Bethany Methodist Nursing Home Visit!....MLM!

Bethany Methodist Nursing Home Visit!....MLM!
Woke up really early this morning as a small grp of us, Sen, his son, marcus,stacy,eric and me visited the Bethany Methodist Nursing Home as part of one of the charity works with do for the X-trainer challenge. It started abit akward as we went to one of the dormitory. Marcus started of by playing some songs and we sang along. And Sen's son did some classical pieces. After that we did some painting with the elderly. This was actually the highlight of the visit. Check out some of the paintings they did....

(I was helping this guy in his art work...)

(this was my personal favourite!!!)


(everyone was SHOCKED to see this!..that guy cld draw out this by just using numbers! COOL TYPOGRAPHY!)

After that we headed to MLM together after lunch... todays session was pretty good! Worship was awesome! With Eugene deciding to play classic songs sang like more than 10 yrs ago, and some new songs too! After that watch a show "Kissing Dating Goodbye"...it a really good show that talks abt whens the right time for getting into relationships.Basically its always in God's perfect timing.

We than broke into our various leadership peer support grps and we had a discussion session on youths that we find hard to manage in our grp. Everyone was very open in their sharing, and got to pick up some useful tips from the older leaders.

YM GAP!!!

YM GAP!!!
Ym Gap was good as usual! Only that today NOW THE ENTIRE GAP KNOW ABT some embarrassing moment that happen to me at my last small grp retreat.
oh well...Received this encouragement card from nic today too! I Really appreciate and like it a lot!THANKSSssssss nic!

(see if u can guess wad this word on top means....clue its 8 letters!)

(I took quite a while to figure out how to read those arrangement of words!)

LAST DAY of EXHIBITION STUDIES!!!! submission day!

LAST DAY of EXHIBITION STUDIES!!!! submission day!
I notice that this week alone...suddenly i'm like catching up with a lot of my old st gabs friends almost everyday.Like suddenly been meeting up with my good old buddy nicholas almost everyday too. Even a few days back when i had a new hair cut with nicholas...we coincidently bump into another of our ex classmate who had his hair cut at the very same place as us too.

Yesterday also met up with Eric a staff from Singapore Youth For Christ (SYFC)... It was a good time of catching up ever since the SYFC soccer team kinda disbanded last year, he also ask if I wld like to help him coach some kids from pri4-6 in this Evangelistic Christian Soccer camp his organising, and the dates that i'm available wld be the Dec 3-5 slot. It kinda interest me, first of all, i never really coach soccer before and wld like to give it a try...secondly, i felt this is a good opportunity to reach out to those kids thru soccer too. Well, the only prob wld be just before that camp it will be YM combined ministry retreat from Nov 30-Dec 2 ...and right after that wld be YM CAMP 07 from Dec 13-16. And i know i'm gonna be quite busy during the december period not counting crusade commitments.

At the same time, I also took this opportunity to ask him some stuff abt how he ended up in full time ministry serving in SYFC.. and its good to hear his passion, for example, SYFC has this Sports and Adventure ministry which reach out to youths thru sports. And this is something which at the same time reminded me of my ex soccer coach from SYFC too and also "THE FACING THE GIANTS" football coach who inspired his team bcoz of God. And its strange that just this couple of mths, i recall having conversations with Full time staff from church,crusade and now SYFC too. Hmmm..well....is this something i'm up for in the future?..i dunno...will be praying abt all this still..........

For now..check out the storyboards i did the entire nite yesterday for my FINAL EXHIBITION DESIGN! And my model which i'm SOOOOOOOO PROUD OF! =P

THE ADIDAS SOCCER BOOTS SHOWCASE!!!

THE ADIDAS SOCCER BOOTS SHOWCASE!!!
The past couple days been working on this Exhibition design model. I decided to do on Adidas Soccer boots because my course mates notice that most of my models design ever since year 1 has this similarity to the Adidas form. So decided to keep to this style! like my trademark design!heh! Check out the model i did!

(The layout plan of my Exhibition space)

RUSH HOUR 3!!!

RUSH HOUR 3!!!


