Eh, dun leh....

I don't want a JC life yah........

RiverWalking

Mugged @ riverwalk again. I was craving for some tapioca chips; BUT LO AND BEHOLD!!!:
  

I was so dissapointed, so I turned to other vices:

Looks like mugging was only part of the agenda.

We decided to do abit of destress after BS so we went across the river to:


Man were we hungry... Within a flash, this was all that's left:


And after the food is gone, ppl start doing funny things:
 

and with all that aside,

Countdown to PRELIMS: 

8 Hours!!!

RiverWalked

Another Day of mugging at riverwalk. Today I FINALLY got to taste the Fish n Chips i have been craving for for the longest time @ Fisherman's Wharf.

WengLok's hand spoiling the pic.

the Riverwalk gang today; Santy, Gwenboy, Me, Weng, Sam.

So after a long day of mugging, Weng, Sam and I decided to destress abit and take a walk. We passed by the bridge at Espladane Drive and I was captivated by the scenery of the lights reflected off the water surface. Somehow or rather, I have never noticed the reflections to be so beautiful before. Especially the Flyer.

 
Oopps, think my hand shaked, but reflections aren't meant to be clear anyway.

 

Geog Mock tomorrow, and I'm one more day nearer to Prelims

Breakthrough!

What a tiring but AWESOME day today. Got to face one of my greatest fears in ministry: escorting PT.

Well I don't know since when I had developed such a strange fear of him. Its really fine to hear him preach and in fact, I really love his sermons; but up close and personal - erm, someone else can?

Well today HAD to be the day. I was supposed to be doing something else but God had set me up! Someone else had covered my original duty and thus, I was assigned to PT.

I was really hoping it to be a regular service weekend but it certainly turned out not to be so. To say the least; he had a REALLY REALLY busy day today; bad news for me cos that meant more work and more interaction with him. When I thought everything was over after service, PT turned and ask: "Can you be my runner for the rest of the day?"

I can't figure whether I felt fear or honour - but a thousand thoughts certainly transited through my mind. For 9 solid hours; I was going to stick to him like glue. There was alot of travelling, alot of squeezing around the massive crowd, and alot of other runner-related jobs. In exchange for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to sit at the front row seat beside pastor for a movie, I found myself running lights, sound, stage, security and PA for the screening. He was the key man for the event today; so that meant my margin for error was thinner than my very own skin (ok actually my skin is a bad analogy).

Well anyway, it was extremely nerve-wrecking as we all know how much the sightest detail could make a huge difference, especially by his standards. But thank God, the day ended w/o any hiccups; I did all that I had to do w/o any major mistakes, and more importantly, I OVERCAME MY MENTAL BARRIER! YAY!

Well God certainly works in ways you least expect. And He will refine when you are least prepared. But thats how GROWTH arises! What a wonderful learning experience it has been today; supposedly my last duty weekend before I go on exam leave. God is indeed ALWAYS ON TIME; He's so amazing, and I can only marvel.

You don't have to BE rich to LOOK rich.

Look who's got a new toy!:

 

The queue at comcentre was INBA the last night @ the launch. SingTel certainly pumped in lotsa fund to make the launch a hoo-hah. I personally think they should have pumped in more COUNTERS instead cos we queued for n hours before we got our hands on the baby. But MANY thanks to my siao-on father who insisted and persisted, I'm now the proud owner of this way cool phone, iPod and PDA all-in-one (at a ridculously low price).

And SingTel's got this haolian paperbags just for iPhone products last night. I, being Singaporean, took like 3 of them home:

 

Unboxing:

YAY!

Yes, go on, Envy Me.

Always Be My Baby

We were as one babe
For a moment in time
And it seemed everlasting
That you would always be mine
Now you want to be free
So I'm letting you fly
Cause I know in my heart babe
Our love will never die
No!

You'll always be a part of me
I'm a part of you indefinitely
Girl don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby

I ain't gonna cry no
And I won't beg you to stay
If you're determined to leave girl
I will not stand in your way
But inevitably you'll be back again
Cause ya know in your heart babe
Our love will never end no

I know that you'll be back girl
When your days and your nights get a little bit colder oooohhh
I know that, you'll be right back, babe
Ooooh! baby believe me it's only a matter of time

Time No Enough

The more you try to save it, the less you keep of it. The more you need it, the less you have of it. The more you want it to speed up, it crawls. The more you want it to slow down, it fleets. Who else but your trusted commodity; TIME.

Rag & Flag

Emo? What emo?

Was at NUS today for Rag & Flag to support Princess Quelyn. Uni life is, well, more than vibrant. Shall let pictures do the talking.

Rag and Flag is like a Mini Chingay at NUS.

Science Fac and Sheares Hall peeps

 
Sheares Hall cheering

 
Enthu cheleaders and flags everywhere - reminds me of O1

One of the floats in the background

Temasek Hall had sponsorship from Formula1. The whole Car was made from recycled material.

Sheares Float.


Quelyn; after performance, with makeup falling off.

Met so many ppl from my batch at NUS. And of all ppl, germ tan.

 

After that i headed to Jelita to MUG! YES, mug...

