i'm at home on a sunday morning.. and that's how rare. and i got to eat lunch at home too. i was just too tired this morning, had stomach cramps all the way thru the night and i wasnt able to sleep, kept tossing and turning and it just really felt horrible. feel a bit better now, and i thank God for this beautiful day and the chance to rest at home.

havent been blogging much nowadays. been quite tired out from work and other random stuff that's been happening in my life.

firstly, work. work's been good, i've learnt a lot in my past 2 weeks on job. and i'm enjoying the learning, the interaction with my team and also the clients. the work can be quite stressful, even for me at an assistant level, i cant imagine what my seniors go thru, having to 'manage' the assistants and then answer to the managers above them. most of the seniors i meet have been telling me that they are going to quit soon too cos they cant take the stress anymore. it has been an eye opener for me to see for myself how things work in the company too, and i wonder whether i myself am able to pull thru for that long??

i've come to treasure my weekends more now, the time not only to spend with loved ones and friends, but also to sit back and reflect on my week, to talk to God. the week is usually so rushed and i feel that i dont really get the chance to think about other things other than work. even if i do, i will just be in the mood for nuaing in front of the tv or just sleeping.

so i'm just so thankful for today =)

this week is gonna be busy, DT's dnd this friday, with the theme 'Grease'. i joined the opening dance item with some friends just for the fun of it.. haha. i just hope i dont embarrass myself in front of everyone on that day itself. went with xiuhui to shop for some retro clothes and i spent a bomb on a polka dotted top and some accessories. super broke now, but i'm lurving my top. retail therapy is always good. haha.

i'm starting a new job at a new client, and this client is big and a listed company too, so i'm excited to learn more things on this job. exams are over for the uni ppl, and i'm finally going to meet up with some uni friends who have been MIA-ing for the past month. miss them so much man.

some friends from work are planning a small Christmas party. and we are gonna do this gift exchange thingy where we each buy a present for someone else and we've gotta keep it a secret. excited! christmas is comiiinngggggg... yaayy!

the song 'Everlasting God' has been in my head for the past weeks, its a good reminder for me, that strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord. He's our hope, our strong deliverer.

You are the everlasting God. you do not fade you wont grow weary.

Thank you Lord for lifting me up, everything else will fade, but You God are everlasting.

what would Jesus do?? if He was in your position right now, whatever circumstance you are in.
what would Jesus do?

i know the answer... its just harder to act it out.

playing with sparklers on children's day.. haha.

you are my God, my life, my all
and i live for you alone,
i am yours,
evermore.

i will run into your presence,
i will sing of your love,
sing for evermore.

i was reminded never to proclaim that anything belongs to me, because everything comes from my God. everything i have are His blessings to me.
all that i have belongs to You, Lord.

its another crazy week ahead, i thank God that the past weeks at work went smoothly, much better than expected. this week, i'll be assigned to a different team and doing something totally different, so i pray that it goes well and that i will learn lots too.

some of the ppl from work =)

my team during the training days
ying ying, yuanli, rach and me

this week just went by so quickly, i had a really good week and i thank God for it =)
core training ended well today, our team did so well and i'm really proud of us. i enjoyed working with them and getting to know them better as friends too. the facilitators of our training who are actually assistant managers were so nice too. they wanted to treat the whole group of us to dinner today, and insisted on it so in the end we had to buy mooncakes back for them in return. despite the classes which got me quite confused and sleepy at the same time, i really had lots of fun learning from the facilitators and doing group work with my team. todays final presentations were just so funny and i am impressed by how creative we all can be!

and God is really good, He created opportunities without me even realizing it. and i can just look in amazement at what He has done. thank you Jesus, all glory to You =)

we celebrated wendy's birthday just now and lots of ppl came. it was nice to see everyone. happy birthday wendy!

i'll be going to malaysia tmr, a whole bunch of my family members' birthdays are this week. so i'm going back to celebrate with my relatives. kinda looking forward to it but hope i wont be too tired out. be back on sunday!

candice's birthday celebration last fri at brewerks and then fashion bar with dawn and jac.

these 3 girls are still studying in ntu! gosh i feel so old. but of cos 4 of us are of the same age. haha. it was really good to meet all of them. missed those days back in hall. we really had so much fun then! missed charlene too who was supposed to be there but cos busy ms SIA girl has a flight early the nxt day so she couldnt afford to stay out late.

