Tuesday, April 29, 2008

im losing a faith battle...

Just got back from theatre@Moberly and had a damn stressful day lah...in fact for the past 2 days Ive been damn stressed and i hate to say this but..condemning...myself..

I know for ht past few weeks, Ive had students telling me that they are not happy with doing soo much and not being appreciated and I understand that..but theres something I know...I would rather be in a state of not being appreciated than be in a state of condemnation...

think because of alot of matters...Ive ended up condemning myself in things that may seem trivial...but may be important to me...very important..things that could co alot fo trouble...

So Im now an energy-less, emotion-less, nervous and solemn wreck.

I guess for the past 2 weeks, Ive braved the storms, constantly telling myself htat my God doesnt let his child feel abandoned and He doesnt. Whats happening now..is that Satan has this effective way of curling my thoughts into one ice ball that gets bigger and bigger as it rolls inm y head..with self condemning thoughts until it finally makes an impact on me..something like now...

So I figure with more snowballs, I'll learn to get numb and learn to avoid them...I hope so...coz If I dont...I will get worse...I believe in endurance and sticking in something till I get better in it...which is why Im trying to get my life straight with what I have 1st..before moving on...maybe thats how i prove to myself that Im more than an incapable naive person...

What is the lack of acceptance when you condemn yourself to start with? What is more corrosive? I hate what Im feeling now coz its taxing on the spirit and confidence....
Yes Im nott he strong compere that some know me to be...Im teh perpetually stressed out & forgetful officer..that all my clubs know off..if theres one thing I hope they know..is that no matter how forgetful I am...my heart is for them..and if all fails...I hope at least the heart and intention saves me..coz nothingelse will when it fails....

Maybe thats what God means....its not about good works...coz everyone fails....its the heart...
with an eveil heart and intent....everything we say or do...will be contaminated (in a way)

So I say if you ahev the confidence to do what you can do...you are good.

This upcoming trip....the one mission I have through the trip....is to heal my soul...get back my faith and look at Jesus again...

God Bless

Saturday, April 26, 2008

8 days later and im still sick but recovering

So....Im in school.....

the past few days have been agonizing.. so many tings going on and i think I really lost my mind. Lost track of time and etc its like Im going through the few days "siaming" from pot holes and troubles...Think Im ust waiting to land in one of the holes, get alot of shit and go "bye bye"

Got my nose cleared, throat cleared, voice back...and yet I still woke up w blocked nose and bad throat...damn it!

Went to MOS last night w colleague and we explored the whole place..seems cool only that I wasnt dressed for the occassion. This whole techno, trance and house is unbelieveably potent that I just cant take it...so many kids dancing to stuff like that. wat happened to real music? Hahahah

So i finally got to see how MOS is really like and saw a bit of students there hahahah wat a sight!

K gotta go...cant find much to blog today. really plan to relax this sat & sun. Definitely spend more time in God's word because only that helps me to relax in the midst of al the stress.

God Bless

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

5 days later and Im still sick...

Maybe I should have stayed home on saturday and sunday because I got little rest from there...albeit it was fun..but the energy i spent for that wasnt enough to prevent my flu from coming back...sooo 3 days later..Im still sick..and if I count in last fri's flu..then Ive been sick for 5 days. Satan's personal record on me..in terms of flu and running nose etc. This sucks!

like what i said last night, my side is abit rocky now and I am drained but I know my Jesus is here with me. And so I know the storm will calm down..

So yes I hope by end this week, I will get better soon. :)

God Bless

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

My God is..

Its in the roughest storms that I will lift my heart and voice to praise His worthy name.
Matt 8: 23, Mark 4: 35, Luke8:22
When Jesus was asleep on the boat with his disciples and the storm came, the disciples were sooo scared and woke Jesus up.

