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Edition 310 – God’s Love For Us

The above skit never fails to move me to tears, even after watching it a few times. Parallels what we face in life sometimes. Lyrics to the song below…

Everything by Lifehouse

Find me here
Speak to me
I want to feel you
I need to hear you
You are the light
That’s leading me
To the place where I find peace again.

You are the strength, that keeps me walking.
You are the hope, that keeps me trusting.
You are the light to my soul.
You are my purpose…you’re everything.

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

You calm the storms, and you give me rest.
You hold me in your hands, you won’t let me fall.
You steal my heart, and you take my breath away.
Would you take me in? Take me deeper now?

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
And how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Cause you’re all I want, You’re all I need
You’re everything,everything
You’re all I want your all I need
You’re everything, everything.

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Enjoy… And cheers…. :Þ

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Edition 243 – Sink… Or Swim… Your Choice…

How many times have we felt like just throwing in the towel when faced with an infavourable situation? How often do we feel like we’re carrying a load so heavy that we just to toss it to one side and give up? How about feeling so tired and demoralized?

Well, that just about sums up my entire week. And the thing that brought it on was a bout of miscommunication. Which moves me to another point -Communication. The thing that is most important thing in society and the thing that is most often put on the back-burner. I say “A” and you deduce “B”. I tell you “C” and you go do “A”. Sounds familiar?

I think in my entire life, I’ve not experienced such a bad case of miscommunication before. Here we are going into the last lap of this project. The systems integration test (SIT) is almost complete. And the lonely ol’ me that’s holding the fort here in Taipei while my PM is back in Singapore, finds out that a critical component of the system is NOT ready. My heart literally fell to the depths. To exaggerate, my heart has been to hell and back. And so, I’m going to be burning my third consecutive weekend in Taiwan.

But looking back at this week, I thank God that He has been there every single step of the way. I feel that the favour of God has been with me every step. The people from the client’s side hasn’t exactly blown up at me, although they show their disappointment. And overall, I think we have made a good impression of ourselves here that they tend to be slightly more forgiving. But most of all, I have to thank God for the strength. Late nights and early mornings. I’ve been averaging 5-6 hours of sleep per night. And I’ve been working from 9am all the way to 9pm everyday. Tiring? You bet. But God’s strength was always there. And because of Him, the towel hasn’t been tossed.

Next week the PM is back. So perhaps a little less heat will be directed towards me? Bad hor? It’s going to be another long week ahead. So do keep me in prayers. And pray that this will all be over soon.

Headed off to place a deposit into the sleep bank and to meet my dear old friend “Zhou Gong” for a game of chess. And I haven’t forgotten about the pictures. Please be patient yah… Until the next time, cheers… :Þ

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Edition 227 – God Is Good!!

The day is finally here. I’m going back to Singapore tomorrow morning. Have been looking forward to this day since the day I arrived here. Praise the Lord that the day has finally arrived.

But…. God’s blessings doesn’t end there. This afternoon, my PM informed me that there is a change to the traveling schedule for us and that we would be back in Singapore for Christmas and New Year. Hey, that is good news indeed. But then in my heart I was thinking, I will still miss being involved in the Christmas production this year. Oh well, something is better than nothing, or so the saying goes.

Then I received the schedule on paper. My heart leapt. I would’ve jumped up and down if I was not in the office. The even better news? That I would not have to come back to Taipei until early next year!! Which means that I get to spend some time back in Singapore with my dearest, at church, with my cell group, etc. And also, I can get involved in Christmas Drama!! WOOT!!! You just can’t imagine how happy I am right now.

And after some shifting of flight bookings here and there, I managed to convince my boss to allow me and a colleague to purchase a promotional two-to-fly ticket from SIA. So when I come back to Taiwan next year, it’ll be on SIA. This is so exciting. After getting the news, not much mood left to work.

All I can say is: PRAISE THE LORD!!!! Until the next time, cheers… :Þ

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Edition 222 – Agape Love

Saw the video below from a friend’s blog. It’s about the love that a father has for his disabled son. It’s is an illustration of how God loves His children. I hope it touches you the way it has touched me.