So Fruitful =)

These past two days, as the title suggest, has been so fruitful for the Kingdom of God. Before moving in to this lengthy entry (you have been forewarned, but please continue reading it ^^), I want to announce to the world that MY EXAMS ARE FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY OVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!! Whoopie doo~ And want to thank God because without Him, it was impossible for me to go through them. Just pray that I’m able to do well and glorify Him through my results. So now it’s the H.O.L.I.D.A.Y.S!! But only three weeks la, still, better than nothing, so will take the opportunity to relax. Oh, can finally go for facial and massage that I have been craving for since April… I need pampering. Also need to shed off those pounds and burn those flab which were accumulated during my exam stress coping-mechanism period (i.e. gorging down sinful food down my oesophagus which ends up being stored. Darn you lipids!).


Back to the main topic, I was indescribably glad that Elyn invited me to attend the leaders’ meeting session on Tuesday night. The atmosphere was good and everyone was radical for Christ. True Worshippers led the praise and worship, and as always it was wonderful!!! Presence of God was so strong, and I was so high during praise that I couldn’t stop jumping like an Energiser Bunny. Haha. A vocalist whom Pastor Kong considered as the best female Gospel singer in Indonesia, Sari, sang the Bahasa version of the Mandarin song which we sang during Campus Revivalist. I don’t know what the title was but I simply LOVE that song, both the lyrics and the melody! Tapi, saya dah melupakan lyrik =.= Maap… Sari’s voice is a beautiful gift from God. The anointing in her voice was so strong; when she hit the chorus, Holy Spirit literally blasted from the stage to the whole auditorium. I got goosebumps and couldn’t help but sing along (Kau Tuhan kamu~~~) while on the brink of tears.



Rev. Jeffery from Jakarta Praise Community Church preached a sermon so powerful that I think it pierced and convicted everyone’s heart. He linked ‘leadership’ to the Parable of the Sower. My goodness! The analogy of the ground being the type of leadership, and the seed as the people was just mind-blowing. There is nothing wrong with the seed, but fell on different grounds. WOW. Every word that he spoke was so full of wisdom and conviction that I wrote down 5 pages of notes with the speed of as if taking a dictation test. I even drew a chart! Lol. I learnt so much! I felt so thankful towards Elyn for being such a strong and effective leader. She is one woman that I look up to and respect.



Need to increase responsibility and do more than the leaders expect -> trust + comfort = building a wall of reputation in the leaders’ eyes -> in time, full responsibility.



More servanthood with excellence in CG; children church and choir, here I come!!



Woke up this morning at 5.15am, yawns. Only with two hours of sleep, nearly went back to sleep after turning off the alarm. But the thought of this small sacrifice which can’t be compared to Jesus’ numerous sacrifices and the drive of praying along with Pastor Kong pushed me. If Pastor Kong can do it, I can too! Drew strength from God and woke up immediately. So many people turned up for prayer meeting, the hall was almost packed. Prayed with Josh for the CG, Elyn and our members. But I felt so bad because when I prayed for the youths, my brain got “jammed” and babbled the prayer. Oh man... I was so tired, but felt refreshed after. Can’t wait for Thursday's and Friday’s PM :) But... will be the only W331-er :(



Thank God that I decided to attend the breakfast session with Pastor Zhuang. It was a continuous meeting from the Campus Revivalist, and we had to plan out how to (okay, I can’t say this, because can’t reveal what is the purpose of this. Hehe)... Being a solo private school student, I felt so alone in this battle, and helpless. But Praise the Lord that I got to know Yi Shun from MDIS! We put on our thinking caps and wrote out our action plans and long-term goals. At first I thought this CR thing is going to be extremely tough, but now all things seem possible because I know God is with us every step of the journey. The two of us spent a short time praying after the meeting. Am very excited to carry out what we’ve planned, though required TONS of commitment, prayers and fasts.

