Good Friday, the day the Lord died on the cross bearing our sins for us. This year, as good friday drew near, i was merely looking forward to it as it was a holiday. An excuse off the daily routine of work. A day where we had special church performances and an opportunity to share God with non-believing friends. Beyond that, i hadn't given this day any further thought. As it turns out, God works in ways we don't often expect. I had invited an old friend to the morning service and persuaded him to come even though it was sooooo early in the morning of a public holiday! An altar call for healing was given, specifically for injury on the right knee! Goodness, i was quite shocked to hear that, having badly injured the exact knee a couple of weeks ago and it hadn't gotten better. There, my cell leader and members were giving me the eye to obey the call (heh, thx guys). As i was at the altar and got prayed for, the word was that God would give me a strength in my heart and wisdom, understanding and intelligence this year. I had to learn to stay in His presence. Truely, I think the call for healing was more like a gentle prodding from God for me to recieve a greater blessing from Him. I really needed that. More than all this, it was a reminder for me: even when I didn't care as much for Him, He still cared for me. Thank you Jesus, for reminding me of your love on Easter.
On a lighter note, we celebrated Leonard's 28th birthday on the same day! Happy bday Bro(we'll try to go easy on the ah peh jokes this yr, lol). Everyone had a good time, looking at the pics we took, I truely thank God for the cell group. Finally we've been able to get full attendance!! (well, almost) Looking at how far the group has grown, the new and the old, God is once more re
minding, that we continue to do His good work, and He will continue to pour out
unto us.
14th April 06 Good Friday
JieHui, me and david chilling at Indochine.
Doesn't David look like a new man now that he's happily attached??
Chasing Lab tech, trip, fall, slid along floor, bang, bruised knee. Possibly the 2nd stupidest thing i can do this year...
Right here's my first post. what better way to start off by describing the stupidest thing i did in 2006 (and the year's not even half over..). Brace yourself for:
The stupidest thing i did in 2006!
Scientific experiments have always been flukes but never in history could there been one like this. I had preordered my chemical: Acetic Acid and it arrived in a big tin can. I never gave it a single thought until me and Ricky actually started the experiment one day.
We prepared the various chemicals and finally opened the can of Acetic acid, only to find granules and powder like substances.
After contemplating it for an entire minute...
Ricky: How come the acid is in powder form?
Me: i don't know... Acid can be in powder form meh?
Ricky and Me: hmm...
Ricky looks at the chemical information and makes a big discovery.
Ricky: See, it says "glacial". Its like ice mah, ice is liquid solid. So Glacial Acid is in powder form! Acid need water, so lets mix it with water!
I was so convinced by him that i readily agreed (forgetting Chem101: NEVER mix acid with water! Value your life!)
So we did our recalculations, and poured water into the beaker of acid powder. With abated breathes, Ricky stirred the concoction...
The solid powder floated... Silence..
Me: Urm.. Ricky ah, do u think maybe... there's something else inside the can ah?
We took a stick and poked around the powder in the can. Something hard..
Pouring some of the powder out, we found- the actual bottle of Acetic Acid. (The "powder" was in fact merely sand, to keep the bottle intact during shipping)
On that day, 2 PhD students tried to mix sand with water, thinking they were making acid. Our fellow researchers and Lab technicians did get a good laugh out of this.
My future does look quite bleak now..
The famous concoction...
