Cos Darling got to do lots of things.. And he got very upset, cos he had lots of things to clear too.. But I understood one thing from here, that I am ready to settle down with him, no matter how much he is upset with me, he still loves me and helps me with everything. He will never walk out of me.. Lots of bills to settle and lots of things to do, but somehow, with him around and after the sermon on tentmakers, I feel very safe and secured. I had a good talk with my family today too, about future plans, I think its wonderful... But tired, tomorrow is a long day at work too, wanna settle all my work and get ready pipe line for January.

Lots of things on my mind, need to work hard...

May God bless my home.

Amen

Jewel

Christmas Dinner with Family

Had a great xmas family dinner! So happy that i bought wallets for my dad n darling! my dad's wallet was already spoilt! :)
And darling always wanted a wallet! And gave my brother and my mum nice presents! But I think my sister's present is not her ideal! But well will find nicer ones next time! Haha! but I really like the the towel! Hahah! But it was nice, I like giving presents!

Sigh... I want to have a good night's sleep..

Love,
Jewel....

Old Folks Home

Today I had an experience of a life time... Its been a long time since I last felt this way.
I remember when I was younger and attended all the mission events i told myself that when I grow up I
will make a difference to the people around me. I saw the old folks today... and it makes me feel so sad, that
these people have no body to care for them, that their loved ones actually placed them there to just spend their entire
old age there being lonely.. What do they need money for? They need love, and I do not know how to explain to them about
love in their dialect.. How do you do that? Can there be more people to love and care, can these people's children come back and love them??

I pray that God will use me greatly to minister to these people around me, that I can make a difference, I do not know how,
but Lord guide me... teach me... help me to guide them to know you, that they will not be empty...

Amen

My family birthday celebration 2006

I had a great birthday still working but enjoying my work! : )

And had a great teppanyaki steam boat dinner with my family.. And my mummy bought me a snow globe too! Same kind as Darling... wah haha! But different design... its a little girl lying down and reading a book, just like me.. And a beautiful dark chocolate cake! Wonderful! A beautiful end of the day to my 24th Birthday... Oops.. getting older...

My Birthday Celebration 2006

I had a great birthday party this year, all thanks to darling and my friends...
I had a really nice candlelight dinner @ Secret Garden, with pink balloons all around.. Specially up by darling! : )
Accompanied by Triple Chocolate Dessert... Oooo... Haha! And after dessert.. He went to answer a mysterious call.. haha!
I really had such a great surprise to hear a birthday song sung by many.. I turned around to see all my lovely friends





there with my dream birthday cake - THE CUPCAKES.. SO nice...




Haha ! I told CASS this surprise was 100/100 haha! really unexpected.. And a beautiful pink flower... And Dede, bee and thia bought me a tremendous gift, an encouragement to my future dream dessert corner... Really pretty.... and adorable.. Wonderful...



And to top it all off.. was the little snow globe with a boy and a girl sitting on a bench.. and darling said: " reading the bible together" ... An end to a lovely evening...

My travel log: Bangkok, Thailand July 2006

This year went to Thailand with company and stayed at Pratunam Princess...

Nice place, with paser malams right downstairs...

Actually shopping at the place opposite "Mabukrong" was nice, a young generation touch to the atmosphere..

CHeap shoes too!!! : ) It was interesting to just hop on to the cab and travel around to see where's nice.. Doesnt seem nice to go to the shopping centres to buy things. The cost seems nearly the same as Singapore.. Nothing different..

But the pasar malams the little shops sell unique and relatively inexpensive things..

Oh but I found something that i really liked in Mabukrong.. A japanese figurine with the milk girl and milk boy, expensive.. He mentioned it was limited edition, a little toy shop like our Action City there sold these Japan figurines. The figurine was the shop front of a little cafe...selling cakes and drinks.. so adorable.. like my dream cafe in future..

Jewel's round the world diary...

Awwwww.... Beautiful

All that clear water is God's creations!!!!