Lord I’m hungry
For the mighty move of God
Lord I’m thirsty
Pour out Your Holy Ghost
Lord I want to see the hand of God move mightily inside of me
I’m hungry for the move of God

After the meeting, rushed down to Plaza Singapura to meet my dear Saint Josephian, fellow communicator (muahaha) and countryman, or rather countrywoman (wahaha), Jing Ying! We finally managed to set aside time to meet up. As usual, we talked rubbish and couldn’t stop laughing! My scarily loud laughter echoed the whole Kopitiam! I laughed till my lungs and stomach hurt! She is undeniably corny and a humorous person! I never fail to crap along with her. Enjoyed the fun lunch time we had =D


Coincidentally, we were both in support of the environmental movement today! Save the planet! Get it??? Please tell me you do. (Oh no... worsening dark eye circles!! Need to get some sleep tonight!)

Father's Day

Dinner

Yup, so it's the annual Father's Day :) We went to JB on Saturday for jalan-jalan, and makan-ed at a Chinese restaurant at my brother's hotel, The Puteri Pacific. I tell you, the atmosphere of the restaurant was toooo formal for me. I couldn't laugh and talk loudly because of the overly-big table! That was such a challenge! Haha. The manager was super nice and displayed great service, the waiters/waitresses really were polite and even placed the napkins on our laps. I felt uncomfortable in such a formal setting. However, the food was AWESOME!! My goodness, it was goooooooood! And the presentation was pretty, so it was a plus. And my brother paid for the dinner... Aww...

Dumpling-shark fin soup... Devine! And there was a lighted candle under the pot (picture a fondue) to keep the soup warm. But it got on my nerve as I couldn't eat the dumplings because it was too hot, so I blew the candle out.

The second course were steamed and fried Cod fish, which were PERFECT!! I LOVE Cod fish! i got distracted by the taste and presentation that I forgot to take a picture of it. So the above is crab meat in beancurd skin. YUMMMMMYYYY!

Chicken!! Poultry, I like!

Dessert anyone? Pumpkin-sago. I kind of liked it, it wasn't too bad. Funny though, my family got really hard and frozen pumpkin, so they couldn't enjoy it. On the other hand I got a perfectly soft pumpkin! Hahahahahaha... Angels were on my side! Hahahahahahahaha. Err, I mean, so sad.... =P

Oh, the cherries were halved and not whole. My future sis-in-law said she felt so cheated! Haha. Oh well, have to cut cost. But, I wonder where does the other half go to?? My brother said to another dessert probably xD

Dad. He looks funny! =\

F.A.M.I.L.Y (Father and Mother I love you. Haha. I think that's from Jack Neo's "I Not Stupid". Okay, that was random.)

Church

There wasn't any CGM today... I love CGMs, but that meant I could attend the Father's Day service I missed on Saturday! Well, I attended alone (aw man, miss my CG. Didn't see them this week ): ) So during the drama I laughed like a mad woman, and I felt a bit stupid. I couldn't help it, the drama was hilarious!! It was good! The actors and script were really well-done. True Worshippers were awesome!!! I started tearing when we sang a simple song about surrendering it all the God. It was so meaningful, and the Holy Spirit was so strong. The sermon, as always was powerful! Pastor Kong preached (yay) about fatherhood and immitating our Heavenly Father. So I prayed for my brother that he will be a good father and husband to his future wife and children, and for my future husband..... Don't laugh! Choosing the right partner is the second most important decision in life, after choosing Jesus as our Saviour (learnt that from BS. Haha). Plus I'm in my twenties :S Ermm, God??? Any response from you?? Ahaha. And and, a marriage determines heaven or hell on earth for the rest of your life (okay, being preachy now). Anyways, moving on... Before the service ended we prayed for all the dads, and I couldn't stop crying when I thought of my dads. I really prayed that Holy Spirit will annoint him, that he'll be a much much much better husband and father. I mean, the outing yesterday had so much tension, and even nearly quarreled with my mom. God, please please change him.

Oh, thank God that I bumped into Ayron outside Attributes! I didn't feel that lonely after that. Haha. Had lunch with him and Kevin. Yeah, got to know Kevin more. Oh man, Kevin thought I was 26, then 23!!! AAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!! Geez!!! Do I need to start investing on anti-ageing product???? I thought I look kiddish?? But lunching with two secondary students made me feel old to begin with. Haha.

