early day~

met shuling after her class as i had to pass the laminating sheets to either her or jessica.

no, i didn't skip classes~ i was chatting with her on the phone, during lecture, and when i had my 1 hour break, i met her at the library~ lolx=P then i had breakfast at canteen one and i finally got to meet brother caleb. a 18 year old cellgroup leader~

today is one of the rare days that i get to go home early~ well, not exactly for today though~ helped out to laminate the cards at the library earlier. i was just marking out the measurements and removed the bubbles in the cards. simple job~ =P

i guess the heat in the cafe made me really dizzy=/ felt a lot better after stoning in the canteen with the pretty babes and hunks of CHC-NP. clarice, shuling, weili, vera, ernest, felix and me!

we stayed in the canteen and chatted. all sorts of rubbish, even to the extend of weird names~ loLx... now i know why students from china got only 2 characters for their names. eg - wang zhen. well, its all because of this guy called mao ze dong, who said that names should be short and simple. his name alone is 3 characters! maybe he called himself mao dong or mao ze~ loLx=P

daniel then came over and joined us. as usual, he was filled to the brim with lame stuffs. his convincing skills are quite effective=/ loLx=P

headed home and met ariel in the busstop=P

fell asleep in the bus and when i woke up, i realised that i missed my stop. alighted and walked home slowly=/ sigh~ bought myself 2 packets of potato chips. i guess i would devour them later=/

tomorrow's a LONG day, but i'm looking forward to meeting up with the year one students from CHC. orientation~! loLx!!

NP Elites.

tuesday is IS day~ which means that this is the day that i have 5 hours break between 2 classes! 8 to 10 PQS, 3 to 5 Televison beyond Entertainment (TBE)~

PQS. our excitment died off immediately when the lecturer started to teach. he's a extremely boring lecturer and i had TOTALLY no idea what he was talking about. i started to stone and my mind went off~ then, nurul and kailiang, both sam's classmates, started to write a short story on a piece of paper. well, sam and i did so too as we were extremely bored. we even played tic tac toe=/

i can't believe how he managed to drag 1h 30 mins on 4 slides! he must have talked so much rubbish on productivity and quality control=/

roamed around in school, following them as they had to buy their notes and textbooks. bought and prepared some stuffs for the NP - City Harvest Members too. we're making cards for them~

got a super hot spot in the library and we started drawing lines and cutting them into the right sizes. more and more people came afterwards - brother alvin, jessica, sister dorcas and vera. though some of them stayed for an hour, their presence made differences. even nurul helped us with the designs and stuffs. she's really creative~

i really STINK in wordart=/

sam, nurul and i had to leave earlier as we had classes at 3. as we walked to our class, we saw shuling and vera~ both girls going back to help out with the cards~

got into TBE class and i noticed half of the class students comes from my course~ lolx=) i was the only guy from my course in PQS=P TBS's so interesting~!! we would be looking deep into the influence of televison and stuffs like that~ we won't be just sitting infront of the television, watching cartoons~ lolx=)

our lecturer's funny too~ reportly a Christian too~ i wonder if we can do the crucifixion of Jesus for our storyboard~ then, maybe our final project can be the influence of Christian TV on youths~ it would be like an evangelistic event in our class! how abt that sam?

walked to the bus stop and i felt weird. then, i remembered that i was supposed to meet herman at the basketball court~ rushed back to meet them and played basketball too~ teehee~ bumped into jennifer along the way!! hahaZz~ the jasmine trias lookalike was with her too~ i wonder why jennifer never joins us for outings=/ she's a nice person to tease~ haHaz=P

then, xuanfeng, bingru, eddie, herman, a freshie whose name i forgot and me headed to bukit timah plaza, mambo billards again to play pool=/ after they came into ngeeann, both herman and my life are changed totaly~ we used to go home after school, but now there seems to be more events~ lolx=P hope that it would stop eventally. i need rest~ haHaz~

i bought some lamination stuffs for the cards we're doing for CHC members in NP. quite confusing~ lamination pouches that requires machines to seal and lamination sheet that requires us to cut. but, no machines required. SO TROUBLESOME!! got the sheets in the end=/

more work to do tomorrow~ wOopiEe dEe dOo!!

argh!! i'm feeling fatigued.

first day of school~

i woke up pretty early as i gave samantha and binghui morning calls. well, as usual no one answered the phone when i called, so i went to bath~

came out and i called again. no answers.

somehow, i grabbed a black polo tee to match my light blue jeans. wrong move. i guess i was too tired and my "matching" ability suffered~ lolx=)

waited for binghui at the bus stop and kokyeow came up to me~ he was waiting for binghui too, so we waited for that "always late" binghui. when binghui finally came, i realised that we were wearing the same shirt - the FoxScout 40th campfire T-Shirt and blue jeans=/

i looked like a year one student.

ate roti prata at canteen 3 with binghui before heading to class~

classes were okay~ so far, the lecturers seem good and they know their stuffs~ thank God~ i guess that they understood we're all still in the holiday mode, most of them let us off earlier~ teehee~

we were let off so early that we had a 3 hour break! remembered that herman got a 6 hour break, i called and met up with him. brought him to rail mall and i had my hair cut~ teehee~~

i was sitting there staring at herman. vivid expressions. its amazing that even SAF delays payments! i think they all need to drop 20 and touch the wall to wake up their idea~ lolx=P

my hair stylist's great~!! she gave me free hair treatment!! cause my hair was quite dry and i've been cutting my hair there for 2 years plus~

headed back to school and we rotted in the library. flipping over pages of the guiness book world of records~ noticed some pretty ridiculous records~ most plastic surgery, blahblahblah~ lolx=)

afterwards, its back to classes~

then, met herman, bingru at mambo billards together with xuanfeng~ had the most expensive bowl of prawn noodles at bukit timah shopping centre - 3.50 bucks~ but, its worth all the money~ super huge bowl with loads of noodles, prawns and fishcakes. the soup rawkz too!

played basketball, but i didn't really have the mood to~

well, i was reading ethel's blog just now. i guess i made a comment that made her really angry. so right here, right now, ethel, whatever i said that made you angry, i ask for your forgiveness.

but, i've got a few things to say. i wasn't pissed at you making comments about portugal, or beckham's stupidness. about the joss sticks part, its our beliefs that we do not bow down to idols.

whatever my mom did, does, doing, and in the future, do for me i thank her and God. of couse, without my mom i would not have survived. so i thank God for placing me in this wonderful family that i call home.

if my mom didn't give me allowance, i would have starved to death. so i thank God too, for providing her with a job that is able to provide for the family and herself.

if my mom wasn't strong, she would fall sick easily and thus, unable to support the family. so i thank God that He protected my mom and healed my mom of all sickness.

everything in this world is pre-planned by God. some people receive blessings, some people suffer more. but there's a reason, purpose and destiny behind it.

God knew you before you were born, and He watched you grow in your mom's stomach. every little secert, sound or even thought will never escape God's ears.

i guess thats all i want to say.

my bible didn't teach me to dishonor my parents -

Luke 18:29 - So He said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

Romans 1:30 - backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Ephesians 6:1 - Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Colossians 3:20 - Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

1 Timothy 5:4 - But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents; for this is good and acceptable before God.

back from church~!! wOopiEe dEe dOo!!

woke up pretty early as i had bible studies classes. met up with shuling at bukit batok mrt station and we headed down to church together. bought myself super light breakfast before getting to church. i was given free fishballs because i nominated old chang kee in a particular competition~ loLz=P

bought our workbooks for the bible studies class - Christian Lifestyle~ then shuling had to wait for 2 of her cellgroup members as they are enrolling into Getting Started bible classes. well, only 1 showed up in the end~ helped her to register for Getting Started when shuling combed the church to look for the other member=P

Christian Lifestyle class!! walked into class, saw loads of familar faces~ haHaz~ around half of samantha's cellgroup is attending the class and our teacher is brother kimhock!! my favourite teacher!! =D

the class was wonderful~ today's lesson is about the bible~ tEehEe~

went down to lobby to look for bernard and found him immediately~ then we queued at the staircase, unusually long~

finally, we got into the auditorium and got our seats~ as i was a unknown figure in bernard's cellgroup, some of them came over and introduced themselves. well, not exactly people who i dont know~ they just forgot who i am. loLx=P sarah and lynn, both winners of the extreme sports came up to me and chatted with me. lynn thought that i was a new friend! LoLz=P

scouted around for samantha and i finally found her - few rows behind me~ went up and returned her the MD she lent me on thursday. ~>.<~ one star, brighter then the others. 2 hearts, beating for each other...

service FINALLY started! i was so excited before service started~ i was singing praise songs and "jumping" all over my seat. loLz~ had a GREATGREAT time during praise and worship~ joachim, bernard and i were practically jumping all over the place and singing very loudly. lolx=P

the sermon's a million times better. God raised David to defeat Goliath... wow!!! if God raised a man like David to defeat a human being thats 3metres tall, nothing is impossible when we WANT to SLAY the Goliath in our life!!

then, my heart skipped a beat when pastor Kong said that he wants to pray for those students who are in polytechnics. bernard and i practically ran down the steps to the front and waited for pastor Kong to lay hands on us. i was trembling with excitment when i waited for the others to clear and when its finally my turn, i stood there and left time moving so slowly~ i could not wait for pastor Kong to lay hands on me...

