Scripture Verse 005

18 July 2005 (Monday)

There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:1

This is a simple sentence but honestly, I find it quite difficult to comment on it. To put it in simple terms, it means that everything that is to happen, will happen in its due time appointed by God and no one can alter it. And if you read on to verse 9 it talks about 'What does the worker gain from his toil?' This verse talks about man trying to make things happen by their own effort when it is not God's will. And eventually they work in vain. But if you see the other side of it, it is actually telling us that if we work according to the timing and season of God, we will see enjoy our work and the blessings that comes along. But having said all these, I'm not just talking about good things and activities. It could come in forms of calamaties, trials, painful experience and etc, things that are not 'nice' in its nature. But if you fully understand this verse that everything happens in God's timing and that God's purpose for us is to prosper and not harm us (Jeremiah 29:11), even when times are bad, you will still trust in God that He is in control and He will deliver you through. So my brothers and sisters, if you are in any hard times, dun give up on yourself and nvr give up on God. He will definitely see you through.

Another Chinese Song (童话) including my version

童话 by 光良

忘了有多久 再没听到你对我说你最爱的故事
我想了很久 我开始慌了 是不是我又做错了什么
你哭著对我说 童话里都是骗人的 我不可能是你的王子
也许你不会懂 从你说爱我以后 我的天空 星星都亮了

我愿变成童话里 你爱的那个天使
张开双手变成翅膀守护你
你要相信 相信我们会像童话故事里
幸福和快乐是结局

你哭著对我说 童话里都是骗人的 我不可能是你的王子
也许你不会懂 从你说爱我以后 我的天空 星星都亮了

我愿变成童话里 你爱的那个天使
张开双手变成翅膀守护你
你要相信 相信我们会像童话故事里
幸福和快乐是结局

我要变成童话里 你爱的那个天使
张开双手变成翅膀守护你
你要相信 相信我们会像童话故事里
幸福和快乐是结局

我会变成童话里 你爱的那个天使
张开双手变成翅膀守护你
你要相信 相信我们会像童话故事里
幸福和快乐是结局
一起写我们的结局
(This is the original version which talks in the perspective of the girl not feeling compatible to the guy and the guy is actually willingly to accept her and wants to protect her)

(I have took the song and changed some of the lyrics. I have changed the perspective to the guy liking this girl but not sure if she likes him. Even if he can't tell her that he loves her, the least he want to do is to be near her and give her happiness)

童话 by ME

忘了有多久 再没听到你在钢琴弹你最爱歌曲
我想了很久 我开始慌了 是不是我已错过了什么
我哭著对我说 童话里不属于我的 我不可能是你的王子
也许你不会懂 从你出现那一刻 我的天空 星星都亮了

我愿变成童话里 你爱的那个天使 张开双手变成翅膀守护你
我很渴望 渴望我们会像童话故事里 幸福和快乐是结局

我哭著对我说 童话里不属于我的 我不可能是你的王子
也许你不会懂 从你出现那一刻 我的天空 星星都亮了

我愿变成童话里 你爱的那个天使 张开双手变成翅膀守护你
我很渴望 渴望我们会像童话故事里 幸福和快乐是结局

我要变成童话里 你爱的那个天使 张开双手变成翅膀守护你
我很渴望 渴望我们会像童话故事里 幸福和快乐是结局

(但愿)我能变成童话里 你的神秘的天使 张开双手默默一旁守护你
每分每秒 无时无刻守在你的身旁 幸福和快乐是给你
也许我只是个回忆

Scripture Verse 004

17 July 2005 (Sunday)

And we pray this in order that you may live a life

worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way:

bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the

knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power

according to His glorious might so that you may have

great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks

to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the

inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.

Colossians 1:10-12

Paul is writing to the people of Colosse. He mentioned that he had heard about their faithfulness and that he and other brothes and sisters-in-Christ were praying for them. Praying that 1) bear fruit in every good work 2) grow in the knowledge of God 3) strengthened with all power according to His glorious might

I think as Christians ourselves, we shd pray this prayer as well. Even more for those who are serving in ministry. Every work that we had done, we are just simply sowing seeds. Whether the seeds grow and bear fruit, that is the work of God. So in order to see the fruits, we have to commit our work into God's hands.

We also need to grow in the knowledge of God. How? Well i guess there's only one way. The bible. The bible is His word, His knowledge that He want to impart to us. By reading and medidating on His Word, we will grow in wisdom and we will be able to know God and His will better.

And we need the strength from Him. Our energy is limited and there is only a distance that each of us can go. By our strength, we will accomplish nothing. Nothing! Until we learn to draw strength from Him, we will soon be a dried-up well.

As we allow God to bear the fruits, and we ourselves, constantly rooted in God's Word and drawing strenth from Him, we will cultivate greater endurance and patience. Why? Becoz we are not striving towards our goals by our own effort but with our God in control.

And lastly, like what Paul mentioned, to joyfully give thanks to God who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints of the kingdom of light. Let us never forget that it's our Father in heaven, who has graciously and mercifully, drawn us back to Him and to be able to share in all His heritance. Praise be to God!

Scripture Verse 003

16 July 2005 (Saturday)

Fear God and keep his commandments,

for this is the whole duty of man.

For God will bring every deed into judgement,

including every hidden thing,

whether it is good or evil.

