timothy's blog

2005-10-01T00:58:00.000+08:00

HELLO Good Morning how u do?

LIFE ROCKS!~

2005-09-01T00:11:00.000+08:00

How Does It Feel Like Turning 19?

i'll find out in 4 days =p

ELECTRICO CONCERT!

it was on the 26th of august 9.30 pm at the esplanade Receital Studio. Boy were they good! had so much fun listening to their Hits! makes me remember all the silly dancing i did at home while listening to their music =X

Qifa Primary School

to be honest! i never knew i would be so close to my primary school friends! come to think of it, i met all my best Bro's during primary school! childhood friends FOREVER! walking around the school i once RULED brought back so many memories. e.g. MeiXiu chasing me all over the school, playing tennis soccer with Victory Boyz, inter-class soccer, sports day, NAFA test[use to LOVE it].

Swimming With Eliezer at Jurong West

we made super last minute planning to swim today. so last minute we forgot to bring plastic bags for our wet clothes=/ we swam 4 rounds in the lazy river 3 wave pool and talk crap at the pool. super shag now.

2005-08-19T23:49:00.000+08:00

Im back... back again... Timmee's back! TELL A FRIEND!

Finally timmee has come back to soteria blogspot. the past few months has been a GREAT blessing! as in smacked left right centre type of blessings. ya... hope u know what im talking about

Today. SMA Vs Nautical Studies

basically DNS got trashed 9-3 by our very rough seniors. leading the line was our very own timmee wearing the famous No. 9 jersy. being the tallest among everyone, i was the man to watch! as in literally! i would say 9-3 would be flattering for SMA but they still gave their very best even though they were so far ahead. respect to everyone on the pitch showing good and mostly baD SPORSTMANSHIP. i was at the receiving end to 7 harsh tackles. Almost got super pissed with that slowpoke, who only knows how to take a player apart. now my arm and knee hurts with Cuts and bruises. poor thing right? actual fact YES! Timothy better known as the White Wizard on the pitch finish the game with one consolation goal =/

what took me so long to blog?
ALL THANKS TO THAT CRAZY JUNSUI! force me to blog! what can i say... its like a crime not blogging to her!!

2005-04-13T11:05:00.000+08:00

Cr(†)ss Clan

Hello! Its has been ages since I updated my blog=P so im doing myself a favor by blogging."Life and Love" has been great for me, just staying at home playing Dota with my best buddies is just fantastic. ok... oh sentosa SEAcil project is coming up! this project is about planting corrals around sentosa. Instead of using ship wrecks we are going to use concrete as a foundation for the corrals. [using ship wrecks is expansive and unhealthy, cause metal rust] the whole idea is to make sentosa a diving paradise. there would be a major clear up and its not going to be easy=/ okok i'll inform you guys the progress of this project BYE~

2005-01-15T14:29:00.000+08:00

It Is Finish!

yup! Just completed the jig saw puzzle Jon gave me for Christmas! Took me about 3days? Yea around there=D
now my whole body is aching, yea since Friday! All thanks to my cadet captain Ck who forced me doing an extra 10 kg of weights! Insane!!!! Just look at me... Cant even stand up straight.
that's all for today man... Cant wait for tonight's soccer match!

2004-12-30T22:46:00.000+08:00

tsunami

one-liner of the day: why so many pple, O levels get so many As, but A levels get so many Os?
ok on a more solemn note...
the tsunami thing is really devastating. the confirmed number of deaths being more than 55000, 5 or more countries affected, the entire island of sumatra moving 20 metres...so what do we make of this? sadly many people, and even more sadly some Christians, think that this is God's judgment of the world, or in particular, Asia. they couldn't be further from the truth. This is what my Bible tells me: God is no longer angry with the world. All of God's judgment and anger with the world fell on the broken body of Jesus at the cross 2000 years ago, and the sacrifice was larger than the judgment- God's anger was totally consumed. the result? God is no longer angry with the world. every sin, every wrong thing that everyone in the world has done has already been judged at the cross.

