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Because of You

2010-10-11T22:42:00.000+08:00

BECAUSE OF YOU
City Harvest Church / Worship
Key: B

BECAUSE OF YOU, I WAS BORN AGAIN
BECAUSE OF YOU, I’M RANSOMED BY YOUR GRACE
BECAUSE OF YOU, MY HEART HAS FOUND A HOME
A REFUGE FOR MY SOUL

BECAUSE OF YOU, SINS ARE WASHED AWAY
BECAUSE OF YOU, HEAVEN KNOWS MY NAME
BECAUSE OF YOU, I CAN LIVE AGAIN
YOU’VE BROKEN EVERY CHAIN

UNFAILING LOVE, SO UNRESERVED
YOU GAVE YOURSELF ON CALVARY
AND NOW I STAND, FOREVER FREE
MY SAVIOUR RESCUED ME

BECAUSE OF YOU, THE WEAK SAY "I AM STRONG"
BECAUSE OF YOU, THE BROKEN HAVE A SONG
BECAUSE OF YOU, THERE'S NO NEED TO FEAR
HOPE STEADFAST, EVER SURE

NOW HEAVEN, BE OPEN
OUR GOD IS, UNSHAKEN
WE WORSHIP, CHRIST RISEN
HIGH ABOVE
NOW HEAVEN, BE OPEN
ALL KINGDOMS, ALL NATIONS
DECLARE THAT “YOU ARE GOD”

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SGod88

你信實保守我 Your Faithfulness Protects me

2010-09-06T22:39:00.001+08:00

(國)我倚靠的盼望我呼求的力量
我交託的對象唯有祢耶穌
當我遭到患難祢使我得平安
祢安慰我的心使我剛強

祢是我主我呼求的力量
我交託的對象祢是我盼望
我的天父祢完全的眷顧
祢信實保守我生命
勇敢面對
前面的道路

(粵)我懇切的呼求我倚靠的盼望
我心中的交託只有祢耶穌
每當我遇困難我心感到安靜
祢安慰我的心我得強壯

能力在祢倚靠我主亮光
交託我主煩惱盼望是耶穌
我的阿爸祢掌管我一切
我生命在於祢信實
有祢帶領
一生的道路

I feel so peaceful and quiet when I listened to this song. God is indeed faithful always and forever. My source of strength, my hope. You care for me always and help me to face them with more faith!

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君だから素晴らしいIt is great because of you.

2010-09-04T09:39:00.000+08:00

人と自分を　比べてばかり
We always take ourselves to compare with others
今の自分に　　自信なくても
and even oneself has no confidence now
主は君をどんな時も　必要とされている
God will always provide you the things you need

イエスを愛する　仲間として
If Jesus is your beloved partner
どんな時でも思い出そう
You will always recall
主の御名で励ましあえる
that it is because of His name that enable us to encourage each other
友達がいることを
and there are friends here beside

共に主の愛を分かち合うために
In order to share the love of God together
イエスは　君を選ばれた
Jesus chose you
君にしか届けられない
You are the only one whom He could reach to
人々が待っている
and what others are looking forward to

共に主の愛を分かち合うために
In order to share the love of God together
イエスは　君を愛された
Jesus loves you
主は命を注がれた
Lord has given you his very own life
君だから素晴らしい
Because of you it is great

A Japanese song which I came into when I was at Japan. Very nice and meaningful, it touches my heart to the bottom and it reminded me that God is my friends and because of Him I am able to be who I am today. It is great because God has chosen me to share the love to all my friends around me. I would want to make a difference in their lives.
Indeed, because you have chosen me and loved me, it is great.

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SGod88

Life in sg

2010-03-17T13:05:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was the most fruitful day i have ever had in Sg. I've changed money, apply for visa, applied for ISIC Card and went to Nus to meet my old friends before leaving for Japan.

The things that I really want to thank God is that.. The visa will be ready on Thursday! :) which means i no need to change flights to Japan and all the plans go as it is. How wonderful is the date!

Now i'm at supermarket to buy something for me to bring japan. I think it's good to have a roll on before going japan. And also buy something else..
Later will be going to gym with Darren. After tat will be meeting bernard and will enjoy dinner with his family:)
Tomorrow will be collecting my passport.

2 more days

2010-03-12T09:51:00.000+08:00

I am so shocked after receiving the CESR, but also happy when I got to know that I finally can make some plans.

Yes, there are 2 more days and I will be leaving my hometown again for almost 9 months before I am having chance to meet my family and love again.