suddenly, i felt a gentle hand on my forehead. i fell. as gentle it maybe, but its filled with God's glory and power. as i laid there, my mind was in a total blank. i felt so peaceful and when i woke up, i felt so refreshed and recharged! as i made my way back to my seat, i was trying to recompose myself. the moment i reached my seat, i started to pray and i could feel myself on the brink of crying. well, i didn't cry though. teehee~

afterwards, i joined their cellgroup to the roof garden and witnessed brothers and sisters getting baptized~ i want to get baptized too! its not for fun, but for serious.

had fellowship with them afterwards at the coffeeshop~ got to know a sister, felicia, thats frm ngeeann poly too~ surprised me loads when she asked if i'm joel frm ngeeann parade of schools. i have never seen that girl before and she remembers my name. lolx=)

hAhaz~ had such a great time today in church. made more new friends and dwelled in God's presence. i can't wait to serve in security=)

back from cellgroup BBQ!

well, its my 3rd BBQ this week and my dunno-how-many-times starting the fire. had a great time starting the fire~ used 4 firestarters and started to stack all the charcoals above it~ hee~~ -hops-

well, i didn't eat much cause i drank too much water again~ loLx=P and i had super spicy stingray~ i ate till i almost cried. lolx=P

then, we played games~ something like murderer and i got the chance to lead. lolx=P had a great time twisting the game around and trying to convince the other members that the particular person is not the murderer=P

hahaz~ i had a nice time with my cellgroup members~

service and bible lessons tomorrow!! -hops-

new blogskin~ hope its not too gayish=)

i lost my entire template when blogger encountered a error publishing my index. sigh~ so, i had no choice but to change the entire template, do everything from stratch again. well, at least it isn't that bad now. it still looks empty, compared to the older skin.

this is the song that sam likes~ -melts-

Le Couple - Wishes.

I looked in the sky and there I saw a star shining so bright above
I closed my eyes and wished upon a star that I would find true love
Someone who needed me
Someone to share my life
For a love that would be true
I would wait forever
So...no...matter how long it may be
I will be waiting

One star-brighter than the others
Two hearts-beating for each other
I believe wishes really do come true

Love at first sight I knew it from the moment when you said hello
I hoped you felt it too, but we were both so shy-how was I to know
when you reached for my hand
I knew you were the one
We laughed and talked for hours like I'd known you forever
Like...a...dream or something from a book
True love has found me

One star-brighter than the others
Two hearts-beating for each other
Now I see wishes really do come true

You just have to dream
Nothing's as bad as it seems
to be...believe me
Someone's waiting for you to try
There in the sky

One star-brighter than the others
Two hearts-beating for each other
You will see wishes really do come true

You can't stop believing-wishes do come true
You gotta believe me wishes do come true...

back from chalet~~

day 1 -

it was pretty bad cause we were sharing the chalet with students whom we didn't know. i shall not explain the complex relationship and how did we end up going to their BBQ on the first day.

the "highlight" of the day~ that has to be the BBQ, winning hands down. there were close to 20 students in that chalet and we thought that the BBQ would be extremely boring - BBQ'ing with strangers. well, before the BBQ started, all the other students disappeared. so we started to BBQ and eat~ after eating for a long time, they were not back yet. so, we ate. more.

i think i ate a record number of stingrays, filled to the max with belachan~ manx! it's SHIOK

didn't catch any sleep cause it was rather cold and i threw my blankie to patricia. she was freezing and she insisted that she didn't want a blankie. well, the usual me - threw the blankie at her and made sure that she covered herself. but, she didn't lah~ ahahAz~ anyway, before you guys start wondering what am i doing with a girl in a bedroom, STOP THINKING OF THAT~!

i was on the bed and she slept on the matress, on the floor. lying beside me on the bed was herman~ teehee~ -winkz-

day 2 -

well, unplanned, unprepared and sleepy, i made my way to jurong west, city harvest church. lolx=P we had prayer meeting for ngeeann students, but not much people turned up~ only samantha, jessica, eena, brother alvin, brother mervyn, brother faji, brother kimhock and me!

well, shan't go into details for prayer meeting - it rawkz~ =X

i got to pray louder next time~

then brother alvin, samantha, jessica and me headed for the coffeeshop for a small chat. shared about our experience in school, church and some other stuffs~ then, we headed to jurong point cause jessica and brother alvin needed to get some stuffs.

samantha and i took the MRT back. LONG journey back to pasir ris. so being the usual sweet girl, samantha lent me her MD~ she played this song, which is her favourite song and if a girl sings me that song in the future, i would melt immediately~

offered to send sam back as she was nodding away, falling asleep in the train, but she declined my offer. well, i SHOULD have just sent her back anyway...=/ sorry sam~ nextime, dont reject me~

alone in the train afterwards~ but i had sam's MD to accompany me~ repeated that song quite a few times~ really falling in lurve with that song~

got some food for the guys back in the chalet~

heh, from this period of time, till the second half of the england vs portugal match, i was "away"

catched the extra time of the england vs portugal match. its a very exciting match and herman and guys really made loads of noise. 1 side supporting england, the other portugal~ i made my stand at PORTUGAL~! haHaz!!

when portugal scored in the extra time, i was cheering madly~ but when england scored, i was like O_o what the!? then the match got into penalites. BECKHAM BLEW IT LIKE ROBERTO BAGGIO! well, with all respect to robert baggio, i like roberto baggio=D in fact, i was laughing at beckham anyway~ =P

england lost the penalty shootout and portugal won~!! woohoo! by this time, the entire chalet was in a complete mess. cans were flying, empty peanuts and biscults were all over the floor. thanks to herman, junjiang, binghan and bingru~ hahaz~

day 3 -

sleepy headed, packed up and stoned~ weilun, yonglin, binghan and me shared a cab~ we were that tired and the moment we're settled down in the cab, all of us fell asleep~ lolx=P

finally reached home~ didn't bath, but i went to bed immediately~ hahaZz~ slept till 4pm, then i finally went to bath~

can't wait for sunday~ my 1st bible class with friends~ haHaz~ samantha, shuling and felix! we're all in the same class!! woopiEe!! but, its only for this week i'll be in the same class as them~ >.<

woohoo~! i breaked my own record of packing bag for camps or chalets!!

i did it in record time, 10 minutes! hAaz!! there's like nothing to bring for chalet~ just dump some sets of clothes, slippers, toothbrush, facial wash, towel and your done! loLx=P

i'll be gone for 3 days~ (aww, don't cry...)enjoying myself with my friends at paris ris chalet~ the best thing is that, i can visit 3 different chalets on all 3 days~ loLx=P

anyway, i came online specially to thank my sister and mother~ my sister blessed me with 50 bucks last night as she read my blog and realised that i'm a bankrupt kid. thankz jie!

and my mom, who blessed me with another 50 bucks this morning~!! yay!! thanks mom!!

most of all, thank God for sending these wonderful people in my life, even though sometimes they would erupt and start scolding me~ teehee~

a bible verse just came into my mind - bless others and you shall be blessed too.

i think that's the actual verse, but even if its not, its from the bible~ hee~

i forgot to blog last night about samantha's lecturer. her lecturer is a really cool guy!! brings samantha out to hotels for dinners or lunch and usually with someone of higher authority. (another bible verse that goes something like - if your being righteous and holy, you would not meet unknown people, but kings and queens of the world)

right, samantha was sharing with me what her lecturer told her about the promises of God. i felt so "enlightened" reading the lecturer's message!

samantha's flight back to singapore got into flight problems - typhoon at taiwan. she was experiencing terrible turbulance. so, sam and her younger sister started to pray, at the same time, panic. so when sam shared this incident with her lecturer, he quoted a verse from the bible - when Jesus and His disciples were crossing the river, a storm came out of no where and His disciples all panicked. so, they woke Jesus up and Jesus rebuked the storm. but, Jesus told them off. the disciples should not have worried about the storm because they could have rebuked it themselves, and they should trust God that they would make it to the other side.

when sam told me this, it was like a tidal wave hitting me repeatingly. then, i realised that our everyday life can be found in the bible~ as long as we are not reading the bible for the sake of reading it~ the promises of God, the science and wonders paul, peter and the other disciples did.

so, sam? bring me along the next time he asks you out for dinner kae? hahaZz=)

alrite~!! time to go~ see ya guys on friday. take care!!

i think i would have developed 6 packs if i kept laughing just now~

met bernard earlier for lunch at the food court and i had 4 bucks worth of bak ku teh. sounds like there would be many pieces of meat? wishful thinking! 4 bones with little meat costed me 4 bucks!

afterwards, we waited for the rest of the people at the control station. not much people turned up as they had prayer meetings or some other stuffs to do~ so sad=/

so, the final survivors were - bernard, chewlin, suling, samantha, aaron and mabel. we got our tickets and we started to hang around, blocking the way, as usual.

we watched home on the range!! its so cute, sweet, funny and touching~ its about this 3 cows who left their farm to search for the evil man who stole all the other cows in other farms and buying the land over. well, if i carried on describing, i would be spoiling the show. GO WATCH IT!!

we walked around westmall afterwards, shopping for jierui's birthday card and present. finally decided on this really cool popup card that features snoopy and his gang~!! really cute card~ lolx~

we headed for dinner at the food court and before we went to order our food, samantha was tempting suling to open the box of chocolates that was meant as a present for jierui. as samantha tempted, she opened the wrapper and it wouldn't stick back~! lolx~ so, in the end, we unwrapped the box of chocolates and started eating it.

it tastes great~!! anyway, samantha got that box of chocolate from japan. the packaging is SO unique and beautiful~!! i was SO tempted to keep the box for myself, but i didn't manage to keep it in the end~ >.<

we then went to a multistory carpark and sat there. we were planning on how should we deal with jierui when he joins us later~ hahaZz~ its really funny to hear some of their plans~ seriously crazy but whacky~

after deciding on our plan, shuling, chewlin, reid and me went back to westmall to get the "ingredients" - a huge packet of flour, choco-mint ice cream and a small little cake for jierui.