Psalm 103
11For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
12As far as the east is from the west, so far as He removed our transgressions from us.so what do we make of this?

who else has power to shake the earth in such a way? the only other person is the devil. in a way, the devil still has power. if not, why do Christians have to resist him, and why does apostle Paul call the evil spirits "principalities" and "powers" in Ephesians 6:12? furthermore, the Bible tells us that the devil is the ruler of the world. if not, during the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness, when the devil showed Jesus all the kingdoms of the world and said that if Jesus would worship him, he would give it to him, Jesus could have just said, "it's not yours to begin with". in fact, Luke 4:6 records-"And the devil said to Him, 'All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish."

now why does the devil want to do something like that? of course one reason is that the devil is a really evil devil. but there is another reason- he's afraid. deacon chin preached a message during hm5 which i felt was very powerful- "the devil is never the initiator. only God initiates, the devil imitates and perverts. whatever you see the devil doing, turn it around, and that is what God is doing". like in the times of Moses' and Jesus' births, the kings ordered an infanticide of Israel. all children below a certain age were to be mercilessly slaughtered. cos the devil was afraid of something- he was afraid that God would raise up a deliverer to save His people. in both cases, the kiling was great, yet the plan of God prevailed. the deliverers that God ordained still rose up. Moses delivered the Israelites from 400 years of slavery, and Jesus delivered the entire world from eternal death.

so let's look at this situation in the right light. i heard that the earthquake was a 9 on the richter scale. the richter scale is a log scale, meaning that this earthquake was 1000 times greater than an earthquake that is 6 on the same scale. surely the damage is massive. let's turn it around- surely God is doing a great and mighty work in Asia! but what could it be?

i think Peter Tsukahira's book entitled "GOD'S TSUNAMI- understanding Israel and end-time prophecy" does a very good job in explaining the wave of God in chapter 7. it is prophesied that the gospel, the good news of God, will spread from the east to the west, from Israel and back to Israel.

"For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be"-Matthew 24:27."

Then he led me to the gate, the gate facing toward the east and behold the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east... And the glory of the Lord came into the house by way of the gate facing toward the east."-Ezekiel 31:1-2,4

if you trace the movement of the gospel you will see that it is making a circle round the globe, from east to west, and that circle is almost complete. the gospel started in Israel from the 12 disciples and through Paul and the early church, moved west to Europe. from there, the gospel was brought over to America along with Colombus and the pilgrims. in this last century, the gospel has moved like a wave across the Pacific to China and East Asia. though still banned largely in China, estimates say that there are 30-200 million Christians in China already!

the next step is central asia, then back to Israel. i believe that the reason the devil decided to place the earthquake here in Asia is because he is afraid. he is trying to stem the tide of God's might wave of the gospel. but you know what? just like every instance since the beginning of heaven and earth, God will always find a way! there is no way the devil can stop God's plan from coming to pass.

i believe that this disaster is a milestone. hereafter a great number of believers will arise from this area, on fire for the gospel. God is going to do such a great work in the region... i cant emphasize how great! praise God for the hope He brings!

2004-12-06T13:34:00.000+08:00

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Hungry for Your Love by Herman and Roma Rosenblat As told to Barbara DeAngelis, Ph.D.

It is cold, so bitter cold, on this dark, winter day in 1942. But it is no different from any other day in this Nazi concentration camp. I stand shivering in my thin rags, still in disbelief that this nightmare is happening. I am just a young boy. I should be playing with my friends; I should be going to school; I should be looking forward to a future, to growing up and marrying, and having a family of my own. But those dreams are for the living, and I am no longer one of them. Instead, I am almost dead, surviving from day to day, from hour to hour, ever since I was taken from my home and brought here with tens of thousands of other Jews. Will I still be alive tomorrow? Will I be taken to the gas chamber tonight?

Back and forth I walk next to the barbed wire fence, trying to keep my emaciated body warm. I am hungry, but I have been hungry for longer than I want to remember. I am always hungry. Edible food seems like a dream. Each day, as more of us disappear, the happy past seems like a mere dream, and I sink deeper and deeper iinto despair.