the weekend was good, managed to get some sleep. slept all the way till about 1 plus in the afternoon on sat. but it was soooo good. felt really happy after that. haha. had dinner home then went over to zan's place for games like uno rummy, bridge and daidi. it was fun! i am kinda glad that i dont have to study over the weekends now =p but then now i've gotta make sure kelwin studies. haha =)

then on sunday, we had a time of worship instead of the usual sermon. my mum came with me and i'm really glad that she did. celebrated colin's birthday in the church library, which was kinda wrong but fun nonetheless. hahah. attended the YAM meeting, and then had dinner with kel and family.

our plans to go to the gym over the weekend failed miserably. but oh well, there's always tomorrow. hahah.

i had a good rest and i thank God for that.

this morning about 5 of us met up b4 work to be praying for each other and our work place and the fellow christians. eejun talked about how we can be like fireseeds, to bring about revival, to bring about change for the better. shuyan shared her vision, weiyee told us about her dream where she saw so many ppl praying. thank God for the christians that He has brought together to be having this desire and passion. its not easy, and there are fears too. yet its simply amazing to see God working.

i hope that i will not be too busy for Him. i pray He opens up my eyes to see, i pray i hear His still small voice.

goodnight =)

these are the ppl i hang out and have lunch with at work.
we were celebrating yuan li's birthday here in the pantry. as you can see our pantry's really quite big. this is the sofa side of the pantry.

they are really nice and fun to be with. really glad that to have them =)
there're other really nice ppl too just that i didnt get a chance to take a picture with them.
will really miss these times when we get to lunch and have coffee breaks together when we go out on our separate jobs to different clients' offices.

i just started core training yesterday, and today's lessons were really quite challenging. maybe cos i've forgotten a lot of audit stuff which i learnt in uni. after the day ended, my eyes felt so tired from looking at all those excel spreadsheets filled with numbers and trying to understand all the various computations and procedures.

but i'm good. really glad i went for ymlc over the weekend. it was at held at batam and though i was so tired the whole time due to lack of sleep, it was refreshing for my spirit and i thank God for the chance to be there. my faith really increased over that weekend and i was just amazed by how powerful my God is. indeed He is capable of signs and wonders =) my God is a really AWESOME and TRUE one and ONLY God!

i went for a run just now. at about 915pm. but it was quite pathetic cos i was still quite full from dinner plus some roads look really dark and scary so i didnt dare to go my usual route. and b4 that my mum was just telling me to be careful cos recently ppl have gone missing so i was feeling kinda paranoid. hahah.

alright. gonna get ready to sleep so that i wont be too tired tmr.
hope tmr will be a better day!

You are amazing God.
so majestic.
indescribable, uncontainable.
You are amazing God.

we learnt during a pcg session previously not to contain God into a box. God doesnt have any limitations, He pushes limits!
and that is just so amazing.

i love you God, i want to be more like you.

tmr will be a better day =)

melbourne part 1:

some photos of our trip to Melb finally.

stopped by perth and gabriel and jean were so nice as to pick us up from the airport and bring us to a cafe for cakes and drinks.

jon came too.. it was cool seeing everyone in perth =) jon sent us back to the airport to catch our nxt flight to melb. we were caught in the jam and we were so sure that we were gonna miss our flight to melbourne. got so panicky too and ran all the way to the gates amazing race style when we finally reached. haha but thank God! they delayed the flight for some reason so we were in time! that was really awesome =)

our studio apartment was small but well furnished.

the nxt day, we visited monash caulfield to see siyan, attended their CF which was fun. and got to know some of siyan's friends. they brought us out for supper and also for grocery shopping at 2am in the morning after supper! they were really hospitable. and yup coles in melb is opened 24 hrs!

and kelwin bought so many bottles of seasoning cos they're much cheaper there than in singapore. haha. i dont think he has started using any of them yet though.. =)



















after our late night grocery shopping we still had to wake up early the nxt day to head to the Dandendong mountain. it was soo cold up there man. and so we found warmth and lunch at the flipping pancakes restarant.

the guys looking so funny in similiar outfits.. hahaha.

alright, thats all for now.. sleeping time.. =)

xiuhui's birthday dinner at mind's cafe along boat quay last wed.

ate a lot of food, played silly games. most importantly, all of us are back together again in the same country. really happy to see all of them again except for pam who wasnt free that night =) thank God for this group of friends whom i've known since JC! 5 yrs have past since JC yr 1. oh my.. so old. haha.

and yesterday with kel, zan, spencer and tiff was fun. woosh at damsy road is a really nice place to chill out. we shd do this more often! gotta get photos from tiff soon.