Watch RUSH HOUR 3 with my old stgabs buddies...Nicholas,melvin,TW and darren Lee at AMK HUB today! This were the guys that we use to always play floorball with at melvin house squash court during our sec 4 days after school. It was quite a cool reunion for most of them! And the TICKET for the CATHAY at AMK HUB cost ONLY $6 for students!!!!!!! ITS like the CHEAPEST MOVIE TICKETS I EVER BOUGHT IN MY LIFE!!!!!!!! Well with 6 bucks it was well worth this action packed FUNNY MOVIE! Chris Tucker is really one HUMOROUS COMEDIAN!! Give 3.5/5 stars!


(the DELICIOUS DURIAN FLESH from the Four seasons durian shop at AMK HUB)

(WE ALL BOUGHT this durian pancake! ITS SERIOUSLY as DELICIOUS as it LOOKS! YUMMY!)

TEN COURSE DINNER!!!..RUN AGAIN!..

TEN COURSE DINNER!!!..RUN AGAIN!.... More catching up with old friends!
Today's my grand aunt 85th BIRTHDAY!!! so we had some grand family gathering at this ROLAND Restaurant. And its the same restaurant where SM Goh Chok Tong and his Marine parade GRC were gonna have their dinner on the same day! Anyway never had such a sumptious 10 course meal in a very very LOOOOOOOONG time! Ate prawns,crabs,duck,shark fins and all kind of other expensive dishes!YUMMYY! ate until really full!

After that rush of to meet wenhao for a run at macritchie. Was really full and still aching from the tough gym work out yesterday. THIS WEEK ALONE.. GYM TWICE, RUN TWICE! never done that before in MY LIFE!..but the run with him was good. Did a more relax slow jog as we chatted thru out the entire route. Did a slightly longer route... in 28mins 17 sec! AGAIN COINCIDENTLY the EXACT same timing as my S'pore run a couple days ago! HOW STRANGE IS THAT!

Met up with a couple of my close stgabs buddies ifan and melvin for dinner after that! it was good catching up! Didnt see melvin since feb!

(Some delicious prawns! ate quite a lot of this...)

(CRAB!!!LOVE CRAB!!!!........SHARK FINS!!! YUMMYYYYYYYYY!)

YM GAP!our GOD has overcome the world!the devil don't stand a chance if we....

YM GAP!our GOD has overcome the world!the devil don't stand a chance if we....

Todays YM Gap was good again! Matthias led a mini session of free worship. Didnt had that in a long time in gap. but really enjoyed it! =)

Something which i was thinking a lot during GAP...just by todays prayer session alone, and sharing from many people i know in church over the past couple of mths. I notice that theres this really common thing happening in a lot of our lives right now. The WORLD is becoming so TEMPTING and at the same time DISTRACTING to many Christian lives. And this gives the devil a foothold to deceive and influence us. And our lives tend to get messy and stress over WORLDLY things.. even things we think is good...for e.g. studies?ccas?work? but once this priorities pull us away from GOD. Personally i feel, thats how the devil can subtly affect our walk with GOD. With Major exams such as A's, IB papers, O's all coming!This is inevitable... BUT we still sldnt let all this factors affect us. We sld still put God first in everything we do. YES STUDIES IS IMPORTANT. BUT we still need to put GOD first even before our studies. ALL WE NEED is to commit at least sometime before we start our packed day.Just spending time with the Lord ALONE. And when we talk abt surrendering our life. ITS really abt ABSOLUTE surrender. Not 99% but 100%! And thats when we will see God straightening our paths and thats also when the JOY of the Lord will be seen in our lives!

Our GOD is really just SOOO LOVING and we just need to cast our worries upon him. Its easier said than done. BUT i really STRONGLY ENCOURAGE that if every youth in YM can see this and believe it by FAITH!And have this constant daily walk with God! THATS when we will see YM REVIVAL!

I remember adriel once said at Ym camp 05...that 2006 wld be the preparation year for WESLEY YM REVIVAL..So in this coming YM camp 07..wld it be the start of our REVIVAL? well i CHOOSE TO BELIEVE it! But we all have to play apart. AND BE "THE CHANGE-MAKERS" of YM! WOOHOOO! didnt use that WORD for quite a while! but i really hope to ignite that passion again!

