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28 January 2010 ! at 10:12 AM ! Every time I am asked to pray, I think of the old deacon who always prayed, 'Lord, prop us up on our leanin' side.' After hearing him pray that prayer many times, someone asked him why he prayed that prayer so fervently. He answered, 'Well sir, you see, it's like this... I got an old barn out back. It's been there a long time; it's withstood a lot of weather; it's gone through a lot of storms, and it's stood for many years.. It's still standing. But one day I noticed it was leaning to one side a bit. So I went and got some pine poles and propped it up on its leaning side so it wouldn't fall. Then I got to thinking about that and how much I was like that old barn. I've been around a long time. I've withstood a lot of life's storms. I've withstood a lot of bad weather in life, I've withstood a lot of hard times, and I'm still standing too. But I find myself leaning to one side from time to time, so I like to ask the Lord to prop us up on our leaning side, 'cause I figure a lot of us get to leaning at times. Sometimes we get to leaning toward anger, leaning toward bitterness, leaning toward hatred, leaning toward cussing leaning toward self pity, leaning toward a lot of things that we shouldn't. So we need to pray, 'Lord, prop us up on our leaning side, so we will stand straight and tall again, to glorify the Lord.'' - Author Unknown Interesting, ain't it? (: <3, CASS. ! at 10:02 AM ! I like this post. (: I really do. It brings me back to examining my heart, & I've been looking at what treasures I've been holding. & sometimes we never really know how much we treasure something until it's being taken away from us. But, indeed. Job 1:21 And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD." <3, CASS. 24 January 2010 ! at 3:04 PM ! I'm gonna live my life Like every day's the last Without a simple goodbye It all goes by so fast And now that you've gone I can't cry hard enough No, I can't cry hard enough For you to hear me now Gonna open my eyes And see for the first time I let go of you like A child letting go of his kite There it goes, up in the sky There it goes, beyond the clouds For no reason why I can't cry hard enough No, I can't cry hard enough For you to hear me now Gonna look back in vain And see you standing there When all that remains Is an empty chair Heard this song at the YMCA cafe outreach on Friday night. & it really tugged at my heart. I do wonder, what if the issue between the 4 of us never gets resolve? What if we never get back to being the same anymore? Will we look back & regret? Can we put in more effort to love and accomodate each other? Can we try to empathize & see things from each other's perspective? Can we even be honest with one another? Will we treasure the last year we have together, or are we gonna just throw it away just like that, each going on her own way. I just hope we make the right choice. All 4 of us. <3 <3, CASS. 04 January 2010 ! at 10:40 PM ! Post on Cambodia trip The one thing I remember the most about the Cambodian food is that they'll put A LOT A LOT A LOT of vegetables like big onions, spring onions, parsley, corriandor & don't know what into the bowl of noodles soup. It has proved to be a lethal combination for me, seriously. The moment the bowl of noodles arrived, I smelled the parsley & I began to feel nauseous. But it has already been ordered, so I just ate it. Or tried to eat it anyway. Had the same bowl of noodles twice, on day 2 & day 9. & both days, after eating, I'll just puke. Just puked out everything I ate. I couldn't take it! D: Day 2 wasn't so bad. But day 9 almost killed me lah. I kept puking, for like, 10 mins? & I continued to feel nauseous throughout the day. Every now & then, my tummy would retrench & I would feel a wave of puke coming through, except that there was nothing left in my tummy to be puked out. D: Oh wells. But other than that, I'm perfectly fine with all the food there! Hee hee. Ohohoh! & I'm so so so thankful for Mimi, she's really been a great blessing to me. Everytime anyone is sick, she'll rush over & help. Especially with my constant puking & retrenching, she always massages me & applies medicated oil for me! Thank you Mimi <3!    http://www.goducate.org/ End of Cambodia post! <3, CASS. 03 January 2010 ! at 11:44 PM ! Post on Cambodia trip! One of my favourite days spent at Cambodia was the day at the tourist beach, the one on the day before the youth camp started. It was Henrietta's birthday & Anabelle & I just decided to throw her into the beach! :DDD HAHAHA SUPER FUN. In the end, I got dragged down as well. & after that, 5 girls, namely me, Henrietta, Joan, Anabelle & Yvonne, grabbed hold of Ian & dragged him all the way down into the sea! HAHAHA. It was AWESOME YEAH! Felt some we complete some super mission or something. COOL EH. & after dragging Ian down, I had massage in the shade for US$3! SUPER RELAXING! I was so amazed at the lady's skills! She appeared to be almost 60! Super cool! It's quite sad that they have to come out & work so hard for money despite their age. However, I was very impressed by the way she earns her money, hard earned money! Their sense of independency & desire to work & support themselves is indeed commendable. Okay, maybe it isn't a desire, maybe it's a need. But still, I'm very impressed by the resilience they have shown despite all that their country has gone through. OH & I BOUGHT EXTREMELY CUTE BOXERS TOO! Okay my sisters & I! Show you guys some pictures!  