Jane Talks!

I can’t believe it!! This is actually my 100th entry.. i am so amazed that i can be so "lor soh", being able to write this much. Well, i just started writing blogs March this year, compared to others who already started way before i even knew what blogs are. Meanwhile, i hope to write even greater stuff to make you guys laugh and hopefully inspired until i hit my 200th post.

Today is 25th already, which means it is only 1 month before christmas comes!! How exciting and stressful.. I only have 1 month to shop for presents… oh dear… not very good at that actually. Someone suggested to put a top 10 list of the things i want to receive for christmas, well… i am not going to do that.. i am not that BHB. What i am going to do is to write a TOP 10 things you need to do this christmas.

TOP 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO DO THIS CHRISTMAS:-

10. Be good or else Santa ain’t gonna climb down ur chimney and pass you your present.

9. Go orchard and take photos with giant christmas tree namely in Taka and Paragon.

8. Shop, Shop, Shop

7. If possible, organise christmas parties at home.. grab all the turkey, log cake and honey-roasted ham…is way better than blowing it off crowding with all the people in orchard who might spray fake snow from a can into your face.

6. i don’t know about, but i love listening to christmas songs sung by jazz singers.. so go grab some christmas CDs.

5. If possible, buy a christmas tree and decor it.. great project to do with family.

4. Buy santa hats… it totally goes with any of your outfit.

3. Go to salvation army to bless some kids this year with soft toys or clothes. They will feel warm again because of you.

2. Visit Singapore Expo Hall 8 on the 24th-25th Dec.

1. Celebrate!! Is the birthday of the Savior of the world. Lets rejoice and be glad!! Woohoo…

I was having lunch with my sister at Mos Burger one sunday and we were eating chicken nuggets. I told her "Hmmm… i think i still prefer McDonald’s Chicken Mcnuggets.." Then she replied me "Haiyo, McDonald’s Chicken Mcnuggets are made from left-over chicken bits and bones (She got the info from a show named SUPER SIZED ME) but Mos Burger ones are made entire out of chicken breast… can taste more chicken.." Hmmm… i pondered for a moment… "But i still prefer McDonalds’ nuggets."

With this caused me to have a big chain reaction over many thoughts. Since it is made out of just leftover chicken bits, why is McDonalds still more successful than Mos Burger?? If McDonalds stuff are fattening, why do people still eat it?? You know.. all the nice food are either high in fat and bad for health but people still eat it. In my heart, the real question within was why do people SOMETIMES like picking the bad stuff and neglect the good stuff.

Is like a girl picking a jerk over a guy who really cares abt her and treat her 100 times better or we can buy gifts for our friends but not even spend a dime for our parents who takes care of us thru out the years or picking potato chips instead of vege chips or the fact that we focus on our problems, our weakness, then complain n whine abt them but never look at what good things God has done for us or how good God is.

SO, what do people like the bad stuff more than the good stuff? Is it our Adamic nature?? Help me find the revelation by commenting below. THanks!

I was out yesterday and surprised to find myself vulnerable, being chilly from the cold winds that were blowing against my face and exposed feet. Singapore experiencing cold winds?? It was indeed surprising. Due to the monsoon season, it has been raining alot lately with clothes hung out not able to dry in time, or people eating more than usual because cold weather makes one hungry or always having the urge to sleep and snaggle under blankets or the constant urge to go toilet or worse, rheumatism.

Its been a while since i wrote a Top 10, so i thought, why not write on something today. So here it goes:

TOP 10 WAYS TO KEEP "COOL"

10. Current fashion trend: Winter clothing.

9. Put away those singlets, short shorts, slippers… Unless you wanna turn into a popsicle.

8. One word: Steamboat.

7. Another word: Hot water bottle.

6. Something we don’t do often in singapore: Greet ur friends with hugs… totally a heart WARMING thing to do.

5. Stand near the hawker vendor while he/she is cooking ur char kuey teow or fish ball noodles… the heat/steam helps you keep warm.

