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Worship Experience @ DBS Auditorium

2010-10-06T14:40:00.002+08:00

Yesterday evening was a small-scale Rev Peter Youngren's conference held in DBS Auditorium.

Had the privilege of playing together with some worship team members from Emmanuel Assembly.

I was quite excited actually, coming together with other great musicians and doing new songs. We were supposed to have our practice on the day itself, about 2 hours before the conference starts. However, due to some delay by the sound crew setting up the stage and all, our practice started about 45min before the conference. Wohoo.

The sound was great, everything was close to perfect. And finally it was time.

We headed on to stage with the Emcee, and guess what? The mic didn't work! Everyone was of coz, rooted to the ground scanning to the left and right wondering what's gonna happen next.

So the poor emcee has to speak at the top of his voice to kickstart the session. Our blessed worship leader manage to start off Praise with the working mic. Hehe.

It was nice to see the congregation expressing worship freely though they do not know all the songs. That's something i think i should learn. Free to worship! :)

And Rev Peter is a big guy. When we stepped on the stage through the curtains, i was shocked for a moment. No asians in the world would be as big as him. HAHA!

But he's a funny chap, going all out for God despite having to catch flight later in the night at 11pm.

It's truly an amazzing experience and thank God for using me despite my shortcomings. :D

2010-09-29T14:38:00.002+08:00

Looking back as lovers go walking past

All of my life

Wondering how they met and what makes it last

If I found the place would I recognize the face

Something's telling me it might be you

It's telling me it might be you

All of my life

2010-09-28T13:31:00.003+08:00

In life we have to agree that money plays such a vital role.

Basically without it, you're like a living dead. Remember resident evil? Sorry to say, you're not the hero but the one who gets shot at everytime.

In fact, Singapore is getting so much richer that a bottle of mineral water can equals to the cost of my meepok with EXTRA fishballs!

So thats why i learnt my lesson sometime ago. Invest in a COLUMBIA 1Litre water bottle, and you'll nv suffer from thrist in this desert land ever again. If you run of water, head down to Changi Airport. They have water cooler. Free flow.

I was looking at the Ipad the other day, and was wondering who in the right mind would ever get that?

Yes it has a big screen, big words but from what i see, isn't it the same as an IPOD!

Cant' read the words in those small sreens and therefore Ipad is born.

Just that it cost thrice the amount of your usual Ipod. But i think its a good idea, coz if you guys continue using your small little Ipods to watch movies and do your notes, soon you'll find that you'll have Iproblem, if you know what i mean. :)

Man i think apple's smart. First they make their consumers blind, and they come up with another solution for the blind. Nice one Steve Jobs. You're my man.

But i think i still miss the Nokia 3310. Who needs Angry Birds when you have Snake and Space Impact. HAHA!

it's alive!

2010-09-26T22:04:00.002+08:00

Now in 3 days, Jesus rose from the grave.
But i think this blog took a little longer than expected to come out from his grave.
At least its out now. :)

Life has been thrilling. Full of ups and downs and am loving it totally.

Had a pretty late-planned outing today to the zoo. It was enjoyable. Walking around the different landmarks strikes back a real sense of familiarity. This shows my brain's working well, i can remember omg!

So it was early in the morning when we all decided to meet, and oh yeah, morale was high. It has been so long since we had an outing like this. Very cosy and heart-warming i must say. Hahah awww i know i know. Keep the emotions to yourself and keep reading.

I can only conclude that basically, we singaporeans head to the zoo mainly spending 60% of the time on the shows. The rest is just going around and looking at the same old animals and start comparing how different it was 10 years ago. Okay, mayb not so long but you get what i mean.

The afternoon sun hits an all time high, fatigue kinda starts to set in. And we were on our way to the last show! And damn, that show was boring! HAHA! So i'm sad to say it didnt do any good to our energy.

Well, in between, KFC helps. We're all chicken powered after that and the adventure continues.

Soon, the sun gets orangey and we know its time. -i kinda lost my trace of thoughts here coz halfway i have to reply to msn chats. ahem ahem hahaha -

Oh yes, and yep we all headed back to where we belong. And F1's pretty exciting this season.

And to our dear photographers, i love you. Without you, my life would be more troublesome. HAHA!

2010-09-08T10:15:00.002+08:00

Who would ever thought i would end up on this page.

Now i'm almost 3/4 done with my taiwan trip. 2 more days to go.

The past few days was spent going placese wth friends and relatives. What's amazing is the food and scenery and very COOLING weather!

For once it felt like i'm outside asia. The place we went were super european, mainly France and Swiss. I saw windmill for the very first time in my life. Who says its just in Holland. Haha.

In a few minutes time, will be heading for yummy buffet. And shopping. Oh yep now i'm in Taipei. Jus came here yesterday night.

I can't wait to get back to Singapore too. Wna spend the remaining time more with people closer to me before i go to hell.

Ok thats for now. Hope you guys enjoying the weather. It's hot here now :(

Deleted scene from Shrek 4

2010-09-01T23:07:00.002+08:00

Its a beautiful evening. Shrek and Fiona are apparently enjoying themselves after a great show.

Shrek decides to bring Fiona to a place where there's Fireflies in the sky.

So they got onto their horses and galloped into the night.

It was pretty dark, and Shrek somehow lost his navigation for a bit.

And so Fiona was brought for a long forest ride.

Halfway, Shrek told Fiona to spot this huge sign which looked like a M. And thank god Fiona know her alphabets.

They managed to spot the M at a corner. The horses was so happy, cuz that means rest time and some hay for dinner.

Both Shrek and Fiona got down and decided to go fishing. Lucky them managed to got enough for dinner and of coz, how could they miss out on the fireflies.

They were all over the place! What a way to conclude a beautiful night.

And like the usuals, they both lived happily ever after.....

down and under

2010-08-28T00:29:00.015+08:00

Okay the photos are all up. Let me bring you up close to what's down THERE!

All thanks to our wonderful photographer, making the trip more memorable.

christmas tree

yay hello you!

our she-devil!

bao jing tian (sea edition)

grouper for dinner anybody?

this is unity

twist and smile!

trying to clear my mask.

and our dear couple here having wedding shot!

whoo after dive!

and its meal time!

back at villa, making of our own breakfast

yummy beef!

i forgot my shaver zzz

and this is where we surf!

and that's all folks!

Now, does that make you more interested to pick up DIVING?!

bali fever

2010-08-27T16:14:00.007+08:00

Yo wassup! Finally back in Singapore after a week out in foreign waters.

Home's still the best place. :)

And this is one of the best dive trips i've ever been!

2 main creatures we aimed to see, Mola mola and Manta ray. SUCCESS!

The waters were perfect, but colddd. I think all of us went back gaining a couple of kg.

Diving is a sport, but not for those who aim to diet :P

And it was our first time trying SURFING too.

The waves were the real thing man. I think i'm falling in love with it. Wasn't as hard as i thought it would be, but we all had nipples abrasions after that. Zzz.

I'll show ya some pic of our big successful hunt for the MOLAS and MANTAS!

Shall update again once there's more pictures uploaded.

Time for all of you to pick up diving!

honestly yours

2010-08-17T23:48:00.002+08:00

I'm trying to make blogging a habit but everytime i click on the New Post button, i just stared blankly at the screen.

Must be my goldfish brain, can't put to words my thoughts.

It has been a sleep deprived start of this week for me. Waking up at the crack of dawn, squeezed the train all the way to Pasir Ris. Get into the mode of ROBOT work, and get paid 5 dollar per hour. Hmm, i think just enough to cover my one day transport to and fro.

I wouldn't say i'm complaining but its a new challenge. At least i have horny boy to work together with me. Life would be tough if i'm left alone. The next day you'll find me zonked under packs of Honest Kids.

My daily intake -- Tropical Tango. I think i'll turn ORGANIC by the end of the week.

One thing about the place is that it's really dusty? Felt like i'm an ANITQUE put on display for years at the end of the day. Totally used and underpaid. HAHAH!

It's pretty fun, but at times it really kills. You're tagging and packing and wondering, is that all to life? It seems for a moment you've lost your sanity.

Each taggers should have a motto to live by.

"Sacrificing small me to fulfil a greater destiny, HONEST TEA."

Kings say he'll win Gold for Singapore if there is Tagging in YOG. Haha!

Man i'd better sleep, i only have 6 hours left.

Goodbye for now.

Its a juice, it's tea, it's honest tea!

What the hell is wrong with me. :D

malaysia boleh

2010-08-12T01:02:00.003+08:00

Ahh hello blogger. How i wish you can just read my thoughts and post it up for me.

First up, I'm back from MALAYSIA! Spending the national day in a RIVAL country, how patriotic.

They have YOG and no one's watching. The radio call it YOUR OWN GAME. Haiz see somemore fengshui la, look at the mess you get the country into. hahah.

Okay lets talk about the trip!

Had to wake up before the crack of dawn, and stuck in the MALAYA custom for 2 and a half hours.

And how ironic, the country is supposed to make Singaporeans STAY in their country during national day, but our custom open EVERY single counter they have.

So we reached Malacca at around 1 plus. Queued up for the famous Chicken Rice Balls. Hmm i don really find it special. Its just rice made into balls. Taste like crap, but ppl still queue? Hmm..

And we checked in to the hotel and had shopping! We had THAI MASSAGE too. Followed by crabs for dinner. Ooh lala.

So it was night and we visited Jonker Street. Packed to the max but it was good. Had a drink at a pub with entertainment by this guy who plays guitar, drum(using his foot), harmonica and sing at the same time. And it was back to hotel.

The next day, thinking we have alot of time, we spend quite abit of time trying to find a place for breakfast while waiting for crystal's family to meet us at meeting point. In the end it was a rushed breakfast but yummy one. DOUJIANG YOUTIAO. :D

And yep we met them at Shell station and they decided to have a trade. I ended up in pastor khoon peng's car. And apparently, the swap was permanent. It was fun. Haha!

We stayed at this resort by the sea. Pretty cool place, we were welcomed with Hawaii style receptionist, and drinks that tasted like some aroma therapy in spas.

The hut was awesome. Apartment style, but bali themed. Very woody. And just right outside is the balcony facing the sea. Waking up in the morning with sea breeeze blowing, just like diving paradise.

Our only sea activity was kayaking. And we ended up all in the water coz it was too hot. Crys was worried at first coz she wasnt in her proper attire, plus she was wearing white. But well, glad that we all still enjoyed ourselves!

So nightfall came and we had our buffet dinner followed by a star gazing session. They had this few stretch of beds put out that allows you to look towards the sea and sky. We just simply lie without having the need of checking the time, without the need of answering phone calls, no nothing. :D

Monday was a wet morning. And it was pretty low tide. We ended up catching crabs before checking out and heading down to Malacca. If only i can grow up in kampung.

In malacca there's nothing much we did. Except shop and swim in the pool at the hotel. And yes, crabs for dinner!

Cant believe the trip is over so soon. Getaways does wonders.

And crystal survived it despite not feeling well since day 1. :)

For now, its time hit tthe sack. Goodbyee world.

2010-08-06T00:29:00.003+08:00

God, i need your strength.

There's so much things going on. So much weight.

