new home ;)

"Starbucks" ;)
Personally, i enjoy going to coffee cafes to sit down, drink a cup of ice blended coffee and do my stuff. so when shirls said abt having starbucks w jesus, somewhat i can identify and relate to ;)

of cos, i would not have the luxury to keep visiting those coffee cafes (if not my wallet will burn a big fat hole..) so..i found a new place to "starbucks w God!"

i went to the mini park nearby my hse just now to have my day 2 of starbucks.


was really good. having the cold wind blowing and sitting there without any distraction. (but the cold wind somehow cause my running nose worse. hahaha)

the light was abit dim though..nevertheless, i had an unhurried time with God, reading and digesting His word..and pending 09 resoultions!

here's my food for thought:

luke 5:11; 27

11So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

27After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. "Follow me," Jesus said to him, 28and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.

i asked myself if one day, God called me to an unknown, will i display the same faith and trust the disciples had when jesus called them? i pray that i will. and i pray that God will show me what are some possible hinderous that may stop me for following him wholeheartedly so that i can take note.

luke 5: 37-38

37And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. 38No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.

God reminded me about preparing myself for the new growth. the unit is moving towards new growth and breaking new frontiers, as a ldr, am i prepared? am i preparing the pple as well?..so that when the new growth comes, we are able to contain it. i need to grow!!! 09 must be a blast! ;)

anyway, here's a few pic of the Last cg for jon quek b4 he serve the nation..s

Am thinking how to start my first 09 post so decided to put the above pic!

A smile for 2008! why?

A) i got my first distinction for my nov exam! ;) in 2008, i've seen how God helped me alot in my studies. improving bit by bit. assuring me at very timely moments when i am stress. placing people to guide me and encourage me. God, u rock! ;)

B) Grow me emotionally; my security and leadership
i've never cried so much in my life and feel so cui until the beginning of this year. hhaha. emotional roller coaster. but i've learn to be stronger and God has revealed my weaknesses and bring down my pride. thank you God for growing me and showing me areas i need to grow! thanx peeps (my sheeps/ldrs/frens) for giving constructive feebacks to me as well. really appreciate them ;)

C) my dad no longer smokes!
during june, my dad had a mild stroke. it happened a day b4 i have my micro exam..but through this, he had stopped smoking completely ;) he has improved physically so much since then! thank God for his protection over my dad.

D) challenging myself & dream big

firstly, i ran 5km! i have overcome the running monster..hurhur. those who knows me, know that i hate running seriously. but am glad i did the 5km run without stopping though i was so tempted to stop and walk.

Secondly, i manage to fast from watching online dramas for a mth plus!! haha it was kind of tough cos during holis its a gd time to watch online dramas. but its because of this fast, i realise how much time i actually spend on watching them which i can use the time to read news online, do other constructive stuff. nw that i no longer fast on this, i need to make sure i do not get so caught up with watching shows..must exercise self-control ;)

Thirdly, i got the opportunity to co lead pnw (one of my dream) with sharlene during camp! a gd exposure. was really quite nervous abt it but i know God was guiding me. shar was really my gd and faithful "safety net"...helped me alot! plus the musicians and support singers supported well too. it feels gd to be able to do smth that i've always been wanting to do for God though its scary!!!

esp abt dreaming big for God. naturally i am not someone who dreams. but in 08, i've learnt the importance to dream big because its smth that will motivate you to go further and attempt greater things for God. (**thanx huey huey! love ya lots ;) )

E) Increase my self-awareness.
tthrough incidents, God helped me to be more aware of myself. my thoughts, my behaviour etc. why i say/do the things i say/do.

seriously, in 08, through the good times; the funny/interesting moments, not so good moments; very very cui moments, i see my true self. I thank God for letting all these happen so that i can learn precious lessons from them and rely on Him/know Him more.

i just came back from a combined ulm meet with ps jeff. wow..i caught his spirit of the importance of the role as a leader. man..i cant agree further but to say its really a privilege to be able to serve God in such a measure. at such a time like this, i am doing smth that will make an impact for eternity in others lives in one way or another. i wont get to live this life again, i better make it count! i always think that its such a joy and privilege to be able to serve esp in the youth ministry whereby there's so much potential in the people here. God pls use me in whatever ways u can to make a difference in the youth ministry!!

