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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Today's cg fellowship was great. Although Cheryl wasn't with us (adult camp), we managed to fellowship with 2 walk-ins plus a friend brought by Miao miao joining us @ Changi T3 after svc.

I'm really heartened to see fellow cg ppl taking the first step to make the new people feel welcomed. This is really what serving God is all about. I feel proud to be among this group of people that can rise up to the call of duty and stand in the gap. I feel so happy to be assured that i'm not alone altho cheryl and JJ weren't there. not just by words, but by actions. Guys, we are making a difference together. =)

So now, let's fast and pray that they will stay and be integrated into our cg. MULTIPLICATION for the KOG! Yeahhh!

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Learnt alot from cg on Friday. I absorbed nearly all of what Cheryl preached on Friday.


1) STEWARDSHIP
Think of it as we are 'renting' our bodies from God for 80-100years. So if we don't take gd care of it and use it wisely, God has every right to take it back.

2) DISTRIBUTION
God's principle is: Everyone will get something, but no one will get everything.


Which leads to number 3.....


3) *Purpose of a cell group?*

#1 Edification
#2 Evangelism

i shall always remember point number 3 from today onwards.

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Picture of the young warriors. They shall win the lost youths for Jesus Christ.

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11:00 PM


I got a feeling i will grow to miss Dewi alot as the days go by without her presence at home.

Sigh.

Just finished practising violin. Sleeping soon....

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1:27 AM

Saturday, August 30, 2008

i've been restraining myself from blogging too much. haha. adequate restraint works wonders.
had a busy morning, went to do project work with group members at tampines. our first project: cooking pasta! yummy. it was great! we had it for lunch.

all 3 of us girls cannot cook. the one and ONLY guy in our group is the one and only person who could. lol. and he looked so zai preparing the ingredients lar! *dreamy* i should post up the finished product once i receive the photos...i am very inspired to cook pasta the way he did. he did it so professionally sia.

after that, rushed to airport which (thank God) is very near tampines. went to send off Dewi back to Lombok, her hometown. I heard that Lombok is a great place just like Phuket or Bali. I LOVE x10000 those kind of scenic places with clear waters. Makes me feel like i'm in heaven. ahhh....

We gobbled down our Macs lunch and made it just in time for her to go into the checkpoint.

Dewi and me at Macs.

Everything was hurried. took this picture very gan chiongly also.

No time to say goodbye properly as intended. I wanted to tell her "thank you for serving us for so many years." But only managed to say "take care" to her. Oh well.
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On a brighter note, yesterday nite after cg, i sat bus 852 home from bt batok home. It's a super vintage bus lar! Was fascinated by the bus and took some photos.






The bus stopping sign is GREEN!!! Cool or what.















I must have appeared to be very suakoo and the passengers behind me must have thought that i'm a bit bonky up there. but who cares.







The bus makes me feel as though i'm living in the 80s or something. =D hmm maybe i'll look like this:









or like this (personally prefer this without glasses...hehe)

Muahahaha. www.yearbookyourself.com

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4:11 PM

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Dad showed me how to shove the SD card into the printer and tada - magic! can upload images now. hahaha.

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12:17 AM

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

It's time to prioritise and to balance. To prioritise IS to balance.

Usually i'd be at orchestra at this time of the day. But i won't be going for orchestra practices often anymore. Maybe just once or at most twice a month.

Sure i'd miss it loads....i will never forget the enjoyment of making music together. It is more than just translating the music score into music. It is the blending with one another to make beautiful music.

But i realize that i cannot have everything. like what my dad says, there's a time and a season for everything. but dad said it in the context of wanting me to be less active in church, including cutting down on cell groups and services. He thinks that it's stealing too much of my time from my studies. In this context, i definitely did not agree to cut down on cg and svc. If not, i'll die of spiritual starvation.

And i can't believe i signed up for the church's guitar class yesterday. to be very truthful, i am silently hoping it clashes with my violin lesson which is on every Sunday 4pm so that i can have an excuse not to go for the guitar class.

I really should have said NO in the first place. Sigh. CONSEQUENCES, ENLING! THINK THOROUGHLY BEFORE ACTING CAN??

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9:53 PM


new maid came for the 4th day now. She's got good attitude and i like her. =) She's not afraid of dogs and can cook well! Just the kind of helper that my family needs. Haha. we are rather picky with food cos we are all big eaters. and Golden is friendly towards her cos she ain't avoiding him like my current maid.

was telling my mum that all the maids that work for us at this stage of our lives are very blessed. Cos they are here to learn management, not just becoming an ordinary typical domestic helper. we are all big kids and we can look after ourselves. so all we r looking for is more of a butler or 管家. anyway i just wanna thank God, my mum have been saying that her 6th sense tell her that this maid wouldn't be as good as Dewi (before actually employing Wati). have been praying for this to NOT happen. and tada - so far so good. =)

alright. it's 12.30am....yesterday night couldn't sleep until 4.30am. tossing and turning in bed cos i drank 2 cups of coffee. bad choice. ended up nodding off during Prof Michael Chew's heavy content lecture. sigh.


