FIREPROOF

Say "I Do" ... All Over Again!
It was the No. 1 independent movie release of 2008, confounding movie-industry experts with its strong showing week after week after week at cineplexes across the country. Much more importantly, the movie touched the hearts and marriages of more than 4 million people!Now, FIREPROOF is available on DVD! The Special Collector’s Edition DVD is available exclusively from Christian retail stores and sites. With exclusive bonus features, FIREPROOF fans will enjoy hours of entertainment and impact.

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Both Zhenyuan and myself love this movie so much which we happened to purchase at church for $24.80. Its a great movie for all married friends. Very moving and help made our marriage even stronger. Go see it and believe.

Reflections

Choices & Time!

In truth, people can generally make time for what they chose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking.

When you make the right choice, you will make enough time.

To Act or Not to Act?

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

If everyone waits, nothing happens.

Quality Time (Love Language)

Quality time is more than mere proximity. It’s about focusing all your energy on your mate. A husband watching sports while talking to his wife is NOT quality time. Unless all of your attention is focused on your mate, even an intimate dinner for two can come and go without a minute of quality time being shared.

Quality conversation is very important in a healthy relationship. It involves sharing experiences, thoughts, feelings and desires in a friendly, uninterrupted context. A good mate will not only listen, but offer advice and respond to assure their mate they are truly listening. Many mates don’t expect you to solve their problems. They need a sympathetic listener.

An important aspect of quality conversation is self-revelation. In order for you to communicate with your mate, you must also be in tune with your inner emotions. It is only when you understand your emotions and inner feelings will you then be able to share quality conversation, and quality time with your mate.

Quality activities are a very important part of quality time. Many mates feel most loved when they spend physical time together, doing activities that they love to do. Spending time together will bring a couple closer, and, in the years to come, will fill up a memory bank that you can reminisce about in the future.Whether it’s sitting on the couch and having a brief conversation or playing together in a tennis league, quality time is a love language that is shared by many. Setting aside focused time with your mate will ensure a happy marriage.

Extracted from http://www.fivelovelanguages.com/learn.html by Gary Chapman

My Realisation

I have been missing out on giving quality conversation to you.
Miss out on telling you I cherish your being around me.
Miss out on telling you this is the way I love you.
Miss out on knowing that this is one way you feel my love.

Too little words from the mouth can kill a relationship.
Words express your interest that you want the other person to know about you, your experience, your thoughts and your feelings.

Too little words just like my dad.
Much better at writing than talking
Now the quieter one in this relationship.
This is no excuse not to learn to speak more.
Now I want to learn this way to communicate my love for you

This also encourage me more to speak as a way to tell you I love you.

Zhenyuan

MEN & WOMEN II (JOKES)

WOMAN
When she's 18, she's a football, 22 men going after her.
When she's 28, she's a hockey ball, 8 men going after her.
When she's 38, she's a golf ball, 1 man hitting on her.
When she's 48, she's a ping pong ball, 2 men pushing to each other.
When she's 58, she's a punctured ball, her man keep her for good memories.


MAN
At 20, a man is like a coconut, so much to offer so little to give.
At 30, a man is like durian, dangerous but delicious.
At 40, a man is like watermelon, big round and juicy.
At 50, a man is like mandarin orange, the season will come but once a year.
At 60, a man is like a raisin, dried out,wrinkled and cheap.

MEN & WOMEN (JOKES)

Women are unpredictable.
Before marriage, she expects a man.
After marriage, she suspects a man.
After death, she respects him.

There was this guy who told his woman that he loved her so much that he would go thru hell for her.
They got married and now he's going thru hell.

A man inserted an "AD" in the classified: "Wife wanted".
Next day he received a hundred letters.
They all say the same thing: "You can have mine"....

When a man opens a door of a car for his wife.
You can be sure of 1 thing: either the car is new or his wife.

Its easy to tell if a man is married or not.
Just watch him drive a car with a woman sitting beside him.
If both his hands are on the wheels, you can be sure he's married.

A man received a letter from kidnappers.
The letter said "If you don't promise to send us a $100,000, I swear we will kidnap your wife."
The poor man wrote back: "I am afraid I can't keep my promise but I hope you will keep yours."