well, the ice cream wasn't in the plans of sabotaging him, but i gave the idea of mixing flour and the remains of the icecream~ teehee~

when jierui came, we started playing games and we made sure that he would be the one doing the punishment.

hahaz~ then the fun part came~ they all started throwing flour at jierui and made him eat the "ice cream" specially created for him~ afterwards, it totally went chaotic. brothers and sisters running all over the carpark, shouting and screaming~ lolx!

i was the cleanest guy!! but, shuling exposed me and both chewlin and shuling started chasing me. i gave in eventually and they threw flour at me. shuling went a step higher - she styled my hair using the "icecream"

well, got my revenge on the two girls~ i held chewlin and dragged her to where the flour was, and started throwing flour at her~ hahazz~ then, when shuling styled my hair, i pulled out the "icecream" from my hair and styled her hair too~

hahaz~ well, i'm not that mean lah~ i helped to pull out the "ice cream" on shuling's hair afterwards~ ahahzz~ her hair were stuck together and it was tough removing the "icecream" =P

i really had a great time together with them~ i wonder when's the next outing~~

woke up extremely early again today~

came online and my leader, Scouter Patrick Tan, messaged me. i'm given a small task - find details about 1 day tours to malaysia. well, basically i found quite a few and i find desaru quite appealing. its been eons still i last stepped into desaru and i still quite remember the fun i had there; that's if i'm not wrong.

then, checked my mails and realised that i got a dinner coming up this saturday - a rovers' dinner. my cellgroup's BBQ is this coming saturday too~ clash of the titans.

going out later~ yippie~~ watching home on the range, then we would have fellowship at coffeebean~ wOopiEe~

anyway, i got chalet from wednesday till friday!! wOopiEe!!

i'm so broke!!

nothing much happened today. played championship manager on my notebook, and as usual, i won all the matches. led england and won the european cup finals too~ hahaz=P

more then half of the england squad comes from manchester united, which is the team i'm controlling too~ teehEe~


went down to play basketball, but i didn't quite play properly. when i played my first game, i felt my back ache. so i was quite careful in the beginning. but, as the game went on, it got really boring and i wanted to increase the pace of the game. well, i failed=/

then, herman and i went to 257 and we bought drinks. i got myself iced honeydew sago, which tastes more like milked coconut? hahaZz=P anyway, its still quite nice to drink=)

a weird incident happened at the stall. this lady came over and told the lady bosses that the soya bean drink is stale. so, the lady bosses explained to the lady that they tried to stop the boy from buying, but the little boy insisted on buying.

but, the lady didn't seem to believe her story and she got her kid down to ask things out. then, the lady started saying that the lady bosses cheated her son and stuffs like that.

when herman and i left, they were on the verge of fighting? hahaZz=P no idea, and its non of my business too. but, i felt that the lady bosses should have just gave her another drink and go on doing business and the lady shouldn't have said those comments about the lady bosses.

woohoo! watching movies tomorrow~ can't wait

day started off really bad~

loads of complications and near arguements at home. thank God i managed to "escape" and attend service at 10am=D i had to wake up at 7.15am to bath because the church bus comes at 8.35am.

in the church bus, i was thinking about a serious matter, which i will go into detail later, then i fell asleep=P

opened my eyes, realised that the bus's almost empty. we reached church!! woohoo!!

went down to b4, and i was glad that the "gates" were open~ hee~ saw dorcas, ernest and jessica. they were serving as ushers, and i got a seat beside jessica. well, she dragged me to the seat beside hers, cause i went to service alone~ loLz=P thank God i wasn't alone=)

at first i thought i'm in a youth service, the lights were dimmed and the atmosphere really seemed quite hyped. but, jessica let the cat out of the bag - its an adult service. nontheless, i AM very excited~

fathers' day drama! a simple, short and sweet play about this male who got into NS, and his dad, who's the camp cook, being overprotective. quite a touching show. then we layed hands on the dads that were attending service.

well, jessica said that the Holy Spirit told her to instruct me to lay hands on this particular dad that's standing near us. i felt quite curious, but i noticed that the particular dad doesn't seem to be a Christian or maybe he's a very passive one. the odd thing is that, there were many people standing around him, but only 3 (including me and jessica) were praying for him. weird?

well, im glad we prayed for that dad, cause i noticed a change in his expression when we started singing praise and worship songs.

praise and worship started, and i felt the difference~ LOLz~ perhaps i expected too much, or rather, perhaps i was expecting something i experienced during emerge conference. of cause, the presence wasn't strong compared to emerge conference~ hehz~

Pastor Kong!! MISSIONS!! hAaz=D i really love the way Pastor Kong preaches. aggresive, straight to the point and captivating. when he's joking, he lets his hair down and plays along. but when he's serious, it's something important.

i want to go israel next year!! jie, want to sponser me? =D

he's quite a emotional man too, i feel.

after service, i felt so charged up, back on track and excitingly excited. i just felt like smiling to everyone, telling them that i love them SO much~ haHaz=P of cause i didn't do that, i controlled myself. lolx=P

back onto the bus, i found myself pondering about the same question i had earlier - am i in the right environment?

Pastor Ulk Ekman and Pastor Kong always reminded us to be in the right environment. i used to think that i'm in the right environment, until i experienced great fellowship and instant bonds with friends i made from emerge.

like it or not, we're just a bunch of students who are excited about God, and the revival that WILL happen in NgeeAnn.

my brethens from NgeeAnn; we're trying to meet once everyweek, to catch up and almost everynight we would be online, chatting till the cows come home. this coming tuesday, we would be meeting for a movie outing, followed by fellowship at coffeebean~

can you imagine how sensitive some of them were? 2 sisters chatted with me, and told me that they sense something that's regarding me. the scary part is that i seldom talk to the 2 sisters during the parade of schools trainings. but, they still sensed it immediately when i'm not in "shape"

other then sisters, the brothers were great advisors. jierui, who's younger then me, but i look upon him as a older brother. always there ready with the word of God, encouraging me and supporting me.

recently, bernard revealed to me his "slum" blog. woah, i felt so "unexcited" about God when i read about his "exciteness" for God. sometimes, i wished that i experienced the same stuffs as he did.

it was also during emerge conference, i attended service with bernard. we really went crazy during praise and worship and after service, we would talk about the sermon or how God has blessed us. we were fellowshipping without us knowing.

showing excitement for God is like a fast spreading disease. if the people around you are excited about God, you would naturally be excited about God too. the way you worship him would be different - you worship with a open heart, knowing that there would not be awkward eyes staring at you.

sometimes, fellowship can be extremely sad. sharing of our problems when we're on the way home or when the majority of the people are gone. it is when you begin to share problems, you draw your friends nearer to you then, you feel a stronger bond between each other.

but, it was never boring with them around.

then, i realised that i need brethens like that, forming my "environment" i need brethens who are extremely excited about God, who don't mind going crazy with me even during cellgroup meetings. i've yet experienced cellgroup with bernard though, but the way he says in his blog, it seems really impacting.

day after day, i look forward to service, hoping that this time i would experience a breakthrough - cellgroup, excitement level... everything! week after week, i was disappointed.

except for a this particular week when i spoke to the cellgroup after service. i sensed the fire in them, but we're stuck in our "comfort zones"

same goes for cellgroup meetings.

perhaps i wasn't working hard enough. perhaps i didn't make the effort to build bonds between me and my fellow cellgroup members. there would be many perhaps, but there's 3 perhaps that i'm sure its not a perhaps.

my fire, passion and strength for God.

i'm limited by my own strength, but its God who enpowers me to do greater things for Him. its tiring sometimes, but i try.

my fire cannot be doused by water nor covered by blanket, but it can flicker in danger when i'm "tired" of experiencing "lukewarmness".

my passion for God would eventually die off, when everything seems so lukewarm. like what happened to my passion for scouts, just months back.

i seriously do not want that to happen and im guarding my fire and passion. when i feel that its at a dangerous low level, it means that something is very wrong. it means that i'm in the wrong environment.

running away is always easiler, but staying on demands a lot and you must stay strong. change your cellgroup members 1 at a time and slowly, the others will notice the difference.

a PCGL shared with me this and he was in my shoes in the past. but, the difference was that he's the PCGL, so making changes was a lot easiler.

running away - changing of CGs and service, sounds really exciting at the beginning - new breakthroughs, new friends and new environment. but only God knows what would happen afterwards. i may stay in my comfort zone and never leave it, or best of all, i grow with the CG, and become a CGL eventually.

i feel that i'm at the crossroads. 1 wrong step, thats it.

the first time in weeks i woke up so early~ loLx=P

at 11am, i switched channels to channel 8. the show caught my attention. a cute japanese girl. well, thinking that it would be another cutsie japanese show, i was totally wrong! the cutsie japanese girl is suffering from some sickness and she's almost dying. then, a male nurse comes over and encourages her, even though the odds of her surviving is very little.

woah~ that caught my attention. my impression of japanese drama has been quite sterotype - cute japanese girls with sunshine smiles and beautiful round eyes running all over the place smiling like theres no tomorrow~ and a dashing long haired japanese guy who's SO perfect, its unbelievable.

the show is about this male nurse who works in a hospital filled with female nurses. he became a nurse because his younger sister, who passed away, wanted to be a nurse.

well, today's episode was about this guy who aspires to be a comedian, but he got warded into the hospital because of pains.

