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Referee

2010-07-11T16:11:00.002+08:00

Tonight World Cup final is between Holland and Spain. Many might think the crucial factor that might determine the outcome of this match will be the Head coach of the team. He will be the one who choose who to play and not. But I feel the major factor that might determine the outcome of the match result is the REFEREE. Howard Webb from England will be the official for this match. So who is he??

Howard Melton Webb (born 14 July 1971) is an English football referee who operates in the Premier League and has been a FIFA-listed referee since 2005. He lives in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. He is counted amongst the top referees of all time in a list maintained by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). Webb first took up refereeing in local Rotherham leagues in 1989. In 1993, he progressed to the Northern Counties East League as an assistant referee, becoming a referee for that league two years later. In 1996, he was appointed as a Football League assistant referee, and, in 1998, fulfilled the same function in the Premier League, as well as being promoted to the Football Conference as a referee.

More on Webb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=4335354

The football referee

Professional referees at the top of the games in the UK are paid annual retainer of 33,000 pounds plus up to 600 pounds per match and expenses. When you add up it's not a bad wage for blowing a whistle and waving cards around.

But according to Lan Blanchard, head of national referee development at the FA, it's not as simple as it looks. "There is an art to being a good referee," he says. "You need good communication skills and an ability to make and sell informed decision." Training begins with a basic referee's course run by your local county FA and you must then work your way through a further 8 levels.

Apart from commitment and dedication, you'll also need a thick skin. "Referees need a good level of fitness and to be able to cope with the speed of the game but more than that, they need a strong character. " Abuse from both players and fans comes with the territory, so it's perhaps no surprise that hundreds of wannabe referees abandon the game in the first year. As a result, one in three matches is now played without a ref.

So anybody want to be a referee. I feel when we watch a game, we always act as if we are good at spotting mistake etc but if we put our self in the referee shoes, I think will will be far more worst than them and might be stone to death by the fans haha. Just some fact I got from a magazine by the British Airways some 2 years ago when I was flying to London.

So... tonight my prediction

SPAIN -0.5,

DRAW - Spain, 0-1

Fellowship

2010-06-09T18:45:00.002+08:00

What is Fellowship all about? We always mention in Church.. the service had ended but fellowship has just begin!

Foundation that’s Biblical 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.

Excitement that’s Contagious Psalm 71:23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you—I, whom you have redeemed.

Love for the Lost Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."

Leadership for Change Revelation 21:5 “I am making everything new!"

Opportunity to Serve Matthew 22:39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'

Worship that’s Fluid Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.

Structure that’s Simple 1 Corinthians 14:40 But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.

House of Honor 1 Corinthians 6:20 ...you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

Innovation that’s Attractive Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created...

Practicality in Teaching Matthew 13:34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

Kong Hee, my Pastor. City Harvest, my Church.

2010-06-06T23:02:00.002+08:00

I came across this sermon that I've prepared during my SOT days as sermon assignment. I feel is a good time to share. Before that maybe I will share something that is truly from the bottom of my heart. 31/5/10, the day after Asia Conference, I was doing guard duty in the evening. I was eating my dinner inside the guard house and I heard on the channel 8 news "The 17 people who are 'assisting police with investigations' included the mega church’s founder and Senior Pastor Kong Hee, who was picked up early Monday morning"... I was shock and worried. My heart sunk and I do not know how to reach during that moment. I went to Facebook and is all over page. In my heart, I was praying for the Church and my pastor.

The next day I went back home and check on the news and internet... it was all over. The newspaper has pages after pages coverage on us. Yes we are being check and someone obviously complained about us. The papers keep compare with us to RenCi, Youth challenge and NKF. 1 of it had since fallen and the rest change in management. I can boldly say City Harvest and the leaders WILL never fall. We are as strong as a solid rock. I like what Victor Lim Fei said "One critical difference is that revenue (donations) for religious charities are generally from their own members." As such, the focus is on accountability to members, "rather than putting the financial statements on the Internet or made available to the public", "Please dissociate CHC w NKF & Renci Hosp. They solicit public funds; we receive members' giving. Fundamentally different."

I heard people say us as "City Money church", a Business church and many term to describe us. Why? Because their mindset have not change. Their mind cannot conceive the reality the Church can berich. They cannot accept the fact how Charismatic church work. Yes I cannot deny that we preach prosperity gospel and we believe in sowing and reaping a 100 fold. We believe in the blessing of God. I also cannot deny that we spent huge amount of money on our creative arts the sound, light, stage decoration, multimedia and live band. Whatever ever we do in Church there is bound to be a biblical reason behind it. I learn in SOT that how we conduct a Church service, we pattern against the design and layout of the Tabernacle. 1 should really study it and find out. Solomon gave, in today context, Billions of dollars to build the temple! I believe in the temple it sure have the latest technology in their time available for them!

What we do in Church, we want to do the best for the glory of God. Can you imagine the Church is backward, ugly and irrelevant?? It reflects badly not on the pastor and the member but God. Why must we allow the clubbing people have the latest music and lighting? Why must we allow the non Christian to enjoy God's creation the most when we as the child of God should be the one who should enjoy it the most? Many people may say it is the people that will reflect well about God etc. Ya is true in a way but get this fact. People look at the outside ONLY God look at the inside.

We spent millions of dollar on Conference and the things I mention above. Many people too will say we should spend it helping the poor and needy. We should not have so much reserve as a Church in the bank. The church cannot this cannot that; the Pastor cannot this cannot that!! GIVE ME A BREAK!!! God never say anything... then why so much comment? Let me ask you, why must you have a saving account? Why must you buy insurance? Why must you eat food with dishes... just porridge and soya sauce will do... that money can feed a hungry children in Africa! Come on can anybody know what I mean? If one has such thinking, then we will be very miserable. We have limited. We cannot do all to help everybody around the world. Even government could not able to do it. But as a Church slowly but surely we have contributed and help in the poor and needy in China as we have seen in Asia Conference. In Haiti and other country we sent workers over to help. Remember the star thrower story? 1 people at a time... This is life... if we can't cloth ourselve then how can we cloth other people and be a blessing to them. We are human being after all and we have a soul that needs to be feed. Compare to the needy people we are fortunate. That is why we thank God for His grace and everything that we have. Then within our ability we contribute back to the society.

I have no idea why people always mix us all together. As if they have contribute 1 cent to the church. But anyway since the Church have not official make any comments on the issue I shall not too. But at the end of the day, I trust my Pastor the Church. There are so many life experience and testimony I can share to tell the world if without the Church and Ps Kong, I will not be who I am today by the grace of God! City Harvest can sum up with this we are: Fun, Exciting, Colorful, Trendy, Fasionable, Progressive, Excellence, Realism, Creative, Sharp, Innovative, Influential, Successful, Rich Yet... Holy, Spiritual, Love people and Love God.

Joseph was a young man who was hated by his brothers. In their anger at him, they imprisoned him in a pit and then sold him into a life of slavery and misery in Egypt. Doubtless Joseph prayed to God to help him escape, but no help was forthcoming, and into slavery he went. Thought he experience years of bondage and misery, Joseph's character was refined and strengthened by his trails. Eventually he rose up to become a prime minister of Egypt who saved thousands of lives and even his own family from starvation. If God had not allowed Joseph's years of suffering, he never would have been such a powerful agent for society justice and spiritual healing.

Our rejection always become our new direction on without rejection,

we will not find our way to God’s direction for our life! All rejection is to propel you towards God’s direction for your life in which you will not by choice go to. From the story we can see that God actually is not sending rejection to say something about you and shut you down as a person but the rejection is about birthing a new option and direction in your life.

So I really believe City Harvest and Ps Kong will be strengthen through this difficult time and as a Church, as a family we will overcome this allegation together. We will have a mighty breakthrough as a church and indivitually. Our destiny has indeed call us! Through sunshine or rain we will love just the same, we are family that love love love one another!

3 services

2010-06-01T10:57:00.001+08:00

I Provide 3 services

FAST, GOOD and CHEAP

Choose any 2

FAST and GOOD, It won't be CHEAP

FAST and CHEAP, It won't be GOOD

CHEAP and GOOD, It won't be FAST

Haha think about it...

Sex is risky business in britain

2010-05-14T20:14:00.002+08:00

I came across a very interesting article inside The Straits Times on the 11 May 2010. The title caught my attention - Sex is risky business in Britain. It is about 18Million people hurt during sex; injuries include pulled muscles, broken bones. A survey has revealed that nearly 1/3 of the adult population have been injured during sex with pulled muscles being the most common injury.

With so many kind of position, one would think injury during sex is inevitable. Haha... As many as 40% realised they were injured only the morning after because they were overcome with passion and did not notice it at the time. =)

The writer noted that "sex is a risky business these days. There are numerous hazards in and around home which can inflict severe injuries if people aren't careful."

To sum up the whole article... of 'Dangerous love'

Most common injuries during sex

Pull muscles, injured back, carpet burns, cricked neck, bruised elbows/knees, bruised shoulder, twisted knee, sprained/strained wrist, sprained/strained ankle, fingers bent back.

Most dangerous location to have sex

Sofa, stairs, car, shower, bedroom, chair, kitchen table, garden. lavatory, work cupboard.

Most commonly broken items during sex

Bed frame, wine/pint glass, picture, chair, tea cup, wall, chest of drawers, door, window, vase

Their advice to us would be to remove any dangerous objects well before you start making love and take care while doing so. LOL..

Hope you guys enjoy this interesting information. So be careful while enjoying. "p

Giving testimony

2010-05-05T22:48:00.002+08:00

Today is the first time I am giving testimony. I did not share any verse to my CG but instead I shared something that is from the bottom of my heart. Testimony should be a time of thanksgiving and gratitude towards God. A time to tell everybody how grateful you are to God. I have been in Church for some time and I have listen countless of testimony. Such as " I want to thank God I pass my exam even I never really study for it," or "my parent strike 4D and gave me some money." I never denied that such testimony you should not thank God for but testimony time is a very good platform for people who really go through a lot and they keep on praying and trusting God. They never give up. Then miracle will happen and God will answer prayer!

How to spell the word "Testimony"? TESTimony.... so test comes before testimony. You will be tested my friend! So in the midst of test and trails, you must trust God and keep on praying. Keep on keeping on! So during testimony time, one must share what and how God test you and how you perseverance through and then ultimately tell the people what God did for you. All this give glory to God! This is testimony!

Unto You

2010-04-11T20:33:00.004+08:00

Woot.. haa initially I wanted to find somebody to share with me to buy the CD above. But when I saw Ps Kong brought a CD up to the stage I knew he might give out the CD for free to a person. Yea.. so when he ask who want a free copy, I just lift up my hand and look at him. Surprisingly he look at me and say I will give it to you! I was shock!! I sat on the 4th row and I quickly get out of my seat and run towards Ps Kong. I receive the CD from him! WOW!!! It is an honor man..

This is the 3rd time I was so close with Ps Kong. The 1st time was many years ago, after Emerge Conference, I went to the back room area and I saw him. So I greeted him and he pat on my shoulder! I was so overjoy! The 2nd time was during SOT. Ps Kong was praying for people and I was the catcher. So I get to see Ps Kong expression and action really up close. When he pray for those people, I can really sense how spiritual he is. His passion as a Pastor, i feel not many in the world can really match him. I am biased la haha =)

Recently I know the Sundeck saga was hot news in town after the Jack neo incident. I never been speaking about this issue yet beside my Facebook status. Firstly, for Jack Neo, yes he did made a big mistake and such mistake is unpardoned. But he took responsibility out of it. Everybody make mistake. Be it a celebrity or any other unknown person, we all want forgiveness and a chance to change. Yes his movie is all about values we need to embrace and yet he himself got no moral values. But if we look at another angle, he is doing what all his movie is portrait. Admit your mistake and learn from it. If your heart is truly fill with true repentance, God will indeed forgive your trespasses. That is what makes Christianity so unique and wonderful. We all got to be "dead to sin" I believe God has forgiven Jack Neo and the Church is behind him. The most important is his wife has forgiven him and is standing by his man all this while. This is what I call love unconditionally just like how Jesus loves us. No matter what mistake we did, He is always there with us. Jesus says "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." So you guys decide.

The second was the Suntec saga. I have been following Ps Kong's blog for about a month since the news broke off. I know the concern that most of the people had on the blog. The bottom line is how the MONEY is going to be spent. I learn in SOT that we all ought to obey God in giving for the Kingdom of God. How the money is spent is between the Church and God Himself. We have no part in it. If God found the Church has not been a good steward of His money, the God will judge it just like how Ren Ci and NKF. So we must trust God that all the money is in good hand. I believe God is not stupid at all. He will make sure everything is in order. Someone told me this recently. "As much as we wait on God, we also cannot be ignorant and be naive because at the end of the day we do not want to feel 'cheated'." God will never cheat on us but man will. If God is in our equation, then we will not feel that way. If God is not in it, naturally we will feel cheated to some extent.

Today during service, Holy Spirit reminded me on something. We have all been focusing on why the deal is this and that but we are missing the whole point. For the past 4 years, we've been praying hard and applying all the principles of God for our new building. We cry when we pledge during Arise n Build. We think of ways to give and work part time. Above is Suntec City. In my own personal time for the past years.. I pray for an ironic structure in the marketplace. I visualise there are many escalator going up to the Main auditorium and also a large screen outside the building. And guess what, Suntec city fulfil all these criteria! The 4th dimension works! WOW... We need to always see the miracle and the work of God not of man. We pray and pray for so many years and now God answered our prayer so why must we doubt the whole project? Point to ponder... we have gone through so far as a Church as a family let us continue to build God a great house.

Founder of Yeo's

2010-03-25T20:50:00.002+08:00

Many people will be very familiar with this household brand. Almost everybody will buy especially during party, events and festival season. Yeo's, I believe has been with use for many years. I remember seeing it on the shelf of USA Supermarket!

I just came across 1 very interesting post and I thought is good to share with all of you.

Like I said, most Singaporeans would be familiar with the brand. Perhaps most would have purchased products by the company. Yet most are unaware that the founder of the Yeo Hiap Seng (YHS) sauce factory in Singapore was a devoted Christian. The early Protestant entrepreneurs, Thian In saw his work as a calling. Though the Presbyterian businessman from Zhangzhou, Fujian, believed in the sovereignty of God, he knew that God had called him to ‘work out’ his salvation ‘with fear and trembling’.

He read the Bible every day, prayed frequently in the bedroom and always led prayer at mealtimes with family members and his workers. Towkay (boss) that he was, Thian In usually ate with his workers at lunchtime.

The father figure also never failed to give thanks to God continually for His blessings. He would hold thanksgiving services for the whole extended family on the birthdays of his five sons. These gatherings were very much like church services. Thian In would take the opportunity to exhort his family members to cling on to God and fear Him. He would also not baulk at openly rebuking his grandchildren for any misbehaviour. The patriarch himself set the moral example by avoiding excesses like alcoholism and extramarital affairs.The long passage of time and blinding success did not cause the founder to lose his love for God. In 1970, Thian In organised a special service to thank God for the completion of a new office at the Bukit Timah building, YHS’ 70th anniversary and his 70th birthday.

Beyond the outward appearance, Thian In regarded his employees and even strangers as his own family. He told his staff to approach him if they needed money. The towkay also kept an opening at the factory door for those who needed soya sauce urgently to treat illnesses after working hours.“My father has no job description for what is a towkay, but he just went all out in serving,” said Alfred, who conceived the book.Thian In’s diligent service for God rubbed off his youngest son. Alfred said: “As I dedicated myself to the Lord his hardworking also rubbed into me to go all out for the Lord. That’s why I have been serving the Lord in the last 50 years without regret.”

What a man of legacy!

Arise & Build 2010

2010-03-14T18:16:00.001+08:00

Nothing is this world is perfect. But we trust God that this place is the best destination for us.

New building

2010-03-07T20:47:00.002+08:00

THIS IS IT!

I was in a state of shock last night when my Senior Pastor, Kong Hee show us a fantastic video on where is our new place. I waited for abt 4 years for this news. I gave to the arise n build for 4 years and I just pledge my 5th arise n build. No people can be able to understand what I am feeling last night. I been in CHC for 7 years already. The Church belong to me. It is like my second home. I spent almost my entire teen life in Church. I cannot imagine how will I become if I don't belong to a Church.

Last night I was jumping, crying and laughing. I never imagine it will be Suntec City. I believe is by the Grace if God we got to co-owned with Suntec Reit. People may have plenty of things to say but if they been with us long enough, they will have different take on this. I heard 1 neitzen say.. "I am going to change my job to be a Pastor." I want to laugh man... If he can grow a small CG can le let alone a MegaChurch. Haha... so naive.

Put all aside let us celebrate and embrace what God has given to us and not to judge. Indeed we've been confess for the past 4 years had come to pass. In the Marketplace, for the Marketplace and penetrate the Marketplace.

Staying in

2010-02-28T18:54:00.002+08:00

This week had been an interesting week for me. Especially during the weekend. I did sth which I nv done b4. Ya maybe I am such a lousy guy but I don't why will I did that? It maybe a game but still... It feel nt bad haha.. ya anyway...

Service was great. Is been such a long time I experience God and cry like a baby. The last time was i think last year 1 of the service when Ps Kong preached on Job and of course during SOT. I felt refresh and ready for the challenge ahead of me which is my sergeant course and it require me to stay in for a mth. Time will pass fast I hope so and every week I will be looking forward to weekend just to be in Church and to see you! =)

I was having fun with Ethan, Erin and Erika just now after service. I brought Erin and Erika to Attributes to buy some snack. I was preparing some coins to buy 1 packet but they "kan cai toe" haha in the end I bought 3 packet for them. Boowoo... bully me sia... hah. They are just so cute...