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

Fear God not becoz we are afraid but out of respect and awe. And we keep His commandment becoz we know that these laws are good and beneficial. And one of things that is very clear in these verses, is that every deed will be judged. We can never run away from our actions. There is no running away from consequences. One day, every body will have to come before God and account for everything, big, small, right or wrong, all deeds. So let's really consider our actions before executing it. However one point not to mix up with is that Salvation is not by deeds but by faith. As long as you believe that Jesus is God and had died for you and was risen again, your salvation is secured. But that doesn't gives us the liberty to do whatever we want. That's why coming back to the top of these verses, it says, Fear God and keep His commandments. We still have to follow the rules of God. People often mentioned that there are too many rules in Christianity and all these make it boring and dull. But I think otherwise. In any game, there must be rules and regulation. So that every player will know what they can do and cannot and what is their roles and responsibility. That's when everybody knows their roles, then can the game be played and played in a regulated and enjoyable way. Imagine a soccer match that has no rules. I can imagine chaos. So likewise in our walk with God, we need to know the commandments so that then our walk with God will be enjoyable. The commandments are not meant to tie us down but help us to know how to have a closer and intimate relationship with our Father.

Scripture Verse Day 002

haha! I think it's better to call this Scripture Verse than Memory Verse. Some of the verse are real long. Dun think can memorise everything. But if you can, i still encourage you to memorise.

Today's Verse:

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life,

to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its

deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of our

minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God

in true righteousness and holiness.

Ephesians 4:22-24

Yes! Unless the old is removed, the new cannot be received. Our old self has been tainted, corrupted, destroyed by our own evil desires. No matter how hard we try to change by our own effort, it is pointless and in vain. But this does not mean that we are hopeless and doom for sure. We do have hope. The only way to put away our past behind is to accept Jesus becoz He is the truth, the way and the life. (John 14:6) As we accept Him, we have to also accept and learn His attitudes, His teachings. It simply means transforming our old self into the likeness of Jesus. And this verse specifically mention the changing of our attitude in our mind. It means to change our way of thinking. Not to think like the world but to think of what is right and holy in God's eyes. It may sound tough and impossible but it's not. There's a chinese saying, "If there's perseverance, a rod can be filed into a needle." So have faith and dun give up.

Memory Verse Day 001

Hi to all, I guess I had always wanted to do this but just seemed like I never had the chance nor the time to really sit down and materialise it. But thankfully due to a coincidental incident, I'm able to do it. Oh! Yah! I think you all must be wondering what I am talking about. I'm talking about having a daily scripture verse being put up. Cool! Then everybody will get to learn the Word of God!

So today, is the first day that the verse will be put up. And the verse is:

"Honour the Lord with your wealth,

with the firstfruits of all your crops;

then your barns will be filled to overflowing,

and your vats will brim over with new wine."

Proverbs 3:9-10

Bless the Lord and you will see the floodgate of blessings opening and pouring into your life. Don't get me wrong. I'm not talking about prosperity gospel. The blessings I'm talking about can be in any form from material to emotional to spirtual to physical blessings. So let's not be just be blinded that the only blessing is money, wealth, materialistic stuff. Our God knows our needs and He will give us the best. I think the point here in this verse is to really love our God that we are so quick and sincere to honour Him with our best. The Lord loves a cheerful giver. (2 Corinthians 9:7)

Just For Fun 17

Your EQ is

153 50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly. Now get yourself a shrink, quick! 51-70: When it comes to understanding human emotions, you'd have better luck understanding Chinese. 71-90: You've got more emotional intelligence than the average frat boy. Barely. 91-110: You're average. It's easy to predict how you'll react to things. But anyone could have guessed that. 111-130: You usually have it going on emotionally, but roadblocks tend to land you on your butt. 131-150: You are remarkable when it comes to relating with others. Only the biggest losers get under your skin. 150+: Two possibilities - you've either out "Dr. Phil-ed" Dr. Phil... or you're a dirty liar.

What's Your EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient)?

Just For Fun 16

You Are Strawberry Pocky

Your attitude: fresh and sweetComforting, yet quirky ... quietly hyperYou always see both sides to everything

What Flavor Pocky Are You?

Just For Fun 15

You Are a Peacemaker Soul

You strive to please others and compromise anyway you can. War or conflict bothers you, and you would do anything to keep the peace. You are a good mediator and a true negotiator. Sometimes you do too much, trying so hard to make people happy. While you keep the peace, you tend to be secretly judgmental. You lose respect for people who don't like to both give and take. On the flip side, you've got a graet sense of humor and wit. You're always dimplomatic and able to give good advice. Souls you are most compatible with: Warrior Soul, Hunter Soul and Visionary Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

Just For Fun 14

Your Dominant Intelligence is Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

You are great at finding patterns and relationships between things. Always curious about how things work, you love to set up experiments. You need for the world to make sense - and are good at making sense of it. You have a head for numbers and math ... and you can solve almost any logic puzzle. You would make a great scientist, engineer, computer programmer, researcher, accountant, or mathematician.

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

Just For Fun 13

You Have A Type B Personality

B You're as laid back as they come... Your baseline mood is calm and level headed Creativity and philosophy tend to be your forte Like a natural sedative, you have a soothing effect on people Friends and family often turn to you first with their problems You have the personality to be a spiritual or psychological guru

Do You Have a Type A Personality?

