like David asked, how long, how long?

close eyes and rain...

With True Conviction

Hear my voice, O Lord, when I pray.

Hear my prayer when I cry from the lowly place;

In Your mercy Lord, let me stay;

Hear my voice, O Lord, when I pray.


From the grave's descent You have taken me,

When men of the world have forsaken me.

In my day of need and my time of grief,

Hear my prayer for my body and soul's relief.

cow praise God

another day tt God has brot me thru...

its all bcoz of His all sufficient grace...

I will sing to the Lord with a praise song, for the Saviour heard my cry...

I will praise You Lord through all my days...

My very best friend

wher your treasure is, there your heart will b oso...

Jesus is closer than a brother, every moment He is near.
I know He never will forsake me, He has conquered all my fear.
On His love I can depend. His my very best friend.

My God will surely stand by me

a day tt cow will remember...

had a long walk home from PS...had a time of reflections and ponderings...

so many tings run thru my mind...some i can laugh/smile at, sm cry at, and sm juz looking up to the sky and feel that Jesus still cares...

I thank you Lord for all You've done, i don't deserve Your love.
When i was lost, You saw my needs.
You prove Your love on calvary, You bore my sins and shame.
I'll live for You through all my days, I'll praise Your Holy Name.
I love You Lord

family is a blessing

so fast another week goin to end...time is flying pass so fast...

2 more days and it will b my bro's 20th bdae...went to had dinner at bukit merah...some steamboat place...nt really fantastic, but the time juz to eat in a family is really a blessing...tried to share the gospel with my parents again over dinner...hehe...tink my mum wants to come to church, but my dad doesnt...mum follows dad, so....guess juz got to pray more for them...

Thank you Lord

feeling a little better...learnt to focus on the Lord, and many things will dim away...

anything tt happens, its allowed by God...so juz lean on His everlasting arms...

God is so good...

Dear Heavenly Father...

Day by day and with each passing moment.
Strength i find to meet my trials here.
Trusting in my Father's wise bestowment,
I've no cause for worry or for fear.
He whose heart is kind beyond all measure,
Gives unto each day what He deems best.
Lovingly, its part of pain and pleasure,
Mingling toil with peace and rest.

Dear Lord, grant me the strength to carry on...I need Thee every hour...take control each day...turn my eyes upon Thee...Lord, abide with me, draw me nearer unto Thee...Be with me each night and each day...drive all my fears and tears away...watch over me Lord...I love you Lord for all You have done...Thank You Lord for loving me...I pray all this and give thanks in the most wonderful and victorious name of my Lord Jesus Christ, Amen...

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cow onli can watch wats happening, but cant do anything abt it...it hurts...bleeding inside of me...

one try and it was caught

woke up onli at 1245pm 2dae...haha...shiok...

cow met dolphin to spend the day with...wanted to catch a movie...but had a better idea...went to meet HL and KX for lunch...then ask them to bring us go see chickadee...hehe...

went to marina to eat and shop for dolphin's bag and footwear...dolphin goin to start her course lo...so finding a bagpack to put her course stuff...after marina, went to suntec...saw this view from a ceiling...looks like a light at the end of a tunnel...the real view nicer...hehe...


wanted to go carefour to see if there are more bags there...but we passed by NZ natural ice-cream...so in the end we spent the time there...haha...trying to use up the supposingly free ice-cream coupon...haha...had natural ice-cream and smoothy...

afterwhich went to meet HQ, AM and chickedee for dinner...HX really look so grown up liao...went to TB market to makan...as usual, the grp after dinner needs to go somewher else to chill...haha...so went dawson to chill...saw a soft toy machine...so tried to get it for chickedee...WAALA, one try and the soft toy was caught...haha...chickedee loves to hug it...hehe...


on the way to the chilling place, saw this booth displaying free buddhist CDs...lots and lots of cds for free...wat a wae to advertise buddhism...mayb we shld set up a booth and put free tracts and cds...hehe...


came home early 2dae...coz dawson near my place, so HL sent me home...