OH! Prof finally understood what i meant earlier on and is in the process of changing his slides background to WHITE colour. Yay. Can print all his notes liao. apparently i'm not the only one who has a problem with his slides. hahaha. others also emailed him making the same request. Anyway i still feel bad for the grumbling. Perhaps it showed a little on my email reply to him, cos today he says that people are "scolding" him thru email cos of his lecture slides..he didn't mean it seriously obviously, but i still feel a bit sorry.

okie doke. Sch tmrw again! :D

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12:16 AM

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

I'm hungry for time.

I only managed to practice 1.5hours today after coming home from JJ's bday celebration. It's the first practice since my violin lesson last Thursday. I've been itching to practise since i came home from that lesson, but time did not allow me to do so. Imagine picking up violin only when i'm working. Even worse.

And i'm still not satisfied at the 1.5hours of practice today. managed to work some things out but still not perfect yet. Yet i must sleep soon...before 2am. Sigh. I'm really really really really desperate for practice time. VERY desperate. i need to improve fast.

Okay. that aside, i'm also not feeling the best. In fact very frustrated. I don't want to feel this way because i'm just making things difficult for myself. yet i can't help it. Gotta seek God's wisdom in this area and His peace to reside in me...........super frustrated.

Alright. School in 7hours time. Tata.

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1:41 AM

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Had a very blessed time listening to Pastor Alex Abraham, senior pastor of the Bethany Church movement in Surabaya, Indonesia.

I enjoyed the slowness of his speech, surprisingly. No doubt it can potentially put people to sleep, including myself. But why should we rush through a service? Sometimes it's good to slow down, especially coming from a fast pace church like mine. Everything must be chop chop done back to back to ensure no 冷场 or in english, awkward silences throughout the entire church service. It's good to have a change. It's interesting to observe how people react to that change.

Pastor spoke about having a rhema from God for ourselves. On saturday, Pastor talked about the Holy Spirit living in our temples. The Holy Spirit IS IN YOU.

I quickly wrote that sentence down on my notebook. I could sense that this would be the rhema of God for myself.

Then, Pastor repeated it again on Sunday. The Holy Spirit is DWELLING IN YOU.

The idea of Holy Spirit being like a living baby in a mother's womb came to me. It is literally a living being - GOD Himself - living inside of me.

With that, i felt my spiritual eyes opened. God confirmed the rhema when i heard it again on Sunday.

I want to pray more...fast more...move more in the gifts of the HS. Only thru these that i can "nuture" the living baby to become stronger and bigger.

Stronger - becoming a spiritual giant.

Bigger - becoming a light so bright that it shines in every inch of darkness.

Greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world.

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11:24 PM


Michael Guglielmucci. The composer of the song 'Healer' found in Planetshakers and Hillsongs latest album.

He lied about his cancer.

I cannot figure out any reason he should lie. Is it really the greed of money?

I read Mark Conner's blog, and i begin to check my response to this incident. Indeed rather than guessing what went on, we should check on our response towards this incident.

Some of us may be angry. Some disappointment. For me, it was a combination of these 2 in the beginning. After which, i realize that it's more fruitful to use my energy to pray for him, his family and the churches as a whole who may suffer from a period of disillusionment.

But i'm glad that such a thing happened to me, because ppl grow out of negative experiences too. For me, this is what i've gathered thru this incident:

1) I finally understand what people mean when they say 'don't trust people so easily, even if they seem really spiritual'. I mean, Mike Guglielmucci was a PASTOR!

BUT. this doesn't mean that this attitude in response is right. it is simply the response of a person who is hurt and grew bitter. But the Bible tells us to practice forgiveness and letting go of hurts. :)


2) Question: Does the fall of the worship leader/pastor means the future banning/disapproval of the song itself?

My answer: NO.

The worship leader can fall because humans are not perfect. But the ANOINTING that is within that leader is nevertheless captured in the song, Healer.

Some people may be perturbed at the fact that they could feel the presence of God in this song despite the truth that Mike Guglielmucci lied about his story behind the song. This was how i felt initially.

Which may lead to further questioning of self - Am I being too gullible? Am I being brainwashed by the church so much so that I become an easy prey to the church leader's agenda?

