How great is our god

char(:

Sunday, August 26, 2007

something is very wrong with my com. and my brother just told me that so far this year, two gays have added him =/

anw after my bday lunch at pizza hut tdy, where lil bro bought me my new wallet (which is actl meant just for a phone) at bukit timah plaza, we all went to my brother's church!

Heart of God Church. where truly the heart of God resides.

its my first time at the new building. and again i was impressed by the welcome i received! its like everyone's chionging to shake your hand and find out your name and school and age and what sports you do its so amazing (: and i am so jealous cos i want that in my church.ahahaha.

i find that this time round i was more used to the culture. like the numerous agreeings with the pastor and whoevers talking. just that my lil bro was next to me and he's seriously unenthu. some attitude problem la.

specially visiting the church tdy cos it was about studies. haha. not like i havent heard enough, during sermons and in cell ive been hearing about it all the time, especially during this period, but this one was va-va-voom baby its so inspiring. so ive made a commitment to study harder.alot harder than currently. and in case you're wondering why on earth am i still online then, its cos i wanna pen this down. type. whatever.

the pastor used the illustration of a baby to highlight the fact that we are BORN to LOVE LEARNING. yes. and that parents are just killing the genius in a child by telling them to play! go play! cos play is the child's way of learning, but if you just stick him in a playpen with just the same few toys, he's never going to learn anything.

interesting nuggets:

1. when a NASA astronaut wonders what is beyond the stars, you go, mmmm. mind of genius at work. when a child asks daddy the same qn, daddy answers dont ask stupid questions! either because the dad's tired of incessant questioning or because he just doesnt know.

2. when you buy lets say, a $20 rattle for a child, you're furious when he throws it away after playing with it for 2 minutes. but, you should really be worried if the child spends three months obsessing over the toy, cos that means hes a REALLY slow learner.

3. parents come up with dumb sounds for stuff like going to the toilet. poopoo, she she. eating --> um um. but, the pastor told us of his "evil" niece who while in the car with his 2 year old daughter, told her that they were caught in a traffic congestion in response to the question why isnt the car moving? and the next time they were in a jam, his daughter said, traffic congestion! so people, just give it to the kids straight man.

so, we are born to love learning. and why do we need to learn? permutations and combinations amath people. lets say you have 4 coloured pencils. you have 24 ways of arranging them. 5 pencils? 120 ways. 6 pencils? 720 ways. 7 pencils? 5040 ways. so the more pieces of info you have, the more ways of solving problems, the more innovative and creative you are.

now people, this is what we go to school for.

my bro told his cell leader that it's my birthday tmr, and she told me to WAIT! and ran off. i thought that either she was buying me a cake, cos they have this small confectionery in the auditorium, or she was getting a bunch of people to sing happy birthday to me. she did both. OMG SO SWEET.

suddenly 3 guys show up next to us, my bro's cellmates. then cell leader comes with a cheesecake with a candle stuck on. one of the guys yells, everybody! its charlene's birthday tomorrow! so lets sing her happy birthday! and voila, complete strangers hear the call and begin the angelic chorus. and they arent even from my bro's cellgroup. ohmygoodness how cool is that! and imma just standing there grinning like a fool cos i have no idea how else to react.
AH I LOVE YOU PEOPLE.

then one of the guys, my bro's ex-classmate in sec1 and 2, spots my parents and goes hi! oh i have picture from sec1! and he whips out his wallet and stuffs it right under my parents faces. they drew back as though they were really shocked but actl its just because they're long-sighted AHAHA. and then he goes, and the girls used to think i was really cute! =O HAHAHAH. mygoodness. that is the best man.ahahahaha.

mm yeah so after all that i hugged my bro's cell leader and then went home happily. my dad stole some of my cheesecake cos he was hinting really heavily that i couldnt finish it.sheesh.

anw, i am so touched by the service and what happened after i've told my bro im going to write a letter to his cell. and imma thinking of attaching a balloon too, cept my bro will have to carry it on the bus. so he said he'd blow it up upon reaching church, but i told him they dont want his saliva.ahaha.

and i am so going back after os. ahhhhhhhh. lovely bunch of peeps those are (:

cell leader to my brother: you and your sis are very different! shes more talkative and you are like ... and she gives off good vibes. that is not to say that you dont.

hahaha, she so meant it that way =D

trembling at His voice,10:52 PM
You are worthy of our praise