welcome

"In three words I can sum up everything I ‘ve learnt about life: It goes on".

-Robert Frost

playlist


Marie Digby (Unfold/Girl Next)


exits
Ace
Ah be; Valens
AMS
Amanda
Ben Tan
Cedric
Chia Min; Verena
Chit Ming; David
Darren
Ee Lee; Church P. @ Chile
Florence
Geck Ting
Glen; Caleb
Hsinyi
Jay
Jel
Jen; Richelle
Jenny; Daphinia
Jeremy Kui
Jeremy NS
Jeslin
Jim
Jing Wei; Ezekiel
Joanna
Joleen
Joseph; Simon
Josephine; Hephzibah
Josiah
Joycelyn
Kathleen
Lemmuel; Elisah
Lestari, Lovina
Luke
Magdalene, Carys
Marco; Mark
Mei Hwa
Meng Hong; Jasmine
Newell
Nicholas; Keith
Pastor Ben
Pastor Jeff
Pastor Jasmine
Pastor Michael
Pastor Shirley
Pei Qi; Evelyn
Pei Xin; Faith
Priscilla; Amedee
Ritchie
Samantha
Samuel; Joshua
Ser Meng; Paul
Serene; Vera
Shawn; Zechariah
Shuh Fen; Elicia
Stewart; Solomon
Su Quan
Tryphoza
Vanessa
Vivian
Xiao Ying; Zephanie
Xueting; Ezri
Xueping
Yakka
Yanyu
Yining
Yi Qin
Yong Ann
Winstar
Zachary
ZiJie; Job


Some key events about 2007 before readily move on to 2008.
Jan: My first tuition job. She is the first one that makes me love and dislike kids. Always make me angry, impatient yet she is adorable at times. She makes me want to go back to my childhood. I will never forget Rachel Lee Shuen Mun.
Feb: EAST's dong xi fa cai @ Hong Kong Tea House
9March- 16 March: My trip to the Aussie Land, Perth. Paid $800 to get a priceless experience. A cool place, a warm and loving family of God and a fruitful trip. I get to learn a lot from them. Really thank God for these people, Titien, Grace, Alan, Andy, Hans, Serena, Benjung, other hope Perth member, e mission team Zach, Jeslin, Florence, Lestari, Joy and Yong kang. Great to learn new things from you guys.
End March: Moving on to youth to tertiary. A new group, a new unit. To think back, I was really relunctant to move on. Felt hurt, felt lonely etc. But now I shoud say that I didn't regret staying. Youth is really fun but Tertiary has it own fun culture too! Unless you compare, you will be able to enjoy this new environment and enjoy how God will use you in this new environment.
13April: Removal of wisdom teeth (No picture)
April: A new school, new environment, new friends. Many things happened and many things changed. I wonder what more things would happened next year.

July- Aug: First few of the public to step into Terminal 3. We had our lectures at T3 too. First few to sit on Airbus A380 too.

Sept: Children Day Community care at Fernvale Primary.
Sept: Evo Retreat
Sept/Oct: Leadership Camp with TP. NP and NS
A close buddy found. haha. I still own you an affirmation. I will give you next time.
A new sheep.
17Aug: Amandee's birthday celebration @ NYNY with Si Xuan, Jun Hui & Hsinyi.

Outing with ex O2 (w/o Peiling)
Sept: Choir singing on Church Anniversary @ Downtown East. Oh! I miss Hope Choir a lot. Love the training as well as the fellowship there. Fun and loving people((;
Outing with Bestie. Watch a movie @ VivoCity. We'll shall go out someday again.
8Nov: TP BBQ @ East Coast. Great time serving with the people, eg Jenny, Karchun, Samuel, Amanda, Liping, Minjia, Glen, Chit Meng, Ser Meng and etc.. I love the Glen's grandma's chicken wings.
25Dec: Outing with spiritual bud, Joyce to Korean BBQ place. (Pictures on previous post)