Just For Fun 12

You Are A Realistic Romantic

You are more romantic than 70% of the population. It's easy for you to get swept away by romance...But you've done a pretty good job keeping perspective.You're still taken in by love poems and sunsetsYou just don't fall for every dreamy pick up line!

Are You Romantic or Realistic?

Just For Fun 11

Your Brain is 66.67% Female, 33.33% Male

Your brain leans female You think with your heart, not your head Sweet and considerate, you are a giver But you're tough enough not to let anyone take advantage of you!

What Gender Is Your Brain?

Ok this is interesting and embarrassing as well. Haha! Hmmm! They dun call me Jie Jie Kor Kor for nothing i guess. Haha!

Just For Fun 10

You Are a Drama Princess (or Prince)

(You are more dramatic than 30% of the population.) You're not over the top dramatic, but you have your moments. You know how to steal the spotlight... And how to act out to get your way. People around you know that you're good for a laugh. But at times, your drama gets a bit too much for everyone. Tone it down a tad, and you'll still be the center of attention.

Are You a Drama Queen (or King)?

Just For Fun 9

You Are A Good Friend

You're always willing to listen Or lend a shoulder to cry on You're there through thick and thin Many people consider you their "best friend"!

What Kind of Friend Are You?

Just For Fun 8

You Were Actually Born Under:

Resourceful and practical, you are a quick thinker. You are very observant - and it's hard to get anything past you! A total perfectionist, you are especially picky about looking your best. You're a big dreamer - such a big dreamer that reality can disappoint you. You are most compatible with an Ox or Snake.

You Should Have Been Born Under:

You are totally loyal, faithful, and honest. However, you don't trust others to be as ethical as you are! Straight forward and direct, you really aren't one for small talk. You are a great listener - and an agreeable companion when you're in a good mood! You are most compatible with a Tiger or Horse.

What Year Were You Born Under?

Actually this one is really just for fun. Dun believe in horoscope or zodiac sign.

Just For Fun 7

You Are Not Scary

Everyone loves you. Isn't that sweet?

How scary are you?

Just For Fun 6

Overall, Your Observation Skills Get: C-

You tend to notice the big things in life... But the details aren't exactly your forte

How Observant Are You?

Funny Stuffs

Haha! These are some of the funny video clips that i come across on the net. Something to share with you all.

http://www.slacko.net/media/movie/5521.wmv
An advertisement on Ford.

http://media2.dumpalink.com/media/ycDE4QAjnXi2/yMf8wEKKPkWj.wmv
Ok! This is for Simpson's fans! 2 men mimicking the voices in Simpsons. Fantastic!

http://media.yourdailymedia.com/files/jK2fsB5S2xnV.wmv
Stand-up comedian! Hilarious!

http://media.yourdailymedia.com/files/Uu96Rc3bj9yz.wmv
This is what inspire the first cannon.

http://media.yourdailymedia.com/files/qZr9LsVatH45.wmv
This guy is splendid with mimicking sounds and voices but most of the time I dun get the jokes and his accent. But den he is still reall funny.

http://media.yourdailymedia.com/files/G3yeF1mdpsg8.wmv
http://media.yourdailymedia.com/files/9SVzRrL4K8ME.wmv
Ok! This is one of the most hilarious and in fact disgusting one. Watch the first clip first. Then watch the 2nd one. Haha!

Well i guess that's all i have for now. Hope you all enjoy it!

Sunday 10 July

Woke up early this Sunday. 7.15am I was awaken. Today I am leading worship in the church svc. Took a bath, change, ate breakfast and left for church. Reach there by 8am. The rest of the team reached shortly after. Gary on the drum, Kevin on the bass, Amelia on Clavi and support singing and me on the guitar and mike. Today the theme is abt Praying in the Spirit. I specifically chose songs that talks about the Holy Spirit. But i didn't know exactly what i had to say or pray. I tried thinking up something to say the nite before but i was just too tired. So I told God that He will tell me what to say. And really thank God because somehow or rather, He gave me confidence even though i dun know wat to say. And as the worship flow, He just bit by bit revealed to me and i just speak. Though there's still for improvement in my language and how i express my self. As for the worship itself, I thank God tat even though with minimum musicians, we were able to carry off and lead the people into God's presence. Though I still not proficient enough to play and lead. Just too hard for me to focus on the guitar, the singing, the leading at one time. And somemore, i'm such a beat-less person. Haha! But still i thank God for His grace. And also thank God for Gary and Kevin who are so professional in their instruments which help to lift up the worship. And also i want to thank God for bringing Amelia into the team. At such a young age, she is already so confident and so motivated to want to worship God. And I'm definitely proud to have her in the team. She is so serious and committed in her role. When she couldn't hear herself in the mike, she will insist with good attitude that she wants to be heard. Praise the Lord!
Then our Senior Pastor, Rev. Wong, touched on today's theme, Praying in the Spirit. To summarise everything, it means to be connected to God 24 x 7 thru the Spirit. In everything tat we do, we keep ourself link with God. It can be done in words, tongues or even silence. We pray to God with our knowledge of language. However there's a limit to our expression in our language and that's when praying in the tongues help us to be more free to express our feelings to God. And also there are times even in our silence we can be connected to God. Just a sign can also be an expression to God if our sign is directed to God. Then there was a time of ministering where Rev Wong brought the congregation before God and encourage them to pray to God with words, in tongues. And many people were touched to tears which somehow brought joy in me (not that i enjoy seeing pple crying but rather joy in seeing God's hands at work) And many people have encountered a new experience with God. Praise be to God!
After 2nd svc worship session, the team and some of the youths went to CGH to makan. Then after meal went back to church and when the svc ended, me and some of the youths (Joanne, Si En, Xin Ling, Jamie)went to Tampines Subway for a snack. Bought 3 cookies for myself and a large drink which we share. And while chatting with them, I can see that the girls are very mature in handling certain issues. I thank God that they could be sensitive in certain issue and dun just brush the issue aside but rather wanting to change the situation. After that, we went our separate ways. I went home and sleep.

