Dee Phat Fairy

How Beautiful

2009-09-02T23:43:00.003+08:00

How beautiful is Your name, O God
How worthy are You, Lord of all creation
A God whom we can call "Abba Father"

Holy & Anointed One
Strong tower
Refuge
Mighty Fortress
Strength
Hiding Place

We exalt Thy name
We worship Thee
How beautiful You are

The Unshakable Kingdom

2009-07-23T13:39:00.002+08:00

Got introduced to this new song by Christy Nockels "A Mighty Fortress" some time ago, actually it's in her new album "Life Light Up", which I hope I'll be getting soon since I've already placed my order.

And when I first heard it, oh my goodness, it's as if God's weight of glory just fell on me and consumed me there and then... the line that goes:

"Your Kingdom is unshakable..."

My heart just sank...

and it totally woke me up from the reality that YEAH! I'm part of this unshakable kingdom, and God has made me to be a part of His big plan, He has made everyone on this earth a part of this big big huge mega humongous extraordinary great awesome amazing wonderful beyond words can describe plan that He has.

And just the other day, I was watching the opening of Hillsong Conference that happened in the 1st week of July, and in the final part of that video came this verse:

"Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe. For our God is indeed a consuming fire"
Hebrews 12:28

Again, that reality sank in even more...
Just imagine, how blessed and privileged we are to be part of this... just who are we to be called to this great plan? How unworthy we are...

who are we that God is mindful of us...

But it is God who chooses us first, to savour Him... and if we think that what we are, who we are and what we have right now is it... think again! This is only a small teeny weeny piece of the puzzle...

Break me, Lord!
Shake me once again to the reality of Your great kingdom!
Wonk me out again....

This I pray, Amen!

Let God Reign

2009-06-05T01:06:00.005+08:00

Let not the praises of men be in the way between us and the Lord
Do not settle for meeting the expectations of men
But let the peace of the Lord reign over you

Let the Holy Spirit lead you to fullness and completion
Let him lead you to meet the Lord
Do not give up until You come face to face with our eternal God

Let us boast in nothing,
If there is anything we wanna boast about,
Let us boast in Him, Jesus Christ our Lord

Let the peace of God reign over you...
Let it drench all over you...
Soak yourself in it...
For the grace of our Lord is sufficient

it is in giving that we receive

2009-05-19T14:49:00.002+08:00

U know how humans have the tendency to gravitate everything towards themselves? Everything becomes about me me me... I don't care about what others feel, as long as I feel good can already, because what's most important is that I feel good.

And it's true, we all are like that! We expect people to listen to us, we expect things to work around us, we wouldn't wanna be inconvenienced, we just wanna receive, receive, receive... we don't go out of our way to help someone anymore, we don't go out of the way to serve anymore, we don't go out of the way for God.

It becomes so natural that sometimes, the conversation u have with another becomes all about u and u just forget to care for that person... because it's all about u! everything becomes about u!! How selfish we can get sometimes.

I'm no exception, because I'm not perfect.

When things start to cloud and fall apart, u realise that HEY! how come i'm feeling so empty and why am i ending up complaining so much? that's cos for the longest time, it has been all about u.

Pray to the Lord, ask Him to fill u with love in ur heart again, pour out that love God put in u to someone else. Try making the conversation u have with the next person about that person, and u will realise it is in giving that u receive...

Amen!

Desperate Cry

2009-05-14T16:27:00.002+08:00

My soul cries out desperately to You, O God

If I were a kite and You hold me by the thread
Why have You cut me away from You
And allowed me to fly freely, swayed by the wind, engulfed by the rain

If I were a toddler and You hold me by the hand
Why have You let go of me
And see me tumble and fall

My soul cried out desperately to You
Remembering the times I spent with You on that mountaintop
How close I was to seeing Your Glory
And now You seem so far, so far away

You heard my desperate cry
You couldn't bear to see me in pain anymore

You came back
And You picked me up from where I was
And held me back in Your loving arms

Thank You, Lord

Blood Poured Out

2009-04-13T11:40:00.003+08:00

A Holy Week Reflection

How can it be, that You are willing to suffer for a sinner like me?
How can it be, that You are willing to shed Your precious blood for a world (You created) that has turned their backs against You?
How can it be, that You have humbled Yourself, turned into a single cell, to be born out of the womb of a human and walked among your creation, knowing that You mission to come is to die?

Why would anyone do this, knowing that the love You give will not be reciprocated, knowing that You will be betrayed by Your very own creation?

You have forgiven time and again, saved Your creation time and again, yet they keep falling back to their old sinful ways.

You must have been so desperate to the point that the only measure to take is for Your love to be shown in the most extreme way - to be tortured, humiliated, scorned, scourged, detested, mocked at and to die like a criminal.

An unworthy, sinful, ungrateful creation.

Yet, You still poured out Your blood for us unconditionally.

happYness

2009-03-15T15:01:00.004+08:00

On a happier note in the midst of all the bad news going on recently... Jesus came to redeem us all!!

happy happy happy! Easter is coming!!

Few things I'm looking forward to:

1. Meeting up with bbff
2. Visit my cutest God-daughter
3. Volunteers' Day
4. EASTER! And Amplify's Easter Lunch!!
(someone think of where to go this year!)
5. iPhone
6. New com in office
7. 1 May long weekend (for once, i don't have to work! yipppeee!!)
8. September trip... highlight of the year!!! YAY!!!

Thank You, Lord!

Crazy work week and a bad news...

2009-03-13T22:35:00.003+08:00

This week had been really crazy, imagine working from 9am - 10pm everyday consecutively... it's nuts!! insane! i'm not an accountant, u know?

The only comfort is that I'll be out the entire day tmr for some fun with my khakis... weee!!
And the drama starts again, Sunday & Monday... both days till 10pm.. WOW!

Got a bad news though, saw from the papers last week that one of my friend's (whom I haven't contacted for years) brother passed on...

I've been trying to find ways to contact her but in vain. Though I wouldn't be able to go down to the wake anytime this week anyway (cos i had to work late the entire week), been praying for her and family.

Lyn,

if you happen to be reading this (for some strange reason), know that u're in my prayers and I know God loves ur bro very much...

Love,
Lyd

The Only Name

2009-03-10T10:08:00.002+08:00

Your name is high and exalted
Far above everything that's named
Your name the only name Jesus
By which all men can be saved

Your name is a strong tower
I run to you and I am safe
My greatest honour Lord
Is to speak your name

Jesus, my Lord Jesus
Emmanuel, You are with us
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
Christ is the Lord
I come and behold you

You cover me
Deliver me
Lord I have set my love on you
I dwell within your secret place
Under your shadow, Mighty God

Way Out...

2009-03-03T17:28:00.001+08:00

You avoid, you siam, try not to go near... but bobian, it will still come back and bite you...

Biangs... i think really cannot run away liao...

No way out

A New Spirit

2009-02-20T12:17:00.002+08:00

Create in me a clean heart
A new spirit, You have put within me

A new perspective You have given me
A clarity like never before

The former things have past
A new thing You have created

You make all things new!

Soups

2009-02-19T12:19:00.002+08:00

I loveeeeeeeeeee soup.... I can't live without it!

Ok I'm ultra random, but I just realised that I've been going back to the same "zi cha" stall at Yew Tee foodcourt for the last 3 days, ordering all their variety of soups available.

Day 1 - Salted Vege & Duck Soup
Day 2 - Sichuan Pork Rib Soup
Day 3 - Ginseng Chicken Soup

OMG! i got craving for another round of soup tonight! weeeee.........

In Awe of You

2009-02-18T20:18:00.002+08:00

The beauty of Your majesty captures my heart
I can't help but be in total awe

The greatness and wonders of You
melts the toughest of hearts

And Your love is constant from age to age,
generations to generations

O let my soul sing of Your love forever
O let Your creation be awakened,
their feet be set to dancing with joy
O let Your people praise You

Roads with less resistance

2009-02-18T19:22:00.002+08:00

"Check, check! Heart check!"

it's easy to slip back onto the road with less resistance.

But when u're ready to get back on the road with resistance, how long can that last? how long?

That's why we all need constant healing and strengthening

My God is an efficient God

2009-02-12T10:44:00.001+08:00

He answers prayers really fast... as fast as lightning!

Breath of God

2009-02-10T10:34:00.004+08:00

Genesis 1:1-4
In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters.

Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw how good the light was. God then separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:6

Then God said, "Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other." And so it happened.

Genesis 1:9-10

Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin, so that the dry land may appear." And so it happened: the water under the sky was gathered into its basin, and the dry land appeared. God called the dry land "the earth," and the basin of the water he called "the sea."

Genesis 1:11-12

Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth vegetation: every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it." And so it happened: the earth brought forth every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it. God saw how good it was.

Genesis 1:20-21

Then God said, "Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky." And so it happened: God created the great sea monsters and all kinds of swimming creatures with which the water teems, and all kinds of winged birds.

Genesis 1:24-25

Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth all kinds of living creatures: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals of all kinds." And so it happened: God made all kinds of wild animals, all kinds of cattle, and all kinds of creeping things of the earth. God saw how good it was.

Genesis 1:26-27

Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground." God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them.

Genesis 2:7

The LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being.

By the very breath of God, heaven & earth, day & night, waters & dry land, creatures on land & in the sky, all these were created. And He made everything good.

By the very breath of God, He breathe life into man.

By the very breath and command of God, He gave man wisdom.

I'm amazed.

Desperate Enough

2009-02-08T11:52:00.001+08:00

Lukewarm... that's the word...
Where is the passion? Not burning strong enough...

Desperate? Not enough...

Mountains & Valleys are better than lukewarm

Gosh! I need a revelation!

Totally uninspired.

Oh did I say the most uninspiring thing for me now is to have blank faces staring back at me when I try to inspire?

O, why so downcast O their souls.

10 things I did in 2008!

2009-01-12T17:51:00.006+08:00

OMG! I was just surfing through my old entries and I found this entry I did a year ago... thought it'll be fun to review and see how much I've achieved.

10 Things I wanna do in 2008 (dated 6 January 2008), so what have I done?

1. stop shopping (cut down i mean, oh & prob have a garage sale to sell my stuff =P)

Omg! I definitely didn't cut down on shopping! haha! I feel so guilty! I had a garage sale in March, with the money I got, I went on to buy more stuff!!! hahaha... Aunty Dee! pls lah, cut down on shopping... cannot one lor!

2. stop taking cabs (take when bo bian)

Stop taking cabs? how to when Amplify Fri end so late every week and the next morning still need to go for cell group back at CSC? I think I need to move to Hougang lah...

3. stop eating expensive food (stop ordering excessively & think twice before i step into a restaurant)

Wah! I think the 1st 3 resolutions were made in consideration of saving up for Hills College funds.. but I cannot go liao! So no need to save until so "gang kor"! hahaha! tsk tsk tsk Aunty Dee!

