Played for 3 services!!
haahh today is the first day i am going to step outta my house to church with my new hairdo! woke up like super early than usual when i am on duty to get ready..wahahaha..can you imagine a whopping 5:30am!!
actually also lately God has already woke me up super early lately to pray...after a short time of prayer and worshipping with a short song, i started to twill my hair..its such a hassle man! with all the hair products and all! :P
Reached church slightly late at around 740pm..must start practising to really prepare myself to work faster on my hair otherwise i will be late for work all the time man!
Today's Sandy turn to share testimony! Really encouraged by her humility and her courage to share her testimony on stage..She had a healing testimony also..her eyes had kept tearing from the morning, was so afraid that she had contracted sore eyes too! But when Chai Choo prayed for her ..her eyes were healed..:P
Thank God for this sister who has really brought me so much joy in the caregroup, one of the buddies in my group that helped me to adapt to adjusting life in Adults group also.
The praise songs today are :You Gave Me Love, Awesome in this place, My Redeemer Lives,
Worship: Exceeding Joy, You are Holy, Divine Exchange
Prayer Meet: Jesus Loves Me, and I have decided to Follow Jesus
During the practice session, we also made a joke that whenever the violin starts any worship song its sounds soo so sad..i played the Jesus Loves me intro and it really takes out the "kiddiness" in the song that initially thought it will be..gave myself a new attitude in playing the song also
We made this comment that every time Leeveh leads, our Praise songs very shiong for all the musios..wahahah....really fast paced leh all the songs..we were quite outta breath by the time the Praise ended..esp for the drummer Wendy...(I LURVE YOU WENDEEE!) wahah my fingers were sore!
So farnie, Anthony jumped peg again due to the cold temperature and partly because i had put new strings on him...the D string went super off key!! i was about to do the intro for My Redeemer lives when ..."eh, how come "zhao sia" whaahh do a immediate transposing on the spot on stage...so stress when your instrument do this to you!! wahah..
Everyone teased me on my new hairdo...one of my bestest frens in church, Sarah Lau, made a loud comment when i told her the price.."WAH TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS AH?!!" yeah that's it...we two combined can put all the loud hailers to shame..:P she's a very dear sister to me...:)
Rushed through lunch to then join Peiqi and Li Hong in the planning of the Emceeing on Saturday's Sub D Sports Day. They were celebrating Teck Kiong's birthday at Meridian ...he's also one of the first few brothers in NTU who made me really like the family of Hope bros and sis also..heheh...
After much laughter on how we are going to emcee the event, rushed to play for Filipino service at 4pm and was really encouraged by their attitude towards serving God and their heart for Praise and Worship! you all should have seen how they worship God! its really a overflowing of joy and happiness and a very strong sense of enthusiasm! really applaud Levveh also...you all know tat he had actualli morning duty that Sunday till 730am at IMH before leading worship for 3 services? really thank God for his heart and dedication to the church...
Had a late celebration of my mum's birthday at the Ang Mo Kio's Jack's place, the place where our family faithfully visited for 20 years!! wahaha...she's really happy lah..and we bought her a cake and sang the birthday song for her at the restaurant....:) great day...man i was shacked out by the time i reached home...plonked down and slept at 1130pm!! just so so tiiiiireeeeddd...zzzzzz....
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Monday, September 26, 2005
Rachel's BIG BANG theory!!
24th September 2005
Woke up with a tinge of excitement in my heart....me and Mingzhu going to do it today!!
wahahah remember the Plug-In 2 weeks ago? We had actually bought some vouchers and we are going to splurge on Jean Yip of all places...
for months i have lived on messy-dried up hair cos one thing no money to go and cut or rehighlight lah heheeh..so made an appointment with the salon and tried to find the place after much difficulty at United Square at Novena...apprehensive lah....whipped out calculator and started counting the costs...super ex leh to do rebonding or perming...
That's it decided to go for digital perm...rather sick of my hair tho...cos i din change my style of hair cut for years bah...Mingzhu decided on a rebonding new do...THAT is the start of the agony....my agony at least....they really set us up..pour chemicals on our hair and stuff...that alone took about 2-3 hours....man i was so hungry as i did not have any breakfast...then Mingzhu had a really lovely straigthening done...me really scared cos heard lots of horror stories on how people would look older and all....
well...the perming took about another hour.... 4 hours in total with all the treatment and preparation..wah say...how did the girls normally do it man? sigh i could do so many things in 4 hours!! By the time we were done its already 3pm!! we were there since 11am! wah....
hahah effects din turned out as the pictures in the book lah hehe...
so farnie...had actualli took pics of myself and sms loads of ppl about my new hair do..tml's going on stage...we have to NOT WASH our hair for 2 days!! EEEEEWWWWWWW......
had a great time with Mingzhu as she shared about the breakthroughs in her sister's relationship and her heart to want to serve God in ushering! i was so encouraged by the work of God in her life! Indeed ...God is so much more than we can ever imagine...this seed of faith in her has really strengthened so much that even when she prayed for her sister...i could really sense her desire to see God move in her family's heart...such a small inconspicuous me...such a great God!