Well, there can only be one conclusion if we allow such thoughts to relish in our minds. Such questions will only imply that the next thing to feel is - hurt, disappointment, anger, betrayal. When full blown, we respond to it by becoming bitter towards Christian leaders...we become defensive towards others with an invisible wall built around us...we can even become critical of certain Christian churches.

But friends, let's not go that way in our thoughts. Let's put on the mind of Christ in everything that we do. Leaders have anointing of God in their life, but leaders are also human and they are vulnerable to failure in character.

Let's treat this as a good lesson for us to learn from. Let's from now onwards carry the burden for our leaders. The higher up you go, the greater the temptations around you. This is true even in the kingdom of God.

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2:03 AM

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Hooray! I got an A for my attachment report!

But i got a feeling that everyone else more or less gets an A or a high grade for it, cos attachment report is supposed to reflect well for the student to help him or her in future when finding a job.

-_-"

Oh well.

I bought a magic/rubik cube home this evening while finding for a place that sells toy swords (hint hint: will be presented to JJ and Michelle tmr as a cg gift for their SOT grad) .

I was fascinated with the rubik cube thing since last monday, when a fellow orchestra friend was playing with it. he was teaching a few people how to solve the cube. I grew really curious and he taught me. Yay! So now i shall hone up my skills. He could solve the cube in like 1.5minute! He said the fastest in the world could solve the entire cube within 9 seconds. :O

So now whenever i'm bored or don't feel like studying, i'll train myself in solving the rubik cube. At least i keep my brain cells active through it, instead of drama-ing. Btw my friend only taught me how to solve one side of the cube. And it's already complicated enough. =X

alrighty. Shall stop here. It's 1am again....it seems like i can never get things done without sleeping at 1am++. Tsk. Why can't God give me 48hours in a day? ......

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12:39 AM

Friday, August 22, 2008

Goodyness.


i've been trying to get my lecturer to provide lecture slides that are of white background. currently his is not just picture heavy, but wasteful of ink when we print them out due to the very dark background color he uses! thing is, he doesn't seem to understand my enquiry. Oh well. let's hope he finally will with my latest reply. I REFUSE TO PRINT HIS NOTES UNLESS HE DOES SOMETHING TO THE SLIDES.

have been printing out heaps of notes. yay. makes life easier for me when lecturers upload the entire weekly syllabus for us to download at one shot. :D


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This weekend is SOT graduation weekend! wow time flies. 1 year ago it was me in the mortar board and gown. today, it's michelle and junjie from N119. and i pray that next year even more ppl from both n119 n w280 will sign up and COMPLETE the course!

Personally, the period of SOT is mainly to grow in the word of God in terms of knowledge. Of course, spiritually i also grew in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. But to me, i feel that i learnt spiritual knowledge the most, which was what i wanted and needed most. Moving in the Holy Spirit is more of a bonus to my education in SOT, although i know that CHBTC is in fact a spirit-filled theological seminary. Haha.

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Okie doke....getting late and i'm getting sleepy. I slept through the 2nd half of my morning lecture today. :(


Things to do today
-Find atm withdraw $$$
-Buy toy toy
-Make the graduation gifts
-Inform everyone to prepare messages to write
-Email project updates to project group ***IMPT***
-Transfer all loose notes unto lecture notes
-Revise lectures i missed out
-Practise Violin


Talking about practising, i went for my first violin lesson with Mr Yang! My parents fetched me there, he lives at upper serangoon and i think he is rich lar. Every monday he goes JB to play golf. *faint*

I think he would not have remembered me being his student once a long long time ago if not for my mum who popped by to say hi to him. Lol. I'm amazed that he actually remembered my mum! I wonder why. Hmmm.

Anyway, the lesson was great. He corrected all my posture and playing mistakes. These are the things i've been trying to change these few years but failed to do so. firstly cos i don't know the correct method, secondly there's no one there to guide me along. So now i've got Mr Yang and he can teach really well! I can finally put an end to my once endless frustration at my own playing.

Golden came along in the car. my dad & mum walked him as they waited for me to finish in 1 hour. Could see that they really are happy that i'm pursuing violin. it's all written in their faces. They have been saying that if not for their poor financial situation while they were young, they would have love to learn the violin. Anyway, they took Golden up to visit Mr Yang, his wife and daughter. They loved Golden and Golden really liked them! Wow. Must be affinity. Wahahaha.

okokok i better stop here. i also can't stop the smile on my face. hehe. i'm also very happy that i can actually continue learning the violin. Hope that someday so i can achieve my grade 8 cert....with extra effort, of course. =)

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12:40 AM

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

i just realized that the layout is messy on some computers. this is the result of adjusting the initial template, cos the original tagboard column is super skinny! words so small see what?? so i changed it la. how will i know become like that. haiya. will adjust back when i have the time.

see what i mean by i'm picky when it comes to blogskins? tsk.

met 2 of my JC friends today while mugging at school. Ioannes and William. They are in their first year cos of army.

