What's my purpose in life?...Cher Birthday Surprise!

What's my purpose in life?...Cher Birthday Surprise!
What's your purpose in life?...That was one of the main discussion questions we gone through in today's bible study. You know as Christians...normally we will give this MODEL answer something like this..."Our purpose is to glorify God and serve him to the best of our abilities. And to add on, to follow the Great commission, which is to evanglise"... And well YESSSS i still do stick to that as my main purpose in life as a Christian. Although it may seem cliche. BUT as i grow closer with the Lord,I now STRONGLY BELIEVED to stick to that as my main purpose in life and at the end of the day,I find life so much more meaningful still,and i have this peace from the Lord. This is that Child-like faith that its always good to hold on to. =)

Although i really dunno like whats my specific specific main purpose in life? altough thats like going into my whats our true calling...But I know for sure that he has so many other smaller purposes for us in our everyday life. For example, i shared with my small grp today that. God put us in different place with different ppl at different time,place,situation all for a purpose in his PERFECT PLAN and WILL for us. Sometimes we may not see it yet...but one clear e.g. i know is I know definitely why he put me in TP for one really good reason. To be part of TP campus crusade ministry and to fulfill the Great commission, first in our campus and than the World.

And at times,when i ponder,is interior design really my future?Why was i place in this route...and sometimes feeling if this is the right course. BUT...i dun worry as much in the past now. BCOZ i know, GOD is in control, not me, i just need to surrender my life to him daily, and let him guide me day by day. Just doing my best in whatever place I'm place in at that particular time. And bcoz i learn to Trust God more and more each day, the FEAR of my future isn't really gonna bother me much.This is a promise i keep to....
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11"

Alot of ppl has been asking me why do i always feel so optimistic and SMILEY all the time. And i just need to say.. that I have this ALMIGHTLY LOVING GOD to lay my cares too. And indeed GOD has been so FAITHFUL and REAL to me so many times! Some may feel that its so hard to keep this JOY daily. And YES i agree, bcoz its so easy to be part of the WORLD and live by the flesh but if we really surrender our life DAILY to GOD we won't fall into it so easily. I have seen how God work so miraculously in my life...so i can vouch for it!
"Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you;he will never let the righteous fall. Psalms 55:22".

After small grp time... met up with cephas with josh as we had this surprise birthday party for Cherie. I really gotta say Cephas did go thru alot to try to pull this surprise. First he got us to SOMEHOW drag cherie out of the hse so that he can go to her room and decorate it. And it wasnt easy...so we make up this story that i was in HOLLAND V, supposedly here to look at the windmill design and the buildings around it etc..and like if she wanna come down to the coffee bean to study with us. And THE TRICKED WORK somehow! So we got cherie out of her place for an hr as ceph carried out his plans! Anyway sadly most of the dance girls cldnt make it for the surprise party at the TCC there... only laura,jiazhi and one of her ex classmate cld come. But overall it went alright i guess. This pretty funny thing happen at the end of the day at cherie's hse...her DOG Pee on Laura's slippers ONLY, despite our slippers and shoes being around there too! How suay can she be lor!LOL!

(the windmill in HOLLAND V..that I "SUPPOSEDLY" was the reason i come here)

(Ate this MACARONI GRATIN at TCC there..the EXOTIC HAAGEN DAAZ ICECREAM CAKE!)

(Cephas preparing the cake for Cherie.. her sis in the background)

ITS THE REAL WORLD COMPANY©

ITS THE REAL WORLD©
Thats the name of our project grp name!If your wondering why this name? it all started on monday class, when our lecturer kept mentioning the phrase "ITS THE REAL WORLD"! and Gifford just kep imitating him..and so thats how we got it... anyway this current grp assignment for exhibtion studies is EXACTLY like the show THE APPRENTICE! We have to like form like a project teams and we are doing this $5 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT! COOL RIGHT! anyway we set the budget ourselves! The meeting was really cool! The room at the YWCA was exactly like some coporate meeting! with lap tops and ppl taking minutes. And 6 ppl facing each other! the discussion was good!The plans we came out was fruitful! and at the same time had some laughs too! We decided to do a SAILING/YACHTING promotion exhibtion which is held regional as well,. So we decided use Sentosa cove as our site. And to check the price..WENG YUIN literalley CALLED SENTOSA! and the person on the other line tot it was real! The person was like asking what we were exhibiting etc...imagine if we tell them we got a $5 MILLION BUDGET!... We gave our corporation like some HUGE CREDENTIALs..working with all kind of BIG PROJECTS BEFORE! and we were like all PHD holders! It was SOOO FUN living the DREAM! Really EXCITED abt this project!

(YWCA ROOM 808..the MAIN OFFICE of ITS THE REAL WORLD CORPORATION... IMAGINE this HUGE Project all started in this room!)

(Ate this YUMMY teriyaki chicken udon at SAKAE SUSHI with Gifford and Jin He at bugis just now!!!)

YM GAP JUST ROCKSSS LOR!!!!

