Yesterday, my friend entered my room at the office, and told me that their whole group has been notified to leave the office starting 48 hours by their boss.
WOW! thatz shocking. Didnt now what happen. Also there are no logical reason to kick them off the office. No margin? Naa, since one of them already got a client who's trading at the moment. So whatz up? office politic stuffs? hmmm.

From a friend's friend..

God is good,
my life is beautiful,
miracles happen,
God is full of blessing.

Yea you hear those positive praise and worship all the time.
Most of the time, I bet they come from people who just got termendous blessings in their life.
New job, salary raise, new house, promotion, or recovery from illness, etc.

Have you ever heard somebody said,
"I'm jobless, I got cancer, my wife left me, and God is good!"

Of course, nobody wants to 'ruin' God's name by associating Him with the misery of life.
But I'm not talking about testifying in front of people or anything like that here.
I wonder if people who are in misery even think to themselves that God is good ? It does take courage to come forward and share your blessing with others. But how easy it is to testify for God's grace and mercy when we're joyful?
I found it easier to testify in front of 1000 people that God is good, when our life is on the peak, than to say to ourselves that God is good, when our life is at the rock bottom.
Saying it is easy, but..
Can we really mean it when we say 'God is full ofblessings' even though we're in a deep shit?
When we are in troubles, we come to God with tons of wishes and complaints. Hardly remember to praise and worship God deep inside our heart, just the way we do when we just got that promotion or first house.
Can we still have those joyful songs and prayers when our life is nothingbut uncertainties?
I try, and try, everyday, to mean what I say, when I say 'I believe in God and all His miracles'.

I slowly discover, that God might not give me the way out right away, but if I have praise and worship in my heart everyday, I find peace that helps me through my days.
Peace and patience are the immediate way out that God will for sure give me, whenever I surrender to Him.

Birthday in Spore. Whtz so special with that? Naa.. doesnt feel like a birthday anyway. Dody prayed in the morning, then Olav went off to work. Afterwards,

Last day for Tricia n Francien.
Last minute to do shopping, so they went early to Sommerset, to buy presents and gifts (bags, purses, slippers, books, whtever!)
Me and Dody, join in a while.
Then they took off home, and head directly to WTC, heading batam.
Me and Dody then explore all the orchad road (again!).
Again we went to Takashimaya -basement floor, to have that marvellous brownies :) humm yummy..

We pack ourselves early today, coz we got a lot to catch up.A very long journey it is.
Start the day with going to chinese garden, all the way east, further then jurong. Could u imagine?
next one is going shopping in IKEA. Met acu and indra.
Then, head ourselves to Sentosa Island. Too bad, cable isnt working till the 30th,also the boat cruise. So we are going on by bus. Watch the musical fountain, and anything that is free of charge.

We took a boat crossing the river heading towards The Merlion.

From Toa Payoh, we took of around 5, then took d MRT -of course, and go get of at Raffles Station. We took a short cut thru the Raffles City, walk our way to the Justice Building. Pose a bit in front of the cupid statue :) then walk all the way toward Esplanade. First we took of the wrong turn under ground, but then we finally get thru.

Toa Payoh..
Another interesting place. An info from a cab driver looong time ago, says that most of the things here is pretty cheap. So, off we go! Me, Tia, n Francien, we stayed and explore Toa Payoh, while Dody went to visit Lili.

We went to the Tiberias Ministry in JW Marriot-Orchad Rd. There's this new speaker coming from Australia, and his name is Brian smthing. I forgot. And he got this praying talent. So, he just choosed randomly, whenever the Spirit led him to choose. So guess what? the four of us was chosen! hehehe. "One, two, three, four. Can i pray for you?" Kind a creepy!

So then, we get off our chairs, walk towards the altar, standing at the front, facing him -thank God, instead of the congregation. He just stared at us, saying, "hello!" :) like he's enjoying if very much, and definetely having fun with it. So, he then told us to hold on to each other, then he started to pray. While he was praying, I assumed he expected us, well me then, to fall. Coz he was putting his hand on my forehead. But I cant, so I didnt.

Sunday morning in Spore.
The actual plan, was to go for the 11am service, turned out everyone wake up late. So we end up going to the 2pm one. We took off at 11, waiting for the bus in tower 3. Arrived in Bedok, then took off in Sommerset. Go straight for lunch first in Lucky Plaza. Very very crowded. Full House. All in one pack!! And guess what, we are having Ayam Penyet for lunch!! Oh gosh, all the way to Spore, and have Ayam Penyet! and the booth is right in front of this TKW agent booth. Hehehe. So, whatz this Ayam Penyet anyway? Penyet means smashed. So itz Chicken smashed. Smthing like that. It comes in a set, Ayam Penyet, Tao Kwa, Tempeh, kangkong, cabbage, cucumber and sampal chilli. Very crispy and tasty. Yummy..
Afterwards, went to Bordes to kill time, also checked on Yudha's CDs. Not available yet.

Our first morning in Spore.
Olav prepared breakfast :) including prepareing the tables, putting plate mats ;0
tricia start to do some sweaping hehehehe beeing introduced a new-so called "tech"

We learned that we can go with a shuttle bus from the apartment in tower 3, to Bedok MRT Station buy only paying SGD 1.
So, we walked ourselves there, of course getting lost first, and waited for the bus to arrive. At firt, we thought that this van was the "gadget" thatz supposed to take us to the station, instead it was a much bigger one.
Driver was supprised, "Wah!", when tricia handed him a bunch of 10cents to paid hahahaha

Today, i was supposed to wake up early, since me and Tricia had a flight to catch at 7.
Today, we are going to Singapore via Batam, using Airasia! Murah meriah :)

We arrived on time in cengkareng, checked ourselves in, and waited almost an hour at the waiting gallery, starving!! we forgot to have breakfast! and guess what, since itz a "murah meraih" flight, food will not be served on plan. We can buy if we want, with a pretty good deal. Well, thatz they said on the ad.!

Anyway, we arrived safely, but forgot to order breakfast coz we were dead asleep. So, inside the airport, since dont have luggage, go straight to one of the counters to get information about the ferry towards singapore. Turned out tickets are available also. So, we buy 2 round trip tickets, and make new friends with a couple whoz going the same way. So we decided to share cab with them, since the taxi price are fixed 70rb/cab. We choose to take the ferry from Batam Center, instead form Sekupang, coz itz cheaper of course :) And also, i've already tried the one from Sekupang anyway, so...

arrived in Batam Center, everything things quite new. We paid for the fiskals (Ugh!) 500rb each, then lapor ourselves at the counter -on what purpose, ya? I forgot!

So, again we waited at the waiting hall