In Matthew (NIV),
The disciples said: Lord save us! We are going to drown! Lord replied: You of little faith, why are you so afraid?
Then he rebuked the winds & waves and it was completely calm

In Mark (NIV),
The disciples said: Teacher dont you care if we drown?
Jesus rebuked the winds & said to the waves, "Quiet! Be Still!
Jesus said: Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?
*in KJV it says...how is it that ye has no faith*

In Luke (NIV)
The disciples said: Master Master! We are going to drown!
Jesus rebuked the winds & waves
Jesus said: Where is your faith?

Id say everyone was there at the same place and same time..this isnt 3 sepreate incidents. So if thats true, then why in the world do the 3 books have 3 different replies?
It hit me that 3 different people could have written these 3 books and for this same situation, these 3 people had different thoughts and levels of faith. They all cried for Jesus to wake up but did it in different ways..and with different levels of faith..Jesus answered it differently.

Note that the one in Matthew shows that the disciples asked God for help. God woke up and called them people of little faith. In Mark, the disciples asked Jesus for help but in it, vaguely accused Jesus of not caring for them. Jesus asked them, "do you still have no faith?"
In Luke, Jesus said, "where is your faith?"

To be honest, Im not the kind who would accuse Jesus for anything...because i know He sis never wrong. Not tot he point of saying he doesnt care coz He cares for me. But I know I could be like the disciple who says, "Master master Im drowning!" who is in deep shit and calling on to Him.
Note also that the disciples call Him in different ways...amybe according to the way they regard Him best?

But eh best thing about this story..is that no matter how they looked at Him, He still came in and calmed the storms. Albeit that He scolded them after that..but he still did it.

Even when teh disciples in Matthew called out to Jesus for help and called Him Lord, Jesus still said they had little faith. So what exactly does Jesus want us to do? How are we supposed to react to it? Somehow I had the impression that Jesus calling them "little faithed" was because they believed that they would drown....Asking Him for help isnt a bad thing right. So its more of asking Him for help, yet believeing that we are drowning and that Jesus couldnt calm teh storms. Coz they sure seemed shocked when he calmed the storm.
So what would have been the best thing to say? Lord, help us to calm this storm. Or was Jesus expecting what Simon Peter later did? Believing that Jesus is the Christ and healing people in His name. Acts 3: 6

Like the blind faith of Peter..that would ahve been enough for any faith-filled disciple to do what Jesus did...calm the storm.

And I in my roughest times..feel like the one who is in a boat..rocked till it seems we could all capsize and drown...and having the Holy Spirit and Jesus reassurance that I am a righteous child of God...that I could even calm my storm...How beautiful is that?

Yet nothing could beat the fact that...regardless of our faith in Him...He still saves us from our storm...

:)

I also rememebr the feeding of 5000. How teh disciples had sooo little faith in Jesus feeding the 5000. They looked at the magnitude of the problem and their lack of funds and deemed it impossible to feed the whole crowd. But my Lord is blessed the food and distributed it out as if it was enough and the mere handful of loaves and fish multiplied in the basket until eveyrone had enough to eat and to spare!

I hope you feel the gladness Im feeling now.

God Bless

Friday, April 18, 2008

Im sick...again...

Got a persistent running nose...its heading for Olympics lah!

Scolded a student to resignation & feeling guilty about it...

Got a song title in my head..."I write my story, you do the math"

Its Friday but it sure as hell doesnt feel like a bloody friday!

Im stressed but i know Im working...yet somehow I know I dont feel any peace in me..like my stomach is perpetually tight...no its not slim wrap..its perpetual anxiety of something happening..and so if sorta makes me sad that I cant seem to hold on to Jesus's "peace that passeth understanding"

It just occured to me that months ago, I could turn to my white board and laugh at all the comments my students wrote down while waiting for me to finish...but since I pasted stuff on it and wrote down my goals and & and the things I need to do for all 9 clubs...the little sweet & funny comments have dwindled to nil...nothing much to think abt except that the more clubs I have..the less time I have for any...the less time I have for other things i wanted to do.

Im not complaining abt having these 9 clubs..I guess i just wished i had more time and was able to manage my time better...:(

Cant wait for this sun's church...