Truly, I don't want to leave, but this is the next stage of my life. I have to face it and I have to take the challenge.
I am sure I will overcome it and I am sure God is always with me and His plan is higher than our plans. His way is higher than our ways.

Looking forward to my next stage of life.

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SGod88

Time vs Money

2010-02-27T12:45:00.000+08:00

Regarding the CESR document, if I stay in Singapore, even if Monday it comes, it still need 2 days for it to arrive SG, if it doesn't come on Monday, then it will be even longer.. I don't want to waste time in Singaopre doing nothing. Although it might waste money, but time is more valuable than money...

Hope all go well.

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SGod88

CESR

2010-02-26T12:34:00.000+08:00

CESR, Japan Immigration Bureau, Visa Application.. I am waiting for you...
Please let me hear good news today...

Will be going to see doctor soon.. =)

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SGod88

Hope, Patience..

2010-02-25T15:49:00.000+08:00

I have reached Singapore this morning 11.30am. Was feeling tired and exhausted. Need to sleep for a while.

I will be living at one of my classmate's room for one week (hopefully).
Just checked email to wait for good news, still waiting..
This is really a homework of patience for me. It has been 3 weeks past for the CESR document to process. I really hope that the time which I decided to come back Singapore is correct and won't waste any time.

I really hope I could go back before 5 March 2010. This is because even if I go back on 5 March 2010. I can only spend 2 weeks in Sandakan before I go to Japan for exchange. Right now I am quite worry and frustrated.

I do not want to spend too long and disturb my friends in his room;
I do not want to spend too much time in Singapore doing useful tasks;
I want to spend more time in my hometown before I leave for almost a year;
I want to receive good news from Japan within this week;
I want to settle the accommodation issue in Osaka, Japan;

I want to meet my family and friends faster.

Hope.. Patience...

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SGod88

Will going to miss home soon.. =')

2010-02-18T20:14:00.000+08:00

There is still 6 more days to go for me to go Singapore to settle my visa. 2 days ago I received an email from Osaka University asking my Singapore address to send my CESR certificate when it is done. Really hope that it will be done on time and reach Singapore on time for me to apply visa on that time. Pray that everything will be fine and won't be spending too much time in Singapore.

6 days later, I will leave Sandakan for AT LEAST 2 weeks, one week in Tawau and another week (hopefully) in Singapore. Really miss Sandakan so much. After that I will be back to Sandakan again and prepare to go Osaka 29 more days later.

In Singapore, I will need to:
1) Submit 'Financial Application Form' to NUS.
2) Obtain Acceptance letter from NUS Undergraduate Office
3) Apply VISA
4) Health Screening
5) Print notes

Hope all things will go fine.
Will going to miss my home soon.

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SGod88

Preparation to go Osaka

2010-02-11T16:59:00.000+08:00

It has 13 days left for me to go Singapore and 36 days left to Osaka!

Slowly getting excited!

Recently, I have been studying Japanese in Malaysia, though not as fast-paced as I did in Singapore. However, I just finished the "Minna No Nihongo Beginner Level". However, here comes more challenges!

The more I know about Japanese, the more I realize what I don't know. As a result, I have to start to proceed to the next level of my studies. Going to Intermediate level and equipped myself with Technical Japanese.

Not only that, I also need to spend time to study about Nanophysics which I will be taking during the SEP in Osaka University.

Hopefully by the time I go Singapore, the CESR will be ready and everything will proceed from there.
Accommodation will be settled, JASSO Scholarship will be successfully obtained, waiting to have a great experience in Osaka!

Regards,
SGod88 (Franco)

Home sweet home

2010-01-06T00:17:00.000+08:00

I have reached Malaysia! Really enjoyed the trip to Genting and today quite surprised that my cg members were sending me off at airport. Really appreciate their presence!

Now at Kota Kinabalu, still have not reached home yet. Tomorrow 2pm will be the day! Looking forward to it!

By the way, I have setup a blog for recording my progress and life in Osaka University Exchange, (大阪や～）, do check it out occassionally!

See ya soon! =)

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SGod88

~Kidnap event~ & ~Gunung Ledang~

2009-07-16T15:02:00.005+08:00

It was on Monday, I went to return a Magazine to my sensei at 7pm. Before that I have made an appointment with another friend on 7.30pm, so I was thinking to talk to my sensei in about 30 minutes, which I thought would be quite tough. Who knows... We just chatted so much and she taught me many Osaka dialect and at the end, guess what time was then when I left sensei's office?! 8.30pm! I was so shocked! We talked for 1.5 hours...

