Focus

"...if you want the necessary to stand out,

you have to get rid of the unnecessary..."

missing 53rd cohort days...

Hello world! Its been sometimes since i last blogged >.<>this was the first prata outing - visiting Raju and his prata. hoh! they have this prata called Chilli Prata. no joke, its crimson red in color and all who tried gave two thumbs up!
we went to water venture for some dragonboating too! it was my first time! and seriously its SUPER fun! :D posing with me is this guy - Stanly (yes, his Stanly is without an "e"). He is our cohort IC aka class monitor la. He's working in the Buona Vista CC, near holland V.
luvv this pic ALOT! it looks as if we are like super sporty and sunshine-y girls! hohoh! she is Shirlee, a very sporty girl. enjoys outdoor and water sports. she is real good at dragonboating mans!
ahh haaa! we had our farewell dinner themed "MisMatch" hee! posing with me is my secret pal! oh well, we had this secret pal game and i picked the name "Kevin". i was supposed to encourage, say nice things, buy nice snacks for him. hoho~ He is working in PA HQ.
Posing with the 3 ladies (from left): Shirlee, Yoke Ling and Canny. we were getting ready for our final project presentation! *gasps*
One more prata outing which was on my last night together.
Posing for a group pic while waiting for our food~~ Extreme left is Ian who works in Central Spore CDC too! :) He's been really nice, often text to offer breakfast delivery! :D

okays........lastly, HOW ARE YOU GUYS mans??? We have one more time to meet again, for our re-course! hoh! see you guys real soon! ><

53rd Cohort

Am gonna see you guys one more official chance on coming Monday...

mixed feelings. excited to see our pictures of our "Mismatch" farewell dinner. cant wait to know who are the "Snow White & Prince, and the 7 dwarfs" too. looking forward to do lunch + tea breaks with you guys on Monday. Yet, its really mixed feelings inside to know that its our last official meetup together. Lets have reunion soon! :) hoho!

to 53rd cohort: you guys are a crazy & fun-loving & passionate bunch of people!

“… at the end of the day, our church services are all about life change. If people drive away on Sunday mornings no different from when they came in, we haven’t accomplished anything that matters. We’re aiming for an enormous goal. We want people to make decisions… Our Daddy is in the business of changing human hearts… he has chosen to partner with the likes of us… We are called to prepare services that have the greatest potential for human beings to quiet their souls, to feel emotions deeply, and to choose growth and change. It is An Hour on Sunday."

(from An hour on Sunday by Nancy Beach)

Booked out for the weekend

yesshh.... I am in the midst of my work induction camp :p before the camp, i was feeling all gloom and sian about it, cant leave behind my work (cases pile up as the clock ticks?), cant leave behind my people in midst of our Ess, cant leave behind ernie also (good thing is that he has the whole bed to himeself! ;p) However.......... after 4 days of the camp, I really and totally enjoyed it! :D Firstly, the average age is around 26-27, thus, it really does feel like back-to-school-days feeling! can click with most of my cohortmates (we are the 53th cohort induction). Secondly, I did dragonboating for the first time! It was really fun, except that it left me lots aches after that, including my butt-aches (haha!). Thirdly, I started on An Hour on Sunday! It is like a personal retreat for me, to do what i like- Reading! Am looking forward to this week of camp- we are going to OBS (YAY!!), doing some outdoor cooking plus our farewell dinner (I proposed the theme to be "Mismatch"!! How cool mans! Am gonna wear the same what i wore few youth camps ago.... hahahaha!)

Apart from the camp fun, I wanna say a huge huge SHOUT-OUTs to......................

Yao kor kor & Nate dude! they totally rocked us with an awesome & hilarious ESS program yesterday! (Kudos to Nate!)

YongDeong! I just have to blog about him- He is so FUNNYYYY, doing that guitaarrrr SOLOOOO *his own voice effects*

Pete! mans, I was laughing so hard with Philo besides me during his performance! It was one of the biggest "Da Dong Zhuo" I ever saw Pete in action!

