Minops Sentosa Outing

we went to sentosa yesterday. welcomed a few new people among us, celebrated yushan aka erina's birthday and had a farewell for ethan. here are the pictures, lets begin...



















God is faithful and has been doing great works through this team. God has make us grow in numbers through these 2 years plus. He is great and worthy to be praised!

all ears: silence

tomorrow's April Fool

in sermon last weekend, this particular verse still stick in my mind till today. 2 Timothy 4:17a "But the Lord stood at my side and He gave me strength...".
the words, "stood at my side" jumps at me. every moment, every where that i am at, every thing that i am doing, He is at my side, supplying strength when i need it. He is at my side, always here, never leave for a second moment. it helps me to better appreciate God's omnipresence being. He is not just looking down from heavens, but He is besides me. He is at my side when i am typing away at my work desk. He is lying besides me when i am about to doze off to sleep. He is walking/ running with me on the street. He is standing beside me, smiling, as i worship Him in one of the nexus seats.

last week i had one of the most enjoyable moments with evelyn. i went over to her place for dinner where she prepared some dishes for the night. my fav has to be her stewed chicken. my first encounter with her stewed chicken was back in poly days. trust me, she cooks very good stewed chicken. the meat, tender and smooth. toppled with some mushrooms, potatoes and carrots. ooww..carrots so sweet! thanks eve for making the night special. other dishes include salted veg soup, chilli ladyfingers, raw salad. wow! i love the dinner. we also drank some ice wine and had a bowl of cheng teng. the ice wine is nice, sweetness is just right. we talked and talked and she encouraged me in my work too, to be happy.

throughout the whole of last week too, roy and i roamed around bugis and sim lim. helped dion to search for some equipment for her company. we had kim's hokkien mee and nice bak ku tei for dinners. not forgetting mango pomelo sago too, nice!

all ears: endless summer nights by richard marx

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

this verse has been ringing in my mind for the whole of today. i was reminded of it when we sung "at the cross" in service today.
"... neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God..." Romans 8
this week was really very fruitful one. i was very blessed by my guys' spirits and attitudes in serving God. Praise God for steven and yaoguo who did the "If Only" animation/song presentation. steven spent endless time working on the animation, while handling his schoolwork as well and yaoguo accompanied steven on msn while steven worked late into the thursday night. just 5 minutes, yaoguo msned that his sister came to know God. i am really overjoyed, really. so thankful to God. check out the "If Only" e-invite.today i also met my ex-poly friend, weini for her birthday dinner at house of ken for some ramen. it was a good catch up, she went for express manicure and we went around walk walk.
all ears: Leave a tender moment alone

why do mondays come so fast?

after a dinner with mei es roys and livi, i am blogging now. haha. duh. i have gotten wilfred and nicole's wedding invite card!!! *yay* finally my first shepherd is getting hitched this coming april. tomorrow some of us will be meeting up to discuss on the wedding program and preparations too.
i want to thank God for providing roys his new job. he is currently doing IT programming in SCS. thank you Lord.
during sermon yesterday, shirls mentioned something like this: "coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous." in life, there could be 1001 chances that things happen coincidentally, yet, i do believe that everything that happen in my life didnt occur without a purpose. i believe that God knows it well and He has everything in control. i do not credit to "by chance" or "luck" that things happen this way. likewise in my job, i am adapting better, because i know that God has a purpose for me in this particular job. He is a faithful God. i want to trust in His faithfulness.
we sang "how can i keep from singing" during altar call time. it was very refreshing and ministering.
How can I keep from singing Your praise
How can I ever say enough
How amazing is Your love
How can I keep from shouting Your name
I know I am loved by the King
And it makes my heart want to sing...
I can sing in the troubled times
Sing when I win
I can sing when I lose my step
And fall down again
I can sing 'cause You pick me up
Sing 'cause You're there
I can sing 'cause You hear me, Lord
When I call to You in prayer
I can sing with my last breath
Sing for I know
That I'll sing with the angels
And the saints around the throne....
as i welcome quarter two, there are many things awaiting me. jump 2008, camps, nicole's wedding preparations, spt meetings, etc... i want to experience God's tangible touch! whenever i go to meetings or conducting meetings, i want to experience God's tangible touch! i want to feel God, to know that He is in the midst of the things that i do. walk with me, God.

all ears: -silence-

a kingdom family

all ears: How to save a life featured in grey's anatomy

all that i know is i'm.......breathing

just came back from a dinner at my ku ma house. she cooked really nice food. i simply love her dishes, filled with love too. gonna be almost a month since i started my work. thank God for being here with me and many thanks to those who smsed me and encouraged me here and there. past few weeks had been quite an eventful one for me. coping with my new work, learning to adapt and yea...its all about growing up and be an adult. one thing i learnt is that at every step i have to be able to give an account to God for the kind of decision i made. i believe with all my heart that there is always a reason that God allow situations to happen. what i can discipline my heart is to have full trust in God - to let go and let God. i look forward to a family meal this weekend with my first pay, i want to really thank my dad, aunt jane and uncle mike for providing for me and blessing me in many many ways. actually a meal treat is nothing compared to what they have done for me. it brought me to think about God in my life. oh man, what can i give to thank Him for all He is to me? all i can do is to life my hands in awe of Him.