EDTA

went for interview 2dae...LATE ah...hehe...suppose to mit at 1030am...i arrive at 1050am...haha...so they slot me to the last...hehe...interview was ok...had a time of laughter in the room...the doctors were friendly and chatty...hehe...so nw juz got to wait for their reply within 2 weeks...juz relying on God to lead the way...

after interview went back to work...haha...worked for 4hrs onli...at least earned abit oso gd lah...hehe...2dae learnt abt EDTA (ethylene-diamine tetra-acetic acid)...goin to start on determination of major elements nxt week...that is wher the difficulty level shoots up...be it lab skills, chemistry knowledge or stress control, all will be coming my way next week...but im ready to take up the challenge...bring it on man...

after work, went to dolphin's place for dinner and bible study...topic was on suffering...and nt missing the food fellowship...they had popiah making session...haha...the aunties make for us on the spot...haha...so funny...like ordering from the coffeeshop...haha...

cow can only stay by the side to view from far far...

stained cow

2dae did repeat testings again for sulphate determination...guess wat, the filter paper i used broke...hai...tts y nid to repeat so many times...then i had to use AgNO3 to test for Cl content, then it accidentally splashed onto my hand...got black stains on my hands nw...hehe...can see? hehe...

another day to mit dolphin...hehe...though nt in an approppriate setting, still managed to have din with her...hehe...

cold cut trio

another day of practical hands-on...did a repeat for determination of sulphate and insoluble residue...coz the results after testing not within the standard deviation...they call it out of repeatability percentage...so did a repeat...did half way onli, so 2ml continue...hehe...

2dae lunch uncle EL brot me out of compnany to eat...he blanjah me muslim food...wanted to blanjah him coz hari raya...haha...but he dun allow, so blanjah him fruits and drinks instead...haha...very nice of him to bring me around to the nearby places selling different food...

after work rushed to BB to have my dinner at subway...ate a foot long 'cold cut trio'...its the setmeal for the day...not bad...gave my double choc cookie to sm pple, they left it at the other table, nv eat...hai...

3 more days to interview with HSA...praying for direction...

practical day

did a series of test 2dae on a cement sample...test for sulphate, chloride, insoluble residue and loss of ignition...took me the whole day to do these 4 tests...quite interesting and great opportunity for learning...really learn much much more with the hands on...haha...chloride test the results wierd wierd, so 2ml try it again...hehe...

b4 i finish work, rcv a call to be the guitarist for a wake...super last min...hehe...but well, since i can, so juz help out lor...really perm guitarist for events like this man...hehe...at least im acountable of my talents...haha...last week's sunday sch lesson...

as i look at the full-house of the various parlours at sin ming drive, life is really like a vapour...so fragile...

cow meets dolphin

sunday school 2dae covered tt believers will one day stand b4 the judgement seat of Christ to give an account of their life on earth...it will be a day of rewarding...service covered on 'repentance'...the most important lesson is tt one has to change the internal and nt juz the external to really repent...wats the use when we behave on sunday and misbehave from mon to sat...dun be like the beetle that go up the wall and fall on its back over and over again...change the tinking and the action will follow...

choir so irritating 2dae...juz ONE song lah...tt ding dong song...hehe...and tt song juz ONE note...reaching tt ONE note is easy, but so difficult to hit tt ONE natural note when singing...argh...well, hope as the days go by will be able to hit it...hehe...

yeah, 2dae is the day cow get to see dolphin...haven seen her for the whole week...its really different to actually c each other once in a while...hehe...though we didnt do much things 2gether, juz chatting was already nice...hehe...

juz came back from running...heavy eyes...

a day at ubin

early morning 9am go out liao...so have bf at mrt ther...then met sm of the YAF to take train to TM 2gether...as usual, still have late comers...hehe...

