Amplify Christmas Party

Hey Guys! It's THE Christmas Party and I know you wanna come! Haha!

Yes pls bring a gift of about $10 to $15 for Gift Exchange!

Thanks Tan Ann Joo, for designing this!

it's photo taking galore weekend!

It's my cousin, Jeremy's wedding! The first in the maternal side of my family to get married!
Even all the cousins from Aussieland came back! not all though... Thedore and Nat didn't...

Gosh! The whole of last weekend was busy busy busy... all the cousins were helping out and all!
ok enough of talking... check out the photos!

That's my uncle, not one of the cousins! haha!

My dearest Grandmother!

Daddy!

They're not a couple, they're siblings who happened to wear brown polkadot outfit without knowing! haha!

Aussieland cousin, Tiffany!

That's Tiffany's sister, Marilyn!

Say NO to Durians!

HAHA! look at that! everyone's trying to feed Leonard and I with DURIAN PUDDING! we were ambushed by LIEW LIANsssss....... but we won't barge!!!!!!

The exco had a buffet dinner at Merchant Court last Friday to reward ourselves... haha!

Though there were some hiccups in the beginning!
yes! Cassila almost lost her appetite cos of what happened...

Cass made a reservation for 12 but when we got there, they actually gave us 2 seperate tables of 6! and we wanted to sit together soooo... we wanted the hotel manager to make arrangements for us, and they took super long to get back to us!

To cut the long story short, they kept pushing us here, there & everywhere!

WAH! cassilda pissed off liao!

she immediately went up to the manager to demand for an explanation... when she came back to us, i'm like aiyor! pls.. we should ask for waiver for 1 or 2 of us...

yar then i went up to demand for it! hahahah! i dun care!
HELLO! u think coffee shop issit? can push us around all... push here, push there!

Apart from the table seating drama... ... gosh we took a ZILLION and one photos! ahhaha! Check it out! You all see photos lah, i dun wanna talk already! hahaha!

Baby Jessica's in the house!

Excuse me, Master! you stand here for what?!

Leonard was trying to explain the settings of camera to me... but i don't understand!

i'll just use "idiot proof" ISO 200! hahaha!

Anywayz, i saved this entry as draft 5 days ago & and realise i haven't posted it! haha!

it's a crazy weekend!!!

Dear People!

i'm freaking out big time!

Schedule for the week:

6 Dec
West Cell Group (which just ended, phewwww! cos i'm the host, that's y i'm a little stressed up)

7 Dec
Wedding Rehearsal (my cousin's (Jeremy), not mine)
Then going back to office for a meeting

8 Dec
Afternoon : Tiffy and Marilyn coming back from the Aussieland, landing at 1.30pm
Evening : Pig Out Time!!! with Amplify Exco @ Merchant Court hotel, check out the buffet!!

it's yummy!! minus the Durian Pudding... OMG! stay away whoever is eating it...

The only event in the week i'm looking forward to (next to west cell)

9 Dec
Jeremy's Church Wedding in the morning... i'm gonna be the songbird
Rush off to CSC for Exco Meeting in the afternoon

10 Dec
it's THE day! omg... big event in the morning, Residents' Day Walkaton...
gosh! my cc is gonna turn into a madhouse... 3 on-going events in one day!

Evening: Jeremy's Wedding dinner, and i'm emcee-ing! gosh...
So after my morning event, i gotta like rush off to Granny's place to help out and stuff, then come home to change and head for dinner...

tell me about it... yeah.. it's gonna be crazy!!!

P.S. I Lup Chew people!

oh my goodness! so difficult to get only the Hospitality Team to take a photo together lah!
the rest around us would be like joining in and all but ohh well, nvm! i love u people too!

Praise the good Lord!
i wanna scream from the mountain top to declare Your goodness!!!

The younger ones in Amplify has indeed grown from strength to strength....
It such a short span of time, since YISS in June,
we've all seen them stepping up and growing together...

PRAISE THE LORD!!!

U gotta see for urself that kinda energy they emit!
it just rubs off me!!!

Keep Praising Him!!! Keep your hearts burning for Jesus!!!

are u feeling all christmasy already?

