HELLO?! *ECHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*

^^

Still love you guys~ =D Happy Easter!

Just a sentence ;)

Things may come and things may go, but the Lord will stay forever eternal and faithful.

okay, i lied. a sentence and a paragraph below.

We've all started our differing walks since NSCFL so long ago...and well, I can't say much, as i know some of you are already very busy, some of you have already left school..while some of us are still grinding here, just take time to realize that we are all still connected through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior! :)

That's all I want and have to say. Till next time, Sapphirites.

Shooting ramdom aims

I found this on YouTube, it got more than a million view count!

Follow Him!

Poor Dylan: So just wanna share sth that just happened~

=P

Well, since SPM is over of course my friends and I planned to go somewhere and spend time slash make more memories...So, the plan we had since months ago, was to go KL..and now since SPM is over, we were looking forward to it, and this trip is organised by my class so aka school trip also.

But one thing was, my dad did not like the idea, he told me since I am 17 already, I should learn to decide for myself, but he told me clearly that he did not like the idea at all....

Well, of course since he still gave me a partial yes to the trip, I just said "I still wanna go" afterall, I've been looking forward to it for a long time already.

A day or two later, there was news bout Jeremiah School (For you those who dunno, It's a month plus sort of Christian camp, and it's for school leavers only) and I have planned to take part in this camp a year already since the day I knew my seniors went there.

But my dad was already not that happy with my plans to go KL and besides that, this year wasn't a really good year for my dad and I...So, I actually wanted to give up on the thought of attending Jeremiah School (JS), and I thought: "I should be glad that I am able to go KL already and I shouldnt want too many things"

It was then when God spoke to me: "So where does your priority lie? In your KL trip with friends whom you have known since primary school? OR To JS where you will learn more about God? Who do you need most?"

And I thought, maybe that was just another set of fancy sentences I normally use to advise ppl which normally pops up in my head time and again..I doubted that it was Him~ So I just kept cool, and did not want to do anything when soon I became afraid...Because we all know that God speaks to us and we will hear it as if it was our own voice..And though I have consciously gone against His words millions of times already, I know that I wanna go JS just as much as KL and well, priority......goes to that...And the one way I can convince my dad to allow me to go is by sacrificing the KL trip~

Therefore, I plucked up all my courage and went to my dad...We had a big words-shooting time but at last he allowed me to go...And the thing is he did not mention anything about the KL trip! But he was giving his: "Im not very happy" face..And I thought it would be best for me to tell him that "It's okay for me not to go KL since Im gonna go JS for a month plus"

So, YAY! From impossible to possible, and it was then when I concluded that It was indeed God that was advising me, and I have done something right.

GOD IS GREAT!

That wasn't the best part, a few days later....We got news from the class monitor that the KL trip was cancelled because they couldn't find transport~ That was when I knew that God is real, and if we were to just be a little bit more hardwork into following what He tells us to do, great things will happen, and we'll not miss out anything. He will give us what we thought we will miss, for God Provides!

=)

Missing you guys out there~~

P/S to juniors: IM DONE WITH SPM!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOT YOU GUYS!! Hehehehehee~ XP

Go with God~! ^^

JTJL

Update.

Reuben Choo, since when was it MY responsibility to update the blog? We're supposed to be in this together...oh well.

I'm here to exhort and to remind all of us, our purpose in life. For all things are "chasing the wind"...and we should be anxious for the second coming of Christ (:

Today when I was walking back home, I noticed many buildings and houses, and I knew each one of them were fenced up, providing safety to each respective owner. As I reached my own, I realized that well, I'm form 3 going on form 4, and soon enough, this house wouln't be the same anymore. I'd leave home, explore the world. There would be no such sanctuary as easily attainable as before.

Then I remembered that God is looking from above, even with us as we walk with Him, waiting for us to return to Him where He already prepared a room for us =]

Isn't it amazing to know Jesus loves us so much? Lets think back and remember our First Love..who is right at this moment, standing beside you now!! Calling out to you to listen to His still, small voice (:

Lets make a change in Malaysia by first impacting our schools. You're not alone in this! We're all joined in Christ, in Spirit, and well, if it helps, in Sapphire team! :D

Imagine if one of us impacts our society/community, they in turn will tell of God's greatness in their respective societies and so on and so forth, until it propagates all around Malaysia!