4. Holidays are here!! Have campfires!!

3. Turn off the air-con, can save electricity & money.

2. Pray and wait for June to come.

1. Nothing… you actually like the cool weather…

1 year ago, this ex-member of mine told me that she is leaving church because she felt that she has never been in touch with God or feel Him in the years that she has been a christian. I was alittle taken aback because i can never understand how a person can be in church so long and not feel the presence of God or know how to feel Him. That question pondered me for the whole year and i never did forget what my ex-member told me because i wanted to know the truth from God.

My answer came when i attended the tabernacle bible study last night. Pastor Kong was talking about having a balanced emotion in our lives, about not having a heart that is cold, dead and properly not working due to past bad experiences that causes us to harden our hearts and not having the ability to love and care anymore.

To be able to love God and feel Him is when we have a well-conditioned heart that is not harden. What is true in the natural is also true for the spiritual. If we have been thru a bad relationship, fact is our heart will be too scared to get into another relationship unless we are ready to move on. Therefore, we close up in order to protect ourselves from any other hurt and thru time, our heart will get harder and harder each day because of a mindset that is not willing to change. A habitual lifestyle of a closed-up heart will lead us to a place where we no longer know how to express to anyone including God.

Why do people even christians don’t sense/feel God in their lives?? It is because their hearts have turned into stone… bricks… cement…(whatever that u think is hard) Therefore, it is very important that we keep our hearts soft and broken before the Lord. Never come into a place of "stone-age", come into the place of "cour-age".. to love even when no one loves you, or appreciates you or thank you because only that, we can continue to sense the overflowing love that God has for us.

There are many times in my life that i can choose to harden my heart because of bad experiences with people. However, i did not. I know God uses people around me to shape me into a better person, and not putting enemies into my life. Secondly, i don’t want to be too angry or bitter that it blinds me from seeing God. Thru all the sufferings i have gone thru, it made me draw closer to God and knowing that it is ok to be broken before Him because of Jesus who is our great high priest, who understands our afflictions. Thank you Jesus. I love You.

(Scene) 3 different characters are arguing with each other on whether they should go jogging. A didn’t want to go because of tiredness and wanted to stay home and watch TV. B on the other hand wanted to go badly because of the desire of wanting to lose weight and be in good shape. C was totally in support with B’s decision. A was whining and complaining because the odds of winning is not high because 2 were against 1. At the end of the day, the decision was to run so all of them went running. A wasn’t too happy abt it, screaming away only stopping when they stopped jogging.

This scene is what went inside my head when i decided to go for a jog yesterday. A being my body, B being my will and C being my spirit. Is terrible to hear the screaming all the time while i was jogging. This reminds me that each time as we exercise, fast, read the Bible, study etc, our body tend to scream. I think it hardly agrees with our will or spirit. Therefore, we need to disciple it.

Disciplining our flesh isn’t always easy. It really takes alot out of your will to conquer the fleshy parts of you. However, if your mind is settled on what u want to do, you can conquer ur fleshy parts of always wanting to do stuff that is opposite to your will.

Next time when your flesh starts screaming at you, put on your heavy-duty will power ear plugs. You are your own disciplinary master and i know in my life, i could lead a more discipline lifestyle. Just need to make strong decisions n be strong. (Growl…) ok, why did i do that? Anyway, next time your flesh trys to speak to you, try listen to what your will n your spirit got to say also. You will be surprised how A can be easily outdone by B n C.

Yesterday night, i had to go thru an "examination" for my sound crew training and man oh man, i almost drowned in my own sweat and almost passed out because of dehyration. Don’t know is it because i was nervous or i am dumb but i simply don’t remember a thing of which i spend my last 6 weeks in training for it.

Quite demoralising actually… my 1st station was to coil the cables, instead the cables coiled around me. Man, was i frustrated with myself and those naughty cables. I wanted to give up at that point but i told myself that i won’t be a quitter so i grit my teeth and went thru all the stations.

