The GENESIS PROJECT 2008 at Paya Lebar Methodist Church!

The GENESIS PROJECT 2008 at Paya Lebar Methodist Church!
Today just came back from oneeeeeeeeeeeeeeee awesomeeee christian song writing event!
I was really AMAZED at the many TALENTS out there! THEY WERE ALLL SOOO GOOOD! Some even can be "HALL OF FAME" standard "quoted by my crusade disciple nick who went too! One can really see how GOD inspired songs can make it soooo awesomeee to just hear! And there were just overwelming responses from so many song writers like more than 38 song writers on the list! =) And i was so glad to bump into 2 of my last year YMLC grp mates too.. Jonathan and Elizabeth! About exactly one year ago since i last saw them! =)

(HEART DRIVE band..one of my favouritesss! The lyrics for their song almost encompose the entire bible from the creation to the gospels! It was amazing song writing!!!!)

The Songwriters Forum...


(well known song writers like clement chow and this 2 malaysia guys...feel so inspired after hearing all their sharings)

(Elizabeth from my last yr YMLC grp!)

(Above a clip of THE AWESOME band from Riverlife church... their 3 songs played were so powerful!!!)


(elliot singing his song!)

(elliot song!) The GENE POOL...


(A guy from Isreal and NEW BREED band from america the one where Israel Houghton is leading came down!) (Check out his song!..this is the church that compose the famous "Lord You are Good" song i think...currently track 60 on my playlist)

(Video from the guy from Isreal and New breed!... His so talented!)


(Jotham song!)

(Video of Jotham's song)

THE 30 000 visitor CHALLENGE! Is on again!

THE 30 000 visitor CHALLENGE! Is on again!

WHO WILL WIN THE 30 000 visitor to my blog this time!
With past winners Simon Lin for the 10 000 visitor award! And Glenda Lau for the 20 000 winner award...

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(Flash back entry... Thursday, November 22, 2007)

THE WINNER OF THE 20 000 VISITOR IS...........
GLENDA LAU!!!! from wesley ym!.... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!


(the printscreen taken from glenda)

(Flash back entry... Tuesday, March 06, 2007 )
WINNER OF THE 10 000 VISITOR to my blog!!!!! this is also the 252 post!!!
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What is Design?

What is Design?

Below is the more than 1000 word essay on me trying to share my view on "what is design". I spend the entire night doing it! Anyway wanna say a BIG THANKS to the people i ask online last night for their opinions on their various styles of design processes,from motion designers,to graphic designers,to product designers,apparel designers too.

Well its a bit long... but would love to hear your comments on What is DESIGN or ART to you! THANKS! =)

Topic: What is Design? Explain and describe its process.

Design is a word that can be comprehended into many areas and seen in many perspectives. Such as the huge debate if design is art or is art design. I feel that by evaluating this statement one can get some idea to what design is. My take would be design is not art however design can be considered art.

I believed design is coming out with a solution to an issue, it involved many considerations, like how there are design principles considered such as its composition, geometry, emphasis, symmetry, asymmetry etc. And most of all is it functional is it ergonomically friendly for users and many more considerations. It involved others instead of just one feelings and expression alone and there's usually a process and development in an idea.

However, "Why art is NOT design", as to me art is an expression and something personal and how one may perceive as beauty to them. And the topic of art it self has so many more genres too from paintings, to dance, to music, theater etc.

Then the next question “why design can still be considered art?”, as if the initial idea or issue is inspired from one expression and feel for the project, it can be viewed as an art form as well. So the intend of designing something may be perceive into either a design yet still an art. Anyway this statement is a quite subjective.

After sharing those thoughts on what is design even comparing to art. I can conclude that design definitely has a process to it before coming out with the final product or solution. The process may vary to some extent in different types of design traits, but at the end of the day I believed they all follow very similar styles in the development of stages in the process.

I did a quick survey asking friends from various courses and design traits such as product designers, graphic designers, motion designers and fashion designer to see their style of design process, and than comparing their process with my more familiar interior design processes. I hope my evaluation on this aid in my conclusion of my personal view of the process in design in general.

