SCHOOL!!!GYM!!!RUN!!!REALLY AWESOMEEE YM GAP!!!

SCHOOL!!!GYM!!!RUN!!!REALLY AWESOMEEE YM GAP!!! Todays public speaking class was quite enjoyable!We learn abt articulating our words well with the right phonic when we speak. Did some practical vocal lesson too. And did this really FUNNY Tongue Twister Exercise!!!I'm sooo loving this class!!!=)
After that rush to bishan to meet shahreel and darren to gym!!!..and at the rate we are going gym like twice a week.I guess soon enuff will see the results!=P.... and right after that had an impromptu meeting with Sen. Met him at the opposite ywca carpark as he called me up only this afternoon, to ask if i can help him organise the X-TRAINER CHALLENGE on 9 Aug at the Singapore River. I agreed to help him in this, as he said he will show me the ropes in organising this kind of events. So i guess its good to commit to this.. Anyway we walk all the way to the Singapore river and started having a nice loooooong chat thru out the run! he said it was abt 6-7 Km run... but felt it was more of a 5.5 Km run instead as I didnt struggle at all(hope it was at least a 10km run though), anyway we like LITERALLY had a really nice conversation THRU OUT THE ENTIRE RUN lor! and i was pacing to Sen's pace...who was feeling the tireness at the later stage..but i guess i got back my fitness! REALLY ENJOYED THIS RUN without much sweat! We did the run in 38mins 43 secs. Thats pretty alright for a really extremely slow pace! After that walk back to Park mall , he treated me to a drink at DOME as we continued our chat. Kinda fearful abt organising this event, but i guess i sld take that step of faith and give it a try. Anyway today was like one of the first time i had a very nice long chat with Sen. I guess he needs to show me the ropes now before he leaves x-trainers next yr..and somebody got to step up to head the X-trainers! dieeeee....who will it beeeee?
Right after that..had dinner at QQ noodle with gladwin,josh,kevin&his GF allision....den rush of for YM GAP!!! Todays Gap was really awesomeeeeee! Josh did an impromptu worship session..and good thing i had some chords to lend him. Anyway i think today was one of the best sharing session in GAP... i felt really encourage by gladwin and sandy as they shared abt how Alex and his late wife joanne really were TRUE TESTIMONY of GOD. They really relied on God's strength during this tough period for them..AND somemore to hear that Alex cld even bring himself to LEAD worship at his wife wake was really something! Well after praying for Alex's wife Joanne at every Friday Gap. Her pain is now gone...and she is with our Lord!
When we broke into grps to pray... prayed wih andrew and jedrik....we did a quick sharing due to lack of time and we just pray whatever that comes into our mind...when i prayed all the words just flowed and flowed out of my mouth... I know i cldnt do that on my own human strength but i know it was the Holy Spirit really guiding me. Never prayed ths fervently for a long time!
oh and i want to SAY A BIG THANKS to Laura from my small grp...I was really ENCOURAGE and SUPRISED by ur email just now,responding to my blog, 28 june post which is also the last post. "For He knows the plans He has for you,plans to prosper you, to give you a hope and a future. These are trying times,but remember who's in control." if anyone is wondering who is in control...ITS OUR ALMIGHTY GOD!

ENJOYING PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASS!!..CHARLES BACK for a day!...KRISPY KREME DONUTS!!!!!!

ENJOYING PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASS!!..CHARLES BACK for a day!...KRISPY KREME DONUTS!!!!!!
Today went sch pretty early to print my precedent study! HAD TO WAKE UP AT 7AM LOR!...Rush to public speaking class after that..was a little late! I'm really enjoying this class...My lecturer wld rmb us by what we intro ourself on the first day...and now i'm always known as SMILEY BANANA to her!Anyway did this impromptu presentation on SLEEP! and i had lots toooo say! BCOZ SLEEP IS SOMETHING I DREAM FOR!!!! And somehow manage to get my audience to laugh during my speech, didnt plan the humour part..but that was a PLUS point! Humour is a good key to a good speech!!Manage to be voted the second best speaker today!Yipeeee! ...from goood day.... to a little bad......my IAD project 2 lecturer was quite hard on me during the review of my last model from last mth...we were given our results..and i had a C+....felt quite discourage after the review as i really put in a lot of hardwork during the last block.But i kinda understand my lecturer view..his much more experience in this...so i accept his critique. But it just make me think....is interior design really my future? My original plan was to actually take product design which i actually preferred more during my sec 4 days...but now...really dunno..been talking to some of my PID friends asking them abt their course,and maybe...just maybe..i might change to product design in university....oh well...for now...I guesss i will try to prove my lecturer wrong..and work much much harder for my second phrase of my Proj2! And since the second phrase is 60%...WILL GO ALL OUT TO BOUNCE BACK! That will be my motivation now! kinda bring back memories during my sec 4 days, ironically during this same period!when I bounce back from my bad tests results in the first week!....But got to say i won't be so optimistic abt this if not for my ALMIGHTY GOD!I KNOW there's definitely a purpose for everything that happens...and i know he has a wonderful plan for my future..so will just continue to trust my life to God and let him be in control as i saw his FAITHFULNESS and REALNESS to me before!!! And i will still do my very best to work hard in where ever i am place in now...
anyway cancelled my gym plans with ifan and darren today..so i cld meet vyan and CHARLES who is finally back in singapore for today!..but he needed to fly of to Turkey on the very same day just a few hrs ago!so sad lor!....if only he was in singapore longer...seee CHARLES if ur reading this entry! Ur name is like on my HEADING LOR! not many ppl get their names up there! HAHAHAH! anyway THANKS CHARLES for the KRISPY KREME DONUTS!!!!!!!was soooooooooo looking forward to trying it! oh yea and THANKS FOR THE LATEST PLANETSHAKERS ALBUM toooooooooooooo!=)

(KRISPY KREME DONUTS ALL THE WAY FROM AUSTRALIA!!!!!!!!!)

