Wednesday, June 30, 2004
back to my old school now, nothing has changed at all. anyway was quite amazed, i've found my lost necklace. well not many know, but i lost my cross necklace (which i've been wearing for years) when we went for kayaking the other day.. i thought it's gone for good..feelin sad.. only to realize recently that it's at the back side of my wallet heh... was not expecting to get it back actually.
yesterday was quite a treat, had some enjoyable reading time at borders with shirls, followed by a nice meal at sakae. i think i haven't really stepped out of my house for quite some time (well apart from going to ss and cg), feeling sian already at home especially now that my internet can't be used sigh.. last night got this total blackout and as i was alone at home, the only thing i could do was playin guitar while having sauna haha and i believe many did the same thing. it's quite fun playin in darkness...
thinking >> last nite's movie made me think... vanity... somethin that we all struggle with.. hmm...
still got more than 3 hours...counting down down...
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Monday, June 28, 2004
heh mixed mixed.. was talking to roy this morning then he mentioned bout scc songs.. suddenly i realized that i haven't been really listening to my steven curtis chapman collection.. so inspired by the songs not talkin bout the music only here but really the lyrics.. i won't post everything up as we dun want to be the next letssingit web, but this song captured me.. sounds quite desperate but aren't we all desperate for God?
Savior - Steven Curtis Chapman
Well, who is this angry man I see
In the mirror looking back at me?
It's a man who's tired, a man who's weak
And it's a man who needs a Savior
And who is this fearful little child
Crying out for home, but lost in the wild?
With a lonely heart that's fading fast
It's a child who needs a Savior
And what is this longing in my soul
That I get so scared and angry?
I need more than just a little help
I need someone who will save me
Come and save me
I need someone to save me
Who will save me?
Come and save me
And who is this one nailed to a cross
Who would rather die than leave us lost?
He's come to rescue us, come to set us free
Hallelujah, hallelujah
It is Christ the Lord.. our Savior
takin a deep breath.. may we always remember this amen...
thinking >> why isn't there any guitar at hq now? T_T
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Sunday, June 27, 2004
yup yesterday had a great ss, great pnw.. i saw someone came.. was very surprised.. after thinking that there's no more hope for this person.. i should repent indeed, never condemned a person first.. anyway was so glad so glad and i really thank God for it!
went for short shopping with the girls after ss. with shufen as our model, we managed to get quite a nice tshirt for jun haha.. it's a funny cg today cos we got new sister joining us.. wanjun.. haha.. oops.. anyway thank God for meimei, first time i practiced pnw thru phone well actually to find the right chords.. it was enjoyable =)
last but not least.. a tribute for our dear brother wenjun:
HAPPY BDAY!! i know you're reading this heh you are a gift from God indeed and i'm really blessed to serve God together with you.
PS. don't worry, i'll help you find a way to overcome this ng family curse...
>_<
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Thursday, June 24, 2004
it's been a great praise and worship day for me!! if you think "one way" is cool.. this is even more....
All Day - Hillsong United
I don't care what they say about me
It's alright, it's alright
I don't care what they think about me
It's alright, they'll get it one day
Cos' I love you, I'll follow you
You are my, my life
I will read my bible and pray
I will follow you all day
I don't care what it costs anymore
Cos' you gave it all and I'm following you
I don't care what it takes anymore
No matter what happens I'm going your way
All Day
All Day now
All Day
Anyone around can see
just how good you've been to me
For all my friends that don't know you
I pray that you would save them too
>_<
listening -- "all day" for the 10th time
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Worship Forevermore - Planet ShakersOh Lord
You have given to me all I need
And I pray
For your will to be done
And I ask
For your spirit to work in my life
And that I can
Be a blessing to you
Holy one
Your the light in my darkest day
Showing me
The power of your truth
And I ask
For the touch of your spirit in me
Giving me
The faith to believe
And I will stand here
Lost in your love
And I will worship forevermore
I will stand here
Ever amazed
And I will worship forevermore
don't you love worshipping the Lord?
when i was spending time with God this morning, all the things that happened thru-out my life in Hope just came back.. i feel really really blessed... blessed to know that life is not just about fave tv series and sleeping... blessed to know that there's God to back me up all the time.. blessed to know how i could be totally changed and transformed which i'm still amazed by it.. blessed to know so many wonderful bros and sis that you just can't possibly find in other places... isn't life amazing?