Huiyang & Peter! Thks for playing my fav-est piece from FF. Its so melting la!

To the rest out there, if you missed out ESS part 1, pls pls pls dont miss out the 2nd! Its this weekend- 1 Aug! See ya there! :D

just one more thing before my next entry....

"...without vision alignment, the people are busy doing something else..."

(from "it" by Craig Groeschel)

debster is what i called her

i know i am super laggy in my blog..... >.< but anyway, a few of us celebrated Debbie's birthday last week! :) This girl ar..... Liting.... woops i meant.. Elaine........ nonono sorry....i MEANT Debbie, yups! She is truly one of my hao jie mei :D *grins* I have known her since donkey years (I meant since High School E times), she has been such a faithful and consistent friend towards me. If i have 15 days of annual leave, I will spend one of the days to go to her house & eat her all-time favorite- Curry Maggi Mee! (which was what I did exactly last year! hahah) She is one of the few names that came to my mind whenever I need some chill-out times. She is as comfy as a tofu (Btw, tofu is one of her favorites) *grins again*

Happy Belated Birthday, my dear debster! As you have always been my listening ear, my comfy tofu, I'll be there for you too :)

At this............... I am totally & seriously HAPPY to find back my good pal from Poly days- ADELINE LEE WENLING!!!! *screams* (okays...i found her through FB)

and just one more random shout-out............. How to twitt via mobile phone ar?! *scratch head*

(ernie is not home yet..... >.<)

My 2nd time blindfolded...

Yiyou handmade a similar blindfold for my birthday surprise last weekend. hoho~ looks funny and out-of-shape mans, the face shape.

Taking group pictures together. Guys, thanks so so much for the birthday celebration. It means alot to me and I will always remember this year's celebration. I simply LOVVVE the affirmation calendar too!!! would flip to read daily and laugh at some of the pictures inside too! *winks to rayson & steven*
the picture below is with my SPT!! (missing Ruiz, Jiali, Eevoon & Dennis though) we super seldom have pictures together. must take more photos during meetings manss~ fun fun!

Daniel's graduating from Youth

I count myself a big blessing to be able to serve with Daniel in MinOps. I vividly remembered a very passionate dude in his Maris Stella uniform leading his grp of guys, a very willing-hearted person involved in many productions and services and definitely a very visionary leader in the worship ministry. and now, Daniel has graduated from Youth and moving on to PolyDINs ministry. He will always be our role model in Youth~ :)

A big ThankU to these sweet SMSes from...

Carmen Shar Dewen Jency Ashaa Debster Jacq Kaixiang Jem Lee Aloy Nate

AuntJane KorKor Shanshan Mei Livi PJ MrBao Ruiz Simun Zihui Pat Angeline Jiali

Huiying GwenKhoo Yiyou Huaxiang Yihui Eevoon Puay Jerel Xinyi Philo Yaoguo

GwenLee CS Esther Huiyang YongDeng Winnie Jiayi Veron Ame Ruth

where is the honeyedmoon?

Hero

Welcome to my new life as Mr & Mrs Tan!

Well, for the first in our lives, we got ourselves a set of couple tee from Korea! not exactly the exact couple tee, we chanced upon these cool tees at Adidas shop and decided to buy them together!

Just got back from Adults Camp in KL. It was indeed an awesome experience! one of the fun moments was going for a thai massage with Jasmine on Day 1. Its my first try & woww.....the after-feeling was GOOD mans! :) thumbs up for those who often experience bodyaches or deskbound work. A few vivid moments were....

1. During the 3rd night ministering time, when Ps Simon called out a few groups of people to the front to be prayed for, and leaders were called out to pray for them too. I was praying as usual in my seat. Out of nowhere, a thought came to me: "What's the difference between you praying for people in Youth service & here?" I knew at once that God is challenging my position of spiritual leadership. After that, I was nervous to step out & go forward to pray for the people. I paused and hesitated. (long story cut short) I stepped out and prayed for a sister at the other corner of the hall. 

