His truth endures to all generations

2008-01-05T12:06:00.000+08:00

out on the edge, with You as my centre

first week of sch has just ended.

and yes, it was tiring having to wake up so early.

great to see all at school

chiong-ing homework and studying for tests.

but i know one thing...

"I am with you."

it was so good to have p.mitch's bible study again yesterday.

just so nice:

to come back to church

to learn God's word

to catch up & just a meal with friends

"How can a young man cleanse his way?

By taking heed according to Your word."

Psalm 119:9

“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;

The whole earth is full of His glory!”

Isaiah 6:3

2007-12-29T22:08:00.000+08:00

I'm grateful for the air I breathe,

I'm so thankful for this life I live,

for the merices that You pour on me,

and the blessings that meet every need.

And the grace that is changing me

from a hopeless case to a child that's free,

free to give you praise,

for in everything

I know You love me.
I know You love me.

2007-12-07T23:29:00.000+08:00

SUPER

SEVENTEENTH!
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people to thank who made this day special:
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love: papa, mummy, ains & popo
(for being there for me everyday w/o fail)

love: 1990's

(for being such great friends for the past 17 years)

love: crazyones

(for the scary prank you played on me today!)

love: all who sent me msg/testimonials

(it really warmed my heart)

THANKS SO MUCH (:

i am a "cover-boy" on seventeen magazine!
thanks so much terence for the "glam" picture of me (:

2007-11-16T17:49:00.000+08:00

haha, i think my blog is becoming like a birthday dedication blog. but still, it's a joy wishing people happy birthday. And today it's my pleasure to wish both

NAT & TAMMY

("twins")

HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY!

(sorry for snatching pics off yr friendster w/o permission, cos i didn't have any photos ><)

2007-11-05T09:46:00.000+08:00

"Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand."

Isaiah 41:10

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

MA-TAI-FU-YING, TIM SIE (SUM)

Glad that God has placed you in my life and made it more interesting with your funny hearing (or the lack of) and lame jokes. More imptly, as a good friend who has stood by me all these years. Thanks alot (: Pray that the Lord will bless you richly even as you step in J2 next year and face the A lvls (:

YOU WILL NEVER WALK ALONE.

2007-10-15T18:37:00.000+08:00

haha, on this special day, i shan't suan rachel.

May you find God so much more real even as you grow physically and spiritually. hope that our friendship would grow more in the Lord and have the joy serving along-side each other (and suan-ing each other too). haha. hope this 17th birthday would be a blast for you. wish y'all the best as you get back yr results the day after. (:

HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY!

so anw, since there's no sch today went out with some of the 1990's batch. swensen's lunch and then a game of pool. like chris, we met quite alot of sch people and also jem! anw, had fun and ended the day with a donut treat. 1990's rock! ahh, but school starts tmrw and normal lessons continue. but still i've got learn to count it all joy. will have to continue praying for the O and A levelers too.

"Wisdom is the principal thing;

therefore get wisdom.

And in all your getting,

get understanding."

Proverbs 4:7

Put in me this fire, Lord, the desire to obtain this wisdom and to seek Your face before i seek Your hand.

2007-10-13T18:55:00.000+08:00

'nong nong time no see'

since, i've not been blogging for quite a long while and the promos are over; i shall post something (haha ppl start to nag at me to blog too). I am just happy that the promos are over and that God has blessed me with the marks i obtained. shan't complain about not doing the very best. yay, i am just happy exam craze is over though it's the pw craze now. anw, actual pw OP is coming up soon and yar i can tell many groups are like busy chiong-ing their OP slides and stuff. yay, i happy again that our grp is more or less settled (ahh, we found another grp doing the same topic). but nevertheless, shall just do the best we can. so watch out!

so anw on to the topic, i went to view the new house with my parents today. though abit small, the layout is quite nice and feels abit resorty+shopping mall to me. i thot the lock of the door was super cool. anw, was bored after viewing the house so walked down to plaza singapura with my bro go walk walk (it was boring too as there wasn't much to shop). then i sent him off for his BB gathering and i decided to go and see the istana since i had time to spare. so like a true blue singaporean i went to view the istana on a public holiday. this is like my 1st time at the Istana having been a singaporean for 17 years! (don't laugh at me) haha. yar, so i walked the whole area opened to the public, alone and just enjoy the greenery and rather englishy backdrop. quite fun and refreshing i must say, especially after a big rain. it's wonderful to see God's creation in the beauty of nature.

so i couldnt resist it and became like any of the tourist there and just yank out my phone and took pictures. haha i took pictures till my phone went out of battery.

lush greenery

cute small "trees"

shelter made out of plants

a not-so-centralised picture of the istana main building & fountain

stairs down to victoria pond

victoria pond with lily pads

pretty flower (my phone's cam quite good quality right..heh)

another pretty flower

more plants

white gates of the istana

all in all, it was quite a fun and enjoyable time spent at the istana. can't wait to go to church tmrw. okay, i have blogged dont feel so gulity. HAHA.

ALL THE BEST TO ALL BETHANIANS TAKING THEIR 'O' & 'A' LEVEL EXAMINATIONS! (: MAY YOU FIND GOD SO MUCH MORE REAL DURING THIS PERIOD.

