God's Child

2006-10-02T01:48:00.000-07:00

Catechism begins this week again.
Good luck for the exams! [=

Horror gripped the heart of the World War I soldier, as he saw his life-long friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant if he might go out into the "No Man's Land" between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back.

"You can go," said the lieutenant, "but I don't think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your own life away."

The lieutenant's words didn't matter, and the soldier went anyway. Miraculously he managed to reach his friend, hoist him onto his shoulder, and bring him back to their company's trench. As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the trench, the officer checked the wounded soldier, then looked kindly at his friend.

"I told you it wouldn't be worth it," he said. "Your friend is dead, and you are mortally wounded."

"It was worth it, though, sir," the soldier said.

"How do you mean, 'worth it'?" responded the lieutenant. "Your friend is dead!"

"Yes sir," the private answered. "But it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still alive, and I had the satisfaction of hearing him say, 'Jim, I knew you'd come.'"

Many a times in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not really depends on how you look at it. Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it later in life. May each and everyone of you be blessed with the company of true friends.

Student's Prayer at Exam Time

2006-10-02T01:47:00.000-07:00

O God of Wisdom,

I thank you for the knowledge gained and the learning experiences of the semester.

I come to you this day and ask you to illuminate my mind and heart.

Let your Holy Spirit be with me as I prepare for exams, guiding my studies, and giving me insight so that I can perform to the best of my ability.

Please grant me the strength to handle the pressure of these final days of the semester, the confidence to feel secure in my knowledge, and the ability to keep an appropriate perspective through it all.

Help me to keep in mind what is truly important, even as I focus my time and energy on these tests in the immediate future.

Finally, may I sense your peace in knowing that I applied myself to the challenges of this day.

I ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Monthly updates.

2006-09-03T04:53:00.000-07:00

Yes. venassa here again.
time for me to sweep away the cobwebbs and blog again.
eh a quick update.
youth cafe this wednesday.
6.30-9.. thanks sarah for getting stuff done [=
and. yes please come! dinner is provided! wahah.
ok i shall leave you guys with a inspirational story...

NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW

by: Bill Greer, Chicken Soup for the Veteran's Soul

Karen, Judy and I were the last ones back in the school room after lunch. We put our metal lunch boxes on the shelf above the coat hooks, which were mostly empty. All of the other sixth graders were already outside, playing marbles or hop scotch or jumping rope, since it was a pleasant spring day.
"Look what I found this morning in the storage cupboard when I was getting out some art supplies for Mrs. Eiffler." With a conspiratorial grin on her face, Karen held up a wooden box filled with short pieces of chalk in every color of the rainbow.
"Wow! What fun it would be to write on the chalkboard while everyone is outside." Judy's eyes twinkled with anticipation.
"But Mrs. Eiffler doesn't want us writing on the chalkboard," I responded, already feeling guilty, although we had not yet done a thing.
"Don't be such a 'fraidy cat', Janet. No one will ever know," said Karen, reaching into the box and drawing out a piece of chalk.
"Right. Everyone is outside, so we're safe. No one will tell on us." Judy was already drawing a house with sure strokes.
I reluctantly joined my friends in the artwork, wanting to be part of what was going on, but afraid of being caught. I knew well that we were breaking not one, but two class rules. The second rule was that no one was allowed to stay inside at noon without a written excuse from home if the weather was nice.
Trying various colors, we drew houses, trees and three-dimensional boxes. It was fun! All the time we were watching the clock, knowing that our fun would be over if anyone walked into the room.
Then Judy had an idea. "We're all right-handed. Let's see who can write their name best using their left hand."
Judy and Karen picked up their chalk and started writing. I chose a white piece from the box and wrote my name. The handwriting was a bit shaky, but no one would doubt that it said "Janet."
"I think Judy is the winner," said Karen. "Hers is the best."
"We'd better get this board cleaned off before Mrs. Eiffler comes back," said Judy, eying the clock. She picked up an eraser and began erasing our handiwork from the board.
Everything came off . . . but my name!
In disbelief, I looked at the chalk I held in my sweaty hand. On closer examination, it wasn't chalk at all. I had picked up a small piece of white color crayon which was mixed in with the pieces of chalk.
My stomach churned and my knees felt weak. What would Mrs. Eiffler do to me?
My mother had a saying: "Fools names and fools faces always appear in public places." I never understood fully what it meant before. Now I did! I was a fool, and there was my name in crayon to prove it. And the teacher would be returning soon.
"Quick, let's get some wet paper towels," said Judy, springing into action.
After vigorous rubbing, my name still remained.
"I think I saw a can of cleanser by the sink in the coat room," I said as I raced to find it. Precious minutes were ticking away.
We rubbed and my name came off all right, but in the process of removing it, we left an abrasion on the chalkboard.
Listening for footsteps coming down the hall, we dried the scrubbed area as much as we could with more paper towels and fanned it with a book to remove every tell-tale trace of wetness.
We were just slipping into our desks as the bell rang and the other students began entering the room. The teacher walked in soon afterward.
Mrs. Eiffler never asked about abrasion and maybe never noticed it. But I did. Every time I walked past the marred surface of the chalkboard, I remembered. Oh, how I remembered.
The lesson I learned that day is one I never forgot, even though over forty years have passed since the event. "No one will ever know" is never true. Even if no one else found out, Jesus knew and I knew. Sometimes living with a guilty conscience is punishment enough.