( basically, im not a bio student, so i have no idea what they were talking about... )

so, the guy who aspired to be a comedian tried to run away from the hospital, but the nurses tried all means to hold him back because his condition was very serious. as for he, he wanted to escape because he wanted to participate in the annual comedian competition.

on the day of the competition, he managed to escape and participated in the competition. but, when he was performing halfway, he collapsed in pain and was unable to continue. so, the nurses and doctors managed to track him down and brought him back to the hospital for the operation.

after being operated, the male nurse had a nice talk with him. when the comedian wannabe asked him a question - why do you want to be a nurse? the guy didn't answer like he's some angel sent from heaven. he simply said its because of his sister.

just when he said that, another patient cried out, saying that he broke his urinal bag. he wet himself and the bed. so, the male nurse, without considering, went over and cleared up the mess. that made the comedian wannabe feel very bad.

the nurses and doctors were always supporting him, trying to keep him out of trouble because he was in a critical situation. but, he didn't realise their love for him. upon seeing the male nurse still serving the other patients even though he just had a operation earlier, the comedian wannabe felt very touched.

that sort of told me something.

we can show all kinds of love, care and concern to someone. but if he/she is unwilling to accept it, or if he/she doesn't care, there's nothing much we can do, except to continue showing care and concern.

though its just a show, we can learn from them. the characters seem way too cute, perfect or pretty, but the main characters usually have a heart of gold.

if everyone were to show a little more care and concern for your friends, would there be arguements, misunderstandings or even break ups.

is your pride that important? is your ego the biggest in the world? so what if you possess the largest ego in the world, would you be happy without friends? is it that hard to swallow your pride and apologise to your friend, because you misunderstood her.

its not like you have to kneel down infront of the entire class and apologize. a simple message, or even a phone call does miracles.

do not think that its never your fault. it takes 2 hands to clap and when things doesn't go smoothly, don't start blaming your friends and become a smart alec.

worst of all, do not walk out of someone's life suddenly. especially when he/she treats you as a close friend. it hurts.

i learnt a GREAT lesson about eating too much otah.

last night, after my dinner, i had a very funny feeling in my stomach. at first i thought nothing of it, but the funny feeling kept growing and i felt like vomiting.

i told jieqi about it, and she asked me to drink warm milo. well, i did so and drank the milo down. immediately, i felt sicker and the feeling to throw up got even stronger. well, not blaming you kae jieqi? -GriNz-

went offline, and laid on my bed. i wasn't able to sleep as i could feel the "vomit" forming in my stomach. every now and then, i had to sit up, because i felt extremely uncomfortable.

finally it started~

at about 2am? i walked to the toilet calmly, and stood there. i started to imagine myself puking REALLY badly and it worked~ hahaz! after vomiting, i felt a lot better, but i slept at my living room because it was cold in my room.

just when i thought i could finally sleep, the same feeling came back again. this time, i didn't imagine myself puking. the moment i walked into the toilet, i puked=/

this went on for the rest of the night, about an hour each interval.

when my mom woke up, and saw me vomiting, she gave me po zai yin to eat. bad move=/ i started to break out in cold sweat, and i could feel that my next vomit would be a very major vomit.

ran to the toilet and vomited 2 times, each lasting 5-7 seconds. i felt terrible vomiting. i could feel my stomach contract and seemingly turned upside down, emptying the contents in it.

thank God, my sister has the vomiting pills and some stomach pills. took it immediately and prayed that i won't vomit them out again. changed my pants ( yea, my pants got stained by the vomit... can you imagine the intensed vomiting? ) and forced myself to bed.

my sister said that i fell asleep 5 minutes later? i don't know, i thought the moment i laid down and closed my eyes, i slept~ hahAz=P

did i describe my puke? loLz~

at first, i thought i was vomiting blood~ cause it was red in color and sticky. then, suddenly i remembered that i ate 4 sticks of otah during dinner, but it doesnt smell like otah lah~ lolx

the LAST 2 vomits was the BEST, i saw my mom's po zai yin coming out, some bits of rice and some unidentified objects. at least this time, my vomit was watery and it made it easiler to vomit. the earlier vomits were those sticky and hard to come out that kind=/

i conclude that i ate too much otahs and otah doesnt mix well with chicken~ lolx=P

well, thank God it isn't gastric flu=)

my back hurts~

played basketball at bukit panjang community centre and 213 earlier. the game at BPCC was totally crap. i could not play properly, and i felt that i was lagging 2 seconds? i did not even have my ball sense? i was really playing pure crap basketball.

herman blamed it on the otah we bought before playing basketball~ lolx. i ate 2 bucks worth of otah~ 8 sticks=P teehee~

went down to 213 with herman to play more basketball, and we played together with unknown people. well, except for 1 guy, who happens to be my secondary school senior.

i got really frustrated playing with them cause they were quite rough, and i felt that our team would not have any problem against them. elbows started flying, and more foul cries were called.

there was this part when the opponent was about to shoot, so i jumped from behind, attempting to block his shot. but, the opponent bent down suddenly and i fell over him, landing on my back.

at first, i thought i would be fine, so i resumed playing basketball. the moment i jumped and landed, i could feel the pain at my lower back. though the pain wasnt very painful, but its the kind of pain that makes you weak? i don't know how to explain~ hahaZz~ but it aint a nice feeling, so herman took my place to play.

after the lights went off, herman, jiawei and i went to the pasar malam and we got coconuts! herman and i bought 3 each and we sat down at some steps and drank our coconuts~

i was SO tempted to get 2 bucks worth of otah~ loLx

urgh. my lower back hurts even when i'm walkin now=/

finally back home~

met up with natalie and we headed down to NUH. her dad got hospitalized because of a reason, which i don't want to disclose, and he's in a better condition. i think.

then, i went to natalie's place to accompany her cause her sister went out. did nothing but watched tv and laid on the mattress, trying not to fall asleep.

the phone suddenly rang at 1.30am~ natalie picked up the phone, and it was jeff wang on the other line!! hahazz!! well, there's some connection between jeff wang and natalie's family~ don't ask me whats the connection=P

well, i got the chance to "speak" to him~ loLz=)

finally, i got my chance to go home. flagged for a cab and when i thought it would be a quiet journey home, the cab driver started to talk to me~ loLx~ from soccer to national service!

woohoo! i heard that national service is cut short to 2 years!! praise God!! now, i wonder if they would cut NS completely! LOLz!

yeah!! =D

wanted to blog last night, but i fell asleep while waiting for my sister to finish using the computer=/

the POS gang met up at suntec for a dinner at marche! there were loads of people present, but there was still a handful of friends that didn't make it.

i guess we made the entire marche feel our presence. we occupied 3 tables - 1 large, 2 small tables. those that were at the large table were laughing super loudly, and i have no idea what caused them to laugh so much~ lolx=P

then, aaron, shaun, benjamin and albert went around taking pictures. seriously crazy stuff manz~ it was like taking neoprints, the cheaper way? hAahz~! we did all kinds of poses, even to the extend of taking a "class" photo at my table~ lolx

then, ariel and i went crazy when we took pictures together. i started jumping when we're about to take pictures and it caused ariel to jump about too~ loLz~

we took a group picture in marche too~ and everyone cramped into the large "garden" and we kept laughing, pushing and trying to cover each other faces~ hahaZz~ 3 shots and i could only be spotted in 1 picture~

walked out, and we saw a bridal shop. then shortly afterwards, we saw a bride. woah~ the bride is very very pretty!! she's like super slim and the dress she wore suits her perfectly~ then, we saw this guy walking beside her. hmm, i have no idea if that guy is her husband, but it was quite a mismatch. hahaz~~!! he's quite aged, balding and fat~ perhaps he's super rich? LoLz!!

then, we walked to esplanade and made a lot of noise along the way~ as usual larhz=P

reached esplanade and we sat down in a circle, played games. as we were playing murderer, a group of brothers and sisters sneaked up to shaun and started singing the birthday song~ lolx~

its shaun's birthday on wednesday and we celebrated it for him yesterday~ shuan looked really shocked and pleased~ hahaZz~

then, we continued playing games until someone suggested a 5 minute break. well, the 5 minute break extended till more then 30 minutes? hahAz~

during the break, i was enjoying the sea breeze and suddenly, i remembered something. sigh~ i had to get it off my chest and thank God, suddenly felix came over and joined me. so, i share with him the burden i had in my heart.

well, God's really watching us. after i finished sharing, ariel came over and pulled me to play friendship dance with her~ lolx. i had a great time laughing when we came up with stupid moves and frantic sprints to pull other people to join us~

soon, it was time to go home and i wanted to take a bus back. i didn't realise that i was the only 1 who has a direct bus back. so, i decided to join the others to take the train home. lolx=)

in the train, chewlin and dorcas started becoming crazy and they kept laughing non-stop. slowly, each of us made our way home. i managed to send ariel home, even though she kept insisting that its fine that she walk home alone~ lolx=P

thinking back, if i wasn't that tired, i would be craziler.. hahazz=)

finally, i'm back from sarimbum camp!

day 1 -

my dad gave me a lift into sarimbum camp and we reached at 6.00am. the distance from the gate to our dormitry is quite far, so i had to walk in the dark~ well, nothing special cause i'm quite used to walking in the dark, especially in the scout camp. lolx=P

there were loads of stars in the skies~

got my bed in the dormitry and i laid down for about 1 hour. i didn't get any sleep cause i was afraid that my fellow rovers would not be able to wake me up.

