moving ahead

things to give thanks for 2007
clear study loan for bank
participated in adventure race, biathlon, full marathon
did the tertiary sport job portfolio, enjoyed working, having fun with my colleagues
involved in alpha, xmas, commencement planning
understood and convicted abt financial freedom
went to hope surat thani!
able to bless, help ppl around succeed in small, tangible ways :)
new bgr framework
new people joining us during tis year's church camp
met new friends, build existing friendships in ministry. convicted of e impt of playing an active role
re-connect to sec sch alumni, jc classmates after a veri long time
ran with mum for the first time! after some 18 yrs of she wanting to do so
blessed relatives w xmas gifts, open house for visitation by relatives
hosted for heroes @ harry's
gd synergy with guofeng, eileen towards year's end, jocelyn,joanne,shewyn joined cg
guopeng, ex-course mate received Christ after some 3 years

valleys in 2007
was dry for most part of e first half of 07, busy doing races, dun feel like serving
re-visited faith again, child-likeness, abt fulfiling the great commission during mission trip
struggling to find contentment, not be affected too much by lack of worldly success, things
coping with passivity in work, continue to live out to what i already know

things to look forward in 2008
sports
Arsenal winning EPL title! Quadruple if possible
F1 in spore
Euro & Africa Nations Cup
beijing olympics games, spore breaks that olympic medal drought finally
osim triathlon
spore qualifies for 4th round of World Cup

ministry
disciple brothers who will in turn raise up their own disciples
new faces in adult ministry serving :)
new bros,sis in cg, birthing
hope league!
- first two matches on 13(vs youth group) and 20 Jan(vs tertiary), 5-7pm!
cg's business venture
back to surat thani
hope marathon idea?
CL?
special tertiary project
open house for visitation during chinese new year's period

personal
change job/portfolio
get dat driving licence
learning guitar well
saving enough to make first investment by mid-year
win mum to Christ
build on strengths of account management/servicing, digital marketing
carry on learning bahasa indo
managing discontentment, negativity better
have more boldness, courage, energy to make a stand for Him in workplace, pursue after His calling

thank God for joyce who is still serving in tertiary service. excited when she shared a few things that she has planned for her life. Starting bistros in every tertiary institution, being financially free and writing the first Easter musical. Doing a Master in education, pursuing this path further as He uses and develops her talents further.
So forward looking. Not so clear for me yet but a good thing to start thinking now

dreams/ideas/wishes
-able to work overseas, gain exposure
-play an active role in winning countries in Asia for Him be it direct or indirectly
-be a manager by age 30
-lecturing/facilitation at tertiary institution abt sports/social work after some gd years in corporate world
-pay off house loans soon, use it for rental, bring overseas students to stay here. connect to them, rise them up as His disciples, go back their countries and start many churches
-put mum's gd culinary skills to good use, open an indo stall in our neighborhood?
-develop very excellent networking, communication skills, very well-connected in different stratas of society esp local setting where i stay: northeast
-start ventures that will bless tertiary students during their holidays, not shortage of finances, gain exposure of working life. Hope to capitalise on existing job portfolio be it contacts, new trends, lobang. Hope our uni group will benefit much
-seeing church take an active role in financial investing, win more decision-makers, see hope centre,theatre,worship ministy more influential and at cutting-edge in our home soil
-do social work yet financially secure, money earning for you
-hope to be able to invest in property and gd mutual funds/unit trusts
-hope run becomes hope marathon, a core group of endurance race enthusiasts making good social cause statements, raising funds for charity through races
-pursue teaching of English, teaching lifeskills to overseas students based here
-open doors in ex-classmates, relatives to sow seeds, my generation, sees fellow believers
-can develop acting,hosting,theatre potential further
-be more engaged in policies,issues affecting spore, veri well-read in current affairs/global trends