TP CAMPUS CRUSADE SPECIAL!! LIFE MEETING!!!!Reliving your childhood!

TP CAMPUS CRUSADE SPECIAL LIFE MEETING!!!!Reliving your childhood!....
Today spend one of the longest time infront of the school computer at the CAD Lab trying to rush thru my precedent study project which is dueee LATER in abt 10 hrs time....spend like 5 hrs STRAIGHT abt 12 plus till 5 plus glued without break on the com photoshop! After that rush to meet the crusaders....Before ANOTHER stressful period when waiting for LifeMeeting to start, as i was organisation this SPECIAL LM only just now! Was fearful of the attendence at first and werent sure if the programme we came out with abt reliving our childhood days will be a fruitful one. But THANK GOD! Everything went REALLY REALLY WELL! Attendence was GOOD! abt more than 20 came! And the programme went smoothly with everyone having FUN and THANKS GLENN and AMBER for guiding me today! If not for Glenn..all this may not be possible. He bought all those childhood stuff,like Chahtak,Sparkles,bubbles! and we got all those childhood snacks too!You know that bellybutton like biscuit with that colourful icing on it...OH WELL.... The atmosphere was all there!
The slopely grass patch by the reservior WAS A PERFECT SETTING!! It was just so relaxating having our crusade gathering there! WORSHIP WAS AWESOMEEEE! And really just admiring God's WONDERFUL CREATION around was an added INCENTIVE in this SPECIAL LM! The objective was to bond the crusaders together and i'm sure we succeeded in it! When we broke into smaller grps to share abt our childhood days....it was really FUNNY hearing all the SILLY childhood stories from one another...I CANT BELIEVE WE WERE ALL SO IGNORENT,INNOCENT and did all kind of NONSENSICAL stuff when we were young! I cant believed i SHARED SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE TO MY GRP abt this very very SILLY,EMBARRASSING!,thing!that i use to do when i was like 4-6 yrs old!I HAVE NEVER TOLD ANYONE BEFORE I TINK! but since its like 12 yrs ago! why not just say!..but DIDNT NOE IT GAVE A HUGE REACTION TO EVERYONEEEE! oh dearrrrrrrrrr! really hopeee everything was kept within that grp ONLY!!!!! Eeeeeeeeeeks!

(Below is 2 out of 6 storyboards for my precedent study i was doing on at the CAD LAB just now!!!)

(2 out of 6 of my precedent study on the interiors of this Adidas Alfresco Dininning)


(Glenn and phyllis playing with the bubbles! It really brought back childhood memoriesss)


(WHAT A PERFECT PLACE TO GATHER CHRISTIANS AND WORSHIP GOD by the Reservoir!This settting really reminded us abt JESUS time in the Gospel books when he wld preach by the sea)

(The silhouette of gavin and glenn with the guitar!And the beautiful scenic sky!What a COOL SHOT!)

(eveyone abt to light up their SPARKLESSSSS!)

(Glenn dared anyone who wld drink that chilli water for 10 bucks! And JEM took on that challenge and SUCCEEDED!!!!!!!!!!..I smelt and took a sip of it..IT WAS DISGUSTINGY SPICY! can't believed my disciple JEM cld handle it!)

BACK TO SCHOOL!!! NEW BLOCK!!!!! WORK AGAIN!!

BACK TO SCHOOL!!! NEW BLOCK!!!!! WORK AGAIN!!!.AUSTRALIAN STARS!!FANTASTIC 4!!
Monday
Back to school! My FIRST NEW MODULE!!! PUBLIC SPEAKING!!!....first day of class started quite interestingly....the lecturer thought we were ALL THE FRESH YEAR 1 CLASS!!! and when she mentioned it to the class ,we were like all giggling and said we were yr 2 and yr3...infact the majority of the class were yr 3s! Very few yr2s...and SHE DIDNT believed us! So when she said we must be all 16 yrs olds! We just played along after that,its good to be SWEET 16 again.heh....at first i thought she was joking BUT! she seriously thought we were the new batch of freshies bcoz the particulars she got abt us said.."FIRST ATTEMPT"...which was true..bcoz its the first time we are taking this subject..but she thought we were the freshies..so she had like a 10min intro talk asking abt our "recent" O'levels,the new block teaching,hows the new poly life different from sec sch..etc....DANG FUNNY LOR!She took like 30mins later to realise we were seriously telling the truth at first when we were during our intro...... anyway for our first lesson...we had this part abt self introduction speech....and we had to either relate ourself to a fruit/animal or talk abt our hobby....immediately i thought of BANANA to describe me! And bcoz i have been always explaining to ppl why i'm callled SMILEY BANANA on my msn nick so many times..that self intro speech was a PIECE OF CAKE! Think i might score well in this module! JUST NEED TO TALK YOUR WAY THRU!
After that had our second phrase of our IAD Project 2...suppose to do a precedent study on my alfresco dining for my FAR EAST PLAZA transistional space....
Tuesday
I LITERALLY BORROWED up to 10 LIBRARY BOOKS TODAY LOR! Bcoz had to find a good place for my precedent study...And after my lecturer rejected all my earlier suggestions...FINALLY found a good boook to find my place! Phew! i went in and out and kept borrowing and returning my library books in just ONE DAY!.... after that...met darren for gyming in bishan...AND WE SAW THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM TRAINING at the stadium! WITH EPL STARS LIKE KEWELL,VIDUKA,CAHILL,EMERTON all there! We were like really in AWE when we saw their training session...THEY WERE REALLY DANG GOOOD! Their build,pace and ball skills were all there! ....and my stgabs team mate HARISS HARUN is gonna PLAY AGAINST THEM this saturday for SINGAPORE! DANG LUCKY LOR! he like singapore superstar now and his only 16! ...oh well....during gyming half way... a couple of the aussie players gym along side us too! THEY WERE HUGE!!!! after that Ifan called us...so met him for dinner and we impromptu kena drag to watch FANTASTIC 4 with him and darren... BUT I ACTUALLY ENJOYED THE MOVIE despite others saying it wasnt a good show! SILVER SURFER IS SOOOOOOO COOL! give the movie a rating of 3.5/5 stars! pretty worth the bucks! I can't believe like blogging now! BCOZ I'M RUSHING MY PRECEDENT STUDY and its like 3am now! AND.... Tmr i'm Emceeing the SPECIAL campus crusade LM!!! Stressssss! really hope it will be a fruitful time of bonding with the freshies!!!