2007-08-31T23:12:00.000+08:00

STAFF DAY'07

yay! today we celebrated staff day at tj. it was a really good time just taking time to remember all teaching and non-teaching staff of tjc. it started out with aces day (mass dance) at the parade square followed by a mini concert put up by students in the hall. the performances were rather good and entertaining! i especially like the performance put up by the newer staff where they changed the lyrics of songs to funny ones. good job! this year's teachers' day is really more enjoyable than last times. we then went around giving out our wacky presents to our tutors and wish them a happy teachers' day! oh btw, some of our tutors wore the sch uniform when their students pay a certain amt! it was really funny, identities swopped! anw, enough talking and i shall post some pictures of my fab teachers (:

this year's staff day theme: fruits of love <3>

MRS RAJ in sch uniform with her special casestudy present! we will miss you! wishing ya all the best even as you go on with taking care of yr kids!

MR LIM. looking like a school boy in our sch uniform! 3 cheers for being such a good maths tutor for the past 3 years!

MR CHEE looking like a true-green tjcian!

MRS LAM for being such a nice and naggy teacher!

psycho sci-co teachers with their quirky-custom made goggles!

crazyones group photo (:

after all that teachers' day celebration, we went to vivocity to watch ratatouille (i am not too sure abt the spelling) i must say it's worth watching and it's really a nice plot with a beautiful setting, PARIS! anw, we also realised that the set of HEROES was coming to vivocity today at 3pm and we got quite excited and hyped up about it! it was really a HEROES-MANIA, there were so many ppl and it was super noisy! especially when the stars arrived, ppl were all like running after them like paparazzis with continous flashing of the camera. though i am not a fan of HEROES (i dont even watch the show), being a KPOH i had to take a look and see the cast in "close" proximity! took some far far away photos. oh met nat and jewel on the way back home too!

huge masses of fans

a far far away shot of the stage with the set of Heroes

"group photo" with the cast of Herores. HAHAHA

today was really a fun-filled day. and it ended well with teachers' day rehearsal in church with the 1990's! ((:

2007-08-09T09:30:00.001+08:00

STAND UP FOR SINGAPORE!

yay! it's the long awaited national day and not to say a long weekend w/o school!! yeah, as a patriotic citizen unlike some (hmm..) though i wont be there at the floating stage or nearby to watch the actual fire works, i would be watching it at home! not to say got loads of hmwk to do at the same time. lalala..but i am just glad that bio spa yesterday was rather okay (:

but anyway, yesterday was a real fun day. had lunch with the crazyones from school at bugis and were coming up with lame jokes on the bus there (terence you missed out alot seriously!) then later on in the evening had meeting with sunday sch class to practice our songs in worship! then headed on to J8 for dinner (: thanks tr yj for treating us to the dinner (you might be reading this now! ><) ya, it was another time of joking around again.

anyway, in light of the national day mood, i found something quite cool on the web!

get it? hahaha! :D

2007-07-23T18:31:00.000+08:00

(i took a picture of beautiful clouds)

to you:

Even as the going gets tough and all may seem hopeless,

there's still hope and we can always draw strength from the Lord. (:

"I will remember the works of the Lord;

Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.

I will also meditate on all Your work,

And talk of Your deeds."

Psalm 77:11-12
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find contentment and your problems would seem

so distant and small.

2007-06-30T22:18:00.001+08:00

We'll miss you, ANA!

FRIDAY:

no school then went out shopping with matt.

zara had sale but didn't buy anything.

anw, we bought a nice shining clutch for ana.

went to church to practice for farewell songs.

then headed over to char's place for bbq!

it was really fun gathering tgther for the fellowship

and to encourage ana as she leaves for sydney.

p. mitch and tr. aileen joined in too, they were the main cooks

alongside shiwen and tengqing.

though our song item for her went real bad,

i really hope it encourage ana!

TRUST HIS HEART &
YOU WILL NEVER WALK ALONE (:

then we headed to joanne's house for the sleepover.

all of us got comfy in her nice cosy tv room to watch some dvds.

we slept at the time her maid woke up: 6am.

SATURDAY:

so woke up late like 10 in the morning

and started to take photos of the girls and disturbing their sleep.

ate yummy prata and wanton mee (thanks auntie lai heong)

watch GREASE and scary movie 3 after that!

TELL ME MORE, TELL ME MORE!

headed to church after lunch, we super late like 45mins late for prac.

the programme went well and it was quite sad.

dinner was good and some taking of pics.

we'll miss you ana, cherrise and cherlyn!

may God bless y'all richly and protect y'all as y'all go overseas.

stole this photo from yr blog, ana:

tribute to you, ANA, for yr signature pose!

2007-06-29T10:03:00.000+08:00

JCTs ARE OVER!

WHEEEE! YAYYYY!! HOOORRAYY!

as you can tell i have just finished my mid years yesterday!

this also explains my ABSENCE and DEADNESS of my blog.

i really felt like running along the green fields at tanah merah mrt station, and shout YIPEE!

it was fun shopping and eating with mark yest and talking to him (:

influenced him to buy clothes which are $$.

met cam at heeren. (:

oh, and welcome back STEPPHIE from melbourne!! so happy to see ya!

it ended with a dreaded econs case study ):

1. chem was a killer

2. GP was okay, on pornography. haha

3. maths (don't need to say) : i am poor in maths

4. bio was actually doable, maybe some careless mistakes

5. econs essay was okay, casestudy murdered me.

6. God brought me through this whole time with His grace & strength!

LORD MAKE US STRONG! (:

2007-06-01T19:53:00.000+08:00

jolly hollies
cheery yellow!

the 1st week of hols is coming to an end, wah! that's fast and i havent done much revision yet. ): but yeah, i was almost in sch this whole week going for many make up lessons and even sat for my bio spa, which was okay. thurs was eventful, cos i soaked in the whole atmosphere of the GSS. yeah, so was able to buy some stuff, a new bag to replace that broken one and 2 shirts. i am happy (: it's been a long time since i went out with my family to just shop, i think that must have been a few months back! but yeah, it was really fun. anw, today was a fun day too spent with crazy people singing nice songs. anw, it's chen lao shi last week in sch! so sad, she such a nice, gentle, good etc teacher! all our good teachers keep leaving the sch! anw, we gave her something HAND-MADE with lots of love.

