Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.

I think I understand something of human nature; and I tell you, all these were men, and I am a man: none else is like Him; Jesus Christ was more than man. I have inspired multitudes with such an enthusiastic devotion that they would have died for me but to do this it was necessary that I should be visibly present with the electric influence of my looks, my words, of my voice. When I saw men and spoke to them, I lighted up the flame of self-devotion in their hearts. Christ alone has succeeded in so raising the mind of man toward the unseen, that it becomes insensible to the barriers of time and space.

Across a chasm of eighteen hundred years, Jesus Christ makes a demand which is beyond all others to satisfy; He asks for that which a philosopher may seek in vain at the hands of his friends, or a father of his children, or a bride of her spouse, or a man of his brother. He asks for the human heart; He will have it entirely to Himself. He demands it unconditionally; and forthwith His demand is granted. Wonderful! In defiance of time and space, the soul of man, with all its powers and faculties, becomes an annexation to the empire of Christ.

All who sincerely believe in Him, experience that remarkable, supernatural love toward Him. This phenomenon is accountable; it is altogether beyond the scope of man's creative powers. Time, the great destroyer, is powerless to extinguish this sacred flame; time can neither exhaust its strength nor put a limit to its range. This is it, which strikes me most; I have often thought of it. This is which proves to me quite convincingly the Divinity of Jesus Christ.

- Napoleon Bonaparte (via fishforpeople)

This really tugged my heart when I read it (and I only skimmed through, not read word for word). It's so true, that God built His empire through His amazing, wondrous love. And this love does not extinguish despite time, nor through weakness. Napoleon knew how difficult it was to build a kingdom even through a great army, and he himself have managed to conquer much, yet he was still in awe of Jesus, who did the same without raising a weapon.

All that God is beautiful beyond words <3

haha I told kenneth that I would fall in love with a guy who says something like this :P

p/s: not me, because I'm not that great, but about Jesus
p/p/s: Isn't it so cool when someone is so passionate about Jesus?
p/p/p/s: JESUS IS AWESOME! :D

I feel extremely upset now because I'm stuck at the first question of the Amath worksheet Mr Tan gave us. What's even more distressing is that a few months ago, I would most probably have known how to solve this question. That is So. Depressing :( I'm counting on both my math for my L1R4/5! *wails*

I just have to.. have more practices. And trust in God. He holds everything in His hands afterall. Just gotta trust in Him :)

Anyway jie is back today! I can't wait to hear all about her silly exploits :D

Just came back from Port Dickson, where I have been staying for the past four days. Past four TOTALLY AWESOME days :D

I have learnt so much through this camp. Omg I'm so excited to share all that I have learnt but my vocabulary is failing me. From the big things to the little things that I've never really bothered about but should have. Like worship. I'm always too busy singing the songs than to really stay silent and understand the meanings and depths of the lyrics. God just brought new revelations to the songs we sang. Can't remember a lot of the worship songs (boo :/) but through those I have remembered, I learnt what it actually means to worship God, not just during service but in my daily life. I know we've learnt this during fuel and stuff, but it's now a heart knowledge and not just a head knowledge :)

Another thing I learnt was about forgiveness. Not my having to forgive others (although it's important) but God's forgiveness. I've been holding on to my past, feeling guilty for things God have already forgiven me for. When we went through the outer courts of the tabernacle, God just revealed to me this truth and I felt so.. I dont know how to describe it, but it was as though I was being embraced. This really thick sense of.. relief. Something like relief. Made my heart just want to twirl around in joy :)

Letting Jesus love me. This is something I've been struggling with. It's like God delivering an answer to my problems straight up in my face. I remember before, I really used to just let God love me. But somehow along the way, I let go of God's love and things havent gone well since then. Now I just want God's love to take over once again.

PDom talked about God's plans for us on the 2nd night and how He is actively involved in our plans. And I was just thinking, "How is it that God is able to be intimately involved in EVERYONE's life? I mean, it's a lot of people in the world." And God just said, "Because I love you." Totally awestruck. I mean, it's not because God loves only me that's why He's involved in everyone else's life but because of His love for us, He is willing to plan in such great details for our lives. And because He loves me, He doesn't mind planning my life so that I'll live life to the fullest.

Doing what God wants you to do requires faith and courage but when you actually do it, it's a totally amazing feeling. I never quite understood that till today. I felt as though something deep within me has changed permanently in those few minutes.

There are just so much stuff I have learnt from this camp. Refreshed, renewed and re-ignited. I just realised that God has met all of my expectations for camp. That is SO cool. *big grin* And I'm excited for more of the things God is going to do. IT'S GUNNAH BE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME! :D

GREEN TIGER SIX <3 I think my group rocks. My group members are srsly very funny, esp. the guys. I really thank God that He has placed me in such a lively group!