2006-08-21T02:06:00.000-07:00

haha. it is me again.
wells ohkae.
just a little reminder.
Youth Cafe starts this friday.

Meet in church at 6.30pm DINNER WILL BE PROVIDED.
yeah. we are in for a cafe style season! [=

2006-08-02T02:31:00.000-07:00

Yes it is a new month.
Lets us praise god for all that had happened
in the previous month regardless if it was good or bad.
All things happen for a reason, just that
we do not know the reason yet, but we will in time to come.
I shall leave you all with an inspirational story..

Keep Playing

A mother wishing to encourage her son's progress at the piano, bought tickets to a Paderewski performance. When the evening arrived, they found their seats near the front of the concert hall and eyed the majestic Steinway waiting on stage. Soon the mother found a friend to talk to, and the boy slipped away. At eight o'clock, the lights in the auditorium began to dim. The spotlights came on, and only then did they notice the boy, upon the bench, innocently picking out "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." His mother gasped, but before she could retrieve her son, the master appeared on the stage and quickly moved to the keyboard. He whispered to the boy. "Don't quit. Keep playing." Leaning over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling in the bass part. Soon his right arm reached around the other side and improvised a delightful obligatio. Together, the old master and the young novice held the crowd mesmerized. The lesson: Whatever our situation in life and history -- however outrageous, however desperate, whatever dry spell of the spirit, whatever dark night of the soul -- God is whispering deep within our beings, "Don't quit. Keep playing. You are not alone. Together we will transform the broken patterns into a masterwork of My creative art. Together, we will mesmerize the world."
[found this on a website]

Hope you felt that this story was meaningful..
Till next time then..

<3venn_*

Joke of the Month

2006-07-17T05:20:00.000-07:00

OK. to keep this blog alive. we shall have jokes of the month!
i shall now leave you with a list of jokes. [= enjoy!

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Q. Why did the man put his money in the freezer?
A. He wanted cold hard cash!

Q. What did the porcupine say to the cactus?
A. "Is that you mommy?"

Q. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
A. Frostbite.

