Wednesday, December 29, 2004

wow...yesterday outing to pulau ubin was fun!!! haha...the weather was good too...was drizzling..but cooling....early in the morning dragged myself out of bed n made my way to newton mrt den met cheryl,bev,ter,aleena,chang shuo n yu fei..got on the same train n cabin...purposely plan one..but cheryl miscalculated...tell me 4th cabin but they r in the 5th cabin...hahaha...nvm..den we made our way to tanah merah mrt...thought wa sgoin to be super late but in the end only 2 mins late..haha..we sat at the mrt station den wait for more pple to come den after everyone arrived..we took a bus to changi village..den we bought out lunch...most of us bought carrot cake...yummy..haha..den we took the ferry over to ubin n rented bikes..den marc..my grp's leader brought us ard the island..haha...on the way we visited a hse...we ate durian there...there was a lot of birds there...even an ostrich!!! an ostrich in the hse's backyard!!!haha...yup anw den we made our way to some hill dat we were supposed to meet at 1 to eat lunch n play games..but we were early so we waited n waited...n when the other 2 grps came they told us dat they ate already!!!haha...greta so we waited for nothing...nvm so we ate n after eating ter,bev,cheryl n marcus left ubin n we played poison ball...n my grp won!! haha..thnks to the really fit guys...haha...den ian shared something the tsunami incident...n it really hit me n kept me thinking..ian said dat when he saw the newpaper the day b4 he felt sad 4 a while for the victims but after dat he forgot abt it n carried on with his daily things...dats wat happened to me too...on mon when i saw the news abt the tsunami dat many lives were lost n families were destroyed...i felt very sad too...i knew dat many of those victims were going to hell n will suffer eternally in hell n dat sadden my heart but den after a while i forgot abt dat n carried on with my life...until ian shared...den i thought to myself "why did God let dat happen?" n ian told us dat it was to wake up Christians like us, to stop doing our daily things but wake up n do what God sent us to do...den i thought what a heavy price of tens of thousand lives had to be paid..just to wake us, Christians from our deep sleep n to live for God, winning souls for God...n whenever i thought abt the price dat was payed i was grieved...Lets stop sleeping n wake up!!!win souls for God dat His kingdom would expand n hell will not enlarge itself...

Saturday, December 25, 2004

Hoooray!!!! Christmas is here!!! Blessed Christmas everyone...n a Happy New Year!!!!haha... Today's christmas...haha...went to chruch at 9 15 practised the songs...stand until leg pain...haha...den it was 11 n the service started...the video of the Ee family was shown n we snag songs here n there n the characters performed live on stage...yup..n the musical was over n we came down the steps n pastor mike started preaching...we went backstage n the teens as well as Auntie Jenny went to pray as Pastor Mike shared the gospel n praise the Lord.. more den 10 souls were saved just as melody prayed for...more den 10 souls have been added to God's kingdom...what great news...Praise the Lord!!!The audi was so full too...so full dat pple had to sit on the stairs n what pastor said...its a great problem... den we went down for lunch n the canteen was super crowded..the queue was really long..so just waited patiently..yup den we finally got our food n i sat with my family..den we talked n Pastor Paul came to talk to us...den after a while we were ready to go n we met ian n so were started talking abt wat name to call ianson...haha...veyr funny conversation..den after dat i went home...was very tired so i slept n i woke up with a fever again...had a fever last nite but thank God dat it was much better when i went to scgs...den had a bbq dinner with my neighbour...didnt have any appetitie to eat cos i was super dizzy...sigh..the fever is causing a lot of problems...hope dat it will be fine tmr...yup...just received melvin's msg n so i shall pray...Dear Lord i thank you for today's christmas service, thank you for saving more den 10 souls Lord, I just thnak you for everything you have done for us,dear Lord i pray for many who r sick,Lord put ur heeling hand upon them dat they might be healed and worship you to the best of their abilities tmr, Lord i pray dat u will bring in many pple tmr..even more den today,Lord fill the whole auditorum Lord,I pray all these things in Jesus name, Amen.