Suddenly, I notice a young girl walking past on the other side of the barbed wire. She stops and looks at me with sad eyes, eyes that seem to say that she understands, that she, too, cannot fathom why I am here. I want to look away, oddly ashamed for this stranger to see me like this, but I cannot tear my eyes from hers.

Then she reaches into her pocket, and pulls out a red apple. A beautiful, shiny red apple. Oh, how long has it been since I have seen one! She looks cautiously to the left and to the right, and then with a smile of triumph, quickly throws the apple over the fence. I run to pick it up, holding it in my trembling, frozen finger. In my world of death, this apple is an expression of life, of love.

I glance up in time to that spot near the fence. Am i crazy for hoping she will come again? Of course. But in here, I cling to any tiny scrap of hope. She has given me hope and I must hold tightly to it.

And again, she comes. And again, she brings me an apple, flinging it over the fence with that same sweet smile.

This time I catch it, and hold it up for her to see. Her eyes twinkle. Does she pity me? Perhaps. I do not care, though. I am just so happy to gaze at her. And for the first time in so long, I feel my heart move with emotion.

For seven months, we meet like this. Sometimes we exchange a few words. Sometimes, just an apple. But she is feeding more than my belly, this angel from heaven. She is feeding my soul. And somehow, I know I am feeding hers as well.

One day, I hear frightening news: we are being shipped to another camp. This could mean the end of me. And it definitely mean the end for me and my friend.

The next day when I greet her, my heart is breaking, and I can barely speak as I say what must be said:"Do not bring me an apple tomorrow," I tell her. "I am being sent to another camp. We will never see each other again." Turning before I lose control, I run away from the fence. I cannot hear to look back. If I did, I know she would see me standing there, wth tears streaming down my face.

Months passed and the nightmare continues. But the memory of this girl sustains me through the terror, the pain, the hopelessness. Over and over in my mind, I see her face, her kind eyes, I hear her gentle words, I taste those apples. And then one day, just like that, the nightmare was over. The war has ended. Those of us who are still alive are freed.
I have lost everything that was precious to me, including my family. But I still have the memory of this girl, a memory I carry in my heart and gives me the will to go on as I move to America to start a new life.

Years pass. It is 1957. I am living in New York City. A friend convinces me to go on a blind date with a lady friend of his. Reluctantly, I agree. But she is nice, this woman name Roma. And like me, she an immigrant, so we have at least that in common.

"Where were you during the war?" Roma asks me gently, in that delicate way immigrants ask one another questions about those years.

"I was in a concentration campin Germany," I reply.

Roma gets a far away look into her eyes, as if she is remembering something painful yet sweet. "What is it?" I ask.

"I am just thinking about something from my past, Herman," Roma explains in a voice suddenly very soft. "You see, when I was a young girl, I lived near a concentration camp. There was a boy there, a prisoner, and for a long while, I used to visit him every day. I remember I used to bring him apples. I would throw the apple over the fence, and he would be so happy."

Roma sighs heavily and continues. "It is hard to describe how we felt about each other...after all, we were young, and we only exchanged a few words when we could...but I can tell you, there was much love there. I assume he was killed like so many others. But I cannot bear think that, and so I try to remember him as he was for those months we were given together."

With my heart pounding so loudly I think it will explode, I look directly at Roma and ask, "And did that boy say to you one day, 'Do not bring me an apple tomorrow. I am being sent to another camp'?"

"Why, yes," Roma responds, her voice trembling.

"But Herman, how on earth could you possibly know that?"

I take her hands in mine and answer, "Because I was that young boy, Roma." For many moments, there was only silence. We cannot take our eyes from each other, and as the veils of timelift, we recognize the soul behind the eyes, the dear friend we once loved so much, whom we have never stopped loving, whom we have never stopped remembering.

Finally, I speak: "Look, Roma, I was separated from you once, and I don't ever want to be separated from you again. Now, I am free, and I want to be together with you forever.

Dear, will you marry me?" I see that same twinkle in her eye that I used to see as Roma says, "Yes, I will marry you," and we embrace, the embrace we longed to share for so many omnths, but barbed wire came between us. Now, nothing ever will again.