22 Dec: Christmas, Sleeping beauty wake up leh! @ The Rock
Things that I did, hear, say etc.
The funniest joke- The purple chicken rice.
The things i said w/o thinking- screwdriver
The dumb act- nearly burn my UL's birthday cake.
This year was a very different year for me. A year of changes. Many changes took place this year. Change of school environment, change of classmates, change of church service, change of shepherd, change of cg, change of role etc. I would say I wouldn't like this year because I'd nv like a change of environment. However, I managed to pass this year and find that these changes aren't that bad. On the other hand, i think it wasn't a fruitful year as I think I wasted my first few months away. I'm not sure if I've grown in thinking and spiritually. If did, do tell me.. I want to see how much I've grown. ((:
In this new year, these are some of my new year resolution.
1. Finish bible. (oh no, it has been my resolution for many years!)
2. Build stronger family relationship
3. Grow in security.
4. Learn guitar.
5. Grow in humility
6. Take time to find back violin skills.
7. Lose weight.
8. Run regularly
9. New sheep (not so soon)
If I have some more, I will add on. ((:


OH NO!
While counting to 2008, I am also counting to my project datelines.
Currently in the cui mode.
Anyway, did the role play rehearsal today.
It was FUNNY!
Saw some talented people like ser meng. He's good in skipping.
Peychyi is great too. Can see that she really loves to act.
Ultimate one is the ahem..
look out for "it" on the countdown event itself.

Trying to make myself feel better by blogging.
distract myself a while.
those researchs are giving lots of headaches.
my last resort i guess will be doing researchs by asking those who have already finish.
but, this resort is worse.
most of my classmates havent finish any project too.
GRR..

Oh ya! Here comes my random-ess again.
Jing Jing passed a gift yesterday.
Really touched and loved.

Thanks Jing, greatly appreciate that thought. You've always make me feel love in one way or another. I didnt give up because God didn't give up on me. You should perserve too! But to think of it, initially I thought you'd left after you told me you want to but I'm really glad you didnt. HAHA. Have a blessed year ahead too! Continue to grow in God too. Love you ex sheep. =))

okay reader. New year is coming. I'll be attending a new year countdown event so i guess i'll just wish you an early happy new year. Do think of new year resolution. I'll share mine next time.

God is faithful this year and He will be next year and forever.


This is a song sent by a frogpiee friend. I took a few weeks to realise how nice it is.

Was talking to Hei Ge just now. Well, he wasn't a bit alright today. He told me that how he and his cousin play. What he did and what the cousin did too. I was thinking, "so what?" Then I asked him whether if he wants me to send him a nice song. He replied like this, "My com can produce sound." No link. Then he send me a joke which was not funny at all. At last, after huge round of all those no link things, he finally asked me about what he wants to ask !!! lol. He should ask in the first place. Haix. when would this da ge/ hei ge change the way he ask things arh? haha.



HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY NICHOLAS.
Celebrated his birthday at Le Meridien.
But before he went to LM, he has to wear a card that says, "Today is my birthday!" and go to LM with it.
He also have to parade around the food court with that card.
This act drew a lot of attention from the passerby.
He is gonna hate me for life cos I came out with this idea.
Actually got this idea from youth magazine and I share it with jia min.
We were actually wondering who can we use this idea on.
Then, the nearest birthday was yours so yeah.
Pictures are with Lemmuel so for now, no pictures while on our wayto LM.




Didnt affirm you on that day so here's the affirmation.

Nicholas, a brother whom I know the longest in Engit. Although me and min jia always push you around, it's not that we dislike you a lot. Dont insecure. Cos we think you're like a younger brother whom we can disturb. Amazed by how fast you picked up the guitar skills. I started learning guitar in secondary 1 but still I only know how to play "therefore". Thank God for always playing the guitar in CG and yet didnt complain. Thanks for always bearing my impatience and i know you can sense that i'm fed up with you. I can also see that you try to stop irritate me. Thanks for that. I also think you're a super sanguine person although you always claim that you're not. But you're really. You can talk and keep on talking over the night and not feeling tired. Yeah. Cotinue to walk stronger in God in this 17th year. Oh no, My 17th year is moving to 18th year soon. A simple birthday will do. I like to be more low profile. =X Happy birthday anyway!


updated!


my cds choices.

Took more than half hour to decide..



the frog is leaping out of his pond to the land of karchuns.
and this is what he said.

☠ Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost. said:
tag my blog and get a gift lol.

i tagged and he came back an hour later telling me this.

☠ Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost. said:
the 2 most tan people tagged my blog so far

one was me another was minjia.
haha...


This year christmas was great. It was held at The Rock auditorium at Suntec. It was the first time we were using that venue. I went for 2 services that day and the 1st service was a full house. There were a lot of people. This made me wonder where would our next christmas service would be held at. Anyway, back to the christmas service, we were welcomed by the melodious voices from our own hope choir. I tell you. They are really good.