Thursday, December 23, 2004

hmmm...yesterday went for outreach at nite...was late but nvm cos it started late too...so was just in time...haha...den we revised the whole netcasters...was like a mini test but not targeted at anyone..haha...anw...its probably the last netcasters lesson...sad...but nvm..learnt alot from it...

okay, today went to church at ard 3...den carolling practice started...we went to the santuary to practice den grace the conductor came...haha...finally...anw...den we pratised "Angels we have heard on high" had a lot of problems with the song...well seems like the problem lie with the sopranos...so dat includes me...haha...anw..grace had a hard time organising us n i apologised if i had contributed...anw..den ian wanted us to knit our hearts together by getting transparent with one another...yup...den some shared n tears were shed...after the sharing we continued pratising "Gentle Mary laid her child"...had some problems too...but dunnoe who's wrong...anw den the guys were dismissed n the gals stayed a little while to practise "Silent night Holy night"...yup...den went down to the basement n played table tennis den went to eat dinner n went for christmas choir pratice..yup..dats abt it den after it ended went down to play table tennis again...

hmmm..really hope dat everything will go smoothly for the carolling tmr...Dear Heavenly Father, i pray for tmr's carolling dat everything will go smoothly, we will be able to reach the houses safely and will be able to sing with all our hearts. Help us not to just sing from our mouths but from our heart, let the meaning of the words come alive Lord.Lord i also pray for those who are not feeling well n have sore throats n coughs, I pray dat U will put Ur healing hand upon them and dat they will be healed and will be able to sing to the best of their abilities.I thank you Lord and i pray dat u will lead us n especially grace as she leads us in the carolling tmr, I thank you and i pray all these things in Jesus name, Amen.

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

ahhh...now using my sis laptop..more reliable...haha...anw..busy start of the week...yesterday brought Pastor Sinon's children out to tour ard singapore...first i went to church at 1...den i saw mel n jane but there was no one in church so we called ian...(had a lot of problems contacting ian) anw...he said to meet them at jurong east mrt..they r on their way there liao...so great..we 3 never get informed abt the change of venue n time...so we walked to the bus stop n we saw our bus....sigh...missed it so we decided to go to macs to eat first..haha...den while eating we tried calling ian again....he asked us to go to jurong east mrt asap...n ask us to take cab he sponser...so we made our way there n we decided to pay ourselves so ian can keep the money for ianson...haha...we sponsered him!!!haha...anw...den we finally reached the mrt n ian,lilis,amanda,iris,jane,mel,hanniel(dunnoe how to spell),aika n shakenial(also dunnoe how spell) was waiting for sarah at the mrt...hah..waited quite a while den we made our way to the science centre...wanted to watch at the omni theartre cos got free tickets but it was closed...so we walked ard the science centre...went to watch a sound show...haha...den walked ard..played with the gadgets...ian sat on an electric chair!!!haha....looked ard for quite long den we went to eat dinner....den made our way to the espanade...lilis,iris n i went to get a card for each of them den we sat down at the esplanade to write...haha...den acjc choir came to carol...n after a while ian n the rest came...den listened to a few more songs..they were good...but we r better!!!haha...den went to mrt n i was alone!!haha..everyone got partner to go home except me...i went to somerset to meet my friends...supposed to be a class reunion ...but very few pple went...n i wa ssuper late...i am so sorry...really late...met up with my pri 6 classmates...never see some of them for so long...den we talked for a while den i went back with deborah...

hmmm...today...went to church at 12.10...everyone still eating..haha...den i watched them eat...after dat we made our way to queensway mrt...to pick them up...2nd day ard spore ...haha...we went to jurong east mrt again...n to the omni theatre again...but this time we managed to watch the show...we sat the cosmic coaster den watched roar...both were ok...but many were sleeping during roar...haha..tired sia...haha....den we went to macs n ian treated us ice cream,french fries n nuggets...yummy...haha..den went back to church...played floorball for a short while den we went to botanics to play captains ball...taught 3 of them how to play...cos their 1st time playing...but they were gd!! except for the few travelling mistakes...haha..anw..had quite a gd time even though we lost n so we made our way back to church n went for choir practice...

Dear Lord, I thank you for bringing 3 of our friends into our midst,i pray dat u will help them to settle into singapore as well as the teens ministry as soon as possible dat they will feel comfortable in teenz...i pray dat we will know them better through out many teens activities...i thank you for yesterday's n today's outing..thank you for all the fun and not to forget the good weather dat u have blessed us with..i thank you in Jesus name, Amen.