Almost forty years have passed since that day when I found my Roma again. Destiny brought us together the first time during the warto show me a promise of hope, and now it had reunited us to fulfill that promise.

Valentine's Day, 1996. I bring Roma to the Oprah Winfrey Show to honor her on national television . I want to tell her in front of millions of people what I feel in my heart every day: "Darling, you fed me in the concentration camp when I was hungry. And I am still hungry, for something I will never get enough of: I am only hungry for your love."

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2004-10-18T11:55:00.000+08:00

Aww... to start off the day... i scratched myself=( and not only that! didnt really sleep well too!~ hiaz... just finish my test! its was ok... not feeling good... was coughing throughout the paper...

2004-10-13T10:58:00.000+08:00

Let's see... ok!!! i got caught singing in class and this crazy guys next to me is hitting me!!! ppl! pray for me! he is a nut case! too much favour! lol!

alright... timmy genius here... i found a way to communicate to everyone in school! its TOP secret!!!

2004-10-12T12:59:00.000+08:00

This is TiMmEe Reporting "LIVE" FROM Singapore POly T725 Computer 20! just had my lunch! was really really hungry! could have eaten up a horse! hmmmm not really a horse lah! OMG lesson is at 1pm =/ and im still here!!! GOODNESS!!!!!!!!

2004-10-11T19:48:00.000+08:00

I COMPLETED NINJA ASSAULT

YES!!!! It took us about a year to actually complete the game!!! Well... Training week in week out! Come to think of it... Its a really easy game!!! Just need to shoot really fast and accurate. My day was ok. Today 3 ppl lost their handphones! that's about it lah...

HIStory Makers 5!
oh!!! i caN'T wait for hm5!!SO EXCITED!!! plus HOGAN IS NOT MY ROOM MATE!!! PRAISE THE LORD. no offence hog.. but IM FREE=P hahahahahaha hiaz... my whole family is down with a flu[not bird flu] and i have to take care of them... im running a middle age HOME=/ buy food, wash the dishes... some responsibility though. got nothing to do... everyone is having their exams while im SLACKING.

2004-10-06T11:02:00.000+08:00

WoW!

today i woke up feeling really sick=( this really bad sore throat and fever... i wanted to skip school today but i had this science test today... No CHOICE! Lets see, oh ya my 2 bro's woke me up at 8.30 for what? i don't know=/ anyway i finished my Science quiz and did quite well really^^ but my head is still pounding but i feel good now! yea... im still deciding whether i should play soccer afterwards=X lol yea... kk blog later lesson's over

2004-10-03T21:51:00.000+08:00

PPCDL Disaster

talking about accidents. this was the worst EVER! we bloody broke the boats hull and almost brought the whole 10M ladder down with one wrong turn! not only that... the boat ran out of fuel in the middle of the break water... this crazy guy[its the same one] cannot control the speed and just whacked the wall at 4 knots... that threw me off the boat breaking the hull and got me a deep cut! im SO NOT OVER IT!

2004-09-28T13:22:00.000+08:00

Seamanship Techniques.

hahaha.. its a joke! its about Sailors and their... you know... really funny book, you should get your hands on it! today is a long day... all thanks to the PPCDL which ends at 10 pm everyday -_-'' says it all. right now im reporting live in Sp library!!! and bummer... so many people! my class captain is right next to me [he is tall, skinny and really...] in class, i have this Mental problem guy and no one likes him! yea... that's all im going say! hmmm lets see, SAMuel if you are reading, stay COOL! if you know what that means=P kk Capt. Mustafa is here... SAFETY FIRST mujse maaf kar do!