It's so weird. i meet people i haven't seen after a long time when i'm mugging. of all activities, they have to witness me MUGGING. Other times when i'm not mugging, which is like 90% of the time, i don't meet ppl i know. It's just super weird. i'm not surprised if they think that i've been a mugger all these while. i'm NOT! I refuse to admit that i'm a mugger. If i'm mugging doesn't mean i'm a muggER.

i haven't been mugging so seriously without the pressure of exams for a long, long, long x100 time.

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Sigh. I guess it doesn't matter how people see me. as long as i'm doing the thing that is right, i know that people will one day come to know the different sides of me, not just the mugging side which my school friends from JC and sec sch know of.

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Morning prayer was great. Today i went to Singpost. As always, it's a battle against the flesh; tiring and painful. But it makes me love praying even more. That's the beauty of dwelling in the Spirit. :)

And this is the 2nd time being at Singpost. the first time was the very first day of the 2 wk prayer movement. I must say that the spiritual atmosphere has grown from glory to glory! Our prayers really improved the atmosphere.

i'm so excited at what God is able to do if i commit myself to make a consistent effort to pray early in the morning, even after the 2 wks come to an end. I've seen things happening in the past 1 week that is becos of the Holy Spirit. and i know there's so much more God has yet to show me. i'm very encouraged. :)

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12:57 AM

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

The HUGE file size of the presentation slides for lecture is hogging my comp's memory space! Super slow can.....i've been trying to print since 1am. UGH.

Michael Chiew's "picture speaks a thousand words". This is the cause of wasting my time! What about "picture in Michael Chiew's slides waste a thousand minutes".

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1:47 AM


Came back home from performing Handel's Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus in St. Andrews Cathedral @ Cityhall.

I think we did better during our sound check than on the actual performance. Lol. But the performance wasn't bad, it just wasn't good enough.

This was because apparently we were supposed to be CUE-D to go on stage, but nobody cued us. We thought we were suppose to standby, only to realize that it's not standby but to actually go up on stage already!

So most of us were caught unprepared, thank God we took our instruments out and prepared everything already. It's just that everyone wasn't standing in sequence to enter the stage.

But for me and Charmaine, we went through a scare. I realized that i did not have the score with us when we were already on stage! It's a long story, but to cut it short, Kelvin & Rowenna saved our lives. They had an extra score so i got it from them quickly before Eric started conducting.

Phew.

I like my new blogskin! I find that i'm actually very picky. There are many beautiful skins available, but i have waited long for one that really suits my taste. I guess i want the whole blog to describe who i am in general. Can't be helped. shrug.

Will upload the pics taken juz now soon! Very busy now. PTS attachment report! Print lecture notes! And need to wake up at 5am.

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12:56 AM

Sunday, August 17, 2008

YAY!!!!!

SINGAPORE WON SILVER AT WOMEN TABLE TENNIS OLYMPICS!!!!!!!

i heard that a public holiday will be annouced because of it. CAN'T WAIT!!! :D :D :D

China's simply too good to be defeated. I kinda expected a silver medal for singapore which is really good enough for a 40+ years wait. Singapore's responsibility at the gold medal match is simply to become a worthy opponent for China, that's all. And i feel that it has been quite an entertaining match, Jiawei deserves her world #6 ranking in table tennis. But in terms of skills, China is still like 1 level higher.

Nevertheless, i'm estatic that Singapore actually made it this time!!! hehehehe so happy. it's quite easy to feel patriotic at times like these. Although the players are all 'imported'. i always wonder how that might be a cause for them being limited in some way or another in their competition with China. Hmmm.

Alright! Next Olympics let's raise the bar and hope for a GOLD, when we can hear Singapore's national anthem being broadcasted during the awards ceremony!!! TAO LI, we believe in you.

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9:43 PM

Saturday, August 16, 2008

I realize that whenever something works for me, I will immediately break out with the Hallelujah song. Hahaha. i've been like tt since yesterday. Tsktsk.

I've been thinking what should i do to convert the docx (window Vista word format) to the normal format. If i'm not able to do this, i'll have to wait until monday when i can go back to sch and open it in the computer lab. Thing is, MY ATTACHMENT REPORT IS DUE ON TUESDAY!!! :o

But more or less everything's done la. Just that haven't pieced the whole report together, edit the flow and english and stuff like that.

Anyway, i managed to google search for the format converter just now and installed it. So the whole thing was converted nicely! Yay!!! Hallelujah!

