Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
And whose hope is the LORD.

For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

City Harvest Church

the writer

ME!
Jus an ordinary Boy
Serving an ExtraOrdinary God, with ExtraOrdinary dreams and visions
Currently serving National Service
Yearns for the day to be FREE again

name: Joel Low

birthday: 3rd April 1987

ex-schools: Yu Neng Pri Sch, Victoria Sch, Victoria Junior College

location: somewhere in the East of Singapore

the loves

God - Worshipping God, Loving God wholeheartedly and His People fervently
My Family - Wonderful parents and caring silblings (ps. i'm the youngest)
City Harvest Church - Thanks for transforming my Life TOTALLY!
N161 - Thanks for being such a wonderful family in Christ!
Music - VJ Choir, Singing, Opera, Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, Country
Dancing - Clubbing!!! MOS, Zouk

the wishes

Love & Happiness for everyone, esp my family
New phone - 3G functions, bluetooth, 2 Megapixels camera, radio functions
New camera
New clothes - shirts, jeans, shoes, accessories etc
New room - needs to refurbish
New & Better facial products (ps. i think i'm metrosexual. Heh)

Lots of stuff have been going through my mind lately.
I pray that God will show me the answers soon.

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Be Still, My Soul (v2) , Katharina Amalia von Schlegel (1697-?)

Be still, my soul! thy God doth undertake
To guide the future as He has the past,
Thy hope, they confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul! the waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while He dwelt below.

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Anyways I have signed up for gym membership at Fitness First =D
The fees is 140 per month. Although it may seems a bit expensive, it is certainly value for money!
Wells, if u r interested to find out more, u can go to their website to check them out. www.fitnessfirst.com.sg
Finally, it feels like its back to the good old days.

Yawns. Time to sleep!

My computer is offically cranky!
Hah. I took like an hour trying to print something on Saturday morning. Now the computer has to be sent to my elder brother for servicing. Sheesh. It certainly has a life of its own. The keyboard seems to have some problem cuz it keeps typing "6" and can't type anything else.

Example:
6666666666666I h666a6666te 66666666m66666666y666666 c66om6666666pu6666te6666r

Nice right? Hah. Time to get a new computer!
Thank God for my Dad's working laptop. Heh.

We had Rev. Dr. AR Bernard for sermon this week. He is totally amazing!
The way he presents, the teachings he brings, they are just totally mind renewing!
Hah. He said that the information that we value will determine its power and impact on our lives. Indeed, the information that we value the most will certainly shape the way we live our life! Also, our greatest value is in God! Not in the people around us.

Sheesh. I think I left today's sermon notes in church! Argh. ;(

Oh wells.

Just wanna THANK GOD for my cranky computer!
Hah. It always work when I need it the most.
For example, NOW cuz I need to do research and prepare my sermon for tmr~!

JIA YOU!!

I just came back from Cell Group. Yawns. Quite tired.

My day started with a medical appointment in the morning at Changi Hospital. A routine checkup for my flat feet. Sheesh. I just remembered that I forgot to take the time chit from the doctor and the nurse didn't give my any receipt for payment. Oh no! Oh wells.

I met up with Lingo, Jeffery and Julian in the afternoon at Marina Square to celebrate Lingo's birthday. =D We had lunch at Breeks. The food there was not bad. Then we walked around and went to catch at a movie - Ghost Tunnel. Heh. Initially, Lingo and Julian don't really want to watch because they are scared. However, Jeffery managed to persuade them. =D

The movie is quite alright. Not very scary. Me and Jeffery were laughing almost througout the whole movie while Lingo and Julian were semi-covering their eyes. Heh.

Yawns. I need to go do my sermon for sharing tmr.
Oh wells. I better go eat my cup noodles first. Heh. I'm hungry.

Ciao~

I had to do internal duty today.

The superiors had a meeting which ended at 7.20pm, so I also had to stay behind.

Yawns. I'm tired.

I left camp at 7.55pm.
Thank God that Mr Tham was nice enough to drop me at Tiong Bahru Mrt for me to take the train back home.

I overslept on the train and woke up at Simei Mrt Station. Guess I must have been pretty tired.

Time to sleep...

I just came home from supper with Nicole, Serene and Brendan.

I first met up with Nicole and Serene at the "5 Stars Hainanese Chicken Rice Store" along Katong Road at aroudn 9.45pm. We then met Brendan later as he had bible study at Riverwalk earlier on. We had chicken rice at the chicken rice store and talked a lot of crap. Hah. It was quite fun =p After eating, we even played "Truth or Dare". Heh. I guess we were all kind of tired to think of interesting questions to ask each other.

Anyways, we saw Pastor Aries and his wife at the chicken rice store! Hah. Apparently, they stay around the area and most probably drop by to have their supper too. Heh. I left at around 11.45pm and took bus 14 back to Bedok.

I'm kind of tired. Yawns. Time to sleep.
Nights~

I had duty in camp last night. The weather was nice and cooling =D
On the whole, it was quite a peaceful night. Thank God!