Lets strive to make a change, knowing that "if Christ is with us, who can be against us?"

Jesus loves you!

When storms rise..

God rises higher. Always! Just look up. =)

Wacky~

Another convo on facebook~

Dylan Lim : sipping life's tea has never been so bittersweet

Siew Ming Au Yong : reminds me about eating dark chocolate XP

Dylan Lim : XD the next time we meet we needa get that!!

Joyce Tan JL : AMBOIH! YOU TWO ONLY LAA?! ORANG LAIN TAK KENA AJAK?!

Siew Ming Au Yong : lool wanna come? Invitation is open to public. I think. XP

Dylan Lim : nono, only siew ming and the rest of the sapphirites :P excluding joyce :D:D COZ SHE EAT TOO MUCH D!!

Joyce Tan JL : = = SIEW MING! SOMEONE BULLY ME!!!!!! T-T HOW'D YOU KNOW IF I EAT TOO MUCH HUH?! XP

Dylan Lim : see yr size know d..XD

Joyce Tan JL : . . . . . IM TELLING EDWIN AND ANNA!!!!! EDWIN!!!!!! T-T *SOBS~~!!!!!!* YOU WAIT!!!!! DYLAN!!! YOU WAIT!!!! X( HMPH!

Dylan Lim : heheheheeee..XD

Siew Ming Au Yong : btw I also eat a lot. =DDD its just that ppl do not know... jangan pandan rendah kpd orang kurus tau. d=

Joyce Tan JL : Errhhh~ Like that means~~~ You eat so much but still dun mind inviting me~ Dylan makan sikit but din wan me makan~ DYLAN SELFISH! SHELLFISH! SHELLFISH!!!

Dylan Lim : =.= fine you can have my share HAHA

Siew Ming Au Yong : lol. nice profile pic, Dylan =) and is that a cookie inside one of the bubble? :D

Dylan Lim : haha supposed to be a pie XD

Siew Ming Au Yong : oh btw, where's the place where all the other sapphirites chat on fb? The one that is mentioned in our blog.

Dylan Lim : well that convo was actually something like this one, edwin just copy + pasted it to the blog XD

Siew Ming Au Yong : lol... u can also paste this one onto the blog too, since no one is updating it. X)

Dylan Lim : HAHA okay :P


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see la, nobody update this is what happens. :D

A Conversation worth the read~

Had this in my youth's blog~

Thought i sould share it with you guys~

It's a conversation between a professor and his student~

And it's a very Good convo~

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the Problem Science has
with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . ..

Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, you Believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD Good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor : Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him.
Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill.
But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent )

Professor : You can't answer, can you ? Let's start again, Young Fella.
Is GOD Good?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Is Satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor : Where does Satan come from ?
Student : From . . . GOD . . .
Professor : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor : So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer)

Professor : Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?
All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, who Created them ?

(Student had no answer)

Professor : Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe the World around you.
Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor : Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor : Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD?
Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Professor : Yet you still Believe in HIM?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol,
Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor : Yes,Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor : Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor : Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn't.

(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events )

Student : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat,
a Little Heat or No Heat.
But we don't have anything called Cold.
We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any further after that.
There is no such thing as Cold.
Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat.
We cannot Measure Cold.
Heat is Energy.
Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.

(There was Pin-Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )

Student : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?
Professor : Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?
Student : You're wrong again, sir.
Darkness is the Absence of Something
You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light . . .
But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness, isn't it?
In reality, Darkness isn't.
If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?
Professor : So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor : Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality.
You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD.
You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure.
Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought.
It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.
To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that
Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing.
Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just the Absence of it
Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from a Monkey?
Professor : If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument was going )

Student : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and
Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor,
Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir?
Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?

(The Class was in Uproar )

Student : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's Brain?

