Day off

No work today. woohoo!
Perfect lazy day spent in the sunshine... complete with cupcakes, which is a rare thing to come by in cafes in Korea.


Stopped by French town- 서래마을.... really wasn't all that exciting.
On the other hand, afternoon tea at Garosugil was a treat, as always.

Riding the highs, digging the lows

Another weekend of good food, great company, loving life....knowing that everything in life consists of choices.

"Let the choices you make today, be choices you can live with tomorrow"

Song in my head: "Feeling You" Santana feat. Michelle Branch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gpwgPpswms

You and Me by Lifehouse

Perfect mellow song for Thursday.

"Because it's you and me, and all other people with nothing to do, nothing to lose and it's you and me and all other people and I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you."

New Resolution

Because time is running-out and life happens while you are making plans, I think we all need a strategy in order to live just "O-kay."

My strategy to live right for this season of life: To not let feelings rule my life.

Feelings can be indicative, but I really don't believe they can be trusted on to base my life on. I've learnt the hard way, as I'm sure a lot of you have too.

Reading Joyce Meyer's "Living Beyond your Feelings" at the moment, and it's so good to know that feelings can be controlled AND PEOPLE CAN CHANGE.

One tip from the book:

"I can want to do what is right and what is wrong at the same time. It is not always easy to choose to do what is right, but it is easier than choosing the wrong thing and going through the misery i feel afterward."

May your lives be filled with choices that you can live with tomorrow.
X

PS: I'm going to a dog cafe tonight....No they don't serve dogs, but it's where you can have coffee and play with dogs...Only in Korea..lol.
Can't wait to just hug and kiss the crap out of all the puppies xoxoxoxoxoxo

Twenty Cans of Success

The truth is, I've never lived though such a winter as I have the last five months.
Coming from the sunny Gold Coast, winter is usually around 15 degrees celcius and the sun is always out.

During my first Winter in Korea, I think I let myself get moved by the weather....I didn't really know what people were talking about, until I realized I was staring at empty spaces on the wall.
What matters now though is that I won't go back to that again.
These words really revigorated me. I won't settle for anything less. Hope this can encourage you too.

Twenty Cans of Success

Why should I say I can’t when the Bible says I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength (Philippians 4:13)?

Why should I worry about my needs when I know that God will take care of all my needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19)?

Why should I fear when the Bible says God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7)?

Why should I lack faith to live for Christ when God has given me a measure of faith

(Romans 12:3)?

Why should I be weak when the Bible says that the Lord is the strength of my life and that I will display strength and take action because I know God (Psalm 27:1; Daniel 11:32)?

Why should I allow Satan control over my life when He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4)?

Why should I accept defeat when the Bible says that God always leads me in victory (2 Corinthians 2:14)?

Why should I lack wisdom when I know that Christ became wisdom to me from God and God gives wisdom to me generously when I ask Him for it (1 Corinthians 1:30; James 1:5)?

Why should I be depressed when I have hope and can recall to mind God’s loving-kindness, compassion and faithfulness (Lamentations 3:21-23)?

Why should I worry and be upset when I can cast all my anxieties on Christ who cares for me (1 Peter 5:7)?

Why should I ever be in bondage knowing that there is freedom where the spirit of the Lord is (2 Corinthians 3:17)?

Why should I feel condemned when the Bible says there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 3:17)?

Why should I feel alone when Jesus said He is with me always and He will never leave me nor forsake me (Matthew 28:20; Hebrews 13:5)?

Why should I feel as if I’m cursed or have bad luck when the Bible says that Christ rescued me from the curse of the law that I might receive His spirit by faith (Galatians 3:13,14)?

Why should I be unhappy when I, like Paul, can learn to convert whatever the circumstances (Philippians 4:11)?

Why should I feel worthless when Christ became sin for me so that I might become the righteousness of God (Corinthians 5:21)?

Why should I feel helpless in the presence of others when I know that if God is for me, who can be against me (Romans 8:31)?

Why should I be confused when God is the author of peace and He gives me knowledge through His Spirit who lives in me (1 Corinthians 2:12; 14:33)?

Why should I feel like a failure when I am more than a conqueror through Christ who loved me (Romans 8:37)?

Why should I let the pressures of life bother me when I can take courage knowing that Jesus has overcome the world and its problems (John 16:33)?

Neil. T. Anderson

Another day of musing and life...because time is running out

I've learnt at 26 (27 Korean age), that writing that are worth reading, should challenge you....In that respect, not sure that my favourite novelists are all worthy writers.
Sorry Maupassant, Murakami and the like....

Also, I realized how often someone can mindlessly read something and not really soak in the essence of a paragraph, or the message. That someone is namely me.

The word "Love" gets thrown around this world from friend to friend, lover to lover, to describe one's feelings....and I guess we all try to come up with our definitions of love....we like to offer the world our version, but what if there is already a clear-cut definition for the term.

As well as being heralded as the greatest out of love, faith and hope, 1Corinthians:13 also defines CLEARLY, what LOVE is:

-Love is Patient
-Love is Kind
-Does Not Envy
-Does Not Boast
-It is Not Proud
-Does not Dishonour others
-It is Not Self Seeking
-It is Not Easily Angered
-It Keeps No Record of Wrongs
-Does Not Delight in Evil but rejoices with the truth
-It Always Protects
-Always Trusts
-Always Hopes
-Always Perseveres
-Never Fails

Have you ever loved? If this is what complete Love looks like, then I don't think anyone can claim to have loved to the full.


When you say you love someone, ask yourself....can you be these things for that person? Or at least never fail at trying to do so?

Most importantly, do you know that God loves us? like this?
I'm ashamed to say that I've not loved God although I say I did....

Twilight approaching

Another day has come and gone away.

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Back on Top

So it's been a while and I can come up with excuses: Too busy with work, didn't have time out of work hours, was too cold to venture out, etc etc.

But what's important now is, I'm getting back to blogging. God I missed it.

To kick-start this new chapter, here's a song I want to share.
Not exactly food, but I feel like the words really nourishes and touches me. So enjoy!

It's a band that sings the words in my head, everytime.

Goo Goo Dolls- Sympathy


Stranger than your sympathy,
And this is my apology
I Kill myself from the inside out,
And all my fears have pushed you out.
And I wished for things that I don't need.
All I wanted
And what I chase won't set me free.
It's all I wanted
And I get scared but I'm not crawling on my knees.
Oh yeah, everything's all wrong , yeah.
Everything's all wrong, yeah.
Where the hell did i think i was?

And stranger than your sympathy.
I take these things so I don't feel.
I kill myself from the inside out,
And now my head's been filled with doubt.

And it's hard to lead the life you choose,
All I wanted
When all your luck's run out on you.
All I wanted
And you can't see when all your dreams are coming true.
Oh yeah, it's easy to forget, yeah.
And you choke on the regrets, yeah.
who the hell did i think i was?

And stranger than your sympathy,
And all these thoughts you stole from me.
And I'm not sure where I belong.
Nowhere's home and I'm all wrong

And I wasn't all the things
I tried to make believe I was.
And I wouldn't be the one
To kneel before the dreams I wanted
And all the talking,
And all the lies
Were all the empty things disguised as me
mm Yeah.
Stranger than your sympathy.
Stranger than your sympathy.