I had medical appointment at Tan Tock Seng Hosp today. A routine checkup for my arthritis. My dad picked me up from camp at 12.45pm. Lingo came along as he also had an medical appointment at TTSH. Quite a conincidence. Heh. We reached TTSH at 1.20pm and had lunch at the foodcourt in the hospital. My appointment was at 3.40pm but i reached there at 2.10pm. By the time I saw my doctor, it was already 4.10pm. I had to wait for 2 hrs. Sianz.

I think I finally found out what is my problem that causes my joints to get swollen and red all the time. I suspect it has to do with my tendons. The doctor said that my joints are highly flexible. Hence, coupled with my arthritis, my tendons get inflammed very easily I guess.
Oh wells. I'll be going for physiotherapy in March to educate myself on how to better use and protect my joints.

I left TTSH at aroudn 4.45pm and my dad drove me down to Comfort Driving Center at Ubi to get my registered for my basic theory test. It was my first time there. Heh. Quite a scary but an exciting place. Heh. I really hope that I can get my license by the end of this year. I will be taking as a private candidate as it is cheaper. My basic theory test will be on 19 March. By default, I should pass it quite easily. Heh.

I realised that Julian is quite scared of monkeys. Heh.
On Monday morning, I was stepping into my office and saw him going to the toilet. Then when I stepped out 2 mins later, he was walking back to the office, so i casually asked him, "Go toilet so fast ar?"
He replied, giving me a freaked out look, "Eh Joel.. I think toilet got monkey leh.."
So I said, "No monkey lar.. I went in earlier on liao.. no monkey inside"
He replied, " but.. the dust bin is over turned leh.."
I said, "Aiyo.. u need me to go toilet with u or not?? "
He replied, "no need.. no need..", and went to the toilet.
Hah. My camp is infested with monkeys but they are generally quite friendly creatures. Heh. Just have to be extra careful when they are on top in case they pee on us. Heh.

=p

Another day in RRR.

Slightly busy today. Didn't have much time to really settle down and do my own stuff.
Oh wells.

My stomach don't feel too well today. It feels kind of bloated and it sort of hurt a bit.
Maybe I have been eating too much ice-cream or maybe I ate something wrongly. Oh wells.

Another day has gone passed...

Spent the afternoon stoning.
Lots of stuff in my mind but I can't seem to know what to do.

Scholarships, psyhology, medicine, UK universities, singing, music, exercise, gym, swimming, guitar, driving, tuition... and many more...

Feeling kind of lost.
What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to focus on? How to go about doing it?
*Sighs*
Argh...

I just came home from Ritz Carlton. =p
Heh. My parents, sister and I spent a night at Ritz Carlton Millenia.

We checked in at around 5plus yesterday evening. Heh. The room is super super cool! My sister and I shared a room which faces the expressway. The view is freaking nice! You can see cars zooming past on the expressway. Heh. Its like a dream come true to me. A dream that took more than a year. It sort of reminded me and my ex when we were supposed to spend the night at Ritz Carlton after my prom night but we broke up the day of my prom, so it was a dream that didn't realize until last night.

The toilet of the room is ultra nice. =D The bathtub is by the window facing the expressway, the shower has 3 different functions that shoots water out in 3 different ways etc. Its simply a luxurious bathroom. Heh. Even the hair-dryer is made in Italy and is super nice to use! Heh. Everything in the room is almost perfect. Hah.

My family and I went out for dinner at Marina Square. Hah. My parents haven't really been there before, so we went to walk around there. We had dinner at "Dian Xiao Er". The food is great. Heh. We had a 7 course dinner that costs around 68 bucks. Their roast duck is really very nice! The skin is crispy while the meat is tender. Heh. We did some shopping at Marina Square and went over to Millenia Walk.

I brought my parents and sister to my favourite shop, Earl. Heh. Because I have been eyeing on this particular shirt for a long-g long-g time. As usual, aunt Caroline was manning the shop. She seemed really tired. Heh. Anyways, I managed to get my parents to buy the shirt for me!! Heh. The shirt cost 170 bucks. I paid 90 bucks and my parents paid 80 bucks. Heh. The only disappointing fact was that the shirt hanging was the only last piece left, so there wasn't any brand new piece. But its alrite =D Heh. My mum told me specifically that I am not to wear that shirt until Chinese New Year day itself. *sad* Cause I wanna try out the shirt first to see which jeans it goes better with. Heh. Oh wells. =D

After buying the shirt, we went over to Candy Empire. Heh. We bought some cookies as it was on offer and some honey roasted cashew nuts. =D Then we walked over to Carrefour at Suntec City. We bought a bottle of red wine and some sushi. Heh. Then we had ice-cream at Ben & Jerry's. We had 3 different scopes of ice-cream -- Cookies & Cream, Peanut Butter and Chunky Monkey (My favourite flavour). It was 9pm already and we made our way back to Ritz Carlton.

Back at the hotel, we opened the bottle of red wine and ate the cashew nuts we bought earlier on. Heh. I didn't really like the red wine as it had a weird aftertaste. Hah. But the feeling was great. Lying on the sofa, watching tv (Discovery channel, National Geographic, MTV channels as I kept changing), drinking wine and eating cashew nuts and seeing the cars zooming past below on the expressway. Hah. Thats the way life should be! Relaxing...

