i have a new phone!!!!!!!!! its the nokia e71 and it isn’t the dream phone i wanted but it’s got what i wanted in the dream phone. so i guess i’m just really lucky!! it’s a gift from my cousin 
i guess good stuff is worth waiting for;
I’ve been wanting an e series phone since last year! i actually wanted the e65 but this’ll do.
and it’s coming just in time too
i’m completely helpless trying to figure out to to sync it with my iBook though.
today youth was good. really good.
3 things i want to note.
1. Shout to the Lord!revel
we just sang for about 1 and 1/2 hours, just praised God and i was able to lift my hands up and praise Him and that was very spiritually uplifiting for me, because i don’t always dare to just raise my hands up even if i want to.
i jumped during “one way” – i think it’s one of the most happening songs.
and then i wondered if my enthusiasm for just because i love music in general, or if it’s for God.
so i thought about the lyrics i was singing, instead of just appreciating the music, and i realized that i meant what i sang, and that the words i sang did ring true for me.
some people find it a barrier to shout out loud and to praise God, but i don’t. the difference is that my confidence comes not from an unwavering belief (for i do falter) but my own personality.
i guess what to learn from this is to try to use this to inspire others to sing, shout, jump!
because there are a whole infinity of reasons for us to be ENTHUSIASTIC in praise
2. good things are worth waiting for.
NJ debate stands testamant to that – we waited 10 years for us to reach the grand finals, and 3 years of JG A div to reach 3rd/4th placing. and when we did reach it, it felt so good because it wasn’t something that “always happened” and hence we treasured it more, we worked out butts of harder for it. i personally feel that i stand testamant to that as well; after 2 years of failure in debates, this year i finally made it, and the past failures result in my humility to what i’ve achieved, as well as encourage me to treasure whatever success i get, and thank God for it.
sometimes it’s tough waiting, especially for impatient people like me, but i’ve learnt that the wait is worth it, so we should just entrust the worries and anxieties into God’s hands.
3. the importance of evangelism.
i’ve always been very jaded at the thought of evangelism, always a cynic about it.
but today i realized the importance of it, and why everyone harps on it.
Jesus died on the cross to save us, an undeserving people, who stoned Him when He did us no wrong, and for every person who knows who he is, that’s another reason that justified His cruxifiction.
think of it as a moral dilemma; will you kill one person to save 2? maybe not.
but if it’s one person to save 100, it’s more justified. and the more people you’re saving, the more justified the death.
He has already died, so all we can do is to make sure that His death was worth it.
i don’t know if i’m strong enough to preach to others, i don’t even know if the above thought is “correct”, but if i can strengthen the faith of other Christians, that is good enough for me.
(which is why i’ve posted my thoughts up here, in the hope that other Christians will feel similarly inspired!)
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went out for dinner with dad after youth, did abit of shopping of sorts so now we each have a 4gb sandisk thumbdrive! 
i conked out last night and slept through mum unsuccesfully waking me up, so my YLTC packing is stilll… undone. and i haven’t hit 30k for nanowrimo yet, although i’ve cleared 27k quite comfortably already.
