Something i saw while looking through a naruto forumn.

"Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you invest, investigate.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you pray, forgive.
Before you quit, try.
Before you retire, save.
Before you die, give."

- William Arthur Ward

The extra mile.

It's been a really, really long time since my previous post in late november last year. A few reasons why i've decided to finally update my blog again is to hopefully share with you any experiences or lessons which i've learnt in my life that may hopefully encourage, edify or in some way help you.

JC life has been much hectier than before. A pattern that i've observed in my life this year. Every time i've planned out my day or my weeks to come, some extraneous thing will definitely just abruptly find its way into my schedule and 'ruin' everything. Whatever happened to "Commit to the Lord whatever you do and your plans will succeed"? I committed my plans, yes, but why did things turn out another way. Didn't the verse state that i'll be successful? Yes, it did. And each time things 'mess up', they were for a greater good. Why? Why is it good that things mess up? Wouldn't that mean that i have failed because my plans fell through? Yes and no. Yes, because my plans didn't really got carried out smoothly and perfectly. No, because i would become more dependent on God and thus the results were always better than i've planned.

I believe that the hectic lifestyle conferred upon every one of us privileged JC student is for the eternal purpose of moulding us to become more Christ-dependent. If life were smooth sailing, i believe that we wouldn't really need much of a saviour to perfect His strength in our weaknesses. But it is because life is full of troubles and problems that His strength is perfected and all the more glorified. Thus, i think it only appropriate that we thank Him who place us where and when we are.

Yet another lesson that i've learnt was the power of desiring. We can have all the obligations and expections and convictions in the world and yet not be able to accomplish anything without the fundamental requirement of having a pure, sincere and genuine desire. A lifechanging lesson that i've taken from the Valentine's Day Adhoc which i was appointed to was that going the extra mile is really and truly love in action. And to do that really requires a desire that is sincere and geniune. Only the altruism given to us by our heavenly Father can keep us going the extra mile for others around us.

Why should we go the extra mile when we can hardly even accomplish one mile on our own?
Well, i would say that the satisfaction of going the extra mile for others is definitely worth the time. When you realised that because you did that little bit more that others were able to do a little less and rest a little more. When your little sacrifice would mean a little less of an expense on others. For blessed is he who gives than receives. Those were the words of Jesus Christ Himself.

Blessed is he who gives than receives. Go the extra mile my friends.

It's worth the investment. :)

Love doesn't hurt... Love happens.

Meow. Sometimes, it is just difficult in itself to distinguish the chemical from the biblical. Sometimes, it's just both. Sometimes, it's just the timing.

A Saturday Story.

I actually wanted to blog. But realised that it's already quite late in the night and OP is just a couple of hours away. With all the coughing and itch on my throat, its best that blog another time.

Love, Kai Siang.

梦流。

下起来必定也只是细细毛毛的，并不是什么倾盆大雨。太阳也已经投入了那一沉沉的浓云。同我离开我的家的朋友却在手中掌握了一把伞。我左望右看，发现自己没带雨伞。无所谓，反正雨也是细小的。就在这时，你突然出现。手中还拿着一把伞。你把伞放在我的手中，回头一笑，而我只呆呆的伫立着看你的漫步离开。

上一段话，也就是我记得最清晰的一部分。虽然那也只是一场梦，但感情丰富，浪花丰富。虽然交谈的话并不多，或少到我记不起，但我还记得的是，
我一当起床，满闹都是你那长得非常标致的面孔。可惜，我懂得珍惜时，已经有点太迟了。但，无论如何，我也会尽力，去珍惜我现在所拥有的一切。

TGIF

终于又到了星期五。感觉上今天只有离期考那段日子一个星期，但PROMOS却要到了。连功课都还没解决的我，当然是稍微紧张。我必须在四个星期内把我今年所读的东西都学好，同时也必须安排好时间，搞好学生会的事。我再也不会酿出自己的资料了。期考已经奉献了我一场刻骨铭心的经验。所谓的‘吃一堑，长一智’。这次，我势必把全部的科目都练好。

明天终于又是星期六了！这个星期真的好长哦。天天不知忙着为测验操心，还必须解决许许多多学生会的事情，如教师节和JumbleＳＡＬＥＳ。天天都睡眠不足。就寝的时间最早三点，而我必须要在六点起床上学。这几天也没有什么时间来吃水果。大便的时候就再也没那么流利，顺畅了。也许这是人所说的废寝忘食吧。

虽然这个学段，我的经济学和数学没考得那么好，但我还是要感谢主的恩赐。如果没有他天天在那维持我的耐力，生命了，我一定会轻易放弃了。我也向感谢他，因为我的期考的华文考试虽然只靠到五十九分，但是在上个星期的华文考试，我却靠到了七十六分！！！我终于能达到心目中想获取的优秀成绩。但是，我也需要记得，不能应为有点成就就开始骄傲。我一定要带着一个谦虚的态度来面对生命的建树。这也是所谓的‘谦受益，满招损’。

Love Story.

by taylor swift.

一转眼，就已经有了几年了。这几年势必永远常在我心。永远藏在我心。真的是难以料到。

第一次见面，我还记得你是穿那面善的校服，头发短短，眼睛稍微有点密密的。当时我甚至还觉得你长得稍微有点像个男生似的。你稍微有一种难以形容的气质。每当你开口说话时，都常带着一种特殊的威力。而你也给我留了一个不良的印象。我发现了你好懒惰！
我还铭记我们第一次吵起来的整个经过。好详细地记得我们当天有多么的幼稚。想起来真会令人哈哈大笑。但，也就是因为我们吵了那一次，我们过后的友情就有相当的变化。似乎我们俩沟通是稍微有点比较谨慎。但，也因为那次吵了后，我也发现原来女生是最不好惹的。
我还记得我们所谈与商量过的东西。而我们所谈的东西只有发生在我们的身上，是我们的特殊的话题.似乎我们的经验是相同的。
有一次，我记得我想一群人解释一样东西。也许是因为我说得太快，或者是因为我没完完整整得把事情解释的清楚，而导致了大家无法了解我再说设么。连我都觉得自己很明显的没有把事情解释清楚。但，你却能够明白我当时想说的话。譬如那是我们俩之间的一个特别语言。
现在不知怎么的，你看起来，越来越标致。有时，我甚至把你的面貌形容为闭月羞花之容，沉鱼落雁之貌。有时，我也无法谅解我自己的心情。有时，我似乎在自己的一堆浪花内迷失了。
我的确未曾料到会有今天这个故事。也没想到你竟然是我的故事里的女主角。

真的是难以料到。