After that 10pm, went down to Raffless hall to celebrate Joe's birthday, which is on the actual day, we prepared a surprise for him to KIDNAP him~
Walao.. He so heavy leh... The next day my muscle pain oh... Poor bicep...

Thurs:
One more day to go before going to Gunung Ledang (Mount Ophir).
Few days before I went out to buy different tools and necessities in order to bring to the Gunung Ledang.

Getting more and more excited!
Yesterday Shawn helped me to buy a glove! Wow, it is an half glove and it looks so nice and it is just so magnificent when it has come into combination with my hand, oh~~~ I love it! haha..

Can't believe the internship will be over in 2 weeks time! The 3 students from NTU who worked here 10 weeks ago is having their last 2 days in this company! Can't wait for it to finish and go back Malaysia! Hoho~

Recently just kept reading more and more about Internet Marketing, hope really could get the precious informations and really could get something out of it!

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SGod88

Fellowship and Locked-out

2009-07-12T22:11:00.001+08:00

Had a great fellowship today with Cell Grp and Koji.. =)
Hope that Koji enjoyed it too~
Next time we will go Yoshinoya, Bugis, etc to buy things~!

He likes Yoshinoya very much, “どこででも味が同じだ” (The taste is the same whenever you go). I didn't know that Plaza Singapura has Yoshinoya so we didn't manage to go there to have dinner.
According to original plan, we were supposed to be going to Bugis Junction to buy some cheap things. =)
At the end we all went down to Somerset for shopping and walking around.
During the period, I have learnt many Japanese from him:
１．もてもてする - Welcomed by girls/guys
２．もたもたする - Slow and inefficient, hesitate
３．間接（かんせつ）- Indirectly
４．… - Mushroom
５．萌やし－豆芽
６．…
I should have brought a notebook to note down all the words learned, can't remember so much. （T_T）

Today after I went back home I am so shocked that I locked-out myself (T_T)..... I wanted to go to bathroom so I locked the door inside and then FORGOT to bring the key outside!!!! Yaaaah........ >.<.....

Have to find RA to unlock for me, thank God for meeting some RA whom I know. If not really embarrassed, I was wrapped by only towel and nothing else...

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SGod88

'Kinniku' Desire + Bigger picture on Modules

2009-07-10T10:45:00.004+08:00

It is Friday today and it has always been a refreshed and great day.
This morning I woke up and took a guitar to play but didn't aware that it had reached 7.50am. Haha.. really enjoyed the time.. =)

Last night ESPians and several friends went out for a basketball match. It was really a fun and exhausting match.
I need to work out and train more of my ball catching skills and breakthrough skills. I want to better and strong in order to fix myself on the ground to block the person who will be grabbing the balls with me. I am sure if I do my training I will be getting better and better and the 'shibo' (tummy) will become 'kinniku' (muscles).. Wa hahaha...

Ok.. The simulation is result is out. It is time to get useful datas for my report!

By the way, I'm most likely to be taking EC1301.. Need to find out more before making it as final decision. =)
Feel free to suggest for this as they will be so precious to me! =)

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SGod88

Economics or Accounting?

2009-07-09T09:33:00.002+08:00

I have decided to drop out Japanese 4.
Although I would want to continue but I think it is the time for me to let it go and do some self learning for myself on this.
I would instead consider taking EC1301 - Principle of Economics OR ACC1001 - Financial Accounting.
Both of these modules can fit into my timetable but the problem now is I only can choose one of them.

Economics cover a lot of aspects in the world so that I could really understand how the world is running. At the same time, Financial Accounting is a field that can help me to get into more accounting knowledge and aid me in decision making for investment in the future.

I hope I could get into more about these kind of knowledge in me.
However I am only allowed to take one, so I do not know which one to choose in the meantime.

I have friends to take Financial Accounting for me but I do not want to take a module for the sake of friends, instead I would want to follow my interest.
Yet I do not know how should it be.

Hope I can make the decision by the end of this week and start to prepare for it. Buy books, etc.

Tonight I will be going basketball with ESPians and I am sure we will be having a fun time together.
Next Friday also I will be go climbing mountain with ESPians at Johor. Hope this decision I make is correct.

SGod88

Module Timetable arranging

2009-07-06T23:41:00.002+08:00

It has come to the time of the year that all of the NUS is arranging their own timetables for the next semester.

