the path to happiness

slowdownboy @ 2009-11-10T03:31:00

2009-11-09T19:39:10Z

ORD LOH. ord loh.

life is too short la.

slowdownboy @ 2009-10-27T13:29:00

2009-10-27T13:29:47Z

i think a part of me has been torn out in the way such that it'll never heal fully. how bout you.

slowdownboy @ 2009-10-18T01:56:00

2009-10-17T17:57:28Z

FUCK.

slowdownboy @ 2009-09-26T21:23:00

2009-09-26T14:45:18Z

music is not worship.

whilst that statement by tany is true, i would like to be able to serve in music for the worship ministry. i actually told eddie that i wanted to learn drums, but months have passed and i haven't started on it yet. procrastination is the culprit. i'm sorry eddie. now, i have this interest in learning the keyboard/ synthesizer. am i fickled-minded or what? i hope that i'm willing to give up my time to God to learn these instruments and also that my piano background would help me.

saying all these, i know i have to draw closer to God. without Him, everything crumbles.

slowdownboy @ 2009-09-25T00:01:00

2009-09-24T16:02:35Z

i feel so screwed up. God help.

muahahahah

2009-09-20T20:24:52Z

wow! so i am actually left with less than 2 months of liability/service whatever you call it. it feels so fast, especially the time after the training phase.

today has been a eventful and meaningful day. woke up early to attend JYC anniversary and i must say, i was touched by how the JYCers love God and love each other. Growing up this way is THE way to go man. Three years of learning how to honour, love and respect each other, at the same time forming bonds/relationships that will last a lifetime. i wanna really give credit to the leaders for pouring out so much of their lives for the younger ones and pray that their efforts be rewarded.

had lunch at level six and did connection duty during service. went back for acupuncture and dinner with bianca's family and on to jem's place. my gosh, the manchester derby was super exciting la! it should have been a draw la pls.

came home after that and dotaed.

i thank God for church, and the friends from it.

Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be!

thai

2009-07-18T04:55:07Z

thailand has been great. it's a trip packed with so many activities, quite tiring but very fun nevertheless. visited many places and ate lots of food. didnt bring a camera but photos taken by the others are on facebook.

Errr

2009-05-16T18:02:42Z

errr, I'm back here taking a break from facebook. Fb has done so much damage to my blogging desire. Today I just wanna write about how I agree with what a certain someone had said a few days ago. I want to be comfortable with myself, knowing my strengths and weaknesses and accept them. But then again, shouldn't we be improving on what we are weak at? Hmm. Maybe it's just quite tiring to do that. Right, let me know myself and be comfortable with it.

Anyway, epicurious breakfast was awesome and how I wish sfi serves the same menu at that quality. Wishful thinking on my part.

From the iPhone,
Nathan

december

2008-11-23T08:47:37Z

i'm really looking forward to december. day trip to malaysia with army friends, 2 nights there again with family, yc teens camp and christmas.

slowdownboy @ 2008-11-23T09:40:00

2008-11-23T01:46:12Z

the question i hate answering most is "which uni are you going to?".

slowdownboy @ 2008-11-19T00:59:00

2008-11-19T07:16:07Z

hello

2008-11-19T07:12:07Z

hello

slowdownboy @ 2008-11-18T18:07:00

2008-11-18T10:22:47Z

in the organization that i am in, i think there will be nothing much to write about due to the monotonous duties that we perform. like what x said, our brains are not being used much here and unless we do things to improve ourselves, we rot. it suddenly strucked me today that i am almost finishing one year of my duty, and how much actually have i changed for the better, or grow? i think i am growing further away from Him and i know more needs to be done. if i am going to spend 2 years of my life here, why don't i spend it to the fullest? spread the good news and be the light, salt whatever.

i need to do better.

trust

2008-11-17T23:52:34Z

6 months of sabbatical.

i can't help but keep asking myself what it'll be like if i had worked harder during my two years in jc. i can't help but keep blaming on my environment. i can't help but keep having thoughts that i'm not good enough. i can't help. i can't help anything now. i can only trust God and trust God.

buddy kian wee has bought gossip girls. invoking my interest again.

teach?

