we love to eat Part IV 14 July

it's the 4th day into the crazy cheong all we can eating marathon... and the plan was:

1. Big Breakfast @ Paddington
2. Messina for Choco Moose
3. Max Brenner (then Paddington Market)
4. Glebe Market

met Tan Ann Joo & Kenny early morning for BIG Breakfast at Paddington while the rest were fast asleep back in the apartment.

i really wouldn't wanna call TAJ for help in directions, omg he confuses me! took us round and round buildings after buildings once... when bern and i were like super high tide??

anywayz, when i got there, was trying to find my way to the Big Breakfast place while Kenny gave me directions... just after a while he called back and went: faster find your way here! i just saw Hugh Jackman!!!

and i'm like : OMG! Hugh Jackman?!?!?!? while i was still frantically trying to get my bearings right!

finally found the place, met tan ann joo while walking there.. had some really good breakfast, which was a little too much for me, considering it was only Station No. 1 of the day... we still had Messina and Max Brenner. we were gonna eat 3 times in a span of 2 hours??!?! OMG!

Then went to Messina next door, wanted to try some Life Changing Chocolate Moose but they didn't have it anymore!!! i'm like ?!?!?!? WHY???? had some really good gelato instead...

Off we went to meet the rest at Paddington Market ...

Gosh i think we looked really tired! it'd been a crazy 2 weeks...

and then we headed straight to eat some really "Life Changing" desserts! I love the Belgian Waffles at Max Brenner! it's the best i've ever tasted so far... gosh it's really really good!

Here we are at Max Brenner! woooohooooo....

Look at that!!! that's a chocolate pipe! there's this generator thing and the chocolate is carried by the pipe to wear the chocolate dispenser is!!! CHERYL! LOOK!!!


Chocolate Souffle

This is the legendary LIFE CHANGING Belgian Waffles!!

FONDUE! i love the dark chocolate!

yummy hot chocolate!
I can only praise God for hot chocolate!!! esp in the cold... it's heavenly!

look at Andrew Tan! gosh... where are u looking?



happy stuffed faces!!!

We rushed down to Glebe after eating to catch the market before it closes... it closes at 4pm! omg! mad rush all over the place.. i was rushing my way through at the Glebe Market... many cool stuff and i wished i had more time! but yeah... i'm always doing this... and i think i'm good at doing last minute shopping... ur eyes just gotta be sharp n fast...

and the TRICK is LOOK FAR, WALK FAST, SPOT IT and BUY IT!

way to go!!! yeah!!! hahhahaha......... i love this! *HA! *HA!

I bought this really cool pocket watch which i'm gonna hang it around my neck... i love the details !!! love it love it!

Ohhh and i bought this really nice charm necklace too.. it's a white pendant with other stuff on it! wooohooo...

And yeah went to Broadway finally after much last min crazy shopping... supposed to go to Syl's place for Ryan's birthday party but i decided to just spend some time with my family instead cos my uncle wanted to meet up with me for dinner before i leave the next day. I parted with the rest at Broadway and went to grab some coffee with my aunty and my cute lil cousins... ok some are not lil' anymore.. but yeah... caught up with my uncle and we just went on and on talking about Church Ministries and the talk about "there are a lot more opportunities to do full time ministry in Sydney, consider coming over" and i'm like.. woooooo! yeah i wish i could! haha........ *hmphhhhh *think * ponder * pray... woooooop!

Love u guys!

went to Syl's place really late and gosh.. it was really cold that nite.. i think the temperature dipped to 4 degrees.. anywayz.. we were like "gosh! the holidays are so over! and we're going to catch our plane in a few hours!" oh no.... i miss sydney!!!!

gosh! it was crazy packing marathon after we got back and we didnt sleep at all...

the bus picked us up at omg 5am and it was freeeezing!! cheong to the airport, mad rush mad rush! the 6 of us bought like i dunno 120 Krispy Kreme altogether???

i was sooooo extremely deprived of sleep... jumped on the plane and fell asleep IMMEDIATELY! i wasnt even awake when the plane took off! i woke up after a while and just happened that the air stewardess offered me some orange juice... i took it over, drank it, then fell asleep with the cup in my hand!! guess what? i spilled the juice all over my shirt and woke up!! screamed OMG! wiped it, put down my drink and IMMEDIATELY went back to sleep... that was how tired i was...

arrived at the airport... goodbye sydney HELLO TO SINGAPORE! so NOT exciting!!! Really!! i'm like GOSH i'm back... like gosh! i don't want to! hahhaa!

saw Leo, Cass, Charles, Ros, Dom, Daph when we were collecting our luggages! look at these people eyeing our Krispy Kreme!!! haha! yar that was what i did to Leo & Cass when they came back from Hills too!

ok now.. time to sleep..

and i'm gonna do a clever thing...! i'm gonna post a diary of the entire trip from last day to the first day... so that when i scroll down, it'll be from the first to the last! OMG! i'm beginning to get smarter! lalalaaaaaaaa......... weeeeee!

