circle of life

we go in and out of our days fretting over little things and issues in life. some of our problems are able to be resolved by money (btw, problems that can be solved by money arent exactly huge problems. not that i have a lot of cash but you get what i mean) and others arent able to be resolved even when loads of cash are thrown unto our faces. at times we cry helplessly and we cry out to people or even to God for a miracle to happen.

even in the festive season of christmas and new year, where Chinese New Year is approaching, i stand witness to two funerals that happened in the midst of this. when i look around at people enjoying the good times and switch my eyes on sad eyes that grieve in sorrow, i cant help but to say yea, this is the world that continues to spin whether or not you’re full of joy/pain. it may seem duh! to some but it really hit me hard.

many may fear in wanting to outreach to our family members or close friends, in fact i have fears too. but knowing how unpredictably short life is makes me have this urgency. people i know have left the church because of the outreach lifestyle, sometimes i do question why. though outreach can be akin to a sales job where we tell people about a “product” (Jesus) and convince (ask) them to purchase it (receive Christ), the motives are pretty far apart. i love pastor michael’s story about the cat and mouse. its similar here as well. the salesman’s motivation is for his life. our motivation is well, others’ lives (err, check your heart whether it is not because of certain goal you’re attaining or a leadership position you’re fighting for).

i saw a blogger’s post that said about christians not being able to say goodbye forever because we know we’ll definitely see each other in heaven. but it isnt so for some of our non believing family members and relatives. i hope this brings about a revival among our hearts about the value of outreach rather than doing it per se.

as for my life ever since my last post in the first week of December, i’ve been doing fine y’all! been meeting up with different friends cause of my birthday and christmas and new year. my internship is coming to an end this coming week and im so relieved. working is really quite draining and no-lifer. so im determined to play all i can before i march into working life. =p

round of pictures before i end. one night before my birthday! with my uni clique! shareen’s back! whoo-hoo!

on the actual day of my birthday! with my caregrp and some random people pretending to be thais. -,- my caregroup is a crazy bunch of people who made my birthday count and i love the diary that they bought for me!

with my colleague cass! she and Jaey bought me a bag for my birthday! aww~ love!

christmas celebration with my another class’ friends! good catchup session!

countdown with a bunch of people! but didnt receive the whole group’s picture yet. so not posting it up. this is what i shot when we were up waiting for the first sun-rise of year 2011! the new year eve’s celebration is really memorable!