Of course, I am not exempted from this.

I have come to a point that.... I think I am struggling to decide whether I should continue my Japanese 4 or not...

I have taken all the way from Japanese 1 to Japanese 3. I really do not want to drop it off.

However, I must fulfill all my core modules for the next semester. If I put in the Jpanese modules and tutorials. It will be very pack for me, plus I have already fulfilled my UEM, and in fact I have exceeded the number of UEM I should take.

But I am still feeling dont want to drop Japanese 4.

I don't know what should I do..
Should I do self-study before going Osaka or have someone to teach me?

SGod88

Cell Group Resumes! ** DURIAN Fiesta

2009-07-03T17:34:00.002+08:00

Finally~
After 5 weeks of Songs of Solomon series, the cell group resumes! I am so excited to know that everyone will be going to SuWee's place for the last time (Tanah Merah). he will be moving to Bukit Batok for the next few months.

Tonight I am playing guitar! =) So fun! The songs which i will be playing are:
1) Sing Sing Sing (Chris Tomlin)
2) My life, Your Song (City Harvest)
3) I just want you (Planetshakers)

I love these songs! Looking forward for the CG tonight~ ! =)

***

This sunday there will be a decentralised service in EXPO hall 8. I am so happy that Tatsumi and Shawn decided to join us for the service and most importantly.... DURIAN FIESTA!

Oh boy. I have had ages not eaten any durian, and now has the opportunity to eat free ones!!! For new friends! =) D-24, is the model for best durian~

I hope our relationships will continue to be closer and closer day after day!

SGod88

**Quotes of the Day: You can give without love, but you cannot love without giving. **

Students from Osaka - Tatsumi Koji

2009-06-30T15:12:00.000+08:00

Last night 9pm:
Met with Peifeng to go to Changi Airport to fetch Mr. Tatsumi Koji from Japan, Osaka.

Mr. Tatsumi is a very nice person and man.. he is very good in body shape! He plays Judo!
He is quite funny and at first he didn't understand many things cause many things seems different from Japan.
For example,
- The mobile phone in Japan is actually an email client, when we said we want to buy a new phone number for him, he doubted and thought, ' What is the mobile number about?'. Then finally he realized that he actually has a new number. After buying the number, then we realized that Japanese phone could not be used in overseas, as in, foreign sim card cannot be used, it is locked.

After that, Gah Hung lent his phone to Tatsumi so that he could use the number.

After we left, it was already 12.40am, all of us felt tired probably but the joy in our heart after seeing Tatsumi was being taken care just overcome the physical tiredness.

I am looking forward to know more about him and hopefully..

LEARN OSAKA-BEN!!!!

yaaahahahahahha

SGod88

Songs of Solomon: Stages of Relationship with God

2009-06-27T22:44:00.000+08:00

Thursday night just had a nice Bible Study Session of "Songs of Solomon" (雅歌) in church.

It was a great session~ I have learnt that there will be a few stages of the relationships of God with us;
1) Initial Love 起初的爱
Everything is easy in this stage. You are just like a little baby in front of God. You want to seek God and want him to bless you in this and that. You desire and long for God's presence in your life and bless you in every area of your life,

You are still self-centerd, not God-centered.

2) Faltering Love 怯懦的爱
In this stage, your love to God starts to grow. More challenges from God came to your life and you will struggling between God and yourself. God will call you to do greater things and greater commitment of your life to him, i.e. go out and work with Him.
You still haven't set your priority right between your things and God.

3) Growing Love 成长的爱
In this stage, you will start to accept the challenges given by God. You start to undergo trials and tribulations, the major ones, to really test the relationship between yourself and God. It is a stage whereby things start to getting harder and harder and you should learn how to rely and lean on God to get through this period of life.

4) Transforming Love 转变的爱
You decided to be commited in Christ. You experienced the work of the cross, start to deal with the penalty of sin; Being sanctified and dealt with the power of sin; and glorified to deal with the presence of sin. In this stage, you start to get into the field to work with God, people start to see the difference in you for your love to God. They will start and ask you about it and you will be able to speak of the things you know about God. This 'know' refers to ginosko, which means know in experience, not knowing in knowledge.

You start to serve God and serve people at which there is a very balanced life.

5) Mature Love 成熟的爱

In this stage, you will stop complaining about things which happen to your life, you starts to accept things and lean on God on those matters. Your life is totally on God's desire, you will follow God's desire in whatever you do.