The initial stages in all the design traits I evaluated would start of with asking the client what is the need and aspects they want, or for some of the motion designers they said that it starts with just an “idea” or conceptualize it before proposing the idea. While product designers & fashion designers are pretty much similar to interior designers or architects where one research first by finding out issues by analyzing trends, target market, existing product etc. So in general I guess I can conclude the initial stage for all designers is coming out with an issue to work and develop from.

The second stage would be evaluating and studying the needs of that issue. For example for interior designs and architects one has to do a precedent study first by doing a site analysis as well as comparing with other design project out there which are similar to that particular site, place or product. The process of getting information can be through the internet, books, newspaper articles or even experts. All this contextual issues around that particular site aids one in finding a concept and solution to that issue. From that issue, some factors such as environment, culture, historical significance, demographics of place has to be taken in consideration too. Like for environment, would it be sustainable over time, would the climatic influence the location? For culture, would the lifestyle of the people there influence the issue in some way? And is there any historical value in that area? Were there are other design suggestions to this place in the past? And than demographics analysis with recordings at different times of the day of the different type of traffic flow, the number of people , and types of people coming and moving in that area. From the survey I did, I presume the second stage of evaluation of issue in general is applicable to all other design traits too.

The third stage, after gathering all the necessary information, one should be able to come out with a design concept. I feel the style of approach in getting a design concept is quite subjective, some people use elements of the area and translate their design base on those elements. For me, I would do a mind map to evaluate all the information I have and play with the words until I can get a translation of the word into an architectural principal to follow. For example, I can infer a need to solve “social interactions”, and basing the word of “interactions” into architecture principal to “interlocking of space” as my design concept. This style of formulating a design concept may vary in the other design traits but at the end of the day I presume that all traits need a design concept at least to develop in to the next stage.

The forth stage, would be gathering all the information from step one to step three and to formulate it into a organize design brief which includes a solution to what the designer wants to see at the end of the whole design process and development. However, this stage may even happen right at the start when the client gives a brief for the designer to follow, so this stage depends on the designer creating the brief or the client.

The fifth stage onwards, is where one will start to developed and explore the ideas based on the chosen design concepts through sketches, mock ups etc. With much exploration and comparison with the initial analysis, the ideas are then short listed based on evaluation from peers, lecturers, experts, etc, to see if it meets the needs of the design brief. And I believed this stage does apply to all design traits too, as we all need to evaluate our work and develop it.

The sixth stage after the chosen idea pass through the evaluation stage, it is further developed being detailed even more and factors such as colour, material, type of furniture are considered right into as micro as possible like how the design feature is fixed and built for example.

And last of all, all this development, process and final solution are being presented in various means of media that best showcase it be it power point or storyboard for example. And this is where it s critique by experts for further examining of the proposed solution can be either further developed in the future or it is successfully done enough to be build. And like for every other design traits too, after the critique is either time to be marketed or use or further developed from there onwards.

The processes I shared from the view of an interior designer and architect may vary like I said before, as this are the process I would normally go through when designing something. It need not be exactly going through this format all the time but it’s a good process to follow.

In conclusion, after sharing all my thoughts and opinions on design, I guess I can conclude that all designs definitely goes through a process before the solution and in general the process in all design traits are quite similar in some way or another despite the many different school of thoughts. At the end of the day design will never end, there will always be room for improvement!

With References:

Quick survey (for opinions of their design traits)…
Andrew Lai (Motion designer), Jeremy Ho(MOI),yr 2, Kenneth Tay(PID), Yr 3, Chun Yeung (VSC), Yr 3, Ethel Shin (ADM),Yr 2

More thanks giving! AND MORE ANSWERED prayers! =)

More thanks giving! AND MORE ANSWERED prayers! (another miracle =) HAPPEN!)

Monday...
God answered my prayer abt opportunity to share the gospel with a friend(see previous post)...