Finally, I was tempted to get the Captivated CD by True Worshippers. it was only at 20 bucks!! 20!!! But my mom would have killed me if I did =.=

Stuff (NOT the magazine, I repeat, NOT)

Can't think of any title for this post, as it will be random stuff, henceforth, "stuff".

Woke up this morning and sighed at the thought of not being able to drag a big luggage and head down to Tanah Merah; then chuckled at the thought of poor Christina being the only sister and have to bring all the toiletries as she has no one to share with. Haha! Again God, we need more sisters! Then thought of the fun games I'll be missing: Castaway sounds super fun and a game that gets down and dirty (which I LOOOOOVEEE! Mud, water and eggs! Bring them on). Especially the sermons and worship sessions I'll be missing T_T Well... I feel so sad!!! Everyone is going to Camp X or at least the night sessions, and here I am, dying of boredom, drowned with my textbooks and notes, and blogging =.= Oh man, I WANT TO GO TO CAMP X!!! *whine* I'm so sure that it'll be such an amazing and powerful camp. Oh well, I'll pray that many new friends will get saved :)

Oh oh... Want to thank Sam and Nat for fixing the strings on the guitar. Then when I started playing last night, i was like: darn, should have bought acoustic strings instead. Acoustic definately sound better. But hope that I can get my own guitar soon! No offence to Josh's guitar (which by the way is soooo clean and dust-free right now! I was excited that I was able to clean it once the strings were off), I thank him for the generosity of lending it to me. I've been practising and I dare say, improving! Wooo! But, my poor fingers hurt and are peeling >.< Oh well, have to pay a price for fulfilling my childhood dream and for God. Really can't wait to master a worship song so to sing of His love and glory =)

Oh, and Pastor Robb Thompson's sermon on Sat was can I say, EXPLOSIVELY powerful! It was back to basics and very applicable to my life. True Worshippers are coming down this Sat! Oh my goodness! I was looking forward to them! Unfortunately, dissapointment soon followed after. I'll miss the service this Sat as will be going down to JB to celebrate Father's Day. I mean, I love my family and it's only once a year, but the thought of missing an opportunity of encountering God saddens me.

After cell group yesterday, one of the refreshment was a rice crisp snack from Malaysia. It was an indulgence for me! It reminded me of home! Hahaha. I couldn't stop eating it! Hehehe. So when there were a few pieces left I grabbed the packet and ate it on the way down to lunch, i know it was unglamourous, but, WHATEVER! Good food waste not xD Then after lunch went to visit Guo Yang at the petshop he was working. The dogs were adorable!! God, I want a doggie! *Whine* Then I saw a guinea pig which is the same breed as my first guinea pig. Aww man, I miss my guinea pig! After the visitation, hanged out with Nat, Sam and Jin Hong. Sorry for abondoning Sam and Nat when I had enlightened conversations with JH... I saw the light! Hahaha. JH's wise and really gave me good advise. Thanks JH gor gor for listening to my endless whining and complaining. Lol.

Confused, troubled and burdened when I think of that problem =( God, I cast and surrender it all to you.........

Oh Joy...

I got my permenant residency, so, finally, after 12 years of residing at Singapore, and borrowing books from the library using my mom's card, announcing to the world (or those who read my blog) I am now officially a member of the library (though I had to pay $10.50 for it, but it's worth it)!!!!! Yes, I can borrow books from the library under my name, using my own IC!! Wahahahaha. It felt good when I saw my (really long =.=)name flashing on the monitor screen of the borrowing kiosk rather than my mom's! Joyousness indeed...