Okay. So i can work on my report the whole day today. :) No more slacking! Later in the evening going to grandma house for her 80th birthday. I think they are going to play mahjong again, which means going home late. Sigh.....hope dad and i can go home earlier first since i've got to wake up early on sun morning.

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12:26 PM

Friday, August 15, 2008

Recently listened to Don Moen's CD and CCC's Prophesy album.

I really like both CDs! Don Moen's songs are great for intimate worship. Prophesy is a great album for praise. It must be the funkiest, grooviest praise album ever existed. I borrowed the Prophesy album from my ministry friend.

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You know, i've been thinking. About the definition of quiet time.

Many of us perhaps think that doing our 'quiet time' means something like this:

1. Praying in tongues
2. Praise and Worship
3. Read bible / devotional
4. Hearing from God
5. Praying in understanding - intercession for self and others

I strongly believe in the above 5 things that they are important and we must practise them frequently during our quiet time.

I also strongly believe that we must spend substantial time in order to consider having done our 'quiet time'. Something like 30minutes to 1 hour, or longer.

As a young christian, i started out strong. Everyday, i can spend 1 hour very easily in God's presence. That went on for a few months.

But as time goes by, i begin to feel guilty if i don't do the above during what i call my quiet time. i begin to feel that it is me not making enough effort to press in into God's presence.

So eventually, at times i end up thinking that maybe i've sinned. Or i've become lukewarm.

Is that true? I will ask myself. Am i really becoming lukewarm?

Perhaps i've been lukewarm at certain times, yes indeed. But what about those times that i could just spend 2 hours listening to a praise and worship CD, staring into space just enjoying the music, sensing peace and thinking about God? Is that not spending time with God as well?

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I then realised something. The fact that there is no fixed structure to what a 'quiet time' should entail.

Yes, i was taught this during bible study lessons, so it's nothing new to me. But it is through personal EXPERIENCE that information becomes a REVELATION. Know what i mean?

Anyway. That is what God has revealed to me just now. Even now while i'm typing this entry, i believe that i'm in the midst of my quiet time. I'm still in the midst of listening to the Prophesy album. I love it. It is very anointed.

Psalms 23:2 says "He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams." In other words, when we enter into fellowship with God through quiet time, there are times when God will simply let us rest in green meadows. He will lead us to peaceful streams. Simply put, it is not spiritual warfare all the time. :)

So. Go in peace and serve the Lord your God.

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12:52 PM

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Home after 2 hours of school! So glad that i can bum around at home for the rest of the day. The past 3 days have been hectic, i have been waking up early and sleeping late. I'm amazed i actually pulled through, and in fact, more focused during classes. I believe that less sleep is not necessarily bad for me. It's just the waking up part. It's a body & pocket's battle with ZZZ. If the body is defeated, the pocket is going to be emptied. If the body emerge victorious, the pocket gets to keep the money. So can u guess what the scores are like so far? =p


Going to nap long long now. later going to revise my lecture notes.


I'm so diligent that I can't stand it. I'm revising although this is just my first week of school. Tsktsktsk. Well, i can only live life once and i decide not to regret whenever i look back. Besides, i don't have a choice if i want to balance the many things that i'm doing. It's all about keeping the face of God (as in not throwing His face as a child of God in front of others). Heh heh.

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1:13 PM

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

By the grace of God, i managed to pull through 2 days of morning prayer. Today, i went to JW. Was late for 30mins. =\ i felt so bad. Anyway, Monday i went to Singpost. And btw they are opening up a new venue at Church of Singapore, Marine Parade Rd cos of the packed crowd.

I'm so encouraged to see people loving God this way. Spiritually i feel so lifted up despite the sacrifice of sleep (it's a big sacrifice for me). And God's grace was with me throughout the day. I don't feel sleepy during my classes today except the last hour...hehe. But the things being taught during that hour i already know la...so can open one eye, close one eye...(i was half-conscious)

Today's leaders meeting in the evening was great. Pastor Bumbang shared an inspiring message to us. He challenged us to plant churches for God using his own life story. The spiritual atmosphere was thick with faith and the Holy Spirit was in no doubt in the auditorium speaking to people and pouring out His anointing to people that He has called upon.

I saw a vision of my current situation and God was encouraging me to keep on keeping on. Sometimes, that can be a struggle for me. But i always try my best to overcome because God says that I am more than a conqueror in the Bible.

When pastor Bumbang prayed a prayer of blessing and impartation of church revival, i could literally at one point 'see' oil gushing out of heaven like water that's being let out through the dam at its highest water level. Pastor Bumbang is super anointed i tell you. And i pray i got some of God's anointing for growth and multiplication through him. Heehee.

Anyhow, after the meeting with Pst Bumbang, Pst Kong told the sisters to separate ourselves from the brothers in the auditorium as he wants to speak to each group privately. So he spoke to the sisters first.