so many pple waiting for the boat goin to ubin...so splitted to take diff boats...reach ubin, went to have the first briefing...so ER shared his trip to shanghai...can c tt he has a burden for the pple in shanghai...

proceeded for lunch...when we were seated down, there was a plastic bag of water hanging in the middle of the table...we were curious so asked the uncle there...he said is to kip houseflies away...so amazing...haha...new discovery...

after lunch all went to rent bike...then started the checkpoint hunting...seperated into 3 diff grps...my grp completed the whole hunt...so proud of them...hehe...the guys and i chiong in the rain even...tts wat i call an adventurous bunch of guys...hehe...one of my grp member really worries me...hehe...but well, all return in one piece...hehe...overall, i tink my grp njoyed the ubin trip...hehe...or at least i njoyed it..hehe...

after cycling, went to grab a bite...all soaked and sandy...haha...but all of us same state, so nt too bad...haha...

after biting, poroceeded back to mainland...got the chance to spend to wif anthea...hehe...she so interested to swim in the sea...haha...such a child...

sm of us went home to wash up then mit up at SG's place to chill...played sm funny, exciting and interesting game...its the pple tt made it fun...haha...

tired tired...time to oror...

showered with test method

wah, wat a tiring day...my H.O.D ask my colleage to teach me more test methods on testing cement so i can help out with some of the testings...wah, then my colleage showered me with loads and loads of test methods...took almost half a day to read them...and still not done...copied notes so this coming mon can experiment...hehe...goin to be smtime b4 i can master the skill of handling laboratory aparatus...not easy ah...

2dae dolphin's frens bdae, so she went to celebrate wif a group of them...guess this whole week onli can c her on sunday, coz 2ml she got some dinner function so not goin to pulau ubin......oh, yest saw her on the bus...while i was waiting for my bus after the night class...hehe...cow missing dolphin...but i guess onli thru absence of a love one that both will cherish each one more...

dun try this at home...

new test method learnt 2dae...man, there are so much more to learn from my chemist...hehe...2dae learnt how to determine ash content in diesel fuel...interesting...time pass very fast when there is smtg to learn...hehe...

Guess wat, HSA called me for another interview...previously they interviewed me for a post as a Lab officer in a toxicology lab...nw call me to go for interview for a post as a Lab officer in a narcotics lab...hehe...another open door...God is so good...

had the class with pastor this evening...talked abt tongue speaking...hehe...pastor gave an illustration...he said smtg like, tongue speaking is like someone holding a gun who fires off with a loud BANG, and all eyes will turned to it, then the person share the gospel...haha...funny illustration...

miscelleneous day

This is the 'Colophony' (rock) i was toking abt yest...hehe...Its a kind of shiny stone...according to my chemist, this is the material similar to that thing you use to polish the violin bow's strings...hehe...duno how true...haha...

Today did ntg but miscelleneous stuff...hehe...like calculating some test results, washing apparatus, preparation of syringes and some laising with sm company to get business...hehe...got one client, the ______ slang was so strong i got to kip asking him to repeat wat he saying...haha...

this reminded me of the other day, another incident...called a client from another country...i needed his particulars, so ask him to tell me...the moment he spoke, i was like HUH???...haha...even he tell me the different alphabet in country name, i oso cant get it...can u imagine how bad it was...haha...so every letter he sae from a - z each time he gives me a letter to complete just his name...haha...his name has abt 30 letters....oh man....wat an experience...haha...

juz came back from running...goin to bom bom...so stinky...hehe...

knowledge increase...

got the honour to be my H.O.D’s chauffeur…hehe…she asked me to drive her to another company to settle some stuff…hehe…during the drive she spoke to me quite abit…hehe…oso discussed abt joining them as perm staff...hehe...

learnt a new test method 2dae…my chemist taught me to test for water content in colophony…got to play with needles…hehe…the test was ok…however, the calculation for it was abit tougher…hehe…the equipment in the pic is the Karl Fischer Titrator used for the test…

dinner had at home with dad…hehe...the rest of my family was out…hehe…er ren shi jie with different person 2dae...haha…

tired...