I finally had my bubble bubble bath in the bathtub by the window overviewing the expressway. Heh. =D Its really quite a dream. Hah. I was playing with the bubble foam, scoping the foam with both my hands and blowing them off. Hah. Like some shower advertisement like that. Heh. Its fun! Heh. I think there was like too much foam until some of the foam come out of the covered-drain underneath the basin. Hah. After my bath, I changed into the bathrobe amd continued watching tv. The bathrobe is thick, warm, nice and cozy. Heh. I slept around 12am. My sister went out with some of her friends and got back at around 12 plus. The only thing which I didn't really like was the pillows. Somehow I couldn't adjust it till the height I like. Oh wells =D

Just want to say SORRY to Brendan and Nicole. Cause this morning, I was actually still deciding whether to go for service thats why I didn't pick up your calls. I guess I didn't know how to put it across to you all. Oh wells. I want to spend some time with my family also. =p Sorry for not informing you.

Anyways, we checked out at around 10 plus and walked over to Suntec City to have lunch at Crystal Jade. Heh. Too bad there wasn't enough time to go swim and gym at Ritz Carlton. Oh wells. There will be a next time, by faith. =D We had Xiao Long Baos, fried rice and la-mian. Hah. It was nice =D Then we went over to Carrefour again to buy some more groceries and we also bought Ben & Jerry's ice-cream! Hah. I got my favourite flavour-- Chunky Monkey!! heh. I simply loveee the banana taste of the ice-cream. After which, we finally made our way home. =D

Just want to thank God for this opportunity to spend time with my family and making my dreams come true! Heh. Happy... =D

Today was the first Cell Group of 2007!

Hah. The attendance was not bad! Think we had around 18 members. =D
The praise and worship was not bad either. There was quite an improvement from the previous CG meetings. The sermon was great also. Heh =p

I need to prepare a semon on Hunger for tomorrow. Sheesh. I'm not sure how I'm gonna do it because I don't have much inspiration for now. Oh wells.

Pray that I can produce somthing tomorrow!
Time to rest... Nights ;)

Do you ever think that taking a ride on the MRT train is boring??
Well, think again!

hah. I had a few pleasant surprises and a weird incident on Thurs and Fri.

On Thurs morning, I took the 5.37am train from Bedok to Dover on my way to camp. I sat down beside this RGS girl and was trying to sleep. However, due to slight sinus, I felt my mucus starting to flow out of my nose and I started sniffing to prevent the mucus from flowing out. It lasted for around 5 mins till the RGS girl beside me tapped on my shoulder. Initially, I thought that she accidentally hit me but when I turned over, she actually offered me a piece of tissue! Hah. Quite a pleasant suprise! Heh. It was nice and caring of her. She got off at City Hall MRT station.

On the same day during evening, I was on the train from Dover back to Bedok on my way home. At Bouna Vista MRT station, a girl entered into the train and sat down while I was standing right in front of her. Somehow she kept staring at me and I couldn't figure out why. It was only when the train was at Raffles Place MRT station then she suddenly talked to me.

Here's the converstaion:
She - Are you from VJ?
I (Looking shocked) - Yes.
She - No wonder I find you familiar.
I - What class are you from?
She - 04S15
I (then it dawned on me that she was Chin Leng's classmate) - Oh, are you Mei Xian?
She - Yes.

Then, the train reached City Hall MRT station and she had to get off so we bade farewell to each other. I must stay that she has an ultra sweet voice that is totally memesrizing! Hah. She actually reminded me of a Japanese actress who looks ultra cute and sweet. Heh. But too bad, she is already attached. Sighs. I should have made my move in VJ! Argh.

Anyways, this morning (Fri) I had a weird incident on the train on my way to camp. An old auntie came and sat beside me. Somehow, I felt very uneasy with her. It seems like she is slightly mentally unstable. While I was trying to take a nap on the train, she suddenly tapped me and I turned over to her.

Here's the exchange we had (in chinese):
She - Ah boy ar?
I - Yes?
She - You know hor.. My mum is in coma in hospital.. Then the doctor say that this part (pointing to the left portion of the stomach) is inflammed. Do you know what is this part called?
I (though I think that the doctor was referring to the liver) - I'm not very sure, sorry.
She - This part.. this part... (pointing to it again) *sighs* Don't know whether is it left or right (pointing to the left and right portion) My mum is in coma.. *sighs*
I - I really don't know.
She (suddenly came over to my side and pointed at the same portion of my body) - This part...
I - I'm sorry.
She sighs and mumbled to herself. Then she turned to the other person beside her.

I guess I kind of pity her but I got freaked out slightly by her also. Oh wells.
May God bless her soul!

Another day in RRR.

Nothing much going on. I spent the day sleeping and reading Bible.
A bit too boring for me but I guess its good =D

Yawns. Sheesh. I feel like sleeping again.

John 15:16
You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, abide], so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], He may give it to you.

=D
I'm very tired. I just came home from Prayer Meeting at Jurong West Church just now.
It was great! Brendan, Nicole, Serene (Nicole's friend), Melissa, Dorcas, Jie jin and Yvonne came.