Alright got to stay in for the next 1 mth. Thx God I still can Facebook using my HP if not I will be damn bored after 530pm everyday. Cya guys..

Val day and CNY 2010

2010-02-13T09:22:00.002+08:00

For the first time, Valentine Day and CNY fall on the same day 14 Feb 2010. But for the 22nd time, I'll be celebrating CNY haha... This year CNY is special because I got the whole entire week off! So I got plenty of time to enjoy to the MAX! Mahjong all the way! Woohoo...

I came across this website about the meaning of different roses.

Rose
Love at the first sight; you are the one
- 2 Roses
Mutual love between both, deeply in love with one another
- 3 Roses
I love you
- 6 Roses
I wanna be yours
- 7 Roses
I'm infatuated with you
- 9 Roses
An Eternal love, together as long as we live
- 10 Roses
You are perfect
- 11 Roses
You are my treasured one; the one I love most in my life
- 12 Roses
Be my steady
- 13 Roses
Secret Admirer
- 15 Roses
I am truly sorry, please forgive me
- 20 Roses
Believe me, I am sincere towards you
- 21 Roses
I am devoted to you
- 24 Roses
Can't stop thinking about you, 24 hours everyday
- 33 Roses
Saying "I love you" with great affection
- 36 Roses
I will remember our romantic moments
- 40 Roses
My love for you is genuine
- 50 Roses
Regretless love, this is
- 99 Roses
I will love you for as long as I live
- 100 Roses
Harmoniously together in a century; remaining devoted as couple till ripe-old age
- 101 Roses
You are my one and only love
- 108 Roses
Please marry me!
- 365 Roses
Can't stop thinking about you, each and everyday
- 999 Roses
Everlasting and Eternal love

So allow me to wish everybody an enjoyable and bless CNY. Let HUAT LAH!!!!

Benny Hinn on Opra Winfrey and Joel Osteen

2010-02-08T17:58:00.004+08:00

Benny Hinn on Oprah Winfrey and Joel Osteen

Put aside any allegation against Benny Hinn or any controversial he had. I feel his stand on the Bible is very strong. Maybe the way he do things is not very right just like how Paul Scanlon describe about "the giving and get bless" theory but still Benny Hinn is a man of God whom God uses.

Oprah Winfrey said "Jesus is 1 of the ways to go heaven"

Joel Osteen on Larry King program is unsure if Jesus is the only way to go heaven

Benny Hinn is 100% sure that Jesus is the ONLY way to go heaven and he rebuked both oprah and Joel!

A fun filled weekend

2010-01-31T16:53:00.005+08:00

I really had a great time during the weekend. My buddy jio me to Butter Factory in fact this is my 2nd time going to club since 2007! I am a home person la seldom go such places LOL. But after that night perhaps I might go more often depend on my finances status haha.

I really like Butter factory because of the environment both indoor and outdoor. It is opposite the IR and SG Flyer. After clubbing can take a stroll down along the river towards the Esplanade. My friend say St James and Rebel are good too lol... overall really enjoy myself with my buddies. =)

We open 1 bottle of Chivas

This is a killer. My friend sabo me. He bought for me this drink that need to put flame on top of it. I don't how to drink causing the straw to burn with fire LOL. Eventually I finish everything. I tot nth happen to me but after 20mins or so... my head start spinning and this is how my evening got started!

Another incident sabo by my friend. He told this Taiwanese girl that I too shy to take picture with her. Haha.. then she came over and surround her hand in my waist. I have no choice but to put my hand over her shoulder...

She is an interesting person. My friend wanted to take a picture with her and dance with her. So we went to look for her again. But to our surprise, in front of us was JJ Lin talking to her. With JJ Lin was the son of Jacky Chan. OMG... we all stunned! Who exactly is this Taiwanese girl? My friend gave up le because how to fight with JJ Lin? Hhaa. Anyway JJ was quite short la.. I am taller then him!

It was a good night! Enjoy the dance with the girls and you know in clubbing what guy will do la. Haha I better don't mention anything in my blog. Enjoy the fellowship with my buddy. Because almost all of them are either drunk or tired, they are all not fit to drive. I drink too but amount all I am the most alert. I am so afraid there will be road block. But eventually, I drove all of them back home safely! Thank God for that. But I will not try that again because it is really very dangerous.

I reach home around 5am. I bearly have 3hrs of sleep. Morning I woke up for Church service. I am so excited because Dr Niko is preaching. The last time I hear him preach was last year during leaders meeting when i was a SOT student. Their praise and worship, Indonesian style was so cool. The worship song immediately pull down the presence of God. I was pump up by the singing and the praying. After service, I went to the children church. As usual I went to look for Ethan and his 2 lovely sisters. I was asking Ethan about his trip to Honduras. He was telling me his experience in taking the plane over and what he did over there... haha. Then have some random chat with him. I am amazed he has grown up so fast over the years. I know Ethan for about 5 years already!!!

I was telling Erika the day I knew Ethan I don't know where are you. Haha because Erika ask Ethan to kick me so I say Ethan ur kor kor will not kick me because I know him way before you was around. Erika stare at me with a blank look wahaha. 1 thing that melt my heart is Erin attitude towards me. For a long period of time, Erin seldom talk to me. She will ask me to go away from her or don't talk to me at all. But recently she begin to be more open towards me. She starts to ask me some question and play with me. I really thank God for that. Every Sunday morning beside going for service, fellowship with the kids really make my day and prepare me for the week ahead. I enjoy a lot. =)

2 handsome young man. -)

I went for my friend wedding after service. I know Hakim for many years already. When I am Primary 5 after I move to woodlands I knew him through playing of basketball. And now he is married to a lovely lady. I wonder when is my turn? =(

I am so sleepy and tired now. Watching Australia Open final now between Roger Federer and Andy Murray. At night 12am still got Man Utd vs Arsenal.

THE IMAGES OF MOTHER

2010-01-30T15:23:00.000+08:00

THE IMAGES OF MOTHER

At 4 years old we say: "My Mummy can do anything!"
At 8 years old: "My Mum knows a lot! A whole lot!"
At 12 years old: "My Mother doesn't really know quite everything."
At 14 years old: "Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either."
At 16 years old: "Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned."
At 18 years old: "That old woman? She's way out of date!"
At 25 years old: "Well, she might know a little bit about it."
At 35 years old: "Before we decide, let's get Mum's opinion."
At 45 years old: "Wonder what Mum would have thought about it?"
At 65 years old: "I wish I could talk it over with Mum."

[Author Unknown]

Home Decor

2010-01-25T22:21:00.002+08:00

I am so tired. Thx God today came home early from camp. I am so busy with my room. The paint is up which is Grey in colour. 1 of my small little decor is up too. No picture to show you guys because it is not totally done. Still here and there. Hopefully everything can be ready for CNY.

This 2 weeks will be a tough week for me. I will have 2 guard duties to do and Exercise to support. After all this, it will be CNY. So praying for strength and God's grace.

Hehe looking forward to 6 Feb because something is coming! =)

1st blog post in 2010

2010-01-10T20:57:00.005+08:00

This is my 1st blog post in 2010. Haha.

I was on my way back from Sunday Expo service and inside the train I saw 3 tourist from Taiwan (Based on their ascent). They were with maps in their hand discussing where to alight and how to travel to the place they want. They seem having difficulties pronouncing 'Tanah Merah' I was reminded what I had gone through when I travel to London alone from Paris. Map was my best friend and with my broken English I manage to communicate with the British people.

I was looking at various direction and I took the opposite direction from my hotel. My Crumpler bag and my luggage were killing me. I tried to reach the hotel fast and then rush down for service at Hillsong London. Initially was planning to go Emirate Stadium that evening hopping to have the chance to buy 'Arsenal vs Liverpool' match ticket from the black market haha. But sadly my plane from Paris was delay for 1 hr because of ice frozen in the wing of the plane. It was winter at that time and the weather was very bad. But not as bad as the current winter condition across Europe.

Travelling without any tour guide is a very good experience to explore around a new places that you never been before. Just like those Taiwanese guys I saw.

Inside their (MRT)

'Fine' board is everywhere in the train. Just like SG

Their MRT station is call Underground. London Underground system is undergo a major revamp. Thus not all station is operating everyday. It is to improve the train system in time for 2012 London Olympic games.

I had the luxury to take this express train from London Heathrow airport to City instead of taking the longer route via the normal train service which will take 1hr. The express train that I took was fast and took me 2omins only! What a big different. Of course the cost is different too!

Thumb up for British Airway!

Pastor always said that how you end 2009 is how you enter 2010. I ended 2009 with 2 voucher from a brother. I enter 2010 with another 2 voucher from my Dad. Haha now I have 4 different kinds of voucher. Haven use any yet. Especially the SG Flyer tixs, was initially planning to go on Christmas day but I have no date!

Mcdonalds ($12)

Sakura ($30)

Swensens

The best of all! A pair of SG Flyer tix!

Lets hope this year will be a better year!

2009 reflecion

2009-12-28T19:39:00.017+08:00

2009 have been a up and down for me. Just like the stock market. It all started positively. I just came back from Europe after 3 mths of staying there. 31st Dec 2008 I landed back into Singapore. My heart was full of vision for the year 2009 after what I have receive from God during my stay in Paris. 2009 was a year of making the right decision and choices. That was what God spoke to me in 2008.

I enter into 2009 with excitement. Because I was too excited to share with everybody what I have experience. I simply had a great time =) Below are pictures in Changi Airport and charles de gaulle airport. We got to know 2 malaysian students over there. They are cool people.. helpful, generous and friendly.

Koon & me
The Man Utd fan. Khali and me

The 2 green bag are mine. I went up to the plane with these 2 big big green bag and my crumpler bag. Imagine the number of things I had. Not including my 3 luggage!!!

When I took my O Lvl results of 27 points.. LOL (Lousy la) I nv expect I will grad from Poly. But this year 2009, after 3 years of course, I graduated from ECC with a Diploma! Wooo.. GPA was 2.7 It was a big improvement especially the final year which I did VERY well.

XiuYin & me

Those who went Paris. Memory will be with me forever =)

My class!

Graduated wor!!

SOT 2009 was a milestone on my life. It was a life-changing school. It was a hard decision to sign up for SOT because of 2 factors. Money and Time. My bank was empty after my holiday trip to London and I am not sure I could graduate because of NS commitment. Nevertheless I obey God and took a step of faith to go SOT 2009.

God indeed is faithful. He provided for me for my school fee and I was able to graduate. Amen, PTL!

SOT was challenging just as any other school course in Singapore. People tend to sleep during class... zzzzZZZzzz

Jasmine & Angela

Joshua

1 of my good friends I know from SOT was Hiro and Miki. They are from Japan. Hoping to visit them in 2011 after my ORD. -)

My Korean friend, Jin Hee, leading praise

Dr Joshua Hong. He is a powerful man in Prayer!

Team 19 with 8-Days feature SUN!

Jin-Hee & me

Jasmine aka Tai Tai, My guitarist for my mock CG.

My favorite part of SOT was to preach. I preach a total of 4 different messages. It was a good experience for me. I am so exciting to preach again in a near future!

This is Mohawk Company 07/09 intake. With 3 wks to go, I was enlisted into NS. But thankfully I could finish all my exams and assignment before I enlist thus successful graduated.

Ps Bobby and Cindy

Tan Kim Hock. He rock man!!! Without him, I don't think I am able to graduate.

Peter & me

The day had come and it was my SOT graduation! It was like a beautiful dream... waking up from that feel terrible. Proud of myself for finishing SOT. It may seem easy but in actually fact is not at all! In SOT I really learn a lot from all the Pastors who taught us. My mindset changes...

Little Angela and me =)

Dr Kong Hee. LOL

The back drop was so cool la.

My dearest boy, Ethan John.

Joyce, Joash, JJ"s mummy and me =)

Susan & Me. Ps Derek beautiful wife.

My CG

My family. Thx for coming

In conclusion for SOT, it was a transformation for my spiritual life. In the book of Romans, I learn so much till my brain was being expended. Ps Kong is such a good teacher. I remembered during 1 session, he was laying hand on people. I was a catcher that time. I came really up close with Ps Kong. I can even saw those marker ink on his hand. I can sense the way he pray for people, is really out of his love for the students. He take his time to discern, saying a short prayer quietly and then laid his hand. I can sense something in Ps Kong... Will be really miss those day in SOT and will go back for my Romans and Galatians and commissioning service which I miss =(

6AMB, My Army friends for the next 2 yrs

My 3rd Standard Chartered Marathon. 5hrs 40mins

For the past months, I have been attending Sunday Expo svs 3. It was like a family setting for me. I love that feeling. The spiritual atmosphere in svs 3 always have a special feeling in me. Haha don't know why. On sunday, I will greet by many parents as well as kids. Haha.. everyweek I will go talk to Ethan and his sisters. I really enjoyed chatting with them. I felt so joyful and happy.

Last week, as Dayan was around, I managed to locate him at the 'kids at play' playground. I call his name and to my surprise, he stop and look at me.. smiling and say a quite hi to me before running with Ethan.. Wahaha.. I was so happy with his smile and Hi. =)

The Candlelight svs pictures was with Jasmine, CK and me. Times files... it was Christmas and then in a few days will be a brand new year. - 2010... I check out the prayer book where we wrote down our prayer and once it is being answer, I will put a tick. I have a number of ticks this year but I firmly believe if I do not lose heart and keep on praying, I can tick the whole book!

Just like the light on the candle, it will always overcome the darkness. So I was praying in 2010 that the light of Christ will shine unto every darkess moment I will have in 2010. God always promt in my heart that 2010, it will be a year if sowing and reaping a year of something BIG. I am already looking forward to it le.

Hmm so much to say but I think is enough le. Will be resting a while from my blog and I would like to take this time to thank all my reader through out the years. Wish you guys a bless new year ahead in 2010.

Visiting uncle at mount alvernia hospital

2009-12-21T22:46:00.002+08:00

Just came back from Mount Alvernia hospital. Was visiting my Uncle who was hospitalise yesterday. I was surprise to see he sat in a suite! The room was as big as a hotel room. It was a 5 stars room. Well he is a successful businessman after all.

To bring my remembrance back, 21 yrs ago I happen to be there. Well I was born in mount alvernia hospital! It is a Catholic hospital. God already call me even before I was born. I saw a Cross hanging inside my uncle's room. I pray every night as he look at the cross, he will be able to feel God's love and presence. Healing will flow and come upon him.

I have just decided in future my kids will be born at mount alvernia hospital. I enjoying the visit just now.. the environment and services was very good. I feel a sense of peace in there. Anyway to early to say... =(

What Would Jesus Say to Tiger Woods?

2009-12-14T23:27:00.000+08:00

What Would Jesus Say to Tiger Woods?

Tiger Woods, the world's greatest golfer, has recently been involved in a public scandal after his multiple affairs have come to the surface. His marriage is on the rocks and he has put his golfing career on hold as he tries to repair the damage caused to his family and his public reputation. Decisions have consequences and once trust is broken it is very hard to rebuild. It's a sad story ... whatever way you look at it.

What would Jesus say to Tiger?

That's an interesting question ...

A few ideas may spring to mind such as "Be sure your sins will find you out," "You reap what you sow", "What is done in secret will be shouted from the roof tops," and maybe "Pride goes before a fall."

What do you think Jesus would say?

Maybe Jesus would approach Tiger in a similar way as he did the woman caught in the act of adultery. The religious leaders were ready to stone her but Jesus said ...
"Neither do I condemn you ..." That was grace - a grace ready to forgive and ready to lift of the guilt and shame of a person who had broken the law and made wrong choices (what the Bible calls 'sin').

Then he said, "Go and sin no more." That was truth - a recognition that sin dishonors God and that it brings great damage to our lives. Obviously, we need the help of the Spirit to break the power of sin and to live life the way God designed it to be lived. Jesus assumed that this woman could learn from her mistakes and make different choices from that moment on.
One of Jesus' closest disciples, John, described Jesus as full of grace and truth (John 1:14). May we become more like Him every day.

Why not offer a prayer up for Tiger ... that somehow, in this situation that has been caused by his own choices, he will turn to and find a God that is full of grace and truth.

Dad's Japan trip

2009-12-12T19:58:00.003+08:00

Just 1 mth ago, I was sending my dad to the Airport and in a blink of an eye, he return from Nagoya, Japan this evening. He said that the technology there, is 10yrs more advance then in Singapore. It was a "wow" factor for me. Haha... 2011 around September I will be going Japan for holiday and visit my SOT friend Hiro and family! Hehe =)

Will post some of the nice Pictures from Nagoya once I got it from my dad's laptop.

SQ 671
Hello Kitty for my mum and sis

Coke

My dad bought all food stuff from Japan. Overweight haha no wonder la.. look at those big apples

This is mind! Sakae and Johnny Walker! Whahaha.. Christmas will be drinking Sakae =)

2009 marathon

2009-12-07T20:32:00.002+08:00

WOW! I did it again for the 3rd time. After missing last year run I am all back again. My aim was to beat my personal record of 5 hrs 30mins... but I did not. Hmm was quite disappointed at my performance. Eventually I did a 5 hrs 40mins. I know I can do far better. Towards the end about 30km, I had stamina to run but my legs were giving away. Muscle are tearing. I was in pain... I could not run as fast as I wish to. Overall I am pleased la as I did not have much training. Thx God that I feel His presence when I was about to give up. I preserve through.... Thx also to all those believe in me and all ur wishes! =) Standard chartered 2010 Marathon here I go again!!!