ZEN
nice square plate we gave her!
with all our names written on it (:

upclose! super nice yeah.
*ego*

we will miss you chen lao shi!

2007-05-27T19:30:00.000+08:00

G-DAY!

yay! yesterday was G-day (or Games-day) which was in place of BONDS at sentosa. it was really cool as it was my first time in an all-girls sch (PLMGS). it really looked more corporate after the renovations. so yeah, it was a real whale of a time to gather there with the whole church to have fun! we played many games like poison ball and also a long telematch! haha, i think auntie sally, auntie betty and auntie annie were very cute wearing those high-tea like hats and playing the "linked-soccer"! haha. and all of us are now BAKED, freshly baked lobsters from the oven called singapore! after g-day was choir and we learnt all the cool actions credit to shiyun and joyce and of cos ade! i really think the song is super nice and yeah let's all memorise 1 cor 13 well so we can recite it on father's day! oh yeah, so after choir we were tasked to help clean up and stack nicely the loads and loads of stuff at B1. yeah, though it was very tiring and smelly, i am happy to see that the church is so much neater and cleaner! great job guys!! :D yeah, so the bathing before choir didnt help, cos we "un-bathe" while packing the things. but yeah it was okay. so now when we're all "pengz" le, then we decided to go macs for dinner at seragoon central. i was rather dizzy and yeah of cos ZAPPED of all my energy. and my face was really red. yay, it was a real fun day!

BYE BYE to SHERLYN, MATTHEW & CHERLYN as you all move on to other areas to clean!

thanks for the time spend together, (sounds like you're leaving or smth) but yeah let's do it for the Lord and learn how to be a servant (:

HELLO to the new-comers! yay, hope that the young and new ones can also feel comfortable with us and have fun while cleaning up in the church.

ARH, bio spa skill A. YOU MURDERER.

holidays starting? what holidays?

it's more of a study break but still looking forward to outings!

2007-05-25T22:28:00.000+08:00

i will miss IMCB attachment!

yeah, from the title i guess you would realised that i have just ended my attachment at IMCB today. it was really fun and exciting, staining the organelles involved in the whole track of protein synthesis (reminded me that i had to study for bio JCT). but yeah, it was worth taking 3 days off sch (esp when it's sports carnival, then wont miss lessons) to experience lab research life all over again. i miss NTU attachment too!!! i really want to go back to NTU to see how the rest are doing there! anw, i really like to thank my partner, Jamie from Hwa Chong for the patience and being so long-suffering cos' i broke quite a few cover slips! :S i guess terence and i had lots of fun there! yay, i want to go on such attachment again! ahh, but now it's all over and would have to study for bio spa skill A and JCT.

anw, today while taking numerous pictures and exploring the futuristic biopolis grounds, we met MS RABIAH-our ex-geog teacher who is now at MOE. i was munching on the yummy donut and viewing the water lilies when suddenly she appeared. i was quite suprised to see her there. we talked for a while and i was laughing like siao when she said terence looked older. YOU'RE OLD, TERENCE, believe it! we're no longer young!! (terence is going to kill me for this, alongside junping) TSK. we have so many potential murderers in sch! yeah, it was fun catching up with her! anw, i shall post the pics of biopolis (artistic shots taken by yours truly and fong) some other day too lazy to do it now. food there's actually quite okay, but just abit steep. i will definitely miss being in that self-contained futuristic city! terence, work hard and get into that a*star scholarship so can study there and immerse in their culture! haha

anw, just came back from uncle jerry's house after dinner and playing xbox 360 with tristen and gareth. they're really big now, they used to be the cute babies i once knew; but they're still cute yeah! food was good and yeah had abit of motion sickness staring at the screen for too long while shooting and racing! i am lousy at such games, i've got to admit. and i got a sore eye! PINK EYE. hmpf. but it's much better now!

I CAN'T WAIT FOR G-DAY & CHOIR TMRW!

thanks for the donuts and card again jumping and miao! :D

2007-05-22T19:33:00.000+08:00

DONUT!

first and foremost, i would like to THANK miaomiao for queueing up for 3 long hoursto buy for us donuts from donut factory! yay, and i dont know whther i should be embarrased but yeah this is my first time eating a donut from there. i had to try one right, esp hearing that alot of ppl had queued for a very very long time just to get hold of these donuts. i must say it's quite unique and interesting. i always thot donuts had the "O" shape, didnt know that it could just be a round with the the hollow middle. but yeah, double choc is quite yummy though it's not warmed up. thanks again miao! looking forward to YOU buying for me again. haha. bleh xP it was a good dessert after lunch!

pictures:

nice orange box

terence's, jumping's and my donuts. miaomiao ate the rest. HAHA

jumping caught in the act!

i am so upset that my bag strap broke today D: and yeah i think what jumping and terence said is true. i NEED to pack my bag daily. tsk. mum says she cant sew it cos it's too thick, guess have to send it for repair. bleh, it's returning to that red bag. haha. OVERUSED BAG ONCE AGAIN.