Yes, I finished all that (I emptied the 2 boxes).
 

BREAK FAST! Honestly, this picture doesn't do the chicken leg justice. It was huge and full of MEAT! U know the cold storage one?

Within 5 minutes.

BBQ with N178 after that. My hands were too dirty for pictures, but i had fun cooking (and being made fun of) =).

Now to conclude my long day with a good rest... PRATA BREAKFAST TMR! =D

Brokenness.

Today, i saw Jason Lau's name in the papers. I was ________ (fill in emotion). He got the prestigious SAFOS and he's gonna do sociology at God-knows-which-ivyleague-university. After 4 years he will return with 3 bars on his shoulders to fly that metal bird. Another 4 years and I will watch him fly his plane over my head while i sing <5-stars-arising>. After another 10 years he will decide how much I get for my CPF payouts. No wonder; he was afterall, the RJC SC President. Compare and Contrast? I was overwhelmed with _________.

I can just imagine where the other SC Presidents are headed. And I still remember how we all met at such a exclusive event. We were supposed to be the elites. The privileged ones. A league much envied. The leaders of tomorrow. But unfortunately, leaders need their As too.

Look at them, look at me. I could have been one of them. I SHOULD have been one of them. I am SUPPOSED to be one of them. But I am ___________ (fill in adjective). Where do I fit in? I can't help but feel __________ (fill in emotion). Why the disparity? What are people whom I once aquainted with doing, and where am I now (still)? I feel like a __________ (fill in noun). What have I done with what was entrusted to me? Maybe it really should have been someone else.

I tell myself: "Someday, I will rise from the rubble, and it will be my turn". But will it really?

How did I let it happen? What can I do now? Where is my motivation?

 

I know this has been an extremely attention-deficient kinda post. But trust me when I say I do not require your sympathy nor your superficial encouragements. I know I will find my way out of this, but I just need to let it out for awhile.

Hopefully this time next year i will look back here and laugh at my foolishness...

 

Just don't EVER say: "I know how you feel".

deathclock.com

According to deathclock.com, i will die on

Monday, September 13, 2088
Seconds left to live...

2,527,930,886

 

LOL.

FOP Part 3

Day Three - Finale

Ministry was less exciting today but it means things went smoothly - which is a good thing! The finale was awesome, esp when Hillsong + parachute drummers combined. It made me feel like throwing away my tag and to jump with the rest. Hah. Well din stay around long and i departed for home quickly. Cos i know despite what i do or have done, when the clock strikes 8 later, im back to a student all over again.

 

 

Freely You gave it all for us
Surrendered Your life upon that cross
Great is the love
Poured out for all
This is our God

FOP Part 1 & 2

No pictures in the post cos i was wayyy too buzy to be snapping.

Day One

Anyway, went down for FOP session 1 on Friday. It feels nostalgic to be back in the Indoor Stadium, as that place holds significant milestones for me.

Serving at SIS is always exciting as you never know what can happen. I thoroughly experienced excitement cos my duty profile kept changing that night. By the end of the day, my duty covered at least 4 principals (including P.T. - STRESS!) and I had caught less than 5 mins of sitting time. Was really xiong as I have not stood throughout service for a very long time.

Reuben Morgan and the Hillsong team was really good. Esp when they sang Mighty To Save and Saviour King; i could feel the Presence even as i was buzy serving. Parachute band din do too bad with their worship songs either. If only i wasn't serving - it would be so much better.

But all that was made up by an extremely entertaining Rev. Mark and a strong message. And of cos, a nice supper with the security guys @ katong ba chor mee + a free ride home =))

 

Day Two

Went down to FOP session 2 with N415 after CG. Been so long since I queued up at SIS since im usually always serving. At a point of time the sun got really warm and we were all getting restless from the wait that I really called out in my heart: HOW I WISH I WAS SERVING!! - for then i would be enjoying the aircon in the hall!

Anyway we were finally in. Pastor How was right last night - we always go from Glory to Glory. The only word i can use to describe the atmosphere was AWESOME. Reuben Morgan and the Hillsong team sang all my fav songs from their past 3 albums. The fact that i knew all the songs really helped me to plug in. Esp during "From the inside out" - Reminds me of Joel and Kaiwen. Im really so glad i pre-ordered "This is our God" - their new album.

Anyway here are the songs we sung today from Hillsongs:

Shout Unto God - Look To You
Take It All - Mighty To Save
From the Inside Out - Mighty To Save
Stonger - This Is Our God
Run - This Is Our God
Desert Song - This Is Our God
Hosanna - Saviour King
This Is Our God - This Is Our God

This alone made me declare that im SO SO SO thankful that I was not serving today. I really sang with all my heart and soul today. I gave my best. It felt really good. Its all the more special to me cos im always serving, so i really cherish the opprtunity to worship freely.

If you are interested in any of the songs we sang today and ysd, do PM me =) Or get their titles at most Christian music stores.

So its was supper (again) with N415 + N178 @ newton. Ex, but shiok. I WILL NOT have supper tomorrow.

Last installment of FOP tmr. Im sure it will be EVEN MORE exciting with the "finale" and of cos, with P.K. back =) Can't wait.

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