*Mingzhu if you read this hope you dun mind cos really feel that must encourage you also..:) God honours those who hearts are wholly after Him...1 Samuel 16:9..*
We reached the Kreta Ayer CC...very shy to go in cos have been telling Poy and all that we are not playing the badminton...the "hiao" side of me refusing to play and make my hair dirty....received a lot of teasing from the guys....had a great time marking Dennis' school papers haha....and singing Christmas carols... me actualli played badminton a while with yicheng as my partner......
dun know the rules ..hahah kena trashed by Guangrong and KK...hahah wait you all play with me contact games me so not a racket games person...challenge me volleyball and basketball lah...i am more "chor lor" although my looks now dun warren it..:P
there..my "Big Bang (on-my-head) theory...get it? wahahahaha...
Woke up with a tinge of excitement in my heart....me and Mingzhu going to do it today!!
wahahah remember the Plug-In 2 weeks ago? We had actually bought some vouchers and we are going to splurge on Jean Yip of all places...
for months i have lived on messy-dried up hair cos one thing no money to go and cut or rehighlight lah heheeh..so made an appointment with the salon and tried to find the place after much difficulty at United Square at Novena...apprehensive lah....whipped out calculator and started counting the costs...super ex leh to do rebonding or perming...
That's it decided to go for digital perm...rather sick of my hair tho...cos i din change my style of hair cut for years bah...Mingzhu decided on a rebonding new do...THAT is the start of the agony....my agony at least....they really set us up..pour chemicals on our hair and stuff...that alone took about 2-3 hours....man i was so hungry as i did not have any breakfast...then Mingzhu had a really lovely straigthening done...me really scared cos heard lots of horror stories on how people would look older and all....
well...the perming took about another hour.... 4 hours in total with all the treatment and preparation..wah say...how did the girls normally do it man? sigh i could do so many things in 4 hours!! By the time we were done its already 3pm!! we were there since 11am! wah....
hahah effects din turned out as the pictures in the book lah hehe...
so farnie...had actualli took pics of myself and sms loads of ppl about my new hair do..tml's going on stage...we have to NOT WASH our hair for 2 days!! EEEEEWWWWWWW......
had a great time with Mingzhu as she shared about the breakthroughs in her sister's relationship and her heart to want to serve God in ushering! i was so encouraged by the work of God in her life! Indeed ...God is so much more than we can ever imagine...this seed of faith in her has really strengthened so much that even when she prayed for her sister...i could really sense her desire to see God move in her family's heart...such a small inconspicuous me...such a great God!
*Mingzhu if you read this hope you dun mind cos really feel that must encourage you also..:) God honours those who hearts are wholly after Him...1 Samuel 16:9..*
We reached the Kreta Ayer CC...very shy to go in cos have been telling Poy and all that we are not playing the badminton...the "hiao" side of me refusing to play and make my hair dirty....received a lot of teasing from the guys....had a great time marking Dennis' school papers haha....and singing Christmas carols... me actualli played badminton a while with yicheng as my partner......
dun know the rules ..hahah kena trashed by Guangrong and KK...hahah wait you all play with me contact games me so not a racket games person...challenge me volleyball and basketball lah...i am more "chor lor" although my looks now dun warren it..:P
there..my "Big Bang (on-my-head) theory...get it? wahahahaha...
Emotionally draining week
18-23rd September 2005
I know by the time that i have written this down..i have gone through quite a bad emotional struggle...this period of time..all my intimate thoughts with God are written into a small blue book which i carried with me lah...
had actually fasted and prayed together with CC and Kim on Tuesday...we all need this "Anchor Point" in time...so that we would not be tossed and turned by the waves i guess...how true the Bible is!
i have a bad habit of siaming...hahah but this time round i really pulled myself to face all the problems..talk to God about it....examine my thoughts and actions...why i am subjected to this kind of emotional onslaught again ?
every single time i seem to be hard hit and i dwell in them...on tuesday...jamming session for WAM on Sunday..all the songs speak to me~
"You gave me a love that cause my heart to overflow,
You gave me a love much deeper than I'd ever known,
You have set my feet upon the ground,
Put within my heart a brand new song
You gave me a love, offered my life a brand new start
You gave me a love sent straight from Heaven to my heart,
Further than the east is from the west,
Taken all my sin and brokeness...
You gave me love, You gave me love
I can see better days ahead,
Our land will dance again because of You,
Voices will be heard with shouts of joy
You've done mighty things, let the nations sing..
You gave me love, You gave me love
You gave me love, You gave me love..."
