live shooting 2

After a very long Day of shooting Yesterday. We have the whole day off today. Praise God!

For this chance to relax and rest. And Praise the Lord, i wont have to retake the shooting Test.

Which mean he pass..Thank God.haha. Yeah. Now he is feeling the bit of tiredness But the joy shall be in him and It will be his strength.=)

Live Shooting

After getting Married, Leah & Me got separated for a while due to some problems but we're back together again and will finally go for real action. Live shooting all the way

Haha, this is what John send me.And yes, just in case, if you chance upon the blog, Leah is his M16 rifle.yup.

Back.

Yay. I'm back for a day and a half.

Had an awesome time in Campus today. Feeling charged to go back to that small island in the east.

Two weeks down, seven more to go, enjoy every moment where possible.

I don't really know what I can talk about because if I talk to much I just might have to "take care" of you all. A lot of confidential stuff down there. I don't want to risk breaking any laws on confidentiality.

Anyway, it's been a better past two weeks than I thought. We had two weeks of immunity from punishments.

From next week on, business really starts.

He is married!

Today, 15th Jan 2007, I, John Gabriel is married to Leah Sylvas. My M16 rifle.

Haha, so shawn, end up, u got married first than John. haha.

Yup.

2nd day

Here come our brother John,

Haha, Guess what? he dropped me a msg saying: " I'm feeling sian already. I get bored too easily. All the admin & Equipment check, Hur, Tml, I'm getting my rifle. Muz think of a name for her."

Haha, who will know, Jg will get bored fast right?. Haha, Father i thank you that Let no fear set in this brother heart. Let him continue to enjoy this process. It shall get more fun. haha.

Keep him in your prayer.=)

First Day in NS, Tekong

Hi Guys,
I'm here to blog for John.

As you know he had just enter to Tekong today. Yup. He didnt do anything much today. I guess first day are always more relax.

When he was with his company or platoon, The very first thought that came to his mind was, I thought that it's every man for himself but it was not the case. Praise God that everyone was helpful to one another.

Yup, and it shall remind like this. Amen

Good New: He will be out on the 27th of Jan.

Yup, that all. JG out.

Heading Out

In a few hours a new phase of my life will begin.

I feel a little excited and surprisingly not very anxious. I think it's due to the encouragement of friends and family.

I've received so much encouragement from brothers and sisters in Christ especially from the HM6 Games Committee that I am so blessed to have been a part of.

Thanks to my dear brothers Desmond and Shawn for your prayers and encouragement.

I'm leaving my blog in the care of Desmond who will be updating for me.

Thanks to my friends with their well wishes.

I look forward to seeing everyone in a few weeks time.

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I tried but sometimes even for a moment I thought of you.

Good things are worth the wait.

This time away will do me good.

Two Year Cycle

I realized that I'm going to go through another 2 year cycle.

In 2003 I went into Swiss Cottage Secondary School and was there for about 2 years (1 and half to be exact). I've met really great and friendly people. Thanks, 4E1 for everything. I enjoyed the dinner at Rocky Master and games at Settlers Cafe. It was worth taking a $10 cab ride to Dhoby Ghout (the only money I had left) and finally taking an insanely over priced night rider bus home.

In 2005 I went to Saint Andrew's Junior College also for about 2 years (about 1 and a half years too). I also met some great people. Everyone's like doing their own things now and some of us guys are going army.

Ah, the army, yet another 2 years to go through (also about 1 year and a few months). Hopefully I'll meet great people. I really like the reminder of the story of Joseph who even when was sold into slavery, because God was with him, he became successful. Even when he was framed for a crime he did not commit, he became favoured in jail (I hope NS is not as bad as jail) and was trusted by the warden. Kinda like that character in Prisonbreak called "John" who is in charge of PI (only difference is Joseph does not get his throat slit).

Yup. Here's to another 2 years.

New Layout

A new and simple layout for this year.

A year of new beginnings.

Let the rain fall.

A Korean Movie

I happened to watch a late night korean movie showing on channel 8.

I was so moved by it. It's the kind of movie that could make you want to cry.

Seriously, the story was so dramatic that I wanted to cry to the point of saying, "God, let me cry."

I shed two only though, one for each eye but the emotions and the heaviness of the heart that I felt after watching was really indescribable. I think it was a great movie and sadly I don't know the title.

It's about this guy who meets a girl on the subway and he instantly falls in love.

He finds himself in the same university as the girl and also happens to join the same book readers club.

Later on he confesses his love for her but he rejects him saying it is only infatuation.

The guy never stopped loving her even when she got married.

In some accident, the girl loses both her parents and husband and decides not to let other people into her life lest she lose them again.

The guy decides to woo her and persists and finally the girl's heart is softened a bit.

They get married and the guy does his best to make her happy.

In time, she started to become happy again.

But she was always a sickly person.

Soon, she becomes pregnant and is overjoyed. Her life seems so perfect.

Alas, she has stomach cancer and either abort the baby or die in labour.

She decides to keep the baby and not tell her husband that she would die if she kept the baby.

Abortion was also not an option because her weak body might not be able to conceive again even after the abortion.

The guy is kept in the dark until he somehow finds out through a close friend that the girl would die after giving birth.

He doesn't let the girl know that he knows to respect her wishes.

He takes a year off from his work and spends the time with his wife.