I'm not going to share about what he spoke to us, since i believe he has his reason for speaking to brothers and sisters separately. And pastor is rather strict this evening, not allowing a single male to be in the auditorium unless a pastor or Zone leader.

But if you are a SISTER, you can ask me about it & i will be more than happy to share it with you. I even took down notes. =P Haha. Cos i believe it will be useful for me to refer to from time to time.

But basically, the issue is man-woman relationship for our church. And it really got me thinking about what i really am asking for in my future boyfriend and husband-to-be.

To me, it is very simple. I'm looking for someone who:

1) Love God
2) Is able to provide me with a sense of security
3) Has outward attractiveness - Know how to dress up & look nice as part of a healthy self-image 4) Is communicable

These are the main 4 things i look out for in THAT person. These are the standards i will NEVER compromise on.

Other aspects that i would classify as preferential are like...

have to be taller than me by a significant bit (so i can wear my heels)...
education level (university grad so that social circle is the same and common subjects to talk about)...
age (older than me...i can be quite traditional)...
family background (my parents will look at this)...
have good teeth (i'm sorry but i think i'm influenced by my dad)...

Pastor is right. the fact is that the qualities guys and women look for in each other are the total opposite. It's important to understand the opposite gender, thereby moderating our expectations according to it. Yeahhh. :)

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12:52 AM

Monday, August 11, 2008

SO ANGRY!!! >:( >:( >:(

Singapore reporters gave a bad review of the FIR concert.

Ok fine! Faye's vocals weren't in the best condition. Fine. that affected the standard of her performance. Fine. that may cause someone to feel like the concert is not very good. FINE!

BUT! Why in the review must the reporter express doubt in the professionalism and health status of Faye???

The overall sense after reading the report in chinese newspaper is that the reporter is heartless, as in 完全没有人情味, 不明白事理，也不善解人意。

I don't think that he or she is even dealing with facts. In the first place, that reporter did not get things right before writing that stupid article.

HEY REPORTER, u mean to say that Faye is such an irresponsible singer who doesn't take care of her vocals even when she needs to use it alot for the concert? U mean to say that she doesn't exercise for the sake of building physical stamina to last her through the concert so that's why she sounded breathless in the middle of the concert lineup? U mean to say that she did not try to do anything when her voice sounded hoarse as her voice couldn't adjust to the environmental conditions in Singapore and just didn't care abt it and let it be? U mean she wanted it this way?

OR, u mean that u didn't get your facts right in the first place. Too lazy to delve in truth which requires a bit of sourcing, perhaps? More convenient to write something off your mind without much thought? Well that's plain superficiality for you.

OR, u mean that you have something against them unbeknownst to us? OR maybe, u mean that you are writing something for controversy's sake.

Come on man, there's a reason why the song "Let It Be" wasn't part of the concert lineup. THE FACT IS THAT FIR GAVE THEIR ALL FOR THEIR VERY FIRST OVERSEAS CONCERT AND THAT'S ALL TO IT.

All we need is to have faith in FIR's professionalism and their honesty towards the media and their fans who also have great expectations, but which are moderated by something called CONSCIENCE. Which i'm led to think that the reporter doesn't have.

SO ANGRY.

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9:43 AM

Sunday, August 10, 2008

School is finally here. Yay.....firstly i don't have to feel bored and secondly i don't have to keep blogging like twice or thrice in a day to keep myself busy. Haha. In fact, i find that i am beginning to feel lazy at blogging. Yay! I'm happy to be like this. It's like the engine can finally go chugging once again.

Collected my new transition glasses last friday. I like it. I remember the time when i wore normal glasses in JC, bought from spectacle hut. i did not make transition lenses. but there was a mixup and i ended up with one side clear lens and the other side transition lens. I forgot which side was which, but anyway it was embarrassment that was the issue. Even my chinese teacher laughed at me when one side turned black. =( It's like someone punched me and i had a black eye. Sigh. Those were the days...tsk. Traumatising.

Bought books from Borders book sale at Expo today with Ailing. It was the last day. Went there excitedly and decided on the books i wanted UNTIL she directed my focus from the books to the QUEUE. Which was horrendous. So we sian ji pua-ed and decided not to buy the books. Then i was saying then that it was be nice to see someone we know that's already in the queue. HAha. And lo and behold! We spotted Weiqiang and his cg! Yay. So we cut queue / requested to make the payment together. so we saved a lot of time. =)

Morning prayer tmr! Finally settled the parental concerns although my mum is still worried. Morning very dark...very ulu...bla bla bla....sigh. Anyway i settled her concerns but my mum will still be worried anyway. Oh well. Need spiritual stamina and discipline.