6 July 2005

And today was definitely quite a sad day for many, i suppose! A fren has just left Aus for studies. Well I guess it is more than losing a fren temporary for many others. To the Youth Ministry is losing a valuable key role model. To the Church is losing her service and her presence. To the girls, it is losing a Jie Jie. Well i guess people come by and goes away and one thing i learn is that nobody is indispensable. So even as the Church and Youth Min look like have lost a valuable resource but I rather think that she has to go somewhere else for God to mold her and at the same time, God is going to raise up people to fill in her space while she is away. And as for the girls (listen carefully), yes, it may take time to adapt to the new situation where the Jie Jie is no longer there. But I think it is also a good time that you all to start to follow the footstep of your Jie Jie. And that is to be a Jie Jie to the other younger girls. I guess this 1 and 1/2 yrs that when she is away, you can choose to either to wait for the "Return of the Jie Jie'' and be comfortably in her embrace or to rise up and take up the responsibility (which ur Jie Jie did) and do exactly to the younger girls as what ur Jie Jie had done to you. A shepherd boy will never become a true shepherd if all he ever does is to follow behind the shepherd master. Until the shepherd boy starts to shepherd the sheeps by himself, then will he ever become a full shepherd. And i believe that is also the wish of your Jie Jie. So we shall see at the end of the 1 and 1/2 yrs, how much you all have grown without the shepherd master.

Well this event also reminded me of my own opportunity to go Aus to study. I think it was abt 3 yrs ago. But eventually i didn't go. I guess i'm just too afraid to leave my comfort zone and go into an unknown ground all by myself. I'm just a person who is not comfortable or even have phobia of changes and uncertainties. I just dun work well with all these factors. It freaks me out to be alone, initially no frens, unknown to the surroundings, different culture, different people, this and that. As you can see, i'm a worrying freak. I think i will most prob be crying everyday. Haha! Yay! I'm a cry baby too! But i guess one or i would choose to believe to be the reason is that GOd nvr wanted me to go. He intended me to stay behind. And this 3 yrs were very crucial for me. I joined church for a year and thru this service, i learn many things. And also in these last 2 yrs, i see the youth ministry growing and i'm glad to be part of it. When you see and experience growth and revival, it has an impact on your own life.

Hmm! I still want to go Aus! But for a leisure trip. But at the same time I would like to go for a short trip of 3 mths to Cambodia as well. I'm in a dilemma. I will most probably go for either trip after my studies which is like beginning of yr 2007. And most probably i will have onli enough resources to go for one of the trip. Haiz! Why i worry now. Still like got 1 and 1/2 yrs to go. Haha! Worry-Freak. But i still most prob will choose Cambodia. I just love that place. Somehow i feel that i was born in tat country. Haha!

Chinese SOng

曲：吴克群 词：吴克群 编：

一分钟唱阿杜的声音 就算花心 你都会变痴情
你不在 我学谁飙高音 周杰伦的歌一放 大家都开心

刘德华 愈唱会愈伤心 不如来首 One Night in北京
这些只是凡人的歌曲 我只不过想唱首歌给你听
只是因为你 Babe

我只不过想唱歌给你听 用我的声音
一首歌 只是希望你能听得进去
我只不过想唱歌给你听 谁给我回应
拍拍手 切歌之后 下一个继续 才发现 我不是陈奕迅

唱阿杜 唱到沙哑没力 费玉清 你家人最爱听
我可以做你的点唱机 只是希望你说一句
I Believe 只想告诉你 Babe

我只不过想唱歌给你听 用尽我全力
一首歌 只是希望能够让你动心
我只不过想唱歌给你听 就算没反应
没关系 我会唱完这最后一句 我知道 我不是陈奕迅

我的名字叫做 吴克群
(playin the song in the background)


Suddenly, feel very attached to this song. Dun know why? Haha! Some how the lyrics may speak something in my life. Hehe. Well! That's between me and my Creator. Well! I dun have the link to the song yet becoz the website is down for the moment. (most prob banned fr displaying the songs! haha) If the website ever recovers, I will put up the link.

Just for Fun 5

You Are Vanilla Ice Cream

Your personality is anything but "vanilla" You're a risk taker, who's up for anything new. You go well with anyone and fit into any situation. You are most compatible with rocky road ice cream.

What Flavor Ice Cream Are You?

Just for Fun 4

Your Dominant Intelligence is Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

You are great at finding patterns and relationships between things.Always curious about how things work, you love to set up experiments.You need for the world to make sense - and are good at making sense of it.You have a head for numbers and math ... and you can solve almost any logic puzzle. You would make a great scientist, engineer, computer programmer, researcher, accountant, or mathematician. AND DEFINITELY YOU ARE NOT JUST A SMART GUY BUT ALSO ONE WITH GOOD LOOKS! Hmmmm! I like the sound of that. Don't you!