morning inspection~! i almost vomitted blood when i saw their standard. it was really very bad - their patrol equipments were all over the place, so were their personal equipments. i had a hard time telling them their mistakes, because there were too many! lolx!! but, there was a patrol that was really outstanding~

by lunch time, i was given my sub camp back - sub camp 1. there are 8 patrols in that sub camp, the biggest of the 2, and i had a uphill task. the boys were extremely demoralised. apparently, my fellow rover, parry, did some stuffs that demoralised them really badly.

then, we had situation games. we bashed through the forest and set up 3 different check points for the boys. my checkpoint's aim was to secure a boy's ankle using a splint and other stuffs that they can find in a jungle. many patrols were unable to get the "desired" answers, but some came up with fanciful ideas. lolx~

afterwards, the boys played challenge valley, which is a series of obsticals which ends with a slide into the water. i guess the boys really liked it a lot as they were rushing from point to point~ lolx=)

oh, i had a great time laughing at my greenridge boys cooking their lunch. when i walked over to check their stuffs, louis told me that he would be cooking scrambled eggs. so, i stood there and took a look. claiming to be the iron chief, he took the eggs, cracked them and placed them into the wok. i was laughing and started to call him iron chief when his scrambled eggs became white in colour~ lolx=P

when i told him his mistake, his entire patrol started to laugh at him too! LoLx!! =X

then at night, i had patrol leader council. i realised that most of the problems were caused by lack of communication among the boys and the leaders. so after the PLC ended, i gathered the patrol leaders and assistant patrol leaders to have a nice chat with them. that really made a difference.

i challenged them to wake up early and to fall in before 7am. well, by 6.55, they were already there waiting for me.

day 2 -

took my sub camp morning PT, and we had a great time together. training can be fun, as long as the boys listen and the leaders are funny. lolx=P

morning inspection again! this time, i only managed to inspect my greenridge patrol. well, i guess they made an improvement from the day before. but, when i gave them 30 pumpings to do, stanley told me that there are no other patrols doing pumpings. i insisted on pumpings, so i did together with the patrol.

as we were doing pumpings together, the other sub came walked over to my sub camp for flag opening. i could hear scouts saying, "woah, rover also need to do pumping one arh?" i guess thats 1 of the rare sights that they would ever see~ lolx=)

then, they had backwoodsman cooking. during this time, i went back to my dormitry and caught up with my beauty sleep.

when i woke up, i was informed that 2 of my boys attempted to escape camp. had a huge shock, and i rushed down to my sub camp. found them tagging around with my leaders and i thought i would be a goner. lolx~ thank God my leaders didn't blame me, instead they said that the scouts got no hope.

then, as 1 sub camp had their survival viewing and killing, i took another sub camp for games. we played dog and bone, rugby style~ lolx~ it was quite an unfair game because 2 patrols ganged up to go against the 3th patrol. but, they are still boys afterall. had a great time laughing at them too~ lolx~

grand dinner! i didn't help much this year because i was involved with the sub camp. the food was quite nice, but we didn't get to each much because the majority of the food were given to the scouts, cadet scouts and the leaders. well, not complaining here. hehez~

campfire! me, my fellow rovers and our group scout leader went super crazy during the campfire. we were practically trashing the campfire with our stupid antics and cheers. lolx=) we even had a special appearance when our group scout leader was leading a song~ we even called ourselves the lamers! =X

during the campfire, i led my sub camp to their cheer~ if your from ngeeann, parade of schools, i think you guys should know which cheer i'm talking about~ hahaz! i used the how do you feel cheer~ the boys lurved it! lolx=P

sub camp 1, how do you feel~!?
we feel good (clap)
oh we feel so good (clapclap)
oh we feel so oh we feel so oh we feel so good (clapclapclap)
YEAH!

hAHaz! cute right!?

then, at about 1am, i woke up my greenridge boys, got them to change to their full uniform and assembled them at the main kitchen. lolx~ tired eyes and wondering what was going on, they didn't dare to make a noise. xianghao, cipto and i planned to present the sec2s their achievements and progress badges. well, i had the honor to give the badges out to them.

though its a small group, but i guess they are proud of their achievements. we even made them sew on their badge immediately~ lolx~

day 3 -

xianghao and i was supposed to wake up the boys at 6am and make them strike tents. but both of us woke up late, and woke up at 7am instead. lolx~ when we walked to the canteen, we found the greenridge boys sleeping at the canteen, their uniforms still beside them~ hahaz~ but, the canteen's a much more comfortable place to sleep in.

a fury of panic when i started to tell them that they have only 5 minutes to pack their bags and fall in at the main kitchen. well, boys would always take more time given, so much dragged happened.

from there, we started to strike their kitchen shed and ridge tents. when we had to account for all the equipments, we realised that there were many items lost. called for a search party, but we were still unable to find them.

its been a great scout camp. its my first time being a sub camp cheif and i really learnt many things. i realised that there are many boys who do not even know my name, some of them didn't even see me before~ lolx=)

i had this cute scout, jun ting, who's like extremely cute! hahaz~ he's frm fajar secondary and i kept making fun of him. i called him xiao ker ai, when i didn't remember his name~ =X whenever i needed volunteers, i would call him out to help me. well, in case ure wondering, i ain't that bad~!

whenever jun ting needed help, all he needed to do was to look for me, and i would help him do it. but, i would nag at him and teach him at the same time~ loLx=) at first, jun ting lost about 3 pegs? and there were about 6 pegs that were stuck in the ground. he came to me and asked me for help.

well, of cause i went to help~ lolx=) he's my favourite boy ley~ he even asked me why i didn't go for so many events and its like the first time he sees me in action~ lolx~

other then jun ting, i was glad that i brought morale back to my sub camp that was performing way below their standard~ there were some occasions that made me feel very proud of them~ at least they were more prepared and alert after my LONG talk with then~ lolx=) praise God~~

argh!! im running out of time! going to meet the NP pals for dinner at marche!! woohoo!

slow and sluggish day~

slacked around until its time to go church and i reached choa chu kang, it was still very early. so, stood at one corner and started to look around, trying to spot fellow CHCians.

thoughts were running all over my mind when i was in the bus. its about letting go and flowing with God. its quite strange, letting go of something that you held on so tightly, thinking that it would work out. even though, it seems to be working out, i had to consider if its God's will and if it would affect me. but for the time being, i wasn't able to confirm.

letting go maybe hard, but if its meant to be, it would be.

reached church earlier and i got seats for the cellgroup~ well, nothing significant, but felt glad cause i got seats that were facing the stage. i love seats that face the stage!! but not the floor area though.

one of the best experience - i was sitting in front of the nursery and when praise started, everyone started jumping. btw, it was during emerge conference. upon seeing the ENTIRE auditorum jumping, feeling excited about God, it influenced me too.

service! woohoo! great sermon~!! Pastor Christian!! somehow, he reminds me of Pastor Ulf Ekman. missions~~

when Pastor Christian was praying for us, i felt the Holy Spirit talking to me, challenging me to speak to my CG about how i felt. i even saw myself leading the CG in prayers.

when, the time finally came and i managed to gather the members together. when i started to speak, i could sense mixed emotions. there were people who were shocked, but listening. yet, i sensed that there were people who were shocked and seemingly questioning my actions.

body language and i'm a sensitive dude=)

now, i know how xiaojia feels whenever she gives cellgroup meetings. but, it was still quite encouraging to me, when i found out that there are members in the CG who are on the same frequency as me=) thank God! we came into agreement and we would be working together to build the CG up to the next level~

of cause, not forgetting xiaojia. but, she's still in china~ lolx. woohoo! i smell revival~!!

oh yah~ vene is signing me up for ministry!! WOOHOO!! i get to serve God!! but, the MOST exciting part is that, i don't know where God would be placing me in. but, wherever He placed me, i know He has His reasons, purpose and destiny for me=) praise God! i serve a good God!

yeah man~ in a few hours time, i'll be leaving the comfort of my bed, to the beds of sarimbum camp. SCOUTS CAMP!! >.< i've been excused for 1 day because of church, so i got to be present on sat. camp's going to last till monday~

urgh... mosquitoes of sarimbum, here i come!

IS module preference selection. 8 to 10, 3 to 5~ praise God!! hAhaz=P

got dragged down to play basketball by carmen. well, its good too, cause i haven seen her for quite sometime.

manz, she haven changed a single bit! still as loud, fierce, dangerous and funny~ loLx~ she's a threat to all the guys in the community centre, as she went around throwing the basketball at guy's crotch area=/

i wasn't spared=/

well, besides throwing the basketball to guy's sensitive area, she whacks people REALLY hard. so, herman posted me a simple, yet complicating question. we wondered how is desmond. LOL! desmond is carmen's BF anyway...

well, its a great day to play basketball. firstly, there were many people at the community centre, and there were people who we didn't know. so, we sort of challenged them. but, we lost matches as their teamwork is pretty strong and so is their defense.

secondly, it wasn't too humid or dry. perfect weather! ahhaZz=P

lastly, i don't know what other reasons. cause carmie is there? to crank us up. lolx!

then, we had dinner at the coffee shop. didn't eat much cause i wasn't feeling hungry.

then we headed to 213 to play more basketball. over there, a group of gangsters challenged us. well, we won by a close margin and thank God that a fight didnt result=/

then, we started playing with ourselves till late.

aye, so bored=/

i realised that the more i try to save money, the MORE i spend~ hahAzz~

met up with the NP guys earlier - brother alv, jierui, shaun, felix, sister grace, samantha, dorcas, vera, mabel, jessica, chewlin and shuling.

