I recently just came back from a one week holiday trip to Taiwan. It was a great and fulfilling trip, considering it's my first time travelling free & easy with a friend. A very different travelling experience indeed. At times we had no idea where we were going, but getting lost is the fun part, right? Haha...

Firstly, I would like to thank God for the cool temperature, safe journey and good health during the trip. Secondly, to thank God for all the new insights and new things I learnt along the trip. Thirdly, for the time to do TAWG at night without any computer distraction or whatsoever. Amazingly, God spoke to me quite a lot during my TAWG in Taiwan. I was so amazed.

One of the things that really amaze me in Taiwan is that they actually put words such as "Jesus will be coming back soon" (in Chinese words) on street lamp-posts. How cool is that? Let me show you in the photo below...



I don't think I will blog my whole travel experience here, but in a nutshell, it was an awesome and fulfilling trip! It's been long since I had a break and I believe I deserve this short holiday break too haha... reward myself with a lot of expenditure...

- Matthew

Have you ever scored less than 100% for any of your tests before? I'm definitely sure we all have, because we definitely have made one mistake or another while doing some of the questions in the tests. If you haven't scored less than 100% for your tests so far, you must be a genius haha...

When we make careless mistakes or unintentional mistakes in the tests, we learn from the experience of the careless mistake made, so that we will not commit the same mistake the next time we attempt such similar questions.

Same applies to our life. There will definitely be times when we fall and make mistakes, but that's not the end of the world. Instead of being depressed and sighing all day long, learn from your mistakes and grow from there.

Learning from other people's mistakes is also another way, the 'less painful' way I would describe.

Mistakes - We all make mistakes in life, but we can always learn something out of it that will help us in our spiritual growth, character, personality and even your walk with God. Amen? (:

- Matthew

It was just a normal day after camp. However, this time, I didn't get to drive out of camp because I was on Sunday duty and my sister used the car. So, after booking out of camp on Monday, I went home by bus... however, I had to change bus at Choa Chu Kang bus interchange for bus 67.

Waiting for 67 at the bus interchange. Staring blankly into space as usual, hoping for the bus to come soon. Then suddenly, someone familar called my name on my right. It was my fellow iSeek member cum room-mate during radical camp - Ryan Teo! How coincidental! It's been long since I had a chat with him too, considering both of us hardly see each other in church because I attend Saturday and he attends Sunday. However, he did see me come on Sunday during my NDP period when I couldn't go to church on Saturday.

Though it's somewhat coincidental, considering that nowadays I drive out of camp instead of taking bus out of camp...

Hopefully Ryan will be able to go for the upcoming IGnormous camp, because I believe he can grow much more in his walk with God through the camp, just like how he has grown since Radical camp. Though I hardly see him in 2009, but from yesterday's short chat with him on the bus, I can sense that as the year goes by, his walk with God will gradually get more serious and he will be more committed as it goes. Praise God! (:

When opportunity comes, seize it. Another opportunity may not come if it is missed.

- Matthew

For those of us in Trinity Christian Center, I'm sure you have heard of TAWG (Time Alone With God) journals. Yes, I know it's very hard to maintain journalling - but one thing I'd like to encourage all of you is to journal during your TAWG. All of us have different styles of journalling - some are more expressive in words, some in drawings, some in essay form, some in point form... Many kinds of styles, but whatever our styles may be, one question for you is - How often do we do our TAWG? Do we journal what God speak to us through the bible, or journal what we speak to God?

One of the things I learnt about journalling is that I can see how much I have grown in my walk with God. Ever since I accepted Christ about 2 and a half years ago, as I re-read my TAWG journals, I realised that my perspective of how I view the world and other stuff has changed as I walk on the course that God has laid for me. It's really amazing and through journalling, you can also read what you wrote which you had probably forgotten by now - as some form of reminders in a way too.

- Matthew

"Just do it" - A famous tagline for the sports brand Nike. I'm sure all of you know about this famous tagline...

Anyway, today's blog entry is about obedience to God. If God asks you to do something that is really out of your comfort zone, would you attempt to hide, or you will just do whatever God tells you to do?

Obedience is better than sacrifice. (1 Samuel 15:22)

- Matthew