4. Pass my driving?!??!?! IN JESUS' NAME!

YES!!! I passed my driving on 11 April 2008! AMEN AMEN!! Praise the Lord!

5. finish reading the books i bought (all 12 of them, which means 1 a month)

Wow! I cannot remember which were the 12 books I bought, but I've definitely gotten another 8 more books in 2008. I'm done with only about 3 or 4! HAHAHA!

6. read deeper into the Word

Yes I did! Attended Salvation History also... completed it in Nov, going for my next one tmr for another 8 weeks (Letter to the Romans). Definitely read the Word a lot more... wee!!!

7. take 2 days leave & spend "God & Me" time at the beach

I didn't manage to take 2 days leave in a row, but I did go to the beach and spend an entire day there, lying on the sand and praying...

8. pick up Guitar AGAIN (the first song i wanna play: None But Jesus)

Wah! this one until now also I haven't gotten down to doing it, this will be one of the target I didn't manage to achieve...

I think Heehore & Gigi must be shaking their heads, going "tsk tsk tsk"!

wait wait! I get my $ first, then I'll go get a guitar...

9. build, journey with & start cell within Hospi Team

This one is I most proud of one... I DID IT! weeee.....!!!
i) Cell Group - Checked
ii) A-Teams, Spotters System - Checked
iii) Growth of the team (in numbers & spiritually) - Checked

10. see the final product of Eden Cafe

Definitely Yes!! Eden has changed so much! but more can be done... but must Winston do it then I can see it... haha!

This is interesting! I shall do a 10 things i wanna do in 2009! soon!
wooopieeeee.....!!!

Spiritual Food

2009-01-11T20:07:00.003+08:00

Food! Glorious Food! Aunty Dee loves FOOD!!!!!!!
literally and non-literal...

I'm so happy my spiritual food is coming on Tuesday!
Water me pls... i'm almost withering!
8 weeks of watering plus all my unread books... enough to last me for 3 months...

Weeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
I'm a happy girl!

Looking Back...

2008-12-31T22:15:00.006+08:00

Looking back at 2008...

January

1. Opened the year with Countdown Party at my house... wee!!!

2. Leaders Retreat for 2008, very mong cha cha the direction (i remember), but it was great after that...

3. 16 Jan - Birth of Sarah, my cute lil' god daughter

4. 26 Jan - Biggest birthday celebration, 2 1/2 table full of people when I tot there were only 10 of us, but it was great! And my birthday present kena peechia the lobang by the salesgirl... Lynette went back to the shop to get a dress I wanted to buy, when I went back 1 day later when i finally decided to get the dress, the salesgirl say... "Oh ur friend bought it liao!" hahahhahaha!

February/ March/ April

1. Explosion of the swollen eye, happened every 2-3weeks... very rampant

2. Chris & Lyn left for Melbourne... (at that time i was quite decided on going away for a year in 09 to Hills, wah! Tma quite sad... hahaha!)

3. Baptism of Sarah (my right eye exploded much!)

4. Started to journey with my hospi girls, saw a lot of fruits and breakthroughs happening

Was an emotionally challenging season... very "why so downcast O my soul...", seemed as if I lost a few very important friends in my life, had to lay a lot of boundaries and a time of healing in friendships took place

May/ June/ July

1. Led worship again after a year break in May, had to lead worship at YI, started to serve more actively in worship again after a 2 year break.

2. Spent a lot of time praying and seeking God all over again... renewed my relationship with God, loads of revelation...

Started "Salvation History" at SPI with the other 3 lizards (Thelms, Grace, Cassie).

August/ September

1. Passion KL (the only time i got out of the country in 08, how can this be? OMG!)

Went through a short season of spiritual dryness, again, unresolved issues always never fail to come and bite u in the butt.. really!

2. Leo and Cass went off for their Sabbatical during the heat of preparing for Amplify in the City

3. Amplify in the City!!

WOW! i felt like i coordinated another YI! omg! cheong like nobody's business! But it really took my mind off the spiritual valley season and lifted me up a lot more... though physically and mentally demanding...

4. Went to watch Diana Krall's Concert with the F1 racing cars as the backup vocals
(grace and i were furiously mad! they changed the venue to fort canning ok! if they kept it at Keppel Bay, it would have been all great... thanks concert organisers!)

Mid Sept to Mid October

I took the entire month to rest, just rest...

recuperate... allow God to heal... ohmmmmm

Mid October - November

1. woke up from the "rest" and realise that my BBFF is fainting!!!
faster went to rescue her, sat down with her at Ma Maison (i remember)... omg!

YI Publicity, Worship Team, Amplify Fridays... here i come!

and i love u very much BBFF!!!

2. Oh yes! Wedding of the year!!! Cassilda finally "jia chu qu le"!
gathering of old friends... love it!

and it's always lovely singing for good friend's wedding, means a lot more to me... had a lot of fun with the music... woopieee!!

Survived "Salvation History" with the other 3 lizards (Thelms, Grace, Cassie).

December

mong cha cha, walked into YI... never prepare well enough spiritually, but at the same time, i remembered to guard against attacks, but kena attacked at the throat! wahhh... drank a lot of "ugly juice"! kong's favourite medicine, he calls it "shit juice", but i cannot say the word "shit" cos Cassilda say cannot say...

Nerve wrecking Sunsets & Hurricanes, sucked the life out of the kk and me... omg!
sleepless nights, changing directions every other day until the kk had to fly around the room with me... thanks for being part of the ride! haha!

And it's the first time ever the night before YI, i still haven't prepare finish for the Worship Sets.. kk also (he oscared and took mc)

walked through YI as if i woke up from a dream... i still didnt know what was going on.

(short spurt of "why so downcast O my soul" period, again, unresolved issues never never never fail to come and bite at you at the butt... )

Right now: 14 mins before 2009...

Daddy God Most High,

You are my life, my all and everything I live for. Thank You for an amazing year, thank you for the valleys, the mountains, the blessings, the pruning and favours. Thank You for a lovely earthly daddy, hilarious/irritating brother who never fails to get on my nerves, thank you for the friendships that were forged, deepened and strengthened and thank you for such a lovely Amplify. Filled with gratitude in my heart, I just wanna say "I love You Daddy God!"

Thank you for a fruitful 2008!

I pray for a great 2009 to come, draw closer as I continue to seek, follow and run after You. I pray for wisdom, strength, perseverance, confidence and boldness... to seek You deeper and share more of You to others, that I may proclaim Your praises and declare Your greatness to the ends of the earth.

Amen!

Proverbs

2008-12-28T15:49:00.003+08:00

With closest custody, guard your heart, for in it are the sources of life.

- Proverbs 4:23

string of parties

2008-12-24T00:55:00.003+08:00

And the party begins...

24th Dec - Christmas @ Iggy's
25th Dec - Hosting my girly friends @ my place, 2pm-9pm
25th Dec - After Gal Friends leaves, Mahjong session Starts @9pm with Uncle Hoe, Antaeus, Flo, Chris, Lyn, Alvin, Charles Lim
26th Dec - Wake up, cook, Host Worship Team Thank You Party from 8pm onwards

SAY WOW! *do it with the 2 hands with 3 fingers and put it next to ur cheeks*

27th Dec - CSC Christmas Party (12 days of Christmas with Monkey & Worship Team)
27th Dec - rush to Charles & Ros place for Christmas Dinner
28th Dec - Birthday lunch for my brother, with Daddy

Rest 2 days

31st Dec - NYE Party!

Running forward...

2008-12-23T15:53:00.000+08:00

When i look at my overwhelming circumstance and i go, "WAH! i cannot do this anymore!"

My Father in heaven will say, "Look to me! Don't be consumed by your circumstance."

And I will say, "My God, My God! I'm running this race all for You!"

Thanks for keeping me sane... I love You, Lord!

My God

2008-12-18T10:06:00.002+08:00

My God, My God,

You make all things new...

You take sinners back...

You are my strength, my life, my all...

Don't turn Your face away from me, I'm running back to You...

Take me back.

Catch me if You can...

2008-12-16T23:29:00.001+08:00

Don't challenge...

Don't try to run away...

He will catch you...

Cruising

2008-12-07T03:07:00.004+08:00

Have you ever tried cruising in a song with God and never wanna wake up from it? And just wish you will do this forever?

Today's one of those days... funny as it may be, it happened at Spiritual Prep when I was leading worship... I just wished the song would go on and on and on... and never stop

Always

Did You rise the sun for me?
Or paint a million stars that I might know Your majesty?
Is Your voice upon the wind?
Is everything I know marked by my Maker's fingerprints?

Breathe on me
Let me see Your face
Ever I will seek You

Cos all You are
is all I want
Always
Draw me close in Your arms
O God, I wanna be with You

Can I feel You in the rain?
Abandon all I am to have You captured me again?
Let the earth resound with praise
Can you hear as all creation lives to glorify one name?

Insomnia

2008-11-06T04:35:00.001+08:00

it's 4.30am and i'm still wide awake!
gosh i've been having frequent insomnia these days... it's freaky!
i wonder if it's the daily caffeine intake or what?

Jesus! HELP! i need to sleeeeep!

God made emotions

2008-10-10T01:55:00.003+08:00

Hey!

I realise something! I only post on the blog whenever I feel emo...
which means for the rest of the time when I don't post, it means I'm like not emoting...

which means the lesser I post, you can be assured I'm ok and not emoting..
WOW! what a huge discovery! hahahaha!

no lah, I will post happy things too... OMG ! i'm talking to myself!

Sweet Jesus Christ, my Sanity

2008-10-10T01:49:00.002+08:00

I had a revelation.

"Sweet Jesus Christ, my sanity...."

There's so much power in this phrase... OMG!
Charlie Hall! you very smart leh!

No one else but Jesus, He keeps me sane...

wooooo... I feel so much better by just clinging to my Lord... Thank You Jesus!

Weeeeeeee.....!!!

God-Shaped hole

2008-10-08T02:49:00.003+08:00

I have a God-Shaped hole in my heart nothing earthly can satisfy...

Struggle.

"You have created us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you."

Restless heart.

St Augustine, you are so wise...

Amplify in the City

2008-08-24T01:56:00.001+08:00

My God is Crazy, so is my Dad

2008-08-17T15:57:00.005+08:00

My God is already crazy enough, so is my earthly Daddy...

He called me in the afternoon and told me he's at Barang Barang sale, and he bought a chest of drawers for me without my permission. He said it's $400, very cheap! My dad is full of surprises, he's unpredictable, really. As unpredictable as the weather...

Ok then you pay for me lor, i didnt ask you to buy it! haha!

YAY! Praise the Lord!!! I've got a new bed coming on Tuesday and I have a new chest of drawers to hide the 10million things that's lying all around...

I love my crazy God and my crazy Dad... mind u, it runs in the family! I'm crazy too... haha! I'm beginning to love it all! OMG i dunno what i'm talking about!

