So.. it's 1pm on a tuesday afternoon.. 2 days into the new term.. how's it going everybody ?? I'm in the middle of midyrs and i wonder why i'm still here blogging..
So far the papers have been tough. My answers for the bio essays were as short as the structured question answers, I guessed the last few mcq questions for today's chem paper cos no time.. but nvm, i'm jus praying to pass this exam. Found out that it counts for 20% of the final grade.. oops i was gonna use this exam as a trial to see how exams in vj are like.. uh oh. But i found out that if i'm absent with valid reasons for this exam, they'll take promos as 100%. Hmm...

Nevermind. It's a nice feeling to know that whatever happens God is still in control and that i can leave everything to Him. It's no longer i that live but Christ who lives in me. Yay. I believe God has called me to this school and given me this opportunity to study for a reason.. so where i am, i'll jus be happy about it and trust God to reveal his pupose for me in his time. Christ is my boss, not my teachers. I study for His glory, not mine, not my teachers. Cos if i study for myself, i would rather give up. Makes sense ? Nvm to me it does.

Believing in christ doesn't make life easier, it makes life easier to handle!!

Hmm..now not even 1.10pm yet. When shall i start revising math.. i dunno! haha. I can't wait for Fri!!

Yay deborah's back from kazakhstan! Uncle Lewis was gonna give Leon, Dot, benny and I a lift to the airport that morning but end up Leon fell sick.. So dad dropped us off at the airport before going marketing. Second time i woke up at 5plus this holiday to chat on the phone.. lol mad ? maybe. Fun? oh yea.. haha.
I wanna go for mission trip! At the same time i know it's not like a simple holiday trip.. gotta be really serious about doing God's work.. it's christ we're representing. So until i'm ready, i won't go signing up casually for one. From Deb's email, those 3 guys with probs with the return tickets. God really has a purpose for everything man!! If those guys hadn't stayed and got a chance to talk to the lasy at the airport. You guys wouldn't know that she recieved christ!! Praise God for her decision!! Amazing the way God works!

k, 1.30pm liao..gtg!

Went out today, celebrate MQ's bday. Met Dot to buy the cake first. Was fun, watched runaway vacation, den walked around with john while the girls did their shopping. Ended up amusing ourselves at the mathematics section of kiokuniya. Did u know there's history of mathematics? Oh my.. but i think the greeks or whoever who came up with a way to link up such scientific data are really brilliant.. or they got nothing better to do.. Den went coffee club where we talked and laughed and i dunno, just spent time together.. We should go out more often. It'll be more natural next time.. yups the rest i shall write somewhere else.. where only a certain device in my wallet can see.

Woah youth camp was fun !! Meaningful too.
Before the camp i was really inconsistent with my walk with God, and here was a chance to spend 3 whole days in communion with God. So i prayed that God will allo me these 3 days to learn about him. The most amazing thing was that i prayed i'd hear from God about whether he will be willing to accept me back into his family after i had betrayed him so many times, after i had fallen away so many times, after re-dedicating my life to God and den growing cold again. Amazing thig was that first day, the sermon went straight into "If God was loving, wouldn't he accept everybody?"
by the third day, we were touching on Romans 8:11 "if the spirit of Him who raised Christ Jesus from the dead lives in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his spirit who lives in you." How could i have forgotten that Jesus had already won the battle with sin, overcoming the worst of sins with his blood on the cross. Surely mine was no big deal for him to overcome. Our salvation has taken care of the past (the penalty of sin ) the present (the power of sin, guilt )and the future (presence of sin). Nothing you can do, can make him love you more, and nothing that you've done, can make him close the door.God said, "Abide in me and i will abide in you".