YM GAP JUST ROCKSSS LOR!!!!
I havent been working out this week! grhhh..eventhough a slacker week..but I only gym once! and didnt run yet! First time in the last couple of mths not gyming twice a week! anyway my QT has been more fruitful and getting longer day by day. Today tried another route to tampines. AND WAS IN BUS 22 for nearly an HR! but it was a good time, as i was praying and doing my QT.

Watch SIMPSONs with my coursemates, jinhe,weng,gifford,azmi and kenneth. It was a really funny show! I will rate 3.5/5 stars! Laugh at almost every scene! After that met nic and headed to church.

Anyway the highlight was actually YM GAP today. worship lead by caroline and matthias was really good. And the best part was actually when we broke into grps.. prayed with matthias and wanping. And while praying.. wanping was really convicted by God, and she was really ministered. Cld really sense God's presence was among us.
"For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:20"
To add to the atmosphere, matt decided to bring in his guitar and we had a mini prayer and worship session in the room. Singing the song The stand.
So I’ll stand
With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all
I’ll stand
My soul Lord to You surrendered
All I am is Yours...
Even i felt ministered after that prayer session and when we gather back to the room, singing Mighty to save. God was like just next to us!!!!He is like just sooo awesome we just can't describe in words! Really glad i didnt had class today and cld come for today prayer meeting! =)

Really INTERESTING NIGHT!

Really INTERESTING NIGHT!

Well my entire morning and afternoon was quite boring! so will just start from my evening class.This class is like so fun lor!With my current exhibition design lecturer being able to joke with us and handle GIFFORD constant remarks!And we just got our next assignment!where its a grp work! and our grp have like 7ppl! and TMR NO CLASS!SO CAN GO YM GAP!!! YAY! Its like such a slack module lor!

Actually the highlight of the day was when my Proj 2 lecturer KeanKok ask some of us if we cld help him carry his stuff back to his place as today was his last day of school before he go back to the working industry. So after class 5 of us...Weng,jinhe,gifford,julian and me voluteered. So we took 2 cabs to his place in hougang! Its really near my hse! heh! and we saw his place too! Prettty interesting hse! and he decided to treat us dinner at this Xin Wang Hong Kong cafe at Kovan. It was really a nice time of chatting with our lecturer at a more personal level. And although after all those scoldings and constant discouraging critique of my work. At the end of the day... i always knew he did that for the best for us, so we can learn from it, and actually his a very nice person. And like i said before his one of the better lecturers i ever had although one of the scariest too.The IRONY! We talk abt all kind of stuff...he shared abt how he took up architecture in the end,and how his ex BOSS is one of our lecturers right now too!We thought they were the same age ..WE WERE WRONG! Its like everyone in the interior design/architect firm is connected somehow. In the end the meal wld have COST A BOMB in such an expensive place and he even wanted to pay for our cab fare back. But we felt it was very nice of him to treat us oready. So we went home on our own. Really a fruitful nite getting to know whats the industry like too! Imagine he cld be one of our future SIP boss too! IT WILL BE REALLY INTERSTING! HAHAHHA

(the Cheese baked rice with chicken chop i ordered at the Hong Kong cafe! its pretty good!)

FACING THE GIANT!!!! (one of the MOST INSPIRATION MOVIE EVER!!!)

FACING THE GIANT!!!! (one of the MOST INSPIRATION MOVIE EVER!!!)
Watch this movie this morning! And its no doubt one of the MOST INSPIRATIONAL MOVIES EVER! Rating for this movie 4.5/5 STARS!!!MUST WATCH!!
A Christian high school football coach uses his undying faith to battle the giants of fear and failure. In six years of coaching, Grant Taylor has never led his Shiloh Eagles to a winning season. After learning that he and his wife Brooke face infertility, Grant discovers that a group of fathers are secretly organizing to have him dismissed as head coach. Devastated by his circumstances, he cries out to God in desperation. When Grant receives a message from an unexpected visitor, he searches for a stronger purpose for his football team. He dares to challenge his players to believe God for the impossible on and off the field. When faced with unbelievable odds, the Eagles must step up to their greatest test of strength and courage. What transpires is a dynamic story of the fight between faith and fear.(Sypnosis according to flixster.... http://www.flixster.com/movie/facing-the-giants)

The show started a little draggy for the first 20 mins... but when SUDDENLY this football coach change his entire perspective to GOD in leading his team. The show build up and got me GLUED to the TV! The way this coach inspired his team reminded me of my stgabs soccer coach in sec3 and 4. Mr Loh Ngiap Tai, i doubt he will be reading this post, but he somehow potrayed himself similar to what this coach did. My coach then is a really strong christian who prayed and inspired us before every game. He once shared his testimony on how God made an impact in his life to us before our game despite our team comprising of players from all kind of religions, muslim,hindus, buddhish, catholics and christians, he still inspired us to play for God! I still remember once he invited his american friend to play along side us who plays in the american soccer league and he shared how everytime they play soccer, they are not doing it for themselves but they are playing FOR GOD!and thats their perspective in life!