been quite sometime since we last met, but not everyone was present. all of us were pretty excited when we met, and we tried to get some people to join us, at the last minute~ lolx~

when everyone gathered, we got the tickets that were pre-booked, and we realised that there would be 4 persons who would be sitting else where. immediately, everyone tried to get their own seats with each other~ lolx. so, vera came up with a solution - she tore all the tickets and everyone took a ticket.

i had F-13, the 2nd seat from the corner! hahaz! and sitting beside me was dorcas, and beside dorcas was samantha, beside samantha was shuling. then, i do not know who's sitting beside shuling~ haha=X

we hung around the ticketing booth, while waiting for samantha and sister grace to finish buying their dinner. we were practically standing in the middle, making noise and laughing loudly. hahaz! then, someone commented that that's the city harvest trend - standing in the middle of no where, talking and laughing=P

i think its quite true~ especially for ngeeann~ lolx~

dorcas and i shared the combo meal that cost 10 bucks. of cause not the drinks too~ lolx~ but the popcorn's bucket was seriously huge! when samantha took it, everyone went woAhh!! haaz!

samantha got a HUGE stomach. she bought long john's for dinner, and i bought nachos for her too. she finished it all in the cinema! amazing.

finally, we were seated in the cinema. when we're finally in our places, i noticed that all the girls were in the same row. so, me and brother alvin were the only guys in that row~ hAhazz!

it was quite well-planned too. the 2 brothers were seated right at the corner. protecting the sisters? =P

finally the show started with loads of commericals. oh, there's this cartoon coming up, and 1 of the characters, which is a pig, made samantha blush - shuling started pointing to the pig and samantha and said very loudly that the pig looks like samantha~ hahaz!

did i mention that we're watching day after tomorrow? its a seriously good show, worth all the bucks. great effects, touching story, heroic dad who man should be like...

i made a promise to my son... thats what drove him on...

though many people don't like end of world shows, i felt that this show is quite positive!

there was a scene when a huge ship floated into new york. that reminded me of noak's ark.

then, when its almost certain that everyone would die from the snowstorm, they found survivors!

God is a good God! there's remnants! God didn't destory everything, but He protected them and kept them safe in buildings. so that the entire population would not die out.

( yes, yes, i can hear you shouting its just a show, i know im being crazy... but, its nicer when you think out of the box. )

its certainly great watching shows with a different point of view=) tend to see things people don't, and it can be quite encouraging=P

then, we headed to lao pa sak for supper. i had a GREAT chat with brother alvin. God answers my prayers!! brother alvin really gave me great advices and encouragment!! thank God~!

back at lao pa sak, samantha, shuling and chewlin started to tell me about manhood and stuffs. samantha told me that i've got the manhood, but not automative? so, i made a change and i asked the girls if they wanted to get a drink~ ahhaz=P

then, shuling made a comment that i almost choked on my food. she said that i'm one of the rare guys she knows that eats decently. i had nothing to say, so i plainly said praise God! hAhaz!

chewlin also commented that i've got sisterly genes in me... lolx! because of the way i eat and i'm quite a sensitive person. hahaZz~ praise God~!!

things got pretty quiet and we started singing evermore. but soon afterwards, they were talking about all sorts of stuffs that i don't even understand~ =X

time to head home, and we all took the MRT back. well, i thought i would be sending shuling and chewlin home because they stay quite near me. but in the end, i was assigned to samantha~ loLx

had a great chat with her along the way home, though she kept coughing. somehow, she knows things that i didn't tell anyone. it must be God=) thank God. at least now i know that there's someone who understands me=)

after sending her home, as i was heading to the MRT station, i started to sweat very heavily, to the extend that my glasses got fogged. when i looked up, i could see steam rising from my forehead. cool rightz? hAhaz...

argh, its so late already, and my IS module preference is on 11am tmr... >.<

home sweet home, finally!

i met up with my fellow rovers as we organised a farewell dinner for my senior. serving the country! hAhaz=P

we had dinner at some indo food restuarant. the food was quite nice, but there were dishes where no one dared to try~ lolx=P

then, we headed to holland v - coffee club to talk rubbish. didn't quite join in the conversion as i was quite tired.

somehow, we went to east coast park to visit the ventures. they are having their president scout hike - a 3 day 2 nights hike. there are 2 teams that are from foxscouts, and 1 of the team consist of 2 girls.

respect.

i didn't get my chance to walk in the PSA hike, so i don't really know what are they going through. but i had my fair share of hiking, and its seriously not easy.

seeing them working through the night, drawing maps, calculating the distance and plotting the map really reminded me of myself when i was doing my hike too. though i wasn't as capable as them, i was quite happy doing it. but, our facial expression usually give us away. lolx!

well, i know that God would protect the 2 teams, and strengthen them for more walking later!

its quite amazing that i actually hated Lord of The Rings in the past. i guess its the super boring story book that drove me nuts.

i just finished watching the 3rd episode, Lord of The Rings - The Return of The King, and its simply awesome. well, of cause not forgetting the 1st and 2nd episode, which i caught few weeks back~ lolx=P

even though there were like many complications and stuffs, i was able to understand the majority of the story cause i completed the PC-Game on my notebook. but, the PC-Game's orcs seem to be harder to destory! lolx~~ but, good prevails and bad falls!! woohoo!

a word flashed in my mind when i was watching LOTR - unity.

this maybe just a story, but look at how the characters flowed in their thinking. all of them had the same goal, vision and target. they worked hard to help frodo and to protect mankind. it reminded me of parade of schools.

from nothing, we achieved something.

from a absolute defeat, the characters fought bravely against all odds and got victory in the end, when frodo knocked the gollum down to the wdeva-volcano.

timing?

that word just came into my mind. yeah, timing's important in everything we do. we can't expect to marry a person after knowing him/her for a day.

we may have to wait, and wait even longer. but when we're waiting, should our morale die off? should our little ray of hope be shut off?

like the armies in LOTR, whenever they had to wait, they were still extremely prepared and ready for action. once the time comes, they charge. no need for anthony robbins to come and motivate them.

so, what did they do when they're waiting?

i believe the word is anticipate.

they held their positions, weapons in position and eyes fixed at the horizon. this gives me an image of a solder, who's ready, confident and well prepared for the battle.

in Christ, we're His army! we should be like the armies in LOTR, prepared, confident and charged up. if we're sloppy, dis-united and low "moraled" the devil just needs to stroll into the kingdom and all hell breaks lose.

same goes for CELLGROUPS!

are you part of your cellgroup, or are you just a space-taker in your cellgroup. think.

1 man cannot do everything. aragorn worked together with legolas, gimli, gandalf, faramir... practically everyone. frodo depended on sam for support and encouragement.

what would happen if 1 of the heros said, "okie, thats enough. i'm tired of killing orcs. lets sit back and watch others do it." 1 person's action can bring the entire kingdom to fall.

WE'RE larger then life.

everyone plays an important part in everyone's life! what is your role in life? a sucker of life or a giver of life?

i pray that your not a sucker of life, but a GIVER.

i certainly hope that i'll grow to be part of my cellgroup. a place where i belong, where lives are changed and most of all, a group that works together with unity and strength.

but, victories start from 1 simple word - support.

do you want to be in the army of Christ? going from victories to more victories, stronger in unity and support from every single person.

its time to rise up, wake up, and start working for God.

no more comfort zones.

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okie. that's my 5 minutes worth of sermon. no particular cellgroup member is targetted. so, if you feel offended, gimmi a message, and i'll explain.

oh, questions? raise your hand first.

lolx~ drop me a message in that stupid tagboard that's always down, or MSN, ICQ, E-Mail. there's so many methods to look for me=) praise God!

thank God for such a wonderful sermon that i didn't prepare~ hahaz~

oops? no altar call=X

why is it that people tend to remember bad stuffs about you, more then good stuffs? after committing a mistake, it sticks with you for the rest of your life. what about the goods? long forgotten!? or taken for granted?

woke up at 9am earlier, and i was supposed to meet brother faji and jierui. thank God jierui woke up late too, so i was able to meet him first~ hahaz~

the gym at jurong east is pretty small and there were many people in the gym. had to wait for quite sometime before we could use the machines. quite tired too, its been 2 weeks since i last stepped into a gym. though i was able to lift the usual weights, my stamina dropped.

then, jierui and i went to jurong east S11 for our lunch. full house! had to wait for others to finish eating before we could get our seats. i felt so cheated when i ordered my food - the owner gave me so little rice!! >.<

then, jessica came over got some stuffs from me. as jierui and i were pretty bored, we accompanied her to west coast park~ i've never been to west coast park after my family shifted house, and i was so excited when i saw the HUGE playground~ lolx=P

jierui and i played everything that was in westcoast park~ we're like little kids, i guess... lolx=)

then, we went home after walking a long distance to take a bus to clementi.

there were loads of people playing basketball at the community centre today, so naturally, i was attracted to it. started playing basketball with the usual gang of people, but i didn't really play as well as yesterday. or was it 2 days ago? =.-''

lots of tension today when we played basketball. my elbows and knees were flying, so were my opponents~

got scolded by my mom when i called her back - apparently, she blamed me for playing basketball without informing her. i just realised that she wanted me to do something, and she was waiting for me at home.

felt so discouraged when she started nagging at me after my shower. i really didn't know that she's waiting for me to do something, and she didn't even inform me about it. even though i already told her i know its my mistake, she just kept going and going.

well, as she was nagging for me, i tried to look for the fish that was injured last night and i could not find it. then, i remembered that i was praying for the fish ( YES! and i'm NOT crazy! ) and i guess the fish really recovered! praise God~!!