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Wednesday, June 23, 2004
was thinkin bout some stuffs.. going to be 14 months liao!! but am NOT going to be defeated!! the answer is very simple - just put my hope and depend on God fully amen.
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
My tears have been my food,day and night,
while men say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
These things I remember as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God,
with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the festive throng.
Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
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last night i saw a bit of the centerstage dance.. cool! two thumbs up for all the contestants! can't wait for the day so better start inviting friends from now on =)
PS. nightmare.. italy won yet out.. what is happening man? sigh...
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Tuesday, June 22, 2004
what is happening here? seems that my tag-board has become a free soccer forum with the euro 04 fever going on haha.. have to check everyday or i may miss out something, lots of debates...
anyway i believe everybody's excited bout it but whoever wins, God is still good =)
for a wind of change, instead of staying at home today (which can be quite boring sometimes) went to seng cheong's house with echizen or is it rooney or zidane well basically i mean wenjun.. met joel there also.. we were erm just nuah there haha played some games, few rounds of mahjong (again) and once again i found the edge of left side of the bed is the right spot for me to lay down my head and sleep heh..
WARNING to all contact lenses users.. be careful, clean it well.. choose the right ones.. as we've got some victims here...
thinking >> believe in what you can't see yet but you know for sure.. faith!
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Sunday, June 20, 2004
finally we had our team hope training today! after preparing so much and praying for no rain, God answered us by giving a very good weather haha. i reached there to realize some ppl occupying our bbq pits waah with the receipt in my hands, they had to move obediently...
anyway thank God for our team hope family, hope that each of them had a fruitful training. i'm blesssed to have a great team with me: timothy who prepared his info counter training so well with lots of notes and test and also for buying the food (which erm actually really not enough oops); xiaowen with her housekeeping boys who make me think that amazingly nowadays guys like to clean up more than the girls; huimin with her holy comm girls who all look like real sisters; joe who gave an ice-cream treat to the usher who won the practical training games (i should have joined the game haha); peter who had too much fellowship by playin games with his offering counters ppl till a point that they were so late for our gathering time haha they should have danced for us; and ray who erm wrestled in water with his security troop..
yup we had great time together except for the missing bags incident.. ecp is not a really safe place to just put your bag without anyone guarding. and if next time we're doing this again i may need to use a loud-hailer.. it was hard to control them with my erm can't really shout out loud voice today.
we are all serving God not man... whatever that you do, from washing cups to toilet bowls, giving out offering bags to counting money.. do it joyfully cos we know that all these works will not be in vain.. we are doing something for the kingdom amen.
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Saturday, June 19, 2004
i think i must appreciate joe more... he couldn't book out from camp today and as i had to do both ss, i'm feelin a bit zombified now...
anyway blessed by eve today yup we had our bulletin meeting again after sooo long and this time she gave us treat at sushi-tei... bloated.. anyway it was an enjoyable meeting.. thank God for her especially she waited for all of us quite long. yup it's time to really disciple someone for bulletin now!
badly need sleep now oh happy bday to hendra... a courageous and humble brother
^_^
PS. our church was really on fire indeed
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Friday, June 18, 2004
good match from england... they reminded me a lot bout "teamwork"... anyway they did play well today..was quite impressed =)
recently susi, dw, jy and jus have been coming to my house for drama rehearsals yup for this sat. it was enjoyable, besides getting a lot of new games songs (nice ones) and anime from jus, i have company at home, sometimes being alone can be quite boring even though i do admit i like to stay at home alone with God, guitar, computer, manga and ps oh not forgetting my bed and benny haha...
susi is very thoughtful, i was just telling her that i like "tang yuan" last night and today she came with packets of them.. wah so blessed >_<
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finished doin all my stuffs.. suddenly feel like quizzing haha....