Entire afternoon was doing my Exhibtion design assignment and than going to school for SM training. It was a nice time where the SM from crusade cld gather and share. And it was one of the longest meetings i think. Was suppose to end at 7.30pm but ended up from 6 to abt 845pm! But overall it was a good time! =)

"....with God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26"
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NEW BLOCK!!! Exhibition Design!!! 6-9pm class!!!

NEW BLOCK!!! Exhibition Design!!! 6-9pm class!!!
My new module this block for this mth is super slack, so entire morning and afternoon free!!!!But as the schedule is 6-9 pm everyday, might miss most of the campus crusade and church activities this mth..haizzz! Anyway with our first lesson on monday only lasting an hr! And seeing the lesson plan, most of the time we are given time to do our assignments at our own pace. Which means tuesday and wednesday NO SCHOOL! ...
Today a bunch of us went to Suntec City as we search for an Exhibition site to research on for our first assignment... we spend the entire afternoon searching suntec,millenia walk,marina bay for a good exhibition area to work on. But in the end we kinda settled on the HeritageFest although we werent sure if we cld use it as it isnt a commercial exhibition. This 2 days will just be doing a report on it! Gonna like this block!

(The Singapore Heritage Fest at Suntec City!)

(We were abt to fall down when this pic was taken! We took this pic in the middle of Marina Square)

(This Jersey,boots and glove belong to Singapore player Lionel Lewis i think)

(Monday- before gyming with wenhao we ate at macs and i bought this COOL CHEAP COMBO! Student meal nuggets and plus the $2 DoubleCheese daily saver! So total price was only like $6.70... in the past it wld cost $6.20 before the increase in student meal price. But wenhao felt so cheated bcoz he bought a double cheese meal alone for abt $6.50)

AWESOME! YM SPECIAL SERVICE! NUBIAN GENTS!Pastor Dave Reardon!

AWESOME WESLEY YM SPECIAL SERVICE! NUBIAN GENTS!Pastor Dave Reardon!X-Trainer Skit!
Today serviceeeee is just so AWESOMEEEE!If only everyweek can be like this! NO chairs! and just freee seating!With parents visiting too! Had to come really early today at 8am to do a last rehearsal for our x-trainer challenge skit at the start of service. With Sen the narrator, Marcus acting from ACS I, Glenn from ACS barker, Emmeliene from MGS and Max acting as the X-trainer who got bullied and me the guy who was giving the donations. It was my first time acting infront of such a big scale audience! Was quite afraid at the start,but i tink i'm gaining my confidence overtime. With twice being in the limelight in 2 days! at MLM and now in today special combined service!
The skit went really well!Infact it was better than i expected. We really had a good audience today! They laugh and responded to the skit! And THANKS to the othe x-trainers in the crowd who help add in the atmosphere! And right after the skit.. even more ymers responded by wanting to sign up or help support the bethany methodist nursing home whom we were raising funds for.
Worship was awesome! the nubian gents dance realy made the FULL CROWD PACKED ballroom in AWE with their really skilled dance moves!!!They even did a part which got everyone to join them in some simple dance moves..reminded me of ACES day in secondary and primary sch!heh! really ENJOYED MYSELF!!!! and Pastor dave reardon from Youth alive perth is back again! and once again he shared a really funny and awesome sermon that really did inspire me abt how we sld reach out to even those who seeem so unreachable!
An awesome service!! 2 great days in 2 days! =)

(The nubian gents from America..they are really an inspiration to us on how they lived as Christians!!They got a resounding applause at the end!

(the nubian gents promotional video!)

GOD has BLESSED me with such a GOOD DAY after a long tough mth!

