Happy Birthday, Nicole!!!! :)

She was my first shepherd. she brought me over from children church to high school ministry a decade ago. she literally watches me grow up! :) whenever the mention of her name, its really speechless and lost for words to affirm her. a constant listener and guide in my life.

An sms from her...

(dated 4 Jan 2007)

"...you are my darling sis... i want u to make the best choice and b sensitive to His voice... will watch over u like mother hen...hee"

all ears: You'll be in my heart by Phil Collins

hottie cute!

isn't he cute?!? *faintz* He is matthew from Hopetots 2. *claps*

all ears: I believe featured in My Sassy Girl OST

the week before 1 July

30 jun: celebrated walz' birthday. went for supper with my group after that. it was a good time spent together and thanks to puay for a ride home too. appreciate the kind act.

29 jun: celebrated debbie's birthday with gwen, eevoon and dewen. it was really fun because i wanted to do something nice for debbie. she has been encouraging me and sharing her life with me, and often our conversations together had left me feeling so refreshed and inspired, knowing that we are together in this ministry.

28 jun: ate a super nice japanese dinner with livi. i was very looking forward to this dinner. feeling excited, we talked and chatted and talked and chatted. i was glad that i can share with her the things going on in my life and got her to be my accountability pal when i go into working world next year.

27 jun: nursing a throbbing pain in my head. it really feels like a hammer knocking on the head. shared a huge packet of fried rice with philo over dinner. we just spent a good time talking over a huge plate of fruits and yammi yoghurt.

26 jun: a jog in sentosa. wa! felt very good after that.

25 jun: impactful sharing by kin wee on John 17 during wam vision night. seeing jiali in her jumper suit made my day too. not that she is cute (which is true in fact) only, but also seeing her and her team performing in the dance inspired me much. they were enjoying themselves!

24 jun: ate sushi tei with evelyn. sashimi with mango was good! :) more than that, enjoyed the time spent very much. she came back for a holiday before flying off to cairns for work. my group did a "boo" and here are some of the pictures.

all ears: It had better be tonight by Michael buble

attention!

a big shout- out to debbie, walmond and mama jac! Happy Happy Birthdays! :)

all ears: Revolution by Hillsongs

before and after

taken in 2004.

taken in 2007

can you recognize me? :p

all ears: None but Jesus by Hillsongs

6 precious

they are precious sheep to me. thanks for building me up in every way. thanks for encouraging me with your lives and your obedience to love God. i want to grow with all of you :)

all ears: All in You

Psalms 63: 1

very grateful and thankful to all of your birthday greetings and celebrations for me.

thanks to those who smsed: eve, xiuzhen, angela, eze, mama jac, ashaa, yuqian, nicole ang, kelly, uncle mike, pastor jeff, gene, ruth, junyao, gordon, tam, nicole wong, debster, junxiong, wyn, gerald, ps LO, esmond, livi san, zhirong.

thanks to eve for the dinner time spent! you've been a faithful old pal these years.

thanks to my great team in minops! thanks for the wonderful and shocking surprise, when you guys camped outside sushi tei and hahaha, to jerel, thanks for that dashing dash! :) thanks for making the effort to surprise me and celebrate for me with the esprit voucher and lilies.

thanks to the cranky yet commited team of shirls' mighty men! hahaha! den, cheah, shar, rafee, zinc, wen, gigi and shirls. i really enjoyed sharing my life and blessings with you guys! thanks for the bodyshop voucher and subway treat!

thanks to all of you, for your lovely gifts, ruth, debster, esmond, mei, roys and a few lovely aunties.

am looking forward to this week of food and more food with great pals. thanks again, friends!

all ears: Shine like stars by True worshippers

Queen Bee!

yay! jia has scanned our neoprints! :) went out with jia, aloy and huiying last sat for a dinner. about neoprints, wah, God knows how many years i have not taken neoprints man! it was really fun taking neoprints again, though we pay like 11 bucks for it?! -_-" nonetheless, it was so much fun, roaming around inside to pose for the 3 different cameras.

about the trio, they have worked hard in the Youth Media team. a little intro about them: jia- our queen for Youth Media team, she is our sound woman too! her vision and thirst for God is much bigger than her size! :) aloy- our MM guy! you got to see him in action. he's serious in being excellent for God. huiying- our ah gurl in MM female team, very bubbly and cheerful, always ready to serve. what a team! if God dont bless this team, where else man?! :) and here i am, i'm so blessed to serve with them. its so encouraging and visionary!