time with dolphin's relatives...

met dolphin, HL and KX for a hike from bukit timah hill to macritchie...had a gd time of exercise...especially for dolphin...hehe...

after the hike, went to beauty world for lunch...since HL always treat us, its our turn 2dae...hehe...so we treated them to lunch...ate porridge with many many many dishes...haha...

then after that went to HL and KX's house as they wan to wash up b4 goin anywhere else...when they fin bathing, we all headed to KC...haha...experienced how trading of re-sale flat is like...hehe...it was a really happening event...haha...

then we all headed to my place to allow me to take a shower...haha...i was given 10mins to go up and bathe and come down...haha...i took 11mins...fast ah...hehe...

went to ikea to chill after tt...had meatballs , coffee and tea...hehe...HL treated us again...hehe...while exiting from the cafe, saw this section of mice...hehe...so took a pic of it...haha...it represents dolphin and cow...haha...tink real life cuter...hehe...after that, we asked HQ's family to join us for dinner at a thai restaurant opp queensway...dolphin was like the ambassador of the restaurant lah...haha...intro so many of her frens there to eat...hehe...

after dinner, we all went to Frasersuite at rivervalley road to chill and hav light dessert...hehe...wah, tried the different icecream there...hehe...rum & rasin, brandied fig and d24 durian with waffle...i like the rum wan...hehe...the d24 durian icecream was nice...after dessert we brot HX to cold storage gai gai...hehe...she saw the trolley, then look around see who got money to bring her for a spin...haha...she ran to me...haha...so i gave her the coin to insert into the trolley...brot her for a spin...

came across this funny packaging thingy...its an apple, dipped into caramel and sprinkled with nuts...looks yucky...

updates updates

Manage to capture a pic of a crucible that juz came out of the furnace at 750 degree celsius...hehe...the original colour of the crucible is white...its so hot that it turned reddish-orange...hehe...nice colour actually...

Hockey with frens was fun yest, though we didnt play with rollerblades...as ther was not enuf blades...so we played on foot...it was fun anywae...first time so many joined in...usually only the 3 of us (the usual hockey kaki)...yest a total of 6 were there...

This is an equipment that determines the colour standard of oil to see if the oil is degrading or degraded...quite an interesting equipment to 'play' with...hehe...juz make sure the user is not colour blind can liao...haha...

Today had the opportunity to see dolphin...hehe...true happinest...haha...went to BB BSC...all of us knows abt suffering and how we shld react to it etc...but there is a question tt didnt cross my mind till 2dae...that is, 'how we know our friends or love ones are suffering...hehe...like caring abt other's sufferings rather than our own sufferings...food for tot...i guess the main reason for God to gif us suffering is to know Him personally...

training in progress

This is one of the oven found in the furnace room...the room is really warm...this is a picture of an oven i've operated at 750 degree celsius...anyone tt stands in front of it for 5 seconds will sure perspire...haha...this furnace can go up to 1000+ degree celsius...really powerful...hehe...i believe 'hell' is so much hotter than this...worse thing is, its goin to be hot eternally...wah, tink of it really scary...

learnt a new test method

learnt a new test method 2dae...learnt the determination of sediments in fuel oil samples by extraction with toluene...this testing really requires lots of waiting time...in a way, its relaxing lah...hehe...laboratory testing really needs patience...hehe...2ml goin to repeat this testing to c if the results are accurate...


2dae 4get to draw money to refill wallet...haha...no ATM near my workplace oso...so had to borrow cash from my chemist for lunch...hehe...quite paiseh...hehe...

dolphin got FBI, so dinner with family at home 2dae...3 dishes, soup and rice...and fruits after tt...healthy diet...hehe...

received a call and a msg from a couple of frens...i really hope i could help them...but i strongly believe that the problem they're having onli can be solve by themselves personally...however, if they need me to come in, i will try my best to help...praying for them...