2004-09-27T16:40:00.000+08:00

Aww... i am beginning to regret taking the PPCDL[ Powered Pleasure Craft Driving license] WAH its starts today from 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm. Not only will i miss my Realming buddies... i wont get to see everyone this sunday=(

Lets see... SUNDAY!!! jemz lost his wallet =/ it was really sad... losing something or someone is really hard... and yesterday was his @*&^#time going to make a police report! [he aint that good=P]

im in school now... CRAP ~!!! time limit byebye

2004-09-22T10:55:00.000+08:00

Hello~ slept well today! woke up at 7+ then continue to sleep till... 9+ hahaha lesson was at 8.30 and i couldn't be bothered=X now im in school blogging during lesson! how cool is that? ain't know what the lecturer is talking about=/ its some general elective modules for Sp! really crappy. oh! i get to do cool stuff!!! Discovering Music, Drama Appreciation, Film Appreciation, Music Appreciation, The Revealing Eye in Digital Photography, Introduction to Astro-Navigation[im beginning to dislike anything that's got to do with navigation], Principles of Web Design, Program Design. yea... spoiled for choice now. hmmm.. i think i want to do music! yea... something very useful on board the ship! oh well... im now looking out the window, looking at the birds, the beautiful trees and the blue sky, looks peaceful out there:) when i look at my classmates, most of them are sleeping. TALK ABOUT making yourself at home!

Watched DODGE BALL today! really fun! trust me... its a very cool game! hahaha... hogan jemz azman and i were at woodlands mrt playing dodge ball!!! i bought 2 rubber balls just to play dodge ball=/ hahahaha and we had Tonnes of fun! the joy of seeing someone in pain is... really Good! =) feel so happy just talking about it=P hahahaha now talking about the movie... hmmm.. i'll give it 6/10! yea... if you feel sad or anything this is THE show to watch! i choked on my popcorn twice!! hahaha oh well.. really tired after all the jumping around and stuff!!! hahaha kk... have fun!

2004-09-21T11:02:00.000+08:00

Oh Dear!! im in school now and its really boring=/

My Trip to Pulau Hantu

erm... kind of forgotten what happened already!!! i had loads of fun!! canoe and swimming away from jelly fish... not to mention Captain Mustafa's Slow Ride BACK!!! we were like crawling our way back to singapore! its like... Traveling 40km/h on the freeway!!! SO SLOW!!! not only that, he was sleeping while cruising back~ ITS VERY DANGEROUS!! hahaha... hmmmm what else??? thats all=P

Singapore Triathlon!

oh dear.. gtg now=/continue at home

2004-09-06T10:49:00.000+08:00

HELLO!!!!!!!!! BLESSED BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!!!! really tired now. after 2days of playing , i feel much better now^^ i just want to thank everyone who came to my house! you guys really did had fun! kk still sleepy =/ blog later

2004-08-14T09:58:00.000+08:00

Yesterday... Was kind of tipsy.. yea! had 3 campaine chocolate and was knocked out... amazing~ lets see.. i couldn't think straight and drowsy... the highlight of the day was taking the ship SP dover to sea... i navigated the ship to sentosa.. then pulau hantu and back to poly marina! very fun! i want to have a yacht of my own!!!!!! its really cool! plus im going to get my power boat licence this year^^ cool ya?! but what is the licence without a boat! after 4 hours on sea, one of my indian friends had motion sickness! HAHAHAHA

2004-08-10T17:57:00.000+08:00

HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its been ages since i last blog... well its true! anyway just wanted to say im back! i promise i will TRY to blog everyday! to start off.. let me see? OH! my cousin Victor is in town! at age 26 he is bolding! *sorry Vic... i just had too*
School is fun! made a few indian friends... about 15 of them! hardcore indians! never ever mention something bad about their country or even pakistan! they'll kill you! i learned abit of hindi and tamil from them! oh... talking about hindi or even punjabi... my dear brother hogan is.... i'll try to put it in a nice way! [ really bad ] yea... =P jEmZ if you are ever going to read this or even your dad I LOVE THE RING!!!!!!!!!!!! oh talking about my ring it took about 3 weeks you get the right size.. ALL BECAUSE DEACON JON'S SON CANT TAKE RING SIZES... sorry about that... its true! KK that's all for today folks

2004-05-06T17:48:00.000+08:00

Blessed to be a blessing! That's the topic for today!

