a Carnival is coming your way!

Hello peeps! :D
Hope Carnival is happening very very soon!
come on down and join together for a fun time. Ticketing booth will be at the Nexus Reception starting this weekend.

come and support!
it is for a good cause to raise funds for the Hope Center.

Catch the final Hope Premier League Match Live too!
Flea market, food stalls and Lucky Dip too!

you can check out for more information about Hope Center at http://www.hopecentre.org.sg/

therapeutic

i ripped this off debster's blog. we took this about a month back. had dinner with them at central mall and headed over to boat quay tcc for our cuppas.

last week was a therapeutic one for me. i hung out at debster's house during one of the weekdays' afternoon. we went for supermarket shopping and bought ingredients for our lunch. we went back home to cook together. we whipped up a big pot of chinese- styled soup and cheesey sausages! writing now makes me hungry. eevoon joined up soon. we chatted and chatted, it was simply therapeutic!

went for a quick drink at macs with dewen after our durian feast with some of my cg peeps on last sat night. it was again therapeutic.

(ohh, durians are therapeutic too! you go "ahhh..." when you chew on the yellow flesh covering the tiny brown seed. *ps. its R21 for livi. unlike me, she has the other extreme sentiments towards durians)

we did a little catch-up on his happenings in west, thanked God for the ess, ranted about my work, blah blah.

it was therapeutic hanging out with friends. i used to think that i'm okay without much friends or fellowship (i was young and think that i'm superwoman, dont really need friends). mans was i wrong to think like that. as i read the Word, i was often amazed at the depth of friendships described in it.

to celebrate the end of Clique Here, lets celebrate the gift of friendships around us! cheers!

take a look into MinOps

Who is MinOps?

MinOps stands for Ministry and Operations.

slightly different from the role of a pastoral group, we support in the running of weekly services, developing and growing the various ministries in admin, arts, media and worship.

MinOps is a group of dedicated people serving in ministries.

put it simply, our main role and responsibility is to serve the youth ministry.

God started MinOps in late Oct 2005. we have grown much more in strength as we see more people came onboard to serve together.

i salute and honor all who are in my team.

"...A cord of three strands is not quickly broken." Ecc 4:12b

this post will give a little intro to many who do not exactly know who we are or what do we do. enjoy :)

extreme left: Peter. He is in the symphony band ministry, playing the trumpet.
on Pastor Ben's left: Rayson. He is a bassist in the worship team.

from left: Aloysius, Yiyou, Gwen Khoo, Eevoon, Jerel.

Aloy is our MM IC. he very often helps ps Jeff in his sermon slides.
Yiyou is our Decor IC. she is also in midst of her school exhibition while handling Clique Here services' decor.

Gwen helps in the administration of membership dept, supporting Dennis in membership classes and water baptism.

Eevoon is leading the TeamHope ministry. there are 6 sub- ministries in teamhope- holy communion, ushering, housekeeping, security, information counter, offerings.

Jerel is a bassist in the worship team.

bottom row, from left: Amelia, Jeremy, Simon, Kaiwen, Lee Jun.

Amelia is one of our sound engineer in the sound team. she is also leading one of the sound teams.

Jeremy is a keyboardist in the worship team. He is also one of the CLs in MinOps.

Simon is our electric guitarist in the worship team.

Kaiwen is the electric guitarist/ acoustic guitarist in the worship team. sometimes, he supports in the singing too.

Lee Jun is one of our drummers in the worship team.

Top row, from left: Jiayi, Huiying.

Jiayi leads the Media ministry, that includes Sound, MM and Lights.

Huiying is in the MM ministry. her recent work includes the testimonies clip inside ps Shirls' sermon during Clique Here service.

second from left: Kaixiang. He is excited about serving God and he is in Philo's cg.

from left: Ben, Jiancong, Puaylin, Philothea, Xinyi.
Ben is in the Y- communication ministry. He leads the writers' group.
Congsie, same too, in the Y- communication ministry. He designs. his recent work is the introduction clip for the hosts during the Clique Here service.
Puay is also in Philo's team. she designs and also involves in the youth monthly bulletins and last year's 10th anniversary magazine.
Philo leads the Y- communication ministry, also one of the CLs in MinOps.
Xinyi is currently preparing for her big O's, she enjoys drawing. o yah, she is Yaoguo's younger sis too.

lady in blue, front row: Yushan

also known as Erina, she is one of the singers. she is also involved as a keyboardist in the worship team and a veteran actress in the drama ministry.

from left: Gwen Lee, Veron, Daixuan, Ruizhen, Yaoguo, Jason, Walmond.
Gwen is one of the worship leaders, also one of the CLs in MinOps.
Veron is one of the keyboardists in the worship team, also leading one of the music bands.
Daixuan is in the singing ministry.
Ruiz is leading the symphony band. she is also involved as a keyboardist and IC of the image for the stage people during special services.
Yaoguo is another band leader and he plays the keyboard.
Jason turns the table.
Walmond drums the drum :)

second from left: Layling. she designs and is involved in the monthly bulletins and invite cards too.

next to Lays: Steven. he does animations. he was involved in the past two easter services - "Why" animation & "If Only" animation.

second from left: Carmen. she is leading our ushering team.

above eevoon: Yongkang. he is in the ushering team. he also helps out in the administration in wfl, membership classes and water baptism.

on yongkang's left: Jiali. She is leading the Dance ministry. she also does stage managing on weekly services too.

on jiali's left: Xinyi. She runs the administration in wfl classes and short- term mission trips.

extreme left: Qianjin. also known as Nathaniel, he leads the singer and choir ministries.

next to Nat: Ian. He plays the electric guitar.

extreme right: Daniel. He is one of the worship leaders and he takes care of Gwen's and Jem's CGs.

king of fruits

first of all, i wonder why is Durians crowned the king of fruits.
secondly, its interesting how Durians become part of us every year. Roy's company even has an email circulating around - "Durian Party/ Run, jog....or walk event". how funny!
i've been craving for durians since the start of the week. i am dead serious to get my hands on them this weekend.

so yea, durians anyone?

till then, some pictures for durian lovers to drool....

after 19 years

i feel like a paparazzi doing up this post. haha oh well.
have caught a few shows leung starred in and i began to like his acting. the recent red cliff was a blast man. totally enjoyed it.

okays, here's a picture of he and his wife, Lau.