GOD has BLESSED me with such a GOOD DAY after a long tough mth!
It all started EARLY in the morning at 9am at the basement of Cathay!!! Met up with my mission team again as we continued to pray for the people in MMU in Selangor as well as pray for one another. It was really a good time of catching up!And although i was like the only Tp person there at first bcoz wenhao was very late. I still found it quite comfortable with the RP ppl!Thats how a mission trip can bring us all so much closer! had lunch with them and rush of to church for MLM after that.
MLM was just as good! And todays like the first time i spoke infront of so many ppl with a microphone to share a testimony abt how God use a leader to speak to me. I was quite embarrassed at the start. Not use to this kind of thing..but looks like its like the actual practical from all the public speaking speech i made infront of my class during the last block. And i actually had a script that i planned to read off from. but in the end... as i felt that this testimony was quite close to my heart. I cld just say everything out without even refering to it! And somehow it all just came naturally, really have to THANK GOD for speaking thru me, prayed really hard just before my sharing. Really hope it was an encouragement to the leaders there! =)
After that Adriel was sharing to the leaders on how to carry out a good preaching and not to bore your youths! It was quite interesting the way he base his entire sharing on the LEFT BRAIN and RIGHT BRAIN! won't go into the details but, basically he was saying that when u preach u sld always have a good balance of using the left brain such as from the scriptures or principles and than go back on the right brain such as illustrations in order to keep your youths awake! And another interesting happen was..he use Ravi Zacharias sermon as an example...and why i said it was interesting was BCOZ..ONLY yesterday and today i was reading abt HIM in my CASE FOR FAITH BOOK..where lee strobel was interviewing him. And no wonder i found his name so familiar when i read it! Didnt know he was really THAT WELL KNOWN! Anyway his sermon did inspired me! I always felt inspired to be one charismatic leader that wld be able to engaged and influence ppl! And now as a leader in church and crusade... I guess its really good if i cld work on this! Being a christian is just so EXCITING!
Immediately after MLM...met with some of the x-trainers and with shashi coming down to give some tips as we rehearsed our skit for tmr or rather LATER skit. Its gonna be infront of the WHOLE OF YM,the nubian gents and Pastor Dave reardon! SCARYYY! but really enjoyed the rehearsal! MY FIRST TIME ACTING infront of such a big crowd..really hope i dun get stage fright or just become a tomato! somemore i'm like the MAIN ACTOR! oh well... gona have to reach church at 8am later!
Right after that rush down to cathay again...this time to meet "THE PAINTS"... wenhao(RED),mich(BLUE),jacq (PINK) and me (BLACK) paint cld come...as asriel the green paint had something on. Anyway we watch HARRY POTTER! And after that had a nice time just talking thru the dinner table! It was good catching up with one another ever since we form at the mission trip! Its quite interesting how this NAMES and PAINTS came abt! will share another day..but it was really such a nice time just having meetings with all this christians thru out the day! Seeee how wonderful God is....after such a tough week! God can immediately just give me this wonderful break with all this christians! WHAT A NICE DAY! =)

FINALLY THE BLOCK HAS ENDED!!!!I'm freeeeeeeee! gona miss public speaking class!

FINALLY the BLOCK has ended!!! I''mFREEEEE! Gonna miss public speaking class!sighh
One of the toughest block for me so far, bcoz of IAD Proj 2... but my other module public speaking was really really FUN! I tink i got one fun class and a really COOL Lecturer! I dunno why i like enjoying all my CDS classes..the last time it was Leadership and character class... Now this is just as good. Thru this module, got to know 2 of my IAD seniors mervin and kenneth!Its gd to noe ur seniors,can get tips from them.heh=P.Also got to noe some from other courses in the design sch from yr 2 and 3. And ONLY found out a couple days ago that one of the guys was from ST GABS too! He was 2 yrs older than me and was in NCC land so he knew most of my stgab NCC friends like my GOOD FRIEND NICHOLAS LIM!HHAHAH!
My lecturer Ms Evelyn Lim, she is a very motherly person, she wld ALWAYS give us stuff everyday! From snacks,chocolates,biscuits,interesting gifts (took photos of some of the recent cool stuff below)... And she is just so friendly and approachable. She was a christian who use to teach at Faith methodist and is now a choir conductor if i'm not wrong. OH well..anyway really looking forward to the reunion she plan to organise where we have POT LUCK, GAMES and time to review our video taped speeches! gonaa be quite interesting seeing ourselves TALK!
Oh well..after that met asriel for lunch, long time didnt catch up with him. It was a nice chat. And SUBMISSION over FELT SO RELIEVED!....rush to wen hao place...to run at macritchie than gym!
AND FINALLY WORK OUT AGAIN! Despite feeling weaker from the tough week! Still wanted to try break my record of 24.45mins for the 5km route! but arghhhh! i failed...did in a time of 25.29 mins instead! DANG! cld feel this was due to the lack of sleep! oh well..it was a nice run! FELT HIGH and HAPPY after running! It must be those Endorphins release! ITS SUCH A GOOD way to feel high in a Healthier way riteee! SO RUN! ITS A GOOD "DRUG"...after that rush to his place..and GYM!!! somehow got the energy to complete it....and as usual had a nice chat with wenhao in that private gym of his! really enjoyed those times! GAP After that!.........GOOD AS USUAL.. =)

(those soft smiley stickers and that SMILEY STRESS BALL! was give to us by Ms Lim (Public speaking teacher)...ALL THOSE SMILESSS =D....Like SMILEY =D BANANA! X)..thats wad she always call me by!..

