Leonard's Enroute

ENROUTE VOL. 2


Welcome to another installment of ENROUTE.

Well, its the New Year 2006, time to stop writing '05'at the end of your dates and start getting used to writing '06'. I usually take about 3 weeksworth of cancelling and liquid papering before I finally get the hang of it. So all the best to you!

Here's wishing all our readers a Happy New Year! And should all acquaintance be forgot, you better check with your local brain specialist for a scan.





Recently, I realised...


1. that when you haven't jogged for two years, taking a deep breath at a traffic junction when you do is probably not a good idea.




2. that my new year resolution is 800 X 600




3. that it's important to note what God promise and what He doesn't. He promises we can be certain about who He is and we can be certain of our relationship with Him. But how the journey ofour lives plays out is full of uncertainties.

I may not know what tomorrow holds, but I know Who holds my future.





4.That Magnifying God has two distinct meanings. You can magnify like a telescope or like a microscope.

When you magnify like a microscope, you make something tiny look bigger than it is. A dust mite can look like a monster. Pretending to magnify God like that is wickedness.

But when you magnify like a telescope, you make something unimaginably great look more like what it really is. With the Hubble Space Telescope, pinprick galaxies in the sky are revealed for the billion-star giants that they are.

Magnifying God like that is worship.








5. that how we see ourselves very often affects the way we respond to situations and people in our lives. If we spend a greater part of our time condemning ourselves and thinking that we are not good enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not rich enough, then we will most likely interpret everyone else’s actions towards us through that same condemning lenses.

I’ve decided to spend the better part of my time mediating on the goodness of God and what He has already said about me, instead of repeating thoughts that say otherwise.






6. that the great things of God come out of small acts of faithfulness.






7. that there is something about me (Cassilda), rats and cockroaches. (refer to Overseas Education Vol 7 Pt 2 & 10) http://creatsia.blogspot.com/2005/12/overseas-education-vol_113558869117433308.html

I’ve been coughing for over a month now. My colleague came up to me the other day and told me that she was waiting for me to fall sick because the whole office is so dusty and dirty. She then proceeded to kindly informed me that rats and cockroaches have been sighted making their rounds around the place. The spaces in between the cubicle dividers, according to her, doubles up as a toilet for the local roaches.

Now she tells me. I’ve been leaving my cup in the open. I’ve been coughing. Go figure.






8. That residents of Pasir Ris and Loyang are going to get their very own Parish.

“A new church is to be built and a new parish established for the 3,700 catholic residence of thearea” – Catholic News p.2, 8 January






9. that no good thing will God withhold from those who fear Him. Yes, you heard me right, God gives only the BEST to those who fear Him.







10. That knowing that my God is alive, authoritative, omnipotent, resplendent, revered, holy and glorious is awesome enough. Knowing that he clothed all that power and potential in frail humanskin, walked on earth for 33 years and died for me on a roman cross just defies all understanding.

“How could it be, you were the one on the cross? Lifted for all our shame?
How can it be, the scars in your hands are for me? You are the King of all!"
- MORE THAN LIFE, Hillsong

11. that what a marvelous thing a promise is!

When I make a promise, I reach out into an unpredictable future and makes one thing predictable:that I will be there even when being there costs me more than I wants to pay. When I make apromise, I stretches myself out into circumstances that no one can control and controls at leastone thing: that I will be there no matter what the circumstances turn out to be. With one simpleword of promise, I create an island of certainty in a sea of uncertainty.

When I make a promise, I stake a claim on my personal freedom and power. When I make a promise, I take a hand in creating my own future





13. that in the ‘Spirit of a participatory church’, parishioners can suggest a name for the new Pasir Ris church.

I’m sorta in favor of using less popular Saints. I think Saints like Anthony, Francis are likesuper overexposed.

Here are some of my suggestions –

Our Lady of Ghisallo - She was made Patroness of Bicycle Riders on 13 October 1949 by Pope Pius XII.

Which I think is great for Pasir Ris residents.

St. Dymphna. - She is the patron saint of mental disorders and sleepwalkers. (hey, you never know..)

St. Bernardine of Siena. - He’s the patron saint of compulsive gambling. He might get quite popular in the future inSingapore.

St. Zeno- He’s the patron saint of fishing. Which is also quite good for Pasir Ris. But I just think his name is cool.

“Hey, which parish you from?”

“I’m from the St. Zeno.”

“woah..dude, Far out.”

“yah, quite lah. Pasir Ris leh.

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