Christmas is round the corner!!!


i was just walking down town last nite with Flo and Thelma... WOW! i feel so Chritmasy already! i was just commenting that ohh u know how i refuse to feel Christmasy in November though the christmas lightings in town was already up in the beginning of November!
omg! so kiasu can!

Then i realise ohhh! Today 2 December already hor?
ok December already! i can be in the Christmas mood now! haha!
how stupid!


yar and so irritating can!
every 5 steps u take, u gotta make way or avoid the cameras!
everyone's just taking photos away!!!


yes! Christmas has always been so commercialised....
and i was commenting about Tangs' Christmas Deco last year...
i can't really remember the exact phrase but it was something about
The FOCUS is suppose to be on JESUS!

it was like a Hello everyone! LOOK HERE! Christmas is about Jesus!


i know this may sound cliche but it's a simple truth that everyone forgets!
year in year out the priests will say this during their summons in the season of advent...
Christmas is so commercialised, does anyone out there remembers
A Saviour has been born to us today???


haiyor everyone is just too caught up with buying christmas presents and
thinking of what to wear on christmas eve....
myself included.... haha

but i think it's really about giving what we have to others who may not have what we have...


GUYS! if u happen to read this,
come join Amplify on 16th Dec @ CSC in celebrating the joy of Christmas
with some 90 over old folks
Let's make their Christmas special!!!


RSVP to Thelma...
See Thelma, another source for publicity

Dot! i drew eyes for u!!!

I drew this while on the phone with Dot...
OMG! damn funny!


Dot: ehh i saw ur blog... wah lao y u put the photo my eyes close one?

Lyd: err... after finish colouring Jules' top pink then i realise!!!


Lyd: okok i draw eyes for u! hahahahha!

Dot: yar PLS draw long eyelashes toooo!!!

Amplify Women's Cicle

I finally made it for Women's Circle!! couldn't make it the last 2 rounds cos i had to close the cc! yar tell me about it... anywayz... yar i think the last time i attended women's circle was like during Joel's Bridal shower?? OMG! that's like 2 years ago lah!!!


I was just talking to Jules in Amp Room last week as we looked at some old photos (those hung near the door)... and we were just reminiscing the old times, not say very long ago lah... like 2 years back... how much fun we had and all...



Lyd: Gosh! Look at that! Dot had short hair! This photo was taken during Dot's Birthday @ Miss Clarity last year rite?

Jules: Yar! and look at that! your ah ma's wedding!


Lyd: omg! look at the both of us! dressing like ching chong china women during Mid Autumn 2 years ago!!! aiyor...


Jules: look! this is my favourite photo... Joel's Bridal Shower... this photo is on the wall of my workspace lah!


Lyd: pls... this photo is both at my work station and my room lor... aiyor so pretty! we were all in pink and purple!!!!


Lyd: I KNOW LIAO! let's come in pink or/and purple for the coming women's circle!!!

And here it is!!!

Jules! you're not in pink / purple!

oh well... i'll colour u pink!!!
with Purple Buttons!!! hahahhaa..... lalala

Goodness gracious! Josie's mum prepared Chocolate Fondue for all of us... !!! Though it was a distraction.. yes yes... everyone focused on eating initially... but it was GOOD STUFF!

The theme of our sharing was "women in ministry", something very close to our hearts and we could all relate to each other as the sharing went deeper...


Josie facilitated the session and after we all were done sharing about What Ministry meant to us, Josie threw the question about Struggles or Challenges we face in Ministry/ Work/ Life/ Friendship etc...


thank goodness i wasn't the first to share... haha! allowed me some time to think it through... and as the girls were sharing, about their workplace/ colleagues... a lot went through my head...


i was just thinking about my girly friends... and about how much we've drifted apart and how difficult it is for me to relate to them as i got more and more involved in ministry...


in ministry, it's just so easy... relating to each other and really... i have to say, Amplify is like my 2nd home... it's a big part of my life!! from time to time, we're just encouraging each other, affirmations flying all around... and i know i can count on the community... ANYTIME!


And i was sharing how it hurts sometimes, the many difficult times i face, connecting to my girly friends, cos they don't know what i'm talking about whenever i try to talk to them about God.. and it's just so difficult breaking God's word in such an environment...


