Archive for November, 2008
hardtimes establishes you
I was just speaking to one of the leaders in church and he shared with me something so encouraging!
Most of the time we faces hard times…times we struggle to do the things we are supposed to do. And we wonder why. Alot of churches out there has the same encouragement for the members that felt dry, worn out and even struggling. I believe most of us know, that our breakthrough is just around the corner!!! Just a word of encouragement….press forward and dont give up! The darkness knows that the breakthrough is near, and you are going to rise higher than ever, that is why he’s trying to bring so many attacks against you so you’ll fail and fail to go higher to where you can go!
A few encouraging words I heard. One is about a woman, going to deliver…and as we all know, it’s hard, pushing, breath in breath out, push..it’s hard, and sometimes she feels like giving up but she knows she will not and she wont, she persist and finally the baby is born! Then joy overcomes all the previous struggles. Push on, persist till you get your breakthrough! And you’ll see a great thing is being born in you!
Another was about the resistance that an airplane faces when it is taking off. So hard, the resistance is so strong, and control of the ‘wheel’ needs to be right and perfect..but right after that moment of greatest resistance, the airplanes glides with the wind as it carries it higher into the clouds!
And be like the eagle, the bible says. The eagles flies through the dark and thunderous clouds and comes out the other side soaring higher than ever! It does not avoid the dark clouds but uses it to bring him higher when it comes out at the ther side. Isnt that great? Joyce Meyer had a series of sermon on flying like the eagles and I found this article by Joyce Meyer - Learning to Fly.
Isaiah 40:31 (Amplified Bible)
31But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.
me week
gee…I tried to blog a few times this week but ended up deleting them. Some highlights - it snowed once, heavily…but it all melted away and dried up by the next day.
Also had a chance to listen to David Archuleta’s songs. I dont normally listen to songs other than worship songs. Not because I want to be superly set apart….but I just can’t find any good music since I arrived in this desserted land. 
My friends were talking about it in the class, how nice this album is, so I asked them to send it to me, and it’s really nice. All the songs in the album is really nice…very deep and mature voice, despite his young age.
Next, watched a lot of movies this week. Some were good like Miss Potter, Taken and Quantum of Solace. The bad ones were like Witches Night and Max Payne. Witches Night and Max Payne…well I dont like the story line. Take Witches Night, the story line is really amazing, very intelligent but it’s ’sick’…you will need to watch it to understand what I mean. I would think the story is very inteligent but I totally do not agree with it. Max Payne….my personal opinion - not worth watching..very wierd storyline…
I tried to look up the poster for the movie Witches NIght - turns out it’s not the name of the movie, the movie was called Five Fingers. Yup, those of you that want a new perspective about terrorist and stuff like that, try watching this. Just be patience and watch till the end.
My favourite would be Quantum of Solace. The latest James Bond movie.
Of course, there are some more movies I would love to watch….the list will go on and on but for now, it’s Bolt and Twillight.
Bolt - the latest Disney 3D animation…really cute! “I eat danger for breakfast!” Cuttie! I so miss shoobie!
And Twilight, on of the most talked about movie! And during it’s opening, it received more than $75million making it one of the best selling movie for this year. Remember this poster that I found? I’ve yet to watch the movie.
Wolves
Son : I wanna be Wolverine the superhero. He’s so cool!
Father : Aha, I’ve got a story for you! In every person, there are 2 wolves and they
are constantly fighting!Wolf 1 : anger, jealousy, pride, condemnation, depression, low-self esteem,
lies, chaos, manipulation, lust, unforgiveness, superficial, fear,
you name it..anything’s negative
Wolf 2 : Peace, patience, love, hope, authentic, courage, purity, joy,
basically anything positive…Son : Wow, a battle!! Which one wins dad??
Father : Well, the one you FEED..
Wow, it’s such a simple illustration but yet carries such great revelation in it! I read it in one of my best friend’s blog. And God reminded me again of His great love for us, His creations.
In each one of us, there are 2 wolves. One is our flesh that carries all those anger, jealousy, pride, condemnation, depression, sin,etc….and another is the Spirit of God that is in us that is full of love, grace, patience, love, courage, joy. In the bible it says, that if you do not want to reap the corruption of the flesh, then walk in the Spirit. Walk in love, and in joy and peace.
If you do not want to be so nasty, full of anger, then do not feed it. Instead, learn to care and love, learn to forgive and be gracious.
Currently having Pediatric Sugery cycle.
Till next time,
great music & movie
Currently listening to Chris Tomlin’s God Almighty from Hello Love. I love the album. All the songs are so wonderful, great worship songs!
Also, currently is downloading…
Your Love Never Fails from Bethel Church’s Jesus Culture Music.
and Chris Tomlin’s See the Morning.
Any great worship album, please let me know, I would love to listen to it!