Saturday, December 18, 2004

hmmm...better type fast..cos my com these few days keep on haeving prob...type 1/2 way den illegal operation den everything gone...den too sian to type again...anw...haev been going to church quite often for this week..only monday never go..tues-christmas choir practice...wed-outreach...thurs-teens carolling practice den christmas choir practice...fri-teens worship...sat-teens fellowship..practiced the songs for carolling....hmm...busy week...haha...but everyday sing...haha...anw..today when to church at 3.30 den we practiced the songs for tmr's carolling...hope everything goes smoothly..cos we quite last min...anw...den practice until 5 plus...6 den some play floorball some play pingpong...jane n i went to play the improvised pingpong in team china room...haha...fun...but den now not used to the normal table...haha...den went to eat...tonite got free food...haha...cos the joyful ministry got outreach den food was provided...the food was great!! Greatly appreaciate all those who worked to get the food done..Thank you!=) den continued playing pingpong but now on the standard pingpong table...but soon we had to pack up...den went with my parents to watch shrek 2 at raffles town club...haha...dats all...

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Finally online…getting lazy to update my blog…haha…nvm..shall try to update as often as possible…anw…yesterday was dearest cat’s bday party….beverly’s party…hmm…reached amk mrt at 1.45…early early…haha..wassupposed to meet jane at 2…but in the end she also late…so I waited for 23 mins..n I spent the time reading my biblke…den we walked to macs n bought some food n drinks n started reading our bibles..but actually I didn’t mange to read finish a chpt cos I was busy eating…den jane asked some questions here n there…haha…dne we went back to the mrt n was late…there were like 7 pple waiting for us..pai seh …sorry ah…anw…den we walked to the ping pong table where the guys played ping pong with their slippers…haha…den we went to the playground…sat ard doin nothing dne a few of us went up to her hse..first time goin to the quek family’s hse…haha..quite cool…but jane n Cheryl said dat her hse was exceptionally neat n clean dat day…dat means other days….erm..haha..nvm..figure dat out urself…anw…den more pple started to come…the party was supposed to start at 6…was watching pple play mastermind…until bev realized dat she forgot to buy the fish sauce so I went down with her to get the fish sauce..den the hse started to get packed …at ard 7 the dinner started…haha…n jill was teaching all of us how to eat…haha..funny…thai food eating lesson…anw…the food was great but quite hard to eat…haha…the ingredients were dropping everywhere for the wrap…den there was desert n other stuff…we played ‘guess who’ n koped the game into bev’s room…haha…so n the end only the gals played den cut the cake n took photos…n soon it was abt 9.45 n I went home…walked to the bus stop with ian,lilis,ianson n sarah…haha..den the 25 mins ride began..haha…

Saturday, December 11, 2004

hmm..camp echo over liao...sigh...nvm at leats got to see the newcomers again...reached church at abt 3 plus...almost 4...den went to the office n listen to all the lame jokes by mimi n jessie...the 'happy' jokes..super lame..so lame dat ian was banging his head against the wall...haha..dnet he gals practised for the special item which ian didnt noe abt..."For You I will live"...den the pple started to come n the game which jon muk organised n planned started...some captains ball thingy..sitting down style...but jon muk calls it "violent basketball" doesnt seem to fit..haha...nvm...den the violence started...fight like siao for the ball...n we won!! thanks to cheryl...who scored many goals to catch up...great job! den dinner...or snacks...prepared by some of the guys..thanks a lot guys! appreciate the effort!! anw, after the food we went down to the team china room...played lame games while the guys were playing floorball outside...den christopher started chasing anne cos she took his specs..chase n chase like siao...den we came up with the brillant idea of playintg pingpong cos we founs a pingpong ball..was qute pathetic...no bats...used books...no net...used books..no table tennis table..just used the table there...but quite fun..but like sudden death...one ball only...den lilis came n joined in the fun...n soon..the lights went out n it was time to go back..sigh...haha..den i came home n ate somemore...pig ah..haha...
hmm..camp echo over liao...sigh...nvm at leats got to see the newcomers again...reached church at abt 3 plus...almost 4...den went to the office n listen to all the lame jokes by mimi n jessie...the 'happy' jokes..super lame..so lame dat ian was banging his head against the wall...haha..dnet he gals practised for the special item which ian didnt noe abt..."For You I will live"...den the pple started to come n the game which jon muk organised n planned started...some captains ball thingy..sitting down style...but jon muk calls it "violent basketball" doesnt seem to fit..haha...nvm...den the violence started...fight like siao for the ball...n we won!! thanks to cheryl...who scored many goals to catch up...great job! den dinner...or snacks...prepared by some of the guys..thanks a lot guys! appreciate the effort!! anw, after the food we went down to the team china room...played lame games while the guys were playing floorball outside...den christopher started chasing anne cos she took his specs..chase n chase like siao...den we came up with the brillant idea of playintg pingpong cos we founs a pingpong ball..was qute pathetic...no bats...used books...no net...used books..no table tennis table..just used the table there...but quite fun..but like sudden death...one ball only...den lilis came n joined in the fun...n soon..the lights went out n it was time to go back..sigh...haha..den i came home n ate somemore...pig ah..haha...