2. I was deeply moved in my heart when the DLs came on stage to affirm Ps Jeff & Claudia. I was very touched because I truly can testify the many things that the couple did, invested, sacrificed, in serving God and all of us.

alrightey............. and in a few years' time, we hope to have alot of children, i meant spiritual children! hahahah! like the picture you can see below ;P

p.r.a.y

Time really flies! I have not blog for a week plus *sobs* I miss reading my usual blogs too *double sobs*

first of all, I am just SO glad that tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!! that means.......... WEEKEND IS GONNA BE HERE! *yahooo*

why am i so glad?

firstly, ever since back to work, alot more new cases came in that I got no breathing space except for lunch breaks. Thus, I'm seriously happy whenever people ask me for lunch dates. its like a super happy escape from the busy work. and tomorrow Yao Ge is bringing Shuz meimei to another makan place in TPY. *jumps*

secondly, I've booked 2 movie tix for my date with hubby Roy tomorrow night! Catching "a Night in the Museum 2" brings back good memories as we caught the first sequel when we were just friends. 

thirdly, I can sleep in on Saturday!!! *yahoooooo* 

Nonetheless, I want to share something I learnt recently which really strengthened my walk with God - Pray specifically.

As I went back to work, I know that I really need God in my new job. Barely 2 weeks into my new work, I had my wedding and flew to Korea for a week. I was praying hard that the things I learnt at work are still kept somewhere in my brain. I began to pray alot. As I pray, I sensed in me: "Why do you keep praying the same sentence again and again?" (As I remembered that I prayed something along the line of "Lord, help me, help me, help me.... in my work, please please...") It was then, that something clicked in me! Pray Specifically!

Thus, I prayed for my next day of work, my first duty at the service counter. I asked God for: only 3 cases for the day, 1 in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and for the morning case, let it come at 11am.               God answered all I asked of him! Wow! :) 

And till now, I've been praying specifically about things in my life and others too. Hope it bless you too! :)

I am Mrs

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A day I will never forget

I am truly thankful and appreciative to all our families and close friends 

who have made this wedding a beautiful one for us

Romans 8:32

Mr & Mrs

our lil gwen is 21

look how happy she is!

ahhhh.... she looks SO cuteeee! *pinch pinch*

Dear Gwen, Happy 21 Birthday! Hope you enjoyed yourself greatly with all the stations you stopped by during last Sat's celebration. not forgetting the super cute blindfold you had too! the long black cutie eyelash super cute mans and it totally suits you! i just want to thank you for all your care and help towards me. your joy and helpfulness really blessed me in many ways. I'm also encouraged by your spirit of giving towards people around you too. Gwen, God is able and continue to dream big for Him :) Have a blessed birthday!

I thank God for a long weekend break. it was well spent and have some time to relax and rest too. its been an enjoyable first week at my new workplace. my new colleagues and mentors are very helpful people, they guided and taught me alot. the nature of my work revolves around helping the poorer families and needy people living in the central part of our island, my office is at Hdb Hub at Toa Payoh Interchange (lotsa good and cheap food!). I have been mindful about the two aims I previously set it. I've been asking God to help me along too. Am looking forward to tomorrow actually. Its a strange feeling because usually monday blues hit the offices at the start of the week. I know He who is at work in me is more than able.
after a long chat last night, I could sense a clear nightsky within me :)

vision is the reason for existence

I Heart Shirls

What else can we say about our pastor, except to make a tee that goes "I Heart Shirls" :p *winks* To, of course, declare our love for her.




Daniel, we miss you in the picture... but here are two pictures for your fun!

I shall blog about my new job soon! :) Till then......

"...i really, really do enjoy them all... am not the mushy kind, hehe, but am really happy God placed you in my life!"

That, kinda brighten up my day! ^^

Wonderful!

Gab looked so happy and red
Belting out songs



This picture reminds me of the neoprint era.

The Cool Couple

The Bubbly Couple

Spot the difference:
We were trying 2 different poses... but Yao's 2 poses looked almost the same! hah~