Btw, just did a very impromtu thingie…shall share about it next time. Also, I watched a very nice, heart-warming movie last night, Miss Potter. At first, I was thinking it’s a teen movie, who knows it turns out to be about Beatrix Potter, the author of best-selling children tales, one of it is Peter Rabbit.
Familiar? It sure does to me, when I first saw the drawing in the movie. It’s definately worth watching. Besides for the beautiful and breath-taking sceneries in Scottland and supposing London, I love the English spoken in the movie, it was…perfect!
Till next time….
friday’s blues
Friday’s blues. I feel that Fridays are the days people look forward to. Right? Well coz it’s weekend soon. Anyway, here’s the pictures that I was supposed to post up early this week.
Firstly, pictures from First Snow.
Ok, it began when I was on the bus to class, very small snow outside the bus. But it the snowflakes got larger was we were studying in class.
Ok, this one should be clearer in some ways. Those were the closest I could get. It’s hard to get snowflakes pictures..just like it’s hard to take pictures of raindrops. You’ll need special camera skills and of course a better camera! Next, I want to show some pictures of the class and my groupmates studying…or were they really studying? Of course we were! 
Yes, very rajin, discussing about….the topic of the day!
Reading from notes, finding the answers…
Here’s more complete picture of the group - we’re very rajin d! 
Next up, pictures taken yesterday, when it snowed the night before, giving a white feeling in the morning. The pic above, outside the hostel’s backdoor.
This pic is as we were walking to the bus stop. Dont look as if it’s so nice, and white, actually, it was freezing cold and muddy because the snow was starting to melt making it wet and muddy. 
This pic, taken on the way walking towards the hospital. It was a very cold day! But today, the weather totally change 180 degrees. No more snow on the gound, no more ice, no more coldness. Temperature was about 5 degrees. Just nice.
Now, today, as usual, Friday is the day there’ll be special cooking for dinner. No particular reason, just want to enjoy the meal more. So, KL and I decided to make chicken rice. Yup - it was a success!
memorable tuesday
memorable? Quite! W-H-Y?
One thing it that we had our first snow for the winter!!! Even though the locals here said it’s pretty late because normally it starts to snow early Nov but now, it’s near 3rd week. *chills* Even though it snowed, it didnt cover the street making it pure white, but it melted once it touched the street turning everywhere into wet and muddy!!
Other than that, the other 3 of my siblings manage to go meet their star!
Then after the whole day’s class, came back and found that our hot water tap has been sealed tight. Reason was it was leaking. Duh!!! It has been leaking for the past 2 years and only now they want to take measures!?!? No hot water to bath or wash face…. the comments can go on and on…so many things they are not doing properly with their head. This is just a small thing to start with…
But the best of the day must be the SNOW!!!! Anyway else had started to snow?? =p Snowing means need to change my jacket, use gloves and winter boots!!! eeee…
sleepy saturday
What a week!!! It’s definately one of the heaviest week I’ve felt. Lots of conflict, mixture of feelings, responsibilities and good/bad news. I do not want to go in the conflicts…it’s there in everyone’s life. What matters is how one faces with it and what one will do in the future to prevent it
Today, went to the new shopping mall in Kursk, it’s called Pushkinskii. I wanted to buy something, anything! Maybe a new pair of shoes, a new skirt? Blouse? But ended up getting candies (gummies). Not sure what it’s really called, it’s not really sweets, it’s more like..soft candy..chewy stuff…like gummies. Then, wanted to have lunch there but…gee..it’s so expensive…so we decided to walk one round, since I’ve not been there. I’m so grateful for the two friends that accompanied me! kekeke…even tho I didnt manage to buy anything, I saw something really cool….
I spotted something that was going to show in the cineplex there…here’s the poster.
From far, I was thinking, wow, that couple looks nice. A very nice poster, definately the movie should be nice but as I walked closer…eee!! Aren’t they familiar?? Ok, maybe not cause I’ve never seen them before. But I saw their trailer before, that’s why it looks familiar! Haha….the guy behind is really distint…so pale, with dark eyes and bloody lips. *ahem* Still clueless?? Never mind, I’ll leave you to figure it out. Well,, you have the name of the movie at the bottom of the poster, in russian, go figure it out! Anyway, can’t wait to watch Quantum of Solace and of course this movie in the poster.
That’s my dinner last night. It’s sliced ginger chicken wings with soya sauce. Yummy!! Love the ginger taste…really gives some warm to the cold weather. And of course it’ll be best to go with fried egg! Eggs…me fav.
Since the weather outside is so gloomy now, temperature maybe around 3-5 degree, it’s perfect for an afternoon nap!
Regarding the poster, if you’re really interested, try going to Google Translation and type in this - Сумерки and translate from Russian to English and u’ll find out the title of the movie!