I think i must have cried a bit when i was practising the songs....kept asking God to fill the void that i had in my heart....indeed God is good! I was filled with this unexplainable joy and my heart was strengthened. It's really true that Praise and Worship heals the soul and heals when you lean onto the Lord.
This period of time, my perspectives were once again set straight by God and there was this assurance from Him that He will always be with me no matter what...i look forward to Sunday where i could really praise Him and offer up sacrifice to God thru music. This is really a breakthrough if you ask me...I have not asked God for help so fervently before...indeed i was really really down...but its His love shown through many people around me and this assurance from Him that kept me going...I have a purpose and my purpose is not done yet...God is so not done with me yet...
Dun rush..wait , trust..hear His voice more..:)
I know by the time that i have written this down..i have gone through quite a bad emotional struggle...this period of time..all my intimate thoughts with God are written into a small blue book which i carried with me lah...
had actually fasted and prayed together with CC and Kim on Tuesday...we all need this "Anchor Point" in time...so that we would not be tossed and turned by the waves i guess...how true the Bible is!
i have a bad habit of siaming...hahah but this time round i really pulled myself to face all the problems..talk to God about it....examine my thoughts and actions...why i am subjected to this kind of emotional onslaught again ?
every single time i seem to be hard hit and i dwell in them...on tuesday...jamming session for WAM on Sunday..all the songs speak to me~
"You gave me a love that cause my heart to overflow,
You gave me a love much deeper than I'd ever known,
You have set my feet upon the ground,
Put within my heart a brand new song
You gave me a love, offered my life a brand new start
You gave me a love sent straight from Heaven to my heart,
Further than the east is from the west,
Taken all my sin and brokeness...
You gave me love, You gave me love
I can see better days ahead,
Our land will dance again because of You,
Voices will be heard with shouts of joy
You've done mighty things, let the nations sing..
You gave me love, You gave me love
You gave me love, You gave me love..."
I think i must have cried a bit when i was practising the songs....kept asking God to fill the void that i had in my heart....indeed God is good! I was filled with this unexplainable joy and my heart was strengthened. It's really true that Praise and Worship heals the soul and heals when you lean onto the Lord.
This period of time, my perspectives were once again set straight by God and there was this assurance from Him that He will always be with me no matter what...i look forward to Sunday where i could really praise Him and offer up sacrifice to God thru music. This is really a breakthrough if you ask me...I have not asked God for help so fervently before...indeed i was really really down...but its His love shown through many people around me and this assurance from Him that kept me going...I have a purpose and my purpose is not done yet...God is so not done with me yet...
Dun rush..wait , trust..hear His voice more..:)
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Snow, Wolf, Lake!!!
16th September 2005
YEAH! its Snow ,Wolf, Lake day!! Already i stepped into the office looking forward the end of the day!!
hahaha...this is the day i have waited 7 years for it...so farnie looks like every single thing that i have been going through i have been waiting for a number of years for it...think this is the appreciation that comes from waiting for something so long that when it finally comes to pass or its here you really TREASURE the time......
although this time round it is showcased in Mandarin, having heard the Cantonese songs before...i had quite an expectation of this musical...last time too poor lah...the Cantonese version was shown during my JC days...met up with Angela from the other group, Vincent and Shuwei and Poy with a spanking new hairdo and hair colour....looks good oh....we tried to have dinner at Macs there but was really tied for time as the crowds were all there...
in the end we packed and sat at the pavillion at Kallang MRT to wait for the our groups respectively..it turns out that the other CG NG5A1 is going too! hahah...then heard that Peiqi felt sick and can't come for the Snow, Wolf, Lake tix...my first instinct is to ask my baby to come from home....okie my baby is my youngest sister..:) love her lots and she used to go to concerts with me...heheh..had a mad rush to exchange tix at Sengkang MRT and then to meet baby at Kallang MRT....in the end....realised that baby will be sitting away from me....in a desparate cry to ask people to exchange seats with me so that she can sit beside me....no one responded...then ah....Ai Ai mentioned, "Ask Poy lah!" ...it seems that he is really the only guy we can turn to now...
I have told someone before that its not words or anything fancy that touches me..but simple acts of kindness....the moment i called Poy and explained to him the situation...he gave a "OK, no problem" just like that....no hestitation...it really feels to me that he was ready to agree already without me asking for him to change seats with my sis...so that Baby can sit beside me during the concert....was really really touched....thank God for this bro leh..really dunno how many times i have praised him already...he's like the "dai gor" to each of us...caring for our needs..taking charge of everything...