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9:08 PM

Saturday, August 9, 2008

FIR concert was good. Not great but good. yeah. Maybe i'm too perfectionistic, having too high an expectation but hey....i should cos i'm paying like 150 bucks! Lol.

Anyhow, i felt that i should have just bought the $98 seats and save some money. But oh well. It's over. And i managed to sit rather close to the stage so yeah.

There are two best parts during the concert. I know that it's an irony cos being 'best' there shouldn't be two but ONE. Anyhow, one of it is being able to listen to all the great FIR songs (and time seem to pass too quickly...) and there are somemore great songs but i don't think can squeeze all within that time frame. The second is the guest appearance of Jam Hsiao! His performance of his 2 hit songs made my tickets worth lar. I really really admire his powerful vocals. I feel so fortunate to be able to hear him sing live. It's really as good as the recorded one in the album. Respect.

Shall share more photos and videos when i have the mood to upload. :)

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5:52 PM

Thursday, August 7, 2008

THANK YOU JESUS!!!!! I got my last module!!! Phew. Really made me sweat man.

But. I paid a high price for this module. 4 people fighting for 1 last placing. low supply therefore high price. Now i'm a bankrupt. Fyi modules allocation is based on NUS bidding system, each student have certain number of points in their account like $ in bank account.

I seriously do not know how am i going to survive the next semester now that i'm bankrupt. I hope that it is possible to appeal in the worst case scenario, based on the reason that i don't have enough points but i still must read those modules in order to graduate. I certainly hope so.

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8:14 PM


I prefer to blog in moderation but i seem to have a lot of opinions and thoughts about the things i encounter each day. Like i want to talk about Freakonomics book, how it is challenging me to look at things from different angles, yet i don't quite approve of their conspiracy theory tone throughout the chapters.

I also want to comment about Money No Enough 2 which i watched on Sunday with cheryl, hx, mk, jk & jr, wq, victor. Sorry caleb, i know u wanted us to watch it but I did not know they bought the tix to THIS show. Cos i joined them late on Sunday afternoon so yah...

And, i want to blog about my opinion regarding Hillsong's latest album, This Is Our God and how different its musical direction is from Hillsong's past albums. It is subtle but it is evident.

Last of all, i want to go into more details about my experience during this year's FOP.

But, i decided that i shan't. =]

There is, however, one thing i must announce and that is: I'VE MADE AN IMPORTANT DECISION!

I'm going to take lessons to pass my grade 8 violin exam. Got the contact of my previous tutor. Gonna ring him up tomorrow. Hope he is willing to take me as his tutee! *crosses finger* And i hope he doesn't charge very high.

With that, i place my priority to learning the Violin for the next 1 year. As for the guitar, i might shelve it for a year and meddle with it as and when i'm in the mood. As the saying goes, a Jack of all trades is a master of none. I shall conquer the grade 8 exam in Jesus' Name!!!

Thing is, i feel at peace with this decision although there is a person who did not favour me doing the exam when i'm now 3rd year in Uni. Cos he did his and failed during his 3rd year in Uni. But i guess what's most impt is that i feel the peace of God with this decision, plus my parents are happy and excited that i'm getting serious about getting my grade 8. It will be a big leap from my current grade 5, but i believe that i can do it. =)

I must be very responsible with the way i use my time from now onwards. Hohoho. Yes I can!!! =D

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12:17 AM

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Frustrated.


I've not been allocated my faculty module...semester's almost starting. I've got one last chance tomorrow. Thing is, there's only 1 place left for two of the modules that i'm thinking of taking! Either or. Sigh.

Pls let me go to FIR concert happily.

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11:16 PM


FIR concert at Singapore Indoor Stadium in another 2 days!

So exciting. Hehehehe.

Okie. Anyway. After like 20 recordings, i finally have the courage to post this up.

This songs is called Eternity, as i've blogged about a few days ago. Here's the lyrics again. Tweaked a bit to flow with the melody.

Eternity

I can see it all
The picture of a thousand light inside
I can find a piece of purity
I feel
The colours of the wind

I open my wings to fly
Your Hand in mine
In eternity
And I cry tears of happiness it seems
Your Hand in mine
In eternity
Your Hand in mine
In eternity
In eternity
In eternity

HAIYOH!!! DON'T WANT TO UPLOAD ALREADY LAH. I spent the past 1 hour trying imeem.com, youtube.com, converting amr to mp3 format (which is the only thing i manage to do successfully)....but still cannot!!!! >:(

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12:54 PM


This is SOOOOO funny!!!!