Tuesday...
God answered my prayer AGAIN for my design studies lecturer allowed me to take leave next friday for YMLC!!! ..Also got this opportunity when my retail lecturer offered an industrial training stint at his workplace... but after much prayer and consideration... decided to turn it down as my priorities is with crusade and church stuff and off course REST during my break...hope i made the right decision bcoz i know i wld have learnt alot at the workplace!

Wednesday... (the MIRACLE)
Next THANKS GIVING... GOD showed His power again! This is how the story went... a classmate of mine lost her hard disk of in the studio...and everyone in the studio was searching for it, we suspect it got stolen... and after some time of searching we found it! And the thing at the end was...we found out that all the christians there prayed including me...somehow deep in my heart i knew God will show his AWESOME power again like what he did for me! And the key thing is..she prayed too! Although I not sure if accepted Christ yet.. but it gave her a STRONG testimony for her to share of GOD's glory!! And not only that...it was a HUGE TESTIMONY to everyone there who found out that we all prayed for her to find it! From the christians,too muslims,too free thinkers who all saw GOD did the impossible! Somehowww it was hidden in some cupboard far awayyy? stolen? we dunno? ..BUT we found it in the end bcoz of our mighty LORD!

Ok if you thought thats all... God Answered my prayer again!...i was praying for more such opportunity to share my faith in the morning...and later in the evening was with my 2 classmates one a muslim and another a secularists, sitting and talking... and somehoww... i dunno how the conversation came abt religion..and we had a chance to share abt each other faith... i got to learn more from my muslim friend who was a very devoted muslim and FOR THE FIRST TIME... i got to share more abt Christianity to this grp of friends... especially my muslim friend who im quite close with in my course but somehow I never really got such a chance until today! Firstly to me muslims are the hardest to share with bcoz it is a sensitive issue. But i guess God has prepared me more and more for such opportunities like this. =)

Design studies module... so far its been pretty fun! watch a cool old classic movie called The Rebel-1961 today... a really funny show on arts and OPINIONs...heard this show was a huge success than...
Sypnosis of show...
He was a rebel against conformity. He didn't want to catch the eight-thirty-two to the City each morning all his life. He had talent, artistic talent, and he pined for the Bohemian life of an artist.
A hilarious sequence of events sends him off to Paris, where the glib patter of his native London captivates the artistic fringe of Montparnasse, who acclaim him (not always soberly) as a genius. And soon it is believed.
Then follows a joyful life, with the wildest of parties with Existentialists who sleep in diving suits, dye their hair green, paint their pianos like Scottish tartans ... and do everything except catch trains for a living.
Overwhelming? Not for a rebel who has fought for an existence in the primitive wilds of London's Suburbia. Like a duck taking to water, the Rebel takes to the new life and riotously makes it his own.

(Scene at start of the show, the usual mundane life in office... second pic shows his child-like paintings)

Below...a funny scene in the movie....

An answered prayer yet again! =)

An answered prayer yet again! =)

Well before i left the house for school today, i remember saying a short prayer of an opportunity that somehow i will be able to share the gospel... and well GOD will definitely answer prayers that is part of His will! ... And HE DID YET AGAIN!... This is how the story goes...

Was at the studio waiting for retail class to start when kah tat just ask me a casual question out of the blue... "how come so many young christians are converting to Christianity nowadays?.. in relation to an article he read in the straits time (click for article)..." ... And wow... it was just so PERFECT... it gave me an opportunity to share my view on it... and he didn't mind hearing more! So well the WYS booklet came in handy as usual! By now i didn't really had to go by the book line by line as after 2 years plus of sharing the gospel to different people felt a personal touch to it will work much better, so just use it as a guide... And he was really open to hear the gospel! Well if somehow he reads my blog! I guess he will know that i actually prayed for that opportunity to share with him and im really glad to have that chance! =)

Anyway passed him the WYS booklet after my sharing and he was willing to keep it!...=)....

(The "What you see is what you get booklet...aka WYS booklet use by campus crusade)

BIBLE EPICS!!! ... IAD seniors bbq!