Thanks Brendan for praying for me! I have received something from your prayer =D Thanks for speaking into my life!

Yawns. Time to sleep!
Nights =p

Delirious? songs are kind of stuck in my mind now.
Here's another one. The lyrics are COOL! The melody is even COOLER! Heh.

I was on off today.
Thank GOD that it wasn't another rainy day. Heh.

I met Zhao Yi for lunch and movie at PS today. We had lunch at Ichiban Sushi. The food is not bad. We managed to catch the 2.15pm show - Night in the Museum. I know the movie has been out for quite a while already but I haven't had the time to catch any movies. Oh wells. The movie is quite funny. Nice plot with laughing points that are not lame but funny. Hah. Yea.

We went down to Millenia Walk as I wanted to go to Earl to visit Aunt Caroline. Today was supposed to be her off day and I was supposed to go out shopping with her but somehow the boss didn't allow her and she had to work today. As usual, I chatted with her about her life, work and family. After which, me and Zhao Yi left and made our way home.

I don't know why but i feel kind of empty today. Something is missing. Sighs.

I got home at around 7.30pm and took my dinner. Then my mum came over and complained about my phone bill for last month. It went up to 160+ bucks! I was pretty shocked but I expected it to be quite high since last month was Decemeber and we were all busy preparing for Christmas services. So naturally, the phone bill went up. My mum even threatened to stop my phone plan as the contract comes to an end in April. Sighs. How nice of her! Its not that I don't want to pay but just that I really have no money left! I only received a pathetic pay of 420 bucks per month and 250 bucks goes to Church building fund and tithe every month, another 110 bucks for transport and I only have 60 bucks to spend for the month which includes food expenses etc! ARGH. Sighs.

I guess I'm kind of frustrated with my parents. They don't seem to understand that its not that I want to have such high phone bills but it is necessary! Oh wells. I should start looking a part time job at night. Sighs.

A portion of lyrics from "Now is the Time" by Delirious? is kind of stuck in my mind the whole day.

Here's how it goes:

I want to follow but what does it mean
To live in this world and keep everything clean.
Nothing I own here is ever my own
When I live in the mercy and blessing you've shown.

I lay down my rights; see the world through your eyes
And fight for the hungry who pay for our lives.
I want to have you in all of my world
So Jesus consume me, flow through me, cos now is the time

Morning people!
Hah. Nice weather today. Heh. The sun is finally out shining again! =D

Finally...

Just some videos by Delirious from Youtube. Its quite meaningful.
Do take some time to view it. =D Enjoy!

Song called "Miracle Maker":

Song called "Our God Reigns":

PLEASE don't read this if you don't know me well enough

I went for service with Kenrus this morning again.
Hah. I woke up at 8.20am when Kenrus called me. He was supposed to call me at 7.30am. So I had to rush to bath, change and took at cab down to Expo. I reached Expo at around 9.45am and we made our way into the hall.

Service today was much better than yesterday's one. Heh. Me and Kenrus managed to get seats on near the stage. Heh. Thank God! I felt that the flow of praise and worship today was much tighter and the presence and love of God is certainly much stronger. Heh. The sermon was fantastic and I love the way Pastor Tan ended the message. =D Heh.

After service, Kenrus and I went down to Maxwell Market for lunch. Heh. The fish noodles is nice =D The soup is richly flavoured and the fried fish is fresh! Heh. I'm now actually at Kenrus' workplace blogging and listening to Delirious?. Heh. The workplace is nicely decorated and lighted. Heh. It kind of makes me feel like sleeping. Yawns. Nice weather to sleep anyways.

I kind of like this song by Delirious?
It is about the hunger and thrist to just have one more touch from God the Miracle Maker =p

Today's service was great!!
Delirious? from UK lead praise and worship. Its a different style of worship but i love it! Its cool =D There were even cool graphics with lyrics during the worship. Simply a visual experience that you must experience yourself! Heh.

Heh. Sermon was by Pastor Tan. Part 2 of the Cultral Mandate. Cool stuff =p
I will most probably be going down tomorrow again with Kenrus to hear the sermon and catch Delirious? again.

I'm glad that Harry and Colin and his friends came for service today. I believe that they had received something from the worship and sermon =D I pray that it would strengthen them even more in the daily walk with God. Heh.

We celebrated Patrick's, Yvonne's and Benjamin's birthday today. Had a cake and gifts for them. Heh. Here's a shoutout to all of them: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! =D

Dinner was at the usual place - Expo Foodcourt. Hah. I kind of dread the place already. Oh wells. There isn't much choice anyways. Heh. I got suan-ed very badly by 3 girls during dinner - Melissa, Jasmine and Nicole! Sheesh. Even Dorcas Jie also joined in the fun and suan-ed me. Damn sad lor. Hah. But I'm alright with it lar =D Its for fun only anyways. I'm secured with who and what I am. =p

Okies, I need some rest so that I can wake up on time tomorrow morning to go for service!
Heh. I bought Delirious? CD. Its called "Now is the Time". There is even a DVD inside. Heh. Now I can watch during my guard-duty for this month liao. Yay!!