YAY! i officially ended school today cos' going for attachment at IMCB. can't wait to see what terence and i are going to do for the next 3 days. yeah, hope it would be fun and i can learn something, and not too CHIM for me to handle. anw, would have to study harder for bio spa skill A, didnt get too high a lvl and yeah have to do much better. and definitely save all that notes into my brain's harddrive. HAI. wish be all the best.

can't wait for the hols. really looking forward to a good break and the many batch outings (:

2007-05-20T19:33:00.000+08:00

clean up!
yeah, i always look forward to sundays to renew my faith all over again and to learn something new. and of course for the fellowship of friends! so yeah after cat class, we got our equipment and started doing our clean up. as today we were short of manpower, we got VIP guest helper, oh-so-cute luke! haha, yeah it is always so fun to serve the Lord in any way we can!

THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE BEEN CLEANING UP REGULARLY!

THANKS TO CHERYLN FOR BEING SUCH A GOOD CO-GRP LEADER

THANKS FOR GOOD TEAM LEADERS - GODMA & JULI!

Let's contiue to serve together and

even if we do get splitted up, let's do it for the Lord

pictures for the day:

luke, so cute yeah. thanks (:

lift boys: nat (luke's cute bro HAHA) & mark w/o glasses (cool eh)

dust busters: ana and i (i like the cool backpack vacuums)

camera shy: chris the photographer!

our beautiful sanctuary, this is my Father's house

sorry no picture of you sherlyn you kept running away from the camera, TSK.

2007-05-19T09:32:00.000+08:00

TJ CHOIR CONCERT 07!

Before choir concert, met up with the rest at Isetan Scotts for dinner. yay! and rongbin treated me to dinner cos i helped him do a favour. But yeah, i wanted to go buy stuff after seeing the shopping centre. and i called terence straight away when i saw the burberry 50% sale there. haha, anw we were rushing like mad to acs barker. Went for tjchoir concert last night at acs barker (their sch is way nicer), and was presently surprised! Cos' i didn't know that miaomiao was going to to play the main role of dorothy in their musical of wizard of oz and wicked. so i was laughing abit siao-ly, when i saw her with plaids and a baby doll blue dress! haha, but it was really cool to have yr good friend as the main lead and see her act. haha, it was really a fun night and i had fun and got destressed too! (:

nice pictures that we took:

miaomiao-the main lead

grp photo after concert-me,rb,amanda,miaomiao,mian,jp

thanks for treating me dinner!

and i am so happy that blogger is now working perfectly fine again!

2007-05-11T19:37:00.000+08:00

Thus says the Lord: "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight," says the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:23-24

Lord, help me to humble myself and to glory in you (:

i miss ITALY for its...

majestic TALL buildings and churches!

superb original italian GELATO!

OVERsize, yummy-licious PIZZAS!

GORGEOUS evening scenes (in case you're wondering, i TOOK this pic, not stealing from some search engines kay.)

having a chance to pose with my DREAM CAR (not really but yeah cool enough).

to sit on a GONDOLE!

and of course, the fun i had with all my friends not forgetting the flee-market shopping (: i really want to go back to italy...

2007-05-08T22:04:00.000+08:00

my blogger is wonky and so is my brain due to numerous tests, i CAN'T type out nice posts with colour and pictures. ):

MUG. that's got to be one of the most dreaded words in my vocab, but i've got to learn to do it. ): jc life is not so honey-moony after all.

2007-05-01T16:53:00.000+08:00

LABOURing DAY

yes, as the title suggests i've been stuck at home for today, labouring away. Not physical labour, but yeah studying and doing tutorials for many upcoming tests and stuff. i really can't wait for long long holidays so that i can relax. wanted to go to church at first today to study and have lunch with the rest, but perhaps it was a wise idea of my parents to keep me home. cos i am starting to fall sick. and i can't eat alot of nonsense like tao kae noi seaweed. hmpf. i should have drank more water and avoided the peanuts during sports day. talking about sports day right, it seems that quite a lot of ppl ponned it and i should have, BUT as a good student i stayed on lest getting into any trouble. so it was like the hottest afternoons ever in the entire history of sunny days in Singapore, and we had to have our sports meet in the AFTERNOON. sometimes you wonder yeah... besides the heat, not many people were really enthu abt it other than the house com, cheerleaders and the sports people. but yeah, at least the cheerleading was quite entertaining cos i knew i couldn't do those cartwheels, tosses and flips. i would have broken my back doing those stunts. GOOD JOB to all the diff houses' cheerleaders! but yeah, i was getting quite irritated as i was stuck in school and i didnt really have any mood to study as the sun was so hot and i was drained off everything. but it felt like i was freed from concentration camp when the gates were open! haha, okay i should learn how to grumble less and perhaps think about the good side of things, at least i was freed. bahaha.

it's so hot & tempting

(i think it's a new tidbit craze):

random pic of the day again:

i like converse-ing.

2007-04-28T20:34:00.000+08:00

"NOISY SOUNDING GONG!"

i really love the song, 1 Corinthians 13, it's cool, hip and the words really impacted me. it made me realise how important love is in our lives and if we dont have it, we are just nothing. i really enjoy saturdays at ypg and choir. today we sang lying down on the floor so as to force ourselves to use our diaphragms! it made a little giddy after that. the musicians sounded quite good on the drums, electric guitar and piano. yar, it may sound abit charismatic but yeah. really looking forward to performing this song! :D

talking about NOISY, as i am typing out this post my tablet is really like a stomach which had not been fed for a million years. it's grumbling like how loud and it's vibrating a little. amanda said that means my com doesnt have too long more to live before i would have to plan its funeral. NO! i dont want my com to die so fast. but yeah, frankly speaking it's getting kinda old with a creaking sound whenever i closed the screen. ah well, this means it's time to buy a new com, but i doubt i would be buying one. hai hai. hahaha. (i like mac books better)

talking about buying stuff, everytime when terence sees some other person carrying my bag he'll always say "allister, yr bag's too common and over worn, go get a new unique bag!" okay, terence i shall get one when i have the time yeah! haha. a reason to go out of the house, yay!