2008-05-22T05:13:20Z

i have never thought myself as a teacher in the past. teaching? why. why would i want to be a teacher? God can you tell me why? truely why? inspiration from my mum? wanting to make a difference in the lives of others? taking joy in helping others? God show me the way.

slowdownboy @ 2008-05-18T01:11:00

2008-05-17T17:19:14Z

standing at the parade with FBO right after a 28km walk is a real test. a platoon best from some company collapsed halfway and blood was seen coming down from his head when he was stretchered past. it's amazing how some sergeants can still smile when it happened.

anyway, getting best pt is a blessing. however the fact of not crossing over due to just 0.2 points is disturbing me a bit still. and now, im sent over to stagmont camp signals. hope it'll be a good time there haha. and my motto hasnt changed. to do my best in everything, not necessary be the best, but my best.

coporal loh! echo all the way.

weekdays

2008-03-30T11:29:30Z

it's not that this new phase of training is shiong, but i'm really missing home badly. on top of missing home, i got 2 injuries bugging me. had four days of status during the first week of training, that's like more than half the week. it's the knee and upper back. but i'm glad that they prayed for me in church just now.

may i do my best in army, excel in it, be real and sincere. let's all do just this.

i'm glad you're coming back soon. see you on saturday hopefully.

slowdownboy @ 2008-03-07T13:45:00

2008-03-07T05:47:10Z

wow it's nine weeks since i updated and it's pop day soon.

today's a big day.

slowdownboy @ 2007-12-29T01:11:00

2007-12-28T17:16:43Z

the camp was awesome! it has taught me how to face my struggles. really.

im His son.

slowdownboy @ 2007-12-24T12:15:00

2007-12-24T04:22:02Z

somet imes i feel so inadequate in loving people. like as if i dont know how to build a close relationship with a person. many of things i could do is to say hello, comment something funny or whatever. i think i am insecure, maybe that's what you will think when you read this. but i DO feel jealous of others and of the relationships they have with people. im trying so hard to write christmas cards that would make other feel warm and blessed, i am really trying very hard.

whatever it is, i am writing cards. i am gonna do with whatever i have to bless others.

slowdownboy @ 2007-12-20T00:48:00

2007-12-19T16:51:00Z

a levels are over and army is coming. i love Him and i love her.

september holidays.

2007-09-08T11:11:21Z

wow i actually remembered my livejournal password considering that i havent been here for a month, well nearly.

prelims have passed so have the holidays. haha it's really fast. what have i done this week? hmm, i have been staying at home, doing math, went swimming with darren, biking with darren, running, playing dota, SGC, swimming with darren, biking with darren and brother, mum's birthday dinner, funfair and sleeping. yeah i have been hanging out with darren a tad lot this 2 weeks. and NO i am NOT GAY. actually, this week i haven't really left house much except for today's funfair and yesterday's dinner. this makes me a bukit batok boy.

major showdown in 7 weeks' time.

slowdownboy @ 2007-08-09T16:25:00

2007-08-09T08:34:05Z

just when he was about to turn into the geek he wished he can be, he met chess and its chinese cousin. with the wonderful website called yahoo games, he went into war with his brother and conan. there, 2 hours went past like the wind and it's 5 days to the prelims. feeling guilty, he went to do math immediately and after 1 hour, he realized that he desperately needs the solutions to get help from, but to his horror, the teachers have not posted them on the intranet like they have promised they would. terrorized, he went to livejournal and this paragraph appeared.

slowdownboy @ 2007-07-30T20:34:00

2007-07-30T12:48:20Z

i find myself back to the place again. it has been 3 weeks since i wrote and it's 2 weeks to the prelims. it's time to study all out for this last 2 weeks.

yesterday after church i played frisbree with my bro and after that we went running and did pull ups. now i can do 13, i improved by 2. achievement haha. i think im going to sign up for the standard chatered half marathon happening at the end of the year. it was a real great experience and definitely to pay 36 bucks for. well, that's what i hope. they better widen the routes cause last year, many of us had difficulty going through the marathon crowd who started earlier than us. so i had to overtake like 10000 marathon people last year, squeezing past them. okay that's all for running now, im going back to my organic chem 99mcq questions. must finish by today.

God give me strength to be who you want me to be.

slowdownboy @ 2007-07-04T21:46:00

2007-07-04T14:02:09Z

watched transformers on monday and die hard today. both are action flicks and they are good. highly recommended for the action lovers. the big test in in 5 and a half weeks time. teachers helps nathan. nathan helps nathan. God saves nathan.