I kind of like this song that was sung during service and is recorded the CD also.
It talks about difficult issues in the World nowadays such as abortion, HIV, school killings, plastic surgery, drugs. Cool song eh...

Our God Reigns

40 million babies lost to Gods great orphanage
It’s a modern day genocide and a modern day disgrace
If this is a human right then why aren’t we free?
The only freedom we have is in a man nailed to a tree.

100 million faces, staring at the sky
Wondering if this HIV will ever pass us by.
The devil stole the rain and hope trickles down the plug
But still my Chinese take away could pay for someone’s drugs.

Our God reigns, Our God reigns
Forever your kingdom reigns.

The west has found a gun and it’s loaded with ‘unsure’
Nip and tuck if you have the bucks in a race to find a cure.
Psalm one hundred and thirty nine is the conscience to our selfish crime
God didn’t screw up when he made you
He’s a father who loves to parade you.

Yes He reigns, yes You reign, yes You reign
For there is only one true God
But we’ve lost the reins on this world
Forgive us all, forgive us please,
As we fight for this broken world on our knees.

Morning!
Heh. Thank God for the nice cold weather to sleep and laze on bed. Heh.

I had to stay back later in camp last night because I was on internal duty which means I had to stay back behind to close up the office. On normal days, I can leave camp by 5.30pm but on internal duty days, I leave camp at around 7pm plus. Thank God that I was able to leave by 6pm despite of a big bomb being dropped that cause quite a few officers and Brendan to stay back. Heh.

Just wanna say SORRY to Yvonne for not being able to be there to give you your surprise birthday celebration. I hope that you've enjoyed yourself!

I was very tired and fell asleep on the train on my way back. I spent the whole of last night and this morning trying to do up the Bible Reading Chart for the Cell as I wasn't very pleased with the original layout. Hah. Its quite a turn off =p I had to edit the pictures bit by bit and put them all together again. Quite tedious but manageable.

=p Below are some pics from last Sunday's blading sesions with Jasmine & Nicole...



The scene of sunset is really very nice! Heh. It simply shows how creative God is =D

Me & Nicole =D

Jasmine

Acting Cute~~ Heh.



Another nice scenery.. hEh

Just had Cell Group Prayer Meeting.
It was great! The presence of God was great. Heh.
In fact, right from the beginning when Grace was sharing about how great God is and Brendan was just playing some chords on the guitar, the presence of God already came down.
My soul and spirit shook and got awaken by the presence of God. Heh.
The Praise and Worship today felt different from the usual ones we had during Cell.
It felt better and stronger =D

Dorcas jie shared a word from God saying that we ought not be worried about finding our special half in our lives. When this person appears, we would know that its the right one because this person would draw us nearer to God etc. Hence, we just need to focus and seek God's face =p

The word for this season shared by Dorcas jie was powerful.
Indeed, we need to make a decision to constantly set our lives apart for God!
We need to constantly make a decision to stay pure and holy before Him!
I can't wait for the discipleship session this Sat 3pm when Dorcas jie will be sharing even more!

Heh.
I could feel the fire and passion burning brightly in me again!

A song which stirred my heart up...
The hunger, thirst and humility of a child who wants more of God...

I rested the whole day today. Slept the whole noon. It felt nice and lazy. Heh.
Thank God for the rainy weather which makes everything cool but cozy at the same time.

Heh. Anyways I'm fine already. The pain in my knee is already gone. Thank God =D
I can't wait for Prayer Meeting later. It is gonna be powerful!!
Heh.

Here is a commercial break:
" Early bird offer!Pineapple tarts for sales $14(small),$24(big) n cachew nuts for $14.Order b4 21Jan else u'l need 2 pay $4 more. ^^"

Heh. If anyone of you is interested, do let me know. The goodies are being done by Annabelle's brother who has been doing for 3 years already. The receipe was being taught by Annabells's aunt who has been doing for 10 years already.

Looks nice rite??? Heh. Let me know if you are intersted!

People changed but have I changed?
I feel that I'm still the same or perhaps not
The insecured side of me is still there
But I feel more confident at the same time
What is going on within me?

People changed but have I changed?
I feel that I'm still the same or perhaps not
The little kid in me is still crying out
But I feel more independent at the same time
What is going on with me?

I suppose I have changed
but i still pray that God will change me more

Yawns. Just reached home. Tired.
I had to help out at my boss' farewell dinner which was at Bukit Batok Civil Service Club.
Me, Victor, Terry, Zheng Yang, Steven and Jia Jin were helping out with the reception and holding area for the guests before the dinner began.

Sighs. I'm really going to miss my boss a lot. He is a great guy - a wise leader, a caring and friendly mentor, a loving husband and a protective father. How I wish he would not retire so fast. Oh wells. He certainly cared a lot for the people around him and has lots of friends all around Mindef.