09 has started and i know it will be an even more exciting year ahead! ;)

Alright...some pics to share:





next post will share abt some 09 resoultions! till then...goodbye..

On a lazy sunday afternoon...

Chantel: she is the most intellectual ah lian!!! whee youu whee!!!

Debbie: she is gorgeous!

Jasmine: the hottest and sexiest pastor that you can ever find in town. she turns the heads of guys and you can hear whistles blowing whenever she walks past guys. single and very available.

Jon Tay: shes my idol! im her slave whoo! shes a chio bu!

Gideon: don't you wish you got a pastor hot like her? ;)

Christine: the growth of the youth church is the result of her hottness and sexiness!!!

The End ;)

Its FUN to learn!


yea have done my holis planning. it seems quite reasonable..so i hope i can faithfully follow and be enrich during this 1 mth plus.

today is my learning day! thank God for technology. seriously, internet really has almost everything and anything.

i juz went to CNN website and they have podcasts, videos of news.. make me more interested!

youtube has online vocal training videos too..not sure if its good anot. will explore more.

this afternoon read Ps Steven Furtick's blog (am a "secret reader" of his blog after chancing upon his link from xiang's blog) and learnt smth interesting from one of his post:

I used to hate confusion

Lately I’m learning to love the feeling.
When I’m confused about something, it’s:

• an opportunity to lean not on my own understanding

• a portal to a deeper understanding of the character of God

• a precursor to greater faith

• a great occasion to humble myself and seek the wisdom of others

• a sign that my God is elevating me to another level, and my current mindset isn’t adequate for the place God wants to take me next

• a birthplace for innovative and breakthrough concepts

You can either avoid confusion because it makes you feel vulnerable-and miss the chance to upgrade your paradigm-
Or lean into your confusion, admitting you don’t have the answers, and watch God expand your thinking and grow your soul.

i shall see confusion in a different light!

met gwen and daniel for his belated bdae dinner. we were commenting how we r actually growing up and stuff. which reminds me of the convo i had with shuz this afternoon over msn..was talking to her abt the same stuff and i felt encouraged after that.

i pray that i will nv grow to be skeptical but always having a child-like faith. i strongly believe youth has so much potential to be tap on. i wanna make it count and get people on boat to make their youth count as well. people like shuz, gwen and daniel (and many other ldrs) who gave their youth to invest on this young generation becos they see the potential in them. wow!

"God, u used a donkey to speak. if u can use any1 , pls use me."

HELLO WORLD!

exam finally over. this time, God has been really gd to me by sending people to encourage me/pray for me from time to time and giving me strength & wisdom. grace once made this comment, during exam period, the amt of encouragement sms-es u received is more than those during ya bdae! haha. kinda agree w that.

anyway, after my last paper, went for a meal at Fish & Co w frens and a movie (Quantum of Solace).


My first time trying their fish & chips. wow its really a big one and i thought 2 person can actually share it. it was nice afterall! their fried calamari is gd too!

The next day after exam, i went for leadership conference at JB. was a gd break. the theme was Planting The Kingdom. got to meet other ldrs from other parts of Hope movement. was encouraged/inspired by some of their testimonies during meal time :)

The guy who is in the pic below is Vincent; from Hope London. a few of us were in his team for one of the pnw session in LC. intially he was serving in our church at Malaysia and i asked him why he want to go UK to do his masters and plant church at london. his replied was "why not ?"ahha. i was like..WOW.what a reply.. he actually did PHD so that he can stay in london longer to do more for God. *claps* He tell us to align what we want to do together with God :)


Next, the guy below is Ps Marcus from germany! he conducted a workshop abt post-modern people. He is really gd! His focus is on communication. its not the normal communication skills but another level and perspective of how we shld relate to people esp in the post-modern society. ard 15 of us were in his workshop. we were unfamilar w each other. he managed to make all of us to speak up and helping us to understand people's pt of view, not just letting people know our views and asking them to accept it. learnt alot from him! (and he is REALLY TALL. he adjusted his height just to take pic w the 3 of us ;p)

In short, What i learnt from LC:
1) Character is very impt in the KOG. dun be careless esp when u serve God for a longer time.
2) Great commission=making discipples! (wanna apply during holis!)
3) Be ready and willing to align what u want to do with God's plan.