Amplify in the City

2008-08-17T01:30:00.009+08:00

"Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:14

In the hustle and bustle of our lives, have we lost who we are? Have our lives lost the meaning and verve that they used to have?

Do you feel the need to get away from it all, to recharge and refocus but can't afford the time for a retreat?

Mark your calendars this September as Amplify Ministry brings our prayer meet to the city for one night! Come and join us as we embark on an initiative designed to awaken you to the reality of a living God and what He has in store for you.

All you need to do is come. Spread the word.

Date: 12 September 2008 (Friday)
Time: 7.45pm
Venue: NTUC Business Centre
Auditorium Level 7
1 Marina Boulevard

For direction: Look out for our volunteers at Raffles Place MRT from 7.15pm onwards!
Contact: Lydia (9060-6296) Florence (9753-4856)

James 1:2-4

2008-08-17T01:00:00.004+08:00

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking in anything.

I almost forgotten that I am running this race.

He never fails to keep pulling me back on track, I know that He will always pursue me no matter what and He still reigns over me.

Praise Him!

Down the Valley

2008-08-12T18:33:00.002+08:00

Psalm 42

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.

I feel it coming back... once again

Headaches!

2008-08-12T17:28:00.002+08:00

I've been having headaches very frequently these days... like strange! I've never had this problem all my life, but it's like OMG! I'm having headaches every other day these 2 weeks... my eyes are dry and I'm looking at the computer screen and ARGH... i'm not feeling very good...

I can't wait for my new bed to arrive! I think it will really help solve all my stiff neck, headache, swollen eye, backache, body ache problems!!!

*crossing my fingers

Love

2008-08-08T20:12:00.004+08:00

Love is what God had put in my heart... And it's really strange how much I love the girls in Hospi Team, u have no idea how much I love them and I've never tried caring and loving for a friend like that before! I really can't explain it with words!

It was heart warming knowing they love me as much too... Funny but true, Lynn and I were affirming each other last nite, just how much we love one another. Love can be so pure... it's a great gift from God!

And I really wanna thank God for teaching me how it is to truly love people, through the girls. This is what God calls us to do, to love one another, and I really see it happening, so real in my life.

Thank You Jesus!

Seasons Change

2008-08-07T18:52:00.001+08:00

I was talking to Joel today randomly about buying Hillsong Conference Tickets for 09, and i'm like gosh.. i dunno what my plans are, i really don't. I've got plans all the way to 2011 but guess what? I refuse to plan anymore, whenever i think ok it's all great! it's all good! God foils my plans...

So i've decided that I will just follow... be an obedient daughter of God and just follow, i won't plan anymore, the more I plan, the more i get confused by my beloved Father in heaven.

I'll just take one step at a time now...

Mood: Emo

Desert Song

2008-07-07T03:41:00.003+08:00

I wept and I wept on hearing this song...
Brooke Fraser just does magic with her lyrics

This is my prayer in the desert
When all that's within me feels dry
This is my prayer in my hunger and need
My God is the God who provides

This is my prayer in the fire
In weakness or trial or pain
There is a faith proved of more worth than gold
So refine me Lord through the flame

I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapon formed against me shall remain
I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my victory and He is here

This is my prayer in the battle
When truimp is still on its way
I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ
So firm on His promise I'll Stand

All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship

This is my prayer in the harvest
When favour and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be emptied again
The seed I've received I will sow

A letter from Sella

2008-06-25T02:32:00.004+08:00

How amazing! I received a letter from Sella!

I came home, saw a Compassion envelope on my table, opened it and hoping it's not a random letter from the organisation... TADAH! it was Sella writing to me!

She said the fighting is over in Kenya and things are peaceful now... Praise God!

And I'm just super amused, she sent me her "report card"...
Term 1 : 219 out of 250
Term 2: 287 out of 300

Oh my gosh! She's good in Maths! like me! (Maths is one of my best subjects)
And her favourite colour is green! How cool is that?

And she wants to be a doctor when she grows up!

I'm happy, just happy she's writing to me to say she's doing good...

Praise God!

A Prayer for Sella

2008-06-22T23:54:00.002+08:00

At Hillsong Conference last year, I signed up with Compassion and sponsored a Kenyan girl, her name is Sella.

I attended mass today and I sat beside this African girl, I think she's about Sella's age, and I thought about Sella. I haven't heard from her for about 5months? I'm quite worried actually. I don't know why... should I even be worried?

Anyway, it was quite funny. She was so fidgetive, she kept prancing up and down, elbowed me, accidentally kicked me... aiyor all over the place! I couldn't concentrate for a while. And each time she accidentally kicked or elbowed me, she would look at me sheepishly... and she kept staring at the henna on my hand! Oh i just got a henna on my right hand yesterday...

So it was time for the "Our Father"... So she stretched out her hands... and I stretched out mine...

She was looking at me.

I looked back at her.

And I held her hand.

She smiled back at me.

And I closed my eyes, felt this overwhelming sense of the Holy Spirit and prayed for her.

And for Sella.

Father Lord,

I pray this prayer of protection over Sella and her family. I don't know how she is now, but I trust that You are taking care of her. And I trust that You will meet her every need. Speak into her heart and keep her close to You, that she'll never lose faith and hope in You. I don't know if the situation in Kenya has improved, but I know You will take care of Your people. I ask for Your mercy over the nation.

I love her, and I know You love her even more.

Because You died for her.

Amen!

it's all about You, it's not about me

2008-06-21T01:52:00.002+08:00

Just got back from Amp Fri, 1st session after YI... man! The room was packed! I feel a bit taken aback like wooooowww... These are the people we've been praying for to come! And now they're really coming!

And this is what I took home with me, "It's all about You, it's not about me."

I just have to make sure I take care of His business, it's not what I want, it's what He has intended for me to complete... really, I say that all the time but it has taken a whole new meaning for me.

I love God too much to disobey Him, put it this way.

Praise God!

Obedience all over again...

2008-06-20T01:31:00.002+08:00

God is the love of my life... He really is!
At this point, I really just need to say that I love God so much... And I know He loves me back more intensely than I can ever imagine!

I just finished this conversation with Thelms, was just sharing with her about the whole randomness in me now... i feel random, i feel a lot of thoughts going through my mind, i feel like i really need to pray and just seek God...

And at one point, I was so glad that I have a friend like her to rant at and pour out all my feelings to! haha! praise the Lord!

And she reminded me that I needed to be obedient... yes obedience! it suddenly hit me again! that's what God wants of me! That is His will for me and I'm going to pray for the grace and strength to do what He called me to do...

Ok i'm done, i'm going to run into His loving arms now!

Good Bye World!

Oh and did I say YISS was just so filled with His presence? Like i still feel it now? He's been so faithful and I just can't help but stand in awe of Him! He's opened my eyes to a whole new perspective of who He really is and how great He is!

Acts 16:11-15

2008-04-29T13:21:00.004+08:00

I opened my gmail yesterday and this unknown person, ok at least i don't recall myself knowing this person, sent me an email saying, "Hello Lydia! Today's reading mentions your name. God bless!"

I was like Ok, great... I can't even recall if I actually know you. And I didn't have the time to go read the reading of the day.

And today Thelma told me the same thing! She said, "oh well, it's a short mentioning of you in the book of Acts, but it didn't mentioned where Luke was though." HAHA! ok great! If you guys get the joke. So anywayz, it says:

Lydia's Conversion in Philippi

11From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day on to Neapolis. 12From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.

13On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. 14One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message. 15When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. "If you consider me a believer in the Lord," she said, "come and stay at my house." And she persuaded us.

I picked up Word Among Us to have a read at it:

Monday, 28th April 2008

In today’s first reading, Paul journeys to Europe, where he meets a businesswoman named Lydia. And what began as a normal day by the river turned into a life-changing spiritual encounter for Lydia and her family. Lydia, a Gentile, was already a worshipper of the God of the Jews, but God had plans for her to know his Son as well. Luke tells us that God opened Lydia’s heart to Paul’s preaching, and she became his first European convert to Christianity (Acts 16:14). From this point on, Lydia’s life would now be characterized by a loving, life-giving relationship with Jesus.

This is the very nature of conversion: God touches our hearts and makes us aware of his love, our sinfulness, and our need for his mercy. Such an awareness moves us to turn toward him so that he can begin a process of teaching and empowering us to embrace his goodness and reject the glamour of evil.

While the story of Lydia in Acts is short, we can be sure that it didn’t end where Luke leaves it. Lydia’s conversion not only prompted her to accept baptism; it also moved her to welcome Paul and his companions into her home. Such an act of generosity shows that “conversion urges expression in visible signs, gestures, and works of penance” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1430). It also shows that conversion is not just a one-time event but a lifelong process. It involves continually being open to God and bearing good fruit as we learn to cooperate with his Spirit.

As God continues to help us open our hearts to him, we are transformed bit by bit. The most important changes we experience do not come as a result of big, spectacular events but from the ordinary events of our day. We leave behind the marks of our old life as selfishness gives way to service, wasted time becomes opportunities for prayer, and the approval of God eclipses human praise. So let us keep the door of our hearts wide open to Jesus so we can be remolded into his beautiful image!

Happening!

And it reminded me of the time when I encountered this story from the bible, it was through a good friend of mine. I remember what she said to me. We sat down one day and she read this passage to me. And she said, "Look! It says Lydia was a worshipper of God!"

I went, "Oh great! I love worshipping the Lord and I love singing to God!"

And she continued, "And you know what? She invited Paul to stay at her house! And you know, Paul, he don't anyhow stay in people's house when he goes on his missions to spread the gospel one!"

I didn't get it. So i went, "Ah huh? So what does it mean?"

She said, "Babe! It means Lydia had such a great gift of hospitality that Paul couldn't reject her offer!"

And i went AHHHHH!!! Praise the Lord!

It's so profound how important/meaningful/prophetic a name is to a person. And I thank God that my parents gave such a wonderful name! I could so identify myself with the story.

So parents-to-be out there (not that many that I know of except my colleague, who's expecting a boy, she just got the results yesterday!), choose a prophetic name for your kid! Like really, it will speak a lot about them.

I love Jesus! Weeee......

C.S. Lewis Song

2008-03-16T23:03:00.002+08:00

If i find in myself
Desires nothing in this world can satisfy
I can only conclude
That I, I was not made for here

If the flesh that I fight
is at best only light and momentary
Then of course, I'll feel nude
When to where I'm destined I'm compared

Speak to me in the light of the dawn
Mercy comes with the morning
I will sigh and with all creation groan
As I wait for hope to come for me

Am I lost or just less found
On the straight or on the roundabout of the wrong way
is this a soul that stirs in me
is it breaking free, wanting to come alive

cos my comfort would prefer for me to be numb
And avoid the impending birth of who I was born to become

Speak to me in the light of the dawn
Mercy comes with the morning
I will sigh and with all creation groan
As I wait for hope to come for me

For we
we are not long here
our time is but a breath
so we better breathe it

And I
I was made to live
I was made to love
I was made to know You

Hope is coming for me
Hope is coming for me
Hope is coming for me
Hope, He's coming

Speak to me in the light of the dawn
Mercy comes with the morning
I will sigh and with all creation groan
As I wait for hope to come for me

If there is nothing on this earth that can satisfy the desires of my heart, then I don't belong here...