The most crucial lesson i learnt however was that we cannot do anything to gain more acceptance from God, he has already called us his own. Before the world began, we were on his mind, part of his plan for eternity. God has already made the way clear, specific and to the point, Jesus is 'the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the father except through me'. No matter how hard we try to re-commit our lives to God after falling away, we'll jus come crashing back down, it's called gravity. And it's our sinful nature, after Adam and Eve chose to disobey God. So we shouldn't rely on our own strength, less we come crashing back down. Instead, God has already provided the way, to accept Jesus as our personal saviour, the one who paid the price on our behalf.Only den can we, from a rock (illustration by Dave Percy) falling due to gravity, be transformed into a bird that can take flight. "But for those who hope in the lord, he will renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not be weary, they will walk and not be faint" (Isaiah 40:31). A prayer answered ?? U bet !! really, if we sincerely seek God, he will open up to us too ! Actually he has always been reaching out to me, it's me who has shut God out for too long. "seek and ye shall find, knock and the door shall be open unto you !"

Den the last day sermon: WILL YOU HOP INTO THE OFFERING BAG?!
WOW!! Will I ?? Lord give me strength!! The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak!



So what else happened at the camp? Well, start only i had to demonstrate frog cheer.. thanks Dot!? Haha. Den.. AmazinGrace. first stop, salvation army, had to choreograph a dance to our camp theme song, Consuming fire. Den flew over to Toa Payoh town park to fly kite, had to find strangers to join us for bonus points, singaporeans are not very friendly people huh.. especially the older generation.. haiz.. First few times the kite kept crashing cos we had little space to run and had to turn 180degrees a few times. Den it was off to United square, crawl around the water fountain ?? Man, i'm gonna get u back in tomorrow's games man.. Den it was off to causeway point.. was sposed to find out how much bread breadtalk produced but they said it was a secret so we did an alt task, David made us do a tribal dance around a lamp post at Woodlands Mrt station. Den sposed to chiong back to camp, but we ended up waiting 20min for the bus at the interchange ad as a result the other 2 teams caught up.. "let us be one voice, that glorifies your name.... and we pray oh God, grant us unity.." Sheesh, talk about togetherness!! lol, anyway, rushed back to camp to build a shelter.. Guess we got carried away when david said might as well do a good job.. end up we checked in last.. nvm lah, it was fun anyway !! hee.

2nd day, played games, John, Ben and I ran the games.. first game.. haiz, i think i didn't spell out the rules cleary enough.. i should have said no grabbing the other team, no pulling shirt, attacker no pulling cloth, defender no stealing balloon.. so many complaints.. sorry lah, difficult for me to see too you know.. i'm not a fly with compound eyes.. nvm lah, after that talked to some of the guys and i think they felt better, me too.. Den station games, HAHAHAHA all of u dunked yourselves into the sea for nothing!!! Oh man, i'm so evil!!! Haha. Den fun night and BBQ was fun!!! The skits so funny!! Group 3 deserved to win lah. Their's fulfilled the criteria fully.. and it was hilarious too.. I was laughing like mad.. =p Den disco in Training room 1.. lol caleb was the only one really dancing.. the rest of us.. hmm.. haha. I just realised i could have used some of my school mass dance moves.. lol.

"Speak only of things useful in edify, encouraging, and building up one another.. "
I guess that may seem random.. but. Oh well.

Captain's ball a 1.30am? Woah the last shot!! oh yea. *High five*, Dot! haha. Den we talked random stuff till 2 plus.. Vincent and Dexter are funny!! Telling the story of little red riding hood.. sheesh. But of course, random talk is just empty chit-chat for good times sake. Had a chance at real fellowship as well, thank God for that :) Before this sharing like that was rare.. but i'm sure there'll be more in the years to come.

Club Med Bintan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's go G.O go !!

We are now famous there for being "cheerleaders" Haha it all started when we cheered for Ben and Dot who took part in table-tennis tournament. They both won !!! Men's champion and Ladies champion respectively ! cool !! So fun lah club med. All the crazy G.Os. So hyper and friendly. The receptionist also very kind, i lost my key and she replaced it witout additional charge.. i think their job is soooo fun.. everyday wake up and play games, sports, entertain people.. and they get to eat such good food everyday !!! Wah the food rox lah!! Got so much variety, chinese, japanese, western, korean, indonesian.. wanted to tae video of the whole spread but camera no more memory liao. The desert rox.. but poor dot dun want to eat.. ai yo ! holiday jus eat lah.. :p yay, she finally did on the last day.. haha.