all ears: Shine like Stars by True Worshippers

after turning and tossing

wanted so much to nap just now when i got home from a catch up with ruth. failed to fall asleep, might be the effect from a cup of kopi- o. checked out my modules for my final semester. honestly, i'm having mixed feelings about it- cant wait to graduate yet not quite looking forward to these modules, abit tough. nonetheless, i want to have a positive heart towards it.

till then, i'm gonna really enjoy my last week of holidays. a great week ahead- makans with evelyn, shirls and gang, livi, debbie and co, durians treat, lotsa swimmings and runnings to do.

a recent meetup with one of my sheep had left me a deeper crave for God's presence in my life. i was sitting there listening, woah manz, i really want to have a deeper yearning for God in my life. so thirsty.

"O God, you are my God, earnestly i seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water." Psalms 63: 1

all ears: Into your presence by Vineyard

家

just got home from a well- spent dinner with my family at sakae. it was a belated father day celebration. what i really enjoyed about the dinner was a changed attitude towards it. i made up my mind that i want to go there to be an encourager, having a cheerful attitude. all in all, i wanted my dad to enjoy and be happy. during the dinner, i took a few chances to talk with my ah yi and wang yi. it was good! and i really like these small victories in my life! :) we went for a walk at the supermarket together and wow, its been such long time since i strolled with my family, buying groceries together. thank you Lord! :) Lord, i want to take more steps in building closer relationship with my family. its so exciting!

all ears: Rain down by Delirious

fashion tip

was so blessed by pastor Christie's sermon during the weekend. she shared a fashion tip too! Colossians 3: 12, "...clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience." how often, we tend to focus on beautifying ourselves with fashion clothes and accessories, little did we pay attention to decorate our inner being, our character. our character is the most important thing to work on, because God looks at the inward attitudes than the outward appearance. soon to touch 24, it's very normal for a young lady to look nice and pretty, to go shopping on street for clothes and accessories. yet, i was reminded that i should focus more on working on my character- building.

to fellow young ladies out there, its definately okay to dress up presentably on the outside, yet, work on the more important one - continue to work on your inner beauty - building of your character. inner beauty will be something your future someone will be attracted to next time too! hoho! :)

all ears: Tangerine Dream by Do as Infinity

First Frontiers

minyi from west. harry's sister.
our pnw leader, gwen

shepherd cum pastor

esther. the cutsie voice behind G.A.P animation clip.

our Hope Manila comrades!

we just luvv to pinch one another's cheeks! *gosh!

with our overseas Hope friends!

all ears: I live to worship by Abundant life ministries

away for a year

my close pal, si min flew off last thursday to melbourne for her masters studies program. glad that i was able to see her off. dragged myself out of a one and a half nap, flagged a cab at 6am to go to airport. min, take care of yourself there and yea, i'll visit your blog often too! *winkz

all ears: Spin

kawaii des ka?!

Sakura from Naruto
Hokage from Naruto

One Piece

all ears: The Stand by Hillsongs

welcome to my life

shuz' day- to- day is pretty simple. welcome people. this post, i shall share some of the usual things i do in my ministry, in my past time.

its auto sign- in whenever i switched on my pc. msn. sitting handsomely in my display picture is snoopy, my recent new love. snoopy is cute. as you can see (or maybe you can't, its too small), am currently chatting with debster, arranging youth camp stuffs.
living in singapore, or rather, in the 21st century, its hard to miss this guy out - the electronic mail box. simply known as the emails. on an average, my mailbox received around 15 to 20 emails per day. and of course, needless to say, sundays are the free-est. zero emails at most times, cause its usually the end of a week. and needless to say again, mondays are the packed-est, can go up to 25 emails on that monday blues! *gasps*
love my itunes. its playing top 25 most played tunes. currently in number one position, "alone" by kenny g, played 147 times.

this week's service cuesheet. these cuesheets are sent out weekly to the people involved in the services. sneak preview: this week, we will have dennis and ziying as service leaders, gwen as praise and worship leader, shuz as stage manager.

something new for this week, i'm co- teaching with dennis in the interpersonal effectiveness wfl class. have looked through the notes during the day, will look through again tomorrow morning.

all ears: L.O.V.E.

a people's business

just came back from seeing eelee off at airport. saw and talked with familiar faces, gloria, yanyan, tingting, jency, christine, aaron, alanzo, weikoon, etc...
tonight i shall have a good rest before i hit the park with yiyou tomorrow morning. catching a lunch with philo later on too. its really exciting to be in God's house. people are valuable to God. we're in a people's business.

all ears: our heart by don moen
feeling: ulcer in my mouth. ouch.

what kind of coffee are you?