Choices

2008-03-06T00:54:00.006+08:00

Strangely... I thought i was faced with choices...
To realise that all I had to do was just to be myself... It's not so much of the choices I have to make in the first place...

Why have I become the person I'm not?
I knew i was in a mess, but I didn't realise it was this messy

Ok i need to undo this mess now... I'm gonna go to Jesus to seek help..

I need to say goodbye to the world for a while.

p/s: a good friend of mine told me today, "I don't think u're just walking around and not daring to launch and take off. U're sitting there, and don't even dare to get up and walk!"

OMG! so scary! he's being too honest... but it's good... honesty is good. That's what i need to hear now actually... haha!

10 things i discovered in 2007

2008-01-15T04:10:00.000+08:00

10 things i discovered in 2007...

1. i'm actually quite emo

2. i'm not as strong as i thought i was

3. But i know i can find strength in God... and i found it

4. i actually don't really know much about myself

5. hence, by God revealing it to me, i'm got to know myself better

6. i actually don't know God very well

7. hence, by God revealing Himself to me, i got to know Him better

8. i belittled God... He showed me how great He was

9. what God revealed was only a small tiny fraction of His glory

10. hence, i know if He were to reveal His full glory, my weak heart won't be able to take it... i'll faint & die in joy... WOW that thumb really is the "to die is gain"

this and that, this or that

2008-01-08T00:07:00.000+08:00

random thoughts:

have u ever wondered whether This or That is better?

and when u have to make a choice between This and That, u struggle with making that choice between the 2...

read a book on the train just now, i love travelling time!
it's the bestest time to have my quiet time with the Lord...

it doesn't take much effort to convince urself to believe what the world tells u, but it takes effort for us to purposely choose what is the right thought to think of.

so which do i choose?
i'd been choosing this... when i know at the back of my mind, the right track to take is that... that's where God is and that's where He wants to take me to... the path that's more difficult and requires more effort. out of convenience, i chose this.

it's difficult but i'll take the road less travelled... i choose that

10 things i wanna do in 2008

2008-01-06T01:36:00.000+08:00

1. stop shopping (cut down i mean, oh & prob have a garage sale to sell my stuff =P)
2. stop taking cabs (take when bo bian)
3. stop eating expensive food (stop ordering excessively & think twice before i step into a restaurant)
4. Pass my driving?!??!?! IN JESUS' NAME!
5. finish reading the books i bought (all 12 of them, which means 1 a month)
6. read deeper into the Word
7. take 2 days leave & spend "God & Me" time at the beach
8. pick up Guitar AGAIN (the first song i wanna play: None But Jesus)
9. build, journey with & start cell within Hospi Team
10. see the final product of Eden Cafe

In Jesus name I pray, Amen!

and it shall be an amazing year...

2008-01-05T01:45:00.000+08:00

i'm finally updating the blog... after 2 months!

it's been a dramatic Nov/Dec and i'm so glad i survived through 2007! Praise the Lord!
After all that drama, the December YISS and the 10,000 parties after, I'm done & all set to go into the new year!

it's been amazing, exciting, nerve-wrecking, a roller coaster ride, there were periods of disorientation, there was a regain of confidence, but above all that, i know God has been hiding me in His shadow... revealing Himself to me & revealing me to me in the process!

Though there were periods i have absolutely no idea what God was trying to do, but I trust He knows what He's doing! He's God!

I'm excited about 2008, since 2006...
I've been looking forward to 08 since a long time ago... and it's finally here!

I'm really excited to see the fruits that will bear this year, and i'm just gonna sit back and be a happy girl! happier than usual...

I love You, Jesus!!!

i love mac

2007-11-09T01:50:00.000+08:00

i need to record this! haha! Defining Moment!!!

i've finally ended my long misery of having a laptop that cannot type the letters 'O', 'I' and 'L'! ok lah not only that but i spent a lot repairing components here and there the past 3 years! keyboard spoil lah, battery spoil lah, kena virus left right centre lah... wahh i think i've had enough! problems all over the place!

it got so frustrating that I really wanted to just end it all by getting myself a Macbook. I'd been thinking about it, like OK the next laptop I'm getting would probably be a Mac... i've heard too much raving reviews from Mac users that I got totally convinced!

The breaking point happened a few days ago when I started to type on my old laptop and the number '4' starting coming out when i typed 'U', then 'P' became '-', 'M' became '2' and so on and so forth... it totally went bonkers! And the cover, which i just repaired like 3 months ago, started to give way again... WAHHHHHH! enough is enough!

My Daddy: "aiyor just go and buy a new one lah! don't so pek chek already!"

Yes Lyn the Aunty got hers on Saturday and she was telling me there's this promotion going on! Wahhhh, Sunday evening I faster cheong down to EpiCentre to have a look! Quickly called Charles Lim and told him about the offer... He wanted to get a Macbook too!

So anywayz, we both decided YES! Let's get one! First thing in the morning on Monday, I went down to buy it! OMG! Praise the good Lord! i love it! I finally understood what it means "once u use Mac, you won't wanna switch back to PC"!

And on Tues night, I found out that Don got his macbook too! HAHA! Join the club! And he told me something really hilarious! He said MacNUS Society has this Tshirt that says...

Mac Users swear by their computers, PC Users swear AT their computers

Praise God for creating this!

18th Youth in the Spirit Seminar

2007-11-08T03:10:00.000+08:00

18th Youth in the Spirit Seminar

6-9 December 2007

Catholic Spirituality Centre

Be renewed in faith & transformed in Christ!

Embark on a journey with the Everlasting God and embrace His never-ending love!

Fuel Up Fridays

2007-11-06T14:37:00.000+08:00

Amplify Fuel Up Fridays, 8pm

2-30 November 2007

Catholic Spirituality Centre

5 weeks prep to YISS 6-9 Dec 2007

This week, 9 November

070707 @ Andrew's

2007-09-09T01:49:00.000+08:00

omg! can u believe it? it's been 6 months since i came back from Syd and i'm only posting the photos now! OH MY TIAN!

u know what? i'm back dating this entry just cos i don't want it to be seperated from the rest of the other Sydney entries... I'm a DING DONG QUEEN!

This was the after conference party at TAJ's on 7 July 2007... 070707

kenny, flo and i were like the slaves to TAJ, we prepared all the party food while he ding dongs round the house lighting candles everywhere, aroma everywhere... his house smelt like a spa! he wants to burn down the house... dunno what he doing la...

all ready to go! we have 4 hrs to prepare everything!

we weren't as chirpy happy by the start of the party!
by that time, seow chun kiat, flo and i were tired like mad!

chop chilli chop chilli chop chop chop!

besides lighting candles, he cut the mushrooms! ok great contribution!

and he made me dress up as G.Y.M.!

ok we're all done and i think the guests are here!

tak glam mode by the start of the party!
we looked like we just fought a war in the kitchen

my aussie cousin was there too!

chun kiat took this with the white patch there...
i asked him to take again

by now, he is like cannot be bothered... his face black like dunno what!
from all the cooking...

i didn't dare to ask him do it again

"skews me" emma! what r u doing?

i notice syl loves to do this when she takes photos

bread & butter pudding lai liao...

yummy!

chun kiat makes yummy food! oh by the way, chun kiat means kenny

sing sing sing to the freedom we know...
heehore & ryan played and sang non stop! and i really mean non stop... the time they arrived till the end of the party!

they've not touched their guits for a week... and this is what happens!

but we had great music all night long...

The End!

Sunday after Conference 8 July

2007-09-07T16:18:00.000+08:00

woooow... Bright cheery Sunday Morning... dragged ourselves outta bed so that we could all make it in time for mass at the church in the city...

i received an sms first from Christine Gan that Louie Giglio was gonna speak at 1.15pm service at Hills City Church, then received another from Andrew Tan... gosh i was like WAHHH let's go! GO GO GO!

wasn't sure if we could make it in time though but nevertheless, we managed to catch the Hillsong Bus near Central station! yay!!!

i wouldn't wanna miss it if Louie was giving a session!

I can't really remember what he spoke about though! hahaa.. but not to worry.. i bought the DVD!

my fav speaker in action!

Ok anywayz... met up with TAJ after service for lunch. please take a look at the photo lah! SEE LAH SEE!!!

i was like : WAH! TAJ! your new trench coat hor? Thelma! help take a photo of his trench coat leh!

and she literally followed my instructions and didn't take his face! OMG?!?!??!

i think she brain freeze... too cold!

We went for lunch with TAJ & his friend, Joshua Park in this Hong Kong Cafe in the city, gosh! the portion was sooooooo huge... I barely ate half of it!

i remember it was raining the entire afternoon/ evening/ nite and all of us (the gals) were just shopping around the city, ohh that was the nite i went to Woolworths and bought 10000 packs of Pods! haha! omg!! happily grocery shopping away like an Aunty! And it was raining! i was amazed at how i survived through the rain, carrying the groceries.

The ongster and I got too bored! we started snapping pictures away while the rest of the girls were buying stuff in this shop...

And yar! that nite, we were suppose to meet back at the apartment with Bern to do "The sharing that never happened"! haha! During the start of the Conference, we said we wanted to do like a short sharing about our experiences every nite! yar every nite, as if lor pls... haha! by the time we got back every nite, we're like OMG very tired! need to cheong somemore the next morning kind...

So... "the sharing that never happened" was suppose to happen this very night...!

We wanted to have coffee and yeah just something hot to drink while we do our sharing and i remember we didn't really wanna go back to the apartment, we wanted to find a coffee place somemore to just sit, chill and do the sharing!

We were waiting for Bern to come meet us and while waiting, we went to the Mac Cafe near our apartment. We did half the sharing there and continued the other half back at the

apartment! gosh amazing! we each had an amazing testimony... be it placing visions in our lives, be it a stirring in our hearts, God is certainly taking us into an exciting season... Amen Amen!

Family Day 9 & 10 July

2007-09-07T15:50:00.000+08:00

After conference week... wow!! it was like the "can sleep in week"... ok i'm really trying to remember what happened here.. i procrastinated for too long to update this! NO!!! actually it's because it's so hard for me to update my blog! that's why i didn't update it for a very long time...

my old laptop went BONKERS! first, some characters couldn't be typed, then it just went haywire! so i got really lazy and didn't wanna do anything with my laptop!

anywayz... yeah it was a super lazy day on the 9th July and we all got out of the apartment at like 1pm! we DING DONG-ed around the apartment all morning and everyone was just too lazy to get our butts out of the place! well the day was already very short! we didn't have much time to do things already... but just too tired after conference, that's why!

