Spent most of my day today at the welcome session by NUS engineering. It was useful at some parts i must say. =) but i felt a little stressed too after hearing the professor..sounds like its gonna be tough and all. But i believe, with hard work and all, and of course faith in God, everything would turn out smoothly. =)

Acquarians met up again for dinner at holland v for xo fish head beehoon ( was quite good overall ) followed by going to ACI hostel to gather together for chit chat and games...thanks to matthias =) It was a great venue..nvr been into hostel like that before.

We played polar bear game ..which after a while, got me quite bored..coz i dun really know exactly how the game works..and i'm often quite lost..thank goodness i'm always the villager! hahahha..just have to keep quiet and observe...and that infamous football game again. Well, i must say we should be more sensitive while playing such matchmaking games. Coz not everyone would treat it lightly i believe...they may say it, but deep in their heart, they may mind...so u never noe =) better to be sensitive rite? just in case u hurt someone accidentally. For example, in the course of the game, the one who didn't get selected might feel hurt? coz some ppl wld more or less get eliminated..and isn't it like rejection? I'm not against the game..but maybe we can like not do it to such a large extent? =) no offence to the game! its quite entertaining at times too ;)

I dunno why, but i feel numb now. I'm still finding myself lost in my chrisitian walk...when my friends were talking abt wads their favourite book in the bible today...i didn't know wad my ans was. I realised i hardly know the bible, and just felt being unworthy to be God's child. SIGH. and i'm still waiting to hear from God abt when He wants me to serve and in which ministry and all..and i still feel distant to YAM..how? everyone says it takes time...but how long? guess i have to be patient..but its tough leh...esp when i go for YAM and find myself out of place. Shall cont to pray abt it =)

What does prayer, worship and scriptures mean to u?

I just read Pastor Joel's blog and it's really enlightening, especially his last post.

Seriously, reflecting on my own actions and mindset, i honestly must say that i've undermined the importance of prayer, worship and the scriptures.

How many of us out there actually read the bible daily? And when we read the Word, do we read it word by word and digest it or do we just treat it like a story book?

Although i do read a little of the bible every day before i go to bed, i admit i've not really digested it..or rather i read it for the sake of reading it...which is wrong. We need God's word everyday, every minute, every second. It's like food for us. We need to constantly read and reflect upon it to keep up our spiritual walk with Him. As far as i know, some of us would give an excuse and say, 'NO TIME'. or they would say, 'I'd rather spend my time doing other things than reading the bible' like sleeping or watching tv. Our hectic schedules, our activities..are they more important than God? PJ's right in saying that we should stop undermining the Word. We shouldn't just depend on sermons every sunday, thinking hearing the sermons wld be fully essential. Pastor Joel said something really enlightening which i think shld be shared..

"But isn't that what lazy people do when they claim they get feeding best from sermons alone?Sermons are exposited thoughts of the various pastors and speakers - we grew while we wrote them - and you will grow partially from our thoughts on Scripture.But we can't be chewing your food for you once a week - what about Mon - Sun?What about every morning and evening?"

and this question which he posed, struck me, "Would you like to chew your food yourself? Or would you like the pastor to chew it for you and then spit it out so that you can swallow it?"

I admit there are times when i attend sermons and don't listen to it seriously...meaning..one ear in, one ear out. I admit there are times i do listen to the sermons but did not carry it in my heart for the rest of the week, but rather just put it to heart on that sunday only. I've been a bad disciple of Christ...my hardened heart needs to be softened.

What about prayer? Many a times, i tell my friends that i'll pray for them. But then prayer is not a one time thing. It needs to be consistent too...and i am guilty of it. Coz there are times when i pray only at that instant..and then stop praying for that person the next day...Prayer is not a chore. It's a direct communication to God and we should feel really thankful for every opportunity to talk to God. Sometimes i wish God has a handphone..(or maybe He already has one!) so i can just sms Him or call Him everyday and i would be able to hear His voice. Won't that be cool? Prayers shouldn't be undermined too. Many a times, I would pray after reading the bible..but my prayer usually cuts halfway and i'ld be in dreamland. Sigh, thats really bad coz when i wake up the next day, i can't remember wad i prayed for, and whether i actually said a prayer! I realy need to change this habit...prayer should be said not only when we are in need, but rather...even in times of joy! God is really willing to hear everything that happens in our life, even the smallest and most unimportant thing =)

How about worship? I'm guilty of that too...Are we worshipping just because we enjoy listening to the songs? Will we worship with the same kind of jest and emotions even though its hyms and not contemporary songs like hillsongs? Do we prefer worshipping with modern songs rather than hyms? If we have a preference, then its wrong. We shouldn't have. Worship is not about the songs.. Like wad PJ said, worship is the expression of our hearts to God. I guess most of us tend to feel spiritually closer to God during worship..but when worship ends..do we continue to feel the same, especially for the week ahead after the sunday worship service? I'm one such victim. How about u? We should always bear in mind that worship is NOT about the songs. I think that's very very important.