So what was a typical day like ? morning wake up, breakfast (never ending options to choose from, but limited stomach space ). Eg porridge ( taiwanese, teo chew, japanese ), pan cakes, sausages ( chicken, pork ), bacon (chicken, pork ), egg (chef to cook the style you request ), assorted pastries and bread, salads, cereal.. aye, got alot lah. Den we'll go to the beach, swim / drift about / kayak. Kayaking is fun !!! especially when there are corals and schools of fish right under your boat. Den one time we kayak so far out! the sea was so calm, and quiet, peaceful, sun-set orange sky, wind blowing gently, just each other for company.. so nice ! Can just relax and let time freeze. literally. My watch stopped.. lol. When we got back my mum told us how she got so worried she asked the life guard to go out and call us back. But the lifeguard said "You scared they disappear beyond the horizon? Don't worry, they can paddle back in 1 minute if they want ! " wah this lifeguard rox man!! haha. Eh, i'm sposed to be depicting a typical day here.. ok restart.

So after breakfast, we'll go to the beach, den we'll wash up. Why need to wash up ? Cos in the sea we dunk each other into the water, dump sand on each other's heads, ben lost all his team mates after he betrayed Leon. Haha. kk i'm drifting again. Den we'll play table-tennis or pool (easily accessible on the first floor although sometimes there'll be others playing and we gotta stand there and look intimidating then they'll leave.. haha, nah, most of the people there are very nice. Soon it'll be lunch.. Again the extremely wide spread.. occassionally we'll sit with our parents, but most of the time us kids will jus find a table, cos we hardly meet at meals anyway, it's free and easy.. perhaps the parents also want a break from the responsibility of looking after us.. Usually lunch time we'll be so thirsty from all the salt in the sea that we'll drink lots of water and end up not being able to eat.

After lunch can go back to the beach and..... again !! swim, kayak blah blah blah. Unfortunately the weather not very good. Didn't get to do the trapeze until the last day. Wah the dumb harness so tight lah !! Free slimming session ar ! good thing we did trapeze before lunch..

We went snorkelling on the second day !! Took a boat out to sea, too bad uncle Lewis and Noel didn't make it on time and the boat driver didn't want to wait for them. The boat ride THERE was nice !! Wind blowing in our faces as we squinted to absorb the beautiful scenery around us, frantically fighting to keep the hair in place from obstructing our view.. kidding lah, my hair not that long yet.. =p. My frist time snorkelling !! So fun.. at first we were all swimming in different directions and occassionally kicking one and other.. den fianally got smart and joined hands to swim together. Haha. but there not much to see.. we found a reef nearer to shore later which we had a more rewarding snorkelling experience.. the boat ride BACK was cold and wet ! The boat speeding through the rain, freezing argh ! haha, everybody else was cuddled up but i was sitting alone oppsite cos the boat driver made me swap seats with another guy.. to balance the boat.. maybe it's a good thing he did.. otherwise quite akward.. i wonder what the parents will think if.. k nvm. hee.. random.

Den there's the Sports center where we did archery, I won so Dot had to peel an egg for me.. haha. Ben and Dot hit green ( canvas ) and brown (the stand ) lols.. and lost a few arrows. Poor Hot dog had to replace so many arrows. "Hertog ! not Hot Dog !! " Haha the way he said it with that indonesian accent so funny !!! We kept repeating that phrase after that.. lols. Played basketball and badminton too.. Ben very strong.. shoot 3pointer and over shoot the entire board and hit the wall behind..

Swimming in the pool.. played monkey, Ben's a baboon, i chose Gorilla.. den theres this elivated platform where we can sit and let water from the pool above fall down on us.. like a waterfall lah... but sometimes got somebdy leaning over the wall there.. den the water that falls on us will have a funny smell.. yucks.. nah, i'm just kidding.. but Ben did poke a guy's hand that was sticking out over the wall.. Just like how Dot poked a swimmer with her kayak oar and gave him such a shock i think water went into his snorkelling tube..