The video played during the dinner was nicely done. It was quite humorous and entertaining. Heh. It even had a 20secs speech by me as my last words for my boss. Though it was a short 20secs, I sure did attract a lot of attention. Heh.
The setting - My boss' office and I was sitting on his chair.
Here's what I said - " Sir, your chair very nice to seat leh. I like it very much. *laughs* Joking only lar =D I'm just using your computer to do some work! I just want to wish you all the best in your career ... "
Hah. Hope that my New boss don't kill me tmr!

The dinner started promptly at 7.30pm and ended at 10.15pm. Thank God for Maj Lee EF aka MAMA who brought us fish and chicken burgers from KFC. She brought like 15 to 20 of those small burgers even though there were like less than 10 of us Nsfs helping out. Heh. Very typical of a mother who tends to over-provide. The dinner was held only for regulars and external guests such as HJL and AME colleagues. Think there were around 150 guests who turned out for the dinner. Thank God for Terry who stayed behind with me till the end of the dinner and sent me home. Heh.

I pray that my boss will have a great time in his new career - Vice Principal of RJC - and that God will use him greatly and mightily to impact the lives of others!

Here's a pic of me and my boss taken during our camp's anniversary dinner last year!
Too bad I couldn't catch hold of him just now to take a pic with him again. Sob ;(

Okies, time to sleep. But i think i'm a bit hungry. Heh.
Nights people!

Yawns. Morn.

I'm still half-awake. I kind of dropped the mirror just now but thank God that it didn't break.
Only the handle came off.

Phew. Time to go camp liao.

Hah. It was certainly a fun day today!
I watched Church service online in the morning as I couldn't fully absorb Pastor Kong's sermon on Sat. I felt that his sermon today was much clearer and better than yesterday's partly because he didn't have enough time yesterday to finish the last part of the sermon and he had to rush through slightly on Sat. After watching service online, I was became quite bored because it seems like another daywasted at home doing nothing again.

Luckily Jasmine came and save my day! Hah. She initially suggested go swimming at Jurong which I rejected because its simply too far away. Then she suggested to go blading at East Coast Park. Hah. So I started to consider since its much nearer for me. Heh. I'm a very lazy person who wishes to go out and have fun but not travel too far at the same time. However, we couldn't get any other people from cell group to come along as they were all busy with their own stuff. So I decided to stay at home. Then suddenly, Jasmine told me that Nicole will be going. Hah. I thought that it would be pretty cool and accepted the suggestion.

I met Jasmine at Parkway Parade at 4.15pm and we went over to Roxy Square as Nicole was there cutting her hair. So we decided to go there and look for Nicole and surprise her. However, never did we realise that Roxy Square has so many salons! I reckon that there are at least 20 salons there! Hah. We spent like an hour walking around peeping into every salon to find Nicole but to no avail. So in the end, I had to sms Nicole and ask her where she is. Hah. Even when she told me the location of her salon, it took us another 15 mins to find her. Hah. She was with her mum cutting hair and she had her hair highlighted. It looks not bad =D Guess how much the haircut and highlight costs?? It was only 80 bucks for both her and her mum! Hah. The hairdresser auntie damn nice lor. Heh.

By the time we got over to East Coast Park and to the shop renting blades and bicycles, it was already 5.50pm. So we rented to blades and set off at around 6pm. I want to say a big THANK YOU for Jasmine who pay for my blades. Heh. It costed 6 bucks per person and for 2 hours. Not bad lar.

So we started blading. Heh. The initial 15mins were quite scary for me as I haven't blade for a long-g long-g time! Hah. Soon I picked up the momentum of blading. Thank God! Heh. There were quite a lot of humps on the road and I certainly lack confidence in crossing over them. My heart was pumping quite badly for the first few humps. Thank God that angels were there to hold me when I almost fell. Heh. It was cool. Nicole bladed quite well and Jasmine is still learning. Heh. I really admire Jasmine because she fell down quite a few times and everytime she fell down, she just smiled and laughed and picked herself up again. I guess if it were me, I might just give up blading on the spot. Heh. It took us an hour to get from the blading shop at Macs area to the foodcourt area.

By then, it was already 7pm. We initially wanted to grab some food from the foodcourt and head back after that but we figured out that we don't have much time left and the foodcourt was freaking crowded. So we just rested for a while and made our way back. The sun was already setting by then and it gave the sky a beautiful orange hue. Heh. I suddenly got reminded of God's greatness and creativity. Indeed, only God can create such a beautiful and majestic scene!

By God's grace, we made it back to the blading rental shop in 50mins even though we were really tired. Heh. Thank God for Nicole who were there to hold on to Jasmine when she fell and to pull Jasmine along. Heh. Thank God for Nicole who gives me a push when i'm going over the humps cause i have a tendency to stop there and fall. Heh.

Tired after blading, we made our way to Kenny Rogers to have dinner. Heh. Nicole was really nice to treat me to dinner. Heh. Thank God cause i only have 5 bucks left till Wed when my pay comes in again. Heh. Dinner was great! Great food and we shared about our past - primary school and secondary school life etc. Hah. Nicole went to 7-11 to buy Ginger Beer and we smuggled into Kenny Rogers. Heh. The drink tasted nice. Heh. However, the waiter who was an alert old uncle at Kenny Rogers spotted the smuggled drinks and warned us to keep it away. So we had no choice but to follow. Heh. We left Kenny Rogers at around 9.30pm and made our way back to Parkway Parade.

