Sunday, June 29, 2008
♥ 11:13 PM
Another update for the week..... On Tuesday, Jas and I met up at Lot 1 after her NTU medical check for dinner and also to make our little gift for the perm staff when we leave this job where we had our great time working. We headed to NTUC first to get the chocolates and and later to popular to get the wrapping paper. I got some quotes to write down for each of them to be included in the packet of choc. After that, I send Jas back and went back
Friday was the gathering at NUS Guild house with Gina, Amanda, Alicia, Jeraldine, Phyllis, Nathan, Shaun, Andew and Jeraldine's BF. It was great to be back there again enjoying the company of people who are fun to hang out with and enjoying the great ambiance and food there. Too bad Jas could not be there as she had to go for her father's birthday celebration. Liz got this helium filled Tweety Bird for Amanda and it was quite irritating at first floating around and finally it exploded and peace return. Lolz. We were also entertained by 2 singers who were quite good and they sang When You Say Nothing At All and Can't Take My Eyes off You. After the dinner, Shaun and I left while they rest like Amanda, Nathan, Liz, Phyllis and Alicia went to sing karaoke. Last heard from Nathan is that they sang from 0030 to 0530. That was like MADNESS!!!
The bottles that I ordered finally arrived but it was short a few and I made do with another model which was slightly taller but it is ok. After swimming, I went to collect the bottles, went back for a bathe before heading out for our final mission meeting before flying off to China where we would be there for 11 days. We practice the skit, songs and dance and also settle some administration stuff.
Today was a great variety of events happening. We showed the dance to SF before service and we had a dedication service for the team and Moses was invited to pray for us before we flew off next Sunday. Before the message was the farewell for us who were transfering to YA soon and well its been only 3 years in SF for me, but I really gained a lot and also made many friends and now it is time to go on to our next stage in our growth. We got a mug as a gift and a spirti flux cd.
Sam and I
After that was celebrating Jon's birthday. We had the cake cutting in church before heading out to Bistro Gaga for our lunch and to get there, Jon and I climbed like almost 6 stories up a hill while Dan and the rest came in a taxi. They were still like its only a hill. Thanks man. LOLZ
Picutres......
Jon and His poses in Church
Bistro GAGA
Sunday, June 22, 2008
♥ 12:44 AM
I realised that it has been a long time since I last posted anything and well I really have a lot to say and to record for my life journey. Today was usual, swimming in the afternoon, followed by workshop discussion at Jacob's house followed by Mission Meeting in Church. For the meeting, we practiced the skit, heard a sharing by Eugene and also tied down some administrative matters. This is going to be a photo intensive post to try something new. For starters I am supposed to be more DAO and Snobbish for my role in the skit which I guess is something like this.
Last Friday was Shaun, Evon and Ian's last day and finally after working together for like 7 Mths and spending our after ORD life working together, they are all leaving and from our batch, I am the only surviving temp. It has been a wonderful time spend with them while all of us were in 6 Batt, the sadness when they left for Orchard but I am glad to have them as my friends.
Buddies !!!
The Last Few Surviving Temps in 6 Batt
Our Original Sitting (Gina was traumatised after this)
Our Last Train Ride From Work
Ian and Jann!!!
On the 15th of June, Sharon, Li Xuan, Liang Ying and I celebrated Yi Ting's super belated birthday for her. We went to Botanical Gardens to watch this tango performance which Yi Ting requested and it was good just that we were told to wear smart casual and Liang Ying and I ended up sweating like crap. But the performance was quite good though they are like students from the dance school. After that we went to Glasshouse for our dinner and cutting of the cake.
On Tuesday, we had the skit pracitse for the first time and well it was quite ok considering the fact that it was our first one with Jon and Sum. My part is the temptation of the image and I am supposed to snatch Sum's girlfriend and subbed him for his poor dressing. Well the skit is quite tiring actually and we had a better run today and well going to upload the video soon.
On Friday, I went to Secret Recipe at Vivo to celerbrate Yi Xiu's Birthday and it has been a long time since I last saw him and really glad that we can meet up again. He is my buddy in NJ and we are quite similar in character which explains why we can click well during my first 3 months in NJ. I had the chicken which taste great and the cake was good too, though we had to have 2 slices which make me real full.