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?>

Rise In Price

Oh yah! Another thing. The ice-cream cone from McDonald in S'pore has just been raised from 25 cents to 50 cents. Speculation says that it is due to increase in Oil prices which inevitably causes vegetable oil , used in the making of ice-cream, to also increase in price. Hmmm! How's tat?
GIVE ME BACK MY 25 CENTS ICE-CREAM!

Aliens died of FOOD POISONING!

Yes! Yes! YOu didn't hear me wrongly. Dun start rolling on the floor. Actualli in fact, i tot this is a beta title than the present one, The War of the World. My goodness! IT'S SUCH A LOUSY MOVIE AND IT'S DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG. Wat's wrong with him? Age catching up on him? I have been long waiting for this movie ever since i watched the previews. I tot I'm in for a treat. But no....! Its plot is D-Grade, its special effects look cheap, the aliens are pathetic, human-beings are irritating and well, it just make my day. Once again wasted my money. Well! For those who are reading my blog, you may feel tat i had jus spoilt your day by saying all these. But i guess it's beta than 'spoiling' ur pocket. And i'm sure you will feel justified not to watch this movie after reading.

Ok! Let's start with the plot. The story is about aliens wanting to exterminate the whole earth. Hmmm! Sounds not bad! Then the aliens had a conspiracy. They knew man kind will populated the earth. So intelligently, before human start to live on earth, they came to earth, shovel a few holes, here and there and stuffed their 3-legged drive vehicle into the holes and covered them up. So they waited until 29 June 2005(honestly, i have no idea why they chose this day. Must be some kind of Carnival or Games day for the aliens), they sent their fighters into the 3-legged drive vehicle which was still buried in the ground thru lightning. Cool hah! So then they appeared out of their holes and start vapourishing every human in sight. My! My! That sound exciting. But in fact, i laughed at every scene of the vapourishing. But i just dun get it. If the aliens want to exterminate the earthlings, den why did they wait until the whole earth is populated den start to destroy them. Why didn't they just destroy the first pair of human being? That would save them so much time. And why did they hide their vehicles in holes way before human beings existed? Can't they just send their fighters into earth on the day of its attack? Arent' they afraid their vehicles may become obsolete since it has been buried for so many billion of years? Must be not cheap to park their vehicles in outer space. Ok! There could be an explanation why they onli attack now. It's becoz the aliens feed on human beings so they were waiting for the human beings to grow to a certain size then they start harvesting. Which they did later in the movie. But den why did they start vapourishin human beings at the start of the movie? Maybe I could explain tat. The vapourishing weapon was in fact their cooking appartus. They prefer to eat their food cooked. But i guess human's boiling point is way too low and we get vapourish upon being hit by their cooking device. SO without much choice, later in the movie, they had to resort to eating their food raw. Or maybe they are just like animals. They like to play around with their food before eating them. Hmmm! Either sounds perfect to me! #_#

Then the people in the movie is irritating. Firstly, when the aliens were sent to earth thru lightning, the lightning struck the ground. SO people start to 'kay po' and sight-seeing. Den when the earth crack open, they were still like there looking at it. Come on! Be realistic! People will be freaking out by then. So no need for me to tell you what happen after this. Alien came out start vapourishing them, panick here and there. Then TOm Crusie has to have 2 irritating kids. Her daugther Rachael, does nothing but screamed, screeched, freaked out while his son just act like an idiot. Hmmm! Then along the way comes a man who tries to be garang but jeopordising everybody's lives. Hmmm! ARGGGGGGGGHHHH!

And guess how the movie ended. The aliens died becoz of food poisoning, that's how i will put it. The food that we eat has certain immune system which the aliens can't adapt to. So in fact, they get sick and eventually their immune system failed and die. Woah! That's a cool ending. Actualli i guess the ending which was quite close to it. I tot it got to be the food they are eating. I tot they ate too much McDonald and end up having high cholestrol, den eating up the human beings who are filled with too much fats, illness, dieseases, and whatever you can think of. My! My! Who can survive after eating such unhealthy 'food'? Well i was close to the ending. Crap! If this movie ever fall into the hands of 'real' aliens, we are doomed. This is an ultimate insult to any outer space being if there are any to start with. I'm disappointed. Real disappointed. This is a cheat movie. I say this is just a movie to cash in on the profit. I still remember there's another movie on aliens which is crap too. Mars Attack! But at least the movie was honest. It was a Sci-fi, comical movie. War of the World is a Sci-fi, adventure thriller. Hmmm! Sci-fi. Yes yes . Adventure, well i still can manage to accept that. Thriller, are you sure? Wat's so thrilling? I laughed thru out the movie and not becoz it's funny, it's lame. Ok! I think i have say enough of the movie. It sound pretty interesting, won't you say so! Actualli if you do have the extra money, why not waste it on this movie. Definitely you will get 100% enjoyment in wasting money!