Thank you Lord!! ^^ It is not possible without you =D

Farewell Lunch with Angga

We had lunch at a Teochew porridge buffet restaurant at Suntec City with our dearest Angga last, last Tuesday (I know, and I posted this like now? Don't blame me, blame the fact that I do not own a camera. Oh God!! Camera please!). I finally got the photos. Haha. So yeah. Angga left for Liverpool John Morres University. Oh man, has it been 2 weeks him being at Liverpool already...? Time flies. I miss him =( He's a great and funny friend from Malang (Indonesia). And we pulled through with Ponco during GLS (a session for international students). Without them, I would have shoot myself in the head doing nothing for that 3 hour at school just for attendance sake! Hahaha.. Angga, if you're reading this, WE MISS YOU!! And please, come online leh!! Hahahahaha. Anyways, it cost us $9.80, there were loads of food and I was ready to eat all of them. But, I guess I do not have that capacity, so I think I only ate about $5 worth of food. But the fellowshiping was the point and of course our last lunch with Angga. Aww.. Haha, The Last Supper.

The guys overtook the food la!! The table was filled with tons of food (not shown in this picture), and we couldn't finish =.=

Arnold and his ikan bilis. I tell you, at the rate of the amount of sodium he consumed, he'll get Hypertension!! xD

Arnold, Hammond (my fellow Malaysian!), Angga and Ponco (from Jakarta)



Okay, don't ask me why is Angga doing that. His answer was that he felt so thankful towards us. Awwww..

Awwww... Sob.... Darn, he shut his eyes -.-

They look so cute in this photo!! Ana looks like she's crying! Hahahaha.

L-l-l-l-l-ladies!!! (am trying to sound like Will I Am's "I Got It From My Mamma". I know, try harder Sarah) Ana's missing from the picture! Call the cops! Okay, I know, not funny Sarah.

Play My Game

Had the dance audition for this year's performance, "Play My Game" at 8.30pm (ermm, 8.45pm actually, I was late. Oops). Before I entered the studio I was procrastinating when through the glass window, I saw this new dancer dancing, and my mouth dropped. She was amazing! Perfect! And I was like, that's the dance piece?? Heck, I can't do that! She did perfect 90 degrees attitude, perfect tendus. Perfect jumps. I was in awed. Well, I breathed in and opened the door bravely. My teacher wasn't mad for my lateness, she's really nice :) She asked me to catch up and do my best. Honestly, at first I was thinking: It's HARD!! HELP! The piece was really technically demanding. Oh no. Seriously, my technique is - how should I put it - awesome. NOT! I'm so rusty as I haven't dance for a couple of months because of school. But I tried. And to my surprise, I caught up! Added in some of my emo-feelingish stunts (which outshines my poor technique. Heh.), did attitudes, arabesque, tendu (struggled on that. Disgusted at the sight of my imperfect knees), and hallelujah, jumps!! I jumped!! Hahaha.

Was glad that I caught up pretty quickly and did my best. My teacher commented "good" and "well done", but hope that she really meant it. Ahah. She's very nice to everyone. Now am wondering will she put me in the technically demanding piece. But am sure she'll put me in an angsty-emo piece. I rock at that *grins*. Now, my back hurts, and I can feel my muscles aching. Oh man, I just can imagine those aches tomorrow. Oh well. But I like those aches, meaning that I worked hard (it's a ballet fetish thing. We love to sweat and hurt ourselves. Wait, that sounded a little wrong). A pat on my back that I did a rather not-bad job =D Now have to train my stamina and head down to gym. Need to get in shape! Goodbye dear Lays and Cadbury. Hello low-carb diet =.=


I may have imperfect knees, but I'm perfect in God's sight and how He created me.

Comics!!

Ever since Christina introduced me an extremely humourous comic strip "Pearls Before Swine" by Stephan Pastis, I got addicted!! It's so dark and cynical, and plain funny! Dark and cynical especially.. My cup of tea. Muaha. Then now that I found out there's actually Pearls Before Swine on the public platform of the World Wide Web (sorry, I just have to add in some Comms jargon =P), thanks to Christina again, I soaked myself in the daily doasge of PBS!! So this comic strip is really LOL and appropriate to post in my blog. I hope I'm not violating any copyright policy, if I am, let me know Stephan xD

I'm telling you, I laughed so hard!!! Pastis is the king of comics!