The musical went on...hahh we are sitting so ooooo high up in the balcony that we could hardly see the actors on stage!
initially we thought that they would project the images on the big screen but nnnooooooo...well then the live singing is really really good....esp the song "Zhen Mo She De Ni" wow! it was sung when Wolf, was missing the ger, "Xue" when he was in prison...so sad.....really love his voice..altho could not agree more that the Cantonese version sounded much betta...me and everyone else who were there, Bernard, June, Jiawei, Shuwei and Vincent, really enjoyed the show...:)
the characters sang really well altho the sets were really small from where we were..and we could not really see very well... i must say this is a blessing from God that i can get to watch this musical from Peiqi!! the moment we walked out..we kept humming the tunes and singing a bit to the songs...its just soooo nice...:)
YEAH! its Snow ,Wolf, Lake day!! Already i stepped into the office looking forward the end of the day!!
hahaha...this is the day i have waited 7 years for it...so farnie looks like every single thing that i have been going through i have been waiting for a number of years for it...think this is the appreciation that comes from waiting for something so long that when it finally comes to pass or its here you really TREASURE the time......
although this time round it is showcased in Mandarin, having heard the Cantonese songs before...i had quite an expectation of this musical...last time too poor lah...the Cantonese version was shown during my JC days...met up with Angela from the other group, Vincent and Shuwei and Poy with a spanking new hairdo and hair colour....looks good oh....we tried to have dinner at Macs there but was really tied for time as the crowds were all there...
in the end we packed and sat at the pavillion at Kallang MRT to wait for the our groups respectively..it turns out that the other CG NG5A1 is going too! hahah...then heard that Peiqi felt sick and can't come for the Snow, Wolf, Lake tix...my first instinct is to ask my baby to come from home....okie my baby is my youngest sister..:) love her lots and she used to go to concerts with me...heheh..had a mad rush to exchange tix at Sengkang MRT and then to meet baby at Kallang MRT....in the end....realised that baby will be sitting away from me....in a desparate cry to ask people to exchange seats with me so that she can sit beside me....no one responded...then ah....Ai Ai mentioned, "Ask Poy lah!" ...it seems that he is really the only guy we can turn to now...
I have told someone before that its not words or anything fancy that touches me..but simple acts of kindness....the moment i called Poy and explained to him the situation...he gave a "OK, no problem" just like that....no hestitation...it really feels to me that he was ready to agree already without me asking for him to change seats with my sis...so that Baby can sit beside me during the concert....was really really touched....thank God for this bro leh..really dunno how many times i have praised him already...he's like the "dai gor" to each of us...caring for our needs..taking charge of everything...
The musical went on...hahh we are sitting so ooooo high up in the balcony that we could hardly see the actors on stage!
initially we thought that they would project the images on the big screen but nnnooooooo...well then the live singing is really really good....esp the song "Zhen Mo She De Ni" wow! it was sung when Wolf, was missing the ger, "Xue" when he was in prison...so sad.....really love his voice..altho could not agree more that the Cantonese version sounded much betta...me and everyone else who were there, Bernard, June, Jiawei, Shuwei and Vincent, really enjoyed the show...:)
the characters sang really well altho the sets were really small from where we were..and we could not really see very well... i must say this is a blessing from God that i can get to watch this musical from Peiqi!! the moment we walked out..we kept humming the tunes and singing a bit to the songs...its just soooo nice...:)
15th September 2005
THE VIOLIN EXAM!
This has to be the day that i am waiting for a very long time....its been two years! can u imagine with me? 2 years since i took up that form that WAM is looking for musicians during that fateful Sunday when i was serving as an usher....saw that WAM needed more musicians including violinists...i signed up right away...
Was a rather new member to Hope then...already serving in usher some time le....was hoping this is another direction to serve God in...always felt that i have a betta tendency to music...having served in the Christmas Choir in 2002.
Got through the auditions waaaaaaayyyy back in September 2003, i was serving as a Core Team in my CG, taking care of 2 sheep, even urged by my team leader then to rise up to be a Team Captain for Usher team B...too many responsibilities i guess...too little time for God...hence could explain why i fell away for a while..:) Could vividly remember the time when i first stepped into the audition...it was way back in Joo Chiat at our church office cos we used to have that place on the ground floor as our storeroom...:P played with the band for the very first time...hahah remembering meeting the Hope Twins...Geoffrey and Gerald... and Jacob ...played the worship song "No Greater Love" ...subsequent first time i played for service was in dec 28th 2003...can imagine Kim saying this now..."mega memory" hhahah was telling my friends that i rem the weirdest things....cannot rem my studies!! hahah..i had then decided to take up violin lessons to improve my skills again to play betta for God...
The journey to this path has not been easy..i had actualli stopped taking violin lessons for more than 11 years!! altho i played to different scores myself...the process can be really tiring when you had school and projects to meet ....so then it took me 2 years to prepare for this violin exam...to get my basics right again...
The morning i sprang up as usual...after much praying start to rehearse already for the violin exam...must be too nervous..all the basic scales sounds soooooo terrible!!! then my mum needs help in her computer stuff and keep asking me for help....my stress was already up my neck!! i nearly lost my temper at her...my mum actually then blessed me with 50 bucks more to pay for the transportation! wow! regretted i was so irritated with her moments ago..