BIBLE EPICS!!! ... IAD seniors bbq!
Saturday
Small grp bible study led by justin... we were late and this is our punishment by him! =P

(Charles writing his liness! HAHHA! HE WAS 50mins late lor!)

Sunday- BIBLE EPICS!!!
This is another GREAT SUCCESSFUL crosstrainer event!!! This young new comm led by simon and ronda did a FABULOUS JOB!!!! This whole bible epics were based on purely bible stories! So many of the themes of the games were make up from the stories itself! So really had many fresh new ideas and concepts! =)

Catch some of the photos below!!!!


(thats just jia en interuppting the photo with some dance move i tink!)

(The KNOCKING GAME! My favourite station!!! one of the better XT games ever after much development of just knocking on the door..it sounded stupid at first.. but see how such an idea became our BEST game!)

The SECRET STATION... clue was the area was all GREEN...

(The PARABLE OF THE LOST SON!.....Clue to find the parable of the LOST SON!)

(Pastor Alvin was the LOST SON!)

(Elliot seemed pretty interested in those drawingsssssss... =P)

(The MAZE OF RAFFIA! Another cool concept base on another parable)

(The crossing of the red sea station.. I tink?)


(The body parts game...)


(the parable of the lost coin! HAHA! Isaac faces were the lost coin.. they had to match his expressions and find the odd one!)

(The intellectual shawn explaining the PARADOX station!)

The CROSS station...

(This ysg was so WOAHH!!!! Really enthuuu! They seriously attacked one another with those balls!!)

(Hans Explaning the game)

(The SHOCKING message behind the this station! Everyone were like "taking revenge" against each other in this battle! Throwing the fire balls at the shields! And Hans did a convincing explanation of what the game meant at the end when we as humans has all carried the nails and nailed Jesus on the CROSS by our sins! Thats why the shields has a cross on it... THE YOUTHS became so serious after hearing that MESSAGE! Listened to the tone of Hans voice!)

(grps preparing for the FINAL GAME!)


(THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD!.. a bible quiz round!!!)

(Debriefing of the crosstrainers!)

IAD SENIORS BBQ at downtown east chalet!!
Had a pretty nice bbq with my course mates just now at downtown east chalet! Our lecturers like ban soon and Kk came down, even our design school director Moses paid a visit and brought us BANANAs! And i really ate a lot of bbq food today! a concern that my sorethroat will get worst after tonite... having a nice husky voiceee now! HAHHA!


(It was still raining during the BBQ timeee)

(celebrated melinda's birthday!... watched the closing ceremony and Army Daze in the room)


(Hannan our photographer!)

(OUR IAD SENIORS COHORT.... ok abt only 1/3 here)

(some of us.....some were in the rooms)

IM FILLED WITH THE JOY RIGHT NOW!!! ASK ME WHY! =)

I'M FILLED WITH THE JOY OF THE LORD RIGHT NOW!!! ASK ME WHY! =)
Just looking back at this past week! AND im in awe and just so THANKFUL of the many times GOD just continue to show his POWER in my life! His GRACE is just SO ABUNDANT! and theres sooo much to thank for!

Like shared in my recent posts... from how God MADE a way for me to come to GAP today to share what i originally wanted to share, to just now when we entered kopitiam for supper and it was more CROWDED than usual,so i said a brief prayer to GOD that somehow we had enough seats for a big grp of us... AND GOD PROVIDED NOT one, not 2 not 3... BUT 8 TABLES later! And we cld joined 4 tables together to fit the BIG grp of us!

