Saturday, December 31, 2005
New Year
Hmmm... i meant to blog this a long time ago but didn't get the chance to, so here it is....
Well, i spent most of last friday in church. Met the rest of the W-comm peeps at 9am and we bought breakfast from i think was "Cloves and Garlic"? or sumthing like that. 10 kosong and 10 egg prada (excuse the lame joke)... OK we got them 20 pratas okay?? And well, we had "Breakfast with Band C" and it was great. The committee managed to accomplish the first objective, and that was to know our band members better, as we felt that to know how they can gel and improve you gotta know them. So anyway i thought breakfast with them was great. After that we jammed with them in Grace I hall. Erm, i hope i (or the comm) didn't scare you guys or made you upset, but we really meant well k? We love u guys very much, every single one. And well, just to see u all having fun praising God melts our heart to bits. And i must say, i am personally very very extremely proud of this little band. They're so young, but yet they know what pleases the Lord, and they really just wanna make music. Love em. Youngest band in YF ever i think. History makers! :)
Then that afternoon a few of us attended a youth leadership training thing. It was well, long, but none the less, quite the quintessential for an effective ministry. We learned a lot, and i was glad it wasn't all sitting and listening, but also hands on group activities. Relatively fun. Then there was a BBQ at night. Didn't eat much cos BBQ food doesn't really appeal to me. I ended up playing hours of badminton, and i really sweated my guts out. What a workout!
Saturday was spent mainly with family. Had fun with them and it was really great hanging out with Aaron again (He left yesterday night btw). Had dinner with family at Secret Recipe before rushing over to church cos Angel suddenly announced that i was to lead the youths in 2 songs, One Way and Til I See You. One Way was nicely done, as usual. Great song. Meaningful and catchy. Anybody can sing it~! John 14:6, "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life". Then the other song, Til I See You, personally i find is a bleahh song. Well, no issues bout the lyrics, they're OKay, if you get what i mean. But seriously, of all songs, why that song?? But ah it wasn't bad, it was OKay...
BUT that wasn't the only weird thing i heard that night. Shan't mention names, but a certain someone announced that we youths like to repeat songs a thousand times. I wonder what he meant by that? I mean, why not? When you are having an intimate time with God, why rush into the next song? Just enjoy the moment with Him, repeat the same words to Him. Afterall, it's not man you're trying to please right? Anyway, such comments were uncalled for. Goes to show how people can be so shallow.
I'm apalled....
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Merry Christmas
Christmas this year came and went. In fact, i only started my Christmas shopping on Christmas eve! But this year for me is somewhat different, in that ive spent a lot more money on other people. Total spending on gifts for friends and family come to about $150. Is that a lot? I dunno lah. But like they say, give and you will receive. And really, i thank all my friends for their gifts. So touching. I luv u all!!!
But Christmas is not about gifts. It's about remembering the birth of Jesus Christ! So at this, a huge shoutout to Jesus...
Happy B'day Jesus!!!
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Saturday, December 24, 2005
Kurismasu Omedetogozaimasu !
AGAIN! Am i really trying to kill myself here, cos i'm really not having enough sleep! Arrgh! But thankfully the holidays are here, and boy am i going to take this opportunity to 'pig-ify' myself.
Last Sunday we went out to celebrate Portia's birthday. Was okay to say the least, but i had to leave early cos i had a BBQ at wong's. I had awesome fun at the BBQ. The food was good, and i got to know the rest of the guys better. We played table tennis and drank as well. Overall quite fun.
The week after that went by fairly quickly. For the first time last Wednesday, i went to Zouk! Went with army buddies. At the club, they had mambo music on, and i never thought i'd actually enjoy such music. Well, it was loud and smoky, but the atmosphere was breathtaking! (excuse the pun). Well, i had fun to say the least. And the whole place was packed! So okay, i didn't stay as long as my friends did (they stayed til 4am plus). I left close to 2. At first because i only had 3 hours of sleep the night before (talking on phone to dwong), plus having drank a bit too much (we played those drinking games), i finally gave up and cabbed home. Well, i could walk straight, and i was still sane (whew). It's just the crazy thumping in my brain, and i really needed some rest. So yeah. Many thanks to my friend edward for being very caring and taking care of me in my sorry state (heh).