haven had dinner... argh...

boring boring sunday~

woke up pretty late and before i knew it, my mom started nagging at me=/

showered and waited for the family to leave for holland V - janeen's birthday celebration at the KFC outlet over there.

well, as usual arh? kids would be playing, adults would be eating and watching the kids go crazy over a chicken. lolx~!

anyway, there was this cute little girl with big bright eyes that stood at a corner, watching all the other kids play~ but, the problem is that she's not a friend of janeen!!

when she stood there, i tried talking to her, asking her to join them, but she was extremely shy. so, my sister passed me a sticker book and a playbook for her. it took me 5 minutes talking to her, telling her that she can have the books~ hahaz!!

but, after my cousin, jasmine jie, saw her~ she managed to get the little girl to join in the fun~ though the little girl ran away because she's very shy, i could that that she enjoyed herself. she kept smiling after shaking hands with the chicken~ hahaz!

small little things like this warms my heart~ eeks, i sound gay=/

ah. i forgot to save my entry before exiting the windows=/ now i got to retype everything...

its been 14+ days since i last played basketball. thank God i wasn't rusty or slow when i played just now, and i had the confidence to keep attacking~ woohoo! praise God! i love days like this=)

then, herman, jiawei, junkang, weiming and i headed to the coffee shop to have our dinner and i had 1/2 piece chicken rice. lolx=P there was an mentally unstable guy in the coffee shop too, and he kept whistling loudly. afterwards, weiming said that he fainted? and laid on the floor.

after walking around at the pasar malam, we headed back to bukit panjang CC to play basketball again~ pure madness!

argh! i've been thinking back about the past 2 weeks and i could not help but miss every single moment i had with my friends. i was even smiling to myself on the bus in the morning when i recalled funny moments. aye...

i miss the strong atmosphere of faith, the presence of the Holy Spirit, my brethens from ngeeann poly, those insane chats and training together with a common vision and goal... pratically everything! bad, good, insane, sane, tough, stress and even depressing moments. ~>.<~

argh! i've never missed someone so badly before...

woke up at around 10+ and i took a quick shower. i helped my auntie? relative? i don't know, but i call her jasmine jiejie. anyway, i helped her to queue up for the trading in of a gameboy color for a n-Gage.

it costs only 198 including 3 free games!! its quite worth it larh, if you want to play that 3 free games forever. lolx=P

well, when i was in the queue, there's this family infront of me that i could not stand. they wanted to trade in 4 sets of gaming consoles, no big deal. but, when they were informed that 1 person can only redeem 1 n-Gage, they called their daughter and maid down to the queue. its almost like cutting queue!!

then, we're supposed to get a standard game - the sims. but they ran out of stock, no big deal, i thought. but, that adult insisted on getting the sims even when the staffs told him that its out of stock. he gave the staff a very annoyed look, which made me quite angry.

i really wonder whats his problem!! for 198 bucks, a n-Gage and 3 free games, its quite a good deal. so what if he doesn't gets the sims game!? i believe he's quite freaking rich cause he bought 3 sets on the spot. ( 1 of his set got rejected! haha! )

well, i managed to get my set after 1 hour~ lolx=P but it doesn't belong to me. so... don't come looking for me=P

hope you guys felt that the testimony is nice~ it took me 2 hours to write, think and edit, and theres a lot more stuffs that i want to add, but i didn't... loLx=P

took the church bus to church today, but i missed the first wave. thank God it isn't the second, else i would have to travel to church via MRT.

i was quite filled with expectancy and i desired for the same atmosphere and strong presence of God during the service. but, i didn't quite feel the strong atmosphere, but the presence of God still filled me.

had quite a nice sermon, but super short. hahaz=P

almost didn't manage to make it home when i took the bus 99. it was getting really late, so i decided to alight and board 180. i didn't realise that herman was on the bus until when he's about to alight! lolx!

but, the day ended quite sadly. argh! got to keep her in prayer...

i just completed writing a testimony for my church. i felt the Holy Spirit telling me to share it in my blog too. so, here it is!

hi church, i am Joel Kuek from N01 and i have a dream, a vision. i desire to be a cellgroup leader, leading youths for the kingdom of God, to be on fire for God and to love and serve Him whole heartedly.

then, my dream, vision brought me further. i saw myself standing before huge crowds preaching the word of God like how Pastor Kong always does. i always wanted to be like Pastor Kong and Pastor Sun, who made a huge impact in the lifes of youths for the glory of God, but not themselves.

before coming to the Emerge Conference 2004, i was at a total loss. i felt that i was heading no where and my fire for God was fading. but thank God i was given the chance to participate in the Parade of Schools.

it was in Parade of Schools that i suddenly "woke" up from my slumber. my brothers and sisters from Ngee Ann Polytechnic inspired me greatly whenever we came together to train. their never say die attiude and strong bonds made me work as hard as them because i didn't want to be left behind in the group!

i experienced the power of God when we were training for Parade of Schools and it made me so excited that i could not sleep at night, cause i missed the presence of God.

i would like to take this opporunity to thank God as we were very blessed with his protection and strength that was upon us throughout the training.

i faced a very strong challenge during the week of training for the Parade of Schools, - my family. it was hard explaining to them why am i so involved in church because they are not Christians. but, after much prayers and believing, my parents didn't scold me, but instead, they encouraged me when i told them i'll be doing stunts for my school in church!! praise God!

on the first day of the conference, when Pastor Kong spoke about the revival in schools, i have a burning desire in me that says, "Bring revival to NgeeAnn Poly!" and till now, its still burning in me.

the second session got even better. i learnt many things from Pastor Richard and most of all, we prayed for healing powers to be upon us.

then its the Parade of Schools. excitment filled the air, and everywhere you looked, there would be groups of 2-3 students praying. i could not help myself, and i started praying too. i felt the peace of God coming upon me, and i didn't freak out when its our turn to perform.

after the performance, everyone gathered in the overflow room. who says that the overflow room isn't good!? everyone was so excited and it was also the first time i jumped for the Lord in the overflow room. after which, i could not stop jumping for joy and shouting His praises!

on the second day, my heart was filled with expectancy. i learnt that we should learn from Abraham, who obeyed the Lord's instructions, even though he had to sacrifice things that are covering him of God's vision for him. i challenged myself to be like Abraham when pursing my dreams.

although the second session was extremely short, i learnt to be totally dependant on God in times of trouble, to seek refuge in His shelter.

the last session for the day, and Pastor Kong preached about the Presence of the Holy Spirit. during that period of time, i wished that i am able to dwell in God's presence like how Obed-edom did, to serve God all days of my life. i felt the presence of the Holy Spirit rain down on me even stronger. now, i know how did Obed-edom felt and why he desired it so much.

the last session! the best saved for the last? the moment Pastor Kong revealed the topic, i started to smile to myself madly. The Journey of A Dream. i had a dream, and i didn't know what to do. but, after listening super attentively, i knew what to do next.

looking back for the past 2 weeks, it has been phenomenal and i thank God for such a wonderful conference Pastor Kong has organised.

i never felt so thristy for God's word and presence before, and the fire's thats burning in me is getting stronger, and hotter. i could not stop dancing for the Lord whenever we sang praise songs.

i would like to thank God for the support, encouragment and love from my cellgroup members and friends i made during the Parade of Schools.

lastly, i would like to encourage every single person here, young or old, to dream, to believe and most of all, to emerge for the kingdom of God!!

woohoo!! thank God my sister knows the lyrics to the song below. been searching for this song since last night, but i could not find it~ lolx=D

but, i felt that CHC's singers sung it better then stevie wonder. there's a different feeling when i'm listening to stevie wonder and when i heard the song in church~

its the presence of God, that's the difference.

i was sharing with my friends last night that i'm beginning to miss everything we did during the last 2 weeks. its been very memorable, when the impossible deemed so, we went worked hard and made the impossible possible.

i could not help but feel that this is the beginning of something even greater, but the hunger for God must not fade off...

Stevie Wonder - That's What Friends Are For

And I never thought I'd feel this way
And as far as I'm concerned

I'm glad I got the chance to say That I do believe I love you
And if I should ever go away
Well then close your eyes and try
To feel the way we do today and then if you can remember
Keep smilin' keep shinin'
Knowing you can always count on me for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

Well you came and opened me
And now there's so much more I see
And so by the way I thank you
And then for the times when we're apart
Well then close your eyes and know
These words are coming from my heart
And then if you can remember

Keep smilin' keep shinin'
Knowing you can always count on me for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

ONE WAY!!
JESUS!!
YOUR THE ONLY ONE THAT I COULD LIVE FOR!!