this week was good. got to know more ppl at work who made it more enjoyable. and i'm still not very busy yet =) checked out my schedule though and i will be busy from mid oct all the way till nxt yr around march. so i'm thankful for the free time i have in the office right now!

been kinda obsessed with shopping lately. i can bought 2 items within half an hr when xiuhui and i were walking arnd that day while waiting to meet the rest. and just a couple of weeks back i bought a lot of things while waiting for evelyn n joyce. hahaha. need to exercise some restraint here man..

church tmr. yay. =)

i'm really not looking forward to waking up at 630am for work tmr =(
and its only week 3. hahah.
well well well, i pray for a better week ahead, a good team, a good manager and good assignments. i pray for ppl whom i'll enjoy working with for hours and hours.
i pray for strength too to last thru the day. i really want to do my best. as an employee, also as a Christian living for Jesus. and i'm just so scared of making mistakes or of leaving a bad impression.

i've signed up for ymlc, thank God =) the leave i applied for is still not approved yet, even though i was told that it will most likely be approved i just pray and hope that nothing will go wrong.

i commit all into Your Hands Lord.

work has been good so far. the training and e-learning, the new friends, the hours. yes i still get to leave work at 530 and i'm really happy about that. but then again that also is cos the real REAL work hasnt started for me yet. i cant imagine how it will be like in future cos i am already so tired now!

met candice yesterday for dinner yesterday then we just chilled at starbucks. it was funny yesterday, our conversations. haha i just miss those times back in hall.

yvonne was my lunch partner today at lau pa sat and it was nice meeting up despite our busy schedules. gonna have lunch with kelwin and zandra tmr. yay! at least there's sth to look forward to in the midst of work =)

been eating a lot and shopping a lot. these are the worse things to do a lot of, better exercise some discipline here man. haha.

alright gonaa sleep soon. blog more another day. =)

i'm back from melbourne and it was just so fun!! wish i were back there right now. we did lots of cool things like hang out at the monash uni, go for the christian fellowship meeting, climbed a mountain (well sort of lah), went for planetshakers church service and got free cds from them, grocery shopping at 2am in the morning, cooking! and much more.

well i'm starting work tmr. its really sudden man. back for 3 days and i need to start work. and i really wanted to be prepared for work, but now i'm totally not. am quite nervous cos i've been playing for the past 2-3 months and i dont know if i can cope with work all of a sudden.

my holidays have been great and i'm just so thankful for the rest and fun that i had. i pray that i'll learn how to rely on God's strength and have a more intimate relationship with Him even as work starts and all the fun stops. gone are the days of late nights and waking up at noon.
haha. i am quite excited actually =)

i'm going for my holiday in less than 10 hrs time! YAY! =)

super excited.
cos we're gonna transit in perth to take a connecting flight to melbourne, we are gonna meet gabriel and jean and hopefully jon too for a couple of hrs in between! really cool =)
heard that its cold there so hope that kel jotham and i will be able to survive the weather.
i just packed my luggage and after looking at the clothes in there, i realize that i'm gonna look exactly the same as how i look in my europe trip photos. haha cos same jacket, same sweaters, same jeans. quite sian man, when i think abit it. hahah. but the ppl with me and the background of the photos will be different! and that is totally enough! cant wait to meet siyan when we're there. and also my old friend andrea and her boyfriend kevin.



thank you Lord for making this possible. =)



my convocation ceremony was yesterday. i've finally graduated.



dad and mum were really helpful.
kelwin was really sweet about it.
minyi and ziyi were so supportive.
dinner and dessert was just awesome with kel, daniel & zan, spencer & tiff.
thank you Jesus.

gotta be up at 5 in the morning.
be back in a week's time =)

we went to esplanade today to take graduation pictures. and it was really fun. haha the gowns were so harry potterish it was so funny. we were just missing the wands man =)

me with the pretty geosuan

charlene, me and carol.

carol gave us really cute soft toys dressed with motar boards. really really cute. so super sweet of her! and her friend kk came to help us take pics and he was really professional snapping away with his huge camera. thanks! =) cant wait to see the rest of the pictures. mine are amatuer compared to his. haha.

candice came down to find us and help us take a few photos. glad that she could make it!

it started to get abit drizzly as you can see by the dark clouds.

these ppl are the reason why i enjoyed my hall life so much. =)

am listening to Indescribable by Chris Tomlin. and the words are just so true, so powerful.