ITS THE REAL WORLD COMPANY© ....SUCCESSFUL ASSIGNMENT OVER!!!

ITS THE REAL WORLD COMPANY© ....SUCCESSFUL ASSIGNMENT OVER!!!

(The "ITS THE REAL WORLD" team comprising of Me,julian,wengyuin,jinhe,khairiah,gifford and atiqah)
(We slotted ourselves in this NEW SHELVINGS in our IAD STUDIO! COOL RIGHT!)

(the rough model of our sail fest!)

(Our SAIL FEST mini video!)

Wesley Ym X-Trainer CHALLENGE RUN 2007

Wesley Ym X-Trainer CHALLENGE RUN 2007
Was quite surprise by the HUGE turn out from more than 50 ymers in our yearly X-trainer Challenge!was thinking who wld WAKE UP so EARLY on a public holiday! But well it was goood to see so many still coming.We did a 6 Km run around Singapore River! My fitness is like at a peak now! Didnt really feel tired after the run, infact found the run quite relaxing in this cool morning!The rain stopped in time for us! THANK GOD!...was joggin with shashi for the first half and den yewjin for the second half of the journey and manage to complete in a time of 28 mins 17 secs...was the first few ppl to finish! Its 10 mins faster den the very slow reggae run that i did with Sen a mth ago.Actually thought cld have run faster still..but manage to reach my targeted time anyway.

After the run, had breakfast with vyan at macs. It was a good time catching up with him after not seeing him for quite a while. Isaac and steph join us in awhile and it was really a nice fun time of fellowship! After that rush down to Junction 8 to meet my stgabs friends Nicholas and TW for lunch. And did more catching up again... GOOD NATIONAL DAY today!

LAST Tp Crusade Life Meeting for the semester =(

LAST Tp Crusade Life Meeting for the semester and Amber last day in TP crusade.
Well...today kinda like finish organizing our Sail FEST Exhibition Design! Its was TOUGH! but "ITS THE REAL WORLD corporation team"has DONE IT! All those effort of doing EXTRA work which is not in the requirements and doing a 70 plus powerpoint slideshow! It IMPRESSED our lecturer! Well that Z grade or A grade coming soooooooooon! =)

After that had our last crusade LM for this semester! so saddddddd lor! and its Amber last day as a staff in Tp crusade too!=(... anyway the last LM was quite a good refresh as usual. We read this article abt SWEET SURRENDER... and i wld like to quote this sentence... "Andrew Murray wrote abt such surrender as "absolute surrender" It is the only way to experience the fullness of God's true rest:absoulute or full surrender to God alone." I felt this is sooo true bcoz if we ONLY 100% surrender our life to God WHOLLY not even 99.9% BUT 100% is only when we will experience that fullness of God's peace.

So in order to keep this walk with God consistent..we should confess our sins daily and at the same time surrender control of our life to Christ and receiving the fulness of the Holy Spirit by FAITH! And once we do this EVERYDAY! MOMENT by MOMENT. Is when u will see HOW GOD can be sooo real and true!

Well...something i wld like to share...after today's LM.. I think i'm more assured of agreeing to step up and be the Student Leader of Tp campus crusade. Its strange but... after joelle and me both turn it down few mths ago due to too many commitments in church. but right now! BOTH OF US have FINALLY AGREED to it when Irene approach us again! And it was part of how God spoke to us too! Like for me... only just a couple weeks ago, in my post abt my purpose in life. I shared with my small grp abt how God put us in different place in different times ALL FOR HIS PERFECT PLAN! and seeing that i'm place in TP crusade right now! I felt that, this cld be my only chance to serve God here, and to step up to take a more responsible role. And seeing this HUGE NEED and also seeing that indeed recently tp crusade isn't exactly like doing very well. Joelle and me have decided that maybe its time we really sld step up more and help our staff Irene in Tp crusade. REALLY CLD SEE the JOY in Irene face when joelle agreed to it too!
We really want to see the movement in reaching out the lost souls in TP as well as equipping more Christians here!