I know you have great plans.

I know you gave me the ability.

I know why you put me in NS at so late.

But sometimes, i don't know what to do.

God i see the problem, i know the solution. But God, all i need is your strength right now.

:)

get-a-way

2010-08-03T21:27:00.002+08:00

You know for a moment i actually thought Hitler was involved in World War 1. How naive can i get! HAHA!

I would fail my history badly, thank god i took geog. The past is not meant to be remembered. hahaa

Was reading the papers today, and Life section had this article on the safaris in Africa and India!

Travelling on the vast grasslands and having animals running all around like in the movies? You kidding me? I think it'll be the craziest thing that can ever happen in my life.

Seeing gazelles running around, wildbeast fighting each other, pack of lions lazing under the shade, overweight hippos sunbathing.. And the best thing is, they're not in enclosures! Meaning, if you get too close to them, they'll bite your ass!

And you get to end off your evening with the company of the big fat sun accompanied by the silhouette of birds flying by.

They have this hotel which has rooms in a TENT-LIKE environment. Just that the tent is hundred times bigger than the ones u see at ECP. No windows no doors.

All you have to do is just unzip the covers and get in. It has a perfect bathroom, queen size beds. What more could you ask for? And its reported you can even hear the animals making noises in the middle of the night. That's how close they come. Probably making love.

Omg, this is paradise. I'm going there for my honeymoon. So gal, you'd better love animals. Haha!

Sigh this is the most expensive dive trip i've ever been. $950 dollars. 2 months of my pay. I'm kissing you goodbye. It'd better be good.

Or else i'm gonna catch the biggest fish i can and barbeque its ass off.

August is a month of DROUGHT for me. It's all about sacrifice baby, just to see the beaches. Bali, daddy's coming.

Oh and before that. Malaysia you next. Let's hit the waters!

SPLASH! Oh crap, my underwear came off.

a wish upon a star

2010-08-01T12:02:00.003+08:00

twinkle twinkle litle star how i wonder what you are.

That concludes the beautiful saturday night we had.

It all started with.. chicken rice!

We had our dinner in church along with the rare company of aveiro and rach! Miss hanging out with them!

And after that the ladies wanted to see stars. So i punched them. Haha no but then we headed down to ECP.

They hired a chauffeur named Tony Ang for the night. But erm, they didn't pay him. So he has to go home with hungry stomach.

Okay and so we reached, and there were loads of cars, but thank god we found a lot with ease.

And we had icecream :)

The place as usual, was packed with YALAM and smell of chicken wing in the air. The girls ducked at the sight of smoke coz they're afraid they might be disintegrated upon touching them.

It's damage to the brain's nervous system that causes them to act this way. haha.

Okay and so we found a spot, on the rock.

So the 5 humpty dumpty sat on the rock. Cockroaches came and one jumped with shock. All the king's horses and all the king's men, just kept scaring humpty together again. :D

I must say we had a great time on the rock gazing stars, random talks. Too bad, time can't stop. haha.

So we called the chauffeur and he sent all us home. What a nice person. I think i like him. HAHA!

IN a few hours, it's match time! GOD NO RAIN PLEASE!

:D

2010-07-26T19:51:00.004+08:00

Ok lemme blog something negative this time okay.

I'm so gonna quit this job cuz it's so darn meaningless.

I have no idea what's wrong with the company right now. Probably in crisis.

They've decided to cut down stocks, which leads to lowering the chances of meeting customer's needs, and leaving us with lesser job to do on a long 8 hours shift.

And now we're experiencing a lack of customers, which leads to ppl like me blogging frustratingly during work.

Can u believe it, I'm on the net for like an hour and half. This shows how much business we're making here.

Well at least I'm paid pathetically for a pathetic job. Oh hell yes I'm quitting on wed and changing job to prevent myself from wasting another day of my life.

Hahaha I'm a pissed off boy right now I tell you.

Oh btw there's a customer who used the eclipse sweet box as his coin box. Random but I just find it abit amusing when he started pouring coins out from it haha.

Crap it's only 820..

4-4-2

2010-07-21T23:24:00.002+08:00

It has been so long since i felt so TIRED!

But football trg has been awesomee as usual. Everyone's so looking fwd to the game but it does gets stressful, especially when everyone's into the game and screaming at each other.

We shld just taopok the referee at the end of the game if we lose. At least we gain smth out of the match. HAH!

Our first game's against Trinity. Boy oh boy. And i heard their pastor is playing! Mayb we shld all slide him. heh heh.

I wonder how many supporters Trinity have, if we don have enough we can bring some over to our stands. Raise up the decibels abit.

Alright now, i shall get back to my 24!

Later!

2010-07-15T13:46:00.003+08:00

I have a bad habit and everyone knows it. I'm so darn lazy, even to blog.

But the Lord says I will give you the victory, and so here i am.. blogging. HAHA!

These few days has been pretty amusing thats for sure. I must say this football season has made me love the boys a whole lots more hahah.

Well the world cup play its part, but still it manages to rear an ugly side of some. My personal favourite is our own TAI SENG WARRIORS (what a cheesy name). So far, i've pretty enjoyed every single training and time spent tgt. Awesome boys.

But where are our WAGS? (Wives and girlfriends) Hahaha!

For once, i'm feeling good about this competition.

We had our training under the hot sun at Bishan (our home ground) once again, and along with 2 new visitors on the stands. Jon and Bernie.

And i think bernie was too hot until our dear friend Junhao started off the training with a nosebleed.

Bernie, cover urself up next time. We don't need more distractions hahaha.

After that we headed down to JW's seminar which was pretty impressive.

Reached late and had to sit right at the back. Unfortunately, we cldnt really hear so we played around a little. Or is it alot.

And yep dined at XIN WANG TAIWAN after that. Average food, but great company. Headed home in the Honest van and thank u zijian you're awesome !

In the end slept at around 230 and woke up 10 hours later. :)

That concludes YESTERDAY.

too much heaven

2010-06-06T00:24:00.002+08:00

Listening to the Bee Gees. Soothing music to accompany me through the remaining of the night.

Man, my whole being is shagged to the max. But boy do i feel satisfied.

Awesome service today but i must say it was challenging to keep one's emotions from affecting what you do.

It was a pretty stressful day for the dancers, seeing their anxious faces and everything preparing in such short amount of time.

Really felt for them, but man, sometimes in order to keep focused on what i'm supposed to do, i have to put emotions aside for the time being.

Wasn't easy espcially when u being a MC/worship leader, you have to maintain or bring up the atmosphere. Mayb that explains why i'm feeling so drained now. HAHA!

But In the end, i was so glad to seeing all our efforts paid off. Awesome job guys!

Reward of dinner and chill-out session at Starbucks with 2 dancers, 1 drummer, 1 children leader and me - a hungry boy.

The pimple that can't be moved

2010-06-05T11:27:00.002+08:00

A few more hours to the long anticipated service..

Haven't attended service for a week and it felt like forever.

Boy am i feeling nervous yet excited.. Haven really prepared my MC script for later.

And i jus woke up. Having a sleep deprived week, and that explains the pimples.

I think this evening's gonna be awesome! I love the fact that there's dancers in church. And now once again, they'll be dancing for God. Whooo, great stuff!

Update later tonight! For now, i gotta bath. :)

EAT SLEEP DIVE

2010-05-31T15:45:00.008+08:00

Day 1

And so once again, the EAT SLEEP DIVE adventure begins on a beautiful 27th night in the month of May.

Pretty packed up place, with lotsa ppl heading down to the coasts of Malaysia, queing up in line waiting for their coaches.

And here we are, 9 of us on a journey with barangs of dive bags camping outside the bus agency booth. An hour passed, and so did another, and another. After 3 hours of frustrating waits and being entertained by a quarrel between a customer and the agent, the bus.. arrived.

We were of cuz seeking compensation for this big delay, probably a free trip to gentings? :)

okay off we go, and it was long tiring journey through the night. 10 hours of ride by the way. Man, my neck ached real bad.

Day 2

We arrived at the jetty appox 1pm if i rem correctly. We have to take another 30min of boat ride to the island of perhentian. And to our surprise, its a speedboat we're taking.

And off we go! Our driver's a real F1 dude.
Overtaking boats all over and making us going WHOOO real loud, running over currents causing butts going up and down. Absolutely amazing.

Yes, we arrived safely at the island. Beautiful coasts along the beach as expected, (SG beach pure crap compareed to this) and yup, we're greet by the ang moh owners and of cuz our nice Dive Master.

We were pretty luck to get new rooms that was jus opened, jus off the coast. Compared to Pulau Aur, these rooms were heaven. And yup, like the usuals, we headed for the buffets laid down for us.

After around an hour, time to gear up for our very FIRST DIVE!

It was a Shore Dive, where we entered the waters from the shore instead of the boat. A pretty simple dive to get us used to the water. A 50min dive, saw a huge Bumphead Parrotfish, visibility wasn't that good, probably cuz its the full moon season.

We rested for about 2 hours, being treated to huge delicious cookies and amazing coffee before our 2nd dive.

This time it was in open waters. A 10min speedboat ride out to the waters. The dive site's called Sigi Bay.

I don't really enjoy this dive cuz it's pretty boring and my head's thumping pretty bad due to lack of sleep the previous day.

So after another 50min of dive, it was dinner time. Everyone was pretty shagged by then. After dinner and a time of chicken wings and wedges for supper, we headed back to the room for a time of Poker/Mahjong. By the time it was Mahjong, a few of us knocked out, including me.

Day 3

The next day is probably the highlight! Man i love every single dives!

We were supposed to gear up at 9am but didnt manage to wake up until our dear Dive Master came knocking on our doors at 850! Totally awesome, brushed our teeth and off we went to the dive shop. Suit up, grabbed our tanks, plopped our regulators on it, checked our air gauge, got our weight belts, and off we go on board!

Waking up feeling refreshed never seems so easy when you're heading for a dive. Our first dive was a Wreck Dive. TOTALLY AWESOME!

It was a pretty big wreck, though its still considered small wreck. A different experience, saw the ship lying on its side, with its huge propellers, cabin windows and etc. indescribable.

I saw the biggest puffers in my life, rare box fish, angel fish, yellow barracudas, and a bamboo shark. Man, i love the ocean.

We ascended and headed back after about 60min of dive, and went for our breakfast. About 3 hours of interval time before we headed off to our next dive site, The Tiger Rock.

Its basically 3 huge rocks and we dived around it. It's pretty challenging cuz the currents are strong. We had to fin like double the strength, draining! Sea urchins were everywhere, saw super cute species of nudibranch (they're smth like sea slugs), shrimps, and a porcupine fish.

The cool part was going through this small little 'cave', really dark and buoyancy have to be good or else you'll bump ur head all over.

Our very last dive was at this site called D' Lagoon. Very relaxing dive, beautiful sandy sea bed, very good visibility. Its like diving in the underwater world.

Saw lotsa amazing species, like the tube worms, christmas tree worm, yellow box fish, golden trevalli etc.

By the time the dive ended, it was around about 630pm. Was planning to go for night dive but in the end it was cancelled.

So off we went for dinner and also supper. The cool part is just about to begin.