E-Conflict

2009-12-04T13:13:00.002+08:00

I was about to finish reading the above book. I came across 1 very interesting chapter: E-Conflict. That remind me of 1 mth ago early in a Saturday Morning I log into my Facebook not knowing somebody accuse me of something publicly on FB. False accusation and negative comments by a few people were all around! I was well.. shock and sadden.

The tone was curt, accusatory, and some of the sentences was in ALL CAPS which is a universal sign for yelling. I feel everything that was been said was utterly false and I wonder what was the motives by them.

The book mention that using email or FB to mediate conflict is like baking a cake without a mixing bowl or an oven. The very ingredients that make reconciliation possible are absent. Reconciliation comes in the context of clear communication, meaningful listening, shared understanding, openness and a lot of patience. The medium of email and FB inevitably removes these delicate ingredients. This experience of e-conflict - whether via email, blog or facebook - is growing ever more common. Electronic text as a medium strunt our best efforts to resolve
conflict.

Countless hours and precious emotional energy are wasted combing over messages, parsing word choices, verb tenses and prefect digital response. And yet on mearly every occasion, such misunderstanding and hurt feelings can be avoided simply by speaking to each other directly. I fully agree on this statement! Look at Jesus, He understood this truth about conflict resolution. In the book of Matthew he tells his disciple, "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the 2 of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over."

Perhaps if Jesus was able to update his teaching for the digital age, He might add a new emphasis: "If your brother sin against you, don't email him or fb him about it. Instead go directly to him!" We all have a habit of throwing stones from a safe distance. And why not? Distance hostility is not only possible, it's encouraged by out culture and therein lies the problem.

Ya so to them, Jesus offers healing between God and His creation, peace between friends and enemies and peace within. yet often the only thing It takes to derail this wonderful fragile process is a thoughtless email or Facebook.

PS: Opps I have just blogged!

6th annivesary

2009-11-28T22:04:00.003+08:00

Time really files... if u check my post 1 year ago, you will see a video on my 5th anniversary as a Christian. I was in France and wow it was a dream when I look back. Next Tuesday, 1st Dec 2009, will be my 6th year in CHC. I really thx God that I am still keeping on following Jesus. It was tough, people don't understand what I am doing... thus they mock at me, laugh at me and worst make fun of me and my faith. I mean seriously what can I do? I can't debate because they wun understand any theology concept... I just have to keep quiet and smile at them... =(

Anyway, God is still good to me. I am so thankful that this 6 years, God has been with me. Will post more on what have been happening for the past 1 year in 2009 soon....

I just receive an email by the London Eye. LOL... Last year Christmas eve (London time), Christmas day (Singapore time 12am), I was on board the London Eye. It was a speechless experience for me. But I was alone enjoying the Big Ben and other attraction.

"Festivity is in the air! With Christmas on the horizon, the Merlin Entertainments London Eye has some truly inspiring ideas for the perfect Christmas gift or for a uniquely entertaining day or night in the capital. With suggestions to suit all budgets... just visit our website to find out more. And for those who would like to make their own choice, we’ve a range of gift vouchers, which can be used on any London Eye experience."

I do hope this year I can spent Christmas eve or Christmas day on board the Singapore Flyer. And of course not alone because it will be very wield and sad. So I have to wait for a couple of weeks to see if I can end my year well in a sweet manner. =)

Faithfulness

2009-11-27T13:16:00.001+08:00

Faithfulness

One of the most important qualities to develop in our lives is the quality of FAITHFULNESS. Faithfulness means being true to your word, keeping your promises, being loyal, being reliable, honest, and trustworthy.

Unfortunately, lack of faithfulness, or ‘unfaithfulness’, is becoming quite rampart in our society.
A recent study revealed that up to 70% of high school students admitted to serious cheating on tests.

More and more people are lying on their tax returns, on their resumes, on reports, and in conversations with other people all the time. All up, it is estimated that we are lied to about 200 times each day!

Other studies reveal that almost 50% of married women and over 50% of married men engage in extramarital sex at some time or another during their relationship.
I don’t know about you, but I find these statistics incredibly alarming. But the sobering truth is that each one of us (me included) have the same potential for unfaithfulness. I encourage you today to make a choice to be a faithful person. Be honest. Keep your word.

Tell the truth. It starts in the little things. Faithfulness ... Think about it.

Book review

2009-11-22T21:34:00.010+08:00

Many people in Church this morning kept staring at my tee shirt. Haha nth surprise to me as my shirt which I just bought online from a UKSoccer shop website. 1 guy came up to me and say he likes my shirt! LOL. The message on my tee truly describe me. Dear God - I pray daily. Thanks for beer, women and football - What I am interest and like. That sentence sum it all you need to know about Reyes.

Book review

For the past 3 months, I have been reading 3 books which I bought from Amazon. It was revelation after revelation revealed to me while reading. Some of the author I really never heard before but I get to know them through Internet and other source via well known ministers around the world. Frank Viola and Ed Young are 2 of the most incredible communicator I have ever heard of. If you do have the chance, goggle about them and get to know what they are doing for God. They open up my worldview on the Bible! They are creative in their thinking and also the way the present the gospel!

The first book: Unchristian by David Kinnaman

This book was intro by Ps Mark Conner in his blog. This book is groundbreaking and is not for the fade hearted! This book gathered information through survey and interview about what people in the world (Unsaved) think about Christianity based on the perception of Christian. Christianity has an image problem. When I was reading the book, i can't be help but to see my church matches the perception that the book mention. I mean is a universal thing that people think that way of the church. There are 5 main perception that what the people think about us Christian. I am not going to mention here if you can pick up a copy and study urself. Even Christian in the church have these perception what more the non christian?

To quote from the book:

"Through these surveys and interviews, the Lord has graciously helped me understand the experiences and in many cases the very real offenses, confusions, questions, discouragements and disappointments that people have had when interacting with Christianity. It's not a pretty picture."

The second book: From eternity to here by Frank Viola

This is 1 of the best book I have ever read. I just can't put it down when I starts to read. It is the masterpiece of masterpiece of all about God eternal plan for us! It is so fascinating that my mind was so into the book. It open up my mind to another realm. Serious I am not "tua pao". Ha Ha... There are 3 parts to this book and every part open a realm upon one another. You may heard the story before but the way Frank did it, was way off our imagination. God's eternity plan for the human being. We need to rediscover the ageless purpose of God in out life. What is an Organic church? Get a copy of this book and YOUR LIFE WILL CHANGE! The love you have for God will rekindled!

The third book: The creative leader by Ed young

This guy is crazy! Ed is so creative till he is from another planet! This book is about leadership. On how a leader can creativity do church and lead the people to God creative plan for them. Ed host an annual conference call the C3. This February, if I am not wrong, Ps kong sent Ps Derek and Aries to C3 conference in USA. This annual conference aim to equip leaders with creative ideas and methods to do church and to reach out to this Contemporary culture. C3, Creative church conference attracts thousands of people. Go to http://www.c3conference.com/ This book is for people who want the power of creativity

I have preparing to pound my lappy on new sermons based on this 3 books but I guess it will take me a long time to finish. But 1 get a time. I pray that in the process of preparing sermons, I will get to know the Bible well. I got the the books I am reading for the rest of this year already through the year 2010. Since after the lesson on homiletics during SOT, I been reading books, newspaper and articles & stories all around just to get ideas to craft a new sermon out.

Suzanna Grand wedding

2009-11-14T10:39:00.003+08:00

Finally it was my ministry friend Suzanna long awaited grand wedding. We were talking abt it since Jan about the preparation and the problem they face while preparing the wedding. Trust me is not easy to accommodate both side ideas and wish. But it was a fairy tale ending last night. I am honour to be invited to witness them walking down the red carpet. Many ask me when is my turn... hahaha especially after I got the flower thrown my Suzanna haha... I no i thick face fight with the sister.... NS boy more aggressive la. =)

Nice flower... hehe
Me and the lovely bride

Ps Derek witness the ceremony

Ps Derek shared a 10mins sermon which was very encouraging. The A.B.C of marriage.

Acceptance

Benevolent

Cherish

It was a good ending and I did enjoy myself. Wondering whose wedding is next for me to attend. but 1 thing I know is certainly not me. =(

13 keys truths to maximize your talent

2009-11-01T00:06:00.002+08:00

13 keys truths to maximize your talent

Belief lifts your talent
Passion energizes your talent
Initiative activates your talent
Focus directs your talent
Preparation positions your talent
Practice sharpens your talent
Perseverance sustain your talent
Courage tests your talent
Teachability expands your talent
Character protects your talent
Relationships influence your talent
Responsibility strengtens your talent
Teamwork multiplies your talent

"Why do most people soend the majority of their time focuses on strengthening their weaknesses?"

The role of women in the Church

2009-10-23T15:59:00.002+08:00

'The Today Show' talk about the important role women play in churches. And I think the role of women is the soul of society!

Different Pastor's wife have their own unique calling given by God. In the video, it show Victoria Osteen and Lisa Young on how they support their husband Joel Osteen and Ed young in the ministries in reaching out to more people according to what that is preaches every weekend.

The method use by them are different but the message is the same!

In the Bible... Mt 28:19-20 (The Great Commission), Jesus say go into all the world (WHERE) and preach the gospel (WHAT) to every creature (WHO) but Jesus never say HOW.

So I believe the message is sacred but the method is not. We ought to be creative in reaching to our culture today!

So let support our very own Sun. She is doing a work that no any other woman in Church history has done before. We should be behind her and praying for her. Lets be fancy free!

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1 year after life in Paris

2009-10-14T19:57:00.005+08:00

Time really files... 1 year ago I board a KLM flight bound to Paris for a 3 mths stay. Now is about 1 year le. That time was 1 of my most memorable period of my life. It was a thrill living in Paris and exciting to engage their culture.

Below are some of my pictures. I went to Eiffel tower, Euro Disneyland, Louvre, Champs Elysees and 5 days in London for a holiday. I went to Manchester! That was a dream come true for me. OMG.. I shall stop here if not I will go on and on. Hee... is good to look back at my past especially is good memory.

Definitely, I will go visit Paris again. It is like my 2nd nation although I live there for 3 mths only. But I do my grocery, study and sleep there... so I have feeling for Paris. The next time I visit, by God's grace it will be my honeymoon. =)

For those who have not seen my post in Paris for that 3 mths, you may visit my achieves from Oct 2008 to Dec 2008.

Isn't it strange

2009-10-07T22:21:00.002+08:00

Isn't it strange how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church, but such a small amount when you go shopping?

Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you're at church, and how short they seem when you're watching a good movie?

Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say when you're praying but…you have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend?

Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bible but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games but they do whatever is possible to sit at the last row in Church?

Isn't it strange how we need to know about an event for Church 2-3 weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we can adjust it for other events in the last minute?

Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others; but how easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?

Isn't it strange how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers say but…we question the words in the Bible?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in heaven but…they don't want to believe, do, or say anything to get there?

Isn't it strange how we send jokes in e-mails and they are forwarded right away but when we are going to send messages about God, we think about it twice before we share it with others?

Sherbert

2009-10-04T21:07:00.002+08:00

Many of us will think this is an Ice Cream

In my life I only call it Ice cream but I not sure for u guys.

But...

Today I was taught a valuable lesson

By Ethan John

Haha...

He corrected me that it is not Ice cream but sherbert

HUH??

In my heart I was saying what talking you?

I ask Ethan to repeat

He repeated twice

It is a sherbert not an ice cream

He continue licking his ice cream ohh

sherbert.

10 foods for longevity

2009-10-03T18:26:00.002+08:00

10 foods for longevity

According to USA Weekend.com, Science says these 10 can help you live longer, better.

1. Tomatoes.

These are a major source of the strong antioxidant lycopene. Lycopene reduces the risk of cancer by 40% -- notably prostate, lung and stomach cancers -- and increases cancer survival. Tomato eaters function better mentally in old age and suffer half as much heart disease. Concentrated tomato sauces (pizza, pasta sauces) have five times more lycopene than fresh tomatoes. Canned tomatoes have three times more than fresh.

2. Olive oil.

It's a major part of a Mediterranean diet, shown to help reduce death from heart disease and cancer. Heart-attack survivors on a Mediterranean diet had half the death rates of those on an ordinary low-fat diet, recent research shows. A famous researcher, Ancel Keys, once declared olive oil the main dietary reason for remarkably low mortality rates among Mediterranean populations. Olive oil, unlike other vegetable oils, is high in antioxidant activity.

3. Red grapes, including red grape juice and wine.

Red grapes have moderate antioxidant power. But purple grape juice tops other juices in antioxidant activity, having four times more than orange or tomato juice. Red wine (but not white) has about the same antioxidant capacity as purple grape juice or tea. French research shows that drinking wine, primarily red, in moderation increases longevity. Caution: Excessive drinking cuts life short, so limit alcohol to one or two drinks a day. Drink grape juice

4. Nuts.

These are one of our early evolutionary foods and ultra-compatible with survival. Recent Harvard University research found that eating more than 5 ounces of nuts a week cut heart-attack deaths in women by 40% and helped prevent deadly irregular heartbeats in men. Almonds and walnuts lower blood cholesterol. Nuts are high in fat, but most is good-type monounsaturated and/or omega-3. Best bet: unsalted nuts.

5. Whole grains.

The more whole grains you eat, the lower your odds of death, a new University of Minnesota study suggests. Middle-aged women who ate slightly more than one whole-grain food per day had a 15% lower death rate than women eating lots of refined processed grains. That calls for more whole-grain dark bread and cereals such as All Bran and "old-fashioned" oatmeal. Whole grains contain anti-cancer agents and help stabilize blood sugar and insulin, which may promote longevity.

6. Salmon and other fatty fish.

Contains high amounts of the type of fat -- omega-3 -- that performs miracles throughout the body, fighting virtually every chronic disease known. Without it, your brain can't think, your heart can't beat properly, your arteries clog, your joints become inflamed. How much? You need at least an ounce a day, or two servings of a fatty fish a week. Both red and pink canned salmon are rich in omega-3. Other fish high in omega-3: sardines, mackerel, herring and tuna.

7. Blueberries.

One of the highest foods in antioxidants, say Tufts University researchers. Blueberries are so powerful in retarding aging in animals that they can block brain changes leading to decline and even reverse failing memory. How much? The human equivalent used in animal studies: a half-cup of frozen or fresh blueberries a day.

8. Garlic.

It's packed with antioxidants known to help fend off cancer, heart disease and all-over aging. Garlic has prolonged cancer-survival time and extended animal lifespans by about 5%, which in humans might add about four years, German researchers have found. A tip from researchers at Penn State: Let crushed garlic "rest" about 10 minutes before cooking it, to preserve disease-fighting agents.

9. Spinach.

This super health-promoter is second among vegetables only to garlic in antioxidant capacity. It's also rich in folic acid, which helps fight cancer, heart disease and mental disorders. In animals, it protects aging brains from degeneration, according to studies at Tufts. New University of Kentucky research shows folic acid may help prevent Alzheimer's disease. Both raw and steamed spinach have strong antioxidant activity.

10. Tea.

Green and ordinary black tea pack the same amounts of antioxidants and have equal benefits, experts say. Harvard researchers recently found that drinking 1 cup of black tea a day cut heart-disease risk in half. Be sure to make ice tea from loose tea or tea bags; instant tea and bottled teas contain minimal antioxidants, tests at Tufts University show.

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children

Sunday Service

2009-09-27T21:01:00.002+08:00

It was a nice Sunday morning as I travel down to Expo for service. I was pondering on the 1 day policy. Which mean for now or for the rest of this year, I will only either go church on Sat or Sun. Cuz I am totally drain out from Mon to Fri on waking up everyday at 5am travelling to and fro for 3 hrs to camp. Transport fee also a killer.

My thinking was that I will attend Sunday Expo service. So I can go for service and see my kids. Is like fulfilling 2 things at once. Today I tried and I really enjoy the experience. Upon reaching the church, I help up to set up the playgroup room and prepare to greet the children and the parents. After the service I came to help sent the kids off and not forgetting to look for my boy Ethan for a chat. I really enjoy fellowship with him, he is just like my younger brother.

I was too looking for Joash and Joyce. I can't find them at all. But as I walk outside after I clean the mat, I saw Joash riding on a bicycle. I was overjoyed. Haha... I ask him where is ah mei (Joyce) and he show me the way. From far I saw a little cute girl and she is Joyce. O man... my cutie.. I told her that I couldn't find her just now but she insist that she saw me walk pass her LOL

I had a few interesting conversation with 3 kids.

1st Conversation
Reyes ("R")
1st kids (Forgot the name "A")

A: Hey teacher, Y did u cut ur hair? (With a curious and confused face) (His maid laughing)
R: (State of shock yet wanna laugh) Ehhh... good question
R: I also don't know
A: It is nice.

LOL... haha it was so funny la even his maid laughing non stop

2nd Conversation
2nd kids (Ethan)

R: Gd morning Ethan (Hug)
E: Gd morning teacher CK
R: Ethan I got to go for service, I look for you later ok?
E: (Look at me) OK.
E: The service has just begin, you better get going.
R: LOL....