As much as i wanna bring them to Him and they know i'm like the "super siao on church goer", whole life revolve around church... it's just tough... and it does hurt


yup and struggles about trying not to gossip at work and all...
but sometimes u just need to CHER BA BOOM and just bitch... haha! Jesus, forgive me!


and YES! another struggle... READ! Daph was like HUH??


Lyd: yar read...


Daph: huh what?


Lyd: read lah! i dun like to read!


Flo: yar she got very short attention span one...


Cass: daph! not everyone nerd like u lah... yar she dun like to read one..


and so.. yeah and i really appreciate the "God Chicks" book and the monthly "word amoung us" cass and flo bought me when i shared with them about me, not liking to read...



and everyday i tell myself... how not to read? how? u just got to do it Lydia!


it just hasn't been quite a habit since young i guess... it's just not in me! haha! but slowly but surely, i'm beginning to cultivate the habit... lalala...


actually i think reading is ok for me u know? just that i have quite a short attention span and i'll get very random.. haha! my thoughts will run VERY wild... fly all over the place kind...


yar anywayz.. side track a bit... Thelma is da bomb! she can read my mind!!! omg!
ONE LOOK from me and she knows it! wha lao... i'm still damn amused! hahaha!
it's like i give her that ONE LOOK and she will *umchio*... OMG! it's damn amazing and damn funny... dun ask me how we do it.. i also cannot explain!


*it's our secret.........*


flo will soon master the art... BUT her face ar... will give it all away one... super OBVIOUS!


FLO!!! practise practise!!! ahhahaha............

yes back to women's circle... it's really nice to have a girly gathering, we rarely get opportunities like that... just the GIRLS minus the guys...

MORE WOMEN's CIRCLE ok???

And thanks for hosting us, Josie!
I LUP CHEW GIRLS DEEP DEEP!!!

i will survive, i will survive!!!!!

At first i was afraid, i was petrified... ...

kept thinkin' i could never live without u by my side...

I WILL SURVIVEEEEE........

simply AWESOME... affirmations all over, "hum bao" everywhere...

winston: i know the price of everything but the value of nothing!!!
everyone: WAHHHHHHH...........

leonard: faster copy down...

adrian: it's like... putting the eye on the dragon!
everyone: wahhhhhhh.........

tell me about it... hahaha! all these chim people

i can't contain the excitement... weeeeeee!

Matthew 13: 3 - 9

The Parable of the Sower

A sower went out to sow
and as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path,
and birds came and ate it up

Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil
it sprang up at once because the soil was not deep
and when the sun rose it was scorched
and it withered for lack of roots

Some seed fell amoung thorns,
and the thorns grew up ad choked it

But some seed fell on rich soil,
and produced fruit,
a hundred or sixty or thirtyfolds

Whoever has ears ought to hear

Chill @ Timbre

It's the Worship Team's ChillOut @ Timbre...
Check out Jacob's new haircut!

And look what Bern is doing?!?! Think what? One of the Ah Bengs at Zouk Mambo Night issit? Wrong place lah Bern! It's Wednesday Night @ Timbre with EIC!

i was so excited about tonight... Haven't seen EIC perform for the longest time since they took a break from Wala's. Ohh... just found out from Adrian that they took 3 months' break from Wala's, they're back in Wala's again on Friday Nights... A few of us thought they left Wala for good... Pheeeeeew!

Happy and Satisfied with my Erdinger!!! Great music, GREAT company....

It's really nice for the Team to just gather, chill and listen to how secular bands play, I think we should do that more often!

The usual EIC's cover of John aeyer and U2 tunes tonight... not forgetting the OVERPLAYED Chasing Cars! aiyor... Chasing Cars is like all over the place.. i hear it 3 times a day on radio...

oh my tian! It'll be another of those Hoobastank's "the reason"...

Though i like the song but yar just very overplayed these days lah! So, i decided to remove the song from my blog and replace it with Oasis instead... haha!

ahh yes Kenji?!?! what are u trying to do?

Yar your mouth BIGGER than mine... i agree! hahaha!

Tooth Fairy Part 2

Root Canal part 2... It's not over...

I went to get my tooth filled up in the morning...
had to endure more aches than the previous visit but Oh Well, everthing's in control...

Jesus, look upon ur child and place ur Mighty Hand on my tooth!
I kept praying until the whole process was over...