4 of us were just strollling along the beaches after supper, admiring the stars and all when suddenly, our dive master came and told us she spotted a sea turtle laying eggs. The island is known for turtles to lay eggs, and they have a team of conservationists to take care of the eggs and all.

And so, the excited bunch of us took off and went to a spot by the dive shop and indeed, IT WAS A REALLY HUGE SEA TURTLE digging up the sand. We had to be really quiet, no noise, no lights, no nothing or else we'll scare him away. After a few min, quite a number came to see, but i guessed it sense smth, and off it went, back to the sea, crawling real slowly.

Amazing sighting. What a beautiful creature.

And the night continues with a time of poker and we slept around 2am.

Have to wake up by 630 cuz the boat's leaving at 730. Wished it could be longer, but once again, life has always been great when diving.

高级华文

2010-05-03T18:14:00.004+08:00

我想這次試試用華語來blog，還瞞酷的吧？

刚从台湾回来，太兴奋了！

虽然只在台湾呆了十天，可是那十天卻给我不少的感觸。它让我们看到朋友互相照顧的美好，也更讓我認識他们多一點。但是，我今天想寫的是關於伶一件事項。

以前，我都对台湾没感興趣。只知道去那兒只是跟著父母到处探訪親戚朋友，不怎麼在乎。

可是在那短短的時期內，我思想卻完全的改變了。不知不覺的，一旦抵達台北機場，彷彿很像回到家似的。

我们是在最後幾天和親戚们見面。在那儿短短的一两天，我们都感受到很溫馨的愛。哈哈！多年以来，我都沒甚麼在乎和他们的關係如何。可是，在那短短的几天，他们卻那么熱心去招待歡迎，照顧我門。

比如：请我们吃丰富的食物，陪我们去逛夜市，为我们请假带我们到处玩等等，连joey他们都受感动。他们几乎和我在台湾的亲戚都见完了。哈哈。

你問我如果有的選擇，我會想住在台湾或新加坡，我还是会選新加坡。可是說真的，到时娶一个台湾老婆也不錯吧？可能会比新加坡女孩兇了一點？你看我妈就知道了啊！：P

好啦，寫到此為止。

哦！还有，周杰倫要出新專輯了！得空的話去youtube聽聽他的“超人不會飞！

baby baby ooooh!

2010-04-16T14:59:00.006+08:00

This is one of my favourite song!

And just look at how this 15 year old Justin Bieber dance! Awesome! :D

2010-04-02T13:28:00.002+08:00

Ahh finally a break!

After working till late hours these few weeks, I've somehow lost track of the days. Somehow when one works in retail, the meaning of weekends and public holidays don't matter anymore. You'd be working while people are having holiday, you're working while ppl are having their lunch/dinner breaks, you're working while everyone's heading home.

Everyday when i reached home, the house pitch dark, and when i get up for work, everyone's already gone. Thank God i adapated to it pretty well. Guess for the past few weeks i talked more to customers than anybody i knew. Haha!

It's the month of April! I love this month. And i have a hunch it's gonna be a great month :)

Alright, logging off. Later!

livin' it

2010-03-15T13:19:00.003+08:00

Loving the busy-ness in life cuz it simply drowns of all worries and strife.

it's the way that you smile

2010-02-23T15:07:00.003+08:00

It's been awhile, no?

Man, life is quite somewhere in between now. Have no idea when will i be enlisting, and in a few months i'll be going to taiwan for a short getaway. So tell me, what do you do in between?

Maybe should just get together with a few friends and go singing by the streets. Been thinking in investing in some recording devices, a condenser mic, a recording software. And accompanied by a good old guitar and a plain old voice, we can get on YOUTUBE. And probably a few tracks :)

Afterall, if you're single, all you could ask for is to strum to your good old guitar and sing a love song for a couple down a street. Yep, that's what people call.. a musician.

And i shall let you a hear one more beautiful song that speaks of the memories of a lovely couple somewhere out there.. Beautiful song, really. Guys, go learn it and i bet your girl's gonna drooool all over youu. But just keep it down a little if you screech, cuz you gotta the doctor bills for harming her ears :)

P.S I want you, baby taylor! (that's a guitar btw :P)

a melodious tune

2010-02-21T12:45:00.000+08:00

So I'll sing a melody
And hope to God she's listening
Sleeping softly while I sing
And I'll be your memories
Your lullaby for all the times
Hoping that my voice could get it right

Nice!

red bean souupp

2010-02-17T18:55:00.001+08:00

I love the lyrics of this song. It's like the hit song during this year's CNY gathering. People from old yo young sing to the tune of this sweeet song. :)

A part of it goes..

"还没为你把红豆
熬成缠绵的伤口
然後一起分享
会更明白相思的哀愁"

:D

A place for commitment

2010-01-26T12:48:00.009+08:00

"Godly commitment is the genesis to enjoying the benefits that God has in human relationships and intimacy, without the skeletons in the closet, no guilt, no scandals, and certainly no regrets. "

I realise that many people want fruitful relationships, friendships, and also pleasure and fun. However there is a problem. We only want the good side of it but many times we avoid this one thing.. and that is commitment.

1) A reason why...

What i found out is this. Why many ppl avoids commitment is cause once its broken, they are shattered. And a person who has been wounded by a commitment, becomes a 'casualty'. Hence, many chose to avoid being a casualty cause they saw their friends break-up, becoming sworn enemies after that, parents divorced etc.

However, there is a reason why people bind themselves to commitment, a reason why people commit themselves to a course of action that involves an element of RISK.

The reason why they do it, because the potential gain is so much wonderful. Afterall, no risks, no gain. If one is trying to prevent yourself from pain or hurts, then it is better to just stay in your house until the end of time.

2) Commitment takes courage and faith.

When we commit ourselves to a course of action, we WILL succeed, even if we make mistakes, face setbacks.

If we persist and have our eyes on our God, we can't lose, and this so applies to every thing we does.

On a statement of relationship, Dr Kammeel once says this "If you have been following God and the Lord opens your eye and shows you the individual who is to be your life partner, you won't lose, provided that we do things God's way."

3) The consequence

I have been afraid of committing because of the many responsiblities and challenges that I'll face, and many times i just want the fun and pleasant side of things.

However i realise, that without godly commitment to the things i'm in, be it relationships, career, ministry etc, i won't be able to find success in it.

Its really sad to hear some of my friends telling me of their reasons of break up, termination of friendship because all the reasons have one thing in common, and that is a lack of commitment. And once we get into the habit of breaking up when we are faced with problems/differences, it will be a tendency that many break ups will come even in future relationship.

Its proven. I've looked into it. Haha!

4) Conclusion

So i must encourage everyone out there, including myself, to always persevere and make it a point to stay committed to something God has placed in our heart. From there, we then can see what His plans actually are for us. If not, we'll just be going round and round in circles.

Never Back Down

2010-01-22T23:55:00.003+08:00

One expectation from a cell member: Don't give up

These 3 simple words holds the power to determine how things will turn out for the future.

It's so easy to tell yourself not to give up when things are turning the way you didn't expect it to be.
It's so difficult to hold on to a dream that seems so distant.

However, when someone just comes along with simple pat on the back saying "You're doing great" simply revive the tired soul in you.
Simple action of thoughts goes a long way.

God, i pray for every of our youths in LSF. Let this year be a year where you can use US to bless, to lead, to develop these young lives. Let this year be a year where they will see the potential and talents in them. Let this year be an amazing discovery for all of us. Let us not give up. Amen.

2010-01-13T17:16:00.004+08:00

Less than 3 weeks, and it's coming to the end of time. I mean my project time.

Time seem to past pretty fast when you're nearing the end of smth, but boy am i glad that it's coming to an end.

I discovered a thing about me. And that is, i cannot afford to hav myself facing the computer, or should i say, having non-human interaction from 9-5. The times when i really enjoyed during this whole year of project making, is actually the discussions, brainstorming sessions and serious talks.

You know, people interaction to me is such an important part of my life. It's like life is without meaning without it. The funny part about me is that when it comes to work, i like to work with people i'm actually not familiar with. Cuz that way, we don normally sidetrack and most of the time, its serious business we're talking about.

I donno, i guess i just don't like to have distractions during serious discussions. No random jokes out of nowhere, no sudden spouting of what to eat later, no sidetracking to neverland and stuff. Man, i hate those.

And i must say, people interaction can really help me get my mind of things. Sometimes you have alot of thoughts running through your mind when you're alone doing the work in front of the computer/desk, but when you're interacting, your brain focuses solely on the topic discussed. And after the whole discussion, you go like, wow that was fruitful and you go home all smiles.

However, when you are faced with your own thoughts during work and you have nowhere to spurt them out, you go back feeling really tired and wonder, what have i achieve today and start worrying about tmr.

This is just a simple reflection of my working style i guess. :)

The greatest of all is love

2010-01-05T15:09:00.002+08:00

What is love?

Ask a kid and he'll tell you its all about the hugs and kisses. But its more than just a pretty scene, it's also about rejections, tears and riding through the tough times that each relationship brings.

Many are faced with broken relationship because many tend to turn away from problems faced rather than facing them. Some say its because of the absense of love. But i disagree. Love is always there, its just that one was being loved too much and the other wasn't being love enough.

Communication is the key. Without knowing how one wants to be loved, without compromising from both sides, relationship is bound for the iceberg.

At the end of the day, you can either focus on what separates you, or what holds you together.

a new year ahead

2009-12-23T12:38:00.002+08:00

Its coming close to late December, a new year's calling, filling me with eager anticipation but also uncertaincy.

A time for us to contemplate again. It has been a year of ups and downs, lessons to be learnt and mistakes not to be made in the future.

I thank God, especially for the recent Mission Trip which has enabled me to realise what i'm made for, bringing back the once passionate fire i had for mission work, and also putting dreams of what i hope to achieve for Christ in the coming year.

I am person jus like everybody else, dreams of what to achieve in life and etc. When i have something that i wna achieve, i will go all out for it and many times, neglect many other things along the way, and many times, God became secondary.

I was reminded in many different ways of how these 'earthly' dreams i have can limit what God has installed for me.

A new year resolution i've came up with and yes, no longer will i be bounded by personal ambitions, but God help me make my dreams glorify you. :)

thanksgiving

2009-12-14T21:02:00.002+08:00

A well-spent weekend.
Rushing down to the east for mussel delivery
Chicken rice as reward
Journey down to church

Late night supper by gifted chef of the east
Last minute visit to the Park
Zonked out and frozen till morning

Succesful rehearsal with tired eyes and legs
Thank you mr ong for the trip back to the east
Preparation by great cooks and rookie cooks (like me)
Atmosphere lighten up by dim lights and amazing dining

Fed till the max
Entertained by the SEA games follwed by Pinky Panther
Presents sharing time
Home Sweet Home

That's all i have to say. Have a great Christmas everybody.

unwell.

2009-12-05T10:36:00.006+08:00

Image taken from carichblogs.wordpress.com

First, lemme say this isn't totally a good start for the weekend. Not that anything happened, but just that my body don't feel quite well.

Woken up at 9 plus by noises made outside, and soon, my skin start to itch, and that's irritating. Tried to get back to slp but to no avail. Decided to jus wake up at 10. Got up, head heavy, body aching, eyes drooping. Took a bath, felt much better, but soon tiredness took over once again.