(The australian national team training at Bishan stadium!!!..their passing skills were really of world class standard...no wonder they did well in the last WORLD CUP!)

An AWESOMEEEE YM A/YSGL Retreat! (23-24 june)

An AWESOMEEEE Wesley YM A/YSGL Retreat! (23-24 june at NACLI)
I just loveeeeee retreats!This are times that really bond grps and ministries together. I was soooo looking forward to this year leaders retreat bcoz had one life changing memorable retreat last yr!And this time its just as great! Well just walking into NACLI on that saturday morning really reminded me of the great time at last year combined retreat!!!
Anyway I was like the youngest leader there at age 18 .. and ironically,my ysgl Englee was like the oldest there at age 37....TWICE my age! Worship was really AWESOMEEE!Especially in the presence of so many passionate christian leaders in one room,just looking around,nearly everyone or possibly all hands in that room was lifted up and immersed in worshipping our ALMIGHTY GOD!!! it was a really wonderful sight!
The night service was pretty interesting... it was abt "Moving in the Spirit" by Adriel...And he talk abt the basic principles of spirituality which i so totally agree with him bcoz it was so true as it led to me experiencing God first hand at the ym camp 05 and many times after that after...
The 4 steps to experiencing God!
-FAITH in the cross of christ
-SURRENDER to the lLordship of christ
-INTIMACY with the Person of Christ
-MINISTRY to the Body of Christ
When the basic principles of sprituality LINE UP - the Holy Spirit will manifest His presence and power.

After that there was an altar call,it was something abt letting the Holy Spirit work its power on you. I decided to go for the altar call after a while of contemplation bcoz i always wanted to experience God more and more and let the Holy Spirit work in me. Our guest speaker Kathlyn from the prayer ministry from the main wesley methodist church and her pray team came to pray for us with the other Ym leaders during the altar call. And when i was being prayed for...i really felt the Holy Spirit so closeeeeeee to me!My whole body was trembling uncontrollably and the same emotion i felt at ym camps all came in...like i was crying,but i duno if there were tears. And i'm those kind of person...that dun cry..i NEVER cry in movies in my life..but only the Holy Spirit cld touch my heart..it was a really warm feeling..during this whole time i was telling myself i'm not going to fall this time,i notice on a leader on my left got Slain...and my legs was trembling so much...but i just kept resisting to stay on. But it was really a good ministry time...and i felt God's Presence so strongely!

After that kathlyn took over the session,shared her testimony and later did this interesting exercise to Hear the voice of God. During the time of silence she gave us, i was really in such a relax state and trying to hear the voice of God or see visions. She later told us to write or draw whatever was impress on us. But to be honest...i didnt hear or see anything...thoughts did came into my mind i tink..but cant rmb wad..it was like i really want God to guide me in steps in my life.....den we broke into grps of 3-4..and we were suppose to share and pray and try to have impressions of each other impressions. I that i didnt really get anything during the time of silence..but my of Darren,Ernest and Reynard prayed and later shared what they all saw for me...(seee sketch below of what they told me).........

After this really interesting exercise... Almost 3/4 of the 40 plus leaders headed in 4-6 cars or van to a nearby prata shop for supper! It was like a mini YM at the prata shop lor! Oh gosh...i really ateeeeeee alot in this retreat! the food was pretty good!ALL U CAN EAT BUFFET!which i heard cost abt $3 a person!ThatsCHEAP! After supper, a bunch of us were hanging out at the learning lounge playing all kind of gamesss!!! It was a really fun time with the other leaders! There were ppl playing munckin foo,this game called rummy i tink and POKER!!!!!!!We all played till abt 2 plus into the morning!
The next day joyce talk abt leaders of true character..after that broke into grps ..mine was of guys of under the age of 24 and we had this very INTERESTING Discussion with Adriel abt certain issues that cld be implemented in YM in the future...after that ate lunch and went our separate ways!This retreat really got me to know more of the ym leaders better,especially Reynard where we talk quite abit after finding out he was from campus crusade too,also got to know Ernest,darren,david,zhou hao a little more from the conversations we had over lunch or dinner. Although i was like listening most of the time instead of talking..bcoz everyone was talkin abt ARMY! or POLICE! ...and sometimes i feel its harder for me to strike conversations with the older ppl...Well.. BUT IT FEELS GOOD TO BE
YOUNGEST still though!heh!