I ran out of the room and rush to the main hall. Haha.. he is that smart la. As he heard the Praise start, he immediately ask me to go for service fast. Baobei... =)

3rd Conversation
3rd kids(Lisa and Lara)

After the service....
Lara: Hi teacher CK
R: Hi lara, Hi Lisa
Lisa: Teacher u cry ar?
R: (State of shock)
Lisa: R you crying?
R: (Really paisei le cuz her mum was there)
R: Yes Lisa, teacher CK just came back from service.
R: Jesus say hi to me that why teacher cry just now. (LOL.. don't know how to reply)
Lara: Jesus is in my heart
R: LOL...

Really la... I gone through all the shit from Mon to Fri but Sunday can go to church for service and to have a time with my kids are truly amazing. It is quality time to me that money cannot buy. I mean I can easily go JW svs and sleep a bit late but I choose to wake up early and travel all the way down to Expo. This show my passion to all my beloved kids. I really hope this will happen every week but I know there will be some opposition from JW side.

I hung out with my ministry friends in the afternoon. We had lunch together. Then I meet Jason and company at Wisma. Saw how Aihui study so hard for her exams and I can't even help her in anything. Seem so helpless. Sometime there is so much things to say to her but when I see her, I don't know what to say. I scare I say the wrong thing and bring a bad expression to her.

Anyway, maybe some of you guys know who is Edmund and had read his blog. He is 1 of the Zone Z in CHC. He has a son, Nathan in my class. Today he is very emo... so cuteeee. His maid went back to Canada that why he emo.. I guess so...

Ethan's birthday

2009-09-26T14:30:00.004+08:00

I got those pictures from Ps Derek's FB. It was Ethan 6th birthday. Time files... haha my boy has grown up to be a Primary 1 boy. Looking at those pictures, he is getting more and more like pastor and good looking too. I bet he is 1 of the smartest kids around. His English is very powerful haha sometime I also don't understand. He gave me jokes that I can't even crack OMG!

I bought him 2 transformer toys from Robinson. Got hint from auntie Joy that Ethan loves transformer. To my surprise, 2 wks ago, he brought them to church to play haha.

Looking back for the past 4 years since the very 1st day I saw Ethan. He is only 2 yrs old. I am 21 this yr le. This is the amazing thing of being in church as a family. We all grow up together. Who knows in 1o years time, Ethan will be in college and I will have my own family! God is just simply amazing.

4 years ago, Ethan and Reyes met for the very first time.

4 years later, look at our transformation! Ethan with no hair becoming more hair and me with hair became no hair! LOL

Maybe 5-10 years time, Ethan will become a young and good looking teens and Reyes will becoming old. Haha...

Praise and thx God for this wonderful relationship Ethan and I had. =)

New beginning

2009-09-21T21:12:00.002+08:00

I was brought back to the days of SOT during last weekend service. I was overwhelm by the presence of God. I felt the message preach by Pastor Kong was just the right time for me. As I am going to my new vocation tml, it will be a new ground for me. This past 1 mths or so, my spiritual life have been quite dry, so when Pastor gave that altar call, I was the first to run down to the front. Haha.. learn that in SOT. Pastor Kong laid hand on me and I felt really charged up after that. I hope this will be a new beginning for me as I merely going to camp at 8am and back home in the evening. So is like office hour for me. Hope I can have the motivation to do more in the CG. So much plans and ideas in my mind for the next 2 yrs.

Suddenly feel that I need to be more fruitful and productive for my life even I am in NS. All I hope is to have favour in NS and be able to relate to the people I meet. Felt like a Daniel in Babylon. Spiritual discipline are important for me to sustain me for the next 2 years. Do keep me in prayer and I believe we will all succeed if we don't give up in God.

Element: Woman

2009-09-16T10:37:00.001+08:00

LOL.. I find this is so funny and interesting. So true.. opps gals dun whack me!! Arhhhhh

Dr Kong

2009-09-15T13:43:00.002+08:00

Dr Kong, a Shoes shop?? Or Rev Dr .....???

Drawing a line

2009-09-10T00:27:00.002+08:00

The Sabbath
God told us to take a day off. Many pastors don’t.

Those of you in smaller churches might think, “We simply can’t. Without any staff, there is always an emergency.”

Those of you in larger churches might say, “We can’t because there are too many pressing issues in a large church.”

Those who are staff members might say, “Our pastor might get a day off but we have to work.”
All those are poor excuses. If you don’t rest, you won’t last.

Boundaries
Some people believe a pastor should be available 24 hours a day for every situation—no matter what.

I disagree.

When you study the life of Jesus, he often escaped from the crowds to spend time alone with God. His “life rhythms” model healthy boundaries.

If a pastor or staff member doesn’t set some boundaries, he won’t be in ministry for long:
He will burn out.

She will get resentful.

He will lose his marriage.

She will have an affair.

What works for you? How do you communicate healthy boundaries on your day off? When do you make exceptions?

Christian Speakers

2009-09-05T14:43:00.003+08:00

In SOT I have learn many things. 1 of the thing I have learn was the art of preaching. I learn that to preach a good sermon, 1 should listen to various preacher. Before SOT, I love to read about the life and ministry of a preacher. Such as Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyer, Kenneth Copeland, John Bevere, Joel Osteen, TD Jakes and many other American preacher. Positive and negative news, u name it I have it all read before.

Listening to their preaching open my creativity to craft out my sermon and enhance my preaching well. knowing about them, wilden my knowledge about Church and minister all over the world and not just limit to those that come to CHC. This year I get to know more minister in USA and I bet not many people in CHC will know them. Preacher such as Ed Young (He is awesome. A VERY creative pastor), Frank Viola, Erwin Mcmanus, Craig Groeschel, Andy Stanley and many more. Sometime I am wonder y a big church like mine , each year invite the same preacher all over again and again except for 2 1st timer preacher in CHC. Steve Munsey and Paul Scanlon. Megachurches all over the world invite famous preacher to preach in their conference then I talk to myself how I hope they will be in CHC. Then God spoke to me. "Is about relationship. Do you invite people that you do not know to your house?" So I guess as Ps Kong travel around the world and get to know those preacher, who knows once they have develop a relationship you might see Joel Osteen coming to the pulpit of CHC and others too.

I am also curious on different Christian conferences all around the world. The 1 that is famous for will be the Hillsong conference. I mean there is limited world class conference I know. See which churches invite which speaker to speak is very interesting to me haha. I mean I am that curious with what happen to church all around the world Below are trailer of conference that I am familiar with

Hillsong Conference 2010.

CFC Conference. Ps Kong will be speaking together with Ed Young, John Bevere and Tommy Barnett

Presence 2010 with Ps Phil Pringle

Joyce Meyer annual Women convention 2009

City impact church which Ps Kong preached last year. Dr Bernard will be preaching this year

This is our 1st ever conference that feature so many speakers. Asia Conference 2008. I cannot find the trailer for 2010 yet.

Casey Treat's Vision conference

Stronger conference 2008.

This are some of the many trailer or promo I could find. If you know any more do let me know. From what I see, Churches all over the world are using technology to promote conferences. some can be very creative and powerful to get people to come for conference. What your take on this?

SOT

2009-08-23T10:17:00.002+08:00

What a unbelievable 5 mths of SOT. I am still cannot believe that I went to SOT and graduated from it. So proud of myself. Times files.... remember the 1st day of SOT, Ps Phil came and shared a powerful message to the students. Ps Yong and Susan Dunn ask me "What will you do after SOT?" NS is not an excuse for me not to do anything. I will think of it when I finish my BMT. I am now writing a testimony that happen to me for the past 1 1/2 yrs. I think a sermon can be draft out. Anyway I am going to finish it asap and might share in 1 of the CG meeting. I an assure you, it s going to be powerful!!

In SOT, I thank God I got to know Jin Hee from Korea and Hiro & Miki Kato from Japan. I am so proud of them. I believe getting to know them is not coincidentally. If God allow and my finances allow, I just might visit them in korea and Japan at the end of next year. Anything can happen. =) Hiro won an award in SOT for always help up in SOT while Jin Hee is a BV during svs! Honor to know them!

Never really blog for a long time. Since I enter NS, my life took a change. It seem I have lost my self and soul. I am so lost and I feel so stupid. NS SUX. Perhaps I have not get use to the NS lifestyle. Tml I have field camp and after that things will get better. NS also change my life using the hard way. God ia a God of purpose and season. Hanging on!

I also not sure how I feel about you. Rekindle the feeling once again? I am so ashamed of myself. Frankly I don't know who I really like and want. WTF... REYES what's the matter with u???

2009-07-23T23:11:00.003+08:00

Times files... is time to do my NS. So much to say but there is something wrong with Blogger so I cannot blog well. Keep me in prayer and I think I should be doing fine. Ya.. so looking forward to see you guys for my SOT graduation. Cheers =)

Spiritual Housekeeping

2009-07-18T19:06:00.002+08:00

Spiritual Housekeeping

I pray before I went for service this afternoon. God answered my prayer. It was a good service. I am convicted on some of my bad habits. I was seated in the 2nd row, behind Ps Kong. I evaluated his preaching haha just trying to get some last minutes things for my preaching test next week. Anyway Pastor Kong score a 95% on his preaching! So where is the 5%? Ask me personally. =)

Ps Kong talk about the Holy Spirit. We need to create an atmosphere where we can feel the presence of the Holy Spirit. Every service is indeed to experience God presence and we cannot take it lightly! Ps Kong gave a 6/10 for svs 1 on the spiritual atmosphere. He was mentioning maybe the young people there are not spiritually fit yet. People were sms, walking around and never bring Bible etc.... Immediately after that, phones were ringing everywhere around me!! Ps kong was distracted. Ps Zhuang expression shows a worried man! There was a bunch of young people obviously new friends because they wear shorts. 1 of the phone rang was from them.

Ps Kong began to disciple the people indirectly through the sermons. The tones change and the atmosphere suddenly became intense. Ps Kong mentions that we need to pray and be hungry for the Word of God during service and being serious. He told the people in svs 1 which I find is so true. We are here in Church not to play game and we don't lower down the standard of the Church. Be serious during service. He make a remark which I don't wish to said it here haha... so the bunch of young people said to 1 another that.. the pastor is talking about them. They make negative remarks... I was very offended! Arhh so many to say... Ask me personally ba haha... too sensitive to write in the blog. =(

1 thing I felt is that we should bring our Bible to Church. It is so basic! Ya I know people have bible in their hp etc... well i don't mind but I strongly discourage! To look verses in the hp will have a high chances of distracting you when a sms is sent to you. For a few weeks I never bring bible to church but somehow I felt uneasy. So I started to bring my bible to church again. I feel we should have some originality kept.

Ps Kong just rated svs 2, 7/10 on the Spiritual atmosphere. So svs 3 and 4 come on!! Especially my own svs 4! Lets really respect God during service. Like what Ps kong say, if you are in Church for a while pls get on with the program if not you can go other church. CHC will move on with or without you. Is time to get serious if you want to be a disciple of Jesus. Don't 1 day, you call Lord Lord and Jesus rebuke you and ask you to go away for He do not know you!

On the lighter side, I was doing some shopping this morning at Ikea, while going to the cashier, Joash called me haha. I saw Joyce and Joash and their daddy. OMG... I was so happy to see them. I never notice them until Joash call me name. Teacher CK!

Farewell Card

2009-07-13T15:05:00.002+08:00

My ministry friends were so sweet.. they prepare a loving card for me with messages to wish me all the best for NS. Haha.. I serve my last ministry yesterday and already I started to miss them. My Triple E left for USA this morning.. will be seeing them during my SOT graduation.

Time are limited for me now.. so many things to do. Need to know what is my priority now!

Orchard

2009-07-09T20:37:00.002+08:00

I went to orchard for a walk alone this afternoon. Well first I went to Borders to check up a books which I am looking for it high and low through out Singapore. Still no stocks!! Then I saw Orchard Ion... It was so nice. 21st july will be official opening. LV already open for business. It was big about half the size smaller than LV Paris. It reminded me of those days when I always go to the world biggest LV shop in Paris to shop.

After that I went to TAKA... there was a food fair, I bought hot dog and Ice cream to eat for fun.. haha saw a pretty and cute girl. BUT... she is a lesbian. WTF!!! Then I went to Heeren to spend away my $100 voucher! But hor I don't know what to buy lei... Ed Hardy is still very ex for me as for now I am paying my SOT school fees. Y must buy me Heeren voucher???? I think I should me thankful the CG gave me present. But seriously Heeren has nth offer for me! I guess I got to keep it to buy my CNY clothes at Ed Hardy next year ba... save money. =(

I went for my last stop at Orchard Central. I was quite impress but the shop was a disappointment. It remind me of some neighbourhood shopping mall. The shop are terrible and nothing much to offer! Should have some big department stalls or sth. After 2 hrs walking Orchard, it was unfruitful, I went back home for dinner. It was a bored, lonely and disappointed trip to orchard!!

I saw a tee with words in front "Dear God thank You for Beer, Woman and Football" I want to buy de but it cause a bloody $50! CRAZY!!!!!!!!

Preaching Test Rd 1

2009-07-07T15:05:00.009+08:00

I was preaching Faith today. Dev was there to invigilate. From the video you saw me shaking a lot haha I also did not know until I saw the video. WC la do stunned.. make the camera vertical thus we need to turn out head to watch the last part! Haha... I thought I had a good start but it wasn't the impact I was intending to give. Did not end well =( Judge yourself by watching and do comment on it. The next round will be 22 and 23 of July. Do stay tune for that.

Funny Questions

2009-07-06T22:57:00.000+08:00

Funny Questions

Came across this in a blog. So funny...

A few funny questions to start off the week ...
1. Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?

2. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

3. Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?

4. Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?

5. Why is the person who invests money for you called a "broker"?

6. Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called "rush hour"?

7. Is it OK to use the AM radio after noon?

8. Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

9. If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

10. Can you cry under water?

11. Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

12. Why is that people say they "sleep like a baby" when most babies wake up every two hours?

13. How do "please keep off the grass" signs get there?14. What does the "K" in "K-Mart" actually stand for?

Have a terrific week!

1 year of driving

2009-07-05T18:33:00.002+08:00

Times files... I remember 2 years ago I enroll myself to BBDC to learn my driving. So I tool about 10 mths to learn driving and tomorrow will be my 1 year of probation! Haha no longer I need the stupid triangle plate!!! Never could I imagine I been driving for the past 1 years wow... now just pray for a new car coming! COE drop in Jesus name!! LOL

Next Tuesday, I have a preaching test. I am going to preach about Faith. Will try to record down the message and take some picture whenever possible. Will share with you guys if that is done! Please pray for me in the next few weeks everything will be fine for me in SOT, my exams and preaching test. Looking towards my SOT graduation.. so excited. I want to take picture with 2 important person especially! Will be a dream come true if can take together haha =)

My Superstar

2009-06-28T21:29:00.003+08:00

Darlene and her sister Jermaine has been getting close to me each week. I get to know their parents more and more also. They are friendly and fun to be with. Sigh.... 2 more weeks of serving and I don't know when am I going to see my kids again.

My Superstar!! Erin Joy Dunn

Erin was so funny this morning. During snack time, I took a mic to gather all children to thank God for the food they going to have. Erin was there and want to take the mic as usual cuz she loves to sing with the mic. But I say not now as I need it to sing praise to God for the food. So she waited beside me sitting on a chair facing all the kids and parents. Haha after everything, while waiting for the food to be serve, I purposely said to everybody "Erin has a song to sing for us let welcome her..." haha I clap as well as many other parents who are around LOL... I pass her the mic and she was so paisei... SHY... she blush and refuse to sing despite supports from parents haha.. it was so funny la.. LOL =)

Ethan was helping me to pack things into boxes. So when Susan came, he told her that he is still helping me to pack things... with his mummy around, I got to be careful la haha I told Ethan that you have help me a lot already and is time to go home. Susan told Ethan.. you can stay with teacher CK and he can bring you back to Jurong West later... haha.. if I drove today I will say no problem haha can get to go Ps Derek house.. what a honor?? Hehee

Becoming a Contagious Christian

2009-06-27T12:30:00.002+08:00

There are 10 books that is require for all SOT students to write a book review based on how the book impact you and how you can apply into your life. I just finish all the books and this book was my last book to finish. It is a very good book for Evangelism. I highly recommend it for all of you guys especially to those that want to be an effective witness to all your friends and family members. Enjoy my review and pardon my Grammar mistake. LOL

This book is loaded with practical application that Christians can almost immediately put into practice. In addition, the book offers helpful tips on sharing your faith in succinct and compelling ways, and really hammers home the theme of 'authenticity' and evangelism as a process, rather than the gospel raid approach that presses immediately for a decision and commitment to Christ without doing much of what is needed to truly resemble authentic and caring evangelism. The Bible commanded us to not only love God but people. In this book it really encouraged me about the difference approaches to spreading the faith. Everybody had different ways of doing evangelism but that does not matter. The most important is the end result and also we need to be a contagious Christian who’re learned to work within the design God has given us. It is about being ourselves and finding the identity. One of the greatest mistakes a believer can make is to renounce or repress his God-given uniqueness in a vain attempt to appear more spiritual. This really teaches and impacts me a lot. I really need to be a real Christian and not go around faking to be holy and spiritual so that I may be relevant to the society and keeping my spiritual discipline.