The worse thing was, my voice went crackling. And i'm leading worship in less than 12 hours.

*scractches head* tell me what to do...

tweet me baby

2009-12-04T10:18:00.002+08:00

Ahh so long, so dead.

Now i've got Twitter and Mac has an application of Twitterific which makes it more addictive. yummy!

Guys, let's go use it and have fun! Heh!

one life, one purpose

2009-11-27T13:09:00.002+08:00

Drowned by the jazzy soul music playing in the living room, for a moment it seems like i'm in a lounge on a lazy sunday.

The whole morning is pretty much taken up by a time breakfast with mom n dad followed by preparation for tmr's rangers' sharing.

Indulging also in the life of well-known Christian artists and pastors through blogs and tweets keeps me entertained, and more importantly, inspired. Strive to be better in different areas, from public speaking to leadership roles. That's what i aim to become. :)

In a few hours, will be heading to probable packed places, Jurong Point and Expo. Yep, 2 extremes. Gotta get a new GPS for dad, and at the same time a new set of earphones, and maybe some CDs to accompay me in lonely car rides.

Life becomes more meaningful when you find a purpose in your everyday living, from what you hope to achieve in that very day, and what u hope to achieve in a few years. I do not wna be someone living day by day aimlessly, but i have dreams to fulfil, goals to achieve, and a life to live. Time to go for it and not be brought down by the itsy bitsy worries of life.

People can say what they want, be it postive or negative response, but if you never take the risk to try, to go for it, you'll never get to experience the best of life.

So guys, hang on to your dreams, be the man God wants you to be, and live your life to the very full, making use of every opportunity.

Jesus rocks!

voice of truth

2009-11-26T11:10:00.003+08:00

Are there times where there's voices in ur head, telling you'll never win?

The voice seems overwhelming, and reminds you of all the time u've failed.. it tells u time and time again you'll never win.

And how many times we choose to listen to it and tremble at the sound of its voice.

But i thank God that it is always Him who showed how good He is, how faithful He is.. Despite the situation i'm in, there is always another voice calling out saying do not be afraid.

God, i'll choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

i'm dreaming of a white christmas

2009-11-20T13:59:00.002+08:00

Its less than a month to the long awaited festival, Christmas!

Everyone's are taking preparative measures in getting into the Christmas mood, be it at homes, offices, malls and even the streets. Since young, Christmas has always been my favorite time of the year. Presents play a major part when i was younger, but now, its about the activities that can be done during this wonderful festive season!

Activities like decorating homes with Christmas decors and lightings, writing and sending postcards of thanksgiving to relatives and friends, indulging in overdose of Christmas carols and movies, and of cuz, Christmas dinners etc are some of the interesting activities that makes Christmas christmas, no?

No snow in Singapore, but well, cool weather isn't that bad either. Sitting down with a cup of hot chocolate on a cool Christmas night, with jus the Christmas lights, and the TV showing a wintery Christmas movie, accompanied by the sound raindrops falling against the window... Ahh indeed, the most of wonderful time of the year..

Yes i'm pretty much indulging in my fantasy. But I'm so gonna make a point to travel and get into the Christmas moods i see in the movies next time! For now.. I shall let imagination take the wheel :D

that's what love is all about

2009-11-18T16:43:00.003+08:00

Indeed, that's what love is all about.

One part of it goes,

"Ridin' the good times is easy
The hard times can tear you apart
There'll be times in your heart
When the feelin' is gone
But ya keep on believing
And ya keep holdin' on"

Amazing and true description of love. Beautiful song, amazing voice. Michael Bolton! :D

no more cloudy days

2009-11-18T15:55:00.003+08:00

In need of relaxing yet melodic tunes? Tune back to the BEE GEES!

How in the world did they come up with such a name? Sounds weird. But they've used their wonderful talent in songwriting to prove that indeed.. Bee gees are legendary!

Today, its working from home. Woke up pretty late, but managed to finish up some of the work for the upcoming animation. Accompanied by the music of bee gees. Heh!

Facebook is a pretty entertaining source, in the middle of work, when you decide to take a break or have a good load of interaction.. its always facebook. Even if u have totally nothing to do in it, jus looking through the news feed can be amusing enough.

This few days has also been a time of thinking despite the tight schedule. Normally, when a guy stares out into space, they aren't thinking of ANYTHING. But yep, lotsa thoughts came through and exercised my brain. In a good way of cuz. :D

And i'm starting to miss the sun. Everyday, i'm greeted by gloomy skies and threatening roars of thunders. First reaction: Sleep longer. That partly explains why i'm late for school for the whole of last week. Heh!

So dear Sun.. do come out soon okay. I'm missing you!

2009-11-17T13:10:00.005+08:00

Why are all songs with heartbroken lyrics so nice?! Cant u artist come up with happier songs with similar tunes? haha!

That was pretty random, but yes, reading or listening to too much negativity can really cause ur mood to go down. Even affect ur r/s with God, make u a person of smaller faith.

How irritating is that. Haha! So on a lighter note, it has been a great weekend, and a great week so far. Though i'm a lil slp deprived, but i'm pretty enjoying every moment of it.

I really admire those ppl who can keep giving but don't think of receiving. Be it emotional or physical. Normally, when u 'give' to someone, u do hope that the person will reciprocate. Not everytime, but sometimes at least to show their appreciation. And when they don't, one can get disappointed easily.

But how some ppl who can jus simply give is amazing. High level of tolerance i must say. TEACH ME! HAHA!

School's pretty mundane i must say. Having dive at Hantu this Saturday. Like finally. miss diving. wonder what local dive is like. Heh!

Alright, checking out. Later!

faithful God :)

2009-11-11T11:30:00.003+08:00

God is amazing. I'm in school and throughout this morning, he has been speaking to me so clearly.

I woke up having a really peaceful and excited mood in me, i donno why, probably coz i had good time ytd. And so i was having a chat with God all the way to school.

When i reached, the project room was empty. I was jus browsing through my folders when i happened to pop by the Prophecy folders i archived, with the prophecies all recorded inside. The very first one i read was when Pastor James Singh came in January earlier this yaer.

What struck me alot was the fact that i've been trying to use analytical mind to look at things instead of walking in faithfulness in God. And the prophecy warned that if i do that, it'll hinder what God is trying to do in my life. Jus looking back, God has such wonderful plans, but i've been distracted by so many things, small minute things that has caused me to sidetrack.. Too much. And Pastor even said he was worried that i will miss out the very essence of God's plan in my life..

I was then led to the second prophesy by Rev Kameel. Shall not go into the details, but again, what struck me was that i've got to be focused.

Part of it goes "You've got be undistracted, offload all the extra plans, ideas, Plan Bs, other agendas, get rid of them.... If you are willing, you will see the good of light, but like so many things, if u miss the timing, or are unwilling, then that torch will pass you by..."

You know, when i read that, it was like double confirmation and i really repented immediately. And the amazing thing was this, God made that my friend has to go off for some time, and so the whole room is mine. And that's where God spoke to me for the past 2 hours.

I'm so excited and all the prophecies confirmed what i'll be doing.. To the nations touching lives etc! Amazing. But lord, pls dont pass me by. I wna stay focused and its time for my spiritual man to wake up.

Enocuragement to those reading this: Now's the time to come back to God, coz for the past few months i haven been putting God first and i've been making alot of decisions and plans on my own, w/o really putting God in the picture. And looking at the way how God has opened the door to speak to me so clearly, even in school right now, it shows the seriousness of walking in faithfulness and trust in God.

Please, i beg you don miss take what God has spoken to you lightly. They will determine what you'll become and where you'll go. It is time to come back to the arms of our saviour :)

2009-11-09T12:26:00.002+08:00

Ahh. This is so unfair. Raymund is coming out of army tmr and i'm going in!

I have pretty mixed feelings towards NS. Its like a part of me is afraid that when i'm in, i can't have quality time with my friends n family. However, on a good side, i can toughen up and learn loads of stuff. Ahh well, God u have ur plan. I trust you :)

And i must say, it has been a great weekend once again. For almost the whole of last week, i was stresed up by the planning of the whole prayer mtg. And when the actual day comes, the feeling inside me is indescribable. Half stressed, half anticipating. And i'm really amazed at how God works. He jus never fails to let me down time and time again. The whole plan i had for prayer mtg took at 360 degree change.. The Holy Spirit took over. Good-i-licious. :D

So saturday came and i had a well deserved rest in the day before heading down for service in the evening. Pastor James Singh. Didnt really catch the sermon, but what i took back was mainly on what God spoke to me through Him. :)

Sunday was a tiring one, whole day in church for pre co-worker's mtg. Followed by a time of fellowship with Pastor Kelvin, Ray and Xuan at AMK.

And so night came, went home, wanted to slp but decided to use the com for abit. Had a good time, and tata. Sweet dreams!

So here i am now.. blogging from school. Yawns!

stayover, beach, zonked

2009-11-02T20:51:00.002+08:00

An enjoyable weekend i must say.

Early arrival in church. Went to have good chat with ray at Kallang till 4 before heading back.

Slacked all the way before getting ready for service. Pretty disappointed with the sound of the guitar, didnt have enough time to make changes due to time, but i must thank god it still went well.

Next, we headed off for supper/stayover, a bunch of us.. enjoying nice teochew porridge.
And had to waste my time 'pleasing' this immature uncle who make a huge fuss over parking outside his BIG HOUSE. Can't u just be patient abit since i'm already gonna leave. What for use vulgarities.. can't you be more civilized since u live in such a BIG HOUSE. Zzz disappointed. A 19 year old can handle it much better. Oh well, normal. HAHAH! Self praise :P

On a lighter note, we headed off to sop's crib with tempting beancurd to conclude our timr of supper. But they decided to head to the outdoors to have it. So there we are. Spending a short while outside going crazy before heading back to the house.

Bathed, and had a heart to heart talk. At the same time, in order to 'lighten' the mood, sophia switched on the spotlight and soft music.. But i like it. hahah! Decided to sleep at 4.. Pretty comfortable though it was the hard floor.

And early morning, was woken up by some noises.. *AHEM* hahah! Wanted to wake up but apparently, i failed. i donno how i failed. heh!

And sophia, you dont have to kick me right before you leave. I was TRYING TO SLEEP! :P

Headed off to ECP early for breakfast and bonding. Enjoyed the games, didn't expect it to be that taxing. But great job! Followed by lunch at Botak Jones. We're pretty much stoned halfway, and i'm amazed at how Jerome and Crystal can entertain each other with Tic Tac Toe..

That pretty much conclude my day. Oh, and i got my new specs :D THat's it!

yummy-licious :)

2009-10-29T00:40:00.002+08:00

Somebody tell me why blogging is so difficult. Why do i find it so hard just to log in and type some words? What is wrong with me. Hahaha!

Been a pretty fine week so far. Had a night out with mom yesterday@IMM. Went to Daiso, got myself a new game, new specs. My poor old specs are all lose and rotten. Beenw with me for a load of 5 years. Hardly wear them anyway. Oh well, now my eyes are rebelling and i have no choice but to wear YOU!