The lady in blue is the AWESOME lady who massaged me even though I was damp & sandy from playing in the beach. (:  These are the AWESOME boxers that my sisters & I bought, for only US$3! :D Mine's the funky green polka dots one, Samantha's the grey interesting one, & Henrietta's the cute blue hearts one! I wanted to cute blue hearts one too! But there was only one! HAHA. But it's okay, I like my funky cute green polka dots one too! :D http://www.goducate.org/ End of post on Cambodia trip! Hey you. I'm really not upset about whatever you girls have been talking already. It's just that. I suppose at that moment when I wasn't let in, I just felt so left out. Not just from you girls... But honestly, from everyone. & it's been a struggle for quite sometime already. It's been really tiring & there have many impulses on which I do feel like leaving, calling it quits once & for all. But God just keeps bringing me back, showing to me to hang on. I really don't care for all the coloured people & animals you girls have been talking about. I just. Wanted to feel included for a while I suppose. But if being included is at the expense of others' reputation, I don't wanna be included anymore. I'm making a resolution to not say anything about anyone if I can't say something constructive. I want to curb the sin of gossiping. & I hope that you too, my dear, can see that. It's something which I believe many young women need to learn & let us let God teach us & help us. I want to have clean lips before my King of glory. That's why I've been quite quiet recently. It's not that I'm upset, or sian. But it's because I don't have any comments & I don't want to make comments that aren't edifying & God-glorifying. Thank you for always praying for me. I never knew I gave advice like woah, haha. It's gonna be hard to try to be close once again, but you have my promise that I'll try. <3 <3, CASS. 02 January 2010 ! at 11:22 PM ! Post on Cambodia! It's amazing what I did in Cambodia. I ate something I never, ever thought I would eat. Something that sounds repulsive to the mind & brings disgust to the stomach when mentioned. It is... BALUK! :D For all of you who don't know what baluk is, it's the half-grown duck embryo in the egg thing. Yes, horrendous as it sounds, I finished an entire egg on my own! HAHA. It tasted like egg yolk. & although I don't like egg yolk, the baluk was edible. With the help of lots of the plum powder mixed with lemon juice sauce thing. :D I was pretty apprehensive & excited at eating it! HAHA. Ate it with Claudia, one each! We ate it by the beach, on the night before the camp with the Goducate kids! Alrighty, let the pictures do the talking! :D  Claudia & I eating the Baluk under the encouragement & reassurance from Mimi & Nini! HAHA :DDD  Me looking EXTREMELY UNGLAM while eating the Baluk. Claudia almost caught me with an even more unglam face :X HAHA. http://www.goducate.org/ End of Cambodia trip post! (: Goodnight world! <3, CASS. 01 January 2010 ! at 11:34 PM ! Under the Crumpler's shop influence, I'm beginning to like crumplers! But I like the one with the shape & slot for the laptop. The brown & red one! I like the brown & orange one too! HAHA. But it's so ex! Like, hundred plus for 1 crumpler :X Anyway, I promised to try to blog a post a day on the Cambodia trip for the Goducate competition! The portion on the Cambodia trip will be in blue okay! The saddest memory that will always be etched in my mind is the scene of watching a little boy scavenge for food among the rubbish bins. I felt so helpless, words cannot describle the the rush of sorrow I felt for the little boy. He lives from day to day, really not knowing when his next meal is. He goes from rubbish bin to rubbish bin, opening food boxes after food boxes. & when he sees the food box empty, he immediately closes it & throws it back in. He then toss away the useless things in the rubbish bin & searches for the next food box. I was with Kong & Samantha when it happened. I was the first to notice him scavenging for food. Kong unknowingly threw a packet of unfinished crackers into the bin. He didn't see the boy as his back was facing the rubbish bin. The boy immediately grabbed the packet & held it so closely to himself. Samantha then gave the boy her bottle of water. I didn't have anything with me to give. As we walked into our guesthouse, I decided to run to my room & get a couple of bottles of water for him. But when I got back down, he was already gone. I sat by the rubbish bin, wondering. What would happen of him if he didn't manage to find any food for the day? He looked to be about 9, 10 years old. He ought to be in school, not on the streets scavenging for packets of leftover food. After this incident, I am all the more resolved to not waste food. To be thankful that I have regular meals daily, to be happy with the kind of food I have. Food isn't a choice for them, it's a necessity. Yet for the most of us here in Singapore, food has become a choice, no longer just a necessity. Found a post on Goducate relating to feeding the poor! :D Although this happened in Philipines & not in Cambodia, but it still tugs at my heart's strings! Go check it out! http://www.goducate.org/voice-of-the-helpless-1.html#comment-131 End of Cambodia trip posting for the day! In 2010, I resolved to post a thanksgiving everyday! I want to praise God everyday, for His mercies are new everyday & so is His faithfulness. & for the first day of the new year, I thank God for the random, fun-filled quality time spent with my secondary besties. (: ESPECIALLY WONG QIAO YI. Seeing as how this is the first time she joined us! :D I hope this will be a tradition that will continue every year! <3 <3, CASS. |