(We did some crazy stunts after life meeting!Wen hao first climb and jump to catch the para pat of the back of the second lvl of the design sch. And climb up that railing. JEM followed and den I tried it too! It was kinda scary at one part, BUT i overcome my fear of heights! and it felt great to do that mini stunt! Its like at least 10 metres HIGH! but well in life we sld do crazy things once in awhile! the picture on the left is nicholas who tried to do the stunt, but he didnt really pull it off)

FESTIVAL OF PRAISE 2007 (Day 3 FINAL NITE!!!)

FESTIVAL OF PRAISE 2007 (Day 3 FINAL NITE!!!)
When to the FINAL NITE of FOP with TP and RP crusaders!We were like this huge 20 plus grp! And although we came very very early.but we cldnt get seats very near to the stage bcoz our grp was too big! but well..from where we sat. I gotta say! This is like an awesome area to see the entire CROWD! And its a sight which is just so unforgettable! Just seeing sooo many passionate christians lifting up their hands emersed in worship! its like WOW!I realise thru out this 3 days i have sat at the floorseats, east and west sections! 3 different angles! COOL RITE!

This really funny thing happen! Before giving our tithes, there was a short sharing from a pastor from City harvest...and after that he say how we cld give our money.And when it came to the part abt giving via credit card or cheque, he when on to say ...or u can also write a cheque toooo CITY HARVEST CHURCH! OPPS!THE ENTIRE INDOOR STADIUM WAS STUNNED! He immediately retract his words and said its for the FOP instead. He must have done it so many times saying this in CHC until he kinda forget that this time theres other churches too. But he kept his cool! and well..i tink i felt quite embarass for him! WITH LIKE EVEYONE giving a AWWWWWWWWWW response! It must have been quite nerves shattering! but oh well...ppl do make mistakes.

Anyway DELIRIOUS and DON MOEN end of with all their classic songs! Yipeeee! I'm like super high after today! Jump until exhausted..sing my heart out until hoarse voice! but its AWESOME! The very very old songs ended by don moen was really FUN! CLASSIC man!

FESTIVAL OF PRAISE 2007 (Day 2)

FESTIVAL OF PRAISE 2007 (Day 2)
Today FOP seem better then yesterday! Maybe bcoz although i came very very late today. Came with wenhao,asriel,Jem,grace, ethel and her church mates. And we only reach the indoor stadium like late 6 plus pm! We had to take taxi from Plaza sing lor! bcoz buses were all PACKED!!And half way queuing the LOOOOOOOOOOONG queue we got separated from ethel and her churchmates.BUT U NOE WHAT! Asriel's mum called and said had 5 VIP entry pass for us!And just nice the other half, was just 5 of us! So we cld CUT ALL THE QUEUE and entered the VIP area. And we had FLOORSEATS reserved! HOW COOL IS THAT! Anyway today feeling soooo high! Sermon was really really really good again! CANT WAIT FOR FINAL NITE TMR with TP and RP crusaders!! YEAAAA!
I'm gonna be a HISTORY MAKER in this land! Yipeeeeeee!

(the guest pass to the floorseats!)

(Today was a FULL PACKED CROWD! ENTIRE INDOOR STADIUM TOTALLY FILLED!)

FESTIVAL OF PRAISE 2007 DAY 1(I SAW A MIRACLE BY GOD today! READ to FIND OUT WAD HAPPEN!)

FESTIVAL OF PRAISE 2007 DAY 1(I SAW A MIRACLE BY GOD today! READ to FIND OUT WAD HAPPEN!)
Today ran at bedok reservoir again!Its like the first time in maybe a year since I run TWICE in 3 days! Actually my body was kinda aching from the record time run 2 days ago, but since wenhao wanted to run today, decided to go ahead. Irene and Nicholas join us too. And SOMEHOW COINCIDENTLY i did an EXACT SAME TIMING! of 23 mins 12 secs AGAIN! HOW COINCIDENCE was that! Wanted to beat it though! actually did beat my previous time in millli secs. After that rush down to Kallang to meet church mates feeling quite shagged actually!