And recalling the part when i was sharing at GAP on the MIRACLE that happen to me last monday JUST GOT ME IN THIS SUDDEN JOY DURING THE SHARING!!!! SOMEHOW I CLDNT STOP LAUGHING at the MIRACLE PART! OH MY! It was like some "HOLY LAUGHTER" seriously!!! I'm a little skeptical abt churches who has such practices actually...BUT I FELT THAT WAY JUST NOW! I Just felt SO JOYFUL! And somehow the Holy Spirit just made me LAUGH out uncontrollably bcoz of theres JUST SOOO MUCH JOY IN ME!!!! it was oneee strangeee experience indeed!!! hahah! =)

Another thing i'm really blessed to have good Christian friends around like elliot, wenhao and many others,as whenever we just meet up... we somehow have edifying conversation understanding our faith better as well as encouraging one another from our sharing and study of his WORD! btw elliot if your reading this! GOOD JOB in todays sharing! =)

(just saw this photo on deb's blog, and another THANKS GIVING is for GOD to provide this christian grp campus crusade in TP in my life! That photo was our last crusade LM for this semester... like a camp fire HAHHA! but thats a lamp....and that lamp revealed this insight to amy that we are like that lamp called to be that light in the darkness of this world!)

(And thats my crusade staff IRENEEEE!!! INDEED! one superwomen for the LORD! Theres JUST SO MUCH TO THANK HER FOR! She is one of the leaders in my life and to me a mentor too that has made a HUGE IMPACT in my Christian Journey! I haveeee HUGE RESPECT for her! =) )

Anywaysss when i came home! Amy from crusade shared this powerful testimony she heard at this conference shes attending now of that same church in america which shanyu shared with me on that monday....

amyX) says (01:19):
this speaker (think from bethel church in an angmoh country), he let us hear a recording of a testimony from this guy from brazil
amyX) says (01:19):
that brazil guy was i think trying to record a p&w song with his guitar
amyX) says (01:20):
so he sang and recorded that... and when he pressed the playback button, you know what he heard?
amyX) says (01:21):
he heard keyboards. he was shocked so he turned the thing off. and asked his elder bro (he was17 then) to help him listen..
amyX) says (01:22):
and they both heard keyboards. haha. and then turned it off again.. the guy asked God for courage to press the button again..
amyX) says (01:23):
and he heard keyboards, flute, cymbals, (some other instruments i cant rmb) and a choir!! in his recording! rmb he only played with his guitar?
amyX) says (01:24):
yah. and he said the choir right. they didnt have to take breaths. like they sang alleluiaaaaaaaalleluia
amyX) says (01:24):
all through the thing.

GOD SURE DO WORKS IN MIRACULOUS WAYS WHERE OUR HUMAN MIND JUST CAN'T COMPREHEND!

OH well! Printed my retail storyboards! And nowwww i can have a good weekend to restttttttttttt! =)

Louie Giglio - Laminin

This blew me away! A snippet from a great message entitled How great is our God! by Louie Giglio, this section talks about Laminin, an amazing molecule in the human body. A must see! Full DVD a... more >>

Louie Giglio - Laminin
Just saw this video on Godtube! AND it blew me away! A snippet from a great message entitled How great is our God! by Louie Giglio, this section talks about Laminin, an amazing molecule in the human body. A must see!

I was just as shocked as him when i went to google on the word LAMININ before he showed the picture to us!


Dictionary definition Laminin-is the major non-collagenous component of the basal lamina,it is vital to making sure overall body structures hold together)

And this is what the WORD OF GOD SAID!
(remember HE is the want that created our human bodies too, right to our molecule!)

"15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross." Colossians 1:15-20

SO MANY THANKS GIVING!

SO MANY THANKS GIVING!!!

GOD just keep answering prayers even at the seemingly impossible times! The whole week since monday i was actually praying that somehow i could go for YM GAP this friday! As i got so much to share BUT than i have a submission in the evening this coming friday AND theres PRESENTATION too which means its going to take the WHOLE NIGHT! I somehow came to terms well if its God's will for me to miss GAP then His WILL BE DONE!... And then at the same time i was rushing my retail design project, feeling a little sickly the past few days... took like a total of 8 Panadols 10 sorethroat pills in 2 days! Thats how bad it was! It was worst on tuesday... This verse of the day spoke to me this morning when i open bible gateway “I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”- Psalm 16:8

And then to THANKS to JOELLE for even more encouragement another verse that she shared with me “By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.”- Psalm 42:8 ....