4 DAYS of SLEEPNESS NITE!!!!

4 DAYS of SLEEPNESS NITE!!!!
You know when i said in my last entry that this cld be the BUSIEST week of my life in TP. I actually didnt think it was GOING TO BE THAT INTENSIVE! I mean i LITERALLY WORK NON STOP 24 HRS a DAY!THIS CLD BE THE BUSIEST time OF MY LIFE NOT just in TP alone! I have gone a day the most without sleep bcoz of the work in the design sch...BUT...NOT 4 DAYS STRAIGHT!
Didnt had much break..the only break i guess is a quick lunch or dinner?den back to work again! Sleep was like the most 2-3hrs on the first 2 days but on tuesday nite i didnt expect to work nearly the entire nite until decided to sleep at 6 am tish on monday and had to wake up abt 7 am for class. That ENTIRE day toook a toiled on me! Felt really by weak in the evening but still perservered on to lead my crusade DG which i set sometime of my really tight schedule the nite before to prepare. I was THAT DESPERATE for sleep by that day...but the work was just to much in a short time, despite them extendind the deadline to friday...they now expected more and i somehow become a real perfectionist now while doing my drawing and photoshop. In the past, i just did to pass the requirements, but now i dunno why, i just cant stop working once i start..i just wanted to redo and redo until i get it right.
Anyway the sessions in my crusade dg on monday and the worship in yesterday crusade LM actually did refresh me. And i really have to THANK GOD for all circumstances, be it good or bad or tiring for me. God has a perfect plan for us, and I KNOW if I cld perservere thru this it will be the best for me...
"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.Romans 5:3-4"
Before i end this post,.. Really want to thank those that was praying for me! glenn,irene,nicole,englee,JL,wanting,amber and anymore out there that i might not have known or forgot to mention, BUT STILL REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR PRAYERS!!!THANKSSSSSSSSSS!=)

(below is the storyboards that i was working on for my IAD project 2!!!)

I'M REALLY SOOO BUSY!!!! This week cld be the BUSIEST WEEK EVER in my life in Tp so far!

I'M REALLY SOOO BUSY!!!! This week cld be the BUSIEST WEEK EVER in my life in Tp so far!
Rushing work work work! Almost every single second when i'm home! This week 7 days packed church,crusade and sch Final projects EVRY SINGLE DAY!!!!!! Monday...crusade Dg, Tuesday- Ym workshop@ church, wedensday- Crusade LM, Final submission of PROJECT!!!Thursday 2- presentations, public speaking and Project 2!Ym workshop@church, Friday-YM GAP..Saturday- MLM @ church, Sunday -Church!) No time to write a long post so will let my photos do the talking!





(The model interiors that i've been working on last week)

(met charles,vyan and james and his other barker friends for dinner...we 3 bought one small cup at carl's junior and share with 2 straws stuck together to form 3 long straws. Eveyone was staring at us lor!!!!So budget!!!!)

(can you see the " X-T"..was so bored! so made that to represent THE X-TRAINER booth!!the colour combination so CHEENA!!! RED GOLD!Eeeeks!)

(YM AT CHURCH!!! X-TRAINER BOOTH!!!!)

(The floorplan i drew out,which took out my entire saturday afternoon)

(DUNKIN DONUTS from KL!!!!..and at the same time got Krispee Kremes Donuts from Charles too...and onli friday ate VINCO donuts at the X-trainer gathering!DONUTS DONUTS DONUTS!!!)

I think i broke a NEW PERSONAL RECORD FOR MY 5 KM RUN!!!!..X-trainer Gathering!!!

I think i broke a NEW PERSONAL RECORD FOR MY 5 KM RUN!!!!..X-trainer Gathering!!!
I have to do a SPEECH supporting SINGLISH!!!! Dieeeee! Quite tough! Although i tend to use a lot of singlish in my blog, bcoz prefer it to be in an informal way. And i'm kinda afraid that after doing all those research to support singlish and reading so much on it to PROPAGANDA my mind to be debating FOR it..I might just end up speaking Singlish more! eeeks!!well this week is gonna be one of the toughest last stretch of my block in my whole life in TP! Juggling 2 modules! Especially my Project 2!!!!
Ran the same route i been running at macritchie with wen hao just now. This time we were hoping to beat our previous timings. The first a couple of mths ago was 27.30 mins, was quite unfit than, den improved to 26.08mins in the following week!!! Huge improvement! And today! was hoping to push to the furthest i ever push! really felt i cld be under 25 mins this time! AND I DID!!!! a successful run of 24.45 mins!!!! YEAAAAAAAA!!!! I think this is the fastest i ever ran for a 5km route, and some more in an undulating hilly terrain! Felt so good after the run!!! Anyway trying to beat this timing next week! Hoping by the time xtrainer challenge draws near! Will be reaching a time of 22mins for 5km!
After that met keith and vyan before going to kathy&kristi hse for our Xtrainer gathering! THAT KEITH WAS LATE LOR!!! and he kept saying that surely everyone will be late too! BUT HE WAS WRONG!!!! 20 over ppl were there at 7 oready! and we were still at bishan at like 7plus! Good thing the food was still there! heh! but wld have ate more if we were there early! their hse was HUGEEEEEE! Its like one of the biggest hse i ever been too!Anyway its been a long time since our xtrainer ministry have met up! Anyway todays gathering was kinda like an informal meeting to discuss abt all the upcoming activities we are coming up with too! And kinda looking forward to the xtrainer skit i'm acting next week! but i can't ACT! Dieee! better sleep sooon! waking up in few hrs time for soccer! Arghhh! so tired but since charles going back to aussie on sunday..must welll sacrifice la! sighhh!