DELIRIOUS and DON MOEN are JUST SOOOOOO TALENTED! Dr Phil Pringles sermon was pretty funny too. Anyway during the entire praise and worship session. I dunno why, but there was this guy in red nearby just caught my eye from the start!.AND i dunno why but i kept noticing him thru out the whole praise and worship session, he wasn't like very enthu abt the whole thing. He had this very bo chap look, like can't be bothered. And it was a little discouraging, and i think his mom next to him was like praying a lot and worshiping God, but i think his either a non believer or he just cant be bothered.

And abt 10 pm...when actually we had to leave bcoz the bus transport was here.BUT i dunno wad stop me from not going back with the rest. I JUST SOMEHOW wanted to stay on. When the pastor told us to pray for our non believer friends. I just kept praying for him. Its like GOD somehow directed me and gave this burden in me to pray for him. I DUNNO WHY!.But... i after the sermon and altar call, i just prayed and prayed during the entire worship session for this guy i dun even noe. AND i told GOD by faith that TONIGHT something is gonna happen to that guy. That God you are going to touch his heart. Its like eveyone around him was like WORSHIPING and Lifting up their hands in awe of GOD except him. But he was like so BO CHAP, he even sat down and like slept?i dunno. but i didnt give up praying. I just knew God was telling me to pray for him.

AND...when the Don moen started singing the Song "STILL".. He just stand up and LIFTED HIS HANDS! and he was singing and worshing God! I was SHOCKED! AMAZED!!!!ts like a 100 percent change! From so bo chap thru out the service ENTIRE 3 hrs AND from than on I cld see there was a GREAT change in him! He was like lifting up his hands thru out! even at the closing prayer too! I was like telling GOD.. THANK YOU! Its like i wld NEVER HAD SINCE THIS MIRACLE FROM GOD if I Just didn't had this prompting in my heart to stay on!

(It was a FULL CROWD!!!..this pic is taken before it even started..and later during praise and worship.. SEEING EVERYONE HANDS LIFTED UP and the ENTIRE INDOOR STADIUM SHAKING with everyone jumping! it was an AWESOME SIGHT seeing sooo many christians gathered in one place worshiping God together!)

(DELIRIOUS!!!!!!)

GOOD RUN at Bedok Reservoir!!! Another new personal record time!

GOOD RUN at Bedok Reservoir!!! Another new personal record time!
Today the first thing i did when i arrive in sch abt 5pm, was to go for a RUN around bedok reservoir! Can't take the loooooooooong wait without running oready! So geared up..met my proj mates and the crusders for awhile..den rush off! Did a new personal record time in bedok reservoir in 23 mins 12 secs in abt 5km! when checking my archives of my previous timing in my blog, it was 23 mins 39 secs! SO Yippeeee! There was this old man who was actually faster than me, first i over took him..but he like suddenly sprint all the way after that!THATS SCARY! but it was a nice run!

Rush for proj meeting and consultation,and found out my lecturer Harith was a TOP Student in TP DESIGN SCHOOL in his batch! And he appeared in newspapers! And he did some huge millenium project in 2000! Our proj consultation with him was so casual we can like just talk abt almost anything lor! Loving this period!

Rush for crusade after that...and we had 2 NEW ppl! one was grace friend and another Asriel friend, who is FROM DESIGN sch too! yay! the design population in crusade is growing. heh. And not only that...FOUND OUT She just stay oppsite my hse! Like..ONLY 2 mins walk away! HOW COINCIDENCE is that! Its really nice making new friends, espcially those that stay sooo near. never really had friends that stayed this near before!soo coool lor!

DECISIONS DECISIONS DECISIONS!!!

DECISIONS!!DECISIONS!!DECISIONS!!!(MUST READ ENTRY!..how God directed my decision)

That was what i was thinking and praying a lot since sunday. First i got an SMS reminder from Caroline on sunday asking if i wld like to SIGN UP for the YOUNG METHODIST LEADERS CONFERENCE from 7-9 September in Seremban,Malaysia.I actually forgot about it from the last few busy weeks ago. And i realize the deadline is tuesday 31 July.