Drama wise was alright. A little disappointing but the drama team had put in a lot of effort so affirm them for their effort. They did act well. The part when they used chinese costume to bring up the story of sleeping beauty was rather unique and interesting.



We also took the effort to dressed up that day. RARE sight I think.




Glen said that me and jia min looked old on that day. He can't recognise us until we called him. Anyway, me and jia min wore the same kind but different design of dress on that day.



After service, we went to the arcade at marina square to rot for a few hours.Before we left marina square, we saw a picture of 2 theives and we asked ben to take picture with them. Ben blended in. AHAH. Funny!


Then on monday, we had christmas part at Glen's house. Went to carol at the nearby houses. It was a fun. Well, this is my 3rd year carolling and it is still fun! One caucasian guy actually gave us a real shock. He said something like that, "I dont believe in Christmas." and there were a dead silence for a few seconds. "Bring it on!" and he continued. HAHA. We had a great time carolling at his place.

As for the gift exchange, I've receive all kind of stuffs. Food, table mat, musical box, handphone stripe, keychain, chocolates, cards and a aeroplane massenger. Thanks dudes for these stuffs. Thank for that thought.

We left the lili pond the next morning. Instead of having a long rest after reaching home, I took a short nap before meeting joyce, my beloved spiritual buddy. It has been a long time since we spent time together. Now because we are of different service, we hardly have time to meet up. We went to have a great christmas feast at a korean bbq restaurant. The food is reallly good especially the meat and the kimchi. Being a noob, we made quite a number of jokes.

After that,we went to esplanade. On our way there, we saw a few art pieces drawn by kids from 5-14 years old. Oh man! They drew really well. I guess they might be the next great and famour artist when they grow up.





The emo ah lian

she always have this kind of face when taking a picture with me.

the ah lian took this.

OMG! LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE!

After all this, we went to eat again. This time we went to Anderson and ordered a huge sundae.

HAd a great outing with her that day. First time i eat as much as i like, not constraint by the amount! This might be the last outing as we wouldn't know when the next outing will be. Thanks Joyce anyway for this christmas gift, your precious time. =))



A joke to share.

What is a surname that minjia cant have?



Chia.
Cos it will go like this. CHIA CHIA min.

HAHA.
HAHA.
HAHA.


HAIR WAS CHOPPED OFF TODAY!
NO MORE LONG HAIR.
ONLY SHORT HAIR!
=X


Hiding somewhere in the school library now.
Term test has finally ended.
I thought that I wont be able to survive through but I did.
Having giddy spells recently.
If you know what's the nudge in the MSN, you will know what I mean.
It's like having nudge in your brain.
I guess it started after the long journey bus ride home last saturday.
BUT HOLIDAY IS HERE!
Got to rest well..

Last tuesday, despite having paper the next day, I still went to the youth 10th anniversary at the singapore sport school.
Met several people.
close ones and n0t so close ones.
I didnt stay over as i still need to return home to study.
But the whole event was great.
brought back several memories.
Youth is a place where i had most of my secondary 3 & 4 memories.
It is also a place where I start to build my foundation.
time flies.
people need to move on.
Looking back, God has blessed us a lot.
God has used different people to impact lives.
Something which really touches me was when Caijuan came and say, Hey I wanna thank you for bringing me to Christ!"
At least I know that my life in youth wasn't in vain.
Now, at a different life stage, serving in different ministry, I still wanna be used to impact lives.
Use me Lord!
Amen!

Listening to Forever.



COUNTDOWN PARTY!


Just came out from the exam room.
i've cleared 2 paper so far.
yesterday's math was really tough.
a lot questions were unexpected.
also, it didnt turn out as easy as pass year paper.
but i think i can at least manage to get a pass.

same for today.
my teacher always tell us that exam questios are usually from tutorials.
but today, some of the questions wasn't from the tutorial.
But I thank God that He gave me wisdom at the end of the exam.
Although I didnt get the 5 answers which the question asked, I managed to get 3/5 of the answer.
As for the other questions, they are questions which I've read before but I didnt memorize it so I just used my own words to answer.