#1: Conquered my enemy--Running!

i did my FIRST ever RUN! haha. i am not a regular runner cos i hate it. its my enemy. The ladies on the pic below and i signed up for Great Eastern 5km Fun Run. when we sign up, everyone thought its quite fun, but as the days draw nearer, all of us think that we are MAD to sign up for it when after that we haf meeting. haha. but nevertheless, we did it! these ladies they cheered me on and we had fun (i hope! HAHA). especially chantel who chose to pace me on. it really makes a difference esp when i feel like giving up!


i was very cui after the run. i felt like vommiting and was very restless. ahahah! can tell from the pic. the rest were still alright and happily posing..HAHA.WE DID IT GIRLS!

#2: Wong Leehom's concert

went for the recent wong leehom's concert with jinger! thanx to jinger's frens who gave her a pair of tix for her bdae and she invited me :) the seats were the 3rd best seats. the pics are not with me now..but i kop the following pics from somewhere else.haha



When he starts to sing..both jinger and i were so mesmerized by him.
his singing is really awesome! handsome & talented. even kit chan and stef sun went to watched.

#3: A pleasant surprise!

Peter drove & delivered a piece of durian cake to my hse downstair when i was complaining that i am hungry in the middle of the nite. so nice rite? hahah. Whoever is gonna be Peter's girlfriend will surely be very bless! such a friendly-godly giant! i will keep speaking well of u to others, Peter..HAHAHA. (he asked me to promote him! Peter, do i get any commission by doing so?haha!)


#4: Challenge of the spicy buffalo wings!

just nw peter drove shirls,me, freedy & gideon to this ulu place to eat buffalo wings! quite interesting cos there's different level of Spiciness of the wings. from level 1 up to level 30. and u will get a cert if u manage to finish six lvl 30 wings. haha!
we tried level 2 and level 10. level 2 was ok. but level 1o's wings were really very very spicy.

Shirls ate two of the lvl 10 wings. she didnt event sweat but just drank water. i guess shirls can try for lvl 15! Go try shirls! can get freedy to go with u for the challenge. haha


To me, one lvl 1o wing can alrd "kill" you. its really spicy. i tried one & couldnt take it after 2 bites. i only continue finishing it after drinking lots of water and not eating the skin. cos its the skin that all the spicies are on it.
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Today was a very very slack and relaxing sunday since dunno when. haha. no mugging/rushing of proj/meeting.

Initiated a breakfast w mum cos being a long time since we ate together :)
felt like a pig today after breakfast. cos i did nth much. but oh well..wun want to be like that for the rest of this holidays.

i've set my objectives for this holidays. still need to plan out in more details of how to achieve it. i always think that holidays is a gd chance to learn! and to apply what've learnt in LC. i want God to stretch me and let me experience new breakthrough (a "dangerous" request!) so that i can grow more. in addition, i asked God to bless me with flexi part time job so that even as i earn allowance, i still can serve. i believe God will provide :)

Preparation for the battle!


yupp..its the exam monster again! thought of typing a post b4 i bury into the textbks and notes...

smth interesting..
i realise am pretty particular as of where i study. the environment/place i study must be...


- makes me feel relax and enjoy mugging. definitely not places where i feel like sleeping!


-e.g NLB is not a place i will go study because the environment is too quiet until it makes me feel stress. even if u juz drop a pen, its gonna get pple's attention. haha.

- haha thats why even if i go amk lib, i prefer to study at the cafe area..it makes me feel less stress ;p (but well..nw even amk lib is getting crowded..so airport is still better!)


- its a "dun" criteria..rarely i would wanna go far placesto study cos it will be a waste time. in fact, i enjoy going to airport to study. haha. cos its not that far from my place.