(this was the first icebreaker game we played..it was really an interesting sight to see all this leaders behaving so wildly and not acting their age!heh! ...matthew,chieh ming and eugene had to do forfeit!!!)

(matthew suppose to do a ballerina,chiehming somehow doing the same..Eugene during a SUMO taunt)

(Slept in this wonderful JUNGLE ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...soo coool rite!)


(This was what i sketch out from the 3 impression i got from Reynard,Darren and Ernest after they prayed for me.the top left Reynard told me he saw me ploughing in the field, Den darren said a similar thing,he said he saw a field then a road like those gravel path...and me walking up and down this path..and Ernest saw me on top of a building overlooking.... i tried to interpret them and i shared what i thought it cld possibly mean...first i guess the ploughing in the field cld mean how i was like working in so many ministries in crusade,church and with my sch major project 2 now at the same time...and how i may have been like going up and down not really having any real direction yet and i have a fear of over committing to so many ministries now...and the one abt me overlooking on top of the building..cld mean...mhmmm... being head of x-trainers in the future?oh gosh! i dunno...better not anyhow say...bcoz only just recently and on that day..isaac was telling me abt me heading X-trainers in the future after Sen stepping down next yr,and for quite long oready i know Isaac and me were like the ones suppose to head X-trainers in the future..but it seems sooo soon rite now! I like join X-trainers onli last yr? so theres all this doubts still...although i always thought Isaac will make a better head for x-trainers.oh well...i will keep this in pray still....)

(the Rummy game i played with Reynard,Eugene and kexin..quite a thinking game....)

(POKER!!!!! Played with Chieh ming,Zhou hao,David,Isaac,Darren and Ernest(the police)joining us later...heh...IT WAS SOOO FUN! Although we just use chips!It seem like the real thing! There was this once...Chieh ming ,isaac and me were so confident of out playing each other that we nearly put all our chips in! I had a full house! so though i wld win! Until..We revealed our cards and CHIEH MING HAD 4 of a kind!!!! HOW RARE IS THAT! So he beat us both who had full hse too!!! Isaac was bankrupt soon after ....and me almost broke.... but got all my chips back soon after.....but that chieh ming was like the gambling pro lor! he once had a straight flash!!!!....and he kept winning us all with this snicky smile!!!!Such an addictive gameeee!)

SUKI SUSHI with my coursemates!!!... YM GAP!!!!

SUKI SUSHI with my coursemates!!!... YM GAP!!!!
Todays the LAST WEEK DAY Of my well rested holiday!!!And it ended of with a last outing with some of my closer friends from my IAD course. Rarely actually had this chance to bond with my coursemates..infact i think this is like only our second outing. Well the guys who went were azmi,gifford,weng yuin,jin he and kenneth...we decided to eat this ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET at SUKI SUSHI at Cineleisure. Its my first time eating this kind of sushi buffet actually!And i was sooo hungry lor,bcoz it was like 3 plus oready and i havent ate lunch...so immediatey grabbed almost every plate i saw.heh! Anyway we had a good FULL lunch/dinner! Ate like salmons,tuna,prawns,crab,unagi,steam egg,and dunno all kind of weird raw seafood. First time actually eating raw food..dun really like raw food actually.... but well...was HUNGRY!and we paid 20 bucks for it!..after that hang around at HMV and rush of to church for GAP!
Nicole and Jolyn lead gap worship today!And to be honest i was actually quite surprise they will do that well,especially since jolyn first time leading gap worship...oh well..anyway TMR or rather LATER is the YM leaders Retreat!!!!!! can't wait! Had a very memoriable life changing one last year at the Singapore Sports school! =)


(The steam egg sucks!!!......thats weng yuin bitting on some sushi i think)

GYM Again!..Small grp bible study!!

GYM!!!...Another Enjoyable Biblestudy!!!!
Today got up really late..abt 11.!..was planning to wake up at 9 plus..but somehow my wake up call forgot to call me..sooo i just snooze my alarm for nearly 2 hrs!... and realise i was LATE! suppose to meet shahreel and darren at bishan gym at 12! In the end...manage to rush out of the hse and was a little late onli..bcoz eveyone was late too!phew! I think im getting use to the muscle aches oready..havent really have a day where i dun have to do any physical activities in quite a long while.
After that went home after lunch...and i knock out on my sofa!Was dead tired! woke up in time for dinner and did some last preparation for BibleStudy.. and head to YWCA lvl 2...while waiting at the sofa at the lvl2....i cld hear this really loud and very very very charismatic christian service going on in the ballroom.And just seating there waiting for the rest of my grp members to come..i really cld sense the power of God coming from that ballroom. It was a very strong presense..and it kinda reminded me of the YM camp06 where we had our nite service at the ballroom in YWCA too. They seem to be having like some long ministry time and the worship leader somehow sounded like DON MOEN Lor!..anyway soon enuff..josh,serena and samuel came.This time only the J1s and Yr1s cld come.... we den decided to have an impromptu worship session first, bcoz justin the original person to lead worship cldnt come. And i actually enjoyed worship today although it was just purely vocals and did it quite impromptu. Anyway just before they came...i prayed that God will really speak thru me and guide me as i lead the session on 1 thessalonians ch 4. AND INDEED GOD WAS with me!Everything when smoothly and as usual the discussion and sharing was SOOO GOOOD!I really glad to see the 2 new christians samuel and serena being so on fire for God to want to learn more.And i'm really glad that God put me here to lead this guys!

SENTOSA OUTING WITH TP CRUSADERS!!!