From the highest of heights
To the depths of the sea
Creation’s revealing Your majesty
From the colours of fall
To the fragrance of spring
Every creature unique
In the song that it sings
All exclaiming

Indescribable, uncontainable
You placed the stars in the sky
And You know them by name
You are amazing, God

All powerful, untamable
Awestruck, we fall to our knees
As we humbly proclaim
You are amazing, God
Who has told every lightning bolt
Where it should go
Or seen heavenly storehouses
Laden with snow?
Who imagined the sun
And gives source to its light
Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night?
None can fathom

Indescribable, uncontainable
You placed the stars in the sky
And You know them by name
You are amazing, God

Incomparable, unchangeable
You see the depths of my heart
And you love me the same
You are amazing God

i'm reminded how powerful my God is.
spoked to jon yesterday and what he said made a lot of sense. how we should not tell our God how big our problem is. rather we should tell our problem how big our God is!
i realized that we could be theives too by stealing God of His time.
and realizing is not enough.
actually doing something about it is another thing.

i'm just so thankful i'm going to melbourne on thursday. like finally.
and the timing's perfect too, it'll really be a good break from everything else for me. gonna be back on 1st aug, and i have 5 days b4 work starts.
*excited*

i want to be in awe of you Lord. i want to continually be amazed by you.

met up with candice, yvonne, xiaojing and joanne today for dinner and i really enjoyed myself. they are just so funny and i couldnt stop laughing. really miss all my girlfriends and cant wait to see charlene and the rest nxt week to take grad photos at esplanade!

oh and i queued up for donuts at the suntec donut factory outlet too! thankfully kelwin was with me, and we only queued for about an hour. and they are really yummy! each of us bought 2 dozens each, so thats 48 donuts between 2 of us =)

need to exercise tmr man. i've been eating A LOT.

kel and i cooked for eunice today at kel's place. we had corn and chicken soup, garlic bread and aglio olio as the main dish. and it was fun cooking and all. we've cooked aglio olio many times b4. tried it once a very long time back and we both really loved it so just kept cooking it. need to try something different nxt. and it was good, according to eunice. so its not like a self praise thing okay! and kelwin finally cleared up his messy table just so we could have a meal there with eunice. finally, the first time i saw the bottom of the table. hahah.


we had a simple time of dinner together and then just hanging around and watching tv. eunice came over after work, and it was great hearing about how her job has been ever since she started work 2 weeks ago.


work, work, work. its exciting yet scary.
the thought of meeting new colleagues and bosses and learning new things.
the thought of waking up early every morning and squeezing with the rest of the working ppl.
the thought of sitting at the desk and working for long, extended hours.
the thought of missing out on outings and trips.

oh mann.

went back to bethany nursing home last week with cheryl to visit the old folks. and it was nice to see all of them again. was glad to be able to catch up with cheryl too. she never fails to make me laugh with her musings about how bethany is like her second home and the pace in bethany is faster than her normal pace of life. and the elderly love her too.

it was saddening though, to find out that one of them passed away just a couple of days ago like out of the blue, due to either stroke or heart attack. and another uncle, he was always smiling and loved talking to us. and we called him kai xin guo. but he didnt look very kai xin that day i went down. in fact he lost so much weight, and was bedridden. he just lay in bed that day and was in so much pain, cheryl and i just stayed by his side helplessly. the change in him was so dramatic. life is indeed transcient, in cheryl's words.

nonetheless, the rest of the uncles were happy to see us. and we were cheered up by them somehow. one uncle really made me laugh so much. he kept bragging to us about how he knows how to speak different languages like english, malay, chinese, hokkien, even japanese! and he showed off to us some simple phrases in all these languages fluently. then i asked him what is his name. and looked at us blurly for about 5 seconds, then he said loudly,"dunno lah!" and it was really funny, cos he's about 80 yrs old. yet he could speak so well, and yet he cant even remember his name. then he just shooed us away and asked us to go home. haha.

a guy we call botak ong was really happy to see us too. he practically 'ran over' in his wheelchair when he saw us walking into the ward.

and another group of uncles wanted us to bring crab for them the nxt time we visit. their demands getting higher as they get to know us better man. they even want us to buy the crab from the market then steam it for them to eat. but seriously i dont think thats gonna happen.

i do miss the times spent at the mission trip. i do not have any particular burden in my heart for the elderly, but bonds that have been built during this trip. friendships with both my fellow team members and the elderly, and its just a shame if we just let it go down the drain once we get back to our busy lives.

