Mama @ Chinese Garden

Chinese Garden one more time

with Mama & Sandra

-May 27, 2012

Dear God

I'm scared. The days ahead scare me. 

And oh they said, if I am scared that means I trust You less. Do you believe in that Lord?

Couldn’t it be that I am just afraid of myself again?

Couldn't it be that I am just apprehensive of what the future will bring me?

Couldn't it be that I am just grasping for a hand to hold and to tell me things will be alright?

Does it always have to be about how big my faith is, or how much I have entrusted my life to you?

I know Your ways are beyond fathom, Your heart is generous, and Your mercy is endless.

I know Your plans for me are better than the best plans I have for myself.

I know Your works are amazingly mysterious, Your gifts are abundance without limit.

But if I am scared, does that mean I deserve any less of these?

Couldn’t it be that my heart is just weary and my shoulders are all burdened?

I'm scared Lord. And I know You understand me perfectly.

But it doesn’t mean I am giving up, it's just that I am scared.

It doesn’t mean I forgot all my life miracles, it's just that I am scared.

It doesn’t mean I will throw my life to waste, it's just that I am scared.

It doesn’t mean I will cease to dream again, it’s just that I am scared.

It doesn’t mean I have lost all hope and zest, it's just that I am scared.

I am scared at the moment. But it doesn’t mean, I will be forever.

I will lay all these thoughts and emotions, this heart and soul, this whole life to You.

Amen.

chinese garden

this post is a little overdue. 

one fine Monday afternoon with Tess at the Chinese Garden, Singapore.
dare to put those slippers on the road for another session with the camera.

the Chinese Garden, as what it is fondly referred to, is actually composed of two beautiful gardens, the Chinese Garden on the right side and the Japanese Garden on the left.


oddly though, i liked the Japanese Garden more.

this is a relaxing place to hang-out 

--- no entrance fee, great scenic view and abundance of fresh air.

oh how i love the bridge, only that i pity Tess because her picture almost looked like that one described in the song "London Bridge" --- was it falling down?

the Chinese Garden... meet Confucius and Pagoda :)

thanks for all the gardens which showcase beauty at it's simplest form and nature at it's wildest.

insomnia strikes again!!!!

Day 3 at Kent Ridge Park

i couldn't describe in words where these pair of shoes has lead us today....
perhaps, nothing can explain better
than the pictures :)

day 3 - May 16 Wed

sugoi desu ne... 

if it is this amazing to see, who wouldn't want to jog?

taken in Japan?

would you believe?... :))

Japan talaga!!

thanks to our friend sunshine

for the special effects :)

every new day brings us to another awesome place...

this world is full of wonderful things to enjoy.

tess, myself and Kent Ridge Park

want a cable car ride?

it's a deal... bye bye fats!!! heheheh

Crisis Shapes Your Character

there comes a time when you read an article or a blog entry that would make you feel "this is written specifically for me."  and i think i just read one, written specifically for me.


from a weekly subscription, i read "Crisis Shapes Your Character" by Bo Sanchez a moment ago. i truly admire the simplicity of his words and the depth of his thoughts.

God cares more about my character, not my comfort. 

Kent Ridge Park

for the last two days,

i've been visiting Kent Ridge Park

with a new friend. 

meet Tess 

as we journey towards 

achieving the same goal :)

i enjoy discovering such

a beautiful sight...

while shedding some

unwanted toxins :)

but you see...

this isn't super serious at all

we have a lot of time

to pose :))

 me and tess in action!!! 

this is the canopy walk

such a beautiful view out there!

see... this is what i'm talking about :)

this is where we are...

don't tell me --- you still have time to be reflective!?!

this is a historical site...

a World War II Interpretative Centre

which commemorates the gallantry and sacrifice

of men of the 1st & 2nd battalion Malay regimen

who defended the western Singapore

in February 1942.

...and we learned something new,

we discovered an amazing place,

and we shed some unwanted toxins.

great job for today!!

thank you tess :)

Jessica Sanchez

Jessica Sanchez joins Joshua Ledet and Philip Philips for top three of Season 11 of American Idol.  The 16-year old Filipino-Mexican pride wowed the crowd and the world-wide followers of the famous Idol contest with her rendition of Jennifer Holidays' "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" and she isn't... she is in-fact not giving up on the chance to be the grand champion of the show.

Sanchez is the second Filipino to make it to American Idol's top 3, with Jasmine Trias in Season 3.

Jessica Sanchez, giving the Filipinos another reason to be proud.