Sometime because of various societies, it is very difficult to talk about sensitive issues like religion. To win people to Jesus is not as easy as it seem to be. Yes, Jesus gave us the Great Commission but how are we going to raise the topics of faith when our personality is having some problem with people. It is going to be very hard to relate to people. I learn in this book that once we understand that the most important business in the world is the people business, we need to live, pray, love, work, give and serve differently because we’ll preoccupied with people and their needs. Is no longer about me but others. It is about investing into people life.

This book is filled with practical examples and information on how we do evangelism in a more effective way. The one thing that I am going to start doing is that I am going to be a friend to all my friends as real and close as possible. To influence people over to you before to God, I need to be really in their circle of friends. I need to start to develop trust and communion with them by meeting their needs and be with them as much as I could. I agree with this statement that the fact is all of us experience discomfort when someone outside our circle of friends tries to influence us about personal, significant matters. We all naturally gravitate toward people we already know and trust. If someone whom I am not close with came and tries to influence me over something, I will get very annoy. I can see this in an angle of the unbeliever in whom we are reaching out to. If I am to impact the people around me with the gospel of Jesus Christ, the most effective approach will be through friendship. I pray that God will start to expand my capacity to care about the difference individual and that we have their best interest in mind. I believe over time that will earn their trust and respect.

Interesting conversation with Ethan

2009-06-20T01:53:00.002+08:00

Interesting conversation with Ethan

I was talking to Ethan just now before SOS Bible study starts. He was eating his dinner. Erin was sound asleep on the mat. I warn those older boys to be careful and not to make too much noise. They like don't care about me... kids now are hard to handle. Especially Primary school kids like them.

Anyway they are going back to America in ard 3 weeks time. Which mean I have only 3 weeks with them and I'll be away from ministry for a very long time. I have decided to serve the remaining weeks I have. After all this year is my 4th year in ministry. Which mean Ethan is 6 years old le. Next year going to be Primary 1.

He will be studying in an International school and class with start around August for him. I ask him if he is feeling excited. He gave me a big smile! I guess he is feeling excited. We chat a bit then he ask me to stand up. I was curious so I stood up and he say "you see look how tall I am now compare to u." LOL

I think back 4 years ago, he was just a baby boy with little hair. Now going to Primary 1 next year! His hair is long and is getting taller. I think back and I see him now, he really grow up together with me. He is going P1 while I am going NS. He use to greet me teacher CK BUT now he just say hi or hello... informal kind haha.

It is really one of the greatest achievements to see your students grow up to the next stage of their life and move on. Javier too... haha. Gonna try to take picture with them before they leave for USA while I leave for Tekong =(

A Great Sermon

2009-06-16T15:02:00.000+08:00

A Great Sermon

Here’s an old poem by Edgar Guest that's worth reflecting on, especially for all of us who teach and preach others ...

A SERMON
I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day;
I’d rather one should walk with me than merely show the way.
The eye’s a better pupil, and more willing than the ear;
Fine counsel is confusing, but example is always clear.
So I’d rather get my lesson by observing what you do;
It is not enough to preach it, you must live the sermon, too.
For I may misunderstand you and the high advice you give,
But there’s no misunderstanding how you act and how you live.

Celebrity concert weekend service

2009-06-13T20:56:00.003+08:00

It was CHC 1st ever Celebrity concert weekend service. I believe this event was a revelation from God to Ps Kong. I was there and am so bless by everything especially their testimony. FIR, Vanessa and other were just amazing. Looking forward to next year and I know it going to get bigger! Rain and Jay Chou??

Dancer

2009-06-07T22:45:00.002+08:00

My Dancer LOL

This coming week will be an important week for me. There are Morning prayer and classes with Ps Kong. My heart is full of expectancy for a mighty move of God. Time is running out for me so I got to maximise the time I have with church friends together. Not forgetting my lovely kids hehe.

Still cracking my brain for message that will transform life. Not to boast around la... since after the mock CG test, I did well for my preaching thus it set a standard for me during my preaching test... so I need to do far more better than my mock CG. Creativity + Revelation = Transformation messages!!

Class gathering

2009-06-03T22:22:00.002+08:00

Just had my class gathering as some of my friends are going into NS in the next 2 weeks. We were at Sakae Sushi for 2hrs++ LOL... I ate a lot. Haha.. gaining all the weight I lost since I came back from Paris.

Suddenly feel there is a longing to go back to the days at Poly. As I depart from them there was some emotion running through my heart haha well after all we were friends for 3 yrs. Life is progressive and thus got to move on.

A few more of such gathering to come in the weeks ahead of me. =)

NYP Graduation

2009-05-29T15:32:00.003+08:00

I was my Poly grad yesterday. Yaya is just a Diploma but I work very hard for it especially at the end of the final year. Haha.. it was a fruitful 3 years the friendship and experience I gain are priceless. Thx to Ming Wei, Xiu Yin, Wee Chen, Jason and Ming Feng who came and support me. People ask me Y am I not invited? Well my MSN nick stated and my blog too haha so no excuses to say I never invite you guys.

Haha I kind of like this pictures. Beauty & Beast LOL... Danneth u dun noe me but I know u sorry ar haha. She was so sweet.. wrote me a card that touches my heart. Thx sis.. =)

Today was the last day with Ps Mike. I really begin to enjoy being with Ps Mike. In the past when he came every year to do the same old thing I was rather bored with him. But.. after the 5 days of classes with him, I begin to love him. He is VERY powerful in moving in the gifts of the Spirit. Is really POWERFUL!!! This morning I tear, laugh, touch by God and most important set free of all bandages. I am free again! YEA =)

Random post 2

2009-05-25T15:33:00.003+08:00

I went to Guardian to buy Newpaper. But I saw this Kinder Bueno white. I was very surprise cuz this was the first time I saw in Singapore. The last time I eat it was when I am still in France. I buy it in like 1 whole bundle of 5 packets. It cost about 3Euro? It taste nice. So i bought 2 packets just now. =)

Just now had a great time in SOT. Ps Mike grace the pulpit and he never turn back haha. He was awesome man. After all the teaching, we did some practical in 3. So me, weichen and Hiro and together. We took turn to pray 3 times for each other by blowing and verbal command. We are not suppose to lay hand on anybody head. It was a challenging to me cuz usually I will lay my hand. Haha it was fun and I really felt God's power strongly. There was Holy Laughter all over the place haha... so many interesting thing happen. SOT is fun yet anointed!! =)

Time files... Thursday is my Poly graduation ceremony. I am asking all those who can make it to drop by NYP on Thursday afternoon about 430pm to take a picture together with me. Finally graduate from 3 years of study Diploma. So NS is calling me le.... 2 mths to go to Tekong. =(

Angel & Demon

2009-05-20T20:03:00.002+08:00

Today Ps Kong taught a new series in Bible school. Roman & Galatians. It was so interesting and is an eye opener. Ps Kong taught about the life of Paul and some history background on the book of Roman. At the end of the class, the altar call was powerful la. I wish I can be like Ps Kong. Hee..

After class I went to watch Angel & Demon with Kelvan. Interestingly, the movie got talk about Rome and the history of Vatican. It was some how link together. I thought the show was nice and I will give 3.5/5 for that. But I heard many people say that the show is not nice. Well I guess they either not understand the movie or they don't enjoy history.

Nowadays I hardly blog cuz of the assignment I have and also now I am cracking my head to prepare sermons. Need revelation and creativity. =)

Preaching in Mock CG

2009-05-13T13:50:00.003+08:00

The verdict is out: I never regretted coming to SOT even though I will drop out of the school with 3 wks to go and hopefully I can involve in the graduation.

I had my Mock CG today. Yesterday was Worship, Friday is Games but today was preaching. I prepared this sermon many months ago. I only modify it 2-3 days ago. It was really hot from the oven. I know what I want to preach about but never have the time to rehearse on my own.

Yesterday after school, I got to go to the hospital and then to my grandma house for an emergency family meeting. I reach home around 12am++. I am tired and sleepy. So I go through my sermon twice. I felt not enough but I am really very tired. So I pray for the help of the Holy Spirit.

In the morning, cuz I was allocate in R3 so I have time to look through my notes again and again until my turn. After Shu Jun finish her warmth, the stage was set for the last preacher of the day. - Me. haha... I really preach like there is no tomorrow. With time in my mind, I really preach with speed. It was tough because when you preach fast, you tend to left out things.

The evaluation was done by Dawn, PA to Ps Tan Ye Peng. Her daughter, Denise was once my PlayGrp kids haha. Cutie too! I was waiting for her to gave me feedback with my pen and paper ready to write down. That was what she said to me...

Sermon title was good, catch people attention
Good introduction
Easy pointer for people to remember
Personal testimony based on the pointer. Relating to the message and was good.
Clear altar call

She then said overall was very good! I was shock.. how come no bad point mention?? Haha but she mention 1 small little mistake that I made which i won't share haha it was a minor mistake haha. I was happy and glad everything was over. After the school, many people came up to me say "it was a very good message", "power la u", "you really preach very well" etc.. (nt to hao lian la).... Hiro from Japan came to me and said it was a good message I learn something from you and you are talented! I tell you I nearly cried. Kumar from India likewise say the same thing and say I can be CGL!! Paul from korea told me I am really talented and can be a CGL... wa lau I was in heaven man... and of course I will not get carried away and to improve more on it. Imagine Paul.. he is a pastor in korea with more than 2000 members!! And he told me I am talented! I was speechless...

I approach Dawn for further feedback. But she just kept saying I was good and the whole 7mins preaching was good etc... she ask me am I a CGL. I said NO... and she say I can be a CGL!! Wa... it sum up everything. She praise my sermon was good and think I can do a lot of things now in the CG. I am really grateful to all the people who encourage me and praise my achievement.

Nevertheless I will not think that I have arrives and start to be complacent. I will improve in my preaching and the content of the sermon. Now is waiting for the preaching test to come!

ALL GLORY BE TO GOD!!!

Mother Day

2009-05-10T16:49:00.002+08:00

Is been a long week. I am tired but somehow within me I kept on. I am holding on. I am believing something good is going to happen to me soon. Ps Ming taught in school this week on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. So I was practicing on the gifts such as prophesy and discerning etc. I pray for Jason and a guy from Korea. He is a Pastor so i was kind of stress cuz I ought to give him a prophesy. But praise God eventually he say what I say was somehow close to the situation he is facing right now. I pray for wee chen too. It was just a good time in the presence of God and receiving the impartation.

I fasted 24hrs on Friday because I am told SOT people will need to minister to the member. So I ask God to give me the anointing and Holy Spirit to move so mighty in me. Eventually I pray for 4 persons. Mark, Jordan, Aloysious and Ming Feng. I really hope whatever I say to them will bring comfort, edificationa and exhortation to them. While I was praying, I felt the anointing was very strong. Before I can finish prophesying and giving the Word, the were about to fall. I can't hold them longer thus I have to obey God and release the anointing. I can tell you I am shock myself. It was very strong. I really thx God for giving me this chance to minister to people. I pray there will be more such chances available for me.

Saturday morning I receive a phone call saying my 85 yrs old grandma had a bad fall. This morning I went to TTSH to visit her before going to service. She was very sad. Condition was not very positive. I see her expression, I really want to cry. But I withold my tears. During worship, the song sings "I just want you Jesus... I just want you my Lord." I admit I cry bucket. The whole morning I pull a long face. After the service, Holy Spirit spoke to me that I should be myself again. So I was trying to say some lighter things and talk about soccer. I mean to be my normal self again. Really thx to some of my members who are so concern and stand by me. Kee Liang, Wee chen, Ming Feng, Yi Jun, Joseph and many more. Many thx... especially MF.. for allowing me to drive his car home. I don't know why I don't enjoy driving just now. Just don't have the joy. Maybe is not because of my grandma situation but is some other thing which I don't want to mention here...

This coming week I have Mock CG. I have worship to lead and preaching. I hope I can do well. Time is counting down again... NS is calling me soon.

Never leave me.... I need you. Be by my side can??

21st Birthday review

2009-05-06T20:17:00.004+08:00

Well... my 21st Birthday celebration is over. Hmm many of the people ask me y I don't want to have a big party. I also no mood to have one ba. 1st May itself, I went to men Conference and after that I went home and sleep while the CG was having fun at Sentosa. Haha pathetic. I was moody through out the night. Then at night I play Mahjong which I won over $100. Anyway below are some of the present I receive.. many thx to everyone for your generosity especially my 2 buddy Andy and Kok Yuh! Although I never treat u guys a meal, u 2 bought me such an expensive gift. I am really guilty that night for what had happen. Thanks guys! =)

An unique gift. I tot Benjamin bought photo frame for me.
My 1st River Island tee... thx to Joycelyn and MF

IPOD. From my 2 buddy!

Attributes Voucher. Playgrp gave me this and they are the 1st grp of people to sing birthday song for me while the rest was BELATED!

$1oo Heeren Voucher from CG.

I am touched by this. Drawing by my 7 yrs old nephew and 5 yrs old niece.

Nike Water bottle from my sister.

They golden key from my mum. hehe... =)

You may ask my dad lei. Well... is in Paris haha. To be honest, I expect more gifts de haha but then I never host any party so cannot blame people for not buying anything. But still, my 2 buddy are a very good example.. this is what Agape love is ba. They are not Christian but they practice unconditional love...

Not to forget AngBao of over $500!! Praise God

3/5/09 Playgp

2009-05-03T20:56:00.003+08:00

Today I had a great time in Playgrp! Haha heng nv go JW for svs... I was doing door keeper today. Very relax...unlike last week was so BUSY till shag. This morning I had the luxury to build bonding with Erin. I mean both of us had a great time fellowship. Indeed we really fellowship. Talk about everything under heaven. We hold hand together and laugh together haha... it was great. We are like good friends.

Joyce mummy today praise me of having a real passion for kids.. hehe thx u mummy =)

Love of my life! Erin & Joyce

Art for this week

Below are 2 pictures taken by Erin using my camera. I thought that was 2 good shot of me! Look at Katrina was smiling at Erin.

Kids are indeed so innocent and fun to with. YES.. is hard to wake up in the morning to serve but the moment you think you will be waiting for the kids to come, you will have a smile in your heart and willing to go to that extra miles to serve them....

Wasn't very happy for the past 2 days, but the kids just overwhelm me. Ethan greet me on my birthday! Of course I had to tell him haha... August Ps Derek going back to USA hmm hope they will be around for SOT grad.. wanna take picture with my Ethan and Erin.

21st Birthday

2009-05-01T02:58:00.002+08:00

Is 1st May 2009. My 21st Birthday... It was suppose to be a big day for me

I started of my celebration by having a dinner with a friend in Taka. I have to adopt some changes to the plan due to some last min circumstances sigh. =) But it was a nice time of fellow together.. not forgetting I took the wrong route home and nearly involve in an accident. God actually protected me. Amen!

After that I went AMK Hub look for my 2 buddy. They were waiting for me. Then I thought of going to Upper Thomson to eat supper but they have a surprise for me. Without be knowing, they bought a move tickets. It was because they wanna celebrate my 21st birthday inside the cinema! Wow... I am so touch!! The movie was 17 again. I was not really very happy in the night, but they kept cheering me up and encouraging me. To my surprise, they bought an IPOD for me!! I was so blown away by their gesture.

AN IPOD!!!! I mean they are not working or what so ever yet both of them shared to buy an IPOD. I felt so guilty pulling a long face the whole night. I felt like crying inside of me. With buddy like them who stood by me for more than 6 years, I don't need any friends le.

So far I receive 8 SMS, 5 Facebook and 1 Blog birthday greeting and I pray it will keep coming... thx everybody for all the greetings and will be looking forward for more celebration! =)

Playgroup 26/4/09

2009-04-26T16:41:00.004+08:00

Today was a long and tiring morning. Who say Playgroup is just for baby seat? I got to know that after service the whole place need to be converted to the WYZ zone bazaar. The moment I heard that I said to myself this time round tio owned le.

The people begin to come into the room place their things inside. Not knowing it will cause a hazard to the kids. This people just think of their program and don't care about us. We have 7 teachers today and over 75 kids!!!! The whole entire room was like a flee market. The maid was talking away... Ps Eileen came in and spot check.. in the end we got scolded. Joel's mummy told me... hao ren nan zhou. I chased 3 people out because they were eating inside the room. I was doing multi-task job machiam like the god who has 10 hands. Well plenty to say and complain but always think of the good moments.

Today hardly I got time to play with Joyce and Erin. But they were very obedience today. Haha today I wanted to cry man... Erin call my name and ask for something. The tone she call me was so sweet. First time I believe... and when she need some one to wear shoes for her, she came to me and ask me wear for her! Erika also call my name and ask me to help her! Wa.... how tired I am is worth it man. The feeling was beautiful.. my 2 sweety melts my heart.

I fed Lara breakfast today. Let me intro her to u guys... she is Lara my latest sweet heart. She is 2 and every week will greet me by name!!

I HATE balloon!!! I feel like bursting them off once and for all. Beside the room was a booth set up for some childcare thing la then they were giving away balloon. So all the kids who came into playgroup will have it. As usual CK as the bad personnel in Playgroup, I confiscated all their balloon even before they go inside the room. (Look below) I just simply put them aside. I went in to check if there was any balloon and to my surprise there was! I went in and took every single balloon I could found. I cannot afford the class to be disrupted by those balloon.