Pick Jesus!

I was at SKS bookstore last Friday, buying stuff for Amazing Race + looking for some resources myself...

i was paying for the stuff i bought at the counter and i saw a box of guitar picks... and i saw "Pick Jesus" engraved on all the picks... hahaha! i was super amused... i'm like WOW! that's so coool!!! PICK JESUS!

i thought i should buy one for myself to motivate myself to pick up guitar AGAIN! i like tried to learn on 2 occasions but dropped it halfway cos i was too lazy to practise...

1st occasion was like qt long ago, Bern wanted to learn keys and I wanted to learn Guits... so we both thought it would be a good idea for us to exchange skills.. haha! yar it only happened ONCE! when Amplify Prayer Meetings were still on Saturdays...

We wanted to give each other lessons 2 hours before Prayer Meet starts... but guess what?!?! it only happened ONCE!

2nd occasion was... Charlene wanted to pick up guitar also. i also can't remember how it happened, we approached Jacob to give us lessons since he only charged us a friendship rate. but very hard to fix a day where all 3 of us are free!! gosh! and most of the time i had to go to La Salle?!?! which is so far away for me!!

Then i stopped again...

Anywayz, I'm finding ways to motivate myself to pick it up again... it's super convenient in times where i feel like singing & playing/ worshipping in my room. There are numerous occasions where i wanted to do that... but i can't possibly go play my piano n sing like at 2am?!?! siaoness.. then must put on soft pedal and sing softly??

i can't imagine... "Jesus i wanna worship You but i cannot sing too loud ok?" hahahaaaa!

haha! i bought the guitar pick, one for myself and one for Thelma! gosh i was super amused... and gave her the sheepish/ amused/ stupid face & i went OMG OMG THELMA! i bought something for u!

and she's super scared! hahaha! cos she knows i'm very capable of buying stupid things! hahahaha! it's so funny!!!!!!

humility, obedience and servanthood

i had a long chat with winston last nite at TCC and it was great sharing... weeeee!!!

as he shared with me about ministry, the pains, the struggles, the joy... i went: yar! i was thinking exactly what u are thinking now 3 years ago!

we continued sharing and all these terms "humility", "obedience", "servanthood", "submission" came out and seriously, just talking about it is easy peasy and we talk about it all the time, but when comes to doing, we subconsciously forget that we're all called to be "humble servants"... and failure to do all of the above results in conflict, disunity, jealousy and the list goes on, which is happening all around us...

i've been reading (haha! yay! aunty dee finally loves reading! aunty dee finally doesn't have to solely rely on DVDs anymore!! yay!) this book called "The Power of Simple Prayer" and sometimes, the answer to everything is simply "PRAY"! that's it! but we procrastinate... "ok, i'll pray later!" and we forget to do it...

and recently i had this revelation about "be faithful in doing the small things, if i can't even do that, how can God entrust me with greater things?"

and it's been repeatedly shown to me...

Lord, i pray that You humble my heart and teach me to be faithful. Let not the things that get me down affect me and remind me of the bigger purpose in Your kingdom everyday! AMEN!

Heart of Worship

How easy it is for us to sing a song unto God... but when we sing it, do we really live it?

Are we singing merely for the sake of singing or are we really worshipping our God? How often do we think we are worshipping but in fact we're not presenting our best worship unto God?

What is true worship? What can we do to please God?

I've been blown away by all these questions and I'm totally in awe of God... It set me thinking and praying...

(Ok back to "ah lian mode")

Been back from Sydney for almost 2 weeks... and aiyor!!! no time to update the blog! come back only Amazing Race, drama all over the place... the usual me would probably have posted 10000 photos already but errr nothing yet! hahaha! are u surprised? are u? are u? omg omg! i'm so sampat!

I'll be posting up really really soon!

(ok now, back to "demure mode")

My mind is totally blown away during Hills Conference, catching just a glimpse of God's glory and how magnificent He is! i feel so blessed to be a part of His kingdom and so priviledged knowing His will for me in my life and i'm like gosh!!! i really don't deserve all these......

But just a couple of days ago, i'm having doubts about all the revelations that i encountered. i feel like i'm a terrible person and i'm like "God, am i just imagining things or are the visions placed in my heart by You?" i got really confused and started to feel really bad about myself...

aiyor... last nite i really cannot tahan anymore and i started to get down on my knees and pray... PRAISE THE LORD! everything's in control......... weeeeeeee!!!

it's a long journey ahead... and i know it will take me an entire lifetime to learn to be a True Worshipper who will really please Him... and i shall take my entire lifetime to learn that!!! AMEN!


Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise - the fruit of lips that confess His Name. And do not forget to do good and share with others for with such sacrifices, God is pleased. Hebrews 13:15-16


*my prayer : Father, let the fruit of my lips truly confess Your name and Your name ONLY. Teach me to do good, purify my heart and give me a heart that will truly love Your people... Amen!