Gugliemucci's faith

last sunday during ulm, shirls talked about Hillsongs' latest album - This is our God. Michael Gugliemucci was mentioned because he led one of the songs in the album - Healer.
i was very captivated by his story, by his faith.
it challenges my own faith to truly believe and proclaim God's power even when i do not see things happen yet.
for Michael, two years of battling with cancer can be be a tough- going journey. especially, i could imagine countless of defeated thoughts of doubts flew past his mind in these two years.
it takes a perservering Michael to cling onto the faith that he had two years ago. it requires our faith to be tested under trials and proven strong.
Michael do not know when will he be healed. this calls for our faith to be persistent - keep on believing, keep on asking.

why do we keep believing?
simply because.......

God has everything in control.
1 Corinthians 10:13, No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

God knows what's best for us.
Jeremiah 29:11, For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

God is with us.
Matt 28:20, And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age

http://www.hillsong.com/music/product.php?xProd=4603&xSec=796

"...It was a night of unified faith and expectancy, with moments all will never forget such as when Michael Gugliemucci, who has battled his own health crisis against cancer for two years, walked confidently on stage, oxygen tank in hand, declaring the promise of God and boldly singing the words to his song 'Healer'..."

celebrating 96 new friends in youth

Jun Xiong gathered a few of us and planned a belated birthday celebration for Nicole. but he wasnt there. he has work. :(
nonetheless, we took some photos and went ahead to celebrate.
we had potluck at gerald's house.
o yah, i loveee his room color. he just moved house and his room color is bronze. staying on 13th floor is so breezy too!

before that, i was at my ex-poly friend's baby 1 month old birthday. her baby very cute, so small.

we were telling shirls to be caution and careful with the cake. keke.
nicole is supposed to blow off the candles from where she stood

gene and shirls

they look so blissful hor

on friday, we caught the dark knight. i must say, this movie is the best one that Health Ledger did. he was really good in his role, as the joker.

recently, feel so broke. shall scrimp and save now. hello maggi mee!

ohh, before i forget, i loveeeee red cliff! i dont know much about the history of china and all, but i love the loyalty and commitment in the show.

zhao yun, guan yu, zhang fei and zhu ge liang.....

last but not the least, i want to thank my team for last weekend's cliquehere. they worked very hard with a spirit of excellence and willingness, all the way :) thank you guys!!!

a teacher in us

i was reading an article and would like to highlight this short abstract of it:

I remember my teacher that year, Mary D. Barbour, with fondness. She was tough, serious, demanding. But she was also quick to affirm progress and reward initiative. She must have intuited my uniqueness because she chose to teach into it rather than against it. I responded by giving her my best.

Every once in a while in the course of my education—both my Christian and my public education—along came a teacher (like Mary Barbour) who sensed my complex ways. Somehow she or he knew how to redirect me and cause me to give my best. They were the true teachers, the real disciplers, and I remember every one of them by name. Their fingerprints are all over me to this day.

there were many of us who may not be a teacher by profession. yet, we have the potential to be a teacher to someone in our lives. it may be your current juniors in your schools, it maybe your younger siblings or cousins in the family, it could even be your kids in future.
there will definately be a chance that you will teach them from your life experiences.
people can learn from your happy experiences - it will lift their spirit and heighten up their faith as well.
your painful experiences can be a good coach - it will keep a man humble in his ways.

at this, i want to thank many teachers since growing up.
growing up isn't easy for me. yet these people play an important role to nurture me.

i would not have come to know the Greatest Love if Aunt Jane is not here with me.
i would not have enjoyed my sunday school so much if teacher Lucy gives up calling me.
i would not have learn the Word if Nicole did not meet me every thursday 730am Bugis Macs in my first 2 years in Youth.
i would not have a chance to be a careleader if Elaine did not train me.
i would not be in programming team if Jasmine did not apprentice me.
my faith and vision would not have grow if Shirley did not inspire me and trust me with tasks, sometimes i think its really beyond me.

Thank you, beautiful teachers :)

in the mind

i am chatting with livi about hope carnival and we went to the topic of work.
she said something that offered me a fresh perspective:

imagine if jesus sits beside your desk everyday in office...

this will help me to do my best to keep my mind pure at work.

:)

ACTSperience Pictures

germs, mei and vanessa

while roy was on sound duty

dearest nicole

shepherd and sheep

we simply love this godly couple!

how joo and issac

together with joanne and florence

gene and roy!

we managed to catch eelee for a snapshot

while waiting to board the coach for KLexperience

pose!

this is helen, recently she was involved in the adults ess too, as a dancer.


they love this preserved fruits. kinda sour.



together with fenny
tony was roy's ex- mentor.

this is elizabeth. a very sweet spirited sister in nicole's cg.

this is mei's unit.
together with cynthia- the melinda's cousin who is getting married soon.
we hung out in the room, getting ready to surprise wynnie.

happy birthday, wynnie!