WORK WORK WORK!!!!! IAD PROJECT 2 MODEL RUSH!!!!

WORK WORK WORK!!!!! IAD PROJECT 2 MODEL RUSH!!!!
This last 3 days been really HECTIC!!! And i really mean it! Tuesday...after consultation..gym with wen hao and den rush home and immediately started on my model! And when i started i just cant stop! So work till abt 12 plus passed midnite...den had to prepare for my public speaking speech. On wednesday... woke up early...rush to school...and this time we were video tape as we dress formally and have our second assessment on our Special Occasion Speech. And how suay i am..to be randomly chosen FIRST AGAIN!... only last friday on my practice special occasion speech i kena first also lor! Anyway this time...i think i did pretty well! ONE LAST ASSESSMENT SPEECH LEFT to go!!! After class...immediately rush home again to continue on my model... and after nonstop work rush of to school again for crusade LM.... prepared my Dg material on the way there... After LM.... dinner! and rush home again! to continue on my model ONCE AGAIN! thats how limited time i have... work work work NON STOP! NO BREAK!!!! AND FINALLY i'm more or less done!!!! And submission for this model is LATER in abt 12 hrs time!!! And its 3.10 am now...and i need to wake up for sch again in a few hrs time! haizzzz...Anyway rmb after last friday.... when i felt everything was going wrong,and i was so worried abt my project.. after like getting my walk with God back again that saturday morning.And letting God be in control and not lean on my own understanding... SUDDENLY i got the STRENGTH from God to perservere and have this ENERGY not from my own human strength to do my model without much trouble! Thats the power from the Joy of the LORD!

(Photos of my model which kept me awake!!!)

(thats the maze like wall partition..reception on the left)

Todays DG sesssion was really a DIVINE APPOINTMENT!

Todays DG sesssion was really a DIVINE APPOINTMENT!
Today basically went school just for submission..and than we were told we can go home and rest! So some of us decided to have lunch at Fish and Co. at TM, just to treat ourself abit and after that actualy felt i wasted my entire afternoon as we just hang around TM and CS....

Right after that..took a train to bedok to meet my crusade DG.
We had dinner at the 85 hawker centre! First time in my life there!Heard abt the good food! After that we headed to some void deck nearby and had our bible study session. Basically we read the entire book of 1 john. And i learn quite a bit today from reading this book and from the mini preaching from Glenn. But one really coincidental thing abt this which i felt was really part of God's divine plan was... ONLY yesterday in my own ym small grp. My ysgl, Englee decided to do a sharing on 1 john chapter 1:8- 2:2.... we had a very good discussion abt it actually..but we cldnt go much in depth due to the short time. So its really too coincidence that today we are going thru this again! But this time..we can go as deep as possible. AND after reading over and over again..and with the dialogues we had and sharing from glenn...i actually realise what those verse cld mean... especially the part abt ch 1:7-8, "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us." ... glenn shared abt how as we walk in the light, the fellowship we have is actually towards the christians around us. And he when on to share and STRESS on how important it is to learn to LOVE the christians around us. As like he said,sometimes its easier to love the non christians as the things they do, are forgivable as they dunno God yet, but den he shared that sometimes we as christians actually tend to get into conflicts with one another more easier and this are situation where it is harder for us to love. And what he shared was so trueee to all of us there. Especially me.... as ONLY just today and recently...i have this christian coursemate who now is like the most undesired person in the class. As he was caught blatanly stealing money from one of my coursemates. AND THAT IS SOMETHING which i myself can't accept,ESPECIALLY from a christian. And that isnt the only thing..from a very long time oready..i just can't get along with him, and he just pisses of alot of ppl with his arrogant attitude. And i was wondering..i actually gave him a chance in the past..as i learn to accept his character and still treated him civil, and like a fellow coursemate. Than today..when i realise that maybe, just maybe..the best is to avoid him and dun hang out with him anymore.bcoz he always tag along us. BUT his attitude is unbearable. AND we all kinda made some excuse to run away from him today. I tink his oblivion that eveyone in the course is like staying away from him now.And one of my closer classmate susect he was the one that also stole his stuff. I mean i NEVER knew A THIEF before! and thats something which its hard for me to accept. SO actually todays sharing came at the VERY RIGHT TIMING! its like GOD SPEAKING SO DIRECTLY to me thru glenn sharing. And i felt that...well as a christian...we sld still LOVE our fellow brother in christ. no matter how hard izzit for me to accept. But i guess i will be praying, for God's wisdom and the opportunity for me to actually talk to him..and find out why is he doing such a thing and behaving this way.....Anyway the really good discussion didnt end there...