*****

random picture time again:

we're skinny

2007-04-27T18:45:00.000+08:00

RANDOM THOUGHTS OF THE DAY

10 things i thought you might want to know:

1. i LIKE the rain, especially today. haha

2. it's the annual TA open house tomorrow, hope it turns out well

3. 1st year not helping out at TA open house, feels weird and i miss doing it actually

4. am i like an in-between batch? but i like being a SUPER-SENIOR

5. i like fridays and the weekends, school-free days!

6. i really hope my PI would be approved and not much editting needed!

7. was freaked out of getting cancer after the bio lecture on cancer

8. swimming pe today was fun, i hate diving

9. i realised i only blog at the ends of the week (fri/sat/sun), perhaps due to busy weekdays

10. current song addiction which is really weird: girlfriend

influenced by too many friends to get hooked on this song.

2007-04-22T22:30:00.000+08:00

LOVE
theme for Youth 1

1 Corinthians 13: 1-8

1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
****

Lord, let me find you special this week even through the hustle of sch life

Let me embrace your LOVE all over again.

random photos of the day again (but they're abit dark):

my first time taking weird photos with my brother.

punk metal rock wannabes!

clowns.

2007-04-20T19:31:00.000+08:00

RARRHHH! we're really fierce & nasty (like real)

nah..we're actually very nice people.

but yeah, i felt like "rarh"ing this week, cos school was just super hectic. it being the 5th week of term 2, it feels like eternity before the term would end and i am sort of stuck in the middle of a mundane routine. tests after tests (thursdays are such treacherous days!), neverending poyos and tutorials. but yeah, nevertheless i have been trying to spend at least 30 minutes a day with God just to find peace in His word and to relate to Him through prayer. it's really so much better and i feel comforted (oh! the april theme "God of all comfort"!) anw, i also really look forward to the pator mitch thing (haha) every thurs and the weekends as i get drawn back to the Lord all over again. i dont know how i can go through life without being enriched every week!

*****

on a more random note, i was looking through my files and i saw these pictures of my lovely and CRAZY (total understatement) friends from school.

3 xiao char bors (mian, amanda, wy) - they never fail to make me laugh like mad, just look above.

every-bubbly jumping (aka lunchbox girl) and cool zhongting :D

miaomiao in pink, our cat friend who daydreams about her anime shuai ges.

dear rongbin (the only person who calls me by my chinese name) & my bimbotic-grouchy friend, terence

as you can tell, school is so much more lively with them. they never fail to be put a smile on my face with their lameness and jokes. hope we can stay such good friends for a nong nong time. hahaha. shall see y'all on monday yeah! ((:

2007-04-16T18:32:00.000+08:00

I Will Arise
*****
Silence fell upon that hill the day that Jesus died.
He cried out, “It is finished!” And hope was crucified.
The soldiers laughed and gambled for the robe that He had worn.
The women wept, His friends had fled.
Creation seemed to mourn.
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They took His broken body down and carried Him away.
They laid Him in a borrowed tomb and then they sealed the grace.
The followers of Jesus hid, for Hope it seemed was dead.
Yet in their darkest hour would they remember what He said?
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Chorus:
I will arise! I will arise!
Like the sun at dawn’s first light I will arise!
You can bury me that day, seal the tomb and turn away,
But the power of the grave will be denied.
I will arise!
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His enemy, His ancient for content the deed was done,

stood upon the battlefield convinced that He had won.
As Satan rose in triumph to put away the sword,
From somewhere in the darkness came the Voice
He’d heard before.
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Chorus
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Death will have no victory, the grave will have no sting.
The promise of the Living One the whole world will see, will see!
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Chorus (Repeat 2x)
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I will arise!
I will arise!
*****

i love this song. yeah, Easter won't just end for me like that. Lord, help me learn to appreciate you so much more even as i go back to school and perhaps get super caught up in school. help me to never let go.

*****

lo-ver-lie EASTER pics:

funky colours.

we're COMICal.

"the voice of one crying in the wilderness"

KUNG FU masters!

BATMEN RETURN

easter concert 07

1990's - easter lunch at shangri-la

we sound goood.

smiles. let's stay happy forever.

don't we just love nat?

2007-04-06T23:53:00.000+08:00

1st day of EASTER CONCERT

*****

i'm really glad that it was a success and we sang really well! (will post photos of us in supposed-israel-clothes soon!) i am really thankful that God has shown his grace and mercies once more and yeah has allowed this concert to reach out and touch other ppl. (: really hope that we would sing with the equal among of strength and belief we had today. i'm really challenged to sing not only for the sake of singing but instead to be compelled by God's undying love and for His glory.

*****

and i am really glad that meiyan, jumping, miaomiao and amanda came for the concert. SORRY if i was a bad host and chased you all away, i was only joking kay. hopefully you all wouldnt take it to heart (sms-ed y'all le) but yeah really hope you all have enjoyed the concert and yar even perhaps took home something from the concert. and yeah you all even got to meet ms ng and her husband, pastor mark! really really appreciative of your presence and for supporting!

*****

HIS LIFE FOR MINE.