One of the main cons stopping me from signing up for this is that i will still be having lessons on the 7 Sep,and as i do not know my schedule for that block yet, the cons are,it cld be an important Presentation date?submissions?or as its in the 3rd week of the block,thats usually where the FINAL ASSIGNMENT wld be given and my weekends are normally packed with work.So all this thoughts came into my mind. And at the same time, this is a good opportunity i do not want to miss, as I'm sure i will gain a lot from going to this conference, first heard the workshops are really good,and its a good time for refreshing with the Lord, a chance to network and get to know other methodist leaders around Singapore and at the same time catch the vision of the Methodist churches in Singapore. And i'm sure its a really good experience to go.

I cld take the easy way out, by not signing up and just carry on life without much worry. But i decided to talk to different leaders for advice first. So over the past couple of days i talk with church leaders like gladwin,chiehming and my ysgl Englee and also approach my crusade staff irene and Dgl Glenn for advices. And i really wanna SAY A BIG THANKS to all of you for spending sometime giving me words of wisdom. =)

And only yesterday,tuesday morning. After having that decision in my head THINKING thru out the nite. I was praying before my QT. And i was asking God something like this,please give me at least some answer from my QT today. at the same time as i was praying i remembered few mths ago i had to make a BIGGER decision before my mission trip where i had to decide on sch or the trip. Thats another story,but God spoke so DIRECTLY to me abt FAITH in my QT that time.So if i cld take that BIGGER STEP OF FAITH than, why can't i do it again this time. But anyway as i OPENED my QT book.AND...As i read the passage for July31. I started to realise...OH WOW! God are u really talking to me again!ABT FAITH? It all started to straighten my thoughts...but i still didnt had a clear decision.

So waited till evening time, when i had to Lead in my own crusade DG for the FIRST TIME with my peers and my DGL sitting in. Side tracking a bit. I can say that yesterday DG lesson i led cld be one of my best or better and more confident lessons i ever led.AND THIS IS ALL BCOZ OF the LONG WELL PREPARED PREPARATION on sunday.And at the sametime maybe bcoz i had some pressure from my DGL sitting in, so wanted to make sure everything went according to plan. AND INDEED it went well!THANK GOD!

Back to my decision again..before DG i shared my QT passage with my DGL glenn for more clarification and as he read it out again and explain. My decision was more ASSURED. To find out how God spoke to so strongly... read on my QT passage....

Faith And Risk

If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, "From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water" (John 7:37, 38).

The story is told of a prospector in the last century who had to make a four-day journey across a burning desert. He couldn't carry enough water to make the journey without dying of thirst, but he was assured there was a well halfway across the desert. So he set out and sure enough there was a well right where the map indicated. But when he pumped the handle, the well only burped up sand. Then he saw this sign: "Buried two feet over and two feet down is a jug of water. Dig it up and use the water to prime the pump. Drink all the water you want, but when you are done, fill the jug again for the next person."

Sure enough, two feet over and two feet down was enough water for the prospector to prime the pump or to finish his journey. Should he pour the water down the well or should he drink it?

To tell you the truth, I'd drink the water that was buried! I don't know who wrote the sign on that rusty old pump. It could be a cruel joke. I'd pour that water down a worthless well only to watch my life drain away for lack of water.

Faith always has an element of risk, but there is one factor in the above story that doesn't exist when it comes to God. I know who wrote the sign. When I pour myself into a life of faith, I know that out of my inner being shall flow rivers of living water. God said so, history verifies it, and I, for one, can testify that it is true. In the final analysis, God is not only true, He's right.

There is more than enough water in God's well for everyone, but the pump is only activated by faith. Remember: "Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him" (Hebrews 11:6).

Heavenly Father, You have proven Yourself trustworthy. Your river of living water never dries up or becomes polluted.

Amazingly...that was how GOD really prompted me and cleared my path.

Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him,and he will make your paths straight."

(this may seem random but as i'm having a cold now,one temporary cure for block nose is doing push ups. And it WORKS!)