TGIT. It’s not often you say that but thank God it’s tuesday. School holiday for a week. This is exciting. The past few weeks have been exhuasting and I am happy to chill out with friends and one of my goals for this holiday would be to spend more time with God.

FISH today was off the hook. Louisa talked about how the bible is our weapon. We are all so busy with school, how many of us haven’t opened a bible for the past week? past month? past year? I know I haven’t for a while, but we should be reading it more than once a day. Reading it when we’re upset, reading it when we’re happy, whenever we have time to spend with God. When we have free times, we go on msn, go on myspace and watch TV shows that are time consuming. Imagine how much time we would be able to spend with God if we take that time for prayer, reading the bible and breathing God’s words?

I’m enjoying my life and I have great friends. Hynah.

Cheers, Jo.

The five days of being 10 years older than me is over. You are again eleven years older than me. I know.. I should be nice on your birthday but it’s the truth and you know me BI 🙂 Hynah knows the real truth. Happy Birthday. Hermoine is not here but I am here and this week we will spend lots of time together. Just like the two weeks during the summer. I am excited.

Steam?

So I’ve literally had ths screen open for more than 30 minutes without writing anything. I’m dead tired, sunburned, and dead tired. The sun drained all my energy out of my system. And.. I still have to go to basketball tonight. I still feel like I’m on the boat.

It’s Bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S! Feeling the wind and the ocean splating towards us on the banana boat and singing at the same time was great. Well.. until the whole thing flipped over, but that was the best part. Lying on the top deck, lying on the front of the boat talking and hanging out. Jumping off the boat, watching the boys do flips.

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For more pictures: I will let you know when they are up on the net.

It’s times like these that take away the stress from school. It’s times like these we smile and say “Thank you God”. These past few years, after I have given my life to the Lord, after I started going to church and encounter. My life has changed, through the people I’ve met and through God.  They’ve changed me in ways never imagined. God continues to work in my life and He is amazing!

Cheers!

It’s okay to be angry. It’s the way you deal with the anger that will bring you towards sin. There is a difference between being angry about tiny things that don’t mean much, and righteous anguish. So many times we get angry over the stupid-est things and we carry it around with anger and hate. What is the point? Solve the fight, the problem and forget about it.

Being angry is one thing, being cranky for no reason is another. Lately I’ve had moments where I’ve been majorly cranky and I really don’t like myself when I’m that way. I try not to talk to anyone to prevent saying anything I don’t mean, but when I don’t, I don’t seem normal. I don’t want to be and I don’t like to be.. but it just comes?

So many times, in fact, all the time, seeing a text message from you just lights up my day. Knowing that you thought of me and wanted to get in touch just to say hi. Even though you forgot my birthday, you were thinking of me. I was having a cranky morning but after the phone call, I wish you could’ve seen me, my face lit up and I was my normal self again. Sometimes I wish you wern’t so busy, but that’s the beauty of it all.
On the other hand, encounter was great tonight! Worship was great, games were entertaining, the sermon was, well, I already told you about it up there “It’s ok to be angry”. Having some cool kids jamming and singing afterwards was fun to listen to. Missed a couple people around, but I will see them soon enough. I haven’t been to the Flying Pan in a while so it was good to go back and hang out with the youth group.

Sitting on the playground with you was great. I haven’t sat there at night and just talked to someone in such a long time and we’ve been meaning to meet up at night. I love hanging out at night just talking about everything. The wind breeze, the non-humid weather was perfect. I hope it was a relaxing time for you after a long week and long day, definetly was for me. It was a good night to end the week, here comes the weekend, busy but exciting.

Photo for the day: the most adorable kid ever.

It’s okay to smile.. just look at Lillian! Do it!

Cheers!

People say sweet 16. I don’t feel older but tonight was definetly special. Other than the surprise that my friends planned for me last weekend. My parents planned a surprise dinner for me. I definetly didn’t feel the best this afternoon, didn’t know if I was going to have fun tonight. While reading hynah’s email this afternoon, I wondered if I was going to see him today, on my birthday. I needed him right then.

While sitting at the stanley plaza theater, I saw someone who looked like Jessy from far away. At first, I didn’t think it could be her because why would she in stanley on a week night by herself? She would’ve called me. But I called her name and it was her, and found out my parents have invited her for the dinner. I was so happy, I couldn’t wait to talk to her cause school just drains out all the time I can talk to her. I sat down and noticed there were four more seats next to my parents, Jessy and I. I wondered who else was coming, but then I forgot. The next minute, Liam, Tim and Lillian walks in. By this time, you have no idea how happy I was. Amazing. I figured this was all and in fact it was all my parents have invited. I was surprised. I was happy.

In the middle of the meal, Jon walks in seafront. I thought my parents have invited him too but I thought he had another dinner to go to. But in fact, nobody called me. Nobody told him we were there, but only Hynah knows the real truth. And he knew where I was. I was shocked. I was happy. I was speechless. Steam?

Talking about old memories. Everyone talking together, laughing, making fun of tv shows, having fun. It was everything I needed. I had the best people around me for dinner for my 16th birthday.

You guys are amazing. Thank you for coming and making it the best. Thank you to my parents who invited them and planned this. I don’t know what I would do without you guys. My life would not be the same. I could seriously cry tears of joy right now.

Thank you for all the msn messages, text messages, myspace comments and the birthday wishes. Weekend here I come.

It’s a Miracle.

Cheers, Jo.