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today i chatted with simun on msn for a short while. she is on a mad rush for her assignments and exams. i miss her so much. she is coming back this august. yay! and she will be a beautiful bride next January! :)
i thought of evelyn at this point of blogging. she has been a constant support all these times. especially the past few weeks. her smses and calls really strengthened me to go one more step in my new work and family. thanks eve!
roys and i caught the movie ps. i love you few weeks back. it was a good movie. and we saw the guy who acted as danny in grey anatomy! cool! well, hillary swank is gorgeous, that goes without saying. haha

all ears: keep breathing featured in grey anatomy ost

post gong xi gong xi

cny was good. went to tour around chinatown 2 nights before cny with mei esmond and roy. it was a good shop and experienced the cny mood. caught sweeney todd during the cny. i had a good time catching up with some of my cousins, got to know that two of them will be getting married this year. more family gatherings, more opportunities to build bonds.
work has been okay so far. thank God for his grace.
just celebrated livi's birthday. it was a good gathering of catching up and blah blah. we met for dinner at a japanese restaurant. tried to enter timbre but was crowded.

all ears: how to save a life featured in grey's anatomy ost

joys and cheers

its been my first week at work. i work in HP in HR unit, as a HR generalist. well, it covers churning out data to prepare reports on monthly basis and daily staffing reporting.
okayz, i think my flu medicine is taking effects....i shall go take a rest first. be back soon.

all ears: Ships by Umbrella

Y-comm heroes

this post is specially for our Youth Communication team. led by the gently- sweet yet courageous philo with layling, jiancong, steven, ben, puaylin and matthias in it.
i always look forward to get my hands on the monthly bulletins at the start of the month, read up about the juicy and interesting write- ups from ben and our youth writers. creative brains put together in our many ESS invitations, be it electronic or the hardcopy version. these have been beautifully churned out by congsie, lays, steven, matthias and our youth designers. our publicity ads have come quite a fair bit as well. puay who is currently in boston have turned our youth publicity ads into something fun and exciting to look forward for the events coming soon.
our recent breakthroughs were: Easter's "Why" animation clip and ESS' "Friends" animation clip, and the youth 10th anniversary special edition Yo! magazine! ^^ kudo Y-comm gang! continue to dream big for this team and commit towards one vision in one spirit together, giving our fullest support and strength to philo and one another! :)

all ears: Silence

a joyful freeloader

jobsdb....... jobstreet.........jobcentral.........
these have been my frequently visited sites for the past one week. i have been looking around for job (duh). in case, i'll might be soon crowned as "mountain tortoise", i had a few catch ups here and there too. yes, i do know of the breakdancers traffic police at the new Orchard Ion. haha!

had SPT planning retreat at Philo house last sunday. Qianjin and I, with the help of the rest, prepared chinese style chicken soup and beef spaghetti for the gang respectively. i must say, Qianjin's soup is double thumbs up! ^^ after watching him cooking the soup, i wish to get my hands on again, i want to try soup the next time around in Potluck. hehehe. (minops 1, lets have potluck for our cny reunion okayz? *precious moment eyes*)

met nicole and roy on monday and i was stunned when she told me that wingseng is going away for his Rome trip during her wedding. thus, i will have to execute on my own! thank God, elaine agreed to help me out, by sitting in the first meeting and boom! i will be on the field to plan and execute the wedding! oooh, talking about elaine, she was my ex- shepherd. took care of me when i was in upper secondary. apart from her level 25 (dota terminology) planning and administrating skills, she is a fun person to be with. cheerful and someone who genuinely care for people.

had the first wam night of the year on monday too. pastor lawrence shared about this:
Ephesians 3: 20- 21
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
had some affirmations after that. its wonderful to have monthly wam nights, i remembered how one year ago, God brought pastor lawrence and pat to lead the wam ministry. very servanthood couple. i always see pastor lawrence in smiles and joy and he is anointed in leading the prayer times. pat has a very serving and gentle attitude. she sells pop shirts with us, went through the many clothes of different sizes and served the customers at the booth. its interesting and privileged to know the wives of our pastors. pastor dinah, pat and claudia. whenever we talk, they brought so much warmth and care.