ALL THIS ENCOURAGEMENT gaveeee me even more motivation to giveeee my best in this FINAL stretch of this module for THE LORD!... AND THENNN!...

while rushing today to get it print in time..... i got a CALL FROM MY LECTURER abt 1pm that the submission and presentation HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO NEXT MONDAY! I wasnt like praying for a postponement bcoz i knew i cld somehow finish in time... then i realiseee! I CAN GO GAP ALREADY!!!!!!!! And i was THANKING GOD SO MUCH! AND then i had sooo much more time to do final touch ups to my storyboard as well as to add on a detail drawing to it! AND NOW im even done with my powerpoint presentation which i was doing the whole night! AND I GOT 3 dayssss to rest and enjoy my weekends!!!! AMAZING RIGHT!!!!!! I can't believed it either! =D

Check out my retail design project! I did this all in 4 days! DEFINITELY NOT BY MY OWN STRENGTH as it will be IMPOSSIBLE especially when your sick! BUT I OWE IT ALL TO MY MIGHTY LORD! =)


(Introduction, concept and process development)

(Plans and elevations)

(Model Simulation)

(Merchandise display system board)



(Merchandise display system board)

Bethany Nursing Home Visit! , MLM & August babies party!

Bethany Nursing Home Visit! , MLM & August babies party!.... and a MIRACLE from GOD that happen infront of my eyes today
Saturday
Bethany Methodist Nursing Home Visit! After raising funds for this home by running last satuday! This time the crosstrainers visited this old folks! And well we were definitely blessed being there!

(we sang some action songs for them! And this old folks love it!)

(A recording of one of the songs we sang.. I apologize for the shaky phone)


(helping the eldery with some painting)

(the women on the left sang for us at the end! She use to sing for the THAI KING!... the women on the right was the best painter there!)


(the crosstrainers assisting the elderly with some painting)

(this women dedicated a song to us after we sang for them!... heard she sang for the THAI KING BEFORE!)

(This is what the crosstrainers drew! Can u find my chinese name =P)

(At the end of the day! The crosstrainers! With some of the elderly works!)

It was one exciting day helping and being there for this old folks!

MLM... Learnt and insightful message from Raymond Fong on time management and our calling!. The time we have is GOD's TIME! " redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:16 (NKJV)" WE sld redeem it back for our LORD! We sld focus on roles rather than activities when we priorities our time! And always rmb our number one role is we are a CHILD OF GOD!

August babies party at vyan's hse!

(the nice bbq food)

(the august babies! Elliot,Ian, Ivan and Aaron who was not there but we sang for him too)

(The Wesley ymers at the party!)
Sunday!

(bel last day with the crosstrainers before she fly of to the states to study)

(wenhao,jem and me came down to clark quay to support Asriel and his church band as they played Hillsong songs in public for this charity event! What a good way of reaching out!)

Monday! THE MIRACLE!

Came to school for the prayer meeting that a few design students had started... had some encouraging sharing... was sharing abt how even the simple prayers count to God! One was this very unbelievable thing that i heard from shanyu, he mention that there is a very annointed church in america when the ppl pray God is so real that even a prayer like the handphone was lost and than REAPPEARED immediately... i was a little skeptic abt that at first although i dun doubt the power of GOD... anyway had a very powerful time with this bunch of reallly ON FIRE CHRISTIANS as we prayed boldly in the open outside the LT in design school... after that nice time of prayer... head to the canteen to realise my WALLET WAS MISSING! Somehow i wasnt like very FRANTIC and i was like still smilling lor! So i just told wenhao jokingly...ok maybe this time can pray for this... i said a brief prayer as i traced my steps back...cldnt find it...but WITHIN 10mins! I had a call from the General office! ANDDDDDD MIRACULOUSLY someone pick it up and return it immediately! A huge relief! And i was just amazed at how the peace of GOD instilled in my heart and ANSWERED our prayers immediately! GOD just NEVER fails to disappoint me! WE were just so amazed at GOD's POWER! =)

Anyway after that ran 2.4km with wenhao at bedok reservoir! We me getting a personal best for the last 3 mths of 10min 35 secs!