Rushed down to Kovan where my exams will be held to meet Salome...warmed up a bit at the studio before heading down to the actual exam venue...The exam testimony is really amazing i tell u...both me and Salome are Christians so we prayed before we went into the studio...think ah..God must be preparing me for this exam cos having put me to work in "ang mohs" in DHL...haha i was not that afraid already as compared to my younger days when i took the exams...i was greeted by a really friendly looking guy and already my fear is dropping...i started on scales first....ahahahh can you imagine? I FORGOTTEN MY DIMINISHED SCALES IN A!!!!!!!! arghhhh
smiled and keep trying the scale...cannot come out....think ah its really times like this that God wants u to trust Him....i keep smiling lah and trying to remain calm....hahah then the examiner urged me to play another scale instead..that's the dimished scales in D...played it...then i managed to peep at my score cos i was rather tall mah eheheheh..i got 18 upon 21 marks!! that's God's grace for you!! then played the exam pieces....all the difficult notes could come out altho i still make many silly mistakes....ahahah....sight reading was awful...could barely manage the piece at first sight have to play leh....then another testimony...for the Aural and Sight Singing component...i was passed a passage whereby i have to read the notes and sing......it was EXACTLY the passage that i had practiced the night before!! can you imagine my surprise? felt like telling the examiner there and then.." HEY, i know how to sing this!" hahah of course not lah....throughout this whole exam God was really with me...treated myself and the pianist to a lunch at Sakae's Sushi afterwards..hehe
Thank God for bringing me through this whole period of struggling during rehearsals and actualli setting aside money to pay for all the fees....really God provides....as i look back on this path that i have taken...i appreciate the times of stretching....its only at the times when you are weak then you can only cling onto God!! May my results edify God! awaiting 5 more weeks...:P
This has to be the day that i am waiting for a very long time....its been two years! can u imagine with me? 2 years since i took up that form that WAM is looking for musicians during that fateful Sunday when i was serving as an usher....saw that WAM needed more musicians including violinists...i signed up right away...
Was a rather new member to Hope then...already serving in usher some time le....was hoping this is another direction to serve God in...always felt that i have a betta tendency to music...having served in the Christmas Choir in 2002.
Got through the auditions waaaaaaayyyy back in September 2003, i was serving as a Core Team in my CG, taking care of 2 sheep, even urged by my team leader then to rise up to be a Team Captain for Usher team B...too many responsibilities i guess...too little time for God...hence could explain why i fell away for a while..:) Could vividly remember the time when i first stepped into the audition...it was way back in Joo Chiat at our church office cos we used to have that place on the ground floor as our storeroom...:P played with the band for the very first time...hahah remembering meeting the Hope Twins...Geoffrey and Gerald... and Jacob ...played the worship song "No Greater Love" ...subsequent first time i played for service was in dec 28th 2003...can imagine Kim saying this now..."mega memory" hhahah was telling my friends that i rem the weirdest things....cannot rem my studies!! hahah..i had then decided to take up violin lessons to improve my skills again to play betta for God...
The journey to this path has not been easy..i had actualli stopped taking violin lessons for more than 11 years!! altho i played to different scores myself...the process can be really tiring when you had school and projects to meet ....so then it took me 2 years to prepare for this violin exam...to get my basics right again...
The morning i sprang up as usual...after much praying start to rehearse already for the violin exam...must be too nervous..all the basic scales sounds soooooo terrible!!! then my mum needs help in her computer stuff and keep asking me for help....my stress was already up my neck!! i nearly lost my temper at her...my mum actually then blessed me with 50 bucks more to pay for the transportation! wow! regretted i was so irritated with her moments ago..
Rushed down to Kovan where my exams will be held to meet Salome...warmed up a bit at the studio before heading down to the actual exam venue...The exam testimony is really amazing i tell u...both me and Salome are Christians so we prayed before we went into the studio...think ah..God must be preparing me for this exam cos having put me to work in "ang mohs" in DHL...haha i was not that afraid already as compared to my younger days when i took the exams...i was greeted by a really friendly looking guy and already my fear is dropping...i started on scales first....ahahahh can you imagine? I FORGOTTEN MY DIMINISHED SCALES IN A!!!!!!!! arghhhh
smiled and keep trying the scale...cannot come out....think ah its really times like this that God wants u to trust Him....i keep smiling lah and trying to remain calm....hahah then the examiner urged me to play another scale instead..that's the dimished scales in D...played it...then i managed to peep at my score cos i was rather tall mah eheheheh..i got 18 upon 21 marks!! that's God's grace for you!! then played the exam pieces....all the difficult notes could come out altho i still make many silly mistakes....ahahah....sight reading was awful...could barely manage the piece at first sight have to play leh....then another testimony...for the Aural and Sight Singing component...i was passed a passage whereby i have to read the notes and sing......it was EXACTLY the passage that i had practiced the night before!! can you imagine my surprise? felt like telling the examiner there and then.." HEY, i know how to sing this!" hahah of course not lah....throughout this whole exam God was really with me...treated myself and the pianist to a lunch at Sakae's Sushi afterwards..hehe
Thank God for bringing me through this whole period of struggling during rehearsals and actualli setting aside money to pay for all the fees....really God provides....as i look back on this path that i have taken...i appreciate the times of stretching....its only at the times when you are weak then you can only cling onto God!! May my results edify God! awaiting 5 more weeks...:P
13th September 2005
Super STRESSED and stretched!!