God Bless

Monday, April 14, 2008

Burmese Lesson #4

Another lesson after work. Thanks Maung Lay!

Situational Words
(when we call) a group of Small brothers = Maung Lay Htway (brothers)
(when we call) a group of small sisters = Nyi Ma Lay Htway (sisters)

Oo= uncle (informal/ abreviated version)
Oo Lay = uncle (proper version)

Zya Ma (pronounced ma) = I (gurl)
Zya Do (pronounced No) = I (guy)

Tate Tate(Quietly) Nay(stay) = Keep Quiet

Ngar(me) Bite(stomach) Sar(eat) Teh = Im Hungry

A Tutu(together) Nyah(night) Sar(eat)=Dinner Sar(eat) May = Let have dinner together

Nay Lal Sar = lunch

Bye = Tat Tar

Nga Pain = Stupid

Haiz..getting more difficult lah my lessons! Hahah but very fun! Hehehe Tchey Zu Tin Ba Te!

God Bless

Burmese Lesson #3

In my few years since Junior college, I dont think Ive had that many burmese lessons but this lesson is the most fruitful... :)
*note this isnt a textbook translation but its usable

I Love You = Ngar(I) Nint(You) Ko Chit Te(Love You)
I Dont Love You = Ngar Nint Ko Ma(pronounced as "may") Chit Bo (Dont Love)

Family names
Big Bro = Ah Ko(Pronnounced as Go) Gyi
Younger Bro = Maung Lay
Younger Sis= Nyi Ma(pronounced as "ma") Lay

Designations
Maung = Mr (youth below 25yrs old)
Ma (pronounced as "ma") = Miss (youth below 25yrs old)
Oo = Mr (aged above 25yrs old)
Daw = Miss (aged above 25yrs old)
Ko = Form of respect to older brother
*all these words are meant to be added to their original name
ie: Maung Pyae Soe San or Daw Ei Ei Khin or Oo Sithu..or Ko Sithu

Salutations
Hello = Ming Ga La Ba (in my own spelling)
How Are You = Nay Kaung La (How Are You)
Im fine (my own understanding) = Kaung Ba Te (in my own spelling)
Sorry= Taung Pan Ba Te

Other Words
Crazy = A Yuu

If any of my burmese frens/students read this...please correct me if Im wrong. :) My aim is to be able to speak and understand basic stuff!

God Bless

My efforts down the drain..maybe its just me

So I wa shaving fun, relaxing on sunday, about to order ice cream when a call comes and like How Satan would do in a cartoon, hits me with a sledgehammer of bad news. The resounding "gong"..a few seconds of speechless moments. Doesnt help when what I was saying was bouncing back at me...took away my concentration....so my ice cream wasnt that nice anymore..my ride home became quieter, my mood went down and I shut up. Even when my frens shot at me for a dozen times at full force...I had no energy. Not that i was thinking alot about the matter...but I was sooo damn tired...sooo damn tired at having to handle the same thing again and again...All I hope for....is another revival of golden years in Comperes...

An excerpt of my email I was planning to send (but might not in the end)

I know soo many reasons why people will quit
- no interest in compereing
- boring training
- no bond w club
- better things to do
- club politics
- feel not capable
- dont like admin work

And guess what ..alot of them went off without even reaching out a hand to the club to help. The ones that stay..are the ones who's love is not in the club...but in the love for compereing... The one thing alot of you dont have...is the proactive nature. You above all people should understand that. None of the members offered to organise any gathering or even dinner. The times I offered to go for ice skating or blading...no one replied. sooo many people complained abt how comperes training is boring when they dont turn up for even the most exciting ones...and they dont realize how much we want to make things exciting..yet when I ask for people to respond during the sessions or try new things as they do their script...they stilll stick to the same thing. You remembered how the seniors tried to do a BBQ and only 3 of you turned up? You remember how we sat by the beach..discussing on what to do?