What fruits are you?
What [Cakes] are you?
Which [Seven Dwarfs] are you?
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Tuesday, June 15, 2004
blessed day today... God always amazes me!
woa so late liao... just finished watching the italy vs denmark match sigh 0 - 0... well at least it was quite exciting, with buffon saving the day a few times, he's good.. anyway with euro 04 going on, you can see many ppl online at late night or should i say early in the morning.. good thing it's still holiday haha...
PS. got many good photos during kayaking on sun taken by justin.. hee maybe i'll make a pic gallery >_<
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Sunday, June 13, 2004
yay we went for kayaking today..that was really fun.. well erm most of the fun came from all the capsized accidents or should i say deliberate accidents as caused by human beings not the high tide... i was a victim too...sheep laid down life for the shepherd...sigh... didn't bring extra clothes so at the end had to dry myself under the sun haha... anyway the joke started from wenjun who fell to the water first abandoning his partner susi hahaa followed by many others, i think it became swimming session.. anyway it's an enjoyable time but now all of us have to pay the price.. my skin's burning so hot and red like a crab and yup i can feel the pain... but it's worth it =)
oh and today is water bap day! too bad we didn't see the ceremony, i always love to see ppl going down to water one by one to seal their love and commitment to God, i think it's a wonderful view. congrats to all of you!!
PS. today i saw the "openness" of ywam from our prince of tennis hahahah....oops
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T_Ti must have more discipline... i must have more discipline.....
was so tired when i reached home that i fell asleep not only without changing clothes, but without taking my lenses off again! oh well i have the sharingan back, hopefully it'll be gone by tmw... at least i didn't sleep with the lenses till tmw morning, or maybe i'll have red eyes for another one week...
yup thank God for my team hope leaders... had a great meeting with all of you today.. expect to see a fruitful combined training next week and we shall see all our ministries grow not only in quantity but in quality also amen?
received a card or so called letter that made me wonder again today.. how ppl made decision to leave the church... i really feel for them.. how can a person lose the love for God just like that? respect the decision but i pray that he shall see the light one day and turn back to our father again... anyway tmw is water bap, a joyful day indeed!
oh HAPPY BDAY HUIMIN!!!!! love ya! =)
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Friday, June 11, 2004
just cut my hair today, it looks a bit funny now...
hey this is quite interesting...
Which Band Member Would You Be?
this quiz was made by Erin @ Bored Now
After driving all night a man pulled over to the side of the road to get some rest. Before long there was a tap on the window and a jogger standing there.
"Pardon me," said the jogger,"but do you have the correct time?"
"Six A.M." the man replied groggily, and then went back to sleep.
A few minutes later another jogger tapped on the window.
"Hate to bother you, but do you have the time?"
"Five after six," the man growled angrily, scaring the second jogger off. Deciding to put an end to the disturbances, the man made a sign saying, "I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME" and hung it on the window.
Soon, awakened by yet another tapping on the window, the man rolled down the window and saw a third jogger.
"I saw your sign," said the jogger, cheerfully pointing to his watch. "It's half past six!"
o_0
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Thursday, June 10, 2004
that's the end of our mid-year camp.. went to hs/jc camp which just ended today, suddenly i feel extremely tired, seems like a one whole week camp combined with the jb camp haha but purposefully tired indeed.
learned more stuffs in MM this time, thanks gerald. the place is definitely better than spartan house, with a room for each person and nice clean toilets.. but don't think we can use it for dec camp.. i wonder where we'll end up this end-year.. starting to feel excited for it haha.. anyway glad to see how all of them were so excited for the teachings, pnw and the traditional yet a bit violent games haha.. but the best part is when many responded to the word. those who believe.. dare the impossible amen!
miscellaneous things discovered during camp:
JB:
- the meals were not bad at all
- the jb checkpoint's unbelievably crowded, could hardly breathe
- baowei couldn't spell the word barnabas haha but he's a very thoughtful barnabas.. thanks for the choc and snacks!
