12 - 14 Aug (2005)

12 Aug (Fri)

In the evening, visited FCBC. This American-based Taiwan Worship team was in town. The band is called Stream of Praise. Suppose to meet up with Soo Ping, Claudia and the rest at 7pm outside the entrance. But I haven't been taking bus for such a long time that i forget that evening time is peak hour. Left home at 5.45 but then there was a real long jam from tampines to Bedok. By the time Bus 31 hit Bedok, it was like 6.30 pm. I know i'm goin to be late. Yes and true enough i'm late. Reach there abt 7.10pm. Soo Ping had went in alreadi. Couldn't get him on the phone. Then happened that Xu En was also late. So both of us went in and found Soo Ping. The whole place was alreadi jam packed. Me and Xu En had to sit on the steps. But it was refreshing to hear the band play. And quite excited becoz this is the first time i have seen them face to face. They are kinda like the chinese "Hillsongs". It was pretty grand. There were like 8 singers, 2 keyboardists, 1 guitarist, 1 bassists, 1 drummer and 1 percussionist and also 1 more flutist. I love the flutist the most. It's like when you add a flute into chinese song, it really brings out the flavour. Maybe i shd go pick up a flute or a wind instrument. Dun suggest a recorder to me. After that, got a ride from Xu En's sis to Simei and met up with Daniel to go for dinner. Was like nearly 11pm. A bit late for dinner but i'm real hungry. Haven't eaten. Went to BLK 201 and decide to try at the Malay coffee shop which we had nvr tried. I ordered Nasi Goreng Ikan Bilis while Daniel ordered Mee Soto. Wilfred ordered lamb chop. The nasi was a bit wet but the Mee Soto was splendid. And from the way Wilfred was trying to eat his chop, i was quite certain the lamb was trained in karate.Then had this lime juice. Not too bad. After tat, walked home! Real tired! and very full too. Can't wait for the food to digest. Sleep first! The food can rot in the stomach for all i care. Muahahhaha!

13 Aug (sat)
Woke up pretty late. Abt 11 plus. Kinda woken up by Gary's morning call. Haha! But i can't sleep any longer becoz need to do some stuff. Only went to church at abt 2pm. Usually I'm in church at 12pm on a Saturday. Then there was youth fellowship at 3.30pm. Honestly, i couldn't sit down and enjoy the fellowship. During the time when William was sharing, I had to excuse myself to prepare for my worship practise later in the evening. Haiz! Kinda worried. After the fellowship, started to put up the worship equipment. I actually expected to start at 5.30 and end within an hour. I had a family dinner at 6pm. But den in the end, ended at 7.45. Haiz! Have to excuse myself from the dinner. Then went with Gary to Daniel's house to watch Man U match against Everton. We were at this coffee house waiting for our take-away dinner. There was a TV showing the telecast of the match. Score was nil-nil. Then we left for Dan's house, Van Nisterooy scored. What a waste! haha! Well! Eventually Man U won by 2 goals to nil! After the match, went home.

14 Aug (Sun)
The big day has arrived. Me leading worship! Thkfully everything went pretty smoothly except for certain parts, i'm sure i have either sung out of tune or sung badly. Haha! But wat's new! So after svc, met up with William, Lydia, Charles, Emily, Daniel and Lionel for lunch. By the time lunch was over, it was abt 3pm. Need to go home and change for soccer later. Have invited Xu En to come along. Glad that he could make it. Suppose to meet Daniel on the way but he was not ready. So I went on my own. The drill was like tortourous. I felt like i had played a match after the drill. Haha! Then we had a short match. Was quite happy with my performance. Did some saves and was happy to i had a few chances to rush out and cut out some of the dangers. Most importantly must thk Charles for being the last man. He was really there to help when the danger was there. Match ended 0-0. Daniel was on the opposite side. He did score but was offside. Haha! Nice try! After tat went to Blk 201 to eat Mee SOto. Daniel ordered for me and my one was with extra chilli. SO hot! I drank 2 lime juice, 1 iced tea and 1 A&W. Actualli i drank so much not becoz of the chilli but rather, i become very dehydrated after exercising. And it's like i drank 2 cans of 100 plus after the match. so in total 6 drinks in less than 1 hour. Hmmm! Maybe i shd be called Hydroboy! haha!