SENTOSA OUTING WITH TP CRUSADERS!!! Went sentosa AGAIN!...its like the 2nd time in 2 weeks and 3rd time in 2 mths. and i think i can't be burn anymore...kinda like abit of burn though,so can get tanner! Well...todays response for this Tp crusade outing was quite good! Most of the yr 2s and some of the yr 3s came,with Jess's church friends and the ONLY FRESHIE THAT CAME! My disciple aka my younger bro, JEM...Well really glad u came!!! And as usual dunno why always bumping into so many familiar face at sentosa! First BUMP INTO SONG YANG when entered sentosa!!!was wondering who was that calling benlau at first!...den..strangely saw quite a number of Tp ppl,its like SENTOSA is Tp students favourite hangout place..especially this grp of tp design students which i know.Anyway it was a pretty fun outing! Played ALOT ALOT OF volleyball, a shortgame of captain ball...abit of soccer,but i cldnt play much..bcoz i think i busted my right toe even more now!I guess better abstain for soccer for awhile...sighh!...den played a BANG!game...swim and played in the sea for awhile...den played CAPTURE THE FLAG!which was REALLY TIRING!...more volleyball and ended of with a nice game of ultimate frisbee!!!....
BUT I GOTTA SAY THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY FOR ME WAS actually the conversation we had over dinner..with glenn,wenhao,joelle,mich and amber at our side of the table. the other side was playin BANG!..but i WLD SO MUCH MUCH prefer to have the conversation we had...the whole conversation was mainly abt christian doctrines,God,Jesus,the Holy spirit and hearing glenn story..and den we started talking abt the naughty times we had in primary sch and sec sch days!It was really a very very interesting and fun discussion and sharing!REALLY REALLY FIND THAT THE MOST WORTHWHILE FELLOWSHIP EVER POSSIBLE! Not only we have fun but its something new everyday we take back from this christian dialogues with one another!!!We talk so looooooong till the food court at harbourfront mall LITERALLY CLOSE LOR! REALLY HOPE WE CAN HAVE MORE OF THIS CONVERSATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)
Alrighty!!! pretty shagged from that loooooooong day again!And back to my fitness mood again at bishan gym with darren and shahreel tmr!

5 KM RUN!!!!!!!!!

5 KM RUN!!!!!!!!!(yay my fitness has improved!)
Today continueeed my fitness crazy holiday...but first when to wenhao's place for lunch first...woah..spagettis for lunch was really good!I can say one of THE BEST!!!!haha!After that watch the movie jackass 2!!! I GOT TO SAY!!! ITS SERIOUSLY ONE OF THE MOST HILARIOUS MOVIESSS I EVER WATCH IN MY LIFE!!!!!!! I cldnt stop laughing! BUT At the SAMETIME..ITS THE MOST DISGUSTING SHOW EVER!I can't believe this guys DARE TO DO SUCH THINGS!!!goshhh! definitely give it 5/5 stars!they do sure earn that 5 stars!
After that we went macritchie... and did the same 5km route we ran 2 weeks ago. And although have been working out for the past 4-5 days straight... and felt tired with some aches...but my stamina and fitness has improved greatly! From my first horrible timing of 27min30secs 2 weeks ago... to now INCREASING by 1mins 20 secs... at a decent timing of 26min 08 secs!!! what a great improvement!But still quite far from my past record of 24min timing last yr...oh well..hopefully soon enuff i will gain back that same fitness again! YEAAA!
and as usual...i always like bump into different ppl everday when i go out..today bump into my stgabs classmates who is in cjc now,victor and shahreel who was in the same 156 bus on the way back to J8 from macritchie..really fun catching up with them in that short time.
Oh well....TMR SENTOSA OUTING with the TP CRUSADERS!!!!

3 HRS OF NONSTOP SOCCER AT THE CAGE!!!...GYM!!...TIREDDDD!!!

3 HRS OF NONSTOP SOCCER AT THE CAGE!!!...GYM!!...POOL!!!..BANG!!.....TIREDD!!!!
FIRST OF ALL!!....REALLY SURPRISE BY THAT HUGE RESPONSE ON MY TAGBOARD abt my recent post...AND WHATS WITH THAT BREAD FAN STORY SPREADING!arghhhhhHHH!like all my readers know now, eventhough i didnt mention it!!!SEE LA Jolyn and Glenda!!!TSK TSK TSK!
Ok now back to today!WORK UP SUPER EARLY like 630am!!!First time this early in a looooooong time...not counting the time when i received a call at 6am!!!LOL! ..well had to wake up this early..bcoz needed to go all the way to KALLANG! As we booked THE CAGE for 3 hrs!!! YAY!!!Quite alot of the older YM leaders were there,even pastor alvin!...and STRANGELY! i notice there were SOOOOOOOO MANY LIVERPOOL FANS! Like 3/4 of them were pool fans lor! Eeeeeekkssssss!12 ppl came....so we had 3 teams of 4...the VETERAN team(Joerge,pastor alvin,joshua and this malay guy)... The Youngmixedteam(darren,timon,josiah and dom)....and mine...was with 3 pool fans! and me the only man utd fan! sighh... team up with BEN tan,Stan and Chieh ming!Thought we were a pretty good team!Won our first 3 matches in a row!until we lost stamina after awhile...and i think my form is getting back!...been scoring alot of goals recently!first yesterday soccer scored abt 3-4 goals...and today i tink nearly 5-7 goals!but my right toee was like kinda sprain and busted and struggled for the last hr!sighhh...