Anywayz, we went to Paddy's to shop for MORE Cotton On! considering the amount of stuff we got previously already.. we bought like SOMEMORE! biangz... unbelievable! by the time we finished lunch, it was already like 3pm? 2 more hours and the shops all start closing...

we planned to go climb the Bluey Blue Mountains the next day, and we went to Circular Quay to get the day trip thingy! and later i decided that i would give it a miss since i've been up the mountains twice already! i think it's quite enough for me this lifetime! hahahaaaa...

and i decided to spend the day with my family while the rest were up in the mountains taking pictures with the 3 sisters!

didn't have any other day to spend time with my family liao... so i decided to stayover and go out with my cousins the next day! OMG! SHOPPING! we went Westfield Miranda and i was like wahhh shopping the entire day and just spending time with the kids... ok not kids anymore but gosh i watch them grow up!

Nathlene posing like a super model!!!

happily taking pictures all over after dinner.. ohh and i went to visit Uncle John & family too! both my uncles stay really near each other..

OMG! i saw this photo and i'm like WAHHHH!! i really watch these gals grow up!

that's Tiffany and Marilyn (the rocker chic)

Tiff siao liao... what's with the scarf on the head?

family outing to Miranda!!!

Nat's such a drama chic!

i was trying to prove 2 of them looked really alike!

smile.....

she has never taken a photo with a straight face...

omg i love this shot!

see what i mean? Lyn is like super mischievous!

ask her to smile, don't wanna smile..

basically she does the opposite of whatever you say!

Lyn's a monkey!

pictures galore all over the place!

i love taking picturesssssssssss........

after i was done, went back to the city to meet the rest who came back from 3 Sisters visit.. suppose to meet them for dinner somewhere in the city but all of them were soooooo tired that they didn't wanna get out of the apartment lah!

so anywayz, i grabbed some pizza and brought it back for them... was carrying this HUGE box in the cold... wahhh faster walk lor... cold like siao at nite...

ok that's the end of my story! haha... like no conclusion but NVM!

Paramatta + We love to eat part I, 11July

2007-09-04T03:16:00.000+08:00

We had a fantastic start to our day!! cos we had some really nice breakfast @ Bills!! and the best way to start the day is always to fill your empty stomach with some really really good breakfast!!

i had Bacon, Sauteed Mushroom, Scrambled Eggs & Sour Dough.. yumz

yummy juicy fresh tomatoes!

coffee aroma...

and a nice cup of tea...

it compensated the long walk we had before finally making it to Bills... it was really an "up the mountain, down the valley" adventure!

are u happy or are u tired? haha!

mel & ryan!
ryan was super excited that day cos he was gonna go look for guitars with Bern!

omg! bern looked too decent to be bern! hahahha!

he look sooo feminine here!! hahahha

the waiter had 10000 cameras in his hand... all ours! hahaaaa...
poor thing!

TAKE PHOTO! and everyone conveniently just passed all our cameras to the poor waiter, who already had 10000 customers to serve!!

We made our way to Paramatta after breakfast... why did we go Paramatta?? hmmm... so that we could shop at Westfield and Bern & Ryan could go guitar browsing!

so that we can eat Krispy Kreme
so that we can buy accessories from Diva
so that we can go to Sports Girl
so that we can go more Cotton On-ing
so that we can shop, shop and do more shopping...

YAY! krispy kreme!! we havent got the chance to eat it since we arrived... so yeahhhh we were pretty excited when we saw that there was Krispy Kreme in Paramatta Westfield!!

Original Glazed ones are still the best...
the rest just look delicious! hahaha!

not that they're not yummy.. but nothing beats the original one!

we're soooo happy!!!
weeeeeeeeee...........

ahhhhmmmm......

still feeling happy about it! hahaha...

and that was it... the last few photos we took while we were there... cos the rest of the time, we were shopping and looking for good bargains! omg i bought more Bonds undies... i already bought quite a alot the day before... crazy rite? at the end of the trip, while i was packing, i counted the number of Bonds undies i bought... OMG! 15!

and i bought another ring from Diva... i had been ring shopping in Sydney... i duno why i just can't get nice ones in Singapore.. so i went mad over there! HEH!

ooohh oohh i bought a Green handbag from Valley Girl... not that i carry handbags a lot these days.. but it was only $10... and it's pretty!

and i bought this purple top from i can't remember which shop.. it's the exact same design as the one i wanted to get at Topshop.. but it's now not available anymore... i can't believe i found the exact same design in Sydney.. and it's $10 i think! hhahha... faster buy!

The Ongster just bought a pair of Studs from Diva and we were comparing who's got the shiniest earring! hahaha... nothing better to do!

yep and by evening, we headed back to the city to meet Kenny Seow for Belgian Mussels! yiippppeeee.... Belgian Mussels and Beer for dinner... it was super yummy!

Kenny was like the official food and entertainment guide for the next few days...

there were like so many things we havent eaten & done and we were going to do that within the 4 remaining days!

here we are at the Belgian restaurant..

Bern wanted to try Kangaroo meat... while eating it, i was just imagining kangaroos jumping around out in the open field... hahaha... haiyo so poor thing

kangaroo meat is tough... ewwww

and we had 3 yummy pots of mussels... gosh it was super nice!!
and i had Hoe Garden Forbidden Fruit to go along with it...

are we in heaven or what?

After dinner... we took a slow but long walk to Circular Quay, where the Sydney Opera House was and took a few night shots there... woooooo... it was freezing... but the view was worth freezing for! haha...

Harbour Bridge

Opera House

we took another long walk to Darling Harbour.. wahhh and i didnt realise our apartment was just behind Darling Harbour! thank goodness! we were near home liao... hahhaa...

Darling Harbour

by the end of the nite, we were all super exhausted! oooh my goodness! my feet was falling apart... but we had some good entertainment when we got back!

look at this Heehore... entertainment rite? hahahhaha...

i'm your fan and my hair looks like Guile

and grace joined in!
Bro and Sis in action... hahahhaha

ok enough drama... showered and all ready for bed...

gosh... so super duper nostalgic.. the fun we had while we were there.. how we would wake up to Brooke Fraser or Passion Hymns CD every morning. Bern would play it every morning while we get ready to go out..

Char was just telling me the other day that whenever she hears Brooke Fraser's Shadowfeet, it reminds her of how we would wake up hearing the song every morning... omg! we had so much fun and we're still reminising it...

The Cotton On, Brooke Fraser, Chris Tomlin!!!, Louie Giglio, Amazing Grace, Hosanna, In Your Freedom, Break Free, Saviour King, the nice weather, the train rides to Olympic Park every morning during Conference week, the Hannah pie we eat every morning, hot chocolate in the cold weather, the hungry panks we get by the end of the night, the going to 7-11 to buy cup noodles before we go back to our apartment every nite during conference week, the cold cold wind outside UTS, the walks back to our apartment, the "instant noodle" smell when we open the door cos Mel & Ryan would have finished theirs by the time we get back, the taking turns to bathe, meeting the West End people (bern, tin tin and van) every morning, conference, let the redeemed of the Lord SAY SO, taking photo with Chris Tomlin and Louie Giglio, walking straight pass Miriam Webster to get to Louie Giglio, sampat Tan Ann Joo sms-ing me during worship, worship dont wanna worship, sampat sms me, from the front to the back left to the right, ding dong tan ann joo calling to ask "where are u?" in his aussie accent, kenny's beef goulash, sticky date pudding, ah gu's laughter, syl speaking teochew with me in sydney (mel and allan dont understand haha!), allan the rapper, Max Brenner, Lindt Cafe, Krispy Kreme, Bronte & Bondi beach, Hurricane Ribs, Dalghety Square..... and GOD!!!

and the list goes on and on and on....

Sydney gang (Bern, Grace, Flo, Char, Thelma)... if u're reading this, dont start tearing... haha! praise God for an amazing experience!

we love to eat Part II 12 July

2007-08-28T02:58:00.000+08:00

Ok this is weird... i dont know how to start blogging this entry! hahaha... cos i'm trying really hard to recall what we did by looking at the photos...

hmmmm.. oohh we planned the itinerary for the week after conference, which was suppose to be our travel week like straight after the conference and we were suppose to go photo taking on the 12th!

I made an appointment with Lyn Lyn (the rocker chic who is my cousin, and her name's Marilyn) and cute lil' Nathlene at Paddy's cos she wanted to show me the Tshirt my brother wanted... so that i could buy it for him... some Dream Theatre Tshirt... i have no idea what Dream Theatre is, apparently it's my brother's favourite rock band.. which i never heard of! oh wellz... nvm i'll just get it for him since Marilyn says he likes it...

Marilyn and my brother are like best friends! gosh... Imagine this 16 year old teenage girl and a 23 year old guy, talking on msn every other day at different parts of the globe about rock bands? yar apparently Marilyn could tell me which Dream Theatre Tshirt my brother has already!!! so that i wont buy the same one.. yes she even knows my brother's wardrobe! haha!

That morning, all of us were running our own errands in Paddy's... i think Grace and Flo went Cotton On for more "cotton on-ing raid" hahaha! i dunno where the rest went.. but we were doing some last minute shopping since it was Thursday already!

We met after our shopping and the plan was to cheong to Hyde Park and St Mary's Cathedral to take photos!

Met up with the rest with the 2 girls!!

Grace loves little children! noooo actually everyone loves Nathlene!!

Bern finally met Marilyn! cos i've been telling him Marilyn plays basically all the instruments in the world... omg! she's a prodigy! she plays electric guitz, bass, drumns and keys! she can form one band by herself already!

We parted with the girls at Paddy's and we went off to do the tourist thing. TAKE PHOTOS! ok i dunno what park this is but i love this photo lah! we look like we're in some part of London! haha!

oooooh i love the scenery!

ok i still dunno where this place is behind us but we were looking at Hyde Park from where we stood! like in front of us... walk somemore is Hyde Park liao!

and this is the fountian in HydePark i think! ITHINK!

and we parked ourselves opposite St Mary's Cathedral to have our lunch and laid down on the grass! omg so shiok lah! i almost fell asleep!

i see skies of blueeee and clouds of whiteeeeee.... oooooh what a wonderful world!!!

and we started singing... i think i sang "what a wonderful world" with the wrong lyrics! ahhaha! and Grace asked me to sing "captivate us"... sing sing sing... and heehore did some harmonising... lalalaaaaa... and i think we sang "Amazed" too... what else... hmm can't remember! haha!

we were just random singing!

i tell u we could just lie there all day... but cannot! we will never make it to our next stop and it was getting late!

we finally got our act together and moved our butts!

it was 369 days to World Youth Day 2008!

just in case u are wondering, i wouldnt have taken such a nice shot in an artistic angle! CHARLENE DID! that's the difference... she's a designer and i'm not! i got no "perspective"! haha! ohh and Charlene was making the rest of us pose here pose there the whole trip... ok lah not the whole trip!

she will go : ok Grace u stand here! Flo u stand there... ok Thelma stand in front of Bern!

i'm still in awe of the beauty though it's like my 3rd time here at the Cathedral...