had caregroup at jiali's place last night. it was a close and cosy fellowship in her room. yiyou and i teamed up to do worship, which was a memorable one. started offkey and the story that followed could be guessed easily. nonetheless, we prayed for one another's needs and it was good because after each caregroup, we can know how to give blessings and bless prayers to one another. listened to a john otberg's sermon on how to live a day with Jesus. alrightey, caregroup mates, lets keep one another in prayers okayz? some are quite personal, some are quite tangible which we can pray - yiyou's internship interview this friday 330pm. :)

all ears: Reverse situation featured in Naruto Shippuuden OST

bittersweet

just finished naruto shippuuden episode 40- 41. woww!! am super awaiting for the next episode! :) it will be Orochimaru vs Jinchuuriki! :) oh yah, the OST is out and its very good! yahoo!

all ears: Hidden Will to fight featured in Naruto Shippuuden OST

best friends just love flowers

min is my best friend since secondary school days. she is currently in Melb doing her masters. cant wait for her to be back soon in Aug. see, we just love posing with flowers. mine was in hongkong, hers was in tasmania.

all ears: In the morning by Gwen Stefani

welcome Kaiwen & Huiying!

yesterday we welcomed kaiwen and huiying into our minops family. now our minops family stands at 34 people. wow. God has indeed blessed us with more people along the years.
at my usual quiet time this morning and i want to share this verse here.
Psalms 71: 17 (The Message Version)
"You got me when i was an unformed youth, God, and taught me everything i know. Now I'm telling the world your wonders, I'll keep at it until I'm old and gray."
as i start my 2008, the verse serves as a good reminder for me, of how i come thus far. it is all because of God and that is why i am under the authority of daddy Wong Min Syn. my dad loves both mei and I alot. He worked hard in his job for our family. He taught me lessons on life, taught me to love and give to people, taught me to be forgiving and patient. He even teaches me cooking, washing and ironing my own clothes. i love the fact that God gave me daddy Wong. not forgetting my beloved aunt Jane. what else to say, i just wished for a house besides hers in heaven.
it is all because of God's love that i pulled through my 16 years of education, especially my university studies. i love the spiritual family He put me in too. pastor Jeff, shirls, roys, simun, nicole, pat, mei, livi, debbie, evelyn, ruth, dewen, my sheeps and my minops gang and many others. these people have been encouraging me so much. sometimes, even they don't speak much, just their presence with me warms me up alot.
it is because of God's belief that i am in youth programming ministry. it is so true that God gave me all that i need to do the role and responsibilities here. one evident testimony is creativity. i am such a dull and boring person when i came into programming team. it was then i realised "oh man, i am in programming ministry, i think i better ask God for creativity! if not, i die le!" i want to be a support and strength to my team as well.
2008 will be as great as how far my faith will bring me.

all ears: Love show by Skye

HongKong 28 Dec 2007 - 1 Jan 2008

i truly want to thank God for this trip. prior to the trip, He helped me to clear my final exam and blessed me with this post- exam holiday with aunt jane, roys, mei and esmond. want to thank my dad as well, together with aunt jane, both of them sponsored all the expenses of this trip. i enjoyed myself to the max. :)



28 Dec
went to eat this super duper nice porridge just opposite our hotel for our first meal in HK. well, ended our first night with alot of shopping around the malls. zara, esprit, polo ralph, tommy hifger, etc....




29 Dec
started our morning with roy and esmond leading us in prayer together before we headed out to roam on HK street. ate this tasty brekkie- macaroni soup with thick toast and scrambled egg! a packed place manz! we went to HK disneyland as well. its like walking right into a storybook! what a tale we had that day! my favorite disney story has got to be little mermaid. pretty ariel! towards the night, mei fell alittle sick thus she couldnt join in the krisy kreme donuts feast!










30 Dec
its my turn and mei's turn to lead the morning prayer. come to think of it, its nice to have aunt jane with us. she led us, four notty kids. haha. ate wanton noodle for brunch. roy ate a beef bowl. both were equally good! thumbs up again. had the famous claypot rice at central for dinner. waited for our seats for around 40 mins. close to 9pm, there were still lots of people in queue for the claypot rice.





31 Dec
i have been smsing dad about our daily activities. i miss him. i hope to bring dad for a holiday trip soon. finally! got our mouths on the dim sum in HK. went to this seafood restaurant at gateway mall. went for more shopping after that. i did my hair too! 2 colors, cut and treatment. made friends with the hair stylist. she is Kim. did my countdown and welcome 2008 with aunt jane and roy at our hotel lobby while mei and esmond roamed around for their late minute shoppings. happy new year peeps!




1 Jan
cuttlefish ball noodles! triple thumbs up!!! a must try! we ate that for brunch before we flew back home. okayz, i got a little sick and manz.... i puked in plane. kind hearted cabin crews helped me after that.






all ears: Ship by umbrellas