thank you mr. bush

i spent the friday long weekends by having a swim at the mq uni swimming pool, cleaning my room, going through the bible study materials and watching a dvd - the pursuit of happiness * (really, a wrong title after all! it's fair to acknowledge the hardship of the protagonist who has no money to survive and was later paid off by the uncrush spirit to persevere).

a tidier room is a real positive. everytime i clean, the aftermath is therapeutic somehow. i think i'm rather 'cursed' that my idea of relaxing always come with having to do something than being idle and lazying under the blanket.

on a less important note, i think the reasons i'm hardly gaining any weights pinned down to these facts below:
- my express metabolism
- it's partly hereditary
- i'm rather an excercise junkie without me realising sometimes
- i don't do snacking very often
- i'm a light sleeper

ps. as i sort out the papers in the shelf of my bedside table, i found a talk outline entitled saved to serve. the other day, i was asked this very question by a girl, whether i have ever thought of the purpose of life. i could have given her a better response (sigh! ...however, i still can come back to her, wayhey...!)

here is a snippet (it was om joe who gave the talk at pemuda):

what's the purpose of life?

* without God:

• achieve as much as possible to make life meaningful and satisfying
• happiness and pleasure

with God:

• seeking to please God - "glorify God and enjoy Him forever"
• the starting point is dealing with sin - we need to be saved from sin. without God we are spiritually dead and without hope.

saved to serve

• the meaning of life is found in serving Jesus and serving one another
• what moves you? Christ's love compels us (2 corinthians 5:14)
• is it the joy of serving or joy in the heart of the one who serves?
• serve or stagnate!