Rmb i said today DG was a DIVINE ONE! ..bcoz Glenn den had to opportunity for the first time to share the Gospel to chun yeung after the dg session.THIS IS LIKE CHUN YEUNG ONLY SECOND TIME IN DG, despite him coming for LM quite regularly. And it really was God's perfect plan that all this happen at the right time. Although chun yeung wasnt ready to accept the Lord yet. He sure was definitely closer in accepting the Lord into his life. ANd i really believed that one day! JESUS will be in his life!... anyway we had a very nice chat on the way back too..and really THANKS GLENN for the taxi ride back home! I realise that..right after friday Gap where i actually felt that i cldnt sense God closeness like before and like my heart wasn't at Gap last friday... suddenly..the next few days GOD LIKE REALY SHOWED HIS FAITHFULNESS and he started speaking to me in my QT again and thru the many christians i encounted the last few days! Thats really how REAL he is! I'm just AMAZED and GLAD to have known such a wonderful GOD!=)

(the Fish & Co set lunch was vey well worth it...for just $12.90 i got a main course,starter and drink!!!)

(WengYuin,Jinhe,kenneth,ami,kah tak and me at fish and Co!!!)

(I WAS STUNNED to see this! YOU KNOW THAT 3 or 4 years old boy drove that initial D arcade car like SOMEEEE PRO!!! I didnt believe until i saw it!!!! Eveyone around was like in AWE!!!..even meeee! If he carry on this..in the future his gona be SINGAPORE FIRST FORMULA 1 DRIVER! And it all started in an arcade in TM!)

(we did our crusade dg near this court..where those guys use the dustbin covers as the goalpost for soccer!FELT TEMPTED TO JOIN THEM LO!!!)

X-TRAINER CHALLENGE!!!!..and a DIVINE APPOINTMENT? (I tink so...read on to find out.... =p)

X-TRAINER CHALLENGE!!!!..and a DIVINE APPOINTMENT? (I tink so...read on to find out.... =p)
The first title of my entry is basically what happen the entire time in church today...was mending the X-trainer booth for 930 & 1130 services and was a pleasantly surprise by the good response from Ym! I was wondering who in Ym really wld actually sacrifice the time and didnt mind running 6km to raise funds for the Bethany Methodist Nursing Home. We got 21 ymers signing up! with a few more pending! And i actually gotta thank some of the x-trainers like stacy,isaac,steph,marcus who helped me get the ymers to sign up!X-trainers are really blessed to have such Passionate youths!
Anyway the main think i wanna share abt today was actually how it was such a DIVINE APPOINTMENT to have that really wonderful conversation with caroline and gladwin just now. And i was actually only planning to have a quick lunch with josh before i rush back home to do my project! BUT...josh hp battery was flat...so he had to use me for a moment as he tried calling so many ppl just to find jolyn. LOL! So accompanied him to Gelare as we bump into Gladwin's Ysg. i actually wanted to stay for awhile only..BUT...Somehow the conversation with caroline from crusade led to her sharing abt how she got into full time ministry. And I was actually really encourage and glued to her sharing. And to be honest..i once had thougths of WHAT IF...i ended up in Full time, not as a crusade staff...but more in wesley Ym itself where i have the MOST PASSION for! And i'm really blessed to have that conversation to hear personally on how she ended up in full time! She also ask me if i cld go for this YOUNG METHODIST LEADER'S CONFERENCE which is held in malaysia from 7-9 sept.. but i will have to miss one day of school! And with the design system..its actually 2 blocks of 6 hrs altogether! I really want to go for this conference, as it really seem like something fruitful i cld take back as i serve in YM. But if i think back to year 1...i rmb taking leave from school a few times to go for crusade conference...took that step of faith to sign up for mission trip! And so sld i take this step of faith again to go for this? I really dunno....i guess will be praying abt it... after awhile Gladwin join in the conversation..and he ask some pretty interesting questions, really did make me think..and from there on had some really good sharing. This are conversations which i actually enjoy over dinner tables or for today, over lunch table....and if u been following my blog..i once said that i only manage to have this kind of christian dialogues with my crusade DGL, Glenn..and rarely with Wesley ym leaders...but i'm really glad that i really cld have this kind conversation with ppl from my very own church. And somemore both of them are serving full time. Anyway after awhile..gladwin suddenly ask me if i wanna share a testimony to the Ym leaders at the next MLM! I got freak out for a moment! As i'm afraid i'll get stage fright infront of big crowds! At first i thought on the spot he just decided to ask me this...but i soon realise that he actually plan to ask me oready...and caroline can vouch for that. SO IT WAS REALLY A DIVINE APPOINMENT for me to sit down and have this really nice conversation with them, and it also gave gladwin the opportunity to talk to me abt all those stuff. AND i didnt plan it at ALL!!!! WOW!!! really amazed how GOD works! And although i spend longer time than i expected at the Gelare and with that pile of work at home...when i got home..rush thru my project!AND I FINISH THEM SOOONER THAN I EXPECTED!!! Seeee this how GOD can give us back the time whatever time we give in for him. PRAISED THE LORD! =) BACK TO MY SMILEY SELF TODAY!

The day of RUSHING PROJECT!!!! and mini small grp outing!