Sat - Mon (25 - 28 June)

Well! Well! Honestly, this June has passed by real quick. It seems like I had not done much and I am starting school in less than a week's time. Haizzzzzz! Just wish I had a bit more time to myself and do some reflections. A lot things on my mind, like why I am who I am, why i do somethings in certain ways, why i react do certain things, why I go into swing mood. And I feel one coming up very soon. Hmmmmm! Ok! (SLAP! SLAP!) XIAN JIE! GOT T O HOLD YOURSELF TOGETHER!

SAT:

Erh! Woke up, den went to do some 'work' at the PC. Den met William and Lydia for lunch. Went to Sarkura at Eastpoint. I really thank God for them, for being such wonderful mentors to me. They are very understanding and encouraging and most of all, wise in the Lord. They are kinda like my Aunt Agony. We meet on quite a frequent basis to update each other on what's happening. Accountability. Many a times, I will just freely pour out my problems and sorrows to them and they will really listen and give wise advise. Well today, updated them that I will be rejoining cell group soon. Need to do some clarification before joining one. And I have decided to join a Chinese Cell. It's going to be interesting. First time, I'm joining a non-English cell. It's going to be a new learning experience and also a chance to get to know the Chinese counterparts. Then after lunch, send Lydia back to church while I and William went off for coffee and tea where we share more intimate stuffs. Haha. Really poured out my heart, my frustration, my sorrow, my whatever lah onto him. Hehe! Me a very troubled boy. Won't go into much detail since it is personal and it most prob bored you out. Den after that, make a quick dash to Eastpoint again to buy birthday cake and Milo den went back to church for Saturday Svc. Today, no Youth fellowship but the YOuths are rostered to help out in the svc. Those who are trained in wheel-chair pushing are tasked to go up to the ward to bring the patients down for svc. I was appointed to bring down this lady , who had a fracture in her leg. She has been in the hospital for a month and is soon to be discharged soon. Then I stayed with her thru the svc and at the end of the svc, prayed for her and send her back to her ward. But she is one real independant person. There are times that she just wheeled herself away. Kinda give me a fright since i'm in charge of her. But den i guess she is just fine. Hehe!
After the svc, we had a debrief den had a birthday celebration. After that, went for dinner with Xin Ling, Yvonne and Jamie at TM food court. Then after that, went to buy fruit den went home.

Sunday:

ok! It's sunday. Svc again! I'm not sayin this with complaints but just tat time flies so fast. I have not even smell finished the weekdays and it's like weekend coming to an end. Haha! Got up and went to church. Attended the Chinese Svc. Rev Yong talks abt Faith, Hope and Love. Taken from 1 Corinthians 13:13, it talks about these 3 things but of all these 3 things, the most important is Love. Den after svc, had a worship practise for the upcoming YOuth Sunday svc. ok did pretty well but i think i had to lower my expectation. I am just being too idealistic. Not tat the teams are not playing well but just tat i have to set my targets at their level. And honestly, i feel communication between me and the muscians are still very weak. But i still give thks to God for everything becoz all things are made possible thru Him. After tat, waited for the 2nd svc to end, meet up with the rest and went for lunch. (Me, Joanne, Amelia, Si En, Xin Ling, Yvonne, Jamie) As usual, it's a painstaking experience. If you get a bunch of girls to decide where to eat, it is traumatising and worst, it is long. And i'm those who dun really like to be bother with making such decisions. SO eventually, i suggested we let the Lord decide. We toss coin. East Point. Food court. So went there and i saw this guy with a large portion of fish and chips and taken by my greediness, i ordered tat. But my portion was like only 2/3 of tat's guy's protion. Most prob the auntie thinks tat i shd be cutting on my intake. haha! Den after the meal, ordered desserts. Joanne ordered Red ruby, Amelia ordered Ice longan, and i ordered Egg beancurd. Den joanne her rubies a bit 'chao sheng'. Soury soury one. So i took the order back and told the auntie. She den took one of the rubies from her bucket and munch on it. After a second or two, she nodded in agreement and say got a bit sour so she say she will change for me using a new batch of rubies. Haha! You shd see the auntie's expression. Darn cute and funny. Nearly burst out laughing. Den i ordered one more dessert. Ginko Barley dessert. Not too bad. SLURP!!!!! After the dessert, went to Popular, buy some stuff and den went home. Took a cab so on the way drop Amelia. Den me reached home, and sleep. Yup.

Monday:

Woke up! Went online but can't remember wat i did. Yes! Yes! I was looking thru this website where they had videos from other countries. Very funny one. Then in the afternoon, went over to CCSS and meet Teng Sheng and Jannah. SUppose to go for movie but T.S not free. So instead we went out just for a meal at BK. Den after tat , went home. And den sleep again. Sleeping alot recently. Woke up for dinner. After dinner, went to sleep again. Haha! THen woke up at 8 plus. Did my exerciese. 1200 skippings and some sets of weight lifting. Hmm! I'm feeling fit. Yah rite. Then here I am updating my blog. Hehe! NOthing much happened today. HOnestly, as i say early on, feeling a bid down. Think tat something is goin to affect my quite badly. But i just have to trust in GOd. He is my strength, my fortress, my shelter. Let His love fills me so that my well will never be dry.