i went back cos i knew that the little effort i put in, it may be nothing much to me, but it means a lot to the old folks in the home who have nothing else to look forward to.
but its just sad cos i know i wont be able to keep up with going back regularly once the hols are over and work starts.

i've been buying a lot of stuff lately, clothes for work, shoes, bags.
i have no more space in my wardrobe to put these new clothes that i've bought. they are all piling up on my desk. hahaha.
and i cant wait to shop for more. time to revamp my wardrobe!

we went for zandra's graduation last week. and it was really nice and grand. had no idea that graduation was such a big thing till i saw zan's.


me and the girl herself.




















kelwin and me with zan




















daniel, kel, me and jotham. act like graduating. haha.














all of us =)

exciting man. my graduation's coming soon.

i wasnt THAT excited in the beginning cos i didnt get my honours. yup i studied for 3 yrs in a supposedly direct honours course and i didnt get my honours in the end. just simply a pass with merit. BUT i'm still am really thankful to God for my 3 yrs of uni. i learnt so much from the ppl i studied with, played with, stayed in hall with, did projects with. and so, and i wont question why anymore. cos He has just blessed me with so so much.

my grad's on the 24th jul, the 6pm ceremony. all nbs ppl please lets take pictures together. its a one in a lifetime thing =)

some photos from the off-peak audit party at velvet underground.

samantha, me and rachel.













me with yuanli














=)
i enjoyed myself and i was really happy to have gotten to know more fresh grads like me who are going in the same time as me too. met up with zhi chao too a senior from ntu and all his fellow colleagues, who erm happen to be from ntu too. haha. the ppl from DT look and seem friendly and fun-loving. so i'm thankful to be there =)

didnt get to go sydney after all cos kelwin's parents are not well. so here i am still in singapore! quite disappointed at first but then i know that this is for the best. we're still trying to go nxt week though, so really pray n hope that it will really be possible in the end.

its about one month till work starts. convocation ceremony is at the end of july. so need to get all the grad stuff done by nxt week. have been procrastinating like mad and not getting down to settling them. need to buy work clothes, get my convo gown and buy a dress for convo ball! oh man thats really a lot of things to do!
and i'm still in holiday mood and not mood to do anything else but slack and play. haha.

nobody likes to be at someone else's disposal.
nobody likes to be called upon only when it is convenient or when help is needed.
similarly we shdnt call for God only when it is convenient, or when we need Him for help. easier said than done isnt it?
we just need to put in some effort.
my prayer is that i will continue to abide in His presence, both in good times and in bad times. i thank you Lord for being ever so faithful, ever so merciful.

dont really blog nowadays, dont have much time to sit down and think of how to express the thoughts in my head. i've been really enjoying my holidays though.. the past 2 days were great. able to sleep in till as late as possible. celebrated huiling's 21st birthday last week and i'm really glad she loved our present for her. then went rollerblading with chelsea and eugene on sunday and it was fun! even though the falling down part was really painful. i kept falling down super ungracefully flat on my butt, like WHAM and i'm on the ground in pain. but when chelsea falls she falls gracefully lah unlike me. somemore it was her first time rollerblading, she's really good at it! but anyway it was good exercise, despite the bruises i got =) and a good time of fellowship with eugene and chelsea.

watched fantastic 4 with candice dawn and her friend today and i thought it was pretty good, though i never really liked superhero shows. looking forward to swimming with candice tmr then shopping with xiaojing. and there's a deliotte audit party going on this fri too so hope it will be fun. really God is just so good. even with my lousy grades i still managed to secure a job in deliotte. and its truely by God's grace.

okie gonna sleep now. byee.

Paris Disneyland

us with mickey mouse.

we had to queue for really long b4 we finally got to take a pic with him. but he was just so cute and smiley and irresistable.

disneyland was just so pretty. my favourite place.

the place where we're allowed to dream and where fairytales become alive.

i thought this photo of me and ford is quite funny.

it was taken at paris disneyland, and the backdrop is the beauty & the beast glass painting.

hahaha =)

today was really good. spent some time with kelwin after he came back from bangkok. then went to send off the love cambodia mission team. this team is really stepping out in faith man, gotta cover them in prayer. i just know that this trip is really gonna be an amazing and exciting one for them.

had dinner with the rest of the church peeps at popeye's chicken which is SO fattening. heng kelwin ate one chicken wing for me. share the fats huh. hahah. then debs fetched us to wendy and leslie's place for pcg. and it was a good time of fellowship and sharing about what's been happening in our lives and also a refreshing time of worship and prayer =) then went to the lams place to play games. it was fun playing games with lester linus gil hosea and joyce, and trying to teach junming to play too. hahaha funny man. while the rest of the guys were playing xbox. haha.

i had a good week, really. =)

its really about making sacrifices, and whether you are willing to.
when i think about God's biggest sacrifice for us, by giving Jesus to die for our sins, i'm just so amazed and grateful to Him.

