Just to say "Hi", to those who do read this blog.

I shall count the days to see how long people will not read.

It's been a while. Maybe due to the Back-to-school fever?

Ok, that was random. Now to the main point.

Firstly, a congratulations to Jien Hui, Felicia and Alicioa, and to God be the glory for the good results you have obtained by His grace! Ok, Jien Hui, maybe that result was not good to you, but thank God that you got it still good!

Secondly, I wish all here a very blessed Chinese New Year! May all extended family conflicts be resolved upon family gatherings tomorrow and the day after, and may the Lord strengthen the bonds of the family. Families with weak ties only accelerate the end times even faster than before, where "Father will turn against Son ,and the son will turn against Son; Mother will turn against Daughter, and Daughter will turn against Mother...."

That sure is a horrible ending, so let's do our best to strenthen whatever family unity there is.

Thridly, while we may be goin gou tot celebrate CNY tomorrow, I pray that we wil remember a few things:

a) While going to visit our relatives, do remember to pray 

"May the mind of Christ my saviour

  Live in me from day to day

  By His power and love controlling

  All I DO and say"

and let the mind that was in Christ be in you, that you will not let the spirit of greed manifest itself in you (*hint*hint*)

If you think that I'm doing this to tease nay of you, do rememebr that many of you have unsaved relatives; they'll be keeping an eye on your behaviour, so do be mindful of yourself!

b) When collecting 红包, please do remember:

农历新年不是收红包的日子。反而，它就是感谢耶稣的日子。而且，我们不是为了钱，而是为了家庭才会在农历新年团结。到家里的时候，请不要马上向人家讨钱！

c) When we go about our festivities, do remember God throughout the day. it's not "Thank God it's Friday", or "Thank God It's Festivities", but "Today, God Is First".

d)-(i)When we count our $$$, please  remember to bring the tithes in God's storehouse, and test God to see if He will not rain His blessing upon your life!

d)-(ii) While you're at it, it'll be greta if you can try out what i did in Beijing.

记得我去年还在北京的时候，有个小比赛，最棒的答案会得到一笔钱。那时，多谢上帝，我赢了冠军。可是，我开始这个比赛之前，答应过了耶稣：“上帝，如果我迎着个比赛，我答应把20%的钱您，而不只是10%。” 没有想到，我真的赢钱。

记得最后一次去教堂时，有一个美国的牧师讲了“给贫穷人”的这件事。虽然，我们很少看到这么一个清官，但是它并不是说明新加坡根本没有“家境贫困”的一回事。如果讲到中国或者印尼，家境贫困的家庭司空见惯。也许，我们已经太幸福了，也忘恩负义。

打开红宝石，记得要感谢夜宿，也要记住把奉献给教堂。我希望大家也能把一小小笔钱给家境贫困的家庭，应为这就是耶稣为我们树立的好榜样。

("yay! my chinese is not so bad!")

Well, that's all folks.

God bless!

农历新年快乐！

上帝祝福你！

林彝宏