2007-04-05T19:49:00.000+08:00

Above All

MAUNDY THURSDAY

*****

i am so so so disappointed that i am unable to attend maundy thursday service which is like starting in 10mins time. D: i hate being sick and feeling shiverish on MRTs for like 45mins from sch all the way home. i really want to be there to commemorate this day with the church to really reflect on why would Jesus so willingly die on the cross for our sins to give us salvation. :D

hai, but my dad asked me to stay home so that i could rest and get well for tomorrow's easter concert! i really cant wait to sing! it would really be a joyous occasion and a grand concert indeed. pray hard that i get well by tmrw! and yeah, i really hope that jumping,mian and maybe the others would come too! really hoping for them to come over and take a look! *hint hint* if y'all are reading this, i would really appreciate it if you all would come for the concert!

*****

HORRIBLE ECONS TEST, SUPER BUSY BIO PRACTICAL, REAL TIRED, CHEM TUTORIAL, FALLING SICK! LOADS OF HOMEWORK! D:

BUT I AM GLAD THAT GOD STILL LOVES ME & HE WOULD NEVER LET ME GO! THANK YOU FOR THE CROSS LORD.

2007-03-31T22:09:00.000+08:00

"Prepare ye the way for the Lord!"

*****

I really enjoy singing at the choir rehearsals and doing the actions. but yeah, through all the enjoyment and fellowship i get from all the choir practices, i realised that i had to take a step back and remember why i am singing again this easter and what it meant to me personally. i guess it's a time for most of us to renew our love and faith in God, to reflect on how Jesus was so willing to die on the cross to save us from our sins and to give us salvation. oh! and what pastor said today struck me, when he talked about what sam was going to be interviewed about "lost in a christian family". i found that very relevant to me and it somehow i found myself guilty of that at times and it made stop assuming and to check my faith once again. :D

*****

SING WE: "HOSANNA!"

i really cant wait for tmrw's item "blessed is the king of israel" with the Youth 1, i really hope it would turn out well. let's put in our best effort to praise the Lord's name and to set a really tone of rejoicing. and i am feeling very happy for those getting baptised tmrw too, i am glad that they're able to make an important decision to take up their cross and to follow Christ. i guess that serves as an encouragement to me too.palm sunday was a real joyous occasion when Jesus arrived into the city of Jerusalem. yeah, hopefully we could also be as joyous and bursting with excitement tmrw!

*****

SMOKING HOT!

yay! yesterday's iron chef and bbq session was real fun. rush down after school (i thought rabbit-proof fence was a real good show), and had a great smoking (haha) time at the bbq. it was really hot and humid, but it was still a cool experience! as "overweight allister" i really had the chance to talk to people i seldom talk to and yeah work together as a team. though we didnt win the competition, we really did well! cheers!

2007-03-25T21:27:00.000+08:00

EXCITED!! :D

as you can tell i am very happy! and so is tengqing. haha (:

*****

UPCOMING EVENTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO:

1. monday & tuesday- choir rehearsals

2. friday- YPG2 & 3 BBQ and iron chef gathering

3. sunday- Palm sunday (baptismal service)

4. thursday- maundy thursday service

5. friday and saturday (6th-7th april, 8pm)- EASTER CONCERT

6. sunday- EASTER SUNDAY AT SHANGRI-LA

2007-03-23T19:59:00.000+08:00

1st WEEK OF TERM 2! D:

but i'm glad it's over

*****

yeah, but before the first week of school it was FAMILY CAMP! "Such great faith" was the theme and i guess camps are designed as reminders or pitstops for us to reflect and to buck up. I guess realised my weaknesses and definitely alot of more to grow before i can even talk about a strong faith. but i believe that with trust and God's help one can do it. I have also tried to match my prayer life with my faith level. Lord, please make me a person of REALITY.

Camp was definitely fun too with the fellowship with the 1990's and others. go GREEN TEAM!

1...2...3..GO!

XI SHUA SHUA XI SHUA SHUA XI SHUA SHUA WHOO WHOO (x2)

*****

okay now the dreadful part, SCHOOL. to start it off i was sick starting on friday all the way to tuesday (only went back to school on wed) practically lying in bed trying to rush out holiday homework. and i must say it's not fun having a painful ear and sorethroat and a fever. This may sound weird or disgusting to others, but yeah one night i could not sleep at all because due to some weird reaction to the medicine i kept burping the WHOLE night through thus resulting in me not sleeping )): but i am thankful that now i am feeling much better (: workload i guess now is starting to increase, though not say like 6 projects at hand but yeah more tutorials and independent study to do now (plenty of muggers around la, SUPER SCARY can). yeah, sometimes they really do give headaches! but yeah though dreading school and missing NTU like tons i will have to hang on in there! OH, and on a side point swimming PE lessons has started today, meaning slackier PE (yay!) Lessons are quite fun with some self-entertaining teachers but their jokes are really really lame at times. terence and i always cant help but just laugh sometimes even uncontrollably. Yay! I believe that the Lord will bring me through term 2 though days ahead seems really packed!! D:

*****

Easter concert preparations!

really can't wait for Easter to come, really looking forward to it! :D

"I will follow Christ, I will run the race..."

2007-03-09T19:11:00.000+08:00

HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY CAMILLE (DA JIE)!

orange post for you: okay, being the youngest in the batch i get the "honour" of celebrating everybody's birthday before mine. but yeah, thanks cam for always being there and for being such a great friend and sister in Christ. Hope that you'll be blessed richly by the Lord and that you'll find a renewed sense of trust in the Lord as you mature (but i doubt in height xP). okay, hope that you will find God as your strength as you face stressful times in vjc.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN!