Really doing a lot of extra work today. (Sai kang) No wonder my own work is not productive today. There was a few things I need to do but I simply have no time for it. Not to day play with my kids. NO TIME! Then offering come I need to collect the next moment is altar call and parents start coming in and out. Ya I also leading a learning center today. I was running here and there... I got 1 daddy to help me guard the door haha... Initially I ask Erin to help because we simply don't have the manpower. But during Music and Movement Erin put me aeroplane. LOL.

I had a conversation with Joyce's mummy in the morning about my SOT. She commended me smart enough to maximise my time by going SOT before NS. I reply that I need to do so because I need to work after my NS to support my wife haha. She tot I have a Girlfriend. I say no lei waiting for you to find for me. Here comes the God's word... He who find a wife is wise!! Not he who ask people to find.... She said that to me I was shock. Haha.. mummy told me this is her first time saying such thing to people. Wow... I felt like a revelation! She told me you sure can find de la... Wa.. I am so blessed with such a good parents.

Yes is true he who find a wife is wise. Especially good wife. So I need to count everything on myself. Be it the wedding cost be 50k or 70k, I will work hard to earn and save for that day with left over and then can go Europe for honeymoon. I found my bell boy and girl le. Ethan and Joyce haha. Erin and Erika also can... =) I don't need to fear man.. I have many parents whom i can approach for tips on wedding and parenting stuff haha wa really looking for that day. Can you feel my effort? Is not easy but as long is for the love, how difficult and hard work are all worth it!!!

I really want to thx Suzhen, Caiping and Jollie for celebrating my birthday. Although the present is not yet ready, and the cake was a slice of cheese cake, I really am touch by all of your gesture and sincerity. I am really really touch... especially the birthday song. Is always the small details that touches people.

Island Creamery

2009-04-23T22:16:00.003+08:00

Just came home from Island Creamery in Adam Road with Hui Shan. She bought me a tee shirt from Bangkok so decided to pick up from her and then decide to drive over to Island Creamery for some Ice Cream.

Saw some students in school Uniform behaving intimate in the cafe. When they left the place, the guy was hanky panky with his gf. His hand was all over the place. Hui Shan told me the guy forgot to take away his HP and Wallet. OMG.. I think he really got carried away with his gf.. haha =)

Is a place with nice Ice cream and cake... Bingo! =)

Building A Church Without Walls 1

2009-04-22T16:02:00.002+08:00

A team of 15 surveyors spent hundreds of hours interviewing and studying unchurched people in developed urban cities. During a period of two years, they entered the world of the unchurched, taking the time to listen to people of all age groups and finding out the concerns they had toward their own lives and toward their relationships with those around them. From the rich, to the middle class and the poor, from the uneducated to the professors and doctors, they spoke to people from different races and varied ethnic backgrounds.

The survey confirmed that most of the unchurched are in fact all around us—our neighbors, coworkers and colleagues, classmates and family members. That leads to another conclusion: that the unchurched have much more in common with believers than what we often suppose. Many of them share our same moral values—honesty, education, hard work, filial piety, etc.

The unfortunate truth is that a large number of Christians think of the unchurched as "fire-breathing pagans" who are, for some unknown reason, furious with us. They are viewed as pagans that don't believe in the existence of God. Apparently, they hate the church so much that they want to destroy all Christians. Yet, an interesting result of the survey reveals otherwise—a whopping 95 percent of "unchurched persons next door" do act like churchgoing Christians.

Now, of course, there are basic differences between churched and unchurched people. The most important distinction is that they have neither received salvation through Jesus, nor are they motivated to please God through their lifestyles. Apart from that, some of the common ties that they share with believers include:

- The unchurched are concerned about their families.
- Their moral values are not too radically different.
- They work alongside us.
- Their children play together with our children.
- Some of the unchurched may even be the teachers of our children.
- They carry friendly conversations with us.
- They often have similar financial burdens.
- They are just as patriotic as we are toward our country.
- Many of the unchurched even live in the same homes as we do ... they may be our unsaved family members!

To be continued....

2 weeks to 1st may

2009-04-17T15:41:00.003+08:00

I have a tots on my way home just now.

Sometime we really must learn how to say NO to people. Setting the boundaries. It must be a balance way of living and do not let people control you. But that is another story. What I want to share is other thing....

If we must learn how to say No, mean we must also learn how to say YES and especially to blessing! God is never shy in receiving praises from us. He is never feeling inferior in receiving all our offering.

I was buying gifts for Jason birthday just now. Then I have no idea what to buy. It will be good if he openly say what really he wants. I mean after all people are buying for him so it will be good we buy things that he really want if not it will be a waste of money. Suddenly the Holy Spirit prompt my heart 'today is Friday'. Then I was ya Friday... then I think ooo 2 more weeks to my birthday! lol... God indeed has a sense of humor.

Time files.... 2 more weeks on Friday 1st May 2009, I celebrate my 21st birthday. Every Labor Day is my birthday. God gave me 21 years of life and I really thank Him for that. So the question is... how am I going to celebrate and what I want for present. Haha.. I mean I don't want to behave in a manner where I am saying 'is ok la dun need to buy' or 'anything la is ok'. I mean most people will behave like that. But for me I will not say what i want ba because I want to see who truly know me well haha.. take this chance to do some testing.

I know I may not be a good friend to many and I have offended many but I think I do make many people life before ba?? =) So it will be interested to see what people will buy for me and I really appreciate all gifts and those friends that will be going to celebrate this special day with me.

PS: Don't buy any clothes and accessories. I have plenty already. No IPOD, Camera or any electronic gadget. I have them all... LOL.

5 Most Unique Churches

2009-04-15T20:53:00.006+08:00

It's interesting to have a look at the different types of buildings that are used for church around the world. Here is a list of the 5 most unique church buildings in the world.

1. Harajuku: Japanese Futuristic Church

This futuristic protestant church is located in Tokyo and it was first unveiled by the design firm of Ciel Rouge Creation in 2005. The ceiling is specially made to reverberate natural sound for 2 seconds to provide a unique listening experience for worshipers and tourists.

2. Saint Basil's Cathedral: The Red Square's Colorful Church

The St. Basil's Cathedral is located on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. A Russian Orthodox church, the Cathedral sports a series of colorful bulbous domes that taper to a point, aptly named onion domes, that are part of Moscow’s Kremlin skyline. The cathedral was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of the Khanate of Kazan. In 1588 Tsar Fedor Ivanovich had a chapel added on the eastern side above the grave of Basil Fool for Christ, a Russian Orthodox saint after whom the cathedral was popularly named.

3. Hallgrímskirkja: Iceland's Most Amazing Church

The Hallgrímskirkja (literally, the church of Hallgrímur) is a Lutheran parish church located in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 74.5 metres (244 ft), it is the fourth tallest architectural structure in Iceland. The church is named after the Icelandic poet and clergyman Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614 to 1674), author of the Passion Hymns. State Architect Guðjón Samúelsson's design of the church was commissioned in 1937; it took 38 years to build it.

4. Temppeliaukio Kirkko: The Rock Church
The Temppeliaukio Kirkko (Rock Church) is a thrilling work of modern architecture in Helsinki. Completed in 1952, it is built entirely underground and has a ceiling made of copper wire. It was designed by architect brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and completed in 1969. They chose a rocky outcrop rising about 40 feet above street level, and blasted out the walls from the inside. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Helsinki and frequently full of visitors.

5. Cathedral of Brasília: The Modern Church of architect Oscar Niemeyer
The Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida in the capital of Brazil is an expression of the architect Oscar Niemeyer. This concrete-framed hyperboloid structure, seems with its glass roof to be reaching up, open, to heaven. On 31 May 1970, the Cathedral’s structure was finished, and only the 70 m diameter of the circular area were visible. Niemeyer's project of Cathedral of Brasília is based in the hyperboloid of revolution which sections are asymmetric. The hyperboloid structure itself is a result of 16 identical assembled concrete columns. These columns, having hyperbolic section and weighing 90 t, represent two hands moving upwards to heaven. The Cathedral was dedicated on 31 May 1970.

Maybe who know our new building will be in the top 5 in future? =)

Easter Sunday

2009-04-12T17:30:00.003+08:00

Today was a mix feeling day for me. Morning was ok as I get to play with all my beloved kids. Haha below Joyce became a SOT student. For quite a long while, I had play with Christian. To my surprise he still remember my name. Haha getting more and more good looking like Ps Aries. Joyce was complaining to me that Joash always bully her. Haha... Joash so small size keep bullying Joyce which is heavier than him LOL. Lara is so cute. Aiya forgot to take a picture of Lara.. u guys will love it. Many teacher tried to say hi to her etc but when she saw me she will greet me by my name. Hehe.. so sweet. Finally Sunday Expo have a new girl le... haha nt bad LOL =)

I thought this was so cute. Erin and Ethan water bottle from USA. I borrow from Ethan to take this picture. For a very long time I have bring Ethan to the toilet. Just now I brought him and he was indeed a grown up boy. He go inside those with doors and lock and command me to wait outside as in the basin! I was shock haha. I help him press the tap he say don't I can do myself. Haha No longer the boy I knew but he will be always a young boy in my eyes.

I was so offended by 2 person just now. I am so SO angry. Firstly was because Ethan was injured on his face because of some 1 stepping onto him according to Ethan himself. He was crying and crying. Kelvan sms me and I rush out to attend him le. O man heart pain. I ask auntie Joy if I could find some cream in the 1st aid box to see if I can apply to him. But I am unsure of the medication there so I decided not to do anything. But there was a guy from children church also came and act as if he know Ethan very well. He told me this that really pissed me of. His tone was so sickening and sucks. He said " if you don't know anything please don't apply anything on him." I mean come on in the 1st place I ask his maid permission and 2nd you think I am so stupid to give my boy something that I am unsure of? Since day 1 Ethan was with me le and who is he to give me that kind of attitude? Even Susan, Ps Derek wife give me the respect always will greet me and smile at me. Some people just like to look down on people. Just because they wear Ed Hardy shirt or they have many connection in church then they can show their attitude around. Hai... lousy people...

Secondly was a teacher in Saturday Expo. What is the big deal about her man?? Because she is a asst IC or a senior teacher then she can behave so bossy? Come on!! If you want to show the way you do things PLEASE do it during Saturday expo svs la. Sunday service have different culture. I do the way I am doing since day 1. Nobody had ever make noise at me. Today I was very pleased because it was a stretch for me. I did the Hello then the Music & Moment then my learning centers finally snacks. Which mean I was doing many things today. I was tired but happy inside of me. I love doing what I am doing. Teaching them and bringing the presence of God to them. I just love it. But some people is just so dead in doing things. SuZhen was saying qian yu and I together do the Hello. But I disagree because i find it no point having 2 people doing Hello. Since day 1 is been 1 person doing it. I just don't understand and I disagree. In the end like I say I did it by myself and the children enjoy it. I love doing Hello because I find myself always start the whole service well as it will lead to how the service end. That girl just want to find fault with me. Yes I know I never tell her that I am doing it alone but I already make my stand to suzhen le. Cut the story short she ask me next time please follow instruction!! OMG... who the hack is she to tell me follow instruction??? The last time I check not many kids know her name!! Even parents see me will greet me. I am not hao lian or what but i am just saying some people just think they have arrived. I don't care if I am the IC or not all I care is what I do if it will minister to the kids and ultimately will the kids bring the joy and what they learn back home. If they will greet me by my name I will be totally contented.

I am just sick and tired working with girls that give me the bossy look and attitude. If I never forget, we are all volunteer serving God. So please don't look down on people and show all your lousy attitude. I don't step your tails so please don't step mine!

Good Friday

2009-04-10T01:28:00.002+08:00

LOL... funny la Adeline sent me this picture. Is Ben and I in service. Look at me.. joy of the Lord. But that Saturday Man Utd kana whack 4-1 by Liverpool. =(

Anyway this week we celebrate Good Friday and Easter Sunday! Jesus died on the Cross for us. Do you know that the Cross is a very power symbol?

Spiritual: On the Cross, Jesus brought us forgiveness
Emotional: On the Cross, Jesus brought us acceptance
Physical: On the Cross, Jesus brought us healing
Personal: On the Cross, Jesus brought us blessing
Financial: On the Cross, Jesus brought us abundance
Renewal: On the Cross, Jesus brought us the new man
Eternal: On the Cross, Jesus brought us eternal life

This weekend going to be an tired but exciting time. Just now went to RP to reach out to the foreign students living at the hostel. It was my 1st time doing such thing but it really apply what I learn in SOT. I was with Jason and Shu Jun.. the team SOT. LOL... It was very fun knocking door and inviting people for Easter service. We do have some friends and I pray they will come and be save!

If Jesus never resurrect from dead, then Christianity is nothing but the same as others.... the truth is Jesus is alive and this determined it all =)

Ming wei to Beijing

2009-04-06T16:04:00.002+08:00

It was 6am in the morning and I drove a 25mins journey from my home to Changi Airport. Ming Wei is going to Beijing so I went to sent him off. He was very excited as this is his first time taking a plane. I am so happy for him. =)

Around 745am, I was rushing to SOT. Fearing of traffic Jam I decided to use TPE. But I miss the exit and end up going toward Jurong (Tuas). It was the heaviest TRAFFIC JAM I have ever had. I blame myself for that. It took me 45mins to go out of the stupid jam when I arrive at IMM area. The jam was terrible. My half clutch position cause me so tired and sleepy.... nearly fall sleep on a slope in the expressway!! But after experience all this, I feel my driving skills improve a lot some more my car is an old manual car. Haha.. skillful de... =) Ya.. I was late for 15mins and 15mins more I gonna clean the Church toilet =(

SOT

2009-04-01T15:57:00.002+08:00

Is 12pm+ and we have just finish our break. Going on to the next lesson. But God has another plan. Ps Derek lead us into a time of reaching out to the Holy Spirit and the atmosphere is filled with faith. Ps Derek was praying for people across the main audi. People were falling even Ps Derek have even touch them. Laughter everywhere. Ps Derek then walk around the hall and lay hand on people. He step on the chair and walk row by row. He went for 2 rounds across the hall. I was at the side of the hall and Ps Derek grab my hand and I fell hard on the ground. Felt like I am electrocuted multiple of time before reaching the ground. I thank the person who was behind me to catch me. It was really hard. I just enjoy His presence lying on the floor. When I get up, I felt so giddy and restless. But I was full of faith! Ps Derek said that we are here for a 'Spiritual boot camp' Morning prayer & long worship. Building up our connection with God. Yea.. I can feel it I really can feel it...Woooossssshhhhhh.

I have a class mate from Japan Hiro and wife Miki. Hiro ask me am I attach? I say well not yet. He ask me how old well i replied 21 this year. He say IS TIME TO GET ATTACH. Wa... a word from Japan. AMEN!!

Another Japanese... Naomi a CHC stuff. She was surprise to see me in SOT. She thought I am a CGL... LOL. Japanese is good Amen! =)

Joyce's Birthday

2009-03-29T17:38:00.004+08:00

Hehe.. today we celebrate those kids who are born in March. Actual day 29 March are Andre, my cutie and Joyce, my baobei. Joyce is so funny, she shake hand with me because it is her birthday. Then share with me how she celebrate at home wahaha.

Erin today was very emo... she pull a long face the whole morning. I ask Aunt Joy y? She say Erin scolded by her mummy. LOL. Erin is 3 yrs old and know how to feel emotional hurt. WOW. Erika as usual happy go lucky haha she still 2 yrs old only la. That Ethan hor.. too much le.. grow up to 6 yrs old le don't want take picture with me le. Gone are the days which he was still small and always willing to take picture with me =( Anyway we are still very close. I told him I am going to Bible School tomorrow. He look at me and ask "what is a bible school" I say is a place where everyday I can see ur daddy. LOL... he laugh.

Tomorrow SOT le. Finally the day has come... I am feeling very hungry now because I fast the whole day le. 1 hour to go to 7pm and I can start eating hehe =)

I receive this notice just now.

WHAT TO TAKE NOTE OF AS CHILDREN’S CHURCH TEACHERS
“DO”
1. Be sensitive to needs especially newcomers. Note that sometimes the children may have had a bad day
2. Inform your Service IC of any discipline issues; don’t cover it up or keep to yourself
3. Always be composed, even if a child is rude to you or raised his voice at you. Stay calm and deal with the facts objectively. Don't react but respond.
4. Remember you are an example to others especially the children. They do repeat what you said to their parents
5. Take time to hear yourself; don't be quick to speak
6. If any parent seek your advice on how to discipline their child, remember state you are not a professional but your opinions are your own and you are giving suggestions to help. Or that you may help them to check
7. As far as is possible, when disciplining a child, bring him/her aside and not discipline child in front of the other children.

“DO NOT”
1. Be too casual or familiar with the children and treat them as you would your peers (Apply to me. LOL)
2. Use terms like “shucks” or “shag” (these terms carry other meanings)
3. Discipline any child when the service is over such that child’s parent has to wait for you to finish
4. Be emotional, shout or physically manhandle any child even when they misbehave
5. Demean any child, be rude or discipline out of anger and say things like “You got attitude problem, is it?”, “You are such a naughty child”, “I feel like 'killing' you”
6. Complain or give feedback to parents of child’s misbehaviour (unless there was a fight or an accident & a child was injured)

Generally, even if any child misbehaves, please do not be found wanting in your conduct as a teacher.

Remember the church is to be a happy place for every child.