Friday, December 10, 2004

im back!!! haha...after 2 days...yeah tmr is camp echo...looking forward to it...really missing camp now...i wanna go back...okay..we r goin back...but nvm as in a few days n have a 2nd camp...a 5 day 4 nite camp echo..haha..dat will be weird...anw, had training in the morning-afternoon...once again...yay...i survived it once again...1 more week of training which equals to 3 more trainings which equals to abt 11 more hrs...haha...cant wait for training to end...den have abt 1 n 1/2 weeks of training free...haha...but dta means holidays r coming to an end n school starting...sigh...anw..wanted to go for the floorball match today...sounded exciting..but unfortunately couldn't go...looks like i can only got for like 1 match...haha...dat makes my $8 worth...haha...nvm...no choice..okay..dats abt it!

Wednesday, December 08, 2004

yeah...i finally came online...after like 5 days...anw, nothing much happened the past few days...i think...nothing abnormal at least...abw, today i woke up at 5.40am...to send my sister off...she's goin to thailand...chiangmai...for mission trip n she will be gone for 10 days!!!ahh...sad...anw, den i was just hanging ard the airport until they finally went in the boarding gate..they had some problems with the checking in...anw, den i reached home at ard 8.30 n only slept for abt an hr b4 i had to wake up again for gym training...sigh....getting tired of training...i think im getting old...n my body's giving way..haha...anw, finally made it through another tiring 3hrs n 45 mins training...training seems to be getting longer n longer...anw,den cos i only slept for abt 5 hrs...(the feeling of camp came back..haha..the lack of sleep)so after i ate my lunch i just knocked of...n slept for liek 3 hrs...n when i woke up it was dinner time..haha...sound liek a pig...eat sleep eat...den watc tv...n den i came online..haha...hmm...goin to miss my sis....n i think my dad n my eldest sis will be goin back to ipoh so only leftmy mum n I...n i think home will be rather quiet...sigh...anw...sad...holidays r coming to an end!!! im not ready....who is????haha...okay...gtg!

Friday, December 03, 2004

yay!!!! teens camp 04 was great, marvelous, impacting, fun n memorable!!! But unforunatelyt its over...sob sob...i miss teens camp....i wanna go again....again again...haha...hmmm...well on 29 nov...the day finally arrived... the day we have all beenw aiting anxiously for...teens camp 04!!!!hmmm..i reached there at like 9...to get my hair done...but the Quek sisters were late...so in the end i just hang ard church...until the crowd started to come...at 10...den there was a briefing n the journey began...haha...amzaing race...had to find 10 weird items..call ian n told him da he was handsome..shoot under net n 2 n 3 pointer for bball...swim 50 m...find book store dat sells bible...drink slurpee...piggy back someone...hmmm..cannot remember liao...but dne in the end we arrived all at the same...so no winner n loser...haha...den the nite came...we had dinner...chcken rice!!!den worship..title "Don't let your past cripple you"... den candlefight.. teens fav game...haha..was fun...but quite scary at first...went to a really dark n deserted courtyard just outside a deserted building dat has a lot of bats...but after dat was quite bright cos everyone had a candle....hehe...our team lost...sigh..haha...nvm..