I really wanna thank God for today cause He has put so many friends around me to bless me!
Heh. Thank You Abba Father!

MY WANTS:
1) A shirt from Earl that costs 189 bucks
2) A good pair of blades that estimatedly costs 200+ bucks

Okies. I better go sleep because tmr night I have a farewell dinner to attend.
Sighs. Its my boss' farewell dinner. I'm really really gonna miss him lots. ;(

Oh ya. Here's a nice Italian website selling cool shirts. Heh.
http://www.martinbox.it/italiano/vetrina.asp?azi=babs&cat=camicie
Check it out if you are interested! Heh. I love Italian shirts! Great designs and cuttings!

;) time to sleep. nites

=D
I love Saturdays! The reason being cause I get to go to church!
Hahs. Ever since I got into CHC, I have changed quite a lot. Cell group and church services became an enjoyable and necessary part of my life.

I had bible study with Dorcas and gave bible study to Seow Wei before service today.
Somehow I felt quite distracted during service today. The first song of praise I felt was kind of draggy. Perhaps I was trying hard to hype myself up but couldn't. The second song of praise was not bad. I felt that I managed to get into the presence of God. The third song was alright but somehow I felt that it didn't flow from the second song. Perhaps because there was a nice slow build up of worship from the second song and it got distrupted when the third praise song came in as the tempo picked up again.

The fourth worship song was not bad. However, I got out at the fifth worship song. It was "What a friend I've found in Jesus". I felt it was quite draggy and maybe personally I dun really like the song itself also. Heh. And also I got distracted by someone beside me. Heh. Sheesh. I really tried extremely hard to focus on God but somehow whenever I closed my eyes to worship, a shadow of tiredness just came over me and my mind and body just switched off automatically. I had to open my eyes a few times to keep myself awake. I guess its most probably due to lack of sleep over the past week. Yawns.

The word of prophecy by Pastor Derrick and the testimonial after the worship somehow woke me up again. Guess I got excited by it. Heh. Its really cool and amazing to see how God can change people's lives around.

The sermon by Pastor Kong was great! He talked about culture - Pop Culture and Christian Pop Art Culture. The sermon was quite provoking as it makes u think and analyse while being mind-liberated at the same time! Indeed, we need to be revelant to our current culture and we ought to be the ones leading the Pop Culture! And being in the world but not of the world is certainly not easy because we need to stay pure and not compromise in the things of God.

Dinner at the foodcourt after service was great. Heh. I'm glad to see everyone enjoying themselves - chatting and laughing =D Heh.
Wells, quoting what Seow said, "We are one BIG Happy Family!"

Okies. Time to rest.
Yawns. Nights. God Bless!

3 songs to describe my feelings today...

YES! Finally its friday!! (ps. actually looking at the time I'm bloggin now, its actually SAT! Hah.)

After camp, I took bus 77 down to Marina Square and reached around 6pm. I was supposed to meet my cell members for dinner at Marina Square foodcourt at 7.30pm. As there was still time, I decided to pop by Millenia Walk to my favourite shop- Earl. Its the place where I get my shirts. Heh. I love to chat with aunt Caroline who mans the shop.

I still remembered the first time i stepped into the shop exactly one year ago. The clothes and shoes are like over a few hundred bucks kind. I took a glance in the shop and was about to leave when aunt Caroline started chatting with me. She started introducing me to the brands of the clothes and shoes and even suggested that I try out some of the clothes even though she knew I didn't have the intention of buying. Her rationale being that young people like us should know what is going on in the Fashion World. She offered great customer service and isn't like one of those stuck up sales personnel you meet in shops carrying big brands like Gucci, Guess, Armani etc. Attracted by her friendlines, I always drop by her shop to chat with her whenever I'm passing by the area. Heh.

When I went to Earl today, I was delighted to see that they had new stock of shirts. Heh. Oh man, I simply adore the shirts. Though its expensive as its made in Italy, it has good design, material and most importantly, unique in Singapore! Hah. I spotted an shirt. It has nice design, colour and fitting. Sheesh. But it costs 189 bucks!! I had better start saving up =p After leaving Earl, I made my way down to Esplanade Library to borrow some Classical CDs which I didn't manage to borrow previously. Heh.

I'm glad and thankful to God that Nicole was able to join our cell group for dinner. Heh. It was certainly a pleasant surprise. We had pasta at Marina Square Foodcourt. It was not bad. Maybe because I was quite hungry by then already. Heh. After dinner, we made our way to Esplanade Rooftop Garden. We certainly had great time chatting, laughing, playing guitar and singing songs. Hah. We eventually got chased out of the rooftop as it closes at 11pm. Slowly and reluctantly, we left and made our ways home.

Yawns. Tired liao. Heh. I quite miss my school days. Back in Victoria Sch and Victoria JC. Sighs. I saw lots of VJ students at Marina Sq Foodcourt jus now. It seems like they have had just finished a day of Orientation in school. Heh. I miss VJ Choir. Sighs. Now i know why people always say that the outside world is totally different from the world in school. Oh wells.