I must say it is really humbling for me at that point cos God put me in a place of no understanding, no help and no escaping. But a woman of faith has to do what a woman of faith will do, i gave my best attitude and i did the best that i know how and i thank God that i wasn’t marked poor. (Thank God for gracious markers)

Coming out of the comfort zone is definately not easy for anyone to do. However, if you have a dream, it will definately require u to step out of your comfort zone. Faith is not saying that you say but it is something that you do. So don’t give up until u have reached your goal. Therefore, i will continue to work on my sound and everything that God has called me to do. Hope that you will too.

Quiz Poll for last blog entry: Singaporeans are 80% rude. Rest of us 20%, let us uphold the courtest spirit!! Fight the rude spirit in this nation.

Are Singaporeans in general rude people?? Today at work, i was being reprimmanded by this guy who happens to own a laundry shop 2 shops away from my office not to park infront of his shop front, apparently obstructing his business. The thing is the whole area is a public car park, it is not the private property of his shop and most importantly, he could have ‘negotiated’ nicely rather than throwing his darts & arrows at me. What a $*%#*!~&… so ungentleman..

This accident made me wonder why most Singaporeans are so rude where civic & moral education is taught in school but people still horn at you when u didn’t drive off just 2 secs after the traffic light turns green or thank you when u give way or stands so close to you while you are eating and then having no choice but to rush in your eating because the guy couldn’t stop staring at you.

One time, this old man was walking in the middle of the road and my mum and i were in the car behind him. He refused to move aside of the road though he knew we were behind him and he walked so, so very slow… I’m like.. whats wrong with him? So many accidents in my life that i can tell you how rude singaporeans can be, just totally turns me off..

I believe that there is a difference between being mistreated and behaving like a childish kid who only wants things to flow your way. Some people surely behaves like a naughty brat but just that most of them are already adults. As a person that i am, i am willing to voice out when i feel that i am being mistreated but never to a point where i have to force people to change for my convenience. If you are a Singaporean reading this blog entry of mine, i will sincerely pray that you will adopt courtesy, good manners, helpfulness, sharing and a selfless heart so that we can make this country a better environment to live in.

Come mon, vote now!! Do you agree that Singaporeans are rude?? Yes or No. And tell me why.. Hopefully, i will get comments this time from others than Yvonne who has been faithfully commenting on every blog that i wrote. Thanks Yvonne and for the rest of you, no need to shy… just feel free to comment. All will be appreciated by me.

So did everyone have a good holiday yesterday?? i know i did. Anyway..I thought that Pst Robb preached an interesting message on sunday which some points made me alittle lost but on the part on having a standard for people who wants to be good friends with me is something not new but a reminder for me. The standard of Pst Robb is quite high, out of his 7, i would most prob have 1 or 2 only… So i thought why not have a TOP 10 requirements of being my friend. Don’t worry… think is quite achieveable. I think.

TOP 10 REQUIREMENTS OF BEING MY GOOD FRIEND:-

10. Accept me for all that i am… and i mean ALL including my crazy n nonsense parts.

9. Have a sense of humour or understand and laugh at most of my jokes. (Cos not many people can…)

8. Able to rebuke me with love when i am wrong.. i always appreciate honesty.. but be kind in your words.

7. Outdo me in my giving towards you and others.

6. Punctuality. I like people who are on time cos i hate waiting.. (-_-)

5. Having the right chemisty… Flow… Sense of comfort when i am with you or else i will cramp up or give u a funny face.

4. Being a cheerleader to spur me on when i am down or discouraged and ability to believe in me when no one else did.

3. Never ever take me for granted. I will be real mad…

2. Share the same interest such as food and activities. (^_^)

1. One who loves God wholeheartedly and loves me fervently. *blush

Alright, alright… if u have 7 out of the 10… i will be happy already.. haha..