You Are a Soy Latte

At your best, you are: free spirited, down to earth, and relaxed At your worst, you are: dogmatic and picky You drink coffee when: you need a pick me up, and green tea isn't cutting it Your caffeine addiction level: medium

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silence

There is always a reason for God’s silence – a purpose under heaven.
He may be silent because He has spoken and we have not responded – so He waits. Or He may have spoken and we have said “no” – so He gives us time to see the consequences of our disobedience. Or He may want to speak, but we are too busy that we are not giving Him the silence needed to hear His “still small voice” in the recesses of our hearts. Or God may be silent because it is His time to be silent.
In any intimate relationship there are always periods of silence. God’s silence may be a test of our faith.
“If we are faithless, he will remain faithful…” 2 Tim. 2: 13

all ears: buzzes from smses

forgiveness

Have you ever did something that you regret doing it? Have you ever misunderstood someone and you wished that things could be rewind to the way they were before? Have you ever said something that you wished you didn’t say it? Have you ever wished that you could have given a little bit more attention to the close ones whom you often take their presence for granted?

We often have such moments that we hope and wish for forgiveness. Forgiveness is such a powerful word. It brings about great relief to the person who needed it so much. It brings so much joy, giving the person a fresh new start in the relationship or the friendship. I remembered that there were a few incidents in my life that I wished for forgiveness so badly, from my Maker or my friends. Often, the bad one will try to deceive the person by instilling guilt and unworthiness, telling him that he is no good and do not deserve any forgiveness or even try to prophesize that he will fail and fall in that same area again, thus, questioning the poor human soul about why should he be asking for forgiveness.

Yet, the Lord is faithful and love. Asking for forgiveness displays our humility in Christ. The first step of forgiveness happens in your own heart, when you know that God has forgiven you when you seek for it and you are able to forgive yourself for the wrongful act. Next step of seeking forgiveness from those you did wrong to is to amend the broken relationship or friendship because love covers all wrongs. Here, you seek out to the person because the relationship or friendship meant something to you and that brings people to reconcile with each other.

Thank you, Jesus for forgiving me. Thank you for receiving me daily, each time I come to you to tell you of my wrongs, you never fail to give me a new start and see me afresh. Today, I learnt forgiveness in another deeper level of understanding. True forgiveness brings great relief and so much joy to the heart. Thank you, Lord.

Caught spiderman3 with eevoon today. one of the last few sentences that parker made was when he said “I forgive you” to sandman. It was moving. It was truth in love.

all ears: a song by corrinne may

i enjoyed wam night

"when Jesus heard what has happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. when Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick." matthew 14: 13- 14

what happened earlier on was that John was beheaded. John was someone close to Jesus. Jesus knew him as a close brother and friend. his death affected Jesus and that's why Jesus drew away on his own to pray or talk to God. it just reminded me that similarly, there were times when i heard about news that bothers me alittle. yet, what kind of spirit ooze out of me when i'm needed to attended to people or matters? do i turn people away when i'm down? do i respond with a negative spirit? in this case, Jesus never did. in fact, Jesus was troubled, yet he did not turn the people away and ministered to their needs.

met with gwen and zinc over a nice japanese dinner (gyoza rocks!) at cuppage. it was just so relaxing to hang out with good friends. went for wam night after a very full meal. am thankful for a great time of sharing in the stage manager training. it was good to share our thoughts and rough out ideas and suggestions for more growth in our programming ministry. as i rest my head on my pillow tonight, i'm so charged up by vision and dreams in programming. discussing with the fellow stage managers and event programmers make me so excited about what we are doing in our ministries. reaching for excellence is knowing that yesterday's service standard is the minimal benchmark for tomorrow's event.

all ears: the silence of the night

two or more

"Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it." 1 Cor. 12: 27
"When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them..." Matt. 9: 36

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Gen. 1: 1

The DL Huddle - 16 May 2007

"And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kind of prayers and requests." Eph. 6: 18

all ears: I'll be here for you by Michael W Smith

17 may 2007

Have you ever seen a store specializing in burial garments? (If there is one, I have an advertising slogan to suggest: “Clothes to die for.”)