康希來了

2009-03-28T13:14:00.004+08:00

或許你對中國歷史上的康熙皇帝有些瞭解；

或許你也是康熙來了電視節目的忠實觀眾；

但是今天要介紹給你另外一個「康希」！

康希來了!!

My first Men meeting

2009-03-28T00:17:00.002+08:00

1 2 3 YES. Wow... what a night! I just came home from my 1st ever Men Meeting! 1 word to describe - Speechless... but a bit wield because no ladies around to see... haha. Is all men! I was thankful that I can seat at the 4th row. It was a great meeting. Pastor Phil mention about a few things I will like to share which i find very impacting to me.

When men has trails, it is because God is wanting to wake up the "mighty man" inside of the men!
Men should resume responsibility and be a great problem solver
Be a mighty men because we hang around mighty man!
THE CHURCH NEED STRONG AND MIGHTY MEN!!

Wow there is so much more... Looking forward to the next Men Conference 1st May 2009. - My Birthday!

Random post

2009-03-26T12:16:00.002+08:00

2 days ago I saw this 2 students in uniform kissing and petting blatantly in the staircase!! I could see them very clearly standing at my balcony. OMG.... the time was bright day about 430pm!!! If want to pet at least pet it at night la or somewhere indoor... hotel? opps I forgot student have not much money. Crazy people... no shame at all :p

This few days have been staying at home and never go out of my house. Been listening to sermon, reading and watching Daystar TV online. Glad Daystar TV can watch online because every 1/2 hour there will be Christian TV from various minister. Kong Hee Harvest time is on every Monday 11am. While Joseph Prince is almost everyday! LOL. There is a lot of American minister too... too bad Singapore cannot have Christian TV. =(

Anyway I have finally finish my 2nd sermon after 2 months of preparation. Now doing my editing and some other stuff. Is good to be ready because SOT coming le...

I spoke to 1 of my best girl friend, Shu on Tuesday night. We had a long MSN chat. As I said before Shu, for the past few years, has been encouraging me and giving me some valuable life lesson. Really appreciate her effort. I share with her some of the relationship problem I face. To my surprise, she gave me comments that I never heard before and nobody had ever tell me such things before. So I am trying to follow what she say and will see how things work out. But I know it will be very harsh toward myself... anyway she share with me something that shock me... cannot say here is sensor!!

Hurts

2009-03-23T15:09:00.002+08:00

In life we hurt... Physically, Emotionally or Relationally.

Relationally is the most difficult to deal with. Therefore we need to run to God.

Worry does not help. Time doesn't heal anything. Possessions never compensate for pain.

"Worrying or Disappointing" - Increase the size of pain. Resent will not change the present of the situation

HOW WE OVERCOME HURTS?

Don't IGNORE the hurt
Don't RUN from the hurt
Don't HIDE the hurt
Don't WORRY about the hurt
Don't RESENT the hurt
Don't GIVE UP

Ouch... is just so painful. It really hurt me. What had I done to bring me so much hurts? I guess I should follow the 6 Don'tS. SOT 1 more week... Hope is a new beginning.

How to know if you're in love?

2009-03-21T17:33:00.003+08:00

Just now I went to help my mum buy 4D. Ya help my mum. Anyway when i was in the Q, I heard a small little girl shouting "ah ma zong ma piao" she kept on repeating and repeating. Her ahma like dun care about her. She was just busy inside writing her 4D. People around me were laughing including me. I really don't know to feel funny for the little girl or sad. Such a young girl already know what is 4D and wait for her ahma outside the 4D station where so many people are buying. If my mum in future, bring my kids to buy 4D I will turn very nasty. I am serious. OMG... I also wonder what other values the little girl parents and grandparents bring into her life!

I was watching a bit of the service early on. Then I saw Meng How together with his wife and their girl Chloe on stage for a testimony. Hehe.. Chloe was my student before. I remember sharing on my blog that Chloe loves me a lot. Every Sunday, her ahma will bring her to Playgroup while her mummy will go service. Ya bring to playgroup not 4D shop!!!

How to know if you're in love?

I just finish this chapter and going to share the 12 test to see if you are in love with someone or just infatuation.

The Test of Time - Love benefits and grows through time; infatuation ebbs and diminishes with time.
The Test of Knowledge - Love grows out of an appraisal of all the known characteristics of the other person
The Test of Focus - Genuine love is other-person centered. Infatuation is self-centered
The Test of Singularity - Genuine love is focused on only one person. An infatuated individual may be "in love" with two or more persons simultaneously
The Test of Security - Genuine love requires and fosters a sense of security and feelings of trust
The Test of Work - An individual in love works for the other person, for his or her mutual benefit
The Test of Problem Solving - A couple in love faces problems frankly and tries to solve them. Infatuated people tend to disregard or try to ignore problems
The Test of Distance - Love knows the importance of distance. Infatuation imagines love to be intense closeness 24/7, all the time. (I experience this before. 3 mths in Paris!!!)
The Test of Physical Attraction - Physical attraction is a relatively small part of genuine love, but it is the central focus of infatuation.
The Test of Affection - In love affection is expressed later in the relationship, involving the external expression of the physical attraction we just described
The Test of Stability - Love tends to endure. Infatuation may change suddenly and unpredictably.
The Test of Delayed Gratification - A couple in genuine love is not different to the timing of their wedding, but they do not feel irresistible drive toward it

The story of Jacob and Rachel (Gen29:1-20)

Jacob was attracted to Rachel almost immediately. yet he had to work 7 years in order to marry Rachel. That's 5 years beyond the typical lifespan of infatuation. Do you think his love understood stability and delay gratification? The Bible says that the 7 years "seemed like only a few days." WHY? Because of his love for her. It was about something really worth waiting for. Hmm this is a very good lesson point for me. Will I consider the 2 years be only a few days? Only time will tell... if she is worth waiting for, then it will be only a few days...

Alright I shall sto and gonna have my dinner and prepare for my Tennis match. Cya tml in service! =)

Mark's Birthday

2009-03-19T23:31:00.002+08:00

Went for Mark's 21st Birthday at Aranda Country club beside Downtown East. End up only 3 of his classmate went only. But his sec and outside friends was a lot so I guess he enjoy himself a lot. The food was ok ba.. I had 3 rounds of food.. LOL. Want to grow more bigger in size =)

Wanted to play Mahjong de. But Mark say his friend is in charge of it so I got to Q... haha nah can't be bother to play with them. They play 2:4. So small.... bored!!! I spent most of the time chatting with Teck Yong and Cherryn. Still wonder what am I going to do for my birthday.. hmmm

2009-03-19T11:14:00.002+08:00

I was watching Channel 8 TV drama last night at 7pm. Inside there is 1 male character who was a movie director, he ask a female actress to be his girlfriend. So he give flower, drive her around and say some words to touch the woman's heart. But he succeeded. Then I wonder to myself, hmm seem familiar... cuz I have done almost identical ways. Anyway like what I mention b4, it is the "Hollywood" ways of a lasting relationship. I want the "God" ways of a lasting relationship which mean totally opposite way of approaching a relationship. In "Hollywood" ways, people tend to look at the attributes of physical then emotional then psychological then social lastly is spiritual. It is a good prescription that generally people use and have successful relationship. But I am a christian so I should use the prescription of God. In "God" way, I should be looking at the attributes of spiritual then social then psychological then emotional and lastly physical. I think my current situation should be in the prescription of God.

Many of time I convince myself to accept the reality and move forward behave normally like a friend. My buddy also ask me why must I behave the way I behave. I told him Yi Yan Nan Jing.

I was flipping through the sermon of 2004 and 2005. It was many years back. I still kept it in good condition. Then I came across the sermon title 'Thinking with Excellence' It seem so familiar to me. Then I remember that Ps Tan preach this before last year. But what he never mention was the 7 characteristics of an Excellent person.

Physically healthy
Well groomed
God's wisdom
Knowledge
Initiative
Ability to serve
Good communication skills.

Haha anyway I join my friend club - Bachelor club. He also about the same as me. Her ex's mother wants her daughter to wait for my friend to finish his NS before consider any relationship again. Gone case le la. Let use common sense. If a guy with a settle down career chasing her, will a woman give that guy a chance if she think things might just work out? Rather than waiting a poor and miserable guy serving the Army. In this world it is just so realistic. Face it REYES!!

New Blog Skin 2

2009-03-19T00:42:00.001+08:00

Just finish my new blog skin. Have receive some feedback commenting it is nice. But there is some flaws if you guys notice. Wanted to post something but I leave that to tomorrow ba. Nite!

Yaya Liverpool won so??

2009-03-15T15:36:00.002+08:00

I mean what is the big deal? Ya last night Liverpool beat Man Utd 4-1. I was really in a foul mood not because of Man Utd lost but because of seeing how arrogant Liverpool's fan was. I went to the pub last night and watch. The boss apparently was a liverpool fan. He offered all the Man Utd fan tissue to wipe of tears! What the crap! I told him thx u but we're still at the top! Then while walking to the train station, a group of Liverpool fan walk pass me and the shouted 4-1!! What is the big deal?? Is just so funny. I guess they have not experience such a result before therefore they need to show it off. Then I went home the facebook is all talking about the match. Liverpool here liverpool there. Whatever la. To dev and MF... haha to win a match does not mean you guys win the champion. In church we always say is not how you start but how you end. So I say again is not about a match only but is about the whole season. Man Utd has been very consistent in their game this season while Liverpool is not at all. Anyway we are 4 points ahead with a match in hand potentially we can go 7 points clear of you guys! So keep smelling Man Utd ass ba =)

Ethan was eating chicken wing just now. Haha I saw he don;t really know how to eat the meat in between the bone, so I decided to teach him. He follow my instruction and manage to grab out the meat using his teeth. Haha. Erin also eating chicken wing. I bluff her that Pastor Derek allow me to have the chicken wing and she believe LOL. I ask Ethan after his lunch come inside and help me clean up the room. He did come in. Haha.. such a great help. But Susan came inside the room. He told his mum he is helping me to clean the toys. Haha. I was quite stress so I told Ethan and Erin to go home already. Haha if not Susan got the wrong idea. She came all the way in and see what we are doing. Then I begin to approach and greet her. To my surprise she still remember I am CK. She thank me for all the gifts I bought for Ethan... hehe.. is my honor.

Nagging wife for sales!

2009-03-14T01:46:00.001+08:00

A British man fed up with his wife's complaints advertised her for sale -- and got a number of offers. "Nagging Wife. No Tax, No MOT. Very high maintenance -- some rust," wrote Gary Bates, 38, in a small ad in Trade-It, more usually used to buy and sell cars or household goods.

Hai.. at least he got someone to nag at him =(

Broken relationship

2009-03-12T01:39:00.004+08:00

Recently my good buddy just broke off with his GF. It is due to lack of muture trust and also the GF's ex boyfriend. That girl kind of couldn't let go of his ex. Hai... we had a chat before his birthday on his relationship. I really feel sad for him. He did what every woman will want a man to do to them. I remember him doing all the craft work for her and design a very nice photo album . Once, he went to buy a ring for himself and the girl, but he have no money left yet he still want to buy because he simply loves her. All he got was this type of ending? I went to his birthday, that girl was around. She smile at me but I don't know why I gave her a very fake smile... I can sense my friend still really love her a lot although he claim he has move forward. That night when we have a very long chat in the void deck, I can sense he is still feeling very sad, if I am not around he would be crying ba. I wonder if I am in his shoes, how will I react?

I can truly understand why people have difficulties letting go of their past and refuse to move forward. It is because the good memory always overshadow the bad memory and hurts. Do people know how God feels when he sees the pain, rejection and loneliness people experience in a broken relationships? I believe God weeps with compassion. But God doesn't simply stand idly by; He wants to help. He wants people to know He has a better way and a better plan for them and their relationship. There are many people who have been wounded deeply and limping through life from the pain in the past. But we are not alone. I admit for my case sometime I feel very sad and disappointed. But I cannot be so selfish and think for myself only. I need to consider the feeling of the one who is going through an aftermath of a broken relationship. Last week I folded 99 hearts in 3 nights. It was the first time I did such thing. Every heart that I fold was fill with prayer and love. Surprisingly, the more I fold the more I want to fold. It just keep going and going. I never feel tired at all. I guess this is the power of love.

I just bought 2 relationship books. I started reading 1 of it and the first chapter was very interesting. It talk about the world system on relationship. The author call it the 'Hollywood's formula on lasting relationship" Sometime I feel as badly as I yearn for love, I am deeply afraid that it will simply bring more pain. Why is there broken relationship? To start, ask yourself this question. Usually where people in general, get idea about relationship from? Their parents? their teacher? or from the culture they live in? I believe most people get the ideas from the culture they live in. I am 1 of them. When teenager reach a certain age, they begin to infatuated with the opposite sex. They fell in love with 1 another. They get this idea from magazine, television show, movie and pop songs. Therefore our hearts and minds have been filled with false ideas about love, sex and relationship are all about. The culture has been constantly giving us a definite prescription about love, sex and relationship are supposed to work. We spent countless time watching movie and listening love songs like me, and we sometime put our self into the storyline and lyrics. In our mind, we develop a 4 approach to a relationship. The author call it the "Hollywood's formula". The 1st is FIND THE RIGHT PERSON. Many of us have been constantly looking around who is the right person for us. The 2nd is FALL IN LOVE. We start to attract to them. By gesture and word are usually enough. We sing songs of love to them. The 3rd is FIX YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS ON THIS NEW, IMPROVED PERSON YOU HAVE FOUND. In the movies love vetoes every other decision. Hollywood equates infatuation with love. We spent hours in fantasies, imagining a perfect life with someone. Then the perfect partner turn out to have some flaws. She can't quite live up to our imagination. We start to blame 1 another. Last approach is IF FAILURE OCCUR, REPEAT 1 TO 3 AGAIN. How true is that? We always behave in some an approach. If we follow the world system of relationship, we will always have a series of pattern on a broken relationship that fails. We keep doing the same thing in relationship after relationship and it keeps producing the same tragic result.

The following chapter I have yet to read. I know whatever I say to many people might be rubbish because me myself have never really been into a relationship. So you may say who am I to say. Well... that is true, you are so right. I just want to learn from all of the mistake and to have an attitude of a great lover. I am trying very hard. All I want is to fall in love AND stay in love.

Trust God for the unexpected, and let him surprise you by doing the unexplainable.

Fireproof

2009-03-09T18:04:00.003+08:00

I gave across this movie just a few hours ago before I watch it on the Internet. Then I remember seeing this DVD available at Attributes. So I decided to watch it. What I can say from this movie was to learn from the message the movie is trying to convey. There are 2 things I learn from this movie. Marriage and Forgiveness.

In a world where marriages are no longer considered sacred and, worse yet, being redefined by liberals as extending to unions between same-sex couples, the film’s Biblical message on marriage is timely. Kirk Cameron is Caleb Holt, the chief at a small fire station in Albany, Georgia. Married seven years to his wife, Catherine (played by Erin Bethea), the couple are experiencing problems in their marriage.Caleb feels he’s not getting the respect he deserves at home, something that, on the flip side, he enjoys plenty of at work. Catherine juggles work and worries about her parents, especially medical expenses for her mom who hasn’t been herself since suffering a stroke. Things come to a head when Caleb and Catherine agree to a divorce after a big fight. Upon learning of the impending separation, John (Caleb’s father) implores Caleb to hold off the divorce for 40 days while giving the advice he penned in a book The Love Dare a go. Caleb commits to the challenge. In the process, he also learns of Jesus Christ’s love for sinners like himself and becomes a Christian. From then on, we see a change in Caleb and a series of events leads to a happy ending where, finally, Caleb and Catherine call off the divorce and instead re-dedicate their commitment to each other under the light of the covenant that God intended marriage to be since creation.

Towards the end I teared. Because there was forgiveness and reconciliation between mother and son. Presence of God was in my room. Faith, Love and Hope... indeed the GREATEST is Love. In this movie not only we see about how to "fireproof" your marriage but also God's love for us which He died for us on the Cross so that we can receive salvation. The forgiveness of people just like how God forgive us again and again no matter how many time we have been wrong and sin against Him. God is sovereign towards us. His Agape love always available to us

Just recently someone told me that I should read books about love. Then I was saying I am not that interested after reading "boy meet girl" a few years back. But now I am convicted I really need to read some books on love so I can be educated with knowledge which give me power to have an attitude of a great lover to someone I really love. I need more creativity to express my love even more in terms of words and gifts. =)

Watch it guys...

Marathon Sunday

2009-03-09T00:06:00.006+08:00

Morning: I overslept this morning for my ministry. Manage to reach Expo church at 845am. It was fulfilling in serving today and will be serving next Sunday also. They really need me to be there hope my CG can understand my position. Ethan and Erin help me to keep the mat today... hehe he told many teacher who is around that his favourite teacher is teacher CK... wa he melts my heart. My dear boy.. but due to some circumstance cannot take pictures with him sob sob... nvm there will be chance again. =)

Afternoon: Had an empowered ministry training with Glordia. I learn a lot but 1 thing I catch was how to use appropriate words or manner to communicate with the parents regard their kids. Indeed knowledge is power. Then after training, have a talk with Joann regard the service today. After that I went to Ming Wei's house to clean myself up for my friend party.

Evening: Went to Downtown East for my best buddy Andy, 21st birthday. Happy to see so many of his friends came and also family member. I got to see many of my ex school mates. Is really a good time together. Enjoy the fellowship with them. Not forgotten all the teasing and jokes that my bunch of buddy gave me hahaa... The next birthday among us is well.... me.