For the coming 4 days, the house is without my parents. They going for their sweet sweet in langkawi tmr morning. Man, i want my overseas trip too. Oh, and its time to sweat it out. NAPFA's on 10 nov! 2 weeks, aww man.

And did i say the game i bought is pretty addictive? The first time i played it, i wasnt' impressed with it at all! Cuz i thought it suck. But the second attempt changed my mind completely. I've played for 2 hours straight and it don't even seem like it. But i must say, games nowadays cost a bomb. Tell me whyyyy... Oh and the game is Marvel Alliance 2 btw. Good stuff.

Anyone wna stayover and whack all night with me? HAHA!

Its almost 1 and i'm still so tempted to switch on the console once again and set loose my burning passion. hahaha!

TIME FOR BED TOWNNIEEE!!

work hard, dive easy

2009-10-22T11:47:00.003+08:00

It has been so long baby..

I haven seen your endless beauty for so long, hear your voice echoing through the waters, experienced your amazing wonders hidden underneath..

I need the deep blue sea, i need the sandy beach, i need the tranquil peace under the sea, i need to dive :)

The last dive i had was in Tioman. I have a short term goal. In 5 years, i will plan to dive in these dive destinations - Thailand, Australia, Indonesia, Maldives.

Wouldnt it be a waste if you have a dive license, but you didn't go around the world to explore the wonderful destinations all around? All you do is jus watch them on tvs and get all awed and amazed. But its time to see for myself what is it like out there. Wahaha! Live the dream :D

Local dive maybe coming up later this year. Come to daddy :)

monday blues gone

2009-10-20T18:47:00.003+08:00

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."

Came across this beautiful and meaningful quote, and indeed it speaks. A start of a final sem, and i thank god that He's provided us with a brand new start.

The first sem was tough, and halfway through, i've lost the drive to even motivate myself to go on. Now that everything is different, the old supervisor gone, our team is full of hope and strength to move! :D

It really shows how important having a leader that knows what he's doing. We followed our previous supervisor around, thinking that he had it all planned out, but honestly, its bullshit. Wasted half of my time and energy doing smth that equates to nothing.

Okay, let's talk about today. Today our dear project leader is faced with diarrhea. Hence, its jus me and Josephine. We had an interesting discussion with our supervisor in the morning followed by a time of discussion. And after lunch, our minds got distracted and we started talking nonsense. Somehow it led to a time of appreciation of old classic disney movies. And we happened to come across the lion king cartoon "Can you feel the love tonight" translated to THAI. Sounds pretty weird. The singer sings pretty bad :P

And i must say its a pretty warm day. Got me a lil irritated. But still, thank god for today :)

Sunday :)

2009-10-18T22:32:00.002+08:00

A fulfilling Sunday indeed! Just what i need before school starts the next day :)

Had sufficient rest in the morning, and was all ready to go for the training in church later in the afternoon.

The session was a fruitful one i must say. A good time of knowing and setting the vision for oneself, at the same time discussing and sharing with one another in areas that we want to achieve.

So it was followed by a time of travel to Ernie's place to transfer his dear cat, Moomoo to Ray's crib. Mel had her time of CAT tutorial while the rest of us talked nonsense, like always.

And after almost an hour or nua-ing around, its time to head over to Ray's. The cat was fighting real hard to not get out of the house, and Ernie was rewarded with a scratch of the wolverine on his tummy. After a short time of struggle, the cat obviously, was caged and brought out.

After arriving at Ray's, we decided to head to Old Airport for dinner. And we've got Pastor Philip to join us! A fruitful time spent tgt, cracking some lame and not-so-lame jokes. And Ernie was blessed by Pastor Philip before his departure the next day :)

So there goes. Timecheck: 10.44pm. School's in less than 12 hours..

banana days!

2009-10-16T12:28:00.002+08:00

Hello!

Once again, i've managed to bring myself into this site, log in and start blogging.

I must say, i'm really going to miss working. Don't know if there're still be time to work once school reopen next week. Somehow, it never gets to boring working there and i love the company of ppl :D

Had a pretty good sleep, jus woke up and the time now is 1230. When was the last time i get to sleep till so late? heh!

Few days back, we had out Kbox session at AMK. Mass singing for...5 hours! And the highlight was this.. at around 650pm, we've only the guys left. So we sang the Finale Song, 你是我最深爱的女人. Everyone was like standing on the sofa, singing our hearts out. Super funny! 有感请，不错吧！

Oh, and seriously. i think bananas are my favorite fruit now. Heh! I donno why the sudden urge, but the taste of it is just.. yummy!

Probably, coz i had loads of bananas the past few days. And i'm gonna have it today again! And tmr, and the day after! Hmm. probably i should buy one bunch and bring to project meeting. Haha! Good idea, tony! And banana reminds of someone. hahaha! ;)

Ok, i'll end off here. Lalala, i'm going to bath!

2009-10-11T15:54:00.002+08:00

I wonder what motivates people to blog so often. You know i try. But i failed. Heh!

It has been a week and there's actually many exciting events to blog about, but the flesh is weak and lazy.

My mom's coming back today! I always love to talk to her, she's more of like a friend than a mom. But the thing is, its always hard to find time cuz our timings are jus too diferent.

And oh, i've also spent around hundred plus dollars on new clothings. Been some time since i had my shopping session. When my pay comes, that's where the fun begins. :D

October is always a busy year for most student. Its either they're preparing for exams or trying their very best to enjoy the last bit of their holidays before school reopens. this term break passed real fast i must say. Probably coz there's too many activities going around. Heh! Now i'm looking forward to the graduation trip next year! Waha!

Goodbye to polyyyy soon! I want out! (Who doesn't) Haha! To be honest, i feel the most memorable times i had was during those dive trips. Its like having life without worries and stress. If it can be like that for jus a few days, imagine what it wld be like in heaven! Wheee!

Last week of holidays, here we go.. :D

2009-10-03T23:38:00.003+08:00

I know i haven been blogging. Coz first, laziness has stepped in. And second, blogging is not in me. haha!

I had 4 consecutive days of work last week, non stop action, with those annoying kids getting on my nerves whenever they don listen to instructions.

Scold them then listen. But, i have funny colleagues to perk me up! haha! All day, we jus joke about various customers and incidents that is recorded in the History Books of Snow City. :D

Pretty much lack of slp i must say. Eye bags are pretty obvious, and occasional uninvited visit of dark circles. Heh!

And my eye is gettin' better. Refrain from contacts for a week! And i think i'm gonna change a new pair of specs soon. Been years since i had a new one. Now its time. :D

Stomp concert in a few hours' time. Cant wait! Guess i'll go home with all kinda rhythm and beats in my head. heh!

More updates soon :D

a father's love

2009-09-28T22:03:00.002+08:00

This is an amazing song that touches my heart.

It just make me think of the times spent with my dad and how i look up to him. And it comforts me to know, that God above is always there for me jus like how this song says.

:)

the debut, F1, swollen eye makes my weekend

2009-09-28T12:41:00.006+08:00

Been an amazing weekend :)

Thank you Jesus for your guidance from start till the end. The feel of standing in front and seeing the faces of everyone look back at you was needing time to get use to.

It was a pretty good experience, but i was amazed at how God can lead me through smoothly without brain freezing in between.

Currently, i'm faced with a swollen eye. I have no idea why, but i'm needing to work from Tue to Fri and my given state isn't helping.

Somehow i dislike wearing spectacles, coz it'll make me feel sleepy, probably its kinda heavy. So God, pls let the swelling go down in Jesus' name :D

I was thinking through about how much money i'm gonna have in my bank acc in 2-3 months time and it pretty excites me. hahaha! A good reward for myself jus before the Christmas season.

This year's F1 race was amazing. Though i'm not an avid fan of F1, but the thought of it being held in Singapore just makes me wna watch it. It has its exciting moments, and at that moment, i was so tempted to get into playing racing games on my console. haha!

And i seriously think Germans athletes are real good-looking. They're tall, have great built, and have nice facial features.

An example will be... Nico Rosberg!

http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/F1+Grand+Prix+Turkey+Previews+LJx6MW9cSXPl.jpg

Okay, before i shall stop talking about hunks in case you guys think i'm not straight. I'm just appreciating God's creation.

That's about it :D

感动天感动地

2009-09-23T21:37:00.002+08:00

This song's cool! My colleague was listening to it and i became addicted.

The lyrics are sad, but don bother. Jus listen to the tune.

Got feel. hahaha!

2009-09-23T19:27:00.002+08:00

Another working day has passed, and i'm enjoying it!

As usual, the place is invaded with the usual race over and over again. For goodness sake, don u guys need to work?! I donno why they're willing to pay so much money just to slide. Poor dudes, they're being cheated of their mnoey and they're enjoying it.

I can slide for free and i get paid! :D

Tmr's a day of rest followed by work on Friday again. Heh! I enjoyed the company i hav, really nice people. heh!

Hmm. OK lah donon what to type already lehh. heh. so.. byebye!

weekend entertainment

2009-09-22T17:31:00.003+08:00

A long weekend it has been. Interaction with indian customers non-stop. Especially on Sunday and Monday.

The whole place is.. flooded! Until a point where there's not enough shoes to give out. But its always the company u have that keeps u entertain throughout the day.

There's always something to laugh about. Every single day is like adding new stories into the record book of working in snow city. There's like a fair share of stories to be shared with one another. Normally, the stories are about the customers and the supervisor. Heh!

Some of the customers are really a joke one leh. We'll be like laughing in front of them and they don even know that they've been made a joke. We speak in chinese though. The advantage of different culture. :)

And on Saturday night, it was once again, a time well spent with the peeps! The feeling is different. Normally, I'll be in church by 2 plus and get ready to serve. But this time round i reached there at 7 and can get to have a good time to be just a member. Felt refreshing. However, I'm lookin fwd to serve once again! What an honor :)

bathroom rants

2009-09-18T23:54:00.002+08:00

Hmm. my parents are taking too long in the toilet. I can hear every single word they say..

Now i know.. i shall not sing in the bathroom anymore.

Oh and i had a great time at work today! Coz i must say i was pretty entertained by my friend. he's my all time sec sch favourite joker. :D

Man, and boy i'm tired. I'm lack of slp.. and have to work till 630 tmr before heading to church for service.. ohlalala.

God bless me! :D

you're all i want

2009-09-17T19:05:00.004+08:00

I want mooncakes! :D

Saw this mooncake advert on the newspaper jus now and i'm so tempted to go get all of them! Some of them have like super unique flavours and needless to say, the picture is enough to make me drool.

Ppl say don't go grocery shopping when you're hungry coz you'll buy more than what u need. How true. At that point when i was looking at those yummylicious pictures, i just wanted all of them for dinner, excluding those with yolks :P

So anyone wna be nice and make my day? Buy me mooncakes! Without yolks! hahaha!

Happy!

2009-09-17T17:11:00.003+08:00

Blogging from the comfort of the home.

Been a great time of bonding ytd night.

Seems like the best catching up time is always during these outings. Pretty much enjoyed myself, and happy to have such great company. :)

However, i'm just so not amused at how i spent my money that week. I shall not go into details, but the fact is that.. its time to replenish.

