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Name: Michelle Ruth Tong

Birthday: 3rd March

Life Mission Statement:
To be a testimony of Christ and set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity (1 Tim. 4:12). Do whatever is true, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, whatever is excellent and praiseworthy to God (Phili 4:8).



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Saturday 28 January 2006
*.* Toe nails.. Drop or Cut? *.*

Chinese New Year eve.

I am not in the Chinese New Year mood yet, just don't know why. I'm not sleeping yet, maybe after this I will, looking at the time now is 1.36 a.m.

I was cutting my toe nails because my in grown nails are killing me. It's very painful so I just needed to cut them out. I was looking at my other toe nail realizing that I hurt my toe 2 months back, probably kicking or knocking into something hard and now my nail is dropping off. I am a little impatient so I decided to peel it off instead of waiting for it to drop off by itself. But I realized that the more I try peeling, the more painful it gets. It's very interesting how our body works actually. When the nail drop by itself, it's painless, but the moment your hands get itchy and you feel like cutting or peeling off, it's painful because the new nail has not fully grown yet. One of my toe nails actually dropped off. I can't even remember if I ever knock onto it.

I'm pretty amazed by how our body works. I finds it interesting. I wonder if finger nail works that way too. But will it be awful than on your feet? Finger nails are more obvious for people to look at than your feet.

posted by Michelle at 01:35:00 | 0 comments


Wednesday 25 January 2006
*.* It's a beginning of a new chapter... *.*

The day has finally arrived. I guessed it has been a day that Tommy gor and Sharon jie have been waiting for. I too was so eager to see their new born baby boy, Joash Tan. These 9 months I've seen how Sharon jie gone through, overcoming her fear and worries. Thank God that everything is fine now and both mother and son are doing fine.

I guess they really taught me a lesson, love never fails. It is to dare to love again.

It's the beginning of a new chapter..

posted by Michelle at 11:54:00 | 0 comments


Tuesday 24 January 2006
*.* Loansharks.. *.*

Recently I saw a lot of white patches of white paint on the walls, along the staircase especially. This is not very shocking, the one that gave me a big shocked was when I opened my door and saw blue paint on my neighbour's wall, it was as though the paint was still dripping though it was pretty dry. The most recent color was green. I was just wondering if I would see more colours and then dada... Rainbow colours.

It's pretty obvious that my neighbour borrowed money from loansharks I suppose. They go round writing on the lift floor, along the staircase with the address and the biggest word of all was: O $ P $.

I feel the loanshark is a selfish person, but the one who borrowed money is more selfish than the loanshark. The loanshark is selfish because he goes round vandalizing. I'm really afraid one day he might just borrow my flower pot and smash it on that family. The one who borrowed money, for whatever reason he has I'm not interested, but I know he didn't think of his family first. I guess at the end of the day it was his family members who painted over all the wordings with white paint and Chinese New Year is coming, they can't get rid of the paint. It's embarrassing for the family. He is plain selfish because he didn't think that his family has to do all this for him. Policemen ever come because other neighbours lodged a complaint. It simply didn't work. Sometimes I wonder whether the loanshark is more afraid to see policemen or the other way round.

If only there isn't any existent of any bad guy...

posted by Michelle at 22:48:00 | 0 comments


Sunday 22 January 2006
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Chinese New Year is just one week from now. It just happen to fall on a Sunday and I can't make it to church this Sunday because there are so many visitations to do. I wonder how big will the congregation be next week.

School is getting more stress now. I'm going to have electives selection on Wed and Thurs. I honestly have no idea what to choose because I simply dislike programming and I'm not going to choose anything to do with programming. Now I'm really stuck. If I don't get into my first choice (that is anti-programming.. yippe!), I will be quite dead. Maybe I should just go and like one of the programming. I just hate this. I hate it when I don't like what I'm doing and I struggle with it. Just doesn't makes sense. The only good thing I like about my course is the Maths and the laboratory works (of course not including the programming ones).
Well, I'm going to graduate soon. Either I choose to enjoy it or endure it. This time, I hope I can choose to enjoy it instead of enduring it.