The next day...wak up at 7...wash up eat breakfast...msg "sin of pride" a msg dat touched my heart..pride is a major thing dta hinders us from God...den devotion,,den riddles of etios...the area dat my team always loses out in...mental games..haha...had to do pumpin n sit-ups...pity the guys...haha...they always kena.. den lunch....den we wen to changi beach...n played water bomb thingy...haha..quite fun...one of the most fun game..me n bev protected wanxin like nuts..we ended up super dirty n under ian's request...simon was attacked n didnt go back dry but the same happened to ian...jumped into the sea with pierre n his hp n camera!!!ahh...n in the end both hp n camera spoil....sigh...n b4 we left odie was missing n we started to search for him...den he was found at his grandmother's place...den went back to wash up...den worship...title "A fresh art in life"...are you willing to start afresh for God...with 1 authority n 6 atitudes? den night games we went to the same deserted building...n played games inside...but it wasnt scary compared to wat ian said the other time...cos it was super bright as dere were so many teams in the same small hall at the same time....haha...den went back to the chalet..bath n rest..slept at 2 plus..i think 3...everyday sleep only 3-4 hrs...yawnz..haha...

Then, wednesday....middle of camp liao...ddi the same in the morning....we had msg in the morning on "forgiveness" a msg dat reminded us to forgive n forget...den riddles of etios again...haha...but this time it was the girls turn..haha..practically 90% of the time was the girls...n my team was at an advantage...haha...cos we only had 2 girls...so everything very fast..but unfortunately i dun think we answered many questions correctly...haha...den afternoon games was telematch... played badminton, table tennis n badminton...dats when my team started to do better dnet he previous days...haha...we went to changi beach club...used their facilties there...my team had dunnnoe waht for badminton, 1st for pingpong n bowling..yay!!! den went back n discussed the skit...had a rough idea of what we were doin...den the guys wanted to go back n bathe..but the girls stayed on...den after dinner...worship "will you truely serve Him?" den for nite games...it was nite captains ball!!! not exactly the safest game to play...haha...cos it was dark n theball will jus come smacking into ur face...haha...pain pain...in the end...we won!!! yay!! haha...den bathe n sleep again...had the longest sleep for the whole camp...5 hrs i think...felt good...haha..

Oh no...thursday already...camp was coming to an end...in the morning we had message...the gospel was hsared " 3 truths of hell" a mag dta touched many hearts n lots of tears were shed...den after dat in the afternoon...riddle of etios...for the last n final time..but this time wthout a dice..ian wld say the task n the 1st 4 teams to complete it get to ans the question....our team did ok...until the memory verse..sigh....haha..nvm...den we had games..2 challenges...quite tough...haha...at least we manage to accomplish it...haha...not easy....we won the 1-25 game...haha...dat was hard n i think our team got 4th in the turn over a new leaf...haha..was quite fun...den we had a water drinking competition n coke drinking competition...woo..bloated...haha...den the big block og ice came...we had trouble with dat...used everything we cld find....coke can...rocks...n finally the ultimate weapon...swiss knife...haha...dat solved it..haha...den the rush for washing up came...den worship...last service..."Last words" will you stand up,stand firm n step out for God?...den we had our last dinner dere...n prepared for the skit...our eam didnt progress much n things happened....den after the skits n afte the awards were given out...we al went to pack up n stuff...a few of us went to changi village to drink ice teh n ice milo...came back at 3 something n the older teens were playing captains balll n we joined them...played until 5 something in the morning..cray rite?haha...playing captains ball in the middle of the nite..n some pple went back to sleep n the girls were left we continued playing lame games..haha to keep ourselves awake...we even went to jog haha...den we walked ard the hse n washed up...packed n got ready to take the coach back...n i broke the record for not sleeping for 24 hrs...yay!anw, den signed on camp books n we reached church...drank n ate n went down to the basement played ping pong...ard the world..den came home..unpack my stuff...bath again n sleep!! haha...slept for 4 hrs..n surprisingly i am not very tired now...haha...yeah...wow...a really long one!!! haha...:) really thank God for this camp...indeed it was a God-led camp...a wonderful one.. souls were saved n friends were made...Thank God for the safety of the campers during the games n dat dere was no chicken pox....Thank God for everything n a big thank you to all those who made the cmap possible!! TEENS CAMP RAWKS!!!