Night: Tired but... Sweet =)

22 Signs of Christ’s Second Coming

2009-03-07T13:13:00.002+08:00

I came across this 22 signs on a website. I feel is quite true. All what we have see how the world is going for the past years... is horrifying. The first 4 seals is already happening and the 1st 4 trumpet has already blown... This brought me to the conclusion that Jesus is coming back real soon...

1. World Evangelization
2. The 6,000 Years Of Mankind
3. Exponential Increase In Knowledge And Travel
4. The Automobile
5. The Aeroplane
6. The Endless Struggle Between The Powerful Rich And The Helpless Poor
7. The Parallel To Lot And Noah’s Generations
8. The Lawlessness Of Youth
9. False Christs And Prophets
10. Scoffers Who Are Apathetic
11. More Earthquakes
12. The Sea And Waves Roaring
13. Fearful Sights And Signs In The Sky
14. Widespread Fear
15. Restoration Of The Land Of Palestine
16. The Amazing Rebuilding Of Jerusalem
17. The Invincibility Of Israel
18. World Political Alliances
19. The Biblical Symbols Of The Dragon, The Eagle, The Bear And The Lion
20. Irreconcilable International Conflicts That Will Lead To World War 3
21. Nations In Perplexity
22. The Stark Reality Of The Probability Of World Destruction

Good Host

2009-03-01T18:14:00.003+08:00

First of all Congrat to my good friend Hui Shan for her Baptism. Zaneta I should call her... haha but will never use to it. She brought her hospital colleague for service. I am honor to serve them and play a good host. Haha I had a great time talking with the whole family. Just nice the message was about relationship. Like what MF say I was engaging the people in the 3rd space lol... so funny. He is a senior doctor in 1 of the hospital and I think I did a great job in answering some of his doubt and question about the church. Haha.. I am able to answer in such a wisdom way. Hee thx God for Holy Spirit.. pat on my shoulder haha.. bleh. His daughter look shy lei.. haha trying to talk to her but the feeling she gave me was shy haha. At least she smile at me when say bye to me lol wa... doctor's daughter lei... free medical treatment for me... Reyes that is so wrong... haha no la I got 1 le and I am faithful... opps... :p

Finally Ps Derek is back from USA. Last week her maid to me lol... ya we are close. Then Pastor accept my Facebook request. The purpose is to view my boy pictures. He was so cute... I got to see some unseen photo and actions of my Boy. Ethan was very dramatic so do Erin and Erika. I thought I should not take those pictures and post in my blog... it seem so wrong ya I think so. Next week I gonna see them once again le... =)

Bad dreams

2009-02-27T11:18:00.002+08:00

For the past 3 days

I keep having some multiple dreams

It was those wield and stupid dreams

In the middle of the night

I will woke up

I don't understand why

It just keep coming

Every night I am afraid to sleep

I pray before I sleep

It is still the same

But

There is a constant in the dream

Making Marriage Work

2009-02-25T23:01:00.002+08:00

I was dedicating this week and next week to study Ps kong series on Making Marriage work. I happen to have the DVD for all the 14 lessons. Today was lesson 4 for me. The date was 13 August 2006. During the service, there was a baby dedication. I was smiling all along the dedication. Y? because I saw some of my students. There were so small 2 years ago. Haha. I saw Erin, Joyce, Cherlynn, Joshua, Regan, kylie, Eliora, Zheng Jie and a few other more. OMG... I look at them now and 2 years ago I was so touch. I watch them grew up. Erika was still in Susan's womb. Haa. It really melt my heart very much. Haha I also want to go for baby dedication. I mean bring my baby... haha. Amen!! =)

This week I feel so much better compare to last week. Everyday I was looking forward to MSN. Haha... herms.... I felt I should restudy the making marriage work bible study. To win a battle I'll need to study and know knowledge. Knowing is not enough of course, I need to put it to use. Practical!!

誰最臭?

2009-02-22T20:28:00.005+08:00

Wa... today was a very tiring day for me. I was so out of breath. But I am super happy! I was ask to serve at a last minute notice. Will be back for service at JW for the next 2 weeks. Will miss my kids dearly but CG member will be my priority in 2009 haha ya u guys never see wrongly. =) Today is the start we put pictures of the teacher who was on duty. Haha the picture below show the different rank. I was all alone in the rank of Teacher. LOL. I was joking that this is machiam like GRC style. Member of Parliament. Haha... Today we were suppose to have a helper from other department to help us. She was a mei mei look cute lol... I was so high up. her iC brought her over. I was determine to make friend le.. intro my kids to her haha. But my dearest IC was on the phone with asst IC... she is being told that Ming wei is coming therefore Joann told the IC to sent the girl back! I was sian 1/2... =( hai... Recently Sunday Playgroup attendance average was 70 kids! More and more young parents coming over. There is a few mummy whom is very pretty. Chio.. lol. At least I have an extra motivation to serve haha. I am so envy of those young parents... I also want to be like them.
I was in charge of greeting today and "Fun time" centers. Greeting was nice haha I pray before hand for interactive with the kids and they did respond. Haha was so happy. Better than the 1st time I did after returning from Paris. That time was so bad. Today was very good. But as for my centers, I vomit blood. Haha... it was like a hell for me. Last night I cut all the footprint while watching soccer. LOL. Today was to ask the kids to listen to the color I call for and then they will step on it. The kids was so excited and then they anyhow walk around. I was shouting at them like a mad dog. Worst is no asst teacher came to help me. Simply we do not have enough. O man... I wonder what the mummy and the maid will think of my centers. It was a disaster. But there was some who follow instruction. Erin and Erika. Haha. Some repeatedly come and walk. Some stick out my footprint! I scream at them. I begin to sweat. Keep on shouting. Haha. But still it was fun...

At first

Then...

Lastly....

After service I was like a mad dog again. Service ended at 12pm and Bible study starts at 1pm. We have 1 hour to clear the room. Not forgetting to clean the toys. We all need to pack everything for hall 1. I clean the mat like no tomorrow. I was so tired after that. Dead beat

So messy..

Erin and Erika finally get close with me. Recently we begin to chat and play around. Haha I am so happy.. finally won them to me. They are my sweetie. Of course due to my relationship with Ethan. nevertheless I watch both of them inside the stomach of Susan and then came to this world. Naturally will like them. Ming wei ask Erin and Erika do you like teacher CK? Both of them nod their head hehe...

Erika is always very dramatic than Erin

Cutie =)

LOL... y r u here with us? Who r u?

They enjoy my center.

Auntie Joy saw Ming wei taking photo of them and she joke with us saying "take picture of them never get my permission!?" LOL... her expression and tone was so funny. She demand from us $25,ooo LOL.... Anyway Ethan finally told me he likes the shirt I bought from him very much. Haha after the service he told me that. I was so touch lor. He greeted me and then all of a sudden say he likes the shirt I bought. Recently have been busy that why no time to take a picture with him. After service is always very rush... got to update my photo album. I have a new sweetie.. her name is Lara. Will take picture when I serve again.

To sum of my posting today, I share with you something funny. Joyce aka my mei mei has been "cooking" for me this morning non stop. Food ranging from roti prata, fried mee hoon to mushroom soup. Haha I "eat" until very full. I role play with her haha it was so funny. I laugh a lot today with her. She told me.. she is ah ma... lol i was like.. ok?.. then I say me lei? she say i am daddy! LOL.... Many incident la.. u all must experience yourself then is funny. After the service, ming wei took a mob to clean the mat. Then mei mei say 臭臭. Ming wei ask me come over. Then he ask 誰最臭? Joyce say teacher ming wei... lol... then he pass the mob to me thinking she will say me next. Then we ask again 誰最臭? Joyce replied - Suzhen! LOL... Hahahaha I laugh non stop. It was so sudden out of the blue Joyce say Suzhen, who is standing near us. I was tired with laughter....

Confession

2009-02-21T19:36:00.002+08:00

I am here to write about my confession on a mistake which i made for the past week. Today service was an interview with Dr Kelvin Dyson by Ps Tan. God just woke me up in the spirit all of a sudden. I felt ashamed for all of my action. Before I went for service, I went to PlayGroup room to pass something to my friend. She told me 1 of my member grandma had a fall. Suddenly I have a feeling which I don't seem to be able to describe after so much had happen between me and her. I decided to sms her and was so relief her grandma was ok. At least I can have a peace of mind during service.

During the 45mins interview with Dr Dyson, I was being taught a lesson. A lesson which I as a man should learn and thereby behave as 1. My recent behavior is totally unacceptable. God dealt with me seriously... on my way home I was thinking about this posting on how should I write. For the past week, I have been nasty and avoid towards a sister in my CG. It was my pride and some difficulties that is bothering me that cause me to behave that way. I must admit I did not think of her feeling at all. I only think of myself and my own interest.

I believe God sent Dr Dyson to teach me some basic and to wake me up. I am taught 1 very basic truth. I am a Christian. I also dun know why will I behave the way I behave for the past week. Avoiding an issue as thought it will disappear. As a Christian i should pray and seek guidance from God. - I repent from that. Secondly I am taught that both man and woman are equal in the eyes of God. She don't owned me anything. I should not give her the type of treatment I am giving. It was so nasty and out of sense. - I repent from that. Thirdly my word is my bond. I've told her before that no matter what happen I will be with her. We will be the best of friend. And look what i have done to disappoint her. I wrote a letter to her, everything was not according to how I act. My word is not my bond at all! - I repent from that. Fourthly the Bible got to be the empire when there is some argument which has to be resolve. Disagreement and problems was surfacing on us. I with my own thinking and mindset set the tone. It was terrible. I never try to read the Bible to seek for an solution to improve the situation but I add fire on it. I say something that does not mean my heart, I just want to make her feel sad and give up on me. I seek my own self and understanding to solve the problem. - I repent from that.

Lastly... God spoke to me a verse that sum it all.
1 Pet 3:8
7 Husbands(Man), likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife(Woman), as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

I told God that was meant for married couple. But God told me for my context change it to liken a relationship between a man and a woman. When things happen I never try to understand her and always insert my opinion 1 first. I never really want to listen to her. All I want to hear was my view. Giving honor and respect of who she is. I never did that too. I was so bossy and difficult to communicate. The verse say giving honor to the wife as to the weaker vessel. That verse spoke to me a lot. A man should lead and minister to the woman not the other way round. I guess I should handle the problem in a more mature way which I know I could.

She is indeed unique. I know she has never give up on me. Like what she told me. We don't know what is the future ahead of us anything can happen as for now we ought to resume back our friendship just like the past. Dr Dyson confirm this. While we wait for Jesus to come back, we should do the work of God and continue living a normal life. While I wait for the future I should live normally and see God's hand work in my life. I felt so happy and relief. God took away a big rock that is hovering upon me that cause me to feel so "xin ku" for the past few days. I could not sleep at all. But I now I know I could.

facebook

2009-02-18T17:09:00.002+08:00

This week had been a lousy week for me. All I did each day was to stare at the wall. Evening will be running and doing some work out to let my tiredness over Shadow my sorrowful feeling. Been looking at Facebook recently. Added many Pastor. Wonderful to see they are so interactive with us. I had upload some of the random photos I took in Paris. There is 4 albums and do take time to see all the beautiful photos. Will post my London photos most likely next week. Let every 1 digest the Paris photo 1st ba...

2 Letters

2009-02-16T21:13:00.002+08:00

I receive 2 letters today. The 1st was good news and 2nd was a bad news. The 1st letter inform of getting my 1st GST offset money - $200. Finally can get government money le. The 2nd letter was from CMPB informing me of my medical report. I am told that my blood test result showed that I am lack of an enzyme called "G6PD". It is an important enzyme in the normal functioning of red blood cells. Certain drugs and some food are able to cause destruction of the red blood cells in G6PD deficient person like me.

I was shock! I was given a list of medical words which I don't understand at all. Those were some kind of drugs. I calculated that a total of 45 drugs I must avoid! WTF. How I know sia. This time round die le la. Meeting Jesus soon... I can't even drugs like Vit C and K!!! They also ask me to avoid Fava beans and Chinese medicines. Hai...

I went for a run just now. I was running very fast. My heart was in pain for a while and i was very tired. I just keep on run and run. The more I think the faster I run. Then in the midst of my tiredness, I came to realise that something. I concede defeat le.. I am tired le...

why?

2009-02-16T13:50:00.002+08:00

Is been 2 mth + I came back from Paris. When I look back it was like a memory to me. In Paris my daily life was not easy. I gone through a lot and I said to myself upon coming home I will change my attitude. But there is 1 area I found I have not change is my attitude towards relationship. It is the same 4 years ago and also the same now. I only know how to avoid. Friends can become foe within a week. People always tell me to let the other person know about my stand. I always refuse to say anything because I know the outcome will bring mystery to me. I rather be friend than to let the other know my feeling. But sometime I just don't have the choice. Last night was the 2nd day in a row I sleep because of my drinking. There was soccer last night, but I was feeling so giddy after drinking and I fell a sleep while the TV was still on. I don't know how to sleep every night without drinking because I know I will think too much and trying to fall a sleep.

A week of prayer gone and this is how I end the week. Really disappoint of myself. If my kids in Playgp knows their teacher was such a person then I don't think they will respect and honor me. Ethan will no longer call me Teacher CK. I am a very bad example to all my boys and girls in Playgroup. Everyday I feel I am living a lifeless life. Except with the 2 tutors job that I have. I was at home feeling sad for myself. 6 weeks or so more to SOT, I am thinking what to do for those 6 weeks? Slack till I rot at home. Evening time is when I do my running. I love to run because I believe the more breathless I am, can take away the sorrow that is me. I don't know when is this going to stop. It is killing me. I guess NS is the best time for me to forget about everything. I will be isolated in camp. I believe that is the only way ba. I really don't want to lose a friend. But there is a wall which I need to break down. Right now all I can do is to avoid to make myself feel better. Pastor Kong said before that reality is never a limited of life. For me reality is a big limiter which I am running away from it...

Valentine Day Service

2009-02-14T19:11:00.002+08:00

Last night went to Upper Thompson for supper. It was a HK cafe serving good food. It urge me to really go HK in June for mission trip cum holiday haha. Really looking forward to it.

Today is Valentine day and I spent it with God. Hee. Everywhere I go today, couples was every where. Pastor Kong continue his series on relationship. I was seated on the FIRST row floor area haha. Seated with all the pretty pretty CGL. Was quite disturb by the camera firming at me haha. Pastor mention the needs of a husband is attractive spouse and recreational companionship. I was shouting AMEN! Woman dun understand y man likes to watch 22 man running after a single ball. Well... my 1st dream is to make sure my GF understands is nt running after a single ball but is beyond that - Passion etc haha. To watch soccer with my loves 1 is a luxury. My 2nd dream I had is when both my wife and I goes to school and pick up out our kids dressing in a very fashionable and trendy clothes. Comparing with those people who wear casually. Then people might think we are the kids bro and sis but in actual fact we are his parents haha. That is what I want to feel in future. Attractive husband and wife.

Pastor then ask all the married couple to exchange their vow. Can you imagine I was seated in the 1st row looking at all of the loving face... saying the vow.. haha it was so funny. I kind of envy them. I saw 1 husband gave a sweet long juicy kiss to his wife just in front of me!! Anyway it was a good Valentine day spent alone in church and I wish all my reader Happy Valentine day. Tomorrow going to date my gals in Playgroup le.. hehe =)

Valentine day

2009-02-13T11:57:00.002+08:00

Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the West, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards and presenting flower. The day was a pagan festival of love, which was taken over by the Church that disapproved of its romantic and sexual connotations, renamed for "Saint Valentine" and made into a day for martyrs.

Haha... it will be my 21st Valentine day. I use to celebrate alone but after I came to know Christ, I celebrate with Him for the past 6 years. This year was no surprise. Tomorrow I am going for service and then most likely be heading back home ba. There was planning for a CG outing but because of some circumstances, I decided to see 1st.. mostly be a No ba. Year 2009 is a bit different. To be honest I have already prepare a gift. It is not very expensive. I don't know what will be the outcome but 1 thing I know it will never be the same again....

Morning Prayer

2009-02-13T10:28:00.002+08:00

Is been 5 days of non stop morning prayer
My soul indeed refresh

To wake up at 445am and catch the 1st train wasn't easy

But the motivation of meeting God kept me going

I really believe there will be ticks coming into my prayer book

Overslept

2009-02-12T06:48:00.002+08:00

Now is 645am. I should be at HOG for my morning prayer meeting. But I overslept. Yesterday was WC, today was my turn. I was suppose to meet someone and go together maybe I am too excited or simply I am too tired after a long swim with Ben in the afternoon. Thx God for Evening prayer meeting. I am going b4 CG. Tml got to wake up and pray in my last morning prayer for this month.

Vertical Marathon 2009

2009-02-09T10:36:00.002+08:00

The last time I went for a vertical Marathon was 2007 SwissHotel vertical marathon challenge. Yesterday I went for the Singapore tallest building at 280metre high!! I am proud to say I have conquer them all! Hehe. Below are 3 photos and I think you can view the rest in the Facebook which Ben had tag me already.

The Republic PlazaWaiting time
Damn tired. After my finish got to wait for Ben to come up more tired haha.

But.. I still want to challenge myself but this time round is lover challenge. I feel it will be very challenging for me. Because to hold hand all the way up is not an easy task. Hopefully 2010 will be the year my dream will be fulfil.