Wesley's blog

2012-02-07T19:23:00.001+08:00

i'm surprised there are still people reading my blog. haha. Hi!

2012-01-27T20:24:00.001+08:00

more than you, more than me, more than we