Miss YA! Nights

Some minor changes to my blog!

Thanks to Mr Simple! =D

Thanks bro...

It started raining just as I was about to make my way out of the camp.
Thank God that I was able to hitch a ride down from someone unexpected.
Somone who dun really seem very nice most of the time. We even gave him a nickname - Mad Heavenly Dog. Wells, at least for that few minutes in his car down the hill, he seemed nicer than my new boss.

I was quite disappointed with myself on my way back home on the train. I was tired and managed to get a seat to rest. However, an old granny came into the train at the following mrt station. I felt a stirring in my heart to give up the seat and let the old granny sit down but my body was tired and weak. After struggling inside for a while, I decided to close my eyes and let the feeling fade away. Then sudddenly, the guy sitting beside me gave up his seat for the old granny. Sheesh. I felt kind of ashamed and disappointed with myself at the moment because I didn't do what I was supposed to do.

I'm sorry, God. I didn't rise up and become the Salt and Light of the world. Sighs. I know that the stirring in my heart came from You but yet i chose to ignore it. In the end, You had to raise someone up to do the job. Would You forgive me and don't pass me by again?

Even though this is just a small incident, I felt that I had missed something from God. Sighs. I shouldn't have let my emotions in camp affect my reactions out of camp.

I sorry, God.

Sighs.

Disappointed in my new boss. He didn't even care whether I'm able to get a ride down the hill or not. At least my ex-boss would.

Oh wells. Pray that can hitch a ride down.

Yawns. I'm tired.

Its another day in RRR.

Early in the morning, the "old goat" went crazy again. Sighs. I wonder why does he like to pick on us. We have been doing our work faithfully and diligently. Does he not have eyes to see for himselves but yet listen to what others say? Oh wells. I kind of pity him anyways. Stuck in such a place with such a job and has almost no future. Oh wells.

RRR seems to be stricter in discipline and security ever since my new boss came in. Sheesh. Nothing really bad actually. But i just hope that things won't get worse.

Our dear System Office IC, Lingo, is going to ORD soon. I guess we'll all miss him. He is really someone who is very capable. Heh. He always place our welfare on top. =D He is like our shield in RRR to save us from unreasonable intsructions and commands. Sighs.

We'll Miss You, Lingo!

Let me dedicate this entry to MR Simple.

Thank you, Sir, for your patience in helping me with my blog.
Thank you, Sir, for being my webmaster.

May God Bless You Tremendously!

Heh.

Finally mananged to take a breather from work.
There seems to be a never-ending pile to work to finish- phone calls to pick up, emails to sent out, meeting files to print, problems to solve etc.

Oh wells =D time to clean up the office! Better make sure its spotless. Heh. Den my boss won't complain.

Kinda miss my ex-boss. He is an ultra nice guy who loves to joke around. Heh. Quite a jovial person in addition to his serious persona. A friendly guy who has lots of friends around. I guess many personnel will miss him too. Heh. Think i better drop him an sms =D

okies, back to work! Ciao..

Today is the fisrt working day of Jan 07.
So far, everything went well.

I had duty yesterday. It was quite good. Peaceful with little disruptions. We even had chocolate chesse cake from the guys who did duty the day before. Heh. Indeed, GOD is great! =D The only thing bothering me is my hand. Arthritis. Old problem. However, it lasted for quite long this time round. Normally, it should go away within a week or so but it has been with me for 3 weeks already. Sighs. The pain is kind of disturbing me. Oh God, How?

oh wells. i couldn't go for my duty rest this morning as Ms Lena is not around and COL Lim is in. Thank God that everything went well. COL Lim seems pretty alright =D Heh.

okies, i had better go back to work lest people say that i'm slacking.

God Bless!

Hah. Cute quiz. Here's my results.

Back from dinner with my parents and sis. It was great. Food was nice and I'm full.Hah =D

Sheesh. There is like so much work to do. Need to tidy my table and books and stuff.

So many things to do but yet i'm stuck on the computer.

Oops. Heh.

Yawns. I had been sleeping whole day. Sheesh. Such a waste of time.
Supposed to go out, pack my stuff, read bible etc.

Sob. Why must i have duty tmr? ;(

Hah. Time to go out for dinner.

SEE ya!

Hah. I jus woke up at 1pm. Slept quite well. I think i vaguely remember having a dream but can't remember but it was anymore. As usual, my mum was nagging at how late i got home, how i stink of smoke smell etc etc. Hah. Oh wells =D

I think i'm sober enough now to come up with my New Year Resolutions.
Here it goes...

1) Grow closer to God
2) Find my calling and ministry
3) Total renewal of my mind and transformation of my character to be more God-like
4) Grow closer to my family
5) Grow closer to my friends
6) Able to sing even better
7) Pick up guitar and piano
8) Exercise more and become more fit and muscular
9) Get my driving license

(ps. this is just a general one. Still have to use "SMARTER goals" by CHC for more specific and better goals management)

Yawns. Feeling sleepy again. Nice weather to sleep whole day. Heh.

Cannot. I still have duty tomorrow. Sighs.

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