Yes! I remember some of the things that I forgotten

Yes! Yes! Now i remember what are the other things that I did. I watched 2 movies. First was Mr and Mrs Smith. I watched this movie becoz that day i simply was bored and this was the only show that was available at that time. Hmmm! Better than I expected. I tot i was in for a show of a couple with MDW. Ka boom here and there! But guess what? Only about 20% of the movie involves that. Finally one movie that tries to give substance in its plot. Well there was a twist at the near end of the movie and i will give a 3 1/2 stars out of 5 for the plot. The shooting scenes are abit lame where Pitt and Jolie were dancing-shooting. My goodness. Thkfully they didn't dance to the Para Para. Pretty entertaining and I would recommend people to watch if they are fans of either stars or they simply ran out of movies to watch. haha.
The next movie i watched was The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. Guess wat? It's one of those another das that I had nothing to do and this was the only movie available at that time. Hehe! THIS IS REAL WASTE OF MONEY. LAME JOKE, STUPID SCI-FI THEORY, CHEAP ROMANCE, UGLY ALIEN-BEING, D- GRADE MOVIE. And the cinema was like only 6 of us in it. I'm sure the rest was feeling like erh erh erh. "Gong shi mi" (hokkien for 'wat are they talking abt') I think i will rest my case. You decide if you want to watch yourself.

And today went to watch Initial D with Daniel and Yvonne at TM GV. Didn't really know wat the movie is abt except tat it is abt racing and had Jay Chou and Edison in it. And Jay Chou is said to be a wooden-log actor. Haha. Well and yes true enough the show was abt racing. I will save your eyes from readin the story. You go watch the movie yourself
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Humour ***/******
Acting skill requied */************************************************* hahahahahaha
Well tat's my opinion. YOu dun have to agree with me. Go and see it for yourself if you are not convinced.

Ok! Den what's inline for me. Madagascar. (not too much hope but i promised my frens we'll watch together)
Batman Begins (yes! yes! tat will be interesting to see why this hero decide to gear up his underwear-mask)
War of the World (has been long waiting for this movie. I want to see how Tom Cruise defeat the aliens)

Anymore shows. Hmmm! We shall see! So until den, keep your decision wise for now it is not cheap to watch a movie. So @#$#%#@ expensive. Weekday 7 bucks. Thursday 8 bucks. Weekend 9 bucks. ANd the POP CORN ARE 8 BUCKS. MY GOODNESS. ONE FINE DAY, I THINK IT WILL BE CHEAPER FOR ME TO TAKE A TRAIN TO JB TO WATCH A MOVIE. OR MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU NEED A COE TO BE ENTITLED TO WATCH A MOVIE. Ok! Ok! I'm cool. I'm calm. take a deep breath. Haha!

Next thing

Actualli i tot i got lots of things to update but i guess i'm wrong. Age is catching up and the brains dun seems to function like before. It is taking way too much nap and way too long to think. Ai yah! I remembered i was studying v hard for my exams. Puke! I just feel that I'm better off as a farmer or peasant somewhere else in the country side. Peace and quiet. Easy-going. Singing in the fields. (well i'm not very sure if that will affect the crops' growth) Milking the cows. Staring into the diamond-filled sky. Wow! What a beautiful sight! And i guess the pasture is always greener on the other side. IF i was really tat farmer, I most probably complained that life is so routine and boring and really hope I could go out into the world and exposed myself to all the challenges. Life is a paradox, if one is not contended. SO i guess, it still best to be contended and give thanks to God for everything becoz God knows the best for us.

Ok! I remember i miss the youth camp at All Saints' Church becoz of my exams. It was an evangelistic outreach camp and i had always wanted to go to such camp, firstly to encounter the work of God and secondly, to learn how to run such camp. And also i just love to see people responding to God and going forth to accept Christ. It's not so much of self-satisfaction but i rejoice with the Angels when children of God return back to Him. But some of the youths went down as assistant leaders. And I really pray that God has done some 'things' in their life too. I hope that they dun go for such camp, enjoy the 'sensation' and then it is lost. But I prayed that the Lord will touch their hearts and really feel the compassion to spread His word. You dun need to be an evangelist to evangelise. In our daily life's encounter with our loved ones, let's us seize that opportunity to show them the Light.

Yes! the next thing is the family camp. It was from 12 June- 15June. As i had a paper on 15, i could onli stayed until 14June. First nite was relatively free and easy. Had a youth gathering at nite, den after tat, stayed a bit longer in Daniel's room to watch Ru Hua! haha! Evil! Den next morning was a hectic day for me. In fact, I considered a horrendous day for me. I was supposed to lead worship for the morning and evening session. And during the morning ice-breaker, I acted too garang and shouted at the top of my voice to create atmosphere. Yah rite. Act smart and act cute! Ended up i lost my voice and i couldn't lead worship but have no choice. I lead with such broken voice that i felt like ending my life. Well! NOt much of choice. Carried on leading. Then followed by Rev. Wong's message about Affirming our brothers and sisters in Christ. After that, we had lunch and went to the Theme Park. Went to the dry one. First time taking theme ride and very excited. Of all the rides, the Lost in the Gold City and the Tomahawk were the best. In fact, Tomahawk was the killer. It rotates 360 degree. I nearly puke. Drank too much during lunch. Then some of the youths v funny. Xin Ling was like "MA MI, I WILL NEVER DARE TO TAKE THE RIDE AGAIN". Oh my goodness. I tot she broke out into tears. Den thankfully every ride, i sat with Ding Yi. Becoz both of us are of substantial volume and when we sit together, we kinda act as cushion for one another and we restricted each other from moving about too much in the seats. haha. After tat we went to take 3 water rides. COol man! I'm loving it. But after the rides, i regretted taking it. I shouted too much AGAIN! Well you shd know wat that means. Den I had injured my back before and the rides are real bad for the back. End up having a slight back pain. So I shdn't say much abt the Evening worship svc. Den there was ministry time and i wasn't prepared and i didn't have enough songs. OH! MY! What a mess! But thkfully David was there to salvage. Despite all these big 'hu ha', i still give thks to God for His grace and mercy. Then tat nite didn't go for supper becoz was a bit down. Dun know why. Not sure if it is becoz of the worship session but somehow i felt that i went to the camp not well prepared. I meant more on the Spiritual side. That's something for me to take note when i go for camp again. The heart and spirit must be right.
Then next morning, after the morning session and the games, I left with David and Veron. Reached S'pore abt 6.30pm. Then slept and woke up to study for exams.