Q. How do crazy people go through the forest?
A. They take the psycho path.

Q. What do prisoners use to call each other?
A. Cell phones.

Q. What do you get from a pampered cow?
A. Spoiled milk.

Q. Where do polar bears vote?
A. The North Poll

Q. What did Geronimo say when he jumped out of the airplane?
A. ME!!!

Q. Where do snowmen keep their money?
A. In snow banks.

Q. What's brown and sticky?
A. A stick.

Q. Why do sea-gulls fly over the sea?
A. Because if they flew over the bay they would be bagels!

Q. What dog keeps the best time?
A. A watch dog.

Q. Why did the tomato turn red?
A. It saw the salad dressing!

Q. What did the grape do when it got stepped on?
A. It let out a little wine!

Q. How do you make a tissue dance?
A. Put a little boogey in it!

Q. Where do bees go to the bathroom?
A. At the BP station!

Q. What did the judge say when the skunk walked in the court room?
A. Odor in the court.

Q. What did the water say to the boat?
A. Nothing, it just waved.

Q. What did the fish say when he swam into the wall?
A. Dam!

Q. Why don't skeletons fight each other?
A. They don't have the guts.

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hope u all had a hell of a laugh. [= tille next time. bye!

<3 venn_*

updated information

2006-07-10T04:08:00.000-07:00

Here is the thing
according to aunty daph.
she asked me to tell you guys.

Youth Cafe
time: evening
day: pref friday[ which week of the month pls take a vote]
venue: church

Information:
Youth Cafe is not only for this year's confirments.
It's opened up to all who want to come.
It's not compulsory, but it's encouraged that
you all turn up for the sessions as it is to prepare
us for confirmation as well as a build up to
confirmation camp this year. Any suggestions
for youth cafe can suggested to aunty daph.
for example if you all want pnw, feel free
to suggest it to aunty daph.

For More information feel free to approach aunty daph,
either give her a call or, she will be around everyday in church
4pm onwards. [=

<3 venn__*

smile

2006-05-09T04:12:00.000-07:00

dearest rockers,
elo. venassa here. changed the
site's layout. [=
if u have a design u want.
tell me. [=
and confirmation is this year.
haha. lets rawk the year away in style!
[= it's jamming time! *yeeeeow*

-venn*

hehe

2006-03-23T23:16:00.000-08:00

elo. im currently bored.
Im in school again.
let me tell u wad happened to me!
i almost got booked for SITTIND DOWN!
(: for more info pls read my blog.

anw. ciaos im gonna stone.

cheers,
venn*

hahahaha

2006-03-22T22:34:00.000-08:00

hey wouldnt be coming for cathe.
got Acies(legion function) or rather commisioning.
send my Love to the class! (: muhahaha.
i'll try to make it. would be 45mins later if i try. haha. maybe i wouldnt.
dun care. (:

2006-03-14T22:13:00.000-08:00

hey everyone.

the cip thingy this sat 18 march 06 isnt postponed after all
but the venue has changed.

- Mother Teresa Home at marymount
-meet in church at 12pm. ends at about 4pm
-transport is provided
-advised to bring your own cleaning materials such as rags, pails and detergent.

the home may be providing us with some cleaning materials. we are suppose to pool in our money to buy a bottle of detergent to share among ourselves. however, at such short notice, i dont think any of us will have time to buy one unless one of us kindhearted souls does and everyone else coughs up..

it may be counted in our school cip hours. auntie celine will be giving approval. but we need to check with our schools first ok. this is a good opp for us to earn more cip hours.

CHECK YOUR EMAIL PLS. and give me a reply by this friday the 17th.

marianne
email: mary91misty@hotmail.com

2006-03-13T18:55:00.000-08:00

as i was saying in the tagboard....

aunt daphne said the ''cip'' thing's postponed.
she'll let us know the details.. soon( how soon i dunoe)

anw.. no cathe class this sat arh.

and erm. no anonymous taggers..leave your name. thanks.

cyas

2006-03-08T01:51:00.000-08:00

k... i changed the skin
sorry hor.
hehs
no violent objections to the picture i HOPE

anws.
its our primary three communion pic. hehs
so yeah

anw. there's NO cathe for the subsequent two weeks. so yeah..DONT COME FOR CATHE
as for the ''cip'' thingy..i have no idea whats its about(:

IF there ARE any violent objections to the skin. please inform me by e mail or msn. thankies
MARIANNE HERE OK

hey yall

2006-02-26T03:24:00.000-08:00

i didnt come for cathe yesterday( got like 5 cts this coming week-.-) so i heard from david that around 11 came=)--> a LOt of people were expected not to come.

anw
theres cathe this sat arh
classroom downstairs(should be anw)
time hasnt changed(:
bring your bible, obviously yourself and your notebook

i may come, i may not.see whether i can make it first:D
kakaka..im uber bored. doing a maths now...(OUTTA POINT MARIANNE)
ill just stop here..

