Para Para Showdown

it was a challenge she couldnt refuse
a battle of the hands & dance
she put on a fierce fight
in the face of our black belt expert (watch our illegal video)
our jaws dropped when his rapid hand + body movements became a blur
predictably, she was defeated in the extremely difficult stage
but we still love u
n will cheer u on always

Para Para showndown

我發瘋了。。。

我想我大概是瘋了。一口气內寫了兩篇entry，還是用中文寫的。

anyway，我是想對大家說的是我們敬愛的天父想對大家說：
“親愛的女兒們，我要親自的祝福你。我要那麼神奇班的賜福與你，讓我的恩典由你流入你的住家、家庭、屬靈、教會和國家。”
羅馬書 ８：３２ ﹣“神既不愛惜自己的兒子為我們眾人捨了、豈不也把萬物和他一同白白的賜給我們麼。”

aiya... i give up typing in mandarin la...
in english, this is what i think our Heavenly Father wants to tell us:
"Dear daughters, I want to personally bless you so supernaturally that it will flow into your home, family, ministry, church and nation."
Romans 8:32 - "He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?:

the Lord wants to bless us, yet unless we as believers claim the rights God has given us, He cannot freely bless... so my dear sisters, just want to encourage you to claim your blessings even before they happen... have faith, that simple faith to just believe... the Lord will surely bless!

是時候停止了。

昨晚和适萍吃晚飯。晚飯後，潔淋也和我們一起在她家附進的macs閑聊。
我們談著談著，就說到我們這一家的一個坏習慣 ﹣把別人的crush拿來開玩笑。
我們三個決定了，要把我們cell的這一個惡習給改掉。讓cell成為一個安全的環境 for sharing。
要不然，我們大家會有點辛苦。有心事，但不能說出口，因為不安全。
往往在我們的宣鬧中，受傷害最大的因該是旁觀者。
看到別人受到嘲笑，不想同樣的事發生在自己身上就干脆不說也吧了。
我們希望，由我們開始把這個環境t換掉。
讓大家都感覺得到這個家庭是安全的。
我希望大家可以一起把不好的給換掉，不讓沙蛋（satan）有机可成。
我們一起努力吧！

He goes with me.

Ever wonder how often you see a toddler scurrying like she's in a 10m race all.the.time.? *wah, how scary to be running for the whole life*
It seems no toddler will stroll at the same painful speed as us walking out of expo every sunday. hmmm, actually no sane person will. Oops, ya. That's not the point. No no regina I am not talking about you laaa. *Haaaaa*

Ya, I am talking about the story behind the drawing up there.
The point, of course, is not about the speed. But really, it is about myself always wanting to walk away. To walk my way. Sometimes obviously intentional, sometimes, I didn't even realise.

I used to think that it is so amazing that "He goes with me". But as I pondered on an original sketch (I had initially drew the Big Giant leading the lil' girl), I thought of sth else. Like a baby who just learnt to walk, the father will always hold on to her from the back. He runs when she runs. He slows when she is tired. He goes where she pulls him to. The growing up girl is bursting with excitement with this whole new world. And the father never let go of her hands. With strong and firm fingers, he had stopped her from running into the edge of the table that reaches her head above her sight. He had subtly pulled her back when he heard her pants. He had amazingly steered her away from the pile of dog shit that just missed her beautiful shoes by 1 nano-meter even though usually he cannot see his Fei Yu Qing's mtv subtitles .

He has to be slow because every step he takes is one giant incomprehensible step for her. He never expects her to keep up, but really just letting her go and be herself. But all this while, she is ahead and oblivious. Running and running.

In her journey, when she falls, the father will stand behind her, dust her butt and egg her on. When she trips, the father will still not lose sight of her. He makes sure she gets up before he continues to walk. Sometimes, she feels lost and far, only because she is always looking ahead. And when she finally remembers, she will look back and will know He is still holding her fingers, leading her.

So how far can the Lord be, when He is always holding my hand *unless His hands very-the-long-like-you-really-think-He-will-hold-you-from-where-He-is-sitting-in-heaven*?? So can I ever be far from God if He is never far from me?? Can't be lor~ Distance is relativity. *waaaah my physics very zai*
Only if I choose to look in front and at the mess ahead and forget that my head can rotate.

But..the lil' girl will 'think' she is far...when she lets go of him. That's when strangers and friends along the way will squat down beside the crying baby and ask her..."Where's daddy?" She will cry and be defiant. Her tears will blur her vision and she will not see. She will think her dad has forsaken her. She will alternate between quietness and wallowing, searching and waiting . But strangers and friends will be with her. P a t i e n c e. Slowly, she will take that first step to find back her daddy. Remember how the lost babies, whenever they are back in the arms of the parent, they will cling onto them like kualas? Remember how the lost babies, when they found back their daddies, they just somehow stop crying? But I guess what struck me most the more I thought about it...is how willing the babies are to entrust themselves in this temporal care to guide them back.

As I grow up, I also ceased running like mad babies into table edges because I know it hurts when I buang my head into table edges like how regina buang car poles *oops*. But I forgot I have already out-grown table edges and I have forgotten that my Father will never let me run into table edges. Maybe he will, but he will never let me bleed until I die you see. Running to victory is not easy, I guess it probably means running into many table edges.

oh no, I very luo shuo...To cut the long story short...
My story would be *still not very short*

In order that God go with me, I must first hold on to him. Then I run. If I run before even holding His hands, I would miss the whole point of wanting to share where I am running to with Him. I will probably run into more table edges too.
If I had really ran stray, I must realise when I am 'crying' and need help.
And when I am back, I must not let go again. Be strong and courageous!

Of course, the drawing above might just tell u a different story today la :)

saturday great kids

Saturday Great Kids

yesterday met up with Jen at 3.10pm

coz she got the timing mixed up plus the location

we would have crucified her if the event was cancelled

ha Jesus would be so chio

ate at the foodcourt

chatted happily

at first it was quite awkward with the kids

but they warm up after the games

there were joel, emmanuel, marcus, zared, renee, hannah, gary, zachary, dilan, ginny, amanda, sabrina

the games as one of the boys put it was kind of chaotic n disorganized

the kids were running around especially emmanuel

anyway the crucifxation scene is really quite drama n real

its really classic to see daniel as the satan - muahaha he looks more like count dracula..face so white like ghost

n lai huat as jesus in diapers. muhaha - he really looks very skinny...a starved jesus

but their acting is great. satan was really scolding jesus

but some of the kids were laughing as the jesus keep walking in n out then lie down again.

its really quite comical with the extra commentary

went home tired but happy

the kids enjoyed themselves alot

it was good spending time chatting with Jen

jasper is a lightbulb.

Kept this in my handphone for a while...figuring when is a good time to post it up.

Enjoy! Our mel making beautiful music with HC!