FINALLY...someone else posting..kakaka...was gonna OFFICIALLY make this my own private blog and write some personal emo stuff but I guess thats not gonna happen now...kakaka...jkjk...
Hav a great one guys...miss u all heaps!!
God bless.
SAM

HEY EVERYYYONeE!!

How's everyone going? i think i'm guilty of not updating this blog. sorryyy.. but i've got a question!

WHEN ARE WE ALL MEETING UP, you melbourne people!

i miss our yiwei clan hang out! >.<

Dant, in case you forgot, i just wanna remind you that WE ALL LOVE YOU AND YOU ARE TRULY APPRECIATED here! so, dont let the yucky feelings get into you. i know how it can ruin your entire day but say NO to them and look unto God. He loves you more than everyone else does and you'll find greater things when you draw near to Him.

and OH GUYS! check this out.

"When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better."
- Rick Warren-

Rick Warren is the pastor who wrote Purpose Driven Life. If you hadnt read it, go get it. it's AMAZING and life changing!! (then after that, you can lend me the book. i wanna read it again! hahaha XP )

oh. and thank you all for the lovely messages you guys sent - fb/text/msn everything. and the surprise! URHUM! *stares at jon, tim, ben & dant*

have lots of fun in Europe you twins! take heaps of photos! i wanna see them!!
you guys are greatly missed!

<3

yeah!!finally got a pre-Europe trip planned wif sheryl..going 2 Amsterdam and Brussel for a weekend...yeah!!hehe..gotta book accomodation and train ticket though..hehe...
and our Actual Europe trip is to France/Italy/Spain!!!wou...hopefully we gonna hav a great time ther..hehe..gotta pray that God keep us safe and allow us to meet some people to speak some english so we know where we're going!!kakaka...
ya I'm bored from studying management accounting..not really an engineering thing...v boring...so just dropped by 2 say hi,..
got this worship song stuck in my head..."waves of mercy"...sang it in sunday school and at student fellowship night as well..hehe...
Every move I make, I make in you
You make me move, Jesus
Every breath I take, I breathe in you
Every step I take, I take in you
You are my way, JesusEvery breath I take, I breathe in you

Waves of mercy, waves of grace
Everywhere I look I see your face
Your love has captured me
O my God, this love, how can it be?

hehe nice song...
God bless you all.
SAM

hey guys is it cold in this blog or is it just me??kakaka...
so how has everyone been??enjoying life??hehe...i'm not 2 bad here...minus the weather is freezzzing...but getting warmer..hehe...still getting used to the study environment...things are super hard here man....only doing 9 hours here but feels like I gotta do so much more outside of uni..hehe...
Just to let everyone know I'm settled here...found a new church...Sheffield Chinese Christian Church..hehe..i think they are part of the church uncle Steven used to go to in Newcastle as well..wou.hehe..people are real nice..u guys know I'm not the sort that make frens super quick...kakaka..so ya taking time 2 know every1...hehe...lovely people in church.....and ya i went 2 sunday school a couple of times...stil cant believe it...kakaka...mayb..just mayb...I'll serve in sunday school..if not I can always b a part time helper ther...hehe..i think tats more likely...hehe..
oh ya me and shell's planned our europe trip!!yeah!!!havent been out of sheffield much so getting a bit restless...kakaka..going 2 france/italy/spain...hehe....really wanna go out more but c how my course goes..plus of course financial side of things...kakaka...
how is everyone else doing?? just wanna thank God 4 placing all of you yiwei people in my life...
kakaka...but seriously really thank you guys for all the support and encouragement...learnt a aweful lot from u guys as well...thx 4 being a wonderful living testimony to my life...teaching and demonstrating all the Godly qualities that u all hav...caring 4 one another/compassion 4 others/lasting friendships/passionately serving the Lord just to name a few.....
dun worry this is not like my death note or anything kakaka so dun get all worried...will keep u all in prayers...keep in touch and hav blessed/exciting/empowered/motivated semester ya!!
God bless..
SAM
(do say hi to everyone in church for us ya....)