The day of RUSHING PROJECT!!!! and mini small grp outing!(....something i learnt today)
Today woke up..PANICING! As i wondered how am i gonna finish my model! my floorplans, sections drawings,perspectives and many more by this weekend! as monday is th submission! And i had to visit my small grp member hse, as he invited us to celebrate his birthday. In the end, Vyan,moonie,cherie,soe and me manage to took time of our afternoon as we visited his place for the first time at tiong bahru. After countless time he tried to invite us, but we were too busy. Well i guess as small grp members, we have to make this commitment in visiting our grp member hse once in a while, just to show that love despite how busy all our schedules were. In the end everything turn out better than i expected, it was a good time of fellowship with the some of God's Clay and I had a nice chat with vyan before going his place....And i'm glad we went in the end. His family was very hospitable and his aunt talk to us quite abit. I felt that it was really God purpose for us to visit him at his place today. If we didnt come to his hse today..we wont have realise abt certain things he kept in his room that wasnt really christian-like... we actually got him to tear those things that really have got him in bondage. And i really dunno if he wld have gotten rid of those stuff if we werent there in the first place despite us always telling him to get rid of those things in the past. There was this awkwardness during that period. As we all gathered in his room,kinda speechless..and trying to explain to him, why izzit so important to get rid of those stuff and not give satan a foothold. It was hard...but it was the best for him. And the more i tink abt it, the more i realise why he was place in God's Clay. Its not just for him alone, but for us too.
In the end on the train back..i start to ponder back abt what happen in Gap yesterday...and what Gladwin shared abt how at times, we may not really experience God, and sometimes instead of asking for things for ourselves,why not ask God for us to use us to bless others instead. And i realise that God used us today. Not only that...while pondering, i saw this elderly man, and i decided to give up my seat after awhile of thinking as i was actually qutie tired....but when i saw how grateful he was. It just brighten up my day. And well...isnt it better if we think abt others more than ourselves?Thats how God uses us sometimes! =) I'm slightly back to my SMILEY SELF again..bcoz manage to finish abt 80 % of my model and also just finish my script for my public speaking class which i rush thru non stop to do all this work for the last 7hrs!!! Need wake up early tmr..or rather in 4 hrs time...sighhh! got to set up the booth for the Xtrainer Challenge!

I'm tired!

I'm tired!!!
So much has happen over his past week. And i'm like pretty exhausted and tired now. Leading 2 bible study session in 2 days and going to 3 small grp session in 4 days, and Gap today...not couting all my projects and crusade LM on wednesday...i'm like pretty dead beat now....
Just today morning had our public speaking practice session, pretty fun actually seeing all the different speakers playing their role. After that, immmediately rush all the way to bishan from tampines to gym with darren, after that rush back home, did my speech report and then keith called me, wanting to meet me at bishan so he can do his work and i do mine, and was hoping i cld drag him to Gap after that too. So after just being home for a short while.. RUSH BACK to bishan AGAIN!This really cool thing happen on the way back to junction 8..I was in the SAME BUS as 5 HOME UNITED PLAYERS! 3 of them were HUGE AFRICANS!!! And i tink one was a china player..they were huge man!.... anyway really wanted to bring keith back to Gap... but i failed! was quite discourage actually.... and den rush back to church to meet Sen to dicuss the Xtrainer challege and then headed for GAP. Haizzzzzzzzzzz! I dun know why..but this is like one of the first time in Gap i just cldnt really focus properly.....really tried to...but theres like so many things on my mind. Felt that my heart wasn;t really there...sighh
Anyway feeling really tired now.... and just seeing all the work i have to finsih this weekend is scaring me! But i have to make some sacrific to visit my small grp mate hse tmr, to celebrate his birthday. I guess thats the best we as his small grp member can do. I really need to stop relying on my own human strength but to TRUST GOD more and not lean on my own understanding!!!!sighh sighhh sighhh....one of the really few times...i'm not really that smiley...sighhhhhh!i dun like this!grhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!oh gosh i better stop sighing!

(I guess this SMILEY PIG wld cheer me up!...this pig belongs to my public speaking class teacher. I like its smiley eyes and its smiling!)

IAD PROJECT 2!!!!Floorplans!!!!

IADPROJECT 2!!!!Floorplans!!!!
Public speaking class today...FUN AS EVER! Had our first Impromptu assement!!! I think i did pretty alright! After that spend the entire afternoon in the studio doing my floorplans,sections, perspectives, mock model!!!
And we had our first crusade life meeting WITHOUT our STAFFS!!!! IT was totally run by us students! And i felt so bad not preparing the lesson enuff...as i briefly read thru it the day before bcoz had so much work to do! But phew! everything when well in the end! And tmr need to prepare bible study again! this time for my small grp!!!better prepare well this time!!!!

(Photo of the floorplan i did for my interiors of the second level transitional space at far east plaza!)



(pictures of my mock model,showing the spaces)


(took this photo of the sky during the crusade meeting!!!COOL RIGHT!!!!!)