YAY! SCHOOL'S OUT :D LAST DAY OF TERM 1!
presentation for wow! day is done
no more waking up as early at least for one week of hols
FAMILY CAMP IS JUST 2 DAYS MORE! (((:

2007-03-01T11:36:00.000+08:00

NTU ATTACHMENT IS OFFICIALLY OVER )':

no more kitwei, and all the other nice people in the lab (thanks for the card anyway :D)

no more fun labwork

no more housekeeping duties to do (autoclaving etc.)

no more able to eat NTU food

no more daily mama-shop trips

no more eating together in the meeting room

no more taking bus 179 again (that's if i don't go NTU next time)

no more able to wear home clothes on a normal school day

no more waking up abit later

no more travelling to somewhere nearer as compared to TJ
*****
will miss y'all!

2007-02-22T17:41:00.000+08:00

"for LOVE has a HEARTBEAT"

haha, we can have our own action crew :D
random picture of us at sherlyn's sleepover last year!

2007-02-21T15:02:00.000+08:00

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR! (eng)

XIN NIAN KUAI LE! (chi)

SAN LIN FAI LOK! (cantonese)

*****

it's the 4th day of the lunar new year! and yeah, it feels great: preparing dishes, cleaning up the house, house visiting, indulging in cny goodies and rich good food, and collecting ang baos! And i guess what tr chen kee said about have a second change again like "another" new year for us to start right again and to set down our resolutions and goals to keep going forward! Can't wait for our 1990's batch outing for a reunion dinner this saturday for steamboat! LOU HEI AH!

*****

oh yeah, was doing some personality and smartness tests yesterday online (chris introduced them to me). and we realised that we have alot of personality traits in common! haha. dont know whether true anot la, but yeah such stuff is a fun thing to just pass time away "fruitfully". :/ there were even some Bible and Christianity quizzes which were quite cool and some were quite challenging [that shows that i don't know the Bible well enough ):] anw, i am considered a brilliant something according to the IQ test (i shall live in self-denial and believe that i am brilliant..hahaha) Okay! gtg and do my research for NTU report le. i will miss NTU really (the people of course, and the good food, and waking up later)

*****

2007-02-11T19:44:00.000+08:00

O LEVEL RESULTS! (:

I guess these were the 3 words stuck in the 1990's batch minds this whole week. Collected back our O lvl results on friday at 3pm at TRC. It was a super nerve-recking, nail-bitting, lip-trembling, legs-shivering experience! But admist all those i still TRIED to calm myself down and trust in the Lord no matter what reuslts i was about to collect from chen lao shi! Yeah, but i am really glad that the Lord blessed me with good results of an A2, though it may not be an A1; i guess it was only by God's grace that i was able to get that score. (: I really felt really blessed. I was really anxious about the rest (both sch mates and church friends). My sch friends all did relatively fine, i guess. Dont feel discourage okay! look on the bright side that you wont need to take H1 chinese this year. And i was super glad to hear that most of my church batch people did extremly well and some even pass their expectations by leaps. I was really glad for them, and it was really heartening to know that they still thanked the Lord for his provision and blessings showered upon them.

*****

GO-GREEN DAY :/

Yeah. was real upset today that i wasn't able to go to church cos i had to attend a school 30th anniversary event of collecting old newspapers and clothes from the vicinity areas in the east. everyone was dressed in green polos (the design to me is eh ____) yar. but i guessed that i was really lucky to be able to finish the collection early that i managed to rush to church on time for cat class (with an empty stomach -.-), but yeah it felt really great to be able to have the chance to go back to church. anyway, back to the go-green day happenings, it all started with us walking to the blocks (singing songs) and yeah just enjoying a sunday morning. then we went block to block and started piling up stacks of news-papers and bag & bags of old clothes. haha. jumping and meiyan were quite lucky to get some new clothes and cute toddler zara shoes la! but yeah, it was fun cos we got to eat SUPERB chinese new year goodies from an uncle who were baking them at home. it was euphoric i tell you, you could smell it from the lift landing and he was really generous in letting us try his delicious goodies. it was really satisfying. that's abt it for the day.

*****

yay! we're going to sing next sunday for the whole congregation as a 1990's batch!

i think it's a 1st ever!

YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER! :D

2007-02-06T16:11:00.000+08:00

STANDING IN THE LIGHT OF LOVE

don't you just love this song (i do!)! easter songs are nice too!

I guess the tunes are stuck in my head too.

*****

today on the bus, the 3 of us (marcus, terence & i) were struck by the fact that we're ending our NTU attachment real real soon! boo hoo... it's so much better than sch can. in terms of facilities, free time and not to forget the good food and the daily trips to the ma-ma shop. I think we can start making friends with the ma-ma shop auntie le. hahaha :D

*****

RED ALERT!

O lvl HCL results this friday, 9 Feb at 2:30pm!

AHHH!

*****

Learn to trust in the Lord, allister (:

"Trust in the Lord, and do good;

Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.

Delight yourself also in the Lord,

And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

Commit your way to the Lord,

Trust also in Him,

And He shall bring it to pass."

Psalm 37:3-5

2007-02-05T18:27:00.000+08:00

"Don't ask for tasks equal to your power,

but ask for power to equal your tasks."

how true...

Got to learn how to ask God for strength daily

and not only during periods when we feel low or exams. (:

2007-02-04T20:50:00.000+08:00

MUSIC VIBES!

N73 Music Edition.

Happy Chinese New Year!

(though it aint really an auspicious colour, but still nice)

Bye old/greenish-algaed/still very clean 7610!