Reading the bible is not supposed to be boring..Saying a prayer is not supposed to be a chore...Given a choice of reading the bible and watching your favourite television show, which would u choose? Are we giving less priority to the Word when it's something so important that keeps our spirit living? I'm thorougly guilty especially after reading PJ's post. I need to change...i know it would take time but i've gotta start changing. If there's no starting point, i would end up no where...

I hope everyone would stop underming the importance of prayer, scriptures and worship =) It might not be easy, but God is with us. If He's with us, there's nothing we cannot do. ;) God blesss you!

Acquarians @ JB

U all must be wondering why am i blogging abt acqua outings so often...coz there are simply too many! and these outings have been occupying my time hahaha...

BUT

I ENJOYED IT LOTS!

You guys are a great bunch of ppl. Very enthusiastic! esp our beloved OGL ryan hahah! Always having follow up after every outing..which ends up with more outings.

We set off to JB yesterday. Basically didn't get to shop even though got mega sale! Instead, we went to NEWAY karaoke to sing from 1 to 6pm! With like 25 of us??!! the room was super big, filled with disco lights..!! BITSIES! NEWAY sounds familiar rite! ( brings back fond memories eh?! haha! ) anyway, we got high when the fast songs came and got quite quiet when the sad songs came along. In the midst of those sad songs, i kinda felt thankful for those friends i've made. Thankful for the opportunity to spend such time with them.. to bond, to have fun, to sing and to just get high together. It was fun really.. =) Zhi Zong and Zhan Sheng are the K- CHAMPIONS LA!

We then had seafood for dinner...chili crab, my favourite sambal stingray, salad you tiao, cereal prawns etc etc...was quite alright la...had a decent meal and spend the rest of the time playing some games again haha..the football game was very entertaining! esp when all the guys got so excited when shu ling started to choose and eliminate the players! hahaha congrats to yong chuan for being the FIRST WORLD CUP FINALIST! LOL...basically, its a game whereby u have to eliminate players ( meaning the guys if the gal is playing ) and go through semifinals and finals to choose the winner. It's supposedly a game to tell others which guy that gal prefers best la...

In all, i guess the bonding time was the most valuable. It strengthens our relationships and such quality time is somethign i really treasure.

Thank God for these people. Thank God for the fun we all had; as well as for the safe trip which some of my friends have been praying for me! Thanks guys! I had a great time, and hope all acquarians had a great time too!

Meeting up next mon @ holland v for dinner and next thurs @ bedok 85 followed by my house! see u guys then! Huggies =)

Acqua @ FOC

Acqua

Acquarians Outing @ Marina Bay

It was TIRING! HAHAHA

We met up @ Marina Bay and after a long time, we settled on playing captain's ball. IT WAS SOOO HOT....i tried to help my group win but some of u shld know, i'm very very bad at ball games...so most of the time i'll miss the ball... =( pai seh pai seh...i tried to catch it! hahah...It was a long game..maybe an hour or so..and all of us were drenched with sweat..

Then we proceeded to play pool! My FIRST TIME playing pool! how sua koo rite? I know i played really badly hahahha but then at least now i know how the game works..and roughly how to play. SO MIN HWEE...since u like to play pool so much, I DUN MIND PLAYING WITH U NEXT TIME!!! HEHEHEHHE

We headed to geylang for dinner after that...and played some game...In all, i was glad to spend the day with Acquarians..it's a really nice group and we had a great time today! =)

Also had a mini conversation abt christianity with some of my grp members today...it was quite interesting and enlightening as we talked abt certain controversial issues. Hope to spread the Word to the rest of the group =) and i really need to spend more time praying.. haven been praying often =(

Anyway, see u guys tmr! JB, here we come!!! =)

Cycling @ ECP with my dearies

I had a great time with my dearies today..yuting, san, min hwee, xiao hui, hui lin =)

love yuu all to bits! ;)

We cycled from 12 to 4 but in fact...in between we did lotsa other stuff..hahhaa...photo taking was one of them..these pictures were taken at the courtesy of sandra's camera! Thanks gal =)

We had a great lunch at the food court, and ended up singing with mh's mp3 songs hahaha...and we had a wonderful time at the breakwater! It was windy and all, really uplifiting! Though sun burnt and all, we had a great time bonding together. I was called a monkey coz i could climb up and down easily at the break water hahahha.

Ohhh and i have to add...xiao hui is really good at double biking! can go super fast la..it was so fun sitting behind her hahaha...and congrats to min hwee for successfully mastering the skill of standing up and bike..and san for being able to wave her hand while cycling! Yuting is pro too! can blade for so long despite her fall at the hump..poor gal. Hope u guys had a fun time coz i did! Lets meet up more often!! YAY! Cheers!