Both of them cry at night secretly.

At one point they were sitting on a bench looking at the sea. The guy asks her if she wants anything.

She requests that he be the one to change the diapers making it seem like she doesn't like to do it. She also says he should make the milk for the baby because it's tedious.

Teaching the child ABC's would be troublesome for someone like her who is impatient.

Actually she was making the guy promise to take care of the baby.

They don't look at each other and with tears in his eyes the guy says, "I'll take care of everything. Don't worry."

;_;

I wanted to cry buckets.

In the end, the girl dies and leaves behind a beautiful baby girl.

The guy takes care of the baby girl.

The movie ends a few years later and the guy and daughter were sitting at the same bench reading a book that the mother left behind. It was a children's book that tells the child to say I love you to everything, to the trees, to the sky, and last to the father.

Too bad I didn't watch it from the beginning so I have no idea what's the title.

The show is even more dramatic than I have described.

Painful Jaws

So I was standing in the queue during thursday bs and this two girls in front of me which I choose not to mention who were teasing each other.

It's the kind of friendy banter between good friends but it was super funny. I could help but laugh.

I laughed until my jaws started to hurt.

Only then did I find out that it was because I have not smiled enough or laughed enough that's why the muscles are kinda weak and so hurt even after a short time of laughing.

I found it interesting because I usually thought of myself as a very happy kind of person. I guess I don't laugh as much as I thought I did. I don't smile enough either.

For this year of new beginnings, prepare to see an all improved happier smiley John. YAY!

Historymakers 2

I really loved the second session of Historymakers6 Camp.

It was mainly about emotions and how the right thinking can lead to right feeling. Although I may not look it, I'm quite emotional.

Sometimes I let my emotions get the better of me. I used to let my emotions affect me so much. It was because the way I think would sometimes affect how I felt. I'm a person who tends to think too much.

Just imagine how thinking something that is wrong can affect how I felt. Feelings of sadness can be magnified by thinking too much.

Although everyone is unique, the emotions that people go through are the same. I used to think that I was the only one who would feel sad at some things. Everyone goes through the same emotions.

Once I knew that everyone goes through the same things, it was easier to accept that it was because of thinking wrongly that led to negative feelings.

So by thinking correctly, feelings would not get the better of me.

It's not always good to let emotions get the best of me so I have to constantly remind myself not think thoughts that could affect my emotions.

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And already there's a test to my thinking versus emotions. So far I've been able to keep my thinking straight and thus have not been plagued by overwhelming emotions.

Only recently that I seem to falter a bit. It's one thing to be in full control of your thoughts when you are awake and conscious but dreamland is a totally different matter.

Sometimes dreams seem better than reality. Sometimes I wish dreams were reality. See? This is the kind of thinking that leads to feelings that could be negative.

As much as I hope that maybe someday my dream will come true, I must remind myself that what's important is the present and that God is now in control. Somehow, things will just fall together in place and work for my good.

Good things are worth waiting for.

Keep it cool, John. Cool.

Malcolm in the Middle

While in Malaysia I watched this episode of Malcolm in the Middle. Nonsensical as the show is there was one quote which I think is really really quite true.

It came when Malcolm asked his cousin why he still chose to sing karaoke even though he sucks at singing. The cousin said this:

"If you're so afraid of how stupid you'll look, you'll never have your fun."

I think that is so true.

The R Theory on Girls by JG

From observation I have identified three types of girls that exist as potential partners for boys.

This theory came about when I was thinking about how the Bible can be a guidebook for almost everything in life and so I thought it's possible that the Bible could also be guide for courtship. I mean, what better book to learn from than the Basic Instructions on Better Living Everyday?

I thought of the stories of courtship in the Bible and have found three categories of girls. This is from a limited knowledge of scripture.

First, there's the type of girl that I will call the "Rachel". This is from the story of Jacob and Rachel where Jacob worked for seven years for his future-father-in-law to be allowed to marry Rachel. Sad to say Jacob was duped into marrying Leah which was the firstborn daughter but because of his extreme love for Rachel, Jacob worked another seven years and he finally married Rachel. In our context, this is the type of girl that a guy must "work" and "chase" very hard for. I believe this is the most common type.

Second, there's the "Rebekah" type. The story of Isaac and Rebekah is what I believe to be the most ideal example. Due to some circumstances, Rebekah took a risk on a "blind date" of sorts and turned out experiencing love at first sight. Of course the feeling is mutual as Isaac also was instantly in love upon seeing her. Obviously, this is the kind of situation where both the boy and girl are in love with each other.

Third, there's the "Ruth" type. I like this type because I'm a lazy boy. In the story of Ruth and Boaz, although Boaz was in love with Ruth, it was Ruth who was wise and was the one doing the "woo-ing". Ruth placed herself in the situation where things between her and Boaz could flourish. In a way, this type is when it is the girl who makes the move.

I think the Ruth type is good except that usually, the feeling is not mutual. The "Ruth" may work all she wants but "Boaz" may not be interested at all. The Rachel type may be good if all the woo-ing of the "Jacob" pays off but usually, the "Rachel" may not be interested. Which brings me to the conclusion that the Rebekah type is the best out of the three.

I think there are other types but I'm quite sure the names of the girls don't start with R so it can't fit into my R theory.

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!