Thank god there's work tmr to monday. Cash cash cash! And I think i'll have like uber loads of fun at work.. Wahahaha!

And today's like a once in a lifetime experience coz i don have to go down for worship practice. Can you believe it! I think this is like.. my first time since the start of the year. heh!

I would love to go down though.. just that travelling is kinda expensive. Really. It sucks to pay adult fare. :(

Okay, thats about it. Oh and i like the book "I kissed dating goodbye". A must read.

I had this misconception of why in the world the author wld write this kinda book.. but after reading a few chapters.. It makes sense. Its not what u think it is. It's got great stuff!

Two Thumbs Up!

if i let you go

2009-09-14T23:23:00.004+08:00

Let me share one of my fav pop song since primary school!

The following video looks kinda gay. but is quite cool back in that time..
Come on, i was just a pri school kid.. that was a thousand years back. heh!

Day after day
Time passed away
N' I just can't get you off my mind
Nobody knows, I hide it inside
I keep on searching but I can't find
The courage to show to letting you know
I've never felt so much love before

And once again I'm thinking about
Taking the easy way out

Chorus:
But if I let you go I will never know
What my life would be holding you close to me
Will I ever see you smiling back at me?
How will I know
If I let you go?

Night after night I hear myself say
Why can't this feeling just fade away
There's no one like you
You speak to my heart
It's such a shame we're worlds apart

I'm too shy to ask, I'm too proud to lose
But sooner or later I gotta choose

And once again I'm thinking about
Taking the easy way out

smile

2009-09-14T22:45:00.002+08:00

Beautiful song that emphasize on the best gift one can ever give/receive.. Smile.

Love the lyrics of this song. Simple and comforting :)

Part of the song goes..

"Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you"

the train ride home.

2009-09-13T21:12:00.004+08:00

I saw this family of PINK on the train today. So cute.

They consist of the dad, the mom and 3 daughters. Somehow, they're like some cartoon character.

The dad had this cute bag he carrying, quite squarish. and then the mom got the typical housewife kinda feel. and there was the 2 daughters wearing the exact same flowery dress, with the eldest wearing another pink flowery one as well.

And there was this indian guy, proabably in his 30s.. and he was like so excited with his game.. Fifa 2004. zzz. 2004! after 5 years.. then u start playing a game that is made back then.

So he was like sitting down.. thne happily flipping through the manual. haha!

I was pretty bored on the train. So that explains why my eyes are wandering around. heh!

counting on god at 2am..

2009-09-12T02:12:00.004+08:00

trusting god in difficult times and situation.

i don blame anyone for what's happening now. but i must say its not easy.

a battling of mind. part of you says let it go, part of you says hold on.

James 1:2-4 "...when trouble comes your way, consider it an oppotunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing."

Endure is to mean to suffer(something painful or difficult) patiently.

Sometimes, the current situation jus doesn't seem to go well. Doubts come in and we start to compromise.. and slowly the next thing we know. we're sinking into self pity and after that.. give up.

Verse 6 says that to put your faith in god alone, and a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea..

How easy it is to say to trust in god whole heartedly and the next thing u know.. you're sinking into emotional battles of doubts and worries.

Yep. that was me jus sometime ago, before i've been led to the bible verse.

I donno what to expect in the coming days.. its hard, but i know somehow this is smth that i hav to face. No matter what, what's said is said, what's done is done. Now to be honest, i donno what to do except to just be myself and let God be God.

Just as the song goes...

"In christ alone i place my trust.
My source of strength, my source of hope."

Father, you're all i need.

lemoonnnn;

2009-09-12T00:10:00.004+08:00

As the saying goes.. When life throws lemon at you, make a lemonade out of it.

It has indeed been a long day today. Hmm. I shall briefly summarize the day..

Woke up pretty early today.. Somehow my body clock jus woke me up and i can't get back to sleep. So.. got up and used the com for awhile. Oh! And know what, i'm quite proud of myself. wahaha. Coz i played the piano for like god knows how long on this very morning.

So next i had to meet up with pd to discuss about the sermon preparation. For now, i haven really felt the stress yet, but as the day comes.. it'll come. haha!

And followed by a lonely walk down the "boulevard of broken dreams." 3 hours spent in total. Walked from Paradiz Centre to Esplanade.. Pretty crowded today, lotsa tourist.. all kinds of color. But thank god for good weather, no bright sun. And so i a good time to ponder over things.

Headed over to the wake at amk. Ate prata for dinner at some coffeeshop located somewhere out there. yum yum!

Oh and i tell u secret k.. Halfway through, I can't control my pee and there was no toilet. So i was at this quite deserted carpark and i wee wee by the tree. I had bodyguards to make sure no one come peep at me. But there was this car that went past and the driver looked at me for a moment. Haha! He must be amused.. heh! So there i was.. Contributing to nature. hee!

Yep, and so i had a pretty long train ride home from AMK. And thank god for today :)

24 hours a day, keeps my boredom away

2009-09-08T22:13:00.003+08:00

24 24 and more 24.

In a span of less than a week, i've managed to cover 2 seasons of 24. Absouletly thrilling. Intense action and sequences. haha!

I even dreamt about it when i was slping for goodness sake. I rem being one of the bad guys and i have the federal agents coming after me. hahaha! The show protrays how cool working as an agent is. How can those people even think of such amazing storylines? haha!

Great stuff. Season 3 tonight. :)

random

2009-09-05T12:40:00.002+08:00

I almost puked upon watching this video, the biggest zit in the world. Its really sick!

Super big pimple squeezed out probably by the wife. Wah i shouldnt have watched that. Don think i'll be eating for the next few hours. hahaha!

I should say i had a great morning today. ;)

And a few hours later, i'm off to church. More updates tonight (i hope).

prayer.

2009-09-04T12:43:00.004+08:00

Do you feel sometimes prayer seems like a routinized habit rather than a heart felt one?

Many times, i've been guilty of jus simply mouthing the words of a prayer all day and night, thinking that as long as i've prayed it'll be alright.

And sad to say, most of the time, these prayers are mainly about asking for favors, needs and wants.

Due to distractions and so called "busy" schedule, our daily prayers to god is always compromised.

They say, speak with your heart means to embody it first. You pray for love, first be loving. You pray for results, first be hardworking. You pray for wealth, be generous.

How true is that?

God forgive me for taking each day for granted. Let me live out my prayer life in faith. :)

love like u've never been hurt before

2009-09-03T01:32:00.004+08:00

I've heard this on the radio and it says:

"Love like you've never been hurt before"

How often we're so afraid we'll get hurt once again and we decides not to love. aint it a waste?

Loving someone with the fear of getting hurt will cause you to look at your partner in a different light, and that would bring a huge dent to the relationship.

Something we've get it out, if we're to love someone and enjoy the time together.

Less of me, more of you. :)

Jus a thought. Goodnight!

wasted time.

2009-08-26T14:59:00.003+08:00

Another day is coming to past..

A wasted trip to school today.. zzz rotten.

So now, i'm gonna get some shut eye.. Been playing dead space for an hour or so.. halfway through completion of game! Yay!

Heh! I can sense challenges to come in this coming holidays regarding the project..

let me overcome this one!

Followed by..Getting in and out of army.. and into freedom! :)

another day's gone.

2009-08-24T13:41:00.002+08:00

It's encouraging to see how things are progressing in the o2 service. Firstly, it is the unity that is seen in various ministries. Secondly, it is the fact that many of us are working towards reaching out to others and seeing the need for souls.

Thank god for the BBQ opportunity, which has been a stepping stone towards relationship building with other ppl. Great food, great memories, goodbye mcnair (i won't miss you.. okay mayb abit) heh!

And on Saturday itself was amazing. Celebrated daniel's b/d before church. Met the gang for lunch before heading off. :)

730pm... A great service! So glad to see how God worked in individual's lives, refreshing and comforting.;) After that was a time of bonding at Kallang Mac with the three musketeers along with xuan and pastor jeff. Reached home at 2am. Immediate zonk out after bath.

The next day, woke up at 8 and had to reach church at 10 for leadership training. First class was more of vision casting. A good start (just a lil tired in between) heh!

Oh and i received my NS medical check up form. Motherland's calling. Zzz. I'll miss my life, i'll miss my freedom, i'll miss my family, i'll miss my friends, i'll miss my guitar, i'll miss my.... BYE!

sweet thursday

2009-08-20T13:57:00.002+08:00

Thursday is the day that i kinda disliked the most, but apparently, i'm pretty much enjoying this very day right now!

Woke up at 12, devotion, breakfast, gamed, practice music and off to church later! this is good life baby! Coz partly, the tough part is over and there's a break for awhile before back to work again!

So im enjoying myself, especially my new PS3 game.. DEAD SPACE! A game that's not meant to be played at night, coz you'll die of heart attack. I was kinda scared to play it ytd night coz its killing of aliens and they're real scary, the looks, sounds, and the suspense of the game.

So i hav to on my Itunes to lighten the mood.. if not i'll hav nightmares. Hahah!

It just feels good to be having a well deserved break aint it? Heh! Well, time to start doing work and research next week.. So i'll enjoy as much as possible baby! :D

I'm thinking of stocking up my games every month. a new release game costs around 70-80, so it'll actually take up alot of my cash.. But no worries, loads of research is done before buying, and i didnt make a wrong choice so far. Haha!

Man, LG (life's good!)

2009-08-17T22:08:00.002+08:00

now where shall i start..

I would say its a great week i had.. still enjoying the aftermath of finishing up the first semester of project work.

Weekend was burned, as usual. Didnt had a good start on that Saturday morning.. Woke up on the wrong side of bed, encountered with unpleasant situations along the way.. but thank god for ppl who perked me up! heh!

Sunday was the continuous enjoyable moment. Met up with Jon and came to Taiseng at around.. 11 plus in the morning. Had a great chatting session all the way till the others finished their PEAKS training at 1.

So the plan was initially head for lunch at uncle baofa's stall near ray's, however heard its not opened that day. Hence, jon, xuan, jason, daniel and I headed off to kallang kfc, picking up ray along the way. He had his long 21km run in the morning and apparently, he walked with his legs wide (kinda funny), suffering from abrasions..

And in the evening, jon, xuan and I joined zj, derek, his gf, joey and june for a time of movie at Marina Square and supper. Heh! Was an enjoyable time catching up with them.. followed by which Zj and I went off to fetch his mom. Had a long long talk with him coz has to wait for his mom for around 30min.. I always love to hang out with him. Heh!

Yeah, and that kinda concludes my weekends. Lovin' it baby!

2009-08-11T19:17:00.002+08:00

I've been looking through chinese MVs these 2 nights. KBox anyone?

I remembered when i was in sec sch, i wld often listen to them and we wld always head to Kbox, even to the extend of just 3 person. Heh!

The thing is its not always about the singing, but its about the story in the MV that they showed that always kept our attention. My friend can simply go there with us and not sing but simply just watch the MVs all the way. heh!

Tmr's my final presentation and after that i'll be free! Was in kinda stressed mood today in school.. but now that i've finished up the powerpoint, im feeling much better now!

Back to spamming vids! :D

2009-08-08T11:50:00.002+08:00

Alright updates.