Hey yiwei clan (for those who are still following this blog..kakaka)....time for my weekly update again...hehe..
Happy Chinese New year in advance!!kakaka....
I think I mentioned my visa application to you guys on sat/sun...but really thank God for what happen today!!
To cut a long story short:
I was expecting to meet up with the lim's and get the other yiwei members to come out and just hang out after I got my visa on friday. The visa application got processed way ahead of schedule and I was like thanking God for having the visa approved so quickly(I sort of assumed that the visa application was successful). So I went to the visa application centre and got the parcel with my documents in it, and once I opened it......"REFUSAL OF CLEARANCE ENTRY"....was the first words I saw...and ya u know the rest...making phone calls to the high commission ruined my day not to mention my weekend where we got a trip to genting planned...had to cancel it cos I needed to be in K.L on monday...damn...so sorry guys..especially to Lik...didnt manage to bring u anywher....haiz...
back to the visa thingy...ya the appeal letter stated it was gonna take one month at least to process the appeal...and I thought: oh no...I might not be able to make it to the UK...and through out the weekend I was like worrying...playing the different scenarios that might happen at the UK high comission on monday:"they might overturn the decision then and grant a visa..yeah" or "no...its gonna be complicated..and it gonna take a month and I'm screwed" etc. etc...basically just worrying and not having enough faith in God that things will work out..
Then today I rang the british high commision to talk to someone...and I manage to get in touch with Miss Chong...a lady in charge of the appeals..and I just pleaded my case to her..saying I gotta get this visa really quick and I've attached additional back up documents etc. etc...and I was half expecting she was just gonna be like the other people I talked to:"er sorry sir..we cant do much...you can try lodging an application again which cost another RM535 but might be quicker than appealling bla bla bla...". BUT..THANK GOD!!SHE WAS SUPER HELPFUL AND NICE!!!...she sounded really nice and patient and ask me when I was leaving...and said she will let the clearance officer reveal my application asap....and talking about asap....i thought ya maybe I'll get a ring end of the week...but when I got home...she gave me a ring and said that I can collect my passport on wednesday and the visa's been approved!!!yeepee!!!Once I heard the news i was thanking God, amazed at how He works, how He answers prayers if you A.S.K (Ask,Seek,Knock) and how foolish I was for lacking in faith.
oh ya..really wanna thank dad for allowing me to "borrow" his site office and staff to photocopy and print my appeal documents and mum for driving me to the British High Comm and for the nice Dim Sum afterwards...kakaka...and of course thank heaps for all the prayers from you guys..really appreciate it!!!
Wah long post again....I didn't really cut the long story short did I??....sorry ya its a bit tedious to read..my England..I mean english..no good la...kakaka...
alrighty hav a great CNY ya!! get many ang paus...kakaka..jkjk...really be safe and enjoy time wif family and friends ya..
God bless..
SAM
(p/s: lik's going bak this week and ben next week so ya have some gathering or bring lik around to c K.L ya!!...hehe)

wah...looks like this blog really IS my personal blog now...kakaka...
Shell's gone 2 Italy..abit quiet at home now..sob* sob*...longest period without seeing her...needs some getting used 2....really thank the clan for organizing the farewell and just being ther always 4 us...really thank God for you guys!! I'm sure shell will look after herself la..kakaka..wont get a italian boyfren (I hope..)kakaka...but ya continue to grow and explore the world..and above all stay close to God and come back empowered...hehe...
and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DADDY AND AUNT JANE!!!!(belated 11/1/09)
hehe...ya...dad's getting old...i always say his officially half a century old now..and by september dad and mum will officially add up to 100 year old. ..kakaka...
didnt really do much...actually cos mum and sis went 2 Italy the saturday night..i thought ok I'll drive mum's car to church the next day..so I asked daddy whether I can drive the car and out of the blue he said he'll go to church with me!!!..i was like stunned (literally like the dota stunned)...
So we went to church the next day and my dad was had a "I m gonna get bored" sort of look initially and i guess the chinese P&W songs didnt help since he didnt understand them(and so i thought...)...
so b4 the sermont I just prayed that God will give him an open heart and I told my dad to just listen to the sermont...and he ended up quite enjoying it!!including the P&W songs!!!hehe...he told me like it was so different compared to like 10 years ago...the church has like LCD projectors,sound control, and the sermont was actually applicable!!really thank God so much!!ya it might be sometime still b4 he makes tat commitment...but it definitely is the beginning of something great!!!had a great time eating chicken rice 4 lunch as well..thanks Uncle Michael, i mean Michael gogo...again...hehe..
and at night during dad's birthday dinner organized by the company~~i really was like double stunned!!..dad just gave like a bday speech and the first few things he mentioned was actually going to Church tat day!!!..and he told all his colleques the same thing he told me..and of course he did mention how the interior design of the church was great since they were a ID company...but still...its like thank God*2 man!!!..hehe...
ya had a great bday wif dad...had a great dad 2 son time...and just to cap the day off..
MU won by 3-0 over Chelsea!!yeah!!!
kakaka...again getting 2 carried away....keep the blog and the yiweiness happening ya!!
God bless you all!!
SAM

hey guys!!!!how's everyone??
1st of all goodbye to tim....went bak 2 melbourne 2 reunite wif yiwei queen (aka wife) and the rest of the remaining yiwei clan....kakaka....won't c u in half a years time man...all the best in everything ya....studies,BGR stuff..erhem...and above all..grow spiritually as well...Ps.Ho shared two verses at the service today, Psalm 1:1-2 and Joshua 1:8.."meditate on the law day and night"...was a challenge and encouragement for me..hope it is for you as well...hehe...continue to be an encouragement to others ya!!
and just to get the new year resolution thing started off..ya i know it sounds a bit old fashion..I'll share abit of wat I wan to accomplish in 2009:
firstly of course is going 2 UK....gonna be fun and challenging as well...hopefully I can come through this test of faith...being more independent/initiative/step out of my comfort zone bla bla bla..in short I really hope that God will use this experience to mould me into the man he wans me to be...
other than that of course is continue to grow and know more on God's words....not only know..but actually put it into practice..something i think i lacked...
two scriptures in particular...
Galatians 6:9- to not be weary in doing good and NEVER GIVE UP!!!!...
which sort of leads on to the second verse...
2 Peter 3:18 - patients towards the salvation of others
So ya..I really hope that this two verses will act as an encouragement to me to strive to do good to everyone..family and friends..and being patient..knowing that it is God's timing not my own..and God's promise WILL come to pass as long as I don't give up..
wah...feels like a personal Sam's blog in here doesn't it..kakaka...okie I better stop here getting carried away...
Hopefully this gets something kick started...kakaka...
God bless you all!!
SAM