   
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed the set of footprints in the sand, one belonging to him and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it. "Lord, you said once I decided to follow you, you 'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troubled times of my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why you would leave me when I needed you most."
The Lord replied,"My child. My precious child. I love you and would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."
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~Footprints of my Life~
 After 7 packed days in Xiamen, I am finally back in Singapore... These 7 days have given me a wealth of wonderful memories and taught me many things and I am thankful to God. Well, where should I start? There are so many things to write! But firstly, before I begin, our choir obtained 2 Golds for the preliminaries and 2 Silvers for the finals! It's considered quite a remarkable acheivement considering it is the first time that NTU Choir participated in the Choir Olympics. And I can safely that all these would not have been possible without God's help, which even our conductor Ms Lim admitted...I will tell you why.. Our first prelimary performance was at 9 am on the 23rd. Since it was in the morning, we were already having jitters as to whether our sop voice could make it... (High notes are especially difficult to reach in the morning because our voices are not warmed up yet.) Ms Lim was not able to sleep for the entire night because her room's air con was giving her problems... Perhaps it was the anxiety, but the whole choir definitely knew for sure that our performance that morning wasn't our best and we were prepared for the worst...Yet, we got a Gold and got through the finals... God was definitely with us that morning :) Another instance that God was working wonders? Although we were pretty confident about our contemporary category, the song 'Setiap Pagi' was still giving us headaches and we still couldn't attain the 'peaceful' feeling even though all the sections got their notes right and everything.. On the evening of the 23rd, something extraordinary happened.. We were having dinner at the Grand Hall when 'Setiap Pagi's' composer Daud came looking for us. He heard us sing the song and gave us tips on how we should position our sections. We did what he said and when we sang the song again, it was like a miracle because it instantly sounded so much better. Another thing about this trip that was really special to me was the prayer sessions that we had before our flight and before each and every performance. It was heartwarming to see all the Christians and Catholics unite in prayer. Ms Lim who is a Christian herself led us in one of the prayers as well! And I truly believe that it was the result of all these prayers that we got to see the wonders that I stated above.. Nothing else can explain it. Prayer in large numbers works more effectively than individual prayers. Here are some pictures of the trip..  On board the bus to Changi Airport from hall at 4 am! Everybody still looks chirpy even tho its that odd hour...haha  My companions on the flight to Xiamen...Yi Ling and Jordan.  Nanfang Hotel - The place where we stayed for 6 nights. The rooms were comfy though we had a wierd smell coming out from our bathr  ooms..hahaWal-mart - the place that we did most of our shopping and where we had many 'hilarious' encounters with the Chinese people...  Late night 'bonding'  sessions...Me and roomie Celine...Duen Yang popped up last min.. I am thankful to God for giving me a wonderful and cute roomie like Celine a.k.a. Kitty (hello kitty) See the similarity? =P  With Mryna and Raymond at the Xiamen Convention Centre just before the results for the finals were announced! I really like the wind blown effect of this picture! I still have tonnes of photos man...Will upload them onto my Flickr account soon! MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 12:50 PM
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