Been a taxing week. after submission on thur, it's like a rock lifted of our shoulders. Now the next milestone to overcome is presentation on Wed, which is to the panel of lecturers.. prepare to hav armour, they're gonna shoot like nobody business. zzz. And one more report to go before freedom!

However, my friday and saturdays are totally burned.. left with sunday. Hate sundays.. coz probably its monday the next day. haha.

And these few days i've kinda lost enthusiasm in playing MouseHunt. Coz probably i just cant get the things i want and can't move on the game.. sad.

I've been thinking on my future, where i'll be heading and coming to think of it.. there's so much things that i don hav the answer to. I would want to head overseas for studies but seems like there's a couple of things holding me back. But if i dont, then life's gonna get mundane.

I hav this lecturer telling me the experience of studying overseas. Its so much more than just purely studying, but its more on exploring different cultures, gaining exposure etc. A totally different environment from Singapore. Every Singaporeans is taught to go the DEFAULT route. Go get a degree, go to work, go and get masters and blah blah blah. So basically your whole life u just get certs, go work, gets certs, go work. Omg! Must as well send the rapture now if thats the case. hahahah!

And in a year's time, the nation's calling me in. almost 2 years of limited freedom and weekends/nights out.. man. i would never sign on ever in my life. :D

Ok thats it.. gonna wash up soon. later!

to where you are.

2009-08-06T00:13:00.003+08:00

Beautiful song.

One of the lines goes...

"I wish upon tonight
To see you smile
If only for awhile
To know you're there"

back to the old days

2009-08-04T16:37:00.004+08:00

Went to celebrate mr tan yx's birthday yesterday evening.

Oh man i miss those times in sec school! the getting scolded of not filing maths homework, fighting for last position in class, having fun during recess, chicken rice after school, and soccer till the sun goes down. hahah!

Those were the days, where nothing seems to worry us except exams and our parent's reactions upon seeing our results. haha!

We went to Sakura @ orchard, which i'm not entirely satisfied with the food. heh! but still we whacked to make our money worth. We headed to arcade awhile to play the hoops and spend a few games on Photohunt. Hahah! 5 person to one machine trying to break this china guy's score.. but apparently, we failed. hahaha!

my friend did a couple of vids on youtube featuring some of his home live recording to some chinese songs. im pretty impressed by how much he's gone man. Back then, we'll all jam at my house and doing all funny stuff and now he's got his own lil studio. Sweet. :)

My friend did this song by Tank, 如果我變成回憶 and i pretty much like the tune. and when i checked out the lyrics.. its pretty meaningful and true. Its about not knowing what the future holds, and its about cherishing every moment u have with ur loved one before it become too late. :)

alright thats about it for my monday. later!

2009-08-02T20:42:00.004+08:00

Been a long weeekend. Lack of slp, lack of time. However, its still enjoyable! :)

I'm one more week to approaching the deadline for my first semester project progress, and apparently still got quite a number of stuff we hav to fix. Just let us get over this and move on man! This is tough. I'd probably be bald even before i enter NS. Keep my hair lord...

And have been through some stuff this week too. but God is good! He always have something installed in the midst of crisis to pick me up and he never failed! Learnt alot and know that God is the god of my life, and he has it all planned out for me. Thank you Jesus!

but i donno if things will ever be the same again....

dive trip 5-7 oct!

2009-07-30T15:05:00.006+08:00

Dive trip comin' up on 5-7 oct!
Costing: $450 (with equipments)

Will be heading to dive at the famous 7 Skies Wreck through Liveaboard, White Manta, which is the only way you can get there.It is at a damn good price! Here's how the boat looks like..

Taken from http://www.whitemanta.com

In simpler terms, it means minusing off the long bus rides but simply just live on board, right here from Singapore!

And the plus for it is that in Oct, it is the whale shark and manta season! Wna see some big creatures instead of those microrganism?! Then come! hahahah!

Check out the video when we came face to face with a whale shark during a dive at Tioman! Its in one of my facebook vids.. :D

Currently, right now we need at least 20 divers in order to be able to go this trip! Open to friends of friends, namely, outside NP.

So, interested divers pls lemme knowww!!! :D

2009-07-29T12:26:00.002+08:00

Hello!

Its been such a cramp week that i can hardly breathe. The only time i relax is when i walk away from the com and do something else.

Had been on the verge of giving up halfway through, but its gonna be over soon.... for the first sem. hahah! zzz.

Ok back to work soon. I can't wait for presentation to be over!! Ahhhh!

all we need is just some time, love and tenderness...

updates updates

2009-07-25T22:25:00.002+08:00

Wow, its been SO SO SO LONG since i last updated!

Sorry, has been too lazy and blogger didnt really permit me to log in. heh!

Apparently, i just had my last Saturday at Mcnair and next week will be to our new church location! Oh man, its so exciting just thinking of it!

And this few weeks has been week of ups and downs for me. I donno why, just lotsa thoughts that keeps coming and partly coz of the school stress that i'm facing. Also, it has been a time that i mostly choose to withdraw from big groups, probably kinda low in energy? haha!

Oh! And liverpool is in town! Oh my, i cant believe that Torres is here! Almost wanted to catch him at Novena Square on Friday but didnt go in the end. But PD managed to see him! Awww man!

Okay, i'm feeling kinda dizzy now. Have no idea why. Shall stop here. :)

2009-06-30T15:00:00.002+08:00

2nd day of quarantine.

i'm writing from the comfort of my home.. Instead of waking up at the usual time of 7, i slept through till 11. It felt kinda good actually, u know.

My head's throbbing, i have no idea why. Probably staring at the com for too long. I hate it. Managed to do up my assignment part in an hour. And now the very next few hours will be on discussing the project.. on Skype. Whoo-hoo!

Its always taxing to discuss proj through words online. Thank god for Skype! Free phone call!

Who wld have thought this is already half a year past! Many things hav happened. We're all growing up. Man, that's good.

Anyway, i happen to chance by this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lViRlo1_b1o&feature=fvw

Its the famous Nobody Song, lyrics changed for the current H1N1. Super funny!

surprise surprise, i'm quarantined!

2009-06-29T20:40:00.003+08:00

Never did i thought i would end up in isolation in case i am a victim to the infamous H1N1.

Here's what happen. My school starts at 9am, i'm supposed to be up by 7 to get ready. Before that i was already up but still less than awake. Ok cut off the details, i was too tired and decided to slp longer and forfeit attendance and reach sch at 12.

So i texted my friend told him. So all the way i slept till 10 plus. I was up and ready to go to school (whining to myself of coz) and when i received a call from my friend. I thought he was like pestering me to hurry up. However, i received the news that my the other project mate's brother got H1N1. So now she has to be quarantined. She was in school already, with a mask. lol! But then, she was asked to leave.

And also, teacher said i have to be quarantined till thurs. So, yeah i'll be nice and not go to school. I don wish to go in the first place. hahahah! But the thought of project deadlines kills me!

I'm also quite pissed with the school, specifically my course. Anyway, blog is a place to express thoughts rite? So, here i go....

WHY IN THE WORLD DO THEY HAVE TO SET NAPFA TO NEXT WEEK??!!

Other students can get to choose their dates! And it can be at end of year.. But ours, be extra and go set for us?! What is this? I thought Singapore was a free country, a choice of freewill. But where is it now?! U put it so early so that what, we can finish it quickly and spent our remaning time on the no-life final project?!

Yeah, right now i'm typing these out, fuming at the same time. What kinda school is this. 1 week to train up for napfa??! Why don u do it for me, mr whoever-is-behind-this!

Oh, what course am i in? I'm in MMA, Ngee Ann Polytechnic! So to those who wish to go in army earlier, u can join this course. And also, those who are communist supporters, this is just for you.

Ok i'm ranting. Pardon me..

2009-06-25T23:37:00.002+08:00

Been some time!

I'm back from thailand! Great trip with great company and great food. Only part i don like is the always-have-to-stop when walking. Coz they'll always be stopping at some kinda stall and looking at god knows what. Haha but still i enjoyed myself!

And i just realise i have yet to complete on some of my assignments!

Hai.. Still in holiday mood. please bring me back.. I hate it when holidays come because i totally ignore what's happening in school. Haha!

Oh well. 3 more days to school. Tony... you're screwed. :D

church camp, malacca

2009-06-16T14:10:00.002+08:00

What to say?

It wasn't too bad. But for me the main highlight is the free and easy time. haha!

I love the classic ballroom pajamas party. Everyone dresses up so nicely, all ready to hone off their jewelleries and bling blings, but this self-entertaining bunch of us dress up and came in naked.. Oops nono, in pajamas larr.

And yep, we had the usual stuff.. like shopping, talking nonsense, and eating!

Heh, and on the last minute, Sop, xuan, jan extended! It was kinda happening. First night after the people left, we swam and halfway through, i was locked on by the lifeguard for not wearing proper swim wear. Zzz..

And it was dinner time! We had crabs! The company was kinda amazing.. A good mix of younger ones and youths. Heh! Great company.

There were like 7-8 cars travelling together, with each driver equipped with a walkie-talkie. Without that, probably we'll nv reach our destination. Haha!

The next day, we spent the morning and early afternoon at Mahkota. Walked around for an hour or so and dined at KR.. again. haha. And next up, the highlights!

The convoys of 7 cars travelled down all the way to Muah for durain feast! We were rewarded with a truck of durains. Haha! If the weather was cooler, would be better! But still.. yummy!

And after that, we headed down for dinner at JB. Highlight food: Roasted Pig!

Around 9 plus we finished and its Home sweet home! There's no cars at the custom! Praise Jesus!

:)

mousehunt craze

2009-06-10T23:30:00.002+08:00

Mousehunt stocks?! Ever heard of that?

I can't believe that a simple mousehunt game can be made so complicated. Oh my. It gets chimmer as you progress. But i've found my mousehunt researcher! Haha!

I think his fate is to hunt mouse on facebook for the rest of his life. Get a life. HAHA!

Now's 25min to midnight. I'm supposed to finish up the last bit of the proposal.. and apparently, i haven started. Coz i was watching my last 2 episodes of prison break. (finally ended!) So nice!!! How i wish i can break out of school like how he broke out from prison. heh!

Tmr's school's in the afternoon! FINALLY! I can sleep.. a little while longer.. heh!

Lalala. Thats it for now. :)

mood: happy!

2009-06-09T20:28:00.005+08:00

I'm pretty amazed at how today went. Looking back, today is one of the rare times that i get to reach home at around 4!

Today's work was pretty straightforward, just setting up a server and getting it to run.

Next 2 days will be loads of document work. Ahhh i hate IS modules! :|

However! The next 2 nights will be a time of catching up with friends. My dear secondary school mates! Heh!

And after those days will be a time of fun! 730 at eunos. Thats the only thing i'm concerned for now. Means i have to wake up at... 545?! Easterners, i need a home! Haha!

Holidays, you're all that i want right now!

hellooo!

2009-06-07T19:33:00.002+08:00

It has been a long weekend. Service was powerpacked!

And was supposed to hav class this morning, but apparently i woke up late. No excuses, but i shld hav forced myself up. heh!