I will bless the Lord forever
And I will trust Him at all times
He has delivered me from all fear
And he has set my feet upon a rock

And I will not be moved
And I'll say of the Lord....

You are my shield
My strength
My portion
Deliverer
My shelter
Strong tower
My very present help in time of need

Whom have I in Heaven but you?
There's none I desire beside you
You have made me glad
And I'll say of the Lord....

You are my shield
My strength
My portion
Deliverer
My shelter
Strong tower
My very present help in time of need

its official.
i'm gonna start work on Aug 6 in the Audit department of Deliotte. i received the letter today.
ooh man. so fast!!!

i typed this really long post about my past 3 days which i enjoyed so much and it disappeared just like that. grrr. but its alright. really had a good rest and been meeting up with ppl so thank you God =)

i love Psalm 139. spoke to me lots when on my mission trip.
think that God has been trying to teach me something. reminding me that He is sovereign Lord, that He is everything to me, that only He can satisfy all my needs. i've realized that some things are just to impossible for my humanly mind to comprehend. so there's really no point in trying so hard sometimes.
and that i'm so small and tiny. i need to pray more and need more of Him in my life. but i still need time to learn and really learn all these and put it into practice in my actions and thoughts.
thank You Jesus for Your love for me. nothing or no one else can compare.

pray for good weather tmr =) yippie!

here are some pics from kelwin's birthday.

me with Philidelphia. haha. even vincent, carene and ian were there! =)

with huiling, isabel, joyce and chelsea!

with may, grace, julia and steffi.

yes kel's shirt has stains cos of the chocolate ice cream that weida threw on him. hahah.

kelwin with the BB boys and girl, May. haha. there're just soooo many of them.

finally, the usual gang.

=) thanks everyone for being there =)

really wanna blog about the mission trip.

but i havent really consolidated all my thoughts on it yet.. and havent got all the pics.

but i'll just start yeah if not i'll never get started =)

Day 1: 28 May

we started by having an orientation around Bethany Nursing Home and learning how to use the wheelchairs and wash our hands. yes there are 7 steps to washing your hands such that its really really really clean! so that we wont contaminate the patients.

it was quite fun sitting in the wheelchair and being wheeled around. and we were all playing around with the wheelchairs. the guys were playing 'wheelchair soccer' somehow. but i guess when you really really need the wheelchair cos you cant walk, it becomes so not fun anymore.

it was our first day meeting the residents of Hope ward which we were assigned to. there were about 60 male patients in all. it was really not easy trying to get to know them. most of them treated us coldly with a couple who were nice and easy to talk to, could understand chinese. the rest just looked at us blankly and just didnt have any response at all. we sang songs for them too, trying to reach out to them with songs. chinese and hokkien songs and a couple of english songs... we were quite unprepared though on the first day. but glad that the elderly looked like they enjoyed it.

Day 2: 29 May

we played this really fun game with the elderly today. we stacked up some cans into a pyramid, and the elderly had to use a ball to knock it down. sounds really easy? but some of the eldery sure had a hard time doing it. guess cos their hands are not as agile as they used to be. the old folks really enjoyed this game. they were laughing away n clapped too, so we were all really happy. then we taught them some songs and had lots of fun with them too. they were starting to be more open and trusting towards us, allowing as to hold their hands and clap along with the music =) here's Gerard singing to an elderly who was unable to get out of his bed onto a wheelchair. will talk more about this uncle whom we prayed for on a later day and miracles do happen =)

Day 3: 30 May

wednesday was wheeling out to lot 1 day for the residents of Bethany Nursing Home! and all the elderly were so excited. i heard from them that if not for us they wdnt even have the chance to go out cos there is just not enough manpower to wheel each one of them. thats really sad! and they said they havent been out in months!
here's all of them looking so excited and ready to go. they looked really cute in their caps and crocs. hahah.

this uncle was really nice. we call him Oscar cos of his permanently grouchy look. but he's actually very nice and loves Patrick lots. the guy who's pushing him. and he bought a whole bag of paus from food junction to give out to the rest of the elderly who were not able to go out. thats just so sweet!

and Oscar loves Patrick so much he even tried to matchmake him with us. and when we told Oscar we dont want Patrick he told us to go away!!! hahaha. that was really quite funny =)

Day 4: 31 May

we had chapel for them today.. normally chapel days are thursdays and sundays. but cos today was a public hol, chapel was cancelled. so we decided to help out for chapel so that the elderly would not have to miss chapel today. we got to meet the rest of the ppl from bethany who were not from hope ward too. and really thank God for the christians there. can really see that they have the joy from the Lord. we played some balloon games with them and they had a good time. sang some songs too.