Actualli, those youths who are out there reading my blog. I just wan to tell you something. I have been trying to teach you all something. Though i did it discreetly but it is actually quite frequent so it is not tat hard to miss. And i say this with no pride that i also do it by example. And i hope you all can see it and its value and you yourself embrace that value. I won't tell you what it is. The only clue i will give is that I do it after nearly every major events. I ask last year youth mission team members to do SOMETHING for some people after the trip. I ask most of the youths to do SOMETHING for some people after the Easter Outreach. I ask the youths that went for the camp to do SOMETHING to someone. I did something to the people who help out in the WOrship during the camp. I hope you all can see that value becoz it may not matter much to you but it matters alot to other people. And i guess this is the first lesson we learn during the camp - Affirmation. Well! it's for you to go and figure out. And if you want an answer, you can always check with me. No prize for right answer!

I'm back with alot of missing things in my life

Woah! Finally, I'm back and I just love to update on all the missing things during my absence of about a month. BUt guess what? I dun seemed to be able to remember most of the things. I think i can only update according to what i can recall and it may not be in the right order. Hehe. Let me see!
I could remember the Crossroad Adventure. Held on one of the saturdays. Basically it is a competition where the teams have to compete to finish the food race. But the trick to the game is you got to link the last word of the food to the first word of the next food. And it goes on until the last and final dish. The first 4 dishes were pre-fixed. Maybe i introduce my team. My team got Ding Yi, Xin Ling, Yvonne, Jamie, Joanne. Within our own team, we played UNO and the loser of the round will get to miss one of the dish. COol! Then the first dish was to go to Bedok Central and look for a Holloywood Dessert stall. Suppose to eat Chendol. I kinda of cheated. I 'ta bao' (packet) the chendol, took the next clue and left with my team. Charles had to call me and tell me gently that that was against the rule. I cheekily smiled and said I dun know. Haha! Then the next stall was at Upper East Coast Road. Suppose to eat Yong Tau Fu but the stall is closed. So ended eating Thosai. Expensive boy! One normal thosai cost us 4 bucks. After the thosai, we move further down to a Chicken Rice Stall where we eat their Steam fish with bean sauce. Waited for quite a while but it's worth the waiting. Splendid dish, i would have to say. But not cheap! A small slice for 5 bucks. Then we headed for our last pre-fixed dish Katong Laksa. Ok not too bad. Eaten a few times so nothing special. Then we got our last clue. Ginger -based soup Rice Ball. Anyway the game is played in Mandarin. So from now and the next 3 dish, we must link the first word of the dish to the next and goes on until the 9th dish must end up as the Ginger-based soup Rice Ball. Well my group wasn't very imaginative, so we keep it simple and our first dish is Coarse Suger, den followed Sweet, den Chilled-Fruit Juice, Chilled Soya Bean Milk, which den the last dish was at Bedok North. By the time we reached there, we tot tat we may be the third or fourth. But to our surprise, we were first. Haha. Then after tat, we headed off to the final destination where we will have BBQ for dinner. Erh! After such a hectic race, i'm not sure if my 'warehouse' is ready to store any more things. 10min after reaching the venue, the next team came in and another 5 the next. Then we kinda waited for another hour before the rest of the teams came in. I guess they all tried to be too creative. Becoz teams with creative items on their list will get extra bonus point. After BBQ, the results were announced. Though my team came in first we didn't get first becoz there was a team who got the bonus point for their extraordinary dish, Claypot-frog legs. Haha. Maybe i shd have gone for Steam fish with earthworm kinda dish. Haha. But honestly, it wasn't really important for me to win the race or not. But from this race, I was very pleased to hear 2 things. Initially, when the group was formed, i jokingly told my team members that i nvr won a race, just like the previous race, Amazing Race! Everybody laughed at the remarks except for Ding Yi. He told me and i believe quite seriously, that this time will be different becoz this time the team has me and him. Both of us will make a difference. I was really touched by what he said and also very proud becoz of his confidence. Then another thing was during the race, I briefly mentioned that the next time the organiser shd organise on a bigger scale den it will be more fun. Then some of my team members replied saying that it's no point for them becoz by the next time, they would have most probably been put in charge to run the race. I thank God that they see a continuity in themselves in the YOuth Ministry. The youth ministry will not end with the Youth advisor but they the youths are starting to see a need to carry on the good work that God has started in the Youth Ministry. I praised the Lord for such thoughtful and selfless youths.