Then..... i found out that if i wanna do a crowning, it's an additional $500...
The $300 mentioned was only taking out the nerve and having the tooth filled!

siao issit? another $500 on top of the $300 i paid hor! Madness....

The Poem about my "Yi Bai Kuai" Birkenstock

Gosh! Flo cannot stop nagging about my "yi bai kuai" Birkenstocks!hahahaha!

My Birkenstocks....

i seriously bought this by accident!

My 9th pair of Birks!! the 8th pair on the way...




Huisian: Ladies, i'm flying to Frankfurt... Any Birkenstock request?

Lydia(thinking): Crap! This is tempting! should i? aiyar but 2007 collection leh... Germany won't have it yet rite?

Lydia: Ok, help me check it out...


4 days later...........

Huisian: Hey i'm back with your Tabora.... happy anot?

Lydia: HUH? really?? OMG!

Should i be happy? well... i think i am! hahahahha.........
but bye bye to my "yi bai kuai".... Check out my next entry



I'm totally obsessed with Birkenstocks.... Just like how Cheryl is obsessed with FOOD and BAKING! I've got a fetish for FOOTWEAR!!!!!

(only 7 pairs here, the other charchat until cannot charchat anymore one is in the office...)

TAJ meets Charlene Ong!!!

omg it's damn hilarious!

Most Hilarious Warm Fuzzie...

warm fuzzie award of the year! written on the last nite of YISS...
Here it goes...

Charles,

Thanks for being part of the team!
God wants to be able use you powerfully...

I pray God is like will want dark and quiet (HUH?!?!?)

Nope, she wants to clean the place first...
(this dude here is obviously having a nightmare about cleaning up the place)

ok go sleep and rest well... dinner?

-Anonymous-

(my dear friend obviously needs to go to sleep... she's not thinking!)

October Party & Mini Me

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Amplify October babies!!!

Gosh! it's the Amplify October Babies Party @ good old Miss Clarity with the Mini Me!!

Goodness Gracious me! it's super drama! Check this out man! Lydia's poser photo! hahaha!

My dearest Charlene Ong finally brought the photo today can! This cut out photo of ME! i've been asking her for it since last July... HAHA!

She had to do this School Project and asked me to be her model like last year... yet to see the Advertisement she did though. I was suppose to pose with the camera, did a 360 degree pose thingy... OMG super drama!













i'm like super amused with the Cut Out and started showing everyone... and made everyone take a photo with the Mini Me! MuAhahaha!

It's ME everywhere!


And coincidentally, I'M WEARING THE SAME TOP TODAY as the CUT OUT PHOTO!

The moment i reached Miss Clarity... GOsh! Like bird let out of the cage! i started talking and yakking and laughing non stop....

Thelma: oei! u kena let out of the cage issit?

Lydia: Yes! tell me about it! I LOVE CSC! hahahahha! i'm beginning to appreciate 4th Saturday Mass at CSC! Muahaha!

It was a great party... gosh.. everyone had a great time fellowshipping and all...
only Kong missing! Kong, u're missed by US!


BRAIN TEASER OF THE DAY



which is the real me?
OR are we twins?

Lalalala....



Love,
Aunty Dee

allow me to be RANDOM 1

check this out!

http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/


received a call from Antonia yesterday, suddenly ask me if I had a bible with me... i'm like Huh? No leh babe!

then remembered about this online bible website...
realise it's super useful, when u suddenly wanna look for a verse in the office & the bible is not with u...

John 4:14
"But whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst;
the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water
welling up to eternal life."

Selamat Hari Raya

As i was gonna make this entry... i'm like :
Hey! i brought my camera to Charles and Ros' place yest! but i didn't take a single photo...! stupid!

whatever it is... YES it was a public holiday yesterday... it was Hari Raya!!
i didn't make ketupats or dance Malay Dance, my cc didn't have any Malay Weddings either...

anywayz, was just talking to Cassilda the other day about going to Charles n Ros' place to catch up with them... been wanting to do that for the longest time but didn't... so i thought we could make use of the public holiday...


band practice for Friday's worship ended like at 5.30pm?
Though we all aimed to finish by 4.30pm... as usual

My part time chauffeur, Uncle Christopher See gave me a lift to Toa Payoh and yeah... happily skipped my way up Charles n Ros' house

Gosh! Uncle Clarence Hoe was whipping up a FEAST! my goodness...


we had a good time feasting and catching up...
There was Charles, Ros, Cass, Leo, Uncle Hoe, Flo and myself... not forgetting Baby Josh...

i tell u! the food could feed another 3 mouths!
we had nachos with cheese, garlic mushroom soup, HUGE mushrooms with melted cheese on top, CHICKEN WINGS, salmon baked rice and baked pasta.... and TIRAMISU!
goodness gracious... we were all stuffing our faces...


great catch up... miss the good old days!