The following day i was on duty in camp. It was long and boring, and i fought hard with my eyelids not to fall asleep. Rented 5 VCDs from VideoEzy; watched 3 in the afternoon alone, 2 of which are arty farty ones, 'Not One Less' and 'Japanese Story'. I enjoyed them both entirely. The third one i saw was 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', which i must comment is a really lame and funny British humor kind of movie. Get what i mean? It's really creative though. I mean, who would've thought of such an ingenius plot! And i love the music in the film. The cutest song IMO was the one sung by the dolphins, 'Farewell and thanks for all the fish'. It was hilarious! Okay, two more yet to be seen, 'The Pacifier' and 'Ned Kelly'.
Ended duty today (friday) and the rest of the day in camp passed by fairly quickly. Today our nicest officer was on leave, but he came all the way back to camp with a chicken he cooked by himself! It was supposed to be turkey, but it was too big for the few of us anyway, so we stuck with chicken. Well, it was pretty good and tasty, with stuffing and gravy and all. Then after a while, i don't know how the convo changed to the topic of Christianity. Well, i'll be honest (since this is my blog), but i won't mention any names (for fear of being sued). I am a Christian. I am proud to be a Christian. I love being a Christian. I love God. And i can't stand people who are hypocrites. Some people claim to know a lot about Christianity just cuz they're related to someone who is one, but then says out all the bad stuff about it, and worse still, influence others to see down upon it as well. And IN FRONT OF ME. Don't get me wrong, you're a nice guy, and you're definately the nicest officer around. But there is a limit to what i can take. I mean, in front of me, you were talking about how Christianity is the only religion that is not worshipping idols, and then you say that's what you hate about it. I don't understand, but for me, i refuse to bow down to anything from the work of my own hands. And then you carry on saying that we are the only ones who passionately evangelise to the public. Well, fine, i can't influence or force you to not feel annoyed at street evangelisers. Thinking about it, our world is so commercialised that even if something good came our way in the form of street activity, i too would be annoyed. What i'm saying is that, i will not force you to believe in my God, or even condemn you for any of your actions that i stand against, but i am more than willing to tell you more about my God, if you want to know more. And for goodness' sake, don't insult my God in front of me, cos my face don't wanna hear it.
I'd been away from home so often, i actually haven't seen my family for couple of days! Our family Christmas dinner (it's our family tradition) was a day earlier this year. It was today! Which means i got my pressies early too! Well, nothing big and spectecular like last year (got a Zen Micro), but somehow, this year was better. Better in the sense that the gifts, though not big or expensive, was from the heart. Well, my brother andrew gave me a Switchfoot CD, something i'd been wanting for so long now. And that really made my day. I can finally strike it off my material wishlist. See, i rarely receive gifts from my own family, so i guess this is really special to me. Thanks andrew!
Oh yah! One last thing before i log off. Heh. Was quite funny that on our way to my uncle's place for dinner, we were talking about a crustacean platter from cold's storage. We somehow got carried away and the crustacean platter became a Castration platter!! EEeeewwWW! Grosss!!! But haha, hope that made you smile :)
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Saturday, December 17, 2005
bored
The last two days saw me sharing only ten hours of sleep. Well, as some of you already know, my brother aaron has just come back from brisbane for the Christmas holidays. It's good to have him back. The three brothers are once again three! Haha! But aiyah, he said that at the airport duty-free he didn't see any promotions on Absolut Vodka. Funny, cos just few weeks ago when i came back from China, i saw them selling a big bottle of Absolut for only $22. Cold Storage Holland V sells it for $77 lor! Can you imagine? Rats lah, should have bought. Now my BBQ this sunday will just have to stick to soft drinks mixed with beer. Ah wells.
Had band prac this morning. I didn't feel so good or happy. I won't lie, but this hasn't been the best of rehearsals i've had. Well, no one in particular to blame, but the whole band just felt dry and draggy. Mmm..ok lah, i take blame lah ok? Besides, worship isn't about the music - It's what's expressed from man to God. So why was i so dissatisfied with it this morning? Well, let's just say that i'm only human. Sigh, band members, if i had pressured you too much, my apologies k?
Ah, today's a boring saturday. Don't know why, but it seems to have come down to a point where if i were to sit down and think about what to do on a saturday afternoon, i wouldn't have an answer. Weather's too rainy to go out, and internet's no fun. I've no inspiration to read, cook, do the laundry, clean my room, or design anything. It's just, dead. Yeah. Sigh.