(The Class broke out into Laughter )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's Brain, Felt it, touched or Smelt it? . . ..
No one appears to have done so.
So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol,
Science says that You have No Brain, sir.
With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures, sir?

(The Room was Silent. The Professor stared at the Student, his face unfathomable)

Professor : I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student : That is it sir . . . Exactly !
The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.
That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.


NB:

I believe you have enjoyed the Conversation . . . and if so .. .
You'll probably want your Friends / Colleagues to enjoy the same . . . won't you?
Forward them to Increase their Knowledge . . . or FAITH.
That student was Albert Einstein.

How??

Dylan & Edwin

are

Emotionally

Unstable..

We yar Kinda Mm..I Dun Noe..But..Well..Uhmm.=P

Our Conversation in Facebook:

Melodie Lim-Ngiam

haha. miss you loads too=) gossh. i miss the other sapphires too wei. i havent had time to chat with any of them =( saads. just went out with joanna and familyy =)

Edwin Tay
Miss me??Haha..I'm oso one of the Sapphires wey..=P

Melodie Lim-Ngiam
yes. hahaha. ofcourse you too =) make sure all of you misses me too^^ hahaaah

Dylan Lim
:D edwin, how can we not miss you, youre da co-leader!! da powerful choleric :D

Edwin Tay
Melodie>Eh..Yes I do!Hehe..Sms u sumtimes nv reply oso..haha=(.Haha

Edwin Tay
Dylan>Haha..Lol.Miss u guys too!I wonder how other sapphires are doing..Mm..We kinda lost contact huh..=PWhat happen to us??Hehe..

Melodie Lim-Ngiam
waitt. did you? cant remember. sorrrrrry! sorrry! cus sometimes i hav no credit lars =( i seldom top up. haha save moneey ^^

Dylan Lim
hahahaa..melodie, jahat nee..:D nvm, sometimes oso im out of credit..well, reuben and joyce are doing fine, they're pretty active online..melodie and joanna, seems to be okay :Draymond and justin seem really busy..so i dont really get to talk to them..siew ming too..seraphina mysteriously disappeared from the internet..reuben said she got banned from the com..... Read Moreand..anna seems to be studying hard..she hasnt even approved my friend request =\

Edwin Tay
Melodie>Haha..It's alrite larx..Saving money??Oops..Sumbody gotta get M******..Haha..Undstood.=P

Dylan Lim
haha mel!! didnt tell me?!?!

Melodie Lim-Ngiam
ooooohss. i see joanna and justin all the time XD owh yea! have to tell you guys! you noe waat , my msn contacts are all gonee! my msn is like friendles T.T did you block meee? =( wait i dont think so laars.ahah edwin, yea i get it saving money for getting married eyhh, haha, no lars just saving money? haha

Edwin Tay
Dylan>Sharp eyes huh..=P

Melodie Lim-Ngiam
even if i am getting married, get married with whooo lar? ahah. no one too marrrry.

Edwin Tay
Dylan>Where's me in ur msg??T.T

Edwin Tay
Melodie>So bad nv invite me pun?!Hehe..

Melodie Lim-Ngiam
hahaha. your not in his msg cus the msgs for you lar! hahah. invite you for wat edwin?

Dylan Lim
edwin : hahaha, you're right here on my wall :Pjo : aww..get married to someone sweet =D he'll come soon!!

Edwin Tay
Ur W****** lorx..hehe.Haha sure HE will come soon!

Edwin Tay
Everyone seems very busy huh..INcluding me!=P

Dylan Lim
hahahahaa..well not really..im slacking..playing whatever's on fb..:D..

Edwin Tay
Haha..Tats sign of busy oso wat..=P

Joyce Tan Jl
...................................My goodnesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss~From missing to marriage to being bz??????

Dylan Lim
we're a messed up batch, we are :P

Edwin Tay
Haha..Good good.=P

Our little Conversation in Facebook has already made us missing you guys..

I really wonder what u guys are doing..Remember we said we Must Keep in contact?