Came across the above and it got me laughing. I thought it was quite a witty and funny slogan. Holiday’s been quite relaxing for me. Spent some times reading, anime-ing, manga-ing, helped out in a math and logical formula task (wa... typed my ever longest formulae on excel spreadsheet!), swimmings, suppers (gasp! better watch that waist!) and caught up with shirls over her mud ooze and my egg salad (see? i'm making it up to my late night suppers).

All ears: I’ll be here for you by Michael W Smith

Pens down

Exams’ over and there are a few things I truly want to give thanks to God for. I’ve gotten back some of my assignments and projects’ grades. Praise God for 2 HDs in my minor – market research and 3 CRs for two other modules. I do look forward to receiving my exams results soon, because I had set a goal at the beginning of the semester. Living life with my Maker is sooo exciting!

Had planned to do some things in this holiday – start on my 3 new books (woops, some were last year’s birthday gifts! So…no more books this year yea? Need to be faithful to finish those I have now. Hahahaha). Decided to re- learn photoshop (any interested pals willing to teach me?) oh yeah, to relax abit, want to catch some good movies on dvds like Pirates of the Caribbean 1 and 2 (*scream Johnnnnny Depppppp!!), stranger than fiction, etc… (any other good recommendations?).

Feeling happy after a good jog just now, want to thank God for a few people. Debbie, as much as you enjoyed the short chats throughout yesterday, I enjoyed it as well. Through you, I came to see the fulfillment of this verse: Proverbs 11: 25 “…he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.” Thanks for being a part of my life. I see joy and obedience in you. Shirls, a very spontaneous going- home- together last night I enjoyed so much and so thankful for. Thanks for always giving me a pair of listening ears. Your ears came in time to encourage me. Thank you for the caught- me- by- surprise sms at 12:12am. Your sms gave me that extra dosage of encouragement. Matthias, you’ve been such a hungry believer for the Word! I’m so amazed and inspired by your genuine concern for the caregroup. Shuping, coming home to you, watching you sleep soundly brought smiles to me and I’m thankful for your knowing- me- inside- out.

All ears: At the Cross by Hillsongs

It's the Lord

"...You can lift up a song in the midst of a war, for the battle is mine, says the Lord..."
it's all about decision. even in bad times, lousy times, you feel that you are the lowest of all, the Lord is still good. He is faithful and true. In not- so- good times, we can still choose to praise the Lord. amen.

all ears: The battle is the Lord's

school life is fun!

she's simin. been in the same class for our 4 years in deyi secondary. she was a librarian, i was a volleyball player. we always like to call her "cinderella" cause she had curfew till sec 4?!? hehe. who doesn't have curfew anyway....not me i suppose. haha.
the three cutie pies are dian, joy and weishan. they make my days in SIM filled with laughter and i luvvvvvv to disturb weishan! *winkz* thanks for chiong-ing together in all our HR modules.

what to say, she is my close pal in ngee ann poly! weini aka kaedon. the one in blue. she's a childcare teacher now, who is dedicated to her job and she has excellent ideas for teaching resources! i often stayed over at her place to chiong assignment and projects together, however, we always end up chatting the whole night and only leave some little time for assignments.

shanshan is another close friend in my poly days. she is the bride in the picture. i chose this picture cause wowww...she is married. you know, married. she is one year older than me. currently a childcare teacher in the east region of singapore. shanshan is really helpful manz, i think, i'm the most slack in my clique. ;P

all ears: Pure snows in Kanon OST

which seed are you?

… Seed along the path: anyone who hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in the heart.
Seed on rocky places: the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. However, because he has no root, he lasts only a short time. He will fall away quickly when trouble comes.
Seed among the thorns: the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.
Seed on good soil: the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown…
Matthew 13: 1- 23
What type of soil does your heart has today? What best describe the condition of your heart today? Is your heart soft towards the heavenly voice today? How do you respond when you hear the word today? Are you too busy for Him?
Taking care of our own heart is our personal spiritual responsibility.

all ears: My God by Hillsong London

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