FUNTASEA 06

Since yuting is interested abt my camp, i shall blog abt it! =)

It lasted for 4 days @ Sentosa.

Personally, i found it not only exciting and fun but enriching as well. I've learnt much, experienced much and got to know many people!

My group was Acqua and we were quite enthu esp when we were playing games haha. Recalling the first day..we were so super relaxed..the first game was food hunt and we were taking our own sweet time going from canteens to canteens..the ogls asked if we wanted to walk or run..and our first response was unanimous.. it was 'WALK' and we really took our own sweet time walking! HAHAHA ended up last la of course. BUT though we were last at first, we were finally first at last! (That statement was said by Ryan! nice isn't it!)

Fright night was quite exciting but probably not that scary as i thought ..guess the ghosts were tired by the time it got to my turn coz me and matt were one of the last pairs to go in! It's held at Asian Civilisation @ sentosa...very eerie place actually...and i really think the seniors and all put in a great effort to come up with creative ideas to scare the freshies...like asking the females to get the ring out of some hole, going to the toilet to count hell money which scared the hell out of me, etc etc. Was really a memorable experience!

We cheered a lot along the way...very funnny cheers =) Practised mass dance several times which got us quite pek chek hahaha..n resorted to playing games instead (which explains why we were the lousiest grp for dance competition! haha ) Played lotsa beach games, both dry and wet, and also the super shiong amazing race!

All in all, the games were pretty fun =) SP, speed dating and stuff like that was pretty fake..BUT i guess its also one of the ways that allow us to make friends with the opposite sex. It's my first time experiencing stuff like that so its quite an eye opener!

The whole camp was quite smooth but kinda tiring since we slept really little. For our last night, we practically didn't sleep at all..played a number of grp games which has allowed our grp to bond even more. =)

Of course, Acqua won the best grp award! CLAP CLAP!

and we ended our camp with a dim sum buffet at harbour front...and because of my statement, 'I'M ONLY 50% FULL' while lunching, the guys in my grp got sooo shocked that i could eat so much...hahahah...ok, maybe i can eat slightly more than some gals lah...but the dim sum were realllli good! esp the sago desert! (should have taken another bowl la hahahhaha kidding)

our grp is super enthu! we had supper at bukit timah Al Ameen last fri @ 10pm la...and ended at 2am. HAHA...it was fun crapping n laughing with them...I can't wait to see u guys this coming wed and thurs! Wed @ marina south for frisbee, ball games, pool etc and Thurs at JB for red box and seafood! YAY! can't wait!! ;) u guys rock!

Am i ready to serve Him?

This question has been daunting me for quite some time already. But I seriously feel very unconfident of myself. Even my faith. I admit I'm new to my church ministry, cell group and all but that's not an excuse to delay my time in serving the Lord. I DO want to serve the Lord...but am still not sure which ministry i should go to and i'm not sure if i'm ready.

Often, i feel distant in Church..probably because I've not managed to build bonds with everyone yet. Sigh. But one thing i'm sure, God has brought me to BMC and God has brought me to YAM and i know it was part of His purpose. He has answered my prayer and fulfilled my desire in joining a ministry. And i really thank God for it..It's really such a blessing to know the Lord and to praise Him even.

I will continue praying, hoping that God will enlighten me as to which ministry He wants me to serve at. =)

OMEN Pics

Yuting, u can get these omen pics from here!

NEW BLOG!

FINALLY!

For those who have been waiting to see my blog! Here it is!!! YAY!

I know i've been telling people i will open up a blog really soon but i've been sitting on it for quite some time hehe..as some of you might know, i do have a private blog but then again, private blog is not meant to be disclosed =)

Frankly speaking, i am an IT idiot...so i'm quite proud of myself that i managed to set up one! Last night, i spent hours trying to figure out those confusing html codes..which got me quite fed up hahaha..right guo liang? u should be able to testify this..i think u almost wanted to give up hope on me liao hahaha... but thanks la, i think u helped me along the way! and of course thank God! coz it's really trial and error that i got this done! Pretty amazing!

Actually, i was quite inspired to really lay my hands down on setting up a blog after the outreach conference at church yesterday. Ben was speaking about how young christians should start using blogs to evangelise, which i think is a very good idea especially since MOST youths and young adults do blog. I'm not gonna like promote Christianity here, but rather, just hoping that my posts will be able to encourage some people when they're down, or even just merely sharing some of my personal testimonies which i hope can touch some people =) Of course, i also do hope that my friends and all will be updated with my life, like how i'm doing and all..I'll try my best to keep this blog going la...hehhee

Hope you guys like my blog!