Tioman Trip!

Happy birthday to Elysia!!! It was a GREAT TRIP!!!!!!!!!

My family and I

Family Fun!!!

My holidays

Went to Patong Beach! Phi Phi Island was beautiful! : ) Snorkelling was fun...
And the beach was beautiful... Had a good tan!

My New Move : The harvest of the harvesters.

Its been an exciting month, been travelling, and really enjoyed my compliance...

Its a new start in my life, going to be an Asset Specialist...

A different scope, different ball game..

I must let God take over. In last week's sermon, it was mentioned that,
it didnt matter that Joseph's brothers took away his robe.. Because it was not
his robe that had favour.. It was Gods favour on him.

So it does not matter that I have left my previous scope...
It matters or not if God is with me...
My favour will stay with me. I first have to remain focused.

May God help me in all that I need to do and help me to focus.

Amen.

Patisserie Dream

Never realised that my dream might be a Patisserie, a place that I can live my dreams, my cafe, my fairytale cafe.

I remember being excited about beautiful sweets and wrappers, and cakes and chocolates, beautiful packaging...

I remember Enid Blyton and all the sweet stories of the goodies land, and the mushrooms and the little tea parties that the fairies use to have. I think i wish to go to that direction, need some confirmation.

Charlie and the chocolate factory and the stories that I have read, the possibility of helpig people to think of coming to this place when they need a little escape from reality, a place where dreams come true.

A little place where love blossoms, where we have the right gift for the right occassion.

I need to dream big, let God take over and let him show me how should I go from here, do i go learn culinary?

Pastry? Baking, chocolatier??

May God be the way, and the light to my future.

Amen.

How else do I improve myself

Felt really lost today... Life seems to have taken a different direction,
I seem to be more successful now... seem to have more money now,
I just want to find a way to spend more time constructively to be with
my daddy and make sure that he picks himself up...

My mummy that she might have a good life, perhaps this november
I will plan a holiday with my parents and my family.

Use my compliance, and make life more amazing...

"Lord, I will worship you, I need your presence here lord, need
your strength and your guidance to see where I should go from here.

Need you to be the financial conroller of my life, to take control of my life..

Need you to bring happiness and unity back into my family.

That money is not the only solution but to bring unity back to
my family lord.

That my life will be an inspiration to many others.

To myself, I pray for the salvation of my family.

Tt there will be light...

Lord help me, before i feel exhausted in my job lord that
i feel stuck I need to r-adjustment my timing for my family...

Re-adjust my life, have a family meeting

get striaght in life...

Amen"

A different level in life

I realised that it has been so long since I last wrote here. Life has changed, God has blessed me abundantly, with a job that gives me the ability to get a high pay, but the responsibilities are bigger, there is a great verse..

"The servant who knows what his master wants and ignores it, or insolently does whatever he pleases, will be thoroughly thrashed. But if he does a poor job through ignorance, he'll get off with a slap on the hand. Great gifts mean great responsibilities; greater gifts, greater responsibilities!"

Luke 12:47-48

This really means a lot to me, I was about to give up about to just want to be a normal person, But i really need God's help for me to stay firm and not to be greedy, to be a person of integrity and a person that is well respected.

Please help me Lord, I need the organization skill as well.

I need this skills:

1. Focusing
2. Handling emotions
3. Organization
4. Time management

And I need to manage my finances well enough..

Also I want to build my own biz through time and built it through while I am working.

I need to learn to be firm with customers and not too customer service oriented till they push me to a corner.

I think these are important.

I want to open a shop that is filled with beautiful cakes and pastries, sweets, goodies, and beautiful nice things.

Some of the reference points :

www.gobi.com.sg

Beautiful or the show Chocolat...

And also those england pastry bakery shops.

Must know how to save...

Thank Jesus for bringing me to this company, let me shine for your glory again.

Thank you...

Also Lord, bless the music ministry tomorrow, let the praises rise higher and higher..

Amen.

Jewel.