Gavin: Hey there's cables coming up! ('cos Shai wanted to take photos of them)
(shai didn't hear him and continued talking to Bryan/Ronald)
Me: SHAI! CABLES!!!!!!!!
(shai screamed and everyone burst out laughing)
Shai: Cables are supposed to make me happy.. not scare me!
HAHAHAHA.

Camp dance was great. Kept laughing with Hannah and Rachel on stage. But had a lot of funnnnn :D YAY IGNYTE DANCE MINISTRY! ^_^ 

Anyway, much thanks to the camp comm, the leaders and the volunteers for making the camp possible. Even right up till the break of camp, they were still serving. I think they rock! THANK YOUUUUUUUUUU!

This post is kind of wordy but it is a filtered version. There is so much more that I've experienced and learnt, even when I don't have a very good memory to remember every single thing. Anyway kudos if you have managed to read through this whole thing. I hope it has impacted you :)
GOD IS GOD, AND AN AMAZING ONE AT THAT :D

here in Your courts where I'm close to Your throne,
I found where I belong :)

Maybe Richard will find another way. Just tell him, Alice. Tell him that his own Confessor never stopped loving him. And that if he can't undo the magic, if he can't return to her then, she'll be waiting for him, in the Underworld. Forever.

- Kahlan, Reckoning 

teared when I watched this part. so horribly sad and touching :(

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Watched the match Northern Ireland vs Scotland. Really good game; you can see how both sides have their good points. For NI, they know how to quickly move to free spaces. During the game, there will always be one player that is completely free. And their passes are strong too. For Scotland, you can see how they are always on their toes. Their receiving is good. They can just tip the ball to themselves! Totally cool.

My favourite player is Noleen Lennon. I hope that NI will come back for Nations Cup next year so that I'll get a chance to have Noleen Lennon's autograph (seeing that I cant go for the finals tmrw) Hopefully she's still the captain next year. Or at least one of the players. She is so cool, srsly. I wanna play like her. Actually, I wanna play like all the NI players. They're really good.

Watched the match between Singapore and Northern Ireland. I was thoroughly impressed with the NI team. Their space awareness, throws, landing, jumps are really good. Especially their space awareness. Totally cool. Singapore was quite alright too.

Anyway, I wanna watch another Nations Cup match, and I want to get a game ball (like I'll ever get one though ._.)! Does anyone want to accompany me?

Now I feel like playing a good game of netball.

I DON'T THINK MRS LIM WILL APPRECIATE THIS.

NEITHER WILL MR TAN.

HAHA, I don't even know what subj this is.
"Calculators calculate calculations." "REALLY?"

My personal favourite:

And it seems that students are not the only one with humour...
"The F7 Key. Learn it. Use it. Love it." HAHAHAHA.
I keep cracking up when I see the, "Next time... Will Astronomy Man SURVIVE?!"

This is hilarious. It's funny when a student does something silly to his paper, but even funnier when a teacher replies back.

more here.

THEY LOOK SO CUTE SPARRING TOGETHER! All the silly grins at each other. I think their love is sweet, awkward and fiercely devoted, awwww :)

Zedd: (returning to see Kahlan and Richard practicing their fighting) I leave for a fortnight and already you're at each other's throats.

LUV KAHLAN AND RICHARD :D

CARA, YOUR FATHER AND I ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED.
(via here; caption included)

HAHAHAHAHA.

And Bridget on KTLA morning news.

CRAIG: (from previous interview) Gosh what a different girl. I mean, I remember when she got here, yknow this great big attitude from New York and everything and erm.. The girl've never been camping. She's never been on a camping trip. I mean, in Australia, we go camping every couple of weeks, yknow. For the weekend, you duck down the bush and hang out. Ah, she's really opened up. She's found a boy down there, she's got a cat, she's got a dog, she's got a house, she's lovely.

BRIDGET: (live) I love that Craig Horner.

hahaha, he totally revealed her secret and she just goes like, "I love that guy." and describes about how fortunate she is to work with him instead of verbal-bashing him. How cool is that?

SO.PRETTY. LUV HER HAIR.
She looks nice with BOTH centre and side parting! Ms Tay must be her Asian twin. Both have awesome hair that can pull off any hairstyle they like. How unfair is that? :P

Her dress is from 3.1 Phillip Lim. I think it's beautiful :) it looks so comfortable and fitting on Bridget, doesn't it?

Next time, if I ever do get an ang moh husband, I want our daughter to have dark hair and blue eyes like Bridget. I love this combination - better than blonde hair, blue eyes. Where's the fun in that? I think light green eyes are cool too.

I bet my daughter will be totally gorgeous too :D

Bridget Regan rocks.

just a random sidenote:

(via here)

awwwwwww, so cute!
it's currently my desktop wallpaper and everytime i look at my desktop, my heart totally melts. sweet little pup!

IMMAH HAPPY GIRL TODAY :D