Heard of the Noose? Local satirical programme on Chl5 aired in the beginning of this year. have been wanting to watch it but always missed it and eventually forgot abt such a programme entirely. Haha. Anyway now watching it on youtube is so hilarious! Especially this one below on the 'Simple Plan Press Conference'. ;)



AND, here is the weather forecast man called "Windy Miao" acted by Gurmit Singh. Hahaha.




Okay, after laughing ur heads off, here's an introduction to a band called Fireflight. I love their hit "Unbreakable". Love the stability of the lead singer's vocals at high registers. It's sooo rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCUfHQSsC2c&feature=related

They disabled embedding. =( Enjoy anyways!

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12:51 AM

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

YAHOO again.

1) I ate 3 for $10 D24 durians with my parents!

2) My dad and mum accompanied me to do new glasses (like finally after 3 yrs)! And they are paying for my Transitions glasses. $320. Hee. Feel so paiseh. My degree is erm 475L and 600R. I think if i don't take good care of my eyes (= less online youtubing + drama-ing) i'll probably go blind in another 20 years time. >.<

Should i consider lasik in another 10 years' time? Hmmm.....

3) Started reading Freakonomics!

4) Helped mum carry groceries from Ntuc.

5) Bought Violin books for practice @ PS!

I feel quite satisfied today. Did so many things. Hehe. As long as i don't feel like i'm wasting away my time. And not just spending it on useless youtubing and drama-ing....things that doesn't contribute to the success of my future. Yeah. And i really shld exercise tomorrow.

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11:11 PM

Monday, August 4, 2008

Zechariah 4:6

"Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit", says the Lord of Hosts.

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4:27 PM


This is so fun!

According to deathclock.com, i will die on Feb 2, 2067. That's a Wednesday.

As what Pst Mark Connor preached on Sunday, we have a little dash between our birth day and our death day. So assuming that i don't get into any accidents or natural diasters and die because of it, i'd have to live until age 80. Which is not bad. Hahaha.

What's going to be between 21 Nov 1987 and 2 Feb 2067? A little dash. But what i do in the dash will determine the value of my life.

Hallelujah.

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2:46 PM

Sunday, August 3, 2008

YAHOO! I've got another book to read. Borrowed from Alex a book called Freakonomics. Very popular book in bookstores since the late 1990s, apparently. Hope i'm able to learn a lot from the book.

I really regretted not attending FOP night 1 cos i ended up slacking at home anyway. Sigh. I really shld have gone there, shldn't i? =(

Anyhow. After attending FOP night 2 and 3, I really think that FOP has grown to another level. Everything is becoming better!

I believe the main reason is because all the leaders of participating churches are becoming more and more united in the vision of FOP and the imptance of spirit-empowered living.

But just a question. Are WE, we who form the church, able to see ourselves uniting in the same vision? Not just talk the talk of unity, but turn the words we say using our mouths into concrete action.

I am not satisfied until I see the entire stadium packed on EVERY night, not just on Saturday night. Perhaps reason why some people didn't turn up on Sunday's session is because they have to work on Monday so they don't want to feel too stretched. Or people don't want to attend Friday's session because they are tired after work, and they rather go home to catch up with dream land).

We shall just leave it to our own imagination what might be the reason Friday and Sunday sessions the stadium is only 80% filled, while Saturday night session is jam packed and nearly 100% filled.

Of course, my purpose is definitely not to point fingers at everyone else but myself. Like i've mentioned, i could've taken the extra mile to attend all 3 FOP sessions which will bless my spiritual life greatly, but i only managed to go for 2. As i did a self-evaluation, i'm convicted that i must guard my spiritual life. i must guard the spiritual thirst and hunger i have in God. I start asking myself questions: am i getting too comfortable? Am i putting limit on my spiritual life? Am i on the road to lukewarm-ness?

So, what i'm trying to put across IS: the need to be personally accountable in the decisions and actions we ourselves make. As what Pst Mark Connor preached on the FOP 2nd session, we cannot control anything / anyone else but OURSELVES. We must ensure that as we grow old, we must also (& more imptly) grow UP. Maturity is the acceptance of responsibility. And with that, view things with an eternal purpose in mind.

Oh, how impacted i am by this year's FOP. The sessions are awesome, and i believe it will keep on growing from glory to glory. I pray that FOP will begin to rise up more and more spirit-filled believers who are up and about to do our Father's business - impact church and impact marketplace.

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2:27 PM

Friday, August 1, 2008

FOP weekend!

Wowowowow i got the attributes email feed. The packages are super attractive! 3 Benny Hinn books for $10! 2 music CDs for $30!!!! *faint* Spend min of $30 and get a $10 voucher free! Double faint.

I went on a smth like a book fast around the beginning of this year. Rmb i declared that i will not buy any more books until i read finish all the books that i have currently but haven't touched at all? Guess it's time to break fast. Hahaha. Just for a while.

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