What's the matter, you looked depressed."
"I'm having trouble with my wife."
"What happened?"
"She said she wasn't going to speak to me for 30 days."
"But that ought to make you happy."
"It did, but today is the last day."

CLOUD 9

Yes! Got called into my Boss's Office today to conduct the Annual Feedback Report. Very happy with my banding :o). Plus News on my promotion to MAJOR this 1 July 2009. Yuppie! Thank you very much GOD for his blessing all this years. MAJOR IRONMAN!

SOMEONE (2nd Perspective)

There is always someone for everyone. To stay together as a couple.
Someone whose faults and weaknesses you can live with
and goodness and strengths you can't live without.

Continue to love one another and see your relationship blossom.
Pray to GOD for his blessing and guidance.

SOMEONE

There is always someone for everyone to live as a couple.

Someone who is bad that you can live with...

or someone who is good whom you can't live without.

LUSTFUL MEN, PROUD WOMEN

Vatican City: Lust leads men to sin. For women, pride is their biggest downfall.

This is how the sexes struggle differently with the seven deadly sins of pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed and sloth. Men and Women sin in different ways.

Women are not adverse to lust, but primarily occupied with pride, envy and anger. Sloth does not set in until after gluttony and greed.

Lust: Excessive thoughts or desire of sexual nature.

Gluttony: Over-consumption of or overl indulging in anything to the point of waste.

Sloth: The failure to utilise one's talents and gifts.

Anger: Inordinate and uncontrolled feelings that can manifest as denial of the truth or self-denial, or generally wishing to do evil or harm to others.

Pride: The desire to be more important or attractive than others, failing to compliment others and excessive love of self.

Envy: Resentment of another person for having something one lacks, and wishing the other person to be deprived of it.

Greed: Excessive acquisition of material goods.

Men: 1. Lust 2. Gluttony 3. Sloth 4. Anger 5. Pride 6. Envy 7. Greed
Women: 1. Pride 2. Envy 3. Anger 4. Lust 5. Gluttony 6. Greed 7. Sloth

Everton Vs MiddlesBrough 8 March

Well done Everton! We have beaten MiddlesBrough 2 goals in the 6th round FA Cup. Semi Finals here we come!

Marriage Vow

This woman whom you hold by the hand is to be your wife
She had given you one of the most sacred things under heaven
A woman's life and a woman's love
You may bring her great joy or cause her deep sorrow
It is not what you bring her in the material way that will make true happiness
Riches without love are nothing
Gifts without the giver is bare
The practise of those virtues as husband that you have shown her as a lover will keep her heart wane to your heart
Do you take her to be your lawfully wedded wife
To live together in the bonds of marriage
Do you solemnly promise before these witnesses that
you will love, honour,comfort and keep her
In sickness and in health
In adversity and prosperity and forsaking all others
Keep yourself only for her and be faithful to her as long as you both shall live

A beautiful piece given to us by Reverend Joshua Lim
Thank you Reverend Lim for being our Solemnisation. You made it so meaningful to both of us.
Taken from the video of our solemnisation ceremony.
Thank you Sean for doing up our video so well and capturing all the precious moments.

Cecilia

Our Dream Home

Went back to City View @ Boon Keng this afternoon together with parents to have a look at the showflat. Two MRT away from parents place at Serangoon and 3 stations to Dhoby Ghuat MRT with the Boon Keng MRT within walking distance. Plenty of facilities around and the upcoming City Square Mall to be opened by year end.

Nice City view too during the day and at night. Yesterday before we went, from the web, I flagged out the Block and unit which I will consider and oh are we lucky, those available was one of those I wanted. Nice Block (8) and Nice Unit No (148) with interesting Poster Code 330008. I am 33 and Cecilia 30 and this place is classified as Central just like our Wedding Venue, 333 Orchard Road. So coincidence. No way to run man...

With all those good pointers, both Cecilia and I decided on the purchase of our idea unit! Yes! We have booked a 5 Room Unit 1216 sqft (113sqm) going for $591,000. The flats are half way done up till the 20 floor with max at 40 floor. Have also apply for the HDB Grant to be offset with the booking fee of 5%. Earliest expected TOP in Jun 2010, just nice if earlier better.

Thank you GOD for helping with our house hunting! Another big project completed for both of us in just 9 mths! Fast! Ironman and Pepper have found our Loft! http://hoihup.com/brochure.pdf