What happen?Hehe..Busy busy busy..But Plz dun forget anyone of us k?

Love you guys. Miss you guys. Try and say sumthing at least.=P.

Take Care guys!

HelloOo0O..U TheRe??

EMO-NESS

Sometimes we really are in bad mood.Frustration.Anger.Fed up-ness.

All of the above would lead to EMO-NESS ..

The taste of being emo is freaking bad.

You feel alone, nothing you can do, just think whatever that has happened.

Or perhaps ending up crying at a corner or on your bed.

I do not know whether you guys had this kind of experience before.

But I assure you this will be worst feeling you will ever taste.

You are in your own world. Thinking by YOURSELF. Alone.

Inside yourself you are fighting against your feelings, your mind, Satan.

Satan likes polluting your mind and somehow leads you into the state of EMO-NESS.

Although we foolishly eneters the trap of Satan, but we still have the chance to turn back.

Jesus gave us the choice of choosing the right path.

He gave us two choices.Good and Bad.Choose yourself when you are in this state.

Just Remember:

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart,

do not depend on your own understanding.

Seek His will in all you do,

and he will show you which path to take."

Proverbs 3:5-6

I have been into times like this. Everytime. Every single problem I face would lead to Emo-ness.

It's hard to go against your feelings but we have to try.

Try hard. Don't give up. Speaking to you all and me as well.=P

Whenever you are in state of this, God will bw with you. Coz He's in your heart!!

jesus loves me this i know.. for the bible tells me so (;

dont ask me whats the title all about xD

aiyo..
i should have gone for the BK quiz in SMK assunta. but eventhough i go, the main reason isnt for the test, its so that i can see DYLAN. last minute, two days before the quiz, my teacher asked me whether im interested in taking part. n there was only 2days for me to memorize acts1-10. i doubt i could do it n its only 2days. so last minute. so i decided not to take the quiz. if only i went, i could have seen Dylan. *slaps myself* miss him like crazee. i miss all of you lyk crazee. each time i come into this blog, i just feel so at home, happyy, n suddenly this feeling comes. a im-so-desperate-to-see-all-the-sapphirites feeling. ughh... i wanna meet you guys!!!!!! :D *im going crazsee middle of the night* XD hahaha. its just some random post. i hope reading this will just put a smile on your face, n you'll go. "hahah. Joanna :P" lol. byes ya'll!!

goodnights. hope you have a happy week ahead (;

Visited

Just yesterday i saw Justin at the BKquiz09'!! Why didn't i see you guys there???

I saw alot of camp commanders too, but didn't find Anna..=(

What happened? haha. =[

Tiring

Is being a Christian tiring? I can imagine so..
With all those expectations held up by people, its never easy to uphold a fierce battle
Especially when the prince of this world is our enemy.
But then as edwin has said in his earlier post, we make mistakes along this journey
sometimes we get ambushed, trapped, attacked head-on, just to find ourselves stunned,
groaning (or not being able to) over the immense pain that is caused by the strikes of discouragement.
I suppose its easy to just say, "we must hold up the shield of faith, so that the fiery darts of the Tempter are quenched" but we know its never that easy. Day after day we fall into temptation. In fact, i am really tempted not to update this blog =) I've been stretched and strained lately, and sometimes God can seem so, very far away. But we know by faith and by knowledge that He is just by our side..

Hard to believe? He gave us prayer, He gave us hope. I dont suppose we are to throw it all back to Him?

Sigh. I think i'm mostly talking to myself in this post :P Hope you guys can put something mroe meaningful up here..

With love from your brother, Dylan

Past..

Mistakes / Hurts

Mistakes and hurts are part and parcel of life..
No matter how hard we avoid it..
We definitely have to face it..
They aren't that easy to let go, to forget..
But With God..nothing is impossible..=)
I hope as u r reading this..
Think of wat u have been doing..
Mayb u have made a mistake
Or u hurt sumone..
Go and apologize to that particular person..
Lift everything up to God..
He will be with u all the time no matter wat..=)

OR u are the victim..Sumbody hurt u either intentionally or unintentionally..
Forgive that person.
I noe it's hard to forgive..
Because I myself also stuck in the midst of this..
By saying is easy..
But when u really do it..It's hard
In fact..Very Hard.