You know out of all this.....what is in it for me? Maybe I should just change club officer and let someone else deal with the mess! How many times do I try to change things by bringing in rollerblading, videotaking etc...I give up my leave days for you guys! Everybody else in my office says Im crazy! I just know that Im afraid you guys cant survive!

So whats in it for me?
If theres nothing in it for you, then there should be nothing in it for me too lah...Then I should stop trying to go for your events to give you advice, and to stop meeting you guys before your events to see hows the preparation and asking how things were after the event....After all, I dont get to do events...and if compere fail...I would get more events to do rite...if the selfish me starts thinking...

_________

Im pissed....Im dissappointed...Im about ready to let go. If they arent even willing to clap, even when they complain and complain...then I give up!
I feel even sadder thinking that it could be because I wasnt there to do anything, that the club is becoming like that...but isnt it the members that need to be proactive? Dont know what to do can ask rite? As an officer in charge...do I have to be the president as well?

I called Cal last week, feeling down and talking to her abt it and I told her what I felt...And she's rite. Why do I have to do soo much for the club? When at the end of the day...there is no "Thank You"? When it doesnt raise my salary? When I dont get anything out of it but a piece of mind..that I didnt just stand around and do nothing? At the en dof the day, Im the only what who learns....and best part abt it...of all this is true....then my dad (the one whom Ive been defending my clubs from the most) is right...

I love all my clubs...I adore them if they open up to me because I see sooo much strength in them...in fact..I admire them! I learn from them too...whether or not they learn from me.
Sometimes it makes me feel like Im not a good enough officer....and the more student clubs I have..the more problems they have...the less time I can be there to help....
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Lord Jesus, I thank you sooo much for allt he blessings you have given me throughout my 3 years in SP, Im slowly learning to lean on you for guidance..I hope 1 day, I would be able to shed the "stressed" me and be able to work effectively and happily, to show all that you are good and always there for me as my leader. I pray that all the blessings I get, will overflow to everything I put my hands to do and all the clubs I have, that they will be inspired to work well together...
Maybe Im the only one in this office who faces these problems Lord, but maybe not....all I am assured of is that you are with me.

God Bless

Thursday, April 10, 2008

my ISC is camping...

we just swear like crazy learning the mass dance lah! Why go gym when you can get such a big workout in a dance like this?

Hahhah Im always so amzed by their energy! My goodness!

Mr Abraham had 7 children, one of whom is a vampire that will marry a vampire's daughter and they all playt eh vio,vio,violin and vio,vio,viola..damn lost!

I know their spirits are high tonight and Im high with them. I am however concerned tomorrow but I choose to put my faith in the Lord and claim his blessings that He wont let Satan and his bored angels come near to our event! My Lord's angels's will protect our event and we will claim all his blessings in My Lord's name. Because what I ask in His name, He will give me.

My God is an awesome God! Amen!

God Bless

Saturday, April 05, 2008

ISFO Last meeting



It sat and Im in school.... Hmm





Feel bad that Im chatting here and listening to their briefing while they are all busy working around me. But im glad I let them take control. :D So Proud of them! ZAI! Wohoo! Even our dear crippled Hainita is here! hahaha

Think my year1s (going year2s) are damn on lah! Did I mention that we have abt 6 versions of the ever lame "crow" lamer than the original version lor! Even the original "L" handsign..has been enlarged! Dont know what to say...WE DAMN LAME LAH!

Im the 1 sitting in the centre and everyone is standing around listening to IVY & Benny giving briefing...much as I wanted to take pics of all of them in action but it would be very irritating. "they will kill me!"

Im so busy now that I dont know how many people Ive promised to meet up with for the weekend. I think got Comperes meetup, Bee ting's BD, Getting tickets for trip w frens etc
Things to do during this weekend...
- Go popular to buy stationary
- Do up moberly promo & lunch voucher
- Call ryan & Shi Chun to settle performance
- Pray for miracle before calling them

Today's meeting is surprisingly effective...Im soo proud of them! ..damn it..I sound like a mother lah! Hahahahaha

KK gotta go. ZAI

God Bless!