2006-02-19T06:20:00.000-08:00

heys everyone
marianne here
WHEY VENN
i went to support yw!!!
i bought fishballs!!!
gabriel and RYAN too ok
so stop complaining(:

kk..
hmmm
oh yeah
for those who dont know the venue, its at the st mikes room second floor
hmmm...yeah...eh...come ok! NO PONTENING!

ELO!

2006-02-18T22:58:00.000-08:00

anw. yes venassa is here to add life.
k. cathe class was boring! so boring sia yesterday.
so sian. bloody hell... haha..
anw. next week still joint lesson.
who's going? who's not?
=p i doubt we need to bring bible,
note book and all.. cause aunty mei ling dun
even use it! (:
anw.. I PIERCED MY EARS! =p (sry haha.. so random)
anw.. so sad. u all nvr support yw canteen duty.
so sad. see u all walk past.
sheesh.. hehe.
nvm. have fun! see ya next week! (:
just remember to come! (:(:
*gRInZ!*

cheers,
venn*

2006-02-10T15:39:00.000-08:00

DONT FORGET YOUR BIBLE(:
AND YOUSELF..HAHA..

SAME VENUE HORS.

Well.....

2006-02-07T05:41:00.000-08:00

Hey every1 had a good 1st session ya?? well don't be late for the coming 1 pls, on 11th Febuary 2006, 4.15pm to usual time.

ThAnKs

lol

2006-01-30T08:07:00.000-08:00

HEY PEOPLE!

CATHE CLASS STARTS THIS SAT IF YOU DIDNT ALREADY KNOW!
4TH OF FEB 06

I CHANGED THE SKIN....BLAHBLAHBLAH...HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT.

ANWS.
HAPPY CNY TO EVERYBODY!!!!!

MARIANNE HERE...CYAS

(:

2006-01-24T18:48:00.000-08:00

YAAY! someone posted! (: kk i'll go change skin since im not in school today.. haha

Gentle Reminder

2006-01-23T02:39:00.000-08:00

New cathe class term startin soon every1.......pls remember to show up on the 4th of Feburary at 4.15pm.

elo

2005-11-20T02:37:00.000-08:00

Elo... peeps.. lunch was kinda great.. there may be christmas gathering...
So look out for news! Bye!

2005-11-16T21:27:00.000-08:00

hello.. ok.about this saturdays lunch with the cathe class and uncle james... you people got to choose which restaurant you want to eat at...majority wins.

1. Aki Mat Suri
-japanese restaurant
-buffet lunch
-$25/head
-suntec city tower 1 #03-002
-you GOT to be there BY 1.30pm cause it closes at 3pm

2. The Village
- something like Marche
- pricing also like Marche
- located in Chinatown(chinasquare)
-one block away from the Chinatown(purple line) MRT station
-be there anytime cause its opened all day

UNCLE JAMES SAID THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE COST...(:

please reply by TODAY LATEST

hah
thanks
marianne

hey everyone

2005-10-29T08:49:00.000-07:00

heyheyhey!
school is OUT!...hahas

and the camp is on(:
date not confirmed yet though

marianne here btw-.-

Camp

2005-10-02T04:48:00.000-07:00

hello.. kaes... umm this blog has been resurrected... anw.. if u guys want a camp.. End of this year... wells.. i'm suppose to get the no. of ppl that wanna have a camp.. and i need a date... and erm... Further Details will be confrimed later... any other issues please contact me[venassa]

on msn venn_assa@hotmail.com

OR... call me.. yep yep.. that's it! Bye peeps!

cheers,
venn*

ok

2005-09-30T03:04:00.000-07:00

New revived blog