We in this world are strangers to the world remember?
World is full with temptations.
In time to come, there are lotz n lotz of things gonna happen.
We have to stand firm and not be tempt by anything.
With all the grudge we hold so tight..
We can't stand firm=P
Phillipians 4:13
I can do all things thru Christ who strengthens me!
Stand firm SOLDIERS!!=p

Hey~

Guys, I won't be able to do much coz I'm sort of inactive online ady D:
So can I leave it up to you? Whenever i'm on, i'll post something. But when i on, i wanna see lots of candies in this blog :D:D sweeeeeeeet sweet little words coming from you guys haha.

Lots of stuff have been trying to discourage me, but i just remember the LORD and what He has done for me, I have absolutely no excuse, no reason to be proud, neither to give in. So i'll stand by my word, and i'll rejoice in my works :D

Besides that, when are we gonna meet again =\

Just a something~ ^^

Goodmorning fellow people of the universe~
And to all my lovable Sapphire members~
Seeing that only Dy is updating this~ I pity the poor guy and have something just to tell~
You see~
After NSCF~
I've been going through alot (It's not really that tough~ Really~ It's just.............)~ and the thing is~ I've been straying from Him~
And~
It wasn't long before I actually totally ignored Him~
I've been distracted ar I'd rather get myself distracted/busy with something giving me reasons for not doing quiet time or even praying~
The only times I pray are only when People asks me to~
When I find the need to~ Even with that~
Not all my prayers were that sincere to Him~
Not that I wasn't sincere in praying for any of those people but I wasn't sincere to Him~ (This is a very important sentence)
Therefore, with that, I've lived so far Trying not to imagine Him there~
But I always know He has been waiting for me to come back~
But~ With my pride and ego (Which is GIGANTICALLY Enormous)~
I knew I was wrong but did not want to admit "defeat" (I dun even know HOW i thought I was winning anything anyways! But: Defeat is the word)
Time passed~ And well~ It's not really that easy doing anything, knowing that he is looking after you and that He is still blessing you though you are ignoring Him~
It was........................Uncomfortable~
So...Time passed~
There are those who kept me by my place~ Pulling me back to Him~ These people~ They don't really realise that they were doing it~ They may, but I'm really telling you~ I was so Far from Him that I felt a loss~
I felt unfairness~
I felt injustice~
All from ME~
Because these people~
I never stopped getting surprised~
Almost everything was "It's a comfortable life and I need nothing more"
(I think I'm going round and round huh????)
Soooooooooooooooooo~
It took quite a long time~
And to be humble~ Was a very very big breakthrough~
I leave pride (wherever it came from) to respecting Him as my Father and Lord and Saviour~
It was hard~
But it happened last night~
And God did not fail me~
My God is real~
OUR God is real~
There are too many things I was blessed with to be concidental~
I broke down last night~
(Not gonna tell you how I actually went through the night but...This is who Our God is)
I prayed to Him~
And in my prayer one of the sentences was "I don't know what is love~ Teach me, tell me"
Well, He told me to do my quiet time~
Okay~ I followed~
And well,
He told me to open to (ODB) Sept 22~
I followed~
It was "Arms Of Love"
And
The verse was 1 John 3:16-20~


=)
(I'm in the mood for Christmas~.....................................................)
JTJL

55th post (;

the 55th post but the 1st from me, JOANNA!! ahaha.
hey yalls! all my beloved teramat sangat special sapphirites!!
finally im part of this blog. FINALLY! xD i never knew how to add myself at first :P but thanks to EDWIN, tadaa~! ahaha. im so exited for some reason xD
just wanna let yall know how much i miss yall. take care n keep in touch kayy.
anyone going nscfl this year? I'll set aside that date to go nscfl(;
love y'all! <3

oOpS..What IF..??

I find this video interesting too.Have time.Check it Out!!=P