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New Blog!

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:58:52 GMT

I'm using a new blog engine! So far so good. hehe check it out.

http://gabriyel.wordpress.com/

Internet Problem

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:04:16 GMT

Been having some connection problem with Xanga for some time now... considering its a new year and I've plenty to blog about and no time, I'm switching to another blog engine. Till further notice.... I wish you a Blessed New Year! Its a brand new year, a brand new day and a brand new moment with God every time.

Cheers.

Rest in the shadow of His wings

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:55:31 GMT

Worship prophetic words..

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.

A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

If you make the Most High your dwelling - even the Lord, who is my refuge - then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.

For he will comand his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;

they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

"Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."

~ Psalm 91

Christmas 2009

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:17:54 GMT

It is another Christmas celebration of the birth of the King! J This Christmas was a quiet Christmas. I had some time to myself… much needed rest and time of relaxation.. Well what little time in between work.

Yet I had a good time with the young adults I’ve been given the privilege of shepherding. A nice time at church… was a bit tired then but it was quite an odd sermon Pastor was sharing.

Also spent some time visiting malls while buying last minute Christmas presents.

Was kind creative the way they’ve decorated the places.

In the midst of all the lights and celebration, I remember the true meaning of Christmas. We remember the birth of Christ – It is He who came and gave us hope, life and showed us the way back home.

Eternally grateful. Pray that Your Heart is bless, my Lord. Pray that this day, though it is not the exact day of Your entrance into the world, You are pleased with our singing and more importantly with our living….. Forgive us, forgive me of my trespasses. My stubbornness and my shortcomings. Teach us more and more how to please You and bring delight to Your heart.

Harsh sun… blooming flower…

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:45:44 GMT

Saw this flower the other day in the middle of a hot day. It was blooming between the cracks of my gate and the tar ground. Amazing to see life growing in the harshest of situations.

God Loveth Adverbs

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:09:37 GMT

Interesting thoughts on the some of the insights in the book I'm reading

"I go to work because I have a job that's part of a career, which is part of a profession that I do because of my vocation that is the shape of my life." ~ Martin Marty, Lutheran professor and author.

He grasped the big picture of thing, his calling, which puts everything else in place. Vocation - calling. What a perspective to see most of the task that we would normally take as mundane and routine.

Makes me ponder on my outlook and perspective on the everyday things that I do, whether in an excellent manner or half-heartedly.

It continues with "Marty went on to say that a sense of calling may be the most important step for any who seek fulfilment and meaning."

I couldn't agree more.

Music stirrings...

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:48:28 GMT

Over the past few days I've been driving to work with Elie's car and in her car there is a cd player. During my long drive to work and back from work, I would pop in the cds. Was listening to them the past few days...there were times I was trying very hard to stay alert and there were times when I would have chats with Him.

There was a few songs in the car that brought me back to a few years ago... There was a songs that speaks to me about "Your wisdom is my light."

And there was a song that reminded me always of my time in Adelaide. "Found" by Hillsong. Maybe it was because at that time then, it was a level of stress I was exposed to. It was my first audit overseas. I remember the quiet moments with Him listening and talking to Him. I relied on His Strength and Wisdom in that assignment and every other assignment now.

I remember a song that speaks of surrendering my life and come to discover a full life. How true... yet how ironic we are as humans. We know the right path to take yet we find it so hard to follow the path.

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Most inspiring music that I've listen to are that of Steven Curtis Chapman... still one of my heroes of faith. Sometimes I find encouragement reading his story, listening to his music. I recently discovered he kept a blog! Here it is.. <Clickey click click>. As I read about his family's (and ours) lost of Maria Chapman, we all shared in his sorrow. And yet after the time of mourning, I can read in his blog of hope. Hope in the coming of Christ, in the reunion with Maria. That brought some encouragement to me. I was just pondering on the reality of life and death on earth and it occured to me that we can never fully comprehend the reality if we do not realised that we are just sojourners on earth and we have yet to come home. So lets us not be too comfortable here on earth and await our new home when our Lord comes.

Hope... that we Christians have. Hope in the future. Though we may be striving, pushing hard against the tide of the world, battle weary and sorrow-worn... we can be confident and rejoice in hope. Hope that Christ will one day come and wipe away all tears. And we would live without sorrow, ever joyful and everlasting with our loved ones and with God. Hope.

Well thats my thoughts I wanted to blog so far...cheers.

Name???? Meaning?????

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:23:03 GMT

Saw this on one or two blogs... so I thought I'd give it a try too. hehehe its interesting...

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

You Are Intelligent and Contemplative

You are deeply philosophical and thoughtful. You tend to analyze every aspect of your life.
You are intuitive, brilliant, and quite introverted. You value your time alone.
Often times, you are grumpy with other people. You don't appreciate them trying to interfere in your affairs.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are full of energy. You are spirited and boisterous.
You are bold and daring. You are willing to do some pretty outrageous things.
Your high energy sometimes gets you in trouble. You can have a pretty bad temper at times.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.
You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.
You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.
You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.
At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.
You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily.
Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.

You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily.
You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind.
A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable.

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.
Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia.
Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.
You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.
You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life.
You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home.
You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble.