After that had lunch,with the YM leaders,chiehming,joerg and Dom...the conversation was quite interesting...mainly abt YM,this time got perspectives of YM from the older leaders...we also talk abt who cld be stepping up in xtrainers in the future, like right now..i tink Xtrainers are in quite a bad shape at the top...with shashi stepping down,joerg leaving overseas..and Sen most likely stepping down soon... and other adult leaders...like stepping out soon..ITS LIKE LEFT THE YOUNGER LEADERS...ISAAC,STACY or ME to step up and take overxtrainersBut to be honest i really dunno if i'm ready yet..due to the many commitments i have right now,and the more bigger responsibilty in my small grp now...but at the same time...i really fear the future of x-trainers...WITHOUT sen or shashi!Its like NO x-trainers!THats how much we depend on them...but that isnt good..YM right now really NEEDS YOUTHS to step up!!!

Anyway after lunch...rush to bishan..to gym at wenhao's place. REALLY SLACKED ALOT LOR! I tink i was in the gym with him for 3-4 hrs! Bcoz too tired from the soccer!so rested quite a bit in between sets..and TALK ALOTTTTTTTT!but really enjoy those gym sessions with him...its more freee&easy and personal...after that met the crusaders nicholas,JL,glenn and jess for dinner...but right before that we bump into vyan at cathay!was really a pleasant surprise!
Oh well....I'M like on A FITNESS CRAZY MOOD NOW! been working from saturday till like tmr...saturday-GYM&Sepak tekraw,Sunday-SOCCER!,Monday-SOCCER!,GYM!...Tuesday(tmr)-5KM RUN AT MACRITCHIE!!! NO REST LOR! BUT NO PAIN NO GAIN!WHAHAHH!Loveee thoseeeee muscle achessss! =P

(THE CAGEEE WAS DANG FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

(PLAYED POOL AGAIN LOR!!...after dinner with the crusaders)

(Played BANG!!! at ben&jerry! with that awesome delicious MERLION MONSTER till abt 10 plus pm!)

ONE HAPPENING DAY!!!! (CAN'T BELIEVED i done something i never thought i wld do!

ONE HAPPENING DAY!!!! (CAN'T BELIEVED i done something i never thought i wld do!)
Just realise my holiday been quite happening!!! Like practically out every single day! Met up with darren after lunch and gym with him at bishan!...den...met up with keith and vyan later as we headed to Third place for the SERVED AND CHILLED event!!!!It was really coool place! The sofa we sat in was EXTREMELY COSY! I think we were the youngest there lor!The food was good! the ice cream float was not bad!ambience was PERFECT and good music from different bands and a POOL TABLE! The mood was ALL THERE!.. AND EVERYTHING WAS TOTALLY FREEE!!really wonder where they got all the budget from. Well..played quite a number of pool games...played with some really pros!And this is like the fifth time this week i'm playing pool.AND i was really beaten flat by BALA...his like the BEST POOL PLAYER I EVER PLAYED WITH IN MY LIFE! His shots were all perfect! ...Met quite a lot of the older ymers and those never seen in YM for a loooooooooong time,during this time..Eugene approached me if i wanted to be in the camp comm...i actually saw that coming...but i guess i had turn it down,due to the too many commitments in church and crusade i'm in this year alone.
After abt an hr plus there...we left abt 9 plus to meet denise and claire at clarkquay! ITS KEITH IDEA AGAIN!!! It was quite a good experience seeing the nite life there for the first time!!! We walk aimlessly and IT RAIN... until we reach this place called the asylum bar next to a really packed TCC and we chilled out there the rest of the nite......more of wad happen below......

(darren took this pic of me when i was like quite tired already lor!)

(bala the pro pool player!.....tats me on the right,with Eric, Joel &his girlfriend in background)



(Photos of the night life in clark quay!Its really sooo coool at night!)

(the french fries we bought!!!And this vyan,keith and denise bought a couple of alcohol drinks!Aiyoooo!really didnt expect denise to be like some pro drinker lor!....we played this game,guessing the number of hands, and they said the loser had to drink...AND I SOOO DIDNT WANT TO PLAY LOR!bcoz i always tell ppl i have this clean record lor!!!And they ALLL PURPOSELY WANTED ME TO LOSE THAT alchohol virginity!!!and i somehow ended up breaking my clean record of 18yrsss! DANG!well..gotta be sporting!and somehow i actually wanted to experience it actually!well i'm 18..and LEGAL!.... so i just toook a sip...but it suxs!i ended up like taking up to like 5 sips in the end,since i started why not just try abit more!ohgoshhh! peer pressure lorrrrrrrrr!heh.)

PLANETSHAKERS!!!!!(U seriously MUST READ THIS!!!! how much i went thru to get the tickets!!!..really like some soap opera!!!)