Okay. I guess that's all for today.
Gonna study for my next paper.
Going singapore sport school later to celebrate youth 10th anniversary.
it will end quite late
so have to start my revision early.
=D

listening to- rescue me by planet shakers [recommended by the frog on his blog]


I managed to find my TBP book yesterday after service.
Last week, Xue Ting left it at Nexus.
So yesterday, we went to check from the lost and found counter to see if there is any lost book found.
However, it wasnt there.
Actually, we wasn't panicky even though we could not find the book there as we were quite assured that the book can be found.
Then we went to Africa room to check.
Xueting opened the cupboard and the moment I saw the book in the cupboard, I knew it was mine even though someone slipped a "NS" paper at the cover page.
Xue Ting and I were rather calm when we were looking for the book.
HAHA.
Really wanna give thanks to God all these days.
I've been losing my belongings often but they were all found in the end.
Thank God for the peace and assurance that these things can be found again.

Faith level increased!

Pris didnt join us for dinner after service.
she went back to do project.
it seems so stress doing major project!
Pris, must JIA YOU okay?
IT WILL BE OVER!
BEAR a few more months!
[Gal 6:9]

Yesterday journey back home was horrible.
feel like vomitting after a long bus ride home.
i told glen it's like a fish taken out of the water.
haha.
okay.
that's all for today's blogging.
off to study.
5 paper.
I'M GONNA CONQUER IT WITH THE LORD!

Listening to - qi chuang by ping guan (a song which jim sent)


I've found my MOE book.
Thanks God for Karchun and GLEN CHIA WEIMING.
haha.
I've saved $7.00 for the new book.
=D

Initially, I'm supposed to go sentosa as I got a ex class chalet there.
But I'm too tired and I have to study for my term test.
So in the end, I pang seh them.
Sorry Hsinyi!!
We will meet up soon okay?
Maybe on your birthday.
=D


Well, hereby i declared another book lost!

Yeah. My MOE book is the victim.
I have no idea where I had left it but I supposed I left it in the toilet.
I went back to look for it about 1.5 hours later but i supposed someone has took it away.
GRR..
But thank God, MOE is a non examinable subject and I suppose that I dont need that book during the holiday.

Recently, I'm very forgetful.
Nearly lost my wallet, handphone and thumbdrive last week.
I guess I scared a lot of my friends around me as everytime I lost something, we will panick together.
Even my new classmate said that I am forgetful.
Oh well, it cant be blame.
Perhaps I should eat more fish.
My mum says that it is good for brain.

off to go now.
jogging later.
do cheer for me!


"You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down."

something which i got when i tried to submit a comment on Samuel's blog.


I just got back the letter which I wrote 2 years ago at Youth Camp.
2 years have passed very fast. In the letter, we are suppose to write a letter to God and what we foresee ourselves doing for God in the next 2 years. It was a scary letter. Seriously, I have forgotten what I've written in the letter.

I read it yesterday.
One of thing I wrote was that I hope to see myself still continueing this race.
and I did it.
This race was indeed tough.
Sometimes, you have to give up certain things.
Sometimes, you face a lot of problems, be it sheep or studies.
Many times, I wanted to give up.
Definitely, that's the easy way out.

But I still stayed on.
HE may seems distant.
but He is THERE.
not a while,
but ALWAYS and FOREVER.
This is one which I cling on.

Many times, I also lose the vision of wanting to be a CL.
Many times, I lose passion about serving.
Many times, I got stuck into the status quo thingy.
But HE always bring me back to the "R" word.
RELATIONSHIP
It's the relationship that I've came to know Him.
Therefore, He is not so much concern of the deeds I've done and the speed which I'm growing
but how close I am with Him.

a simple two years committment.
but a hard race to run.
but I did it.
and I will continue this,
with you,
My God.
Thank You.

I cried out with no reply
And I can't feel You by my side
So I'll hold tight to what I know
You're here and I"m never alone
And though I cannot see You
And I can't explain why
Such a deep, deep reassurance
You've placed in my life
We cannot separate'Cause
You're part of meAnd though
You're invisible
I'll trust the unseen
- a song, Never alone by Barlow girl.


"Have I told you about the tension of opposites?" he says.

The tension of opposites?

"Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.

"A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live somewhere in the middle."

Sound like a wrestling match, I say.

"A wrestling match." He laughs. "Yes, you could describe life that way."

So which side wins, I ask.

"Which sides wins?"

He smiles at me, the crinkled eyes, the crooked teeth.
"Love wins. Love always wins."

Above is an extract from a book by Mitch Albom, Tuesday with Morrie.
A book which I'm reading currently.