Night life there ?? well it is a Club afterall.. Performances by the G.Os were fun to watch, especially the slow-mo skit.. haha, hilarious. Even the actors were laughing, that's funny. Then after the performance we'll join in the dance.. Mai Ah hee ! Mai Ah ho ! Housekeeping !!! Haha. So dumb. But who cares, everybody jus going wild togehter.. Haha. Still like the time we play 'pig' and laugh until cramp.. stomach cramp, jaw cramp.. wdv lah.. Haha, den we watch movie on Dot's portable DVD player.. ended up me and ben wrestling on the bed and... PILLOW FIGHT !! Haha.. go crazy again.. i think if the cup noodles didn't spill we'll prob play untill all the pillow stuffing come out..

Dinner on the last night was sposed to be a "more formal dinner affair" Haha.. end up most of us didn't bother to dress up.. my date for the night was Noel.. Dot dated Daniel and ben had the ghost on the opposite end of the 12 poeple long table.. Leon finally did his forfeit for loosing the " 1 dot" game. but we all joined in.. eating blue cheese.. haha. it's not bad lah, or maybe cos i took only a small bit.. he's was quite big.. took a video.. haha, Leon's funny. Den i had to rush through my steak as Ben and Dot had to rush to Bintan Sports Award Ceremony 2006 and i was in charge of leading the cheer team.. Haha. The MC actually cut off the music so that we can do our cheers for Ben and Dot !! Told u we're famous.. my dad cheers loudly.. Haha.

Like the holiday, this blog entry has to end too.. but even on the ferry back we were having so much fun.. Haha. We used 'Rabbit' and 'Fred' as puppets to act out the entire holiday, adding in our own exaggerations and drama. Laugh until Leon and Ben tot we went mad, and Diane had to shh us so many times.. I think the other passengers who were trying to sleep must have been exercising every bit of tolerance and patience to put up with our ridiculous laughter.. haha, told u the people there are nice.. Oh well. Dun blame us, not often we get a chance to spend time together like this.. i'm gonna miss this holiday loads.. OK ! next one Club Med Hokaido !! oh yea ! =p

There's so much to blog about !!!

GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER !!
Wow. Can you pictire 24 000 christians gathered at the national stadium jus to seek God and pray for the nations ?! It's just so amazing to know that out there is a enormous family of fellow believers and that we all share one spirit and one voice that wants to glorify God. 24 000 strong choir singing praises to God, waving flags of different nations we are supposed to pray for, coming before the Lord in full repentence of being 'double-minded' in our lives and rededicating our lives to Him. So nice ! Can gaze up into the heavens as we sing. What really struck me was the apology part when representatives from the charismatic, pentacostal church and the evangelical side apologized to each other for thinking of themselves above the other, and for thinking that they are right and the other is wrong. It's amazing how God works to bring his children together, into 1 big family. If anyone is not against us, then he is for us. So cool, who cares how we worship, as long as we are worshipping, it guess it's fine ! I really really want to see God use me to change lives for him. There's just too many unsaved out there. There's just too many who claim to be christians but take the grace of God for granted. I don't want to be guilty of that but sometimes i find myself doing things and saying things that do not honour God, i pray i'll be able to focus on giving God the ultimate Golry and control of my life. I guess only then, i'll be able to share Christ's love with others.


X-3 rox!! seriously ! wah the story line is just so gripping and all the action, drama, *applause* Jean grey looked scary! Haha. and she killed so many people who were close to her, haiz.. so sad. And then wolverine had to do the hardest thing ever.. i hope i didn't give away too much in case you haven't watch yet.. lol. Funny, we were all sposed to go watch together, den in the end.. oh well i had fun though !! Haha. Was thinking i'd be too tired after badminton and all but.. funny how i didn't feel tired anymore after watching the movie, maybe it's the popcorn.. lols..
Quote Jun Wei "i trashed your friend!" lol, funny guy, kk, i shall go train, then i'll be back ! hehe.