- haha i noe this sounds abit funny..but ITS TRUE!! i mean its kinda hard to study on small tables? haha. ok mayb is my issue.

anyway, i FINALLY got my study table from ikea!! :) i can study at hm :D my previous com table doesnt give me much space to do work...its quite troublesome each time i have to go out to study esp when i study alone (which is seldom) . cos when u need to go toilet or what..u have to bring all ya valuable things along..



alright alright back to earth...

yesterday's sermon was really gd. reverence fear of God will bring upon holy living.
wow. i wun wanna take God lightly. not because God is merciless that he will struck me down if i make him angry. its more of because he loves me so much, that i wun want to do thing that hurts him.

i pray that God will continue to grow me to have reverence fear towards him that i wanna live a life that will please him only. and i really like the poem shirls shared on sat! (kop from her blog ;p)

She is the church of the Lord Jesus Christ

[Robert Fergusson]

wow..how beautifully written abt the church of God in the real world. take time to appreciate it again people!

LONG post indeed. haha..to make up for the next few wks of not-blogging-period ;p

i will be a fool not to do my exams w God. HAHA. ok debbie, remember. bye folks! will be back after exams.

Going Higher.


i had my sabbath w God today! went to esplanade library with chantel and sat at the cafe. i really enjoy such time like this. sitting at a comfy place, pending down reflections and do some readings ;)

i read thru my previous 2 entries i wrote last yr. wow i seen how God brought me thru the past 10 mths since then and how God grow me from there.

i wrote down my reflections and thanksgiving today. God is really Good in my life. still remember the beginning of this yr wasnt exactly a smooth sailing period for me, be it emotionally, physically or spiritually. but am glad i went thru it anyway. cos i learnt precious lessons. i thank God oso for blessing me in my studies; cleared the 3 modules the previous sem and recently,i've got better grades for my essay and tests ;)

after journalling down, i was reading the article "lifting people to a higher level" by john c maxwell. shirls let us listened to the teaching on sun ulm. wow after i read it, i am so charged up to do more for God! this teaching comes in timely. cos one of the area i wanna grow in this quarter is discipleship. ok i must apply this teaching then.

2 statements he made that inspired me:

1. " God, Give me something that i can give to others"
-whatever God gives me, i wanna be faithful to pass them down to others.

2. "Jesus, i want to be your road climbing companion"
-i wanna climbed with God, attempting new things for Him.

am looking forward for an exciting adventure with God! lifting people higher :):)

Oct will be exam study break! oh man..time files..it feels like i've just barely started my new sch term...nw gotta prepare for exams alrd! ahha ok. amk lib, airport or compass pt will be my hangout place for the next 1 mth plus..A level muggers..i am joining u guys in this mugging battle too!!

ok am gonna reply allllll the overdue tagss here...haha. so mannnyyyy.... :

joab: i've updated! :)

faith: yea we will go out again! jiayou for promos and take care of ya health.

van: grandsheeppppppppppppppppppppp :)

daniel james: who are u? hee. ermm well..white is easier to play w cols for fonts and pics!

yeehua: hehe ya lorzz..i think in a day, God must have heard countless times of prayers abt bus! HAHA.

lisa: HEY!! i am SO HAPPY u tagged and visit my blog. and u updated ya blog too! haha. ohh u noe wat? a wk after u left, the zip spoilt!! :( i went to "repair" it cos really like the bag. u seldom come online? i haven seen u online until nw!!!!

yihui: haha we shouted ya name but u couldnt hear us!! ;p

shuping: ehh? u refering to who? me ? ehh where got?!?! i getting fatter ehhhh :( *sob sob* ok i must get rid of the oily fats soon!!! hahhaha. catch up soon! :)








(sharlene is someone i enjoy talking too. in fact, i feel very comfortable being with her. thanx for being such a great fren dear!)

(as jacq mentioned in her blog, we are the 20ssss club. haha. we celebrated jacq's bdae last sun. we were loud in our laughing and enjoying gd time together. we keep each other entertained?haah. jacq, ya desire to do things for God is contagious and encouraging! i remember my 1st encourter w u was at tamp cartel. hhaa. jia you! i noe God will bring u to a greater height!! love ya! )

thats all folks!