Lemme share with you all I could still feel the effects of that particular hectic week…There is only two more days left to my violin exams and I had only met my pianist Salome TWICE…tensions are mounting and coupled with me being very financially tight is not really helping. …Firstly I had tried to book my exam studios for the violin to start practicing but being so last min all the studios are fully booked…fully stressed, plus Monday was the day I took over the major reporting of each country performance report for …get this..26 COUNTRIES…the stress can be a bit overbearing…the sales data figures are out and my new “ang moh” boss is very demanding…he keeps coming at me every half an hour to check on my progress…I really at a loss on what to do cos the reports are very complicated for an IT idiot like me for the “gurus” out there reading this blog…if you know what’s VLOOKUP is about….i was really having a hard time writing the formulas and trying to adjust all the worksheets in order…
Initially, I had tried to set the timing to 1230 so that I could meet my pianist in peace and practice the violin..but this was not to be…hahah the reports really met with so many problems..already through Monday before Word for life I had already been carrying my lappie all over the place and even was stopped by the S11 management to not use their power supply!
Stress is written all my face I think..cos think the people who are closer to me could feel it….well..have been missing lunches just to complete the really tedious report….come 1pm…cannot make it lah…I am missing out the precious time I could have with my pianist….chop chop save the report into my thumbdrive and placed it on my boss’s table…apologized profusely for my rush…and really packed and scooted outta the office from the cargo lift!!
Trying all means to avoid him…had already took urgent leave in the afternoon…dun wanna waste this leave mah…when I reached my pianist place already half dead I tell you…:P Stress has been keeping me awake through the nights…what’s more had an increased sensitive to God’s voice…have been woken up by Him with a start almost every other day…with names appearing in my head to pray….indeed ever since I started on the Powerful Praying Church WFL class…my burden for praying has really increased…there were different names all the time…sometimes its praying for situations…and everytime I would pray until I fall asleep again or there’s this peace in my heart…:P
Okie back to my day…after the rehearsal…I had really bad neck and shoulder pains….
Wanted to save money by waiting for bus to go home and rest…cos there’s WAM Volunteer’s night in the evening..cannot make it…splurged on a cab again….really plonked down on my house’s sofa to sleep….must have strength for the WAM Volunteer’s night….
Come evening when I went to meet Wendy and Pam for dinner…we were all half dead…everyone is so not feeling well….Wendy had an upset stomach…me lethargic….Pam was also stressed….Then met my ex sheep Limin from NTU who was going for the WAM night too..she gave me a really pretty bracelet and a sweet card…a very belated bdae present.could not stop smiling later….its so nice to hear from her again!!
Had a really refreshing time during the WAM night…cos Jasmine shared with such passion and from her heart that we were all stirred..
We are all called to prepare the way into the Presence of God, cos when there’s a tangible presence of God, things change, people change!
We were also challenged to have a prophetic edge in our worship..that’s to say to hear God’s Word in our worship and in the services…we should not feel down or inadequate cos we can expect something different from God and that we are sent by God called by Him for a purpose…
Many times I feel that I really do not play well enough …as compared to those having higher grades than me ..cos there are some occasions that some Singapore Youth Orchestra people came and took my violin and the moment they took Anthony up..their fingers ran across the board like lightning!!!! Wow! Then it occurred to me ..God called me to this ministry….He will provide and He will use me to minister to His people…pray that my heart will so trust in Him!!
Jasmine also prompts us to have a preferring attitude in worship…others before self…with the harvest in mind…that’s the essence of our worship unto God….
What a refreshing night! Indeed my worries are really reaffirmed again by God! (
Celebrated Steve my fellow “kaki” in WAM (also the sax player) birthday..sang Happy Birthday..mind you he’s 30 and he does not look a day older than 27!! Terrible…what’s up with these people? What do they eat?