And... we took a bus to Newtown...

to catch the shops before they close!
Here we are!

Ohhhh and we realised... the shops didnt close at 5! cos it was Thurs Late Nite Shopping! wahhh heng ar!

we love Newtown!

We headed back to the city in the evening... Grace and Bern went to catch a play at the Opera House while the rest of us girls met up with Mel, Ryan, Kenny and Tan Ann Joo for dinner...

We met up with Kenny first at QVB, so might as well go in there to take some photos! hahaha... since we havent been there yet!

and again, i didnt take this shot! CHARLENE DID! haha!

It was still early and wasn't time for us to meet Tan Ann Joo yet... He could only meet us at 9? I think he had some wedding rehearsal or something!

So.. while waiting, we went to Lindt Cafe at Darling Harbour to have some hot chocolate and waffles! it was omg good! but not as good as Max Brenner! haha!

Charlene totally lost her mind when she ate the chocolate! i think she too deprived already! she was sick leh... still can eat so much chocolate omg! and she started rambling! she's a goner! she was high on chocolate!

gosh... i was quite full actually from the dessert... yar we had dessert before dinner! haha.. siaoness!

Met Mel & Ryan and the TAJ at i dunno where... i think hmmm somewhere in the city lah.. and went for korean food!

yay! we finally had a table! it was 9plus already leh... still so packed... ok the place was a bit small though, that's why

wahhhh everything was super yummy lah..

EVERYTHING!!

And we went t0 eat somemore! omg! like eating with a vengence! kena starved during Conference week so we need to pay it back! omg omg!

it was Dessert, Dinner, then Dessert again! we went Passion Flower to have ice cream!

we had Lychee with Rose Petals Ice cream!

theirs had Tang Yuen in it!

i think theirs was some pineapple thingy...

omg i can't believe this... we're eating and eating non stop the whole nite.. but yar i'm happy! hahaha! i love to eat!

that's was Eating Diary Day 2 for you!

we love to eat Part III 13 July

2007-08-20T00:05:00.000+08:00

it was our 2nd last day in Sydney and yay! here we are at Bronte Beach!

Oh my goodness!! Bronte Beach is sooo beautiful......!!!! It's just beside Bondi and we took our walk down Bronte to Bondi beach...

Though we were gonna be late... we couldn't walk without stopping! cos we simply had to take tonnes of pictures!!! couldn't resist the beauty of nature, created by the mighty God i love... i was just awestrucked & speechless... enjoying every minute of it!

The Ongster and Aunty Dee!!

Ongster, Thelmamama & me!!!

we just had to take more picturessssss......

look look!! breath taking view...

ohhhh i love this shot!!! we were just enjoying it... totally!

we were reaching Bondi! it's just behind us...

gosh! did u notice i'm the only one without both legs up! i'm hopeless at rock climbing!! i'm serious... my arms are super weak... !

just had to take that one shot of myself!

thelma took this picture, and i love it so much!

then, i asked Kenny to photoshop for me! hahaaa... and i specifically wanted the word "Freedom" and wanted my favourite bible verse there too...

Taaah Daaahh....!!! and it looked like some Women's Conference publicity poster! hahaha!!

Here we are at Bondi!!! yayyyyy...

we met mel and ryan at bondi and we headed for lunch at Fish Monger for some really nice fish & chips! Ohhhh and Thelma bought this drink... initially i was like errr ok i dont want a drink... after stealing a sip, OK i wanna get one... good stuff!!

And apparently, Charlene the Ongster told us few days ago that she saw this brand of drink at the pharmacy of Tan Tock Seng Hospital!!!

i have no idea why they're selling it in such a strange place but nevertheless, PRAISE THE LORD! now i know where to get it in Singapore!!

yummilicious fishy chips!!

TAJ and Kenny joined us after lunch and omg! we had fried mars bar! it was like omg delicious!! better than the one in Chippy! anyway i had a bad experience with Chippy fried mars bar!! i shall not go into that...

and guess what??? we had to go all the way to Sydney to meet Adriel!! Singapore cannot meet leh.. must go until so far...

here we are... at The Gap!

Apparently, Kenny says it's a popular suicide spot?!?!??!

but it's really beautiful...

yes the beauty of nature, created single handedly by God!!!

omg look at this view......

spot the models contest begins........... NOW!

and then... we headed for dinner... at Hurricane! omg... kenny had been warning me that the ribs there are SUPER HUGE... it's like ONE HUGE SLAB kind... and Andrew Tan calls it barbaric food! and he was all geared up in his "barbaric" clothes, all ready to eat the ribs....

Look!!! Ongster & Flo had bibs around their neck!!!

and i refused to put on one myself! hahhaha... dont want ! so embarassing!

please have a look at how big the slab of rib is!
it's bigger than my rib cage lor i think!

yummilicious.... happy facesssss....

miss ah gu gu joined us like when we're almost done with the food....

all stuffed with happy food...

omg this is sooooo hilarious! we love hello kitties!!!

and we love the hello kitty pose!

it was sooooooper cold that nite... after the dinner, we went back down to the city, wanting to find a place to chill out... gosh i really need to blog about this episode!!!

So Ah Gu (Christine Gan) drove and obviously couldn't fit all of us in the car, so we had to split TAJ and Kenny since they knew the way to town.. Kenny took a few of them with him to Ah Gu's car and TAJ took Flo, Bern and I to take the bus...

OMG! i knew it lor seriously!!! when we alighted... he was like hmmmm.. He looked quite lost! but he didnt say... he picked up his mobile and I KNEW IT! I KNEW HE WAS CALLING
KENNY FOR HELP! so ok whatever, as long as we can get there!!

wahhh but it was super cold can! and Bern & I were like suuuuuper high tide and we couldn't find any toilets around... THEN! we realise that we kept going in CIRCLES!!!!?!??!??! and i'm like OMG! that Andrew Tan taking us for a spin issit???? like walk round n round ok!!! IN THE COLD!

i was like DYING to get to the place to meet the rest cos i really needed the toilet!!!

OMG! guess what la guess what... i made the mistake by FOLLOWING HIM!!!
while Flo & Bern were behind us...

He crossed the road!!! so i crossed with him....

THEN!!!! he exclaimed leh!!! LOOK!! THEY ARE OPPOSITE!!!!
OMGGGGGGG!!!! then we shouldn't have crossed mah!!!!

wahhhhh no sense of directions??? yar and his name is Andrew Tan!!!

anywayz... we went to one club/ lounge after another and we didnt like any one of them and we finally decided to buy drinks and food and go back to our apartment to chill!! gosh! everyone was like so tired walking around can!!! and there was such a huge sigh of relief in everyone's face
when we finally decided to go back to our apartment! yayyyyyyyy.....

we watched "FOLLOW THE LAW"!! imagine a huge group of Singaporeans... Some Singapore Singaporeans and Australia Singaporeans plus a Malaysia who simply loves the Singapore culture (hahhahahah!!!) all together in one house, LAUGHING AWAY watching something so close to home in a foreign land! it's hilarious to the max!!!

ok that's the end of Food Diary Day 3...

Baby Ally Whatever

2007-08-01T01:37:00.001+08:00

check this out! she's sooooo AP!!! i feel like pinching her cheeks!

we love to eat Part IV 14 July

2007-07-31T02:39:00.000+08:00

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!

2007-07-28T13:49:00.000+08:00

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

2007-07-27T11:08:00.000+08:00

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

2007-07-26T15:57:00.000+08:00

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!

i'm not ready to fly... but TOO BAD! i'm really flying in a few hours!

2007-06-29T13:54:00.000+08:00

i'm not ready... i feel so unprepared!! haha!
it's exciting!!! long awaited... but it's so scary...

i've been down with fever & throat infection for more than half of the week and it feels as if i haven't done a lot of things... and it's THE DAY already!

my luggage is half packed, i just came back from running some last minute errands...
buy my toiletries from bodyshop, watson's, the little little things... oh yar and i almost forgot andrew tan's blotters! omg! baahhhh... nah u can clean ur face dry!

i can't believe this! like REALLY! hahaha...

ok as i'm typing this, the anxiety and anticipation is setting in...
i'm going to sing Hosanna till i puke.. but who cares! i still love it!!!

alrightie... i'll see u guys when i get back!!

YISS 200 People Photo

2007-06-22T03:35:00.000+08:00

How did we ever do that? squeeze 200 over people into a photo?!?!
apparently we did it! haha!

it's the Worship Team... ... Trust Team! Ha!

Photos from the wedding

2007-06-22T03:18:00.000+08:00

There's more... like a lot more! i'll upload another time... haha!
I'm super DING DONG... OMG!

Warrior Princesses! Acts 2:28

2007-06-22T03:09:00.000+08:00

Praise the Lord!

Dearest Warrior Princesses of God... I'm truly edified by all of u by how u gals responded to God's love... Go out there to proclaim His goodness!!! Keep on praising Him!!!

it's been an amazing 4 days @ YI seeing how lives are being transformed...

I've got lots to say ... loads n loads of thoughts... but i'm sleepy now HAHA!

I'll keep u guys updated when i'm more free to update my blog!

OH YAR! i haven't post Dom & Daph's Wedding photos! omg! i'm super random....

crazy schedules and conserving energy to run the race......

2007-05-27T01:43:00.000+08:00

i've been so super duper busy...
but we're all [flo thelma grace bern charlene mel ryan tintin] counting down to 30 June! yipedeeeeeee...........

Conference Tickets booked, air tickets booked, accomodation settle long long time ago...

Time really flies man! we were just talking about how long it is we have to wait till 30 June but look now! it's a month away.....

And i was just counting down & thinking about the milestones before really looking forward to Sydney!

19 May - Dom & Daph's Wedding

1-3 June - YISS Prep Camp

5 June - HospiTeam Meeting

6 June - Dinner Conference with Sydney Gang to plan itinerary

14-17 June - YISS

not forgetting to plan for Amazing Race (which will happen right after we come back from Hills) and the numerous meetings in between...

Ok i'm gonna be really random here.. i dont care! hahaha...

Something which i've been really wanting to do was just to hang out with my HospiTeam.. we havent even got time to sit down for a proper meeting to discuss about stuff.. let alone hanging out... Grrrr! This irrtates me! like REALLY! no lah... i'm exaggerating! haha!

Did i tell u that we had such a good time at Dom & Daph's wedding?

It's the most Christ Centred wedding as many had said and the wedding exemplified how rooted in Christ they both are, making Him the centre of the relationship!

it sets an example for all of us to follow... we're suppose to put Christ in the centre of everything anyway! AMEN TO THAT!