- someone brought hamtaro towel all the way to jb (won't say name)
- we've discovered a new para para king and he's scared of meimei hahaha
- shu fen looks nice with flower
- everybody were excited to see one another' passport photo
- a new song that erm we'll sing it more for the weeks ahead.. one way
HS/JC:
- everybody loves one way
- frisbee is a fun yet dangerous game, got a cut on my neck cos of it
- naruto game hehe
anyway both camps were great and ministering to ppl.. cos God is in the centre =)
now is time to rest and tmw go all the way again for God, next project centerstage and combined team hope training! >_<
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
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Sunday, June 06, 2004
the camp has officially ended! growing disciples in 21st century, building loving community... so many things that God reminded me during these 3 days in JB and i made a pact with God that this time i'll make sure i'm gonna do it! i think i've found the answer that i've been asking myself before the camp, enjoyed the camp a lot..very tiring though haha...
love one another.... be an encourager...
sounds simple yet hard to do, but it's all about your own decision to do it!
another thing that must be remembered, when you say "i'll pray for you" to someone, don't just say it but really do it on the spot! wanna thank cs, was talking to him on way to dinner and he just suddenly stopped and said i'll pray for you and did it on that very second. don't make i'll pray for you as a jargon...
feelin sleepy now don't think can take it anymore, not surprising considering what we've been doing the past 3 days....
to be continued tmw....
God is good amen ^_^
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Thursday, June 03, 2004
woke up a bit early this morning, just couldn't sleep anymore.. have been dreaming the same ppl for these past few days don't know why also. tmw at this time we'll be in JB, looking at the schedule, i think we won't really have time to relax and enjoy, but more than that i'm thinking of what i can learn during the camp. i think i need a breakthrough in life. lookin forward for the camp, praying that can reach newton on time
thinking >> during last year's camp - accidentally spoilt my room's lights and aircon and they gave me deluxe room in exchange, should i do it again? hahah...
We are invited to rejoice in every moment of life because every moment of life is a gift
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went for potter last night.. erm they cut many good scenes from the book (bit disappointed) but overall it's still a good movie. if you're potter's loyal fans, you should really watch. at least this time we had better seats, no more sprained neck and no more cheers for some particular soccer team hahaha...
PS. i'm a good sheep.. don't ask me to act...
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Tuesday, June 01, 2004
waa feelin so tired... but we got our 8 centerstage finalists ladies and gentleman! i think all sang very well, it's just too bad can only choose 8, not to mention those who couldn't come cos of sore throat oooh what a wrong timing... but you know what they've all really done their best and we're all so proud of them man... thank God for the chance for me to shoot the audition, that i could see all their efforts in this centerstage.. and to see the big mean guy, big nice guy and the ermm small girl oops..
hee thank God for our big boss baowei also haha worked very hard for this, and for not killing me (cos i forgot to do some stuffs) very forgetful today sigh don't know why... and i ALMOST dropped the camera geez my heart stopped for a second there... i think cos the performance of that particular contestant was too powerful haha...
anyway had a great time today, we even had time to play a bit of pepsicola before the audition hahah... that joel stepped on my foot!! (bear grudges)... and talked about some naruto stuffs while xt was standing in wonder and insisting of changing the topic to crayon instead =)
thinking >> 3 days to camp and turned out not blonde susi's back , i'm gonna be fed well!
plus
somebody's comment bout someone looked haunted -_-"
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