Lemme share with you all I could still feel the effects of that particular hectic week…There is only two more days left to my violin exams and I had only met my pianist Salome TWICE…tensions are mounting and coupled with me being very financially tight is not really helping. …Firstly I had tried to book my exam studios for the violin to start practicing but being so last min all the studios are fully booked…fully stressed, plus Monday was the day I took over the major reporting of each country performance report for …get this..26 COUNTRIES…the stress can be a bit overbearing…the sales data figures are out and my new “ang moh” boss is very demanding…he keeps coming at me every half an hour to check on my progress…I really at a loss on what to do cos the reports are very complicated for an IT idiot like me for the “gurus” out there reading this blog…if you know what’s VLOOKUP is about….i was really having a hard time writing the formulas and trying to adjust all the worksheets in order…
Initially, I had tried to set the timing to 1230 so that I could meet my pianist in peace and practice the violin..but this was not to be…hahah the reports really met with so many problems..already through Monday before Word for life I had already been carrying my lappie all over the place and even was stopped by the S11 management to not use their power supply!
Stress is written all my face I think..cos think the people who are closer to me could feel it….well..have been missing lunches just to complete the really tedious report….come 1pm…cannot make it lah…I am missing out the precious time I could have with my pianist….chop chop save the report into my thumbdrive and placed it on my boss’s table…apologized profusely for my rush…and really packed and scooted outta the office from the cargo lift!!
Trying all means to avoid him…had already took urgent leave in the afternoon…dun wanna waste this leave mah…when I reached my pianist place already half dead I tell you…:P Stress has been keeping me awake through the nights…what’s more had an increased sensitive to God’s voice…have been woken up by Him with a start almost every other day…with names appearing in my head to pray….indeed ever since I started on the Powerful Praying Church WFL class…my burden for praying has really increased…there were different names all the time…sometimes its praying for situations…and everytime I would pray until I fall asleep again or there’s this peace in my heart…:P
Okie back to my day…after the rehearsal…I had really bad neck and shoulder pains….
Wanted to save money by waiting for bus to go home and rest…cos there’s WAM Volunteer’s night in the evening..cannot make it…splurged on a cab again….really plonked down on my house’s sofa to sleep….must have strength for the WAM Volunteer’s night….
Come evening when I went to meet Wendy and Pam for dinner…we were all half dead…everyone is so not feeling well….Wendy had an upset stomach…me lethargic….Pam was also stressed….Then met my ex sheep Limin from NTU who was going for the WAM night too..she gave me a really pretty bracelet and a sweet card…a very belated bdae present.could not stop smiling later….its so nice to hear from her again!!
Had a really refreshing time during the WAM night…cos Jasmine shared with such passion and from her heart that we were all stirred..
We are all called to prepare the way into the Presence of God, cos when there’s a tangible presence of God, things change, people change!
We were also challenged to have a prophetic edge in our worship..that’s to say to hear God’s Word in our worship and in the services…we should not feel down or inadequate cos we can expect something different from God and that we are sent by God called by Him for a purpose…
Many times I feel that I really do not play well enough …as compared to those having higher grades than me ..cos there are some occasions that some Singapore Youth Orchestra people came and took my violin and the moment they took Anthony up..their fingers ran across the board like lightning!!!! Wow! Then it occurred to me ..God called me to this ministry….He will provide and He will use me to minister to His people…pray that my heart will so trust in Him!!
Jasmine also prompts us to have a preferring attitude in worship…others before self…with the harvest in mind…that’s the essence of our worship unto God….
What a refreshing night! Indeed my worries are really reaffirmed again by God! (
Celebrated Steve my fellow “kaki” in WAM (also the sax player) birthday..sang Happy Birthday..mind you he’s 30 and he does not look a day older than 27!! Terrible…what’s up with these people? What do they eat?
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
10th September 2005
Will post some photos on Dennis and Cryst's birthday makeover celebrations...let the pics speak for themselves..:) hahah
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
some photos from Plug In! 10th Sep 2005
wanna share these photos with you all..the tertiary outreach event we had at Spinelli's where we invited a guest speaker Merwyn from Jean Yip group to speak to us...i am so glad that my friends came!! :P
CG day!
8th September 2005
Very look forward today...its CG day...went into the small room at Fairfield and practised on Anthony again....the room was really hot cos it was facing the sun...all the heat was trapped in it!
Today's is unit CG..where Guang Rong shared bout the importance of keeping a log of our prayers and thoughts to God...its actually like love letters lah...very sweet just between you and God!..:) been rather Mel lately..sending alot of mel songs across to CG and friends...a lot of struggles and thoughts going through my mind...some of them has been rather personal so yeah its all in the little blue book that i am carrying....wrote down my many struggles....my thoughts and prayers to God...you know...all these really encourages me whenever I am down...to have a handy book with me to keep track of my walk with God!!