well yea... Since young I was mummy's boy! And I love it!!! For the past few days I had been involve in almost everything that has happen in work... On Monday, I was doing delivery and had about 6 tonnes for material... For you info that's ALOT! We were heading to this company call shimano when the lorry broke down under the flyover of pioneer... was there for a good 3 hours!! but god is good amen i was slacking for 3 hours!!! actually i spent my time reading a story book and i got to agree with jemz THE TRAINING PART IS VERY BORING!!!! so the tow truck came very late took us back to the company and I HAD TO UNLOAD ALL THE GOODS!!! THAT IS 6 TONNES!!!!!! and anyway i had a chance to drive the fork lift... and when everything was done its was around 4+ so i didnt have to do over time!! yea!!!praise the lord!

TODAY

was in SP for an interview and... I GOT IN!!! its just that i need a shipping company sponsor... Praise the LORD! all glory to jesus! with the grades i have this has to be JESUS!

2004-04-25T20:31:00.000+08:00

EARTHQUAKE!!!

to start off... I had a wonderful day! Saw de**** wahahah jkjk... Well... Today's sermon was THUMBS up! If you know what I mean. Pastor mark is one anointed preacher! Touched my heart! After service we took the LONG walk back to city hall mrt, about 30 mins to get there. Amazing... Then me Hogan, Jeremy and I decided to have an EARTHQUAKE at plaza Singapore. Wow! My 4th time with jemz! And this is the first time he contributed. [sorry bro but its TRUE!] we had 8 flavours. Lets see... Chocolate, chocolate frosted malt, chocolate peanut butter, coffee, sticky chewy chocolate, flavor of the day, cookies n cream and.. I forgot!! Anyway we had FUN! So next time if you want to have earthquake you know who to find! ;)

2004-04-24T00:02:00.000+08:00

AHHHH!!!! Today was a good day before i got booted out of Sp... anyway today's bs was a business Seminar! Really! And a good one! Hogan made it look like a comedy... Don't ask why! It was just very funny!Yea! Was at suntec at 1 and there was a Q already!!! amazing!!! the best part was Jeremy was there at 11.45!! WOW!!! won't be writing much today... not feeling well...

2004-04-21T21:46:00.000+08:00

! YEA! My life is like a routine... Everyday is like the same. Go to work, see the same ppl, key in data, pack pack and pack, the only thing I look forward to is lunch time and going home... SIGH! The only thing fun about work is delivery! Going to different parts of Singapore and many industrial areas to see what other company's do and stuff. Anyway out of point.. IM GOING CHURCH CAMP!!! WAHAHAHAH!!! Finally! Hallelujah! Praise the lord! This year is going to be different! Not because my sister is not going {YES!!} but because this year is a year of a 1000 times more! Even though it has been tough year for me, I still believe IM going to be BLESSED 100 times more AMEN!!! Like what deconess lian said the other time *God says it, i believe it. and that settles it*

2004-04-13T15:30:00.000+08:00

AH!! Back to work=( with friends like Hogan and Jeremy around man I don't feel like working... I got to make this short cause IM at work now!! wahahaha... My internet explorer is down. So work is the only place to blog!!!! OMG!!! My supervisor caught me!! ahhhhhh!!!! anyway he walked past! PHEW!! Better get back to work... BTW [for jemz] 6-0 wahahaha beware next time you come my house!!!

2004-04-09T11:49:00.000+08:00

Hello?!?! HELLO!!!!!!
its good Friday! Finally! A day where I can wake up late... SADLY I woke up at 8.30am :( all thanks to my dad... He wanted breakfast!!! Oh well... When I open the TV guide I saw SUM OF ALL FEARS on star movies at 9 pm and arsenal vs Liverpool at 7.30pm +wrestleMANIA xx at 11pm! Looks like IM not that lonely after all! Oh yah forgot to tell you all! Almost everyone I know is going servers night!That leaves me with my ps2 and TV... Sigh...

2004-04-06T22:01:00.000+08:00

Hi !!!

This is my very own blog.. made by brother.. if u didnt know.. this is just my test post.