Wanna help me? Haha well, i've been trying to look for guitar tabs for Jay Chou's "Ye Qu". Tabs as in, not the chords, but the acoustic guitar plucking bit, a la intro. So yeah, if you happen to find it, do let me know where you found it yeah? Thanks in advance.
Anyway, buggering off now. Ceeya.
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Sunday, December 04, 2005
please
It's so hard being the third-party.
I won't be disclosing much in this entry, but information on how i feel is enough for those involved to understand what i mean.
First of all, i just want you all to know that i'm having a real tough time dealing with people such as my mother, who thinks that it's my fault that after such a long time, the parties have not reconciled. And the fact is that she has already made up her mind that "he's" not in the wrong and that i'm not being suppostive of own blood! Truth is, i take a very neutral stand on this, and that even though blood is thicker than water, i still believe that it takes two hands to clap.
POINT IS... (to put it bluntly) you all just get your act together and stop being childish and stop this nonsense lah can or not har can or not???
There. Feel better now :) thank you
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things
My blog has got to be one of the more unpopular ones around, these days. Bah, then again, i don't even have the time to blog as often as i did. I'm just so busy nowadays, i don't even have enough time to clean up my room! It's true, we all get so caught up with things in life, our hopes and cares, that we don't leave any time for what matters more in life, like talking to one another. I wish we all could just spare a little more time for one another. Maybe i'll make that my new year's resolution for 2006?
Anyway, today dwong and i led worship in YF, something we both have not done in a long time. It just reminds me a lot about the old days where we used to do it together more often. But i guess now each time we do it together, it's more special. Haha i had fun anyway.
Today is CBC's 48 Birthday too! Wheee! They had cake in church too. But just the thought about being so blessed these 48 years is really something to behold, that God has been so good and so faithful all the while.
Oh anyway, yesterday i tagged along someone to one of those big churches in Singapore. Well, seems i'm in no position to judge, but my own conviction is that some things are just totally unnecessary, extravagant, and worse still, unGod-centred. Hmmm, well, it had a putting green for golf, couple of cafes with LCD TVs casting soccer matches, a SWIMMING POOL and a worship service that glorifies it's own people more than God. Well, to me, in my own conviction, that's super unnecessary and extravagant, and wrong! In fact, the whole atmosphere of the place seems to be more like a social or country club rather than a church! People, people, are we losing our focus here? How will the non-believers view us, and how will they react to the message like this?
Okay, enough of this. Anyway, it seems like no one even read my previous post bout my mission trip. And again, sigh, my blog has lost it's once popularity. Think it needs some kind of a revamp. I'm sick of this layout already.
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Friday, December 02, 2005
East Asia
(Judith and I with new friends we made on the trip!)
It's been a few days since i came back from my East Asia trip. Wow, i'm overwhelmed. This was a great trip. A lot of this trip required me to really put my faith in God, that He will provide, and that He is in control of every situation.
For me to even be able to go on this trip, is in itself a step of faith. Before i made the decision to go on this trip, i did not have enough to pay for the trip. But still, i felt God's prompting and the peace only He could give. This was my greenlight to go. So i said, yes Lord, if You send me, i will go. My finances were all provided for finally through blessings from significant individuals in my life, friends placed in my life for a greater purpose. To those special friends, thank YOU for giving to the Lord.
While i was there, i won't deny that there were things that stood in the way, including less desirable living conditions as well as surfacing tensions among team members, but that didn't concern me that much. I was wholly grateful that this trip was somewhat different from my first trip in 2000 (Myanmar), where there were "other" disturbances in the way. This trip however, was fairly straightforward, and in each circumstance, we just knew that He was in control. I'm ever so grateful. We visited places we never thought we would visit. It really is an eye-opener for me and the team as well. We in Singapore are truly very fortunate. Be grateful of what you have right now, and be thankful for your freedom to worship, where it is against the law elsewhere.
But throughout the trip, there were many instances which reminded me of songs we used to sing in church, such as "All For Love", as in those circumstances, God spoke to me using songs. What a blessing! I truly am blessed!
Anywho, i'd love to tell you more tales from the far east when we meet face to face. But i am truly glad to be back, with my friends, family, and bed.
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