Happy Day - Another book!!!

11am (AAHHHH!!! We're late for work!) Mr. Wong Tai Loong must be wondering where is his 2 staffs.
So there starts my journey of my cg offering counting. Today the boss brought us a helper - Mr. Andrew from the Moscow Students Fellowship. Indeed we managed to finish it faster! :D
*counting counting counting*
"Riiiiiiinnnnngg (Nokia ringtone)" Hazel's phone rang. Her mummy called. So as my part of the job was finished, I wandered into Attributes to check out the books.
*Scanning Scanning Scanning*
*Ting!!!! (Light bulb ligthed up)* a small little black book caught my eyes.
After flipping for some time, I turned to the back to check the price. Invest?(I just bought a book few days ago) Answer? YES!
As excited as I was, I continued scanning the book shelves.
*Ting!!!* another book caught my attention.
Title: The Second Part for The Man in The Mirror (something like that. I can't remember)
Suddenly I thought of a close friend who could relate to the book. So I thought perhaps I could bless that friend. But as I continue to explore the book, I realized its for men in the midlife. My friend is certainly not at that stage yet. So that middle-sized yellow book went back to the shelf again.

Joey wasn't around. So I went back to work and at the same time wait for him to come back so that I can pay for my NEW BOOK!
*Minutes later*
Joey is back! So with all excitement I went to pay for my book. (Dancing around in my heart)
I can't wait to quickly finish, pack up and start reading.
Now then, the boss came in. Oh it's salary giving time!
Guess what.. my salary was the price of the book I just bought! Woo Hoo!
I've earned myself a book today!!!

Ok Ok. I know you must be thinking "So what book did you bought actually?"

*Jeng Jeng Jeng*

Title: Spiritual Warfare for Every Christian by Dean Sherman
Ahem.. Ahem.. I have a clarification to make. The cover of my book TOTALLY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS. This was the picture I found online.
Mine is a black cover with red metalic writings and a cool knight on it. (Will show you guys next time after I snap a photo of it)
Here's a brief review of the book I found online.

"God has called Christians to overcome the world and drive back the forces of evil and darkness at work within it. Spiritual warfare isn't just casting out demons; it's Spirit-controlled thinking and attitudes. Dean delivers a no-nonsense, both-feet-planted-on-the-ground approach to the unseen world."

So have you read the book? How was it?

Yes.. I've finished one and a half chapters. My point of view.... The review that on top was TOO BRIEF. I was totally blown away by the first one and a half chapters. In every sub-chapter there is something for me to learn and digest. This little book is pointing out one of the MAJOR KEY that is missing in most of our lives. Something that we have been ignorant about - The call of God for us to attack the kingdom of the devil and to break and destroy all their evil plans. By saying this, the author is saying that though we have weekend services and cell group meetings etc we may not be neccesary challenging and attacking the kingdom of the devil. We are not neccesarily doing something that will stop the works of the devil. *Whoah* Big revelation to me. This book teaches us to not only defend and protect ourselves from spiritual attacks but to actually GO OUT AND DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL.

This book is not a book based only on studies and researches of the author, but it is built upon the author's own life experience and of course the most powerful Word of God.
Be it Christians or non Christians, the kingdom of the devil is not a stranger to us. But yet how much do we know about it? It's crucial for all of us to know what is opposing us and do something about it. So.. GET THE BOOK! (The last one in Attributes is in my house right now *Oops*) haha.. If you're interested, try asking Joey Sia or searching other bookstores alright?

Want more review about the book? Want to know what I've learnt from it? Stay tuned, sit back and wait then.

P/s: I think it would be better if you yourself can get your own personal revelation from the book. Trust me. You'll be blown away. =)

CHCKL 8th Anniversary Gala Dinner

Kar Poh and I with Pastor and Esther

Andrew - The best guy to take picture with. He has the best height and body! Will definitely make girls look slim :P

Woot woot! Sandra in a dress!

Nickey - My director

Min, Szee and I

One of the twins - Alfred

Shawn Lee - M'sia No.1 Beatboxer

Yeah yeah there we go again :)

I Heart them! <3

The Secrets Women Keep

As I was helping my brother to get the book he wanted from the Popular Bookstore in Sunway Pyramid yesterday, I accidentally came across this amazing little book. After flipping some pages and reading the brief description behind, I took the book to the counter and paid for it.

The Secrets Women Keep... Hmm... Well if you're a guy and you're attracted to the title of this book hoping that it would give you a sneak peak of what's in a woman's head, I guess you should be quite disappointed. It's more than the secrets women keep from men. It's the secrets that weighs and burdens us. The secrets that we hide from the world and even ourselves.

What are secrets? Secrets are the things that we hide. Are there good and bad ones? Yup. Good secrets are things like your private prayers, your tithes and offerings, things that we do not need to parade for the world to see. They are the secret we keep between us and God. What about bad ones? Bad ones are often associated with lies and it serves to cover up the ugly part of us. Even as kids we learn to keep bad secrets. We keep these secrets to escape from the responsibility or consequences that we need to bear. We do it to keep ourselves comfortable.

Be it Christians or non Christians, we keep secrets. But as Christians, we tend to do it more often. Why? That is because we often tell ourselves that as Christians we must keep a good witness, we must keep Christianity looking good. So we hid all the sins that we've done, bad decisions that we've made and burry it to ourselves. But at the end of the day, we turn ourselves into a timebomb of guilt ticking rapidly and ready to explode anytime. But being holy or being a good testimony is not only to be portrayed infront of the people around us. It is a commitment that we make to live a life that is right before God.
One of the examples quoted in the book are Christians in an unhappy or problematic marriage. Just because all these people believe that as Christians we're suppose to portray a healthy marriage and its against God to divorce, they hid the problems that they face to themselves. Be it the communication problem between spouses or sexual problems, they take it on themselves. As a result of that, they harvour bitterness in them, blinded by the truth, thinking that this is their fate, the will of God in their lives and nothing else could be done to change that. The more we stay in the dark with our secrets, the more bitter we're going to be. The enemy loves to keep us there and he often uses guilt to make us feel shameful and embarrassed to seek for help.

I always tell my disciples and members that if they find any area of their lives that they could not share openly with me, it will certainly be sin or something shameful that they do not wish that it would be exposed. Don't be a bondage of sin and shame. If you keep hiding it, you will be tortured by guilt and condemnation of not being accountable. But when you choose to expose it to light, you will not only find out that all the judgements that you fear would happen will not happen but also to find another person that will fight this battle with you. You're now 2 times stronger to fight the battle. Isn't that a better choice?

In this book, Dr. Jill Hubbard brings up issues that are messing with a women's heart and provides solutions for them to be set free. She talks about secrets of Marriage and Relationships(being single, friendship), Sexuality(different sexual needs between husband and wives, sexual addictions), Our Inner Lives(spiritual disconnections, depressions), Our Sense of Self(feeling inadequate, haunted by our past) and about Our Personnal Issues(finances, drugs and alcohol). This are the struggles that we do not talk about over the dinner table. It is often issues that leads us to cry in our beds alone at night. If you are the person who faces all these struggles, I highly recomend you to get the book and take radical steps to be set free from it.

As a girl myself and as a cell leader, I'm glad that this book is once again a fruitful investment that I've made.
My vision for 2009 is to be a tower of refuge. Thanks to this book, I'm now one step closer and stronger. =]

When the Bangs Meet the Curls

It's the first time I got my hair curled! So.... Wah lah!!!

My personal favourite :)