Day 5: 1 June

friday was really amazing. suddenly everyone started sharing the gospel to the various elderly thru their own methods. by the 4SL, singing songs, just simply praying for them. it was just amazing seeing God working thru them. and i was truly humbled when i saw my fellow team mates, taking out the time and effort, just so that the are able to hear of our God. and also, God was reminding me of His amazing love for each of us, whether we are old or young, healthy or not, He loves us all the same. and He was teaching me to love the elderly with the way He loves them. and so we went from bed to bed, in our small groups, to be sharing and praying with the elderly. though there were some who couldnt respond, we were very blessed by the few who wanted to hear more about the gospel and willing to be prayed for as well. and you know the uncle whom i talked about above whom gerard was singing and playing the guitar to. my friends and i shared the 4SL to him and he received Christ. we were just so happy for him! and he originally was lying on his bed, wasnt able to get onto his wheelchair, and couldnt eat much too. but a few days after, we saw him sitting outside at the main tv area with the rest and eating a lot too! so really really praise God.

we did our skit today too, the parable of the wedding banquet. a revised version of it rather. hahah. me, tansey and cheryl acted like tai tais.

then we played bingo with them. which was rather boring, but the elderly enjoyed it so thats good enough for us =)

friday was really tiring, but thank God for working His wonders.

Day 6: 2 June

saturday was our rest day! and we were all so happy. can finally wake up late. spent the afternoon preparing for our nxt week activities though. drew our puppets for the parable of the lost sheep parable that we wanted to perform for the old folks. then at night we went to plaza sing for Shrek 3. and it was really really fun.

Day 7: 3rd June

it was Sunday, so we visited our friend's church which was near bethany. then went down to bethany for chapel service. then when we came back we made our gifts for the elderly which we were planning to give them on our last day.

Day 8: 4th June

Monday was spent playing simple games like passing the ball n then throwing it into the pail. then had jenga with some of them who really loved it. but then they enjoyed building blocks with the jenga pieces more.

Day 9 - 14: 5th - 9th June

the nxt and final days in bethany was spent performing our puppet show and doing personal fellow up on the show with the elderly. especially for the ppl in the dorms who are bedridden. think we performed it like 7 times so that everyone in each of the dorms could watch it.
here's us practicing. i helped to hold the cloth!!! hahah =)

on the last day, we had a mini sing a long session with them. got kind of emotional when one of the old folks started crying. felt really sad cos when we leave, things are jsut gonna go back to normal for them again.

our last night in gctc was pretty fun. we had appreciation and worship and devotion on the rooftop of gctc. then we went downstairs and played mario kart with the guys. hilarious man that game. and we girls actually won the guys a few times too. not bad huh! hahah.

some random pics:

yup thats all i have for you guys for now =) it was really a good trip and i learnt so much. and thank God for the few who received Christ. think there were about 5? and we shared the 4SL to about 20 of them. so thats really amazing. thank God. not all of them have been saved yet, but we planted the seeds and we shd continue to trust God that more seeds will be planted and one day they will be harvested. really pray and hope that i wont forget all that i learnt on this trip now that i'm out and back in the world. doing QT in the morning b4 the day starts is really good too. and i hope to be able to practice it now even when mission trip is over. i learnt 2 really beautiful chinese christian songs too. ask me if you wanna hear i can send to you =)

i'm back from my mission trip in bethany after 2 weeks =)
its so weird. just yesterday i was still at the nursing home praying for the sick and trying to comfort the patients. today i was at this super nice room in jurong country club celebrating kelwin's 23rd birthday. haha. thank God that all went well. i really learnt so much from this mission trip, from the elderly, from my fellow team mates, from God himself. will talk more about it another day... now i'm like dead beat already.
as for kelwin's birthday, really thankful to everyone who helped out even when i was busy with my mission trip, it wouldnt have been a success if not for you all =) i know it seemed a bit wedding-ish cos of the round tables and the waiter and waitress. BUT i had really no idea initially and it was kinda scary when everyone started joking about marriage and yamsenging away. though it was quite funny lah. went for supper after that at kap with kelwin and the rest of the guys then came back home.
i miss my bed, its good to be back =)
happy 23rd birthday =)

i went to ikea just now.
and i wonder. what on earth did i get myself into???
maybe i was a bit impulsive. but oh wells i cant help it now. no turning back.