PLANETSHAKERS!!!!!(U seriously MUST READ THIS!!!! how much i went thru to get the tickets!!!..really like some soap opera!!!)
TODAY WOKE UP QUITE DISAPPOINTED!..bcoz in the end cldn't get tickets for the PLANETSHAKERS concert which was today!....And to start of this mini soap opera...wayyyy back...we actually booked with stacy to get these tickets...den last week found out from her that all SOLD OUT!!!....den only few days ago..my stgabs friend sunny..told me on msn that HE CAN GET TICKETS FOR ME STILL! AND FOR FREE!...so was anticipating so much! AND ALL SO EXCITED!!! AND FOR THE FIRST TIME i said i cld BARE TO MISS YM GAP!!!So this morning he told me cldnt get tickets in the end...i felt maybe God wants me to go Gap instead...and i was actually still quite sad.. TWICE PREVENTED FROM GOING..actually more if u on...!!HOW SUAY!!!...........so met up with nicholas for lunch...and really had nothing better to do then slack in BISHAN J8...still sulking! ...den called josh lam asking if can meet him earlier before Gap... AND SUDDENLY ABT 4.20pm...JIN HE called me....he ask if i was going the planetshakers concert bcoz his friend invited him to come,but he didnt want to go...so i ask if his friend had extra tickets...AND THANKFULLY his friend did had 3 tickets!!!I WAS SO EXCITED SUDDENLY!And i was like at the J8 Bus stop waiting for nicholas bus to come!IMMEDIATELY CALLED NICOLE to tell her the GOOD NEWS!!!and den she told glenda...DEN I REALISE DIEEE...still got Josh who i was suppose to meet before GAP!...den so happened MEIYI sms me abt 4.28 saying her friend got 2 extra tickets!!!!SO YAY!!!!...Jinhe pass me his friend number who was called sophia... and ask if i cld get it from her...Den..after awhile..sophia called me back...saying actually priority she had to give 2 of her tickets to non believers...so i just told her the truth that we were all christians...so in the end..she only left 1 ticket.... AND den with meiyi friend another 2.... so was thinking..oh dear..i got to pangseh josh now!!!so soon enuff! sophia called me back to say! her friend got an extra 2 more now! SOOOOO 3 tickets again! and 2 from MEIYI friend! DENNN.......Told josh the GOOD NEWS AGAIN!... PHEW....and IF U THOUGHT EVEYTHING WAS FINALLY OVER!...meiyi's friend told me the BAD NEWS!..dat she got NO MORE TICKETS!!!!!!!!DIEEE...den i ask out of desperation..althought tot it was impossible....if she at LEAST got 1!...AND THANK GOD! she had 1 left! So now got 4 tickets from 3 different ppl! PHEWWW!.... and so after all that confusion,my HP OUTGOING CALLS FOR TODAY TOTALLED 30 mins!although we had to pay for our tickets this time...its so strange...how God first allowed me to go..den cannot go...den can go again..den cannot go again....den FINALLY can go!..... but IT DIDNT END THERE!...went i reached the MAX PAVILION to look for sophia to get the tickets.... BUMP INTO ASRIEL!!! AND HE TOLD ME HE GOT 1 EXTRA TICKET!!! SO in the end... bought from him...and FINALYY! ...ALL 4 tickets! and so i didnt had to look for meiyi's friend in the end. I can't BELIEVED i went thru all that to get tickets for nicole,glenda and josh! really sorry stacy.....cldnt get anymore....
this was my msn nick "BenLau©(I'm a SMILEYBANANA){ARGHhhhhhh! Can't go for planetshakers concert anymore!Haizzzz!}-benlau89.blogspot.com " this morning that prompted Jinhe to call me!(somemore jinhe is a nonchristian!and out all the christian friends i know...a nonchristian friend ask me abt this which den started my hunt for the TICKETS!!!!)
ANYWAY THANKS JINHE, SOPHIA and MEIYI!!!!IF NOT FOR YOU GUYS I WONT HAVE MAKE IT FOR THIS SPECIAL SERVICE IN THE END!!! THANKS SUNNY&STACY for trying to get for us tickets at first too!!!
It was really quite an enjoyable praise and worship with PLANETSHAKERS leading!!! Reminded me of FUSION! but this time...IT WAS SUPER SUPER LOUD! I THINK I NEARLY BECAME DEAF!!! THE BASS CLD KNOCK U OUT! After that SINGAPORE TOP SWIMMER JOSCELIN shared her testimony on how God help her thu the recent SEA GAMES WHICH she had chicken poxs but still she got 40 GOLD MEDALS IN TOTAL in the end!den New creation pastor JOSEPH PRINCE shared the word... first time hearing him...and he is really one good charismatic speaker who can engaged ur attention! His message was pretty good! And the altar call really made me see the WORK OF GOD! hundreds and hundreds of ppl went to the front!!! REALLY ENCOURAGING TO SEE SO MANY LIVES BEING SAVED TODAY!!!
AND ALL THIS WONT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE IF NOT FOR GOD'S MIRACLE!!! I really cld see how strangeeee it was on us being prevented fromcoming so many times..AND pastor prince even said how SATAN wld try all ways to prevent us from coming to this service today! But overall... i guess in the end..i still feel wesley methodist YM is where i fell the most comfortable in..bcoz i actually took awhile for me to immersed in worship in the new creation songs at the end...i was like thinking to myself..how come..i cldnt have the same feeling for it..but in the end..i must say that no matter what church we are in...the songs are all written to worship THE SAME GOD!!!!

(NEVER WENT THRU SUCH A THING IN MY LIFE! JUST TO GET THIS TICKETS)


(some photos i manage to take during the planetshakers concert)

FINALLY GOT MY HAIR CUT!!!!!... GUITAR SESSION AT TW hse!

FINALLY GOT MY HAIR CUT!!!!!... GUITAR JAMMING SESSION AT TW hse!
Today met up with nicholas and my other stgabs friend randy who i havent seen in a loooooooong time. And it was really fun talking abt old times in secondary sch and EVEN PRIMARY SCH DAYSSSSSS! There was this once..in pimary 6.. some of my classmates wld draw on our chinese teacher back shirt everytime he walk by us...and ONCE OUR FORM TEACHER WHO ALSO was ALSO THE DISCIPLINE MASTER and he SCOLDED OUR ENTIRE CLASS and SHOWED that shirt to us! Thinking back abt it...how naughty my class in Pri 6D was! HAHA!and not only that... we talk abt the different funny weird teachers! one of them had this CURRY PUFF HAIRDO like ELVIS!!!!AHAHHA! and that teacher once taught us the ART OF SHITTING! heh!And sooo many other stuff that happen in the past! And talking abt all our past classmates since primary sch days...and how eveyone has change or DISAPPEARED! It was really fun time relieving those good old days!