And it's just so different singing for ur friend's wedding compared to someone u don't know...
like i really put in all the emotions i could kind... u know emote? yar... i was emoting to How Beautiful......... wahh but i love that song... the lyrics are so beautiful... i always recommend it to people when they are choosing their wedding mass songs... =)

Wah Charles Yee says he wants to sing How Beautiful at my wedding.... errrrrrr ..... Charles, dont lah ok? ahhahahahaaaaaa! i think i will cry in agony... u stick to ur I Stand in Awe...

Ohhh aiyor i'm still collecting the wedding photos from all over lah!
wah i was so angry man... my camera battery died after one photo... And i charged it the whole nite... anywayz.. yeah and i was taking photos from everyone's camera.... am still collecting it!

I'll post it after i'm done collecting!

Anywayz... wah better enjoy man... before i cannot enjoy anymore when prep camp comes.... faster watch Spiderman, Pirates of the Carribean and Shrek 3 before the drama starts! faster conserve energy!!!

SHREK 3!!!!!!!!!! YIPPPPEEEEE..... I LOVE OLGES!

I LOVE GREEN!

Oh i was shopping with Thelma n Flo for some long sleeves for Sydney! omg! 3 tops, 3 different shades of GREEN! hahahhaaaa... other colours dont really appeal to me!

I LOVE GREEN! I HEART OLGES!

lalalaaaaaaaa....

wahh i had a great confession on Saturday... i feel so spiritually recharged and forgiven by the Lord! Praise God!

ok i'm done randoming

overflowing shoe cabinet

2007-04-22T22:25:00.000+08:00

omg! my brother and my dad's shoes dont have a place in my shoe cabinet anymore...
and some of my shoes are spilling out of the cabinet too!

yesterday, my dad said, "i think you better get another cabinet and put ur shoes in ur room!"

just now, he walked into my room, offering me another solution!

"you know those transparent big plactic boxes?" , he said....

me: yar why??

"buy one! then u can stack ur shoes LAYER BY LAYER and it's transparent! then u can see where your shoes are!" he added, and he was really sincere about it...

haven't done an actual stockcount on my shoes... but i think about 40 pairs?

rubber slippers from Bangkok included...

random...

2007-04-04T00:37:00.000+08:00

i've taken out the emo song... quite depressing to hear it all the time! haha!
uploaded another track from Cafe Del Mar instead...

Cafe Del Mar?!?!?! ok i shall not start.........

been feeling super random & distracted for the past few weeks... i think cassilda totally saw me flying all over the place...

i shall go meditate & seek the heart of God...
and on that note, i was so surprised at myself i attended service @ New Crea on Sunday & actually stayed for the entire service... when i only intended to go for the P&W part.

considering how bias i am when it comes to... ok Thelma u know what lah huh...

and the teaching was quite good... in fact, it set me thinking... for the past 2 days...
too lazy to blog about it now...

ohhhh i feel so random....!!!
my brain is cluttered with 10000 things... i need to go spend some God+Me time... byeeeee

my favourite sappy song... haha...

2007-03-29T01:33:00.000+08:00

been listening to this spanish song No Me Ames by J Lo & Marc Anthony recently like very often... cos i really like it! gosh it's so emo....

but cos it's in spanish, obviously i don't know what the lyrics mean...

i decided to look up on the net... omg! guess what No Me Ames mean?
it means Don't Love Me! it's so drama!

and as i was reading it... goodness... it's like so romeo & juliet! soap opera meh?
aiyor why so chee cham??

Read On....

Don't Love Me

Tell me, why are you crying?
Because I'm happy
And why are you so choked up?
From loneliness And why are you squeezing my hand
So tightly
And your thoughts seem to be wandering?

I love you so much
Why? Don't be so hard-headed
Stop doubting me
Although in the future there's a large sky I
'm not afraid I want to love you

Don't love me because you think I'm different
You don't think it's right
For us to spend this time together
Don't love me because I know what a lie it would be
If you don't think I deserve your love

Don't love me I'm going to stay another day
Don't love me because I'm lost
Because I change the world
Because it's my destiny
Because I can't change

We are a mirror
And you are my reflection
Don't love me
To be dying in a war of regret and sad thoughts
Don't love me Because in this world
This great love deserves to soar through the blue sky
I don't know what to say

That's the truth If people want to want to hurt us, they will
If you and I part now They don't matter
But in this world Don't leave me
Don't listen when I say I don't love you
Don't love me Stop breaking my heart with these "I don't love you's"
Don't love me Because my heart is breaking
That is useless I will always love you
Don't love me You have suffered enough

My heart has turned cold like a million winters
Don't love me To forget about your gray days
I want you to always love me
You and I are changing One with the other
And always together
This love is like the sun That comes out after a storm
Like two comets in the same galaxy

Don't love me Don't love me Don't love me

Dramatic??
yar i think so too...

But the song sounds really nice...
playing on my blog now...

the Swing that grew up with me....

2007-03-16T02:05:00.000+08:00

Chanced upon this photo while i was photo browsing on my com... taken during CNY

That's my BROTHER! see the red packets spilling out of his left pocket!

My family was house visiting on the first day of CNY... stopped over at my grandaunty's place... it's a very old one storey house...

i got out of the car exclaiming to my brother: "That's the swing i used to sit on since i was like 5?!?!?! it's still there!!!!"

And obviously... my butt has grown too big and can barely fit the seat of the swing! haha!

random ranting continues............

2007-03-15T01:21:00.000+08:00

no no no! that was not the end of the story.....

i've abstained from Chocolates and Fried stuff for 3 weeks!!!
cos i've been sick since then.........

3 weeks!!!
i've been eating fish soup... soup... soupy soup...

i need KFC! i need some Fried Chicken....
no need to be Kentucky... just Fried Chicken...
oh yes but i'm also craving for KFC!

i need to eat some chocolates to keep myself happy!
chocolatesssssss..............

i wanna drink ice milo from MacDonalds!
yes! nowhere else but MacDonalds!

Jesus, pls heal my cough and my throat... and my stuck nose...
pleeeassseeeee........

random ranting

2007-03-15T00:47:00.000+08:00

i'm movie deprive....
i wanna watch Letters from Iwo Jima
i wanna watch Music & Lyrics
i wanna watch Stomp the Yard
i wanna watch TMNT

i wanna go Cafe Del Mar.....
i wanna bake under the sun....
i need to go shopping... ok after Easter i know...
i wanna go clubbing...
i haven't been to St James Power Station, Cannery & Cafe Del Mar since they opened!
i wanna go to Zouk... i have no idea how it looks like now...
i wanna go Cafe Del Mar.....

i wanna go chill in Holland V
i wanna just roam around in Holland V
i wanna people watch in Holland V
i wanna go Wala's...
i wanna go Holland V Shopping Centre...
i wanna walk into Lim's Living and just walk around for 2 hours...
i wanna go buy pizza at Providence...
i wanna walk up and down Holland V...
i wanna eat my XO mee fen... ok i'm going next Tues!

i wanna buy a vintage tee... just one!
i wanna go eat Waraku...
i wanna sing.... sing sing sing... i can't! my voice is down for now... *cough*

i wanna go CAFE DEL MAR!!!!!!!!

Guess What?!?!? i've been leading a life full of meetings...
i have no time to do all of the above...!

and above all....! Guess What?
i haven't call for Hospi Team Meeting!!!
and my next available date is 29th March... Oh My Gaawddddd!

Hibernating

2007-03-10T22:09:00.000+08:00

woke up this morning with a husky voice... and a phlegmy throat...

there are days you just don't feel like doing anything or talking to anyone... yeah... i'm feeling exactly like that today... one of the rare days i don't feel like opening my mouth! haha! cos of my uncomfortable throat lah...

met poonie to plan for worship, went for mass with thelma, small jacob and mag and then came home...

ok i'm off to study for my final theory test... it's on monday... bahhhh.... *cough* sneeze*

under the sea....... under the sea......

2007-02-28T21:47:00.000+08:00

I drew this when i was 7!!!

I was at the Immigration & Checkpoint Authority Building @ Lavender with my cousins who came back from Sydney last December cos they needed to renew their IC, when i chanced upon my painting!!!

I remembered my Aunty once told me some time ago that my painting was displayed at ICA building but i didn't get the chance to go there to find out myself.

Since i was there last December, we went through all the levels in the building and finally found it at Level 5!!

i was HYPERVENTILATING and wanted to demand for them to give the painting back to me!
hahahaha!

I mean u know... seeing something you drew like more than 17 Years ago, you tend to get emtional! hahaha!

yar i mean it's so amazing rite? ohh and i saw my cousin's painting at Tanjong Pagar MRT Station!

Go check it out if you happen to pass by that station... His Name is Theodosius Ng Zheng Kang!
hahahaha!

And yar if you happen to have lost ur IC (Touch Wood!) and need to go to ICA Building for one reason or another, Go to Level 5!!!

Oh by the way, I won 2nd Prize in the Takashimaya Art Competition back then in 1990 with this drawing! when Taka wasn't even built yet!!!

Under the Weather!

2007-02-28T21:07:00.000+08:00

I'm feeling so under the weather.... On 2 days MC actually

i was feeling it already on Sunday Evening, but i still went ahead with the Indian Food + Shisha dinner plan with Aunty Wins!

I didn't realise that the smoke and the food didn't quite help actually! It worsen my sore throat!

I was down with very bad SORE THROAT that nite i got home and i got feverish in the middle of the nite!

I took half day MC on Monday but "kay kiang" didn't go see a doctor then cos i self medicated and went back to work at 6pm!

Goodness! It really didn't help! CMI on Tuesday! I finally went to see a doctor and she said i had throat infection! and a very bad one!

she gave me the strongest antibiotic on earth, I had to take it after food!

Been floating in and out of sleep since yesterday and the whole of today, i feel crappish!
I hate medicine!

I passed my Driving........

2007-02-28T20:56:00.000+08:00

Basic Theory Test lah... hahahaha!

Yar outdated news again...
Been in the lazy, lo-bo mood, don't really feel like updating my blog...

I went for my BTT last Friday, believe it or not! I didn't study until the day before the test...
And i hit the panic button! For the fact that i dun wanna fail it and waste time waiting for another test date!

So i decided to take half day off! hahhaa! ridiculous rite? but i was desperate for it!

I CANNOT FAIL! i wanna get my license before i arrive in the Sydney Land in July!

It's quite scary actually cos everyone was telling me... the PASSED/ FAILED word will just appear super BIG in ur face after u submit the test!

Though i studied for it but i wasn't very confident! So as i clicked the "End Test" button, I prayed very hard...

I mean so paiseh to fail rite? I took half day off to study leh!
and Winston was making comments like: wah... if u fail, means you really quite stupid!

and Lyn made a comment: aiyar u won't fail lah! unless u dun have common sense!