After Chinese New Year is the deadline for my programming projects, followed by exams. It's going to be a stressful month for me. The constant reminder that I must study hard and do well for this semester and that festive mood is running over me. This is just such a bad time to have exams. Just like what happened when I had study break during Christmas and New Year day and one week later common test. It's the festive mood that ruined everything.

Ok, the more I talk about it, the more I'm going to endure it than enjoying it. I can't look back now, I can only look forward and walk ever step by faith...

posted by Michelle at 23:51:00 | 0 comments


Saturday 14 January 2006
*.* Rainbow after rain... *.*

I finally see the sunshine today! It just makes me feel a bit more sunny too. I feel happier without the rain and today is not warm. It's just the 'just nice' feeling when I walk out of school, not even perspiring (which I normally do).

Finally today is my last paper for common test. I only had 4 hours of sleep last night. I woke up early thinking that I could study a little bit more and guess what, I fell asleep the moment I look at the questions and I went back to my 'lala' land. My mum came in and thought I slept with the lights on the whole night. I couldn't really concentrate well for today's Maths paper. It's quite a killer but I managed through by God's grace and mercy. He kept me awake and my thinking gets going. I guess I won't do well this common test. I didn't study much. I reap what I sow.

Come to think about it, I guess I had been too distracted over many things these two weeks and the festive mood that got into me so sudden, I just couldn't bring myself to sit down quietly and study. This is bad but I promise to do well for my end of semester exams. Exam is just another less than 2 months time. It's going to be really stressful for me because I have 4 papers altogether.

I will be more focus this time and leave the rest to God. I've learnt about trusting God in every situation during my own devotion just now. It just tells me that though I am in the midst of my calamities and tribulation, the mind is stayed on the Lord, the heart that is fixed on the Lord will know peace.

I know I lack the peace that I needed. I need peace to think, peace to sleep, peace to do my work. I worry too much for my studies, my finances for the future, my further studies because I'm graduating real soon and my ministries. I know I can't handle them all. Not even a single one. I don't want to handle them either. It's not for me to handle. I'm learning to trust God and let God be God. Let God do what He needs to do. I know God doesn't need me at all. He is God, He can do all things by Himself. However, I know that God has a will for me, His purpose for me. I'm seeking this purpose and what is His Will for me.

I told myself I want to see lives change, then it should start with me. I want to see people know Jesus more and more, then I should know my God much more so that I can share with them. I want to see things change in cell, in youth ministry, then it all should start with me because I want to make that commitment to make a difference. Not by my strength and will, but God's.

posted by Michelle at 00:46:00 | 0 comments


Friday 13 January 2006
*.* 2006 *.*

It has been two week into the new year of 2006. Though it just started, my stress level is getting higher and higher too. Common test week. The usual thing, having to study till late night. Don't ask me why I didn't study during study break. I was into the festive mood where study break was during Christmas week and the New Year (Oh please!).

I haven't come out with any new year resolution. I guess this year I will focus a lot on my studies (hey I'm graduating soon - Feb 2007) and my ministries where God has placed me in. Worship ministry is going to be more exciting as I will be playing more in corporate prayer meetings and the Chinese congregation, more backup singing and I'm really enjoying it. Youth ministry is on the build up, hopefully things will be more settled soon.

Looks like I may be going back to Ophir again. I just wish I can reach the summit. I think as I look back, at the age of 18 I did quite a lot of memorable things, some adventurous ones, some first attempts in my life (well, I believe there are more to come), some not so challenging ones and others. I hope in future when I grow old and I look back, I can proudly say that I really didn't waste my youth days.

I'm beginning to treasure my relationship with the people around me more. I'm so afraid of losing them. I can't bear for them to leave me. I think Pastor Gordon's departure had left me a bad mark about people's leaving. I think I'm still taking time to adjust what's happening in church because without him, things are so different. Probably I just miss him and the way he works.

posted by Michelle at 01:33:00 | 0 comments

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