After that had our hair cut! and played pool with randy...before meeting tw and ben tan at J8... Suppose to have biblestudy..but had to cancel it due to many who cldnt come..sighh... anyway we went to TW hse...and we had like some may guitar jamming session..with ben tan bringing his guitar too..I FINALLY SOMEHOW master KING OF MAJESTY! Thanks FELLOW BEN for teaching me the strumming pattern!
TMR PLANETSHAKERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS CONCERT!

(My long time good buddy nicholas and me!After our new hair cuts!)

(Randy, me and nicholas!!!! Niceee hair cuts riteeeeeee!)

(Tw SUPER NICEEE ACOUSTIC GUITAR!!! Its original cost was like 800 bucks!)

(Ben tan...playing his guitar!..he seem as though his emo-ing!)

ZODIAC one of the best movies i have seen in a long time!!!... The CASE OF FAITH!!!

ZODIAC one of the best movies i have seen in a long time!!!... The CASE OF FAITH!!!

(Finally today got the chance to watch the HIGHLY RATED movie ZODIAC! watch it with ifan at cathay!!! And it really WAS THAT GOOD,worth the $6.50!!! Although the movie was pretty long, 158 mins to be exact...the build up of the plot really wanna keep you watching.
"Its abt this serial killer that terrifies the San Francisco Bay Area and taunts police with his ciphers and letters, investigators in four jurisdictions search for the murderer. The case became an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues."Will give it 4/5 stars!...finally can really say what i always say in the past....FINALLY ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES IN A REALLY LOOOONG TIME!!!!"

(Played 9-ball pool with ifan after dinner...bump into some of our stgabs friends today..first kelvin yeo at cathay den joshua,brandon and co. at paradiz...They all really change ALOT after going poly! With really interesting dress sense now,long funky hair and one even one with hair like dreadlocks!)

(Bought this really good book at TIMES in plaza sing today...after browsing it for like an hr before meeting ifan,decided what the heck...maybe i sld just invest in it since it really got be HOOKED!I think this is like the FIRST REAL THICK BOOK I BOUGHT IN MY LIFE!!!normally wont buy books...bcoz i wont read it for long... but after hearing so much abt this book...and after reading this book a couple times whenever i'm at TIMES...decided not to be a FREELOADER and just buy it!!!AND I DUN READ BOOKS..UNLESS ITS THAT GOOD!
"Case for Faith, Strobel turns his tenacious investigative skills to the most persistent emotional objections to belief--the eight 'heart' barriers to faith. The Case for Faith is for those who may be feeling attracted to Jesus but who are faced with formidable intellectual barriers standing squarely in their path. For Christians, it will deepen their convictions and give them fresh confidence in discussing Christianity with even their most skeptical friends."

GYM!!! OCEAN'S 13!!!!!

GYM!!! OCEAN'S 13!!!!!
Today met up with my stgabs friend darren lee at noon as we went to the bishan gym..think todays session is the MOST EFFECTIVE gym session here in my life!really push my limits, by carrying much heavier weights then before!Those intensive gym workout at wenhao's place has paid off! Yipeeee! but now my muscles are ACHING!!!!!
(msn convo with darren)
darrenleeyuanqiang says (22:23):
gt urge to gym
darrenleeyuanqiang says (22:23):
kanna motivated by u
somehow this is the first time i motivate someone to gym instead of someone else motivating me..i guess must be after darren saw how different gym has made me compared to in sec 4 when i was so much skinnier!Heh!

After that rush to plaza sing to watch Ocean's 13 ...AND I'M NOT ALWAYS LATE LOR! it was just that ONE AND ONLY TIME!!!Anyway i was a pretty good movie...but I was kinda blur at the start.But i think the first Ocean's 11 still the best out of the 3....hmmm..will give this show 3.5 stars!
Dun worry so much okay,and really its alright for me,i will always be there for you.=)
Btw so now i'm a sillyanglstarfish arh.heh! NEW SPECIES!

Junction8!Minds Cafe!Pool!

Junction8!Minds Cafe!Pool!
Met up with keith for lunch at junction 8 today...bump into Eric from wesley Ym at Long John silver!After that spend an abt an hr at my favourite LIFEBOOKSHOP there...listen to the entire Album of Hillsong London and some other albums there!I read this book there,and there was a part abt why God allowed sufferings in the world.... and found this quote quite inspirational."When you can take the worst and make it into the best,then you are safe. You can stand anything bcoz you can use everything. Dr.E.Stanley Jones." After that rush of to dhoby ghaut to meet the crusaders...gavin,grace,eric,jia liang,jess and her friend as we played some cool games at Minds Cafe!Den met irene at pastamania in Plaza sing...its like the fifth-Sixth time in 6 days i'm at PS lor!And tmr going there again!...After that...we played pool at paradiz!bump into wanlin from wesley ym at the bus stop on the way home!Its like everday i'm bumping into ppl i know! THATS HOW SMALL SINGAPORE IS!btw WHO WANNA WATCH ZODIAC?

(We played this pretty interesting card game Family buisness!)

(This DINOSAUR HEART ATTACK GAME with the bones was quite FUN!)

(Dinner with some of the crusaders at pastamania!)