Your love to God will also be so appealing and attractive to Him whereas He will start to be excited of your presence.

You are no longer self-centered, but God-centered.

***

For me, I think that the stage I was in when I started to listen to the series is: Faltering Love.

I started to feel God's challenge in my life, and struggling with the power of sin. I still have a problem in personal behaviour in my life sometimes. God has also called me to serve in Church and start to be commited in His ministry, he called me to serve as an usher, but I refused a few times, not commited in campus ministry. I kind of 'backslidden' from NUS CHC ministry.

Now, I think after the whole series, I grew to Growing Love stage. At which I want to bear the cross with him, start to experience trials and tribulations. I want to be the dearest person to God, I would want my life to be centered around Him. I want my life to be dependent on Him, I also want his Glory and light shine through me to the World.

I learnt to be broken in myself so that I could release my annointing and shine in the world.

Of course, my goal is to Transforming Love and ultimately Mature Love! I pray that my relationship with God could grow day by day and I want to love God day after day!

***

Franco

SGod88

Morning Adventure

2009-06-25T14:21:00.000+08:00

Today is not an easy day for me in terms of going toilet!??

Since 11am, I had wanted to go to the washroom for a 'relief'..
At first, I went to the toilet at level 15, the toilet is occupied. Ok nevermind, I will go to the other toilet at the other side, it was so shocking to see that the toilet is OUT OF ORDER.
*Just a note: I would want to go to the cubicle with toilet bowls, I prefer sitting than crouching.

Having seen that, I was so fade up, just a toilet leh...... So I made all the way to level 14, the student cluster, to go to the TOILET!~

Just as I am going to the toilet with the heart of relief and joy, the muscle inside me was starting to loose out and ready to let all the things which needs to come out come ouT!
I entered the toilet and rushed to the cubicle.... IT IS OCCUPIED! GNAHHHHH!

At the end, I had no choice, but to go to the 'crouching' type cubicle...
This was my toilet-going experience. =)

Hope you enjoy~

SGod88

Failure = Success?

2009-06-24T16:59:00.001+08:00

Today had a very good discussion with Dr.Xu, he told me not to be discouraged even the result obtained is not correct and it is a failure because of the incapability of ADINA software. He told me:" Sometimes failure is also a success." I am very much agree with this.

Sometimes we just kept thinking failure is failure. Failure means the end of your challenge, once you fail, you will never succeed; Once you fail, no one can help you and this is the end.
Failure is never final, and it is never fatal.

A successful person is not the person who never fails, but simply who doesn't quit!
Friends, nothing can be at the front of success except failure itself!

Now we have come into some solutions to the problems regarding how to solve it, and I forsee a successful result ahead!
I am quite inspired by what he said.

***
I found a scanner room in IHPC! I can scan documents real fast here~hweee~!

SGod88

Perception of Beauty

2009-06-20T19:47:00.001+08:00

Dear all,

I just got to watch this video about the perception of beauty.

Beauty is not the matter of outward appearance only, it is more than what you expect, it is skin deep. Be confident and do not let other people judge or define your beauty.

Beauty is created by you yourself, not by others.

SGod88

First Workday

2009-05-11T07:29:00.002+08:00

3 more hours left to my first workday.

This vacation I could not go back to Sandakan, however I am given an opportunity to work in IHPC (Institute of High Performance Computing) in Buona Vista. I hope that I could really enjoy my work and really gain useful experience during the work.

Fusionopolis... My first workplace~

Just got fade up by CityLink, the express took them 2 weeks to deliver.. I really doubt their service efficiency.

This Saturday I could finally get my hanheld PC! HP iPaq, looking forward for it~

Anyway, I have a Twitter! Feel free to Follow ME!

See ya guys!
SGod88

So touch

2009-02-25T20:58:00.001+08:00

What a touching story.....

SGod88

Emerge2009

2009-02-24T22:05:00.003+08:00

Just had a great Emerge 2009 yesterday night!

Really got a good experience and knew many friends which I can never have chance to know by only studying in NUS.

SO gald Sze Hou took time until 5am to write the notes for all the people in VOICES. Really touch!

After the concert, WeiQuan and me bumped up with a guy from 'Same hand'.. Apparently, he wanted to have some survey for us. However, we conned him by pretending we are Japanese and he believed us! Haha...

A fun day and fun night! Slept at 4.15am..... Tonight need to rest very well... =)

SGod88