You are a free spirit, and you resent anyone who tries to fence you in.
You are unpredictable, adventurous, and always a little surprising.
You may miss out by not settling down, but you're too busy having fun to care.

You are a very lucky person. Things just always seem to go your way.
And because you're so lucky, you don't really have a lot of worries. You just hope for the best in life.
You're sometimes a little guilty of being greedy. Spread your luck around a little to people who need it.

Well one thing that is certain.. my name, Gabriel (in greek) means "God is my Strength" or "My strength is in God".. which is prety much true! God has been my strength all these while. He "gave" me the name afterall...

Toopid Xanga

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:27:37 GMT

Xanga is driving me nuts.. .can't even access the toopid blog at home.

~~~~~~~~~~~Short update.

Accident again. No car for 2 weeks. Expensive oh! Not my fault..

Using Elie's car... hehe sweet!

Enjoyed time together last weekend... spent time watching movie.

Reading book - Rumours of another world ! Philip Yancey

Finish book - Whats so amazing about grace? ~ P.Yancey. Good read.. planning to write down what catches my attention. Like the phrases and quotes.

My collegues/ bosses thinks I'm a supercomputer. Capable of churning out results from a vast amount of data in a matter of hours.

Juggling two assignments at one go. Haiz... lack of sleep and energy.

Wanna start a PS3 fund considering the amount of moolas wasted on accidents... *puppy eyes* Anyone wanna contribute? :) Feel free! I accept cheques, cash or bank transfer.. hehehe

Year end is coming... no plans made.

Looking forward to year end leave. :)

Its never a dull day... part 1 of 3

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:12:56 GMT

Updates on the life of Gabo.... ups and downs... left and right.... its been an exciting week. Tempted to say "thats life!" But I refrain because overall its not been good... then again... thats life!

So where does the excitement starts? Something worth blogging.... short notes.. Imma gona blog aboud...
- Bumper cars
- Worship celebration
- Papers...

So lets start with the bumper car story... I've added another nick name to my faithful car of 4+ years.. Of the interesting nicknames like black beauty, Theodore (was it that? can't recall, Chiak! I didn't agree with the first name btw).. I've added "Patchy" onto the list...why? It will become obvious when you see my car. It "identifiable" 1 km away....

So how did Patchy earned its nickname? It was a series of scratchy experiences... mostly from its careless driver and one incident of vandalism....

There was one morning, I was shocked to see the transformation of a brand new car to a dented car... It was then I realised,

"Oh well.. its just a car. Not too obvious anyway." while in the back of my mind I was thinking...

"Oh man! oh man... sigh.... who would do such a thing?!?! &#%$(#*$.... Oh well.. Its just a car. Not too obvious anyway."

So hence "black beauty" got its first dent. To add to its character, its front bonnet was scratch while on a tour of duty, transporting its passengers from various points to the mission field, as it is... A slight battle scar from an encounter with an immobile truck. Of course its careless driver was again to be blamed. Amazingly this time, I thought..

"Oh man... oh well.. its just a small scratch. It'll serve as a reminder of today."

Hence that was the second straw... the third was a small hugging incident with a pillar, of which I can't recall which pillar and where.. the scandal. To think black beauty was having a hugging encounter!

Then we arrive at our latest escapade... It was just last week. Lets begin with a storyline mode...

..It was a dark, stormy... ahem... it was a long day of work for Mr. Gabo. Even though he had enough sleep the last night, it was nevertheless a taxing day for his mind. Hence after a long battle and strenous battle with the ugly beast of corporate audits, he made his way to meet with his comrades for a feast of the night. With his mighty black beauty aka to-be-Patchy, he made his way through the thick forest of traffic jams and cloudy day. The many cars were mesmerizing and it long ride was taking its toll on Gabo. Against his will, he succumbed to the lulling effect of the forest. His mind wandered and it went blank. The next thing that awoken Gabo was a mighty thud and a rude jerk to his ride. He awoke..

"Oh great...sigh"

Signalling to the other rider to move to the side to avoid the stiffling fumes of other riders, he moved his ride to the emergency lane and came out to inspect the damage. The other rider came out as well... The other rider's carriage were not badly damaged and Gabo's ride was much worse... the irony of it was later discovered when the other person's ride (lets nickname her to be McPearson) was more costly to be repaired than his!..so there was an exchange of details and our Gabo's plans for the night were all cancelled.

Later after the incident, he thought about what had happened and was thankful to the Almighty for His protection because it could have gotten worse if Gabo ventured out late into the night with his comrades and another quest of mamaking with his fellow knights. Hence it served to be a wake-up call, and a costly one that it... Gabo had to dig into his already shallow well to draw out his reserved water aka sui for his ride repair and McPearson's as well. The repair apparently costed his 915++ gold coins, whi again Gabo thought,

"!@*$!(%!(#%!(@... sigh.... well if you're not careful, you gotta pay for it, Gabo.... yeah I know... but still Q!@$%#%(@... it could have gotten worse ya know... Its just money... It'll come back."

Gabo met up with the McPearson on the next day and made settlements for the repairs... Tired out and grumpy, all Gabo could look forward to was some R&R.

So that ends the story of the lastest and hopefully last battle scar of Patchy against its rider.

Will blog on the next 2 items in a later time.... stay tuned.