Yea ! tomorrow gg Bintam liao !! CAn't wait man.. was sposed to study todae but cannot !! Haha, haven't packed my bags yet, haven't charged my camera and phone yet. Haven't thought of what i wanna do there yet and how i can persuade my mum to let me go paragliding yet. Wahaha, i think tonight no need to sleep liao.

I shall escape reality for a while and put my school work on hold. . .

BORED....
It's saturday.. i woke up at 11.30am today.. ate breakfast and lunch together..
Didn't feel like studying.. so the whole day i only did summation and method of difference which is sooooooo difficult. I hope the exam questions aren't as crazy as the tutorial ones.. cos i dun understand.. k lah, i do.. but after spending loads of time trying to understand.

SAD...
I can't seem to find the 4 lil gospels.. i think the cat really ate them.. haiz.. the apostles have run away yet again ! lol.. oh well. Hope they do re-appear someday.. maybe on pentecost day ! lol.

Victoria Strings is nice ! "formerly know as the Victoria Junior College String Ensemble, this year, we are proud to be able to hold our own concert.. " haha, was reading the concert booklet.. too bad i missed the first half of the concert.. late.. argh.. lols. oh wells.. at least now i know raffles hotel slightly better.. =p Jubilee hall really brought back memories from VS choir's rhapsody VI! Johnnie, Kia Jit, Chris and i were standing on stage and singing.. lols. Den we went backstage to re-visit the changing rooms and toilets where i rem trying so hard to remove the thick eye-shadows which was part of my performance costume.. Chuan En didn't share his cleanser with me.. creep.. =p Rhapsody VI, haiz, i miss vs choir.. was only sec 1 den.. jubilee hall seemed so big.. now after performing at the esplanade.. wow, jubilee hall is tiny.. lols. VJ choir is very pro, much better than VS.. but there's something about VS that VJ just can't match up to.. oh wells.

Aye, today sposed to go play badminton with johnnie ben and shawn, den ben not free.. den eugene called to ask if i wanna go PC show at suntec... craps, i also dun feel like gg out.. haha sorry. So here i am, stoning the first Saturday of the holidays away.. haha. Looking forward to dinner.. heez, signing out.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !! went to parkway today and there was something fishy going on at the basement. Came home with four koi. This is how it happened.

Hey dad, can we keep fish ? Mum said no. Dad can we keep fish? Mum said no.. aye mummmm!! I washed the dishes when u asked, helped with the laundry when u asked, kept my room in a state of order though you didn't ask.. can we keep fish? :p *lol, den silence*
Went for dinner.. den came out, i went to lifebookstore while dad and mum went to buy their own stuff.. spent lotsa time browsing, Den.. hp rings..

"hello, har, can u come up, i'm at lifebookstore, u're still waiting at MOS for ben's burger ? but the car is upstairs.. come *bleep"
Crap, phone went dead.. no bat.. perfect.

So i ran all the way downstairs hoping that my parents wait for me at MOS. Yes they did and WHAT IN THE.... FISH !!! cool !!! Dad smiled, guess he knew i'd be thrilled. Ha ! YEA MAN ! FISH!! wahaha.. but "hey, dad there's this book i wanna get at lifebookstore, mind? " yay, thanks. So i grabbed the fish (gently) and headed back to lifebookstore.. i think the store owner was like, "wah, i tot u just left?... huh? FISH ??" haha, i was grinning as i made my purchase.

On the way home i was hugging the bag of fish.. haha, trying to stop the fish from sloshing around as the car ride never felt so bumpy.. guess what.. i named the fish Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.. lols.. just nice four lil gospels.. mum was wondering how i knew they were all male.. dad asked me to ask them.. honestly dad, who without a death wish asks "hey you, are you male or female?" It's okay, maybe those are unisex NAMES for fish.. lols. Oh well, if only we could keep it in the house though, was sposed to convert the balcony into a mini garden with fish pond.. but guess the maintenence is just too high.. released them downstairs.. at the mercy of algae, frogs, CAT ! OH NO... o.o