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emerge conference day 3.

the queue started at 2pm and by the time i reached church, level 3 was almost maxed out. bernard and i met at 4.00, but we reached church at 4.30. hungry and tired, we had to settle down at the back of level 3.

then, i started messaging my friends - samantha, jierui and chewlin and asked them where they are. well, they were not very far away from me, but around 1-2 sections away~ lolx=P

when its finally time to go down to the auditorium, its like a battleground!! everyone dashed for the stairs and down the steps~ when bernard and i reached the auditorium, we could not find any seats, but thank God samantha managed to book seats for us~ =D

the service started with a bang! there were people drumming on i-don't-know-what-is-that-called and it was something new that we never experienced.

i could have jumped from the start of praise to the end of it~

by the time we started to sing worship songs, my shirt was wet and i was sweating buckets~ but thank God, the aircon's blowing quite strongly.

then, pastor Kong gave his sermon. its got to do with our dreams and visions from God! i really thank God for such a wonderful sermon. i had a "thought" , "vision" that i am a cellgroup leader and a pastor. when i shared this with my friends, they all were encouraging me, i thank God for such a great bunch of supporting friends~

the ending of the service was even sweeter. we sung a song thats about friendship, and i had my arms around bernard and a friend whose name i don't know how to spell=X that song is seriously veryvery nice and sweet~ the brothers then all hugged each other, and another bigger brother hugged the 3 of us~ lolx~ how i wished that the moment would never end, but all good things would have to come to an end. i felt the presence of God so strongly, the bond between me and my friends, even though they were not with me, grow tighter as i sung the song with all my heart.

there was so much love in my heart. its amazing... i really didn't want the conference to end.

but, i know that GOD has GREATER things for me~!!

adeline's birthday! i have no idea who's that, but she's from samantha's cellgroup, so we sung her a birthday song, with the blessings included! hahax=P

2 members from samantha's cellgroup won the under 17 ladies extreme sports challenge. i was quite impressed when i saw them face to face, they were not really very muscular, but lean. small sized, in fact. but, they still are the champions~ had the honor to shake their hands too~ hehez~

then, sister bernice from ngeeann won the word power! and guess what's her prize!?

ITS A DELL COMPUTER! all the 3 members each received 1 dell computer!! its so cool~!!

parade of schools!! the MOST shocking results, personally. i thought that NTU would have won the competition hands down, but alas! TRP won!! btw, TRP stands for Temasek Republic Polytechnic. i can't really remember their performance, but when they performed their cheer again, their unity is really strong~

then, samantha, bernard and i went to meet up with the rest of the ngee ann students for a short meeting. over there, we cheered like crazy for the leaders, and we even threw several people into the air~ hahaz! even the pastors had to stop us cause we have to leave the premises~

we're meeting next monday again!! MARCHE!! woohoo!! really looking forward to it, but samantha can't join us... so sad~ >.<

i guess my brethens from ngee ann are still having their supper. i left earlier cause i'm taking sister sharon's car home. when i told them that i have to leave, everyone gave me a disappointed look. >.<

i could not bear to leave either~ i feel so attached to them already! even though its a huge group, everyone still sticks close to one another. i've found brethens to share my passion, vision and dreams with. i've found brethens who's on fire for God with me and most of all, i've found brethens who's asking God for revival in ngee ann polytechnic~

i was thinking just earlier that if i'm a cellgroup leader, i won't want them to look upon me as their leader. i want them to look upon me as their friend, their older brother. a person who they look for when they need encouragement, support and advices. instead of someone they meet once or twice a week, i may not mind meeting them for dinner, lunch or even to the movies whenever they want to.

the CGLs in ngee ann really inspired me. there were about 3-4 leaders and everyone of them are SO approach-able! i seldom use brother, sister wdeva to address other people, but its during POS, i developed the habit of calling my seniors brothers, sisters~ lolx=P

i felt that i changed so much just after a parade of schools, emerge conference! i begin to praise and worship God freely, openly, doing whatever things i want to and most of all, my fire is burning stronger!

then, i'll move on, being a pastor like pastor Kong, travelling all over the world, preaching the word, saving the unsaved. raising generation of youths who would be history makers!

even though its a hard and rocky ahead of me, i know that my God will pull me through because its a vision from God. the success of pastor Kong didn't come overnight, it came after years and years of hardwork and listening to the Holy Spirit.

i really can't wait to move to the next level.

i want more of God's presence. i want to be like Obed-edom, who dwelled in God's presence and served God everyday of his life.

this fire in me, shall never burn out!

this vision, dream, shall never fade off!

i'm going to make sure that i stick, hang on, hold on, grab to this dream, vision give by God. how is that possible? that's where my brethens from ngee ann would come.

i told brother alvin that i want to be a CGL by next year~ i guess he's planning to throw me into the organising committee for parade of schools next year~ hahaz=P

there are so many i, me in this blog!! JOEL! you can't be a self centred person!

i can't stop typing! theres so much that i want to say!! i guess i'll share more in my next few entrys!

Planet Shakers - Worthy To Be Praised

Lord i come into Your presence
Here i stand in awesome reverence
Falling before the wonder of Your name

Humbly now Lord i surrender
This offering to You forever
Take all i am and use me Lord i pray

Make me what You want me to be
Teach me Your ways

I lay down my life for You
Throw down my crowns before You
Give up my all for Your name

My Saviour, how i adore You
Healer, my heart longs for You
Jesus You are worthy to be praised

Jesus You are Lord forever
Jesus You are Lord forever

ah... beauty sleep~

the last service for emerge conference starts at 7.30pm afterwards and there are currently tons of CHC members at sentosa cheering their friends who got into the finals of the extreme sports.

supposed to join felix and his cellgroup at sentosa for a game of beach soccer, but felix didn't call me!! they were asking me to join them when i had fellowship with them the other day.

3 hours more before heading to church. pray hard i would get seats in the auditorium. its going to be a very powerful message...

day 2 emerge conference!

even though i had very little sleep, i forced myself to stay awake, and God's presence kept me awake throughout the day. its another powerful day with impacting messages that really encouraged me.

now i know that being righteous is useless when i'm not holy and obeying Lord Jesus Christ no matter what we are called to do. if we want to serve God, serve him whole heartedly, and when God tests us, do it.

and we seek refuge in God's shelter and when His calling comes upon us, grab it and never let it go.

finally, the presence of the Holy Spirit.

its always very easy saying it, but when the real stuffs come, its always a challenge. this emerge conference really changed my life a lot and i began to view things differently.

i felt a rush last night as i was bathing - bring revival to my cellgroup. i shared with xiaojia and sharmaine what i felt and thought, frankly, i didn't know what were on their minds as they suddenly got very quiet, then we had to go back to church.

i really need more support cause i can come up with loads of stuffs, but i need action! there's no one man army, there is no - okie, you take the lead, we follow behind.

i believe there were stuffs that you guys disagree with me, and i'm still young in Christ, so i may not know much stuffs. but one thing i know, that i really desire to grow in Christ. i really don't want to get tired serving God and i don't want to stay at the same level.

i feel very blessed to be in the parade of schools. i found great friends, who i can share freely with, with a common goal in life. thank God for this great bunch of brothers and sisters...

EVERYTHING'S ALRITE~
I'VE GOT JESUS IN ME!
EVERYTHING'S ALRITE~
MY SAVIOUR IS WALKING WITH ME!

emerge conference 2004, day 1

even though i was sitting alone, it didn't stop me from praying and making new friends~ lolx=P

when praise and worship started, the entire auditorium rocked~!! i really loved the atmosphere and the presence of God~!

but, when Pastor Kong preached the word, i was greatly moved by the power of God, and i nearly teared when we all started praying for revival in our schools. i kept shouting ngeeann poly when Pastor Kong asked us what school we want him to pray for. lolx=P

behold~! this generation of youths are WORLD-SHAKERS, HISTORY MAKERS!

then, session 2 is about HEALING! once again, i almost teared again when Pastor Kong asked the quest Pastor to pray for us to receive the gift of healing. its very encouraging listening about how the Pastor's dad prepared him, and provided him with a shelter.

its all about FAITH~!!

PARADE OF SCHOOLS~!!

the atmosphere in the overflow room was awesome. the presence of God filled the entire place and excitment lingered in the air. whenever a school went down to perform, everyone cheered and gave their fullest support. then, when a school goes back, everyone cheered again. i really love that kind of spirit and support.

our performance was stunning~!! when i had to lift claris, i had a little problem, but i hung on to her, and threw her up a little before grabbing her properly. i wanted to succeed so badly, and i'm glad i didn't give up!

then, we didn't have any problems lifting samantha and that particular stunt went very well~ and Pastor Kong was spotted extremely excited~!

6-2-1~!! i had to lift claris again, and this time i made sure that i don't screw up~ hahaz! we were told that our 6-2-1 was the highest stunt!! praise GOD~!!

when Pastor Kong laid hands on those leaders, i felt a little disappointed because i could not be there. then, as i prayed, i felt weaken and i wanted to kneel down. but, i didn't kneel~ heez=X

haha~ i really don't know what to write for my blog actually. theres SO MUCH more i want to say, so much i experienced, but i don't know how to express in words. its been really relevations upon relevations, visions after visions...

I LOVE THE HOLY SPIRIT~!!

ELEVATED LIBERTY~!!!!

i'm still so freaking excited~!! WOOHOO!!

woke up extremely early and i headed to ngeeann for parade of schools' training.

bought bread, but felt very sick after eating a piece and i almost puked during training too=X

but, thank God i recovered~!

well, our main stunt leader got really angry when no one dared to step out to do the elevated liberty. then, i was chosen to do with her the elevated liberty, as a base.

it was quite difficult at the beginning, but once i got the hang of it, it became quite easy. then, augustine stepped in and we were the bases for samantha~

at the beginning, there were failures, samantha kept falling, but we kept trying and trying. praise GOD~! we did it finally and when we landed samantha, everyone applauded and cheered~! it really brought the atmosphere and morale sky rocketing.

during the period of failures, many senior brothers came and encouraged us. i really felt very encouraged by them, and i didn't want to disappoint them. heheez~ praise God for such a wonderful team~!

then, we headed to church for the full dress rehearsal. though it was quite messy, we managed to get most stunts up. although the timing was a little off, we're still extremely excited.

there were many happenings, bad and good, during the rehearsals, but thank God we managed to pull through the problems and continued training hard~

i really love this group of brothers and sisters~