THE BIRTHDAY CAKE
THE BIRTHDAY BOY (YI XIU)
OUR PARTING SHOTS
Saturday, June 07, 2008
♥ 11:32 PM
Just got back from Church after our mission preparation and learning the dance and out theme song. This afternoon was Amanda and Aaron’s wedding and the church was called together to celebrate this wonderful affair. Amanda is only like one year older than Jon and I and he mentioned that it is funny seeing that someone of our age is getting married. Well Jon has been planning his married ever since and even appointed the ICs for it and in case you guys are wondering, I am the supposed best men and program in charge. However the crux of it is that he is still without a girlfriend so when people say to plan in advance, Jon really takes the word for it. The interesting thing about this wedding is the video put up by Candice and Samantha and it was really good and funny and the stuff they do in the video can only be done by them and no one else or rather no one crazy enough but it was a good laugh. After the wedding, we headed down for the reception and the food was good and we are treated to a special presentation by Amanda and Aaron which was a dance by them and later joined by their parents though Pastor Henry needed some persuasion.
While waiting for the mission meeting to start, I get to chat with Sam a bit and also catch up with her and as usual we took some pictures. Shall upload them onto facebook.
I was back from the BS leader’s camp on Friday night and this camp is really one of the most brain draining one. Well there was not really much schedule, just the meals, messages and it was pretty much on our own to complete our tasks and our one task is really enough to kill us. Doing the OIA for our passages took almost all of our time and our works get rejected time after time till we really see it clearly and though tiring, it really opens our eyes up to how we can study the bible. I would say that I really learn a lot from this camp and now I will really look at passages of the bible differently.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
♥ 12:07 AM
The first ever Bible Study Leaders’ Boot Camp is tomorrow and I am really excited about it. I have taken 2 days of leave to go for this camp and hopefully to learn more about the scripture (2 Tim) about how to be a good leader and hopefully able to teach others better. These 3 days have been well great to me, although I am initially worried about my sales for this week but seems like for these 3 days I managed to fill like 2.5 and which is like what we fill for a week and tomorrow there is a chance of another one with Gina and today I have a potential RC and she is meeting JS tomorrow. Hope that this will go through and it will really make me useful to the team.
People are leaving already and it is also time for me to leave and well it is really sad to leave this place especially since I am kinda attached to this place a lot, the people, the environment and the times we have together and the birthdays that we celebrated together. Time flies and I have been here for like 7 months going on to 8 liao and it is really a long time and all I can say is, we all have to leave one day. In view of this, the temps are going to have a chalet for all our farewell, I think its gonna be a great thing.
This is a nice song from the soundtrack of the 2nd Narnia movie and I really like it.
It started out as a feeling
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder
'Til it was a battle cry
I'll come back
When you call me
No need to say goodbye
Just because everything's changing
Doesn't mean it's never
Been this way before
All you can do is try to know
Who your friends are
As you head off to the war
Pick a star on the dark horizon
And follow the light
You'll come back
When it's over
No need to say good bye
Now we're back to the beginning
It's just a feeling and now one knows yet
But just because they can't feel it too
Doesn't mean that you have to forget
Let your memories grow stronger ans stronger
'Til they're before your eyes
You'll come back
When it's over
No need to say good bye
Monday, June 02, 2008
♥ 12:19 AM
Went to cut my hair on Saturday and it was the longest time I spend cutting my hair cause Ken was rebonding someone else’s hair while he cut my hair and I think I spend around 2 hours there. After that I drop by the bank to change my ATM card which was not working and I had to get it replace soon or I will be out of cash. Was supposed to go for the SF outing at the Southern Ridge but well I was like far too late after leaving the bank and it was raining. I wanted to watch Narnia and so I asked Elim if she was free and in the end, we caught the show together. The show was quite good and there are many Christian values to be learnt in this show, mainly that we man should not lean on our own strength so much and at times we really need to trust in God and the ending was good with Aslan appearing and saving the day. After the movie, I sent Elim back and later went back. Guess this would be our last meeting till she comes back from HK.