2007-01-20T08:45:00.000+08:00

NTU ATTACHMENT IS GREAT THUS FAR!

Though it's weird being one of the youngest people walking arnd campus where people are like 6 to 9 years older than us? Nevertherless, i had great fun working with terence and marcus in the virology labs, and we bring YOUTHFULNESS back there. haha..REALLY! we really bring back the youthfulness back into those FYP students, PhD students and the staff (maybe not the prof.) as we joke around, make nice sculpture with ice, take pictures with the agarose gel...etc and NTU food is quite good too.

hai... S-P Chris is leaving soon :'( will miss him though. hope he likes the card nat and i did. yay! we had such fun putting diff bodies and faces tgther, HAHAHA!

Happy New Year!

2007-01-02T10:43:00.000+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!

2006 has been a good year though there may have been many challenges and stuff. I really thank Gof for seeing me through the whole year and upholding me even though I have neglected him time after time. (: I guess the challenge for me this year would be making that step to want to take up my cross and follow Him. It should purpose my heart to be a seeker after God's kingdom. Though trials and testings may come i would still be rooted and cling on ever so tightly to God's hands. As I go back to sch like on 3rd Jan, I would have to stay steadfast and worthy of the Lord. I am also very glad that i have decided to take on cat class to learn more about my faith and salvation and what it means to be a Christian born again.

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I would miss you guys especially so after going through so much together this year. I really had a great time with you guys at the many church events, sleep overs and get-togethers. I really thank God for giving me such wonderful friends! As we go on to SSS1, i honestly hope that we would stay as close as we are this year.

2006-12-15T19:03:00.000+08:00

hey! yup haven't been blogging for awhile cos of many things happening and going on. first was italy trip (won't blog abt it, too lazy), next i went to phuket and best of all YOUTH CONFERENCE'06! This year's theme was "Seek first the Kingdom of God" and i can't help but give thanks for the great time i had with Bethanians learning abput God's Word. It was a great time to renew my dwindling love, strengthen my weak faith and to build a small reservoir of knowledge. Would write more abt it in my next post i guess? Shall end with a song we learnt which spoke to my heart and soul (most impt thing) and i really want to be able to mean what the is written in the song as i sing it on Sunday.

KINGDOM SONG

Day by day your kingdom grows.

Stone by stone this temple raised.

Hidden truth, we've come to know.

May Your Kingdom come we pray.

We pledge allegiance to you our true King.

We strive for Your kingdom to come!

Chorus:

We have hope, we have purpose,

We have treasure that will last.

We have joy, we have meaning,

We have peace non can surpass.

Shoulder to shoulder,

Your people we stand.

We'll strive for Your kingdom to come,

We have hope.

Bread of life to hungry souls.

Jesus Christ, our guide and friend.

Lord and King our cornerstone.

You are with us to the end.

None of the pleasures that this world could bring

compares to the glory to come!

Chorus

2006-11-10T11:58:00.001+08:00

ARRIVEDERCI SINGAPORE!
SALVE ITALY!

Will be leaving for italy in around 12hrs time at midnight! i have been anticipating this trip even before my EOYs. I am super excited and also because shouyu is so good to bring a kettle for me. First time going to europe and would have to adapt to the long plane ride of 12hrs and also to the cold?! Would take alot of pics (and maybe post them up here) and definitely will miss my family, church buddies and many others. haha. Would still be praying for the 'O'levellers in church, dont fret kay! alright, shall buy back stuff. okae. gtg and learn some italiano now! arrivederci! :)

2006-11-05T21:13:00.000+08:00

HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY MATTHEW (MA-TAI-FU-YING)!
will always remember you as the wushu master! (like in the pic below) and also the guy who never fails to make us laugh with your ever failing hearing skills. All the best for you 'O's and come to tjc! haha :)

2006-11-05T19:45:00.000+08:00

I think that today's message struck me that falling into the trap for the love for money is so real. I guess that at this age many of us think that we are safe from this, but actually there's quite an inherent desire to be richer and to gain more riches. As you all may know, the love for money is the root of evil and i guess none of us wants to fall into this temptation. I guessed that this is very personal to me as sometimes i catch myself being rather superficial and materialistic. I always want to have more (have that shoes, game, braces...) yes guys also are not spared from such material stuff (not only girls, though they COULD be more prone to it). So yah, I hope that i would take up the challenge to prevent myself from desiring to possess wealth, and that i should draw closer to my Father's love instead. :)

Youth Conference is round the corner, though not during my b'day (which i always celebrate in YC) but i am looking forward to an exciting and fun-filled time discovering more about the kingdom of God. And of cos to fellowship with friends.

All the best to my batch people for their E-Math and SS paper tomorrow! May God grant you the strength, calmness and alertness while you go through this very tough period. Will be praying for you. :) P.S guys let's show tr ck that we can do it okae? don't let him and God down too!

New blog!

2006-11-03T10:45:00.000+08:00

New blog and it's DEATH NOTE theme too. I am not so crazy over it like jumping and miaomiao, but i think it's the coolest anime that i have watched and read! Thought i would create a blog during this holidays, so i could at least write some of my happenings and keep it as records and memories i guess. Holidays just started, Chinese 'O's are over too, the boredom starts to creep in. Loneliness always looking for a friend which is me, see the irony. Anyway, can't wait to go to Italy on the 10th of Nov while the rest of the not so lucky ones especially terence (hewillkillmeforthis) are embarking on to lumut for OBS... but i haven't even packed my bag yet. -_-". okae, shall start on maths assignment which i need to hand up on the 6th? my maths is terrible :(