Dennis sat beside me today...hahah little did he know of the "devious" plan that we are going to do to him on Sat...so exciting..we are going to dress him up!! yeah make over!! i kept telling CC that he looks quite good...so with a little dressing should be really good...i deliberately put my feet next to his...rem that he told me his shoe size about the same as mine we had already bought him sandals and a new shirt....;P hope he appreciates what we are doing...then ah after CG we did not go home as usual...Poy drove me, GR and CC and we four sat and planned CG along the route to his house and in his car! Was supposed to drop me and CC first...but in the end...knowing us...we talked and talked...we had to ask Poy to drive to Yishun first to drop GR hahah from Sengkang!!
so fun! in the end..Cryst is going for a make over also...can you imagine with Poy and his car around..we are never going home early...*hahah dun kill me please...* we planned until 12 plus..way past midnight...tired but happy..can't wait for tml when we would choose Cryst's pressie...:P
Very look forward today...its CG day...went into the small room at Fairfield and practised on Anthony again....the room was really hot cos it was facing the sun...all the heat was trapped in it!
Today's is unit CG..where Guang Rong shared bout the importance of keeping a log of our prayers and thoughts to God...its actually like love letters lah...very sweet just between you and God!..:) been rather Mel lately..sending alot of mel songs across to CG and friends...a lot of struggles and thoughts going through my mind...some of them has been rather personal so yeah its all in the little blue book that i am carrying....wrote down my many struggles....my thoughts and prayers to God...you know...all these really encourages me whenever I am down...to have a handy book with me to keep track of my walk with God!!
Dennis sat beside me today...hahah little did he know of the "devious" plan that we are going to do to him on Sat...so exciting..we are going to dress him up!! yeah make over!! i kept telling CC that he looks quite good...so with a little dressing should be really good...i deliberately put my feet next to his...rem that he told me his shoe size about the same as mine we had already bought him sandals and a new shirt....;P hope he appreciates what we are doing...then ah after CG we did not go home as usual...Poy drove me, GR and CC and we four sat and planned CG along the route to his house and in his car! Was supposed to drop me and CC first...but in the end...knowing us...we talked and talked...we had to ask Poy to drive to Yishun first to drop GR hahah from Sengkang!!
so fun! in the end..Cryst is going for a make over also...can you imagine with Poy and his car around..we are never going home early...*hahah dun kill me please...* we planned until 12 plus..way past midnight...tired but happy..can't wait for tml when we would choose Cryst's pressie...:P
The road leading up to the VIOLIN EXAM!
6th September 2005 Tuesday
Dear all,
I am BACK!! hahah not because i have disappeared from the face of this earth but that really had a very busy few weeks...dunno how to describe to you all...It started all with the 1st time i did a Performance Report for 26 countries! Remember that i was carrying a laptop all the way with me?
super stressed and the reports can't seem to finish ...today is the first day i started my violin rehearsal with my pianist Salome...its so great to work with fellow sisters in Christ...the studio owner happens to know one of the Hope twins, Geo..and she charged me so low for the booking of the studio..at only 20 per hour! The practice went well tho needs lots more improvement..already so tired and arm and neck pain from work...
The rehearsal is the first for the violin exam next thursday at 15th Sep! whee man i was tired...but i had a lot of fun finding out about Salome's life and what she likes...later i sent her home at Adjunied Crescent......messaged Poy cos my rehearsal place is at Kovan....wanna come out for coffee? silly Poy..me waited and waited for him...i already drove very slowy home..he din message...wait until around 1130pm when i have already returned the car then he came by... fetched Wilson and CC in the car then we all went for prata at Jalan Kayu..
hahha...my dad was so worried that he called and called...according to CC that Poy drove so fast home that night that she was so afraid that something would happen...thank God we are one piece..but really thank God for Poy..."mei you hua jiang"...:)
Dear all,
I am BACK!! hahah not because i have disappeared from the face of this earth but that really had a very busy few weeks...dunno how to describe to you all...It started all with the 1st time i did a Performance Report for 26 countries! Remember that i was carrying a laptop all the way with me?
super stressed and the reports can't seem to finish ...today is the first day i started my violin rehearsal with my pianist Salome...its so great to work with fellow sisters in Christ...the studio owner happens to know one of the Hope twins, Geo..and she charged me so low for the booking of the studio..at only 20 per hour! The practice went well tho needs lots more improvement..already so tired and arm and neck pain from work...
The rehearsal is the first for the violin exam next thursday at 15th Sep! whee man i was tired...but i had a lot of fun finding out about Salome's life and what she likes...later i sent her home at Adjunied Crescent......messaged Poy cos my rehearsal place is at Kovan....wanna come out for coffee? silly Poy..me waited and waited for him...i already drove very slowy home..he din message...wait until around 1130pm when i have already returned the car then he came by... fetched Wilson and CC in the car then we all went for prata at Jalan Kayu..
hahha...my dad was so worried that he called and called...according to CC that Poy drove so fast home that night that she was so afraid that something would happen...thank God we are one piece..but really thank God for Poy..."mei you hua jiang"...:)
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