Tooth Fairy

Gosh! i have no idea why i have so much problems with my teeth...

First it was my wisdom tooth, now it's the tooth on my lower jaw...

ok, i know i've repeated this story to about 6 people already but yes i'm gonna like say it for the 7th time! hahah! yar i'm so fond of doing that... repeating my stories to different pple!

Gosh! toothache again! and i was at CJC retreat on Friday.... my goodness! imagine!!!! i had to lead 2 worship sessions, sing for Reconciliation and Mass! aiyor always one lor... ALWAYS! everytime i need to sing, i either get toothache or cough or something...

Anywayz, my toothache got so bad that i had to rinse my mouth with Listerine every now and then at CJ... goodness me! i ran in n out the Auditorium and charge into the toilet for like a zillion times!

got home n Saturday night, and had to work on Sunday and anywayz, the Dental Clinic i went to get my wisdom tooth extracted the last time was not opened on Sunday so i waited till Monday...

Aiyor! u won't believe how hard i prayed on Sunday night........
Jesus! i command that toothache to stop right now and i place the pain at the foot of Your cross! PLEASE PLEASE.... bless my finances, if i need to get a Root Canal done, i can only afford like $XX amount... please please Jesus... Yes! i went on and on until i fell asleep...

The moment came, i woke up, called the Dental Clinic to make sure it was open and made my way down...

Gosh! I told the dentist I was having this very bad toothache & i have no idea where the root of the problem was... He checked on my teeth, took an X-Ray and confirmed that it was this tooth in front of my molar!

Oh my tian! it was so decieving can... the tooth looked prefectly fine on the outside but was decaying inside! and when the dentist said:

U need to do a ROOT CANAL!

OMG! my heart sank! aiyor ROOT CANAL!!!! after all the scary stories Dot told me about her root canal and about how expensive it can get... my jaw dropped... my heart sank!

i'm like : HUH? are there any other options? (though i knew the other option was extracting the entire tooth)

guess i didn't have a choice... the dentist assured me that it wouldn't be as painful as extracting the whole tooth. The same dentist did an extraction of my wisdom tooth in Feb this year. Trust me! it wasn't as scary/ painful as i thought...

ok now the MONEY! how much huh?

Dentist: $300

Lydia: $300?!?!??!

that's like CHEAP! i never once heard of Root Canal $300 before can! Dot did hers for like $600 and some other people pay like over $1000 for it....

PRAISE THE GOOD LORD!

Dentist: oh this time round, u only have to pay $150... the remaining $150, pay during the next visit when u come back to do the filling...

In my head: PRAISE GOD! omg... yar i only have $150 with me right now! Thank u Jesus!

yep and the dentist did what he had to do... injected anesthetic on my gums to numb it, drilled open my tooth, showed me a blown up picture of my decayed tooth... (to my horror, half my tooth inside was like GONE! goodness gracious me!)... slit open my gums to clean up the root of my tooth, filled it up with temporary filling...

The Process.............. PAINLESS!

in the course of the whole of Yesterday............. PAINLESS! (just a little discomfort)

Everybody! want painless dental treatment, pls visit Dr Lim at Lee & Ong Dental, Block 18 Teck Whye Lane.................


Praise the Lord... for His faithfulness! AMEN!

Princess of a King

Psalm 100:1-5
A psalm of Thanksgiving

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all you lands;
Worship the Lord with cries of gladness,
come before Him with joyful song

Know that the Lord is God, our maker to whom we belong, whose people we are, God's well-tended flock.

Enter the temple gates with praise,
its courts with thanksgiving,
Give thanks to God, bless His name;

Good indeed is the Lord,
Whose love endures FOREVER,
Whose FAITHFULNESS lasts through every age