OMG! heart drop!

The moment was here!! as i clicked the button to submit the test....

it took about 3 seconds for the results to show...............................

PASSED!!!!!!!!
YAY YAY YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i IMMEDIATELY called the driving instructor... he gave me instructions, told me to get my Provisional Driving License, go update my PDL, book a date for my Final Theory Test, and then arrange for my 1st driving lesson!!!

YAY! This Friday would be my first!

i'm sooooooo excited!

Captivated

2007-02-14T02:14:00.000+08:00

Your face is beautiful
And Your eyes are like the stars
Your gentle hands have healing
There inside the scars
Your loving arms they draw me near
And Your smile it brings me peace
Draw me closer oh my Lord
Draw me closer Lord to Thee

Captivate us, Lord Jesus
Set our eyes on You
Devastate us with Your presence
Falling down
And rushing river, draw us nearer
Holy fountain consume us with You
Captivate us Lord Jesus, with You

Your voice is powerful
And Your words are radiant bright
In Your breath and shadow
I will come close and abide
You whisper love and life divine
And Your fellowship is free
Draw me closer O my Lord
Draw me closer Lord to Thee

Let everything be lost in the shadows
Of the light of Your face
Let every chain be broken from me
As I'm bound in Your grace
For Your yoke is easy, Your burden is light
You're full of wisdom, power and might
And every eye will see You

Watermark - Captivate Us

The FORBIDDEN FRUIT in Eden Lounge

2007-02-02T03:41:00.000+08:00

Strictly NO Durians/ Lew Lians of all sorts allowed in Eden Lounge!!!

Hospi Head will go bonkers!
Coordinator will go crazy!

sleeeeeepy

2007-02-01T01:37:00.000+08:00

been feeling sleepy the whole day! and i fell asleep in front of the trainer, yar was on course today!

gosh... been having the luxury of staying too near office so much so that i hate going on course... it means i have to wake up SUPER EARLY!!! and that explains why i've been damn sleepy the whole day...

yar and i woke up damn early today to reach the place at 9am...
i would still be sleeping at 9am during normal days! OMG! is that very bad??? YES!

and i'm feeling super sleepy now... and that's good! it means i'll sleep earlier tonight and wake up earlier tmr.. and i'll slowly adjust my bedtime & wake up time... YAY!

bye i'm going to bed!

17th Youth in the Spirit Seminar

2007-01-31T01:41:00.000+08:00

It's life changing! It's amazing!
It changed my life! Let God do the same for u!
Come experience it for yourself...

Bring your friends/ cousins/ colleagues... whoever u can bring!
Start spreading the word around...

14th to 17th June 2007
Catholic Spirituality Centre
1261 Upper Serangoon Road

Bangkok & My Extremely Efficient Hospi Team

2007-01-30T00:59:00.000+08:00

Yes! i've been back from the THAILAND for a week already...

Gosh! i dun wanna stay longer man! nobody in the country understands me lah! wah first day already i BF... and yarlah that Thelma keeps laughing when i try to communicate with the Thais...

BUT!!! when we reached the hotel... wahhhh... we got a free upgrade for our hotel room... and we were like WAH SO BLESSED! we happily skipped into the room and Thelma went into the toilet... she screamed a bit and started laughing... OMG! look at this towel folded into an elephant! HILARIOUS! yar she was damn amused with this elephant... for like 4 days!

Drama Episode #1

wah this one i really can puke blood... we were eating at Sushi Tei at MBK one night and Thelma was having like some cramps lah... so she wanted WARM WATER...

ok fine! i know i say WARM WATER... they sure blur! i asked for HOT WATER! aiyar easier for them to understand me... at most Thelma would just have to wait for the Hot Water to cool down a bit to Warm Water...

soooooo... i got the attention of the Restaurant Manager... he MANAGER ok! and i said : excuse me, can i have some HOT water please?

he nodded his head... and GUESS WHAT? he came back with a bottle of MINERAL WATER and 2 glasses! i'm like OK! he obviously doesn't understand me...

me: hmmm... i dun want this. i want HOT WATER! u know? hot water?

He nodded his head again... and came back with U KNOW WHAT??
2 cups of HOT GREEN TEA! OMG!!! aiyor OBVIOUSLY he doesn't understand and yet he didn't wanna clarify with me! omg...

this Thelma BURST OUT LAUGHING... i was damn exasperated!
hello!!! i'm trying to get some warm water for you ok!

Drama Episode #2

The whole of the trip just AMUSES me... gosh! we were eating at this pizza place when i turned and looked outside! OMG! i saw like a signage with 20 different types of BREASTS???? and the title of that signage ORDER CHART ???? OMG!

i'm just so amused! hhahahaha..... it's so funny! laugh non stop.....!!!
Thelma took a photo of it! ok obscene! i won't post it here... HAHA!

Drama Episode #3

anywayz... yar and on Friday night, Lyn sent me an MMS while i was there, which i didn't get to see (the sms came in saying there's a photo attached but didn't show the photo) till i went online to check my email when we met Charles Yee (ah pa) and went to his service apartment...

yarlah! very stylo milo! in singapore cannot meet... we go bangkok to meet up! hahaha!
oh he was on this business trip and we happen to be in bangkok at the same time...

Yup! and then i went online in his apartment while the Thelma Tiboleng glued her eyes to her favourite TV! omg! i tell u... she will switch on the tv whenever she gets the opportunity!
anywayz... Cheryl emailed the photo Lyn sent me!

LOOK! The Hospi Team finished setting up by 6.30pm!!!
and they took this photo to try to boast to me!!!

Well Done everyone!!! GREAT JOB! Thanks to Winston's Process Chart and everyone's DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT!!! Praise the Lord!!! lalalalala.........

yeah.... and praise the Lord! i bought the whole Bangkok back! hahhaha......
Shop! Shop! Shop! i really shopped till i dropped!!!!!

Eden Lounge

2007-01-18T03:01:00.000+08:00

After much sweat and blood shed, EDEN LOUNGE was finally up on 5th Jan,

The First Amplify Friday of 2007!

Thank you , Team! For making this happen...

Yes lah! i'm always like behind time in updating my post...
10 steps behind everyone else...

Gosh! People post the photos of Eden Lounge until dunno where already, now then i post! hahaha!

Anywayz, YES EVERYONE!
Be early this Friday!!!

Eden Lounge opens from:
7.30pm to 7.55pm
9.45pm to 10.30pm

Complete Bliss ~ Delight ~ Peace ~ Connection

some back dated entries....

2007-01-07T22:58:00.000+08:00

Yes ok ok! i'm updating my blog already!

Gosh! i haven't been updating since before Christmas! that's a pretty long while....

been really caught up with all that last minute Christmas shopping... hmmm not really though... more of organising socials one after another!!!

Here are some back dated updates... haha

Christmas Eve:

I went back to my old parish to conduct the choir for Christmas Midnight mass... wasn't really a midnight mass though cos it started at 11pm!

my goodness! we only had 3 practices! how cool is that? aiyar but we keep repeating songs year after year... i was commenting: aiyor! i think it's the 4th year we're doing O Come All Ye Faithful for Entrance Hymn leh! and they all laughed!

Yupz!! how convenient! no wonder we could do everything in 3 practices!

yar and this year, we had a few boy sopranos (all altar boys) joining in the fun!!! gosh u guys should really come to my church next year to listen to them... that is if they join us again... they've got angelic voices! they sound like the Vienna Choir Boys! if not exactly, very close!!!

It was a whole new experience for me once again... Haven't been back in the choir for a year since i started on my *AHEM* crazy job... Conducting this year is just different though i've been doing this year in year out...

It's like doing something so familiar to me and yet different! oh wells... i kinda miss it and yeah it was nostalgic! *sobs* haha!

Christmas Day:

gosh!!! my voice was cracking by the end of Midnight service! i went straight to Charles & Ros' place with Tiffany... NO ONE was there yet except Clarence!

everyone only started to arrive at about 2am... MY MY!!! it turned into a mad house!!! everyone went round hugging each other and all, MERRY CHRISTMAS all over the place... omg! so giddy can! while i was busy helping around since i was the organiser!

boy i really lost my voice while trying to get everyone's attention a few times... i had to stand on the chair at one point to get attention!!!

it was a crazy crazy crazily FUN night... though poor Hosts were going to faint already! haha!! Trust me! their house almost exploded!!

we played "Evil Santa", everyone was snatching presents all over the place... had an intimate worship session led by our Long Service Award winner Bernard Hee... hahaha! Hee Hore!!! it was a crazy nite!

After everything.... i realise i didn't take a single photo, i haven't eaten at all and WORSE STILL!!! I FORGOT TO CUT THE CAKE for the December Babies! omg omg omg! i almost threw up the food in my mouth after i realised it!

Reached home at about 8 in the morning... wah cannot take it!! i only woke up at like 2pm and realised that i had to be at my Grandmama's house for lunch! i ignored my dad's wake up call at about 12 noon! hahaha...

It was like a huge reunion! with all the Aussieland Cousins back with us... minus their parents... it would be nice to have the back with us as well though...

Then, all the cousins went over to my Aunt's place to have another round of feasting... we all got bored and decided to watch The Holiday later in the evening...

A bit the SALA though... watching a romantic movie with a bunch of cousins!! oh wellz... we had a great time laughing and giggling!!! hahahha! relive the teenage days!!!

28 December:

Tiffy and Lyn-Lyn were gonna go home to the Aussieland! I left early from my meeting to see them off at the airport...

It's the Da Jie & I!!! She's got my laughter! Yes it runs in the family!!! haha!

It's Marilyn, the ROCKER CHICK!!!

OMG! Look at these Japanese Wannabes!!!

Whose bright idea was this??? It was YOU, Tessa right???
Gosh after we saw the photo, the girls were all screaming...
ok at least it was me and Tiffany screaming: omg! DISGUSTING! how did we ever do that????

ok end of story... i'm so tired... i'm going to bed... byeeeeee!

Amplify Christmas Party

2006-12-17T04:17:00.000+08:00

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!

2006-12-17T03:47:00.000+08:00

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!

2006-12-12T01:54:00.000+08:00

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!!!

2006-12-07T01:37:00.000+08:00

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!

2006-12-05T23:50:00.000+08:00

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?

2006-12-04T00:23:00.000+08:00

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!!!

2006-11-23T01:50:00.000+08:00

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

2006-11-22T23:49:00.000+08:00

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!!!!!

2006-11-14T01:22:00.000+08:00

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

2006-11-09T03:12:00.000+08:00

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

2006-11-07T00:49:00.000+08:00

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

2006-10-31T02:32:00.001+08:00

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

My Birkenstocks....

2006-10-31T01:42:00.000+08:00

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!!!

2006-10-30T21:29:00.001+08:00

omg it's damn hilarious!