There's a freaking big insect flying around in my room right now, and i think its kinda drunk. It seems it has lost its sense of direction. All it does is just banging its head against the wall. Poor dude, life must hav suck being an insect.

Too bad. I live to kill you. :)

Now, its time where i get back to school work. Everyone say awwww....

2009-06-05T00:00:00.002+08:00

i haven studied for my understand test for tmr's IS module. hai.. i'm left with less than 12 hours.

Had worship practice today. heh lovin' it! Saturday's coming! Wheee!

I WNA BE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD AGAIN!!! LOVE YOU JESUS!!

brewster!

2009-06-04T15:03:00.003+08:00

Lincoln Brewster!

Amazing worship leader cum guitarist. Love his playing, always so groovy with little flavouring of blues to most songs he has. And i've managed to tweak around my effects and somehow got his sound. heh!
The way he arranges his songs are really unique, how he add his flavour to well known songs by Hillsongs and other worship leaders.

Just got his latest album, Today is the day. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
His best album so far! :D

2009-06-03T20:12:00.002+08:00

I always like wednesday. Coz it shows that half of the week is over!

It was kinda taxing for the first 2 days. and the weather didnt make it any better!

However, i'm pretty pleased with how today went. Good windy day, not-so-taxing project meetings, and tmr's worship prac! haha!

Had a random meet up with ray, xuan and daniel at jurong point yesterday evening. Apparently, ray was let out of his cage.. oh i mean camp. lol. and so he asked us out for dinner. However, my sch ended pretty late, so by the time i reached there, they're almost done with dinner. Thank god i had my lunch at around 4.

Anyway.. they wanted movie (which i kinda disapprove). Ask me come all the way to meet just for movie?! hah! But well, for majority's sake, i didnt zi jiao. So they went to check the timing and THANK GOD, no good timing. haha!

And so the chill out session started.. went to bakerzin. Had their cheesecake and wings. good stuff, but bad service! Bused home with daniel after that. He damn joker. Like to talk to him coz he's always happy happy. haha.

Okay so that concludes it. Let church camp come quicklyy!!

lalala

2009-05-31T17:55:00.003+08:00

Its time for updates!

I'm enjoying the weekends to the MAX! hahaha.
You're faced with lotsa things to do and think about in school and the last thing you need is more stress.

Weekends is my absolute refreshing moments! Coz firstly, i get to DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF GOD! And he's blessed me with great ppl around me!! Thank you JESUS!

And its Parent's day celebration and o2 has a performance put up.. Skit and dance respectively. For 1 whole month, 4 long hours of practices every sunday! However, its just less than 15 min on the actual day.

Seems real short huh? But looking back, the process is whats the most memorable! And the hard work we've put in yielded GREAT RESULTS! heh!

For me, what i really appreciate is the time spent with many of those involved. Bonding through rehearsing/breaks really does wonders. heh!

And guys, its not gonna be just this once! There'll be more to come!!

Ok thats for the parents day.. Now lets talk about ME! (thats what this blog is all about isnt it? :P)

For the whole week i'm suffering from lack of slp. Sleeping past midnight and waking at 730. Aint good. And today's the day where i actually have the chance to slp in! I slept all the way till 1215. If there isn't PEAKS in church, i would have zonked all the way. haha!

Donno why.. i'm having bad headache now. Zzz.. Anyway, i'm addicted to my boyband era. Been listening to my favourite Westlife and Backstreet Boys songs. heh! Love it!

I want school and NS to be over ASAP!! So that i can move on with what i wna do.. And so that........ Hahaha! :D

2009-05-25T18:51:00.002+08:00

What is worse than starting ur week with the scorching heat all around you and knowing that there's no where u can hide?

Yep. Before reaching sch, i'm sweating on the inside. Today it was basically meeting up with our supervisor regarding proj. 5 hours of meeting. From 11-4!

Long but worthwhile. And after that, we're all too tired to start on anything. So had our lunch and waited till 5 to sign out.

And now here i am.. Heh.

My weekends were great! Had parent's day rehearsal on sunday. I love to see them dance! Heh and great working tgt with the skit peeps! :)

Alright thats it. Ciao!

2009-05-23T23:41:00.004+08:00

Battling of thoughts and emotions.

This is me right now...

2009-05-19T22:17:00.002+08:00

Been some time...

What's up?

Pretty happy with my project progress..Been 4 weeks. 4 whole weeks of brainstorming and polishing up on concept.

Now, its good to see how far we've went. Nxt big challenge, execution! Thats in around few months time..

So if u ask me, its pretty mundane. School, home, rest. Coz basically my whole day is always taken up.

Thats why the weekends is what i'm looking fwd to!

I don really know what else to write anymore.. Back to mouse hunting!

heh!

2009-05-14T12:12:00.003+08:00

My current status: Slacking.

Cause: Our dear boy haven come when we're supposed to meet at 1030.. and now is.. 1215!!

Thank god today no need to do much, so just slack. Heh.

Now our 2 top games in school are Mousehunt and RC. Everyday we come will either say "Eh sound the horn" or "Got this ingredient anot?"

And for a period of time, the trend of making/doing quiz went on high. haha!

So fast thursday already.. Happy. :D

2009-05-06T19:18:00.003+08:00

I need to start experimenting for new sounds for my guitar. Haha. Love brewster's sound. Coming to think of it, i've never thought i'd come this far in my playing. In the past, i cld only play the piano.

Oh well, i started out my worship ministry playing the piano. And how i got into playing of guitar? I was inspired by mr Tan Zijian. It was then at that time where i learnt to play from him, and a few others. So i fell in love with it and i started going home and search for online lessons.. and yep that's how my adventure in this amazing instrument started..

I was introduced to the electric guit by my guitar teacher, Jacob. I knew him through my pri sch tuition teacher. She taught my from P1-P6. Lol! Damn long right. Anyway, i started out learning from Jacob along with my mom. And i've picked loads from him. Without him, i guess i would have just stopped halfway..

That's the problem with many musicians. We will all reach this 'stagnant' point, where we feel we cant improve anymore.. as if like we're playing the same old thing over and over.

But there is only one way to get past this..go listen and watch videos related to ur instrument. For me, i love to watch guitar videos, whether played by others or by famous guitarists - Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton

And i always love to check out worship videos and certain worship leaders. For guitarists/worship leaders, New Song Cafe is the best place to learn songs where original composers will share their songs and teach you how to play. My all time favourite of worship leader/musicians are Lincoln, Brewster, Paul Baloche, Chris Tomlin and Israel Houghton.

In fact there're many others that i like. Here's some.. Matt Redman, Tim Hughes, Jeremy Camp, Jeff Deyo, Travis Corttrell, Matthew West, Leeland, Stryper, Rush of Fools, Kutless.

2009-05-04T21:28:00.003+08:00

Today i'm so tired in school.

Was supposed to meet up with our tutor to go through some of the project developments. But however, because he talk too much, for a period of time i was actually in lalaland.. with my eyes open of coz. Skilled rite. hahah!

And so funny, we were like in the com lab sitting down. And halfway i looked at doug and say "eh, wna go home anot?" Surprisingly, he agreed! Hahah! Coz i was actually quite tired. wna go home slp..

However, when i was on my way home, the weather kinda irks me. So i decided to go for a swim. And yeah, time to tone up once more. Now, i'm feeling so tired... yawn.

Long day tmr.. And i was intro-ed to a few chinese songs, one of them's here. Emo big time! As in the song.

2009-05-03T23:09:00.002+08:00

Had a good chat with xuan, ray, crystal, daniel this evening!

Heart to heart talk.. with the guys pouring our hearts out. Emo. lol.

But having some assurances and the testimonies really helps. Been thinking alot these few days (like always)..

Sometimes we wonder why we're made this way.. and why things are going on this way.

God its all yours. :)

2009-04-30T12:25:00.002+08:00

Alright updates!

Man, this week seems like its passing quite quickly. I'm glad with the progress of our project. Everything is on the right track and well, working in a small team has its benefits afterall. One thing i like about the team is that we're not afraid to openly voice our opinions regarding ideas/concepts. And yea, we work, at the same time when it comes to slack, we slack real good - Iphone tap tap duel, facebook, eat!

Received news ytd night from anthony that the upcoming dive trip is cancelled due to the swine flu! !@#$$%^ Screw the pigs! But there are other plans.. heh heh.

Supposed to head to school for a tutorial on Project Management, but well, i decided not to go, partly coz its a waste of time(not graded) and also coz my ez link is running low and i have no plan to top it up. At the same time, we can work on our project individually, brushing up on skills.

Remember guys, ponning school is not meant to become a habit, but used tactfully, namely in this kinda situation. Haha!

nothing gets better than this!

2009-04-25T12:32:00.003+08:00

Tell me what's better than having a night's slp without needing to worry the time that you have to wake up the next day?

Yeah, nothing beats a good slp on a Friday night after a long, tiring week!

I'm actually relieved that the weekends are here. Just the first week of sch is enough to cause freedom to be quenched. Being a 3rd year student ain't that fun afterall.

Instead of being piled with tutorials and assignments, you're being being piled with just ONE project that is enough to kill you throughout the year. Yeah, one project.

We're doing a game for our team, more on like prototyping for this game company. So, its kinda interesting, at the same time, challenging.. for a 3 man team that is.

So basically, i was real glad ytd was friday, and i had a real good slp. But if you really want a good slp, and at the same time wake up feeling refresh the next day, there's this one thing u HAVE to do: Avoid late night supper.

Yeah its true, coz instead of having your body to rest, it is actually still working its ass off trying to clear up all the pile of sh*t you've eaten during your supper, like my mee rebus.

And so when u wake up, you'll feel tired instead of refreshed. Its not my theory. Its proven. heh.

So you can see ppl who eats supper alot have this habit of actually lazing on the bed, not willing to wake up even though u know u cant slp. In fact the longer they try to slp, the more tired they'll feel. So its kinda torturous.

Ok thats really random, facny talking about the negatives of supper. I'm supposed to talk about my weekend!

Well, i'm looking fwd to it. Coz i'm heading to my Master's house! And praise his name all day long! Whooo!

back to sch

2009-04-22T20:21:00.002+08:00

How's everyone doing?

Wah lao, ever since sch started, it has been quite tiring. Normally, during year 1 and 2, the first week is the so called relax week. But when u reach year 3, its hell week.

Its basically no teaching. The first day we had project briefing and then asked to split to our respective groups and start working on our project.

So, its quite challenging but exciting at the same time. Coz my grp's teacher-in-charge is not the lecturer of the sch, but the CEO of another company. So we're under him. And he's quite busy, and he told us we may only see him once a week! While other groups see their supervisors like 3 times a week or more. And the worse thing is, we're only a 3 man team! Ok, 2 man 1 girl. haha.

For the first 3 days, we've been brainstorming on the game concept that we're gonna do. Only until tue then we received the news that we're gonna focus on 2D game instead of 3D.

But i thank god that school's going pretty fine so far. Challenge and stress will come when the excution of the game concept starts! Hmmmm...

Oh ya i forgot to say smth! Zijian studies in the same block as me! Same level, same block! Just beside each other. Haha! Quite random, but excited ma. Hardly can hav any church friends studying so near u. Heh