mission team meeting today was really fun. we practiced our skits and its fun acting like tai tais! think thats the only role i could ever act. but tansey and cheryl were just so funny. and the guys too when they were trying to 'kill' us with their bamboo poles. haha.
felt really tired though. i survived on 2 hours of sleep last night. and it wasnt even like good proper kind of sleep.
thanks to Darius who sent us to ikea and Weida who sent us back. if not i'd have probably concussed while travelling all over. =)

gonna sleep early tonight. thankfully i've got nothing on tmr. i really really need my rest.

there's actually so much to thank God for... Kelwin got into a car accident yesterday, along the AYE somemore. but thankfully he was not injured. the car suffered, but thank God that everything will be paid for and they even lent him another car to drive for the time being.

really, i'm amazed by Your amazing grace and love for us. teach us to be more like You.

i'm quite mad to be up at this time. just dont feel like sleeping. i need to be up in like 3 hrs?
its time to sleep soon.

by God's grace, i've hit my support rasing target.. with still a bit of extra left over.
thank you so so much.
thanks Kelwin, Isabel and Han Chew. thanks Chelsea and Huiling =)
thanks to Candice too who wanted to support me too but there was just too little time to meet up.
God is really good =)

Open up the skies of mercy
And rain down the cleansing flood
Healing waters rise around us
Hear our cries Lord let 'em rise
Open up the skies of mercy
And rain down the cleansing flood
Healing waters rise around us
Hear our cries lord let 'em rise

It's your kindness Lord
That leads us to repentance
Your favor Lord, is our desire
It's your beauty Lord
That makes us stand in silence

Your love
Your love
Is better than life

i'm eating the chicago cheesecake that i bought from coffeebean just now. thank God i bought a cake home just now.. cos i didnt eat my dinner and now i'm hungry. made coffee too. its a long night ahead man.. still got lots of stuff that need to be done by tmr.

on a lighter note, coffeebean near dbs building has 50% off cakes after 5pm. so me shuyan, sheryln and samantha went there to eat cakes after the networking session at DT today. it was really fun just sitting down and talking and eating. i was really glad to get to know more sisters in Christ today. and so blessed to know that i'll have fellow bros n sisters in DT too. and i think i will try for GFSI in Deliotte. quite scared cos i'm not equipped with all the finance stuff.. but i'm really interested to learn about the financial services and investment industries. and so i guess i'll give it a try. put that as my first choice then general audit as my 2nd.

alright, back to my cheesecake and writing my testimony.

=(
i wish i could turn back in time. just 24 hours. and erase everything.
and now everything is not done yet..
i dont think i'll be ready for the trip like that. i just pray that God will provide. that He will heal. that we will experience His grace all over again.

He's everything i need. and my security lies in Him.
not cos of the earthly things that i possess, not cos of the ppl who love me, but cos He sent Jesus to die for me.. for all the horrible things that i've done.

and really want to thank Patrick who's been such a good leader for our mission team. he's been faithfully working and giving really good advice. i dont think i've been doing as much as his assistant. this is what he came up with for our team's goal and mission: Reaching Elderly For Christ, Growing Closer To God, Love One Another. accompanied by the verses from Romans 12:10-12 "Be joyful in hope, be patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. share with God's people who are in need. practice hospitality. bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse." and i thought thats just so sweet, and a good reminder for me too.
Johnson too who was so encouraging and brightened up my night.
Xiaojing, for being a listening ear. and Huimin and Qingwen for asking me if i'm ok. thankful for these angels He has placed in my life.

another long day tmr. i pray all goes well.

had the gen 12 commissioning today. it was really nice to see Rudy graduating from his solead training, and really nice to have all the church ppl there too. really thank God for them who came.
i just realized i have so many many things to do by this week. i've gotta:
RAISE SUPPORT, i'm barely halfway there yet and theres just like 6 days left =\
memorise 4SL
write my chinese testimony
plan program
prepare worship/devotion for some days of the trip.

i dunno how i'm gonna fit all that into my schedule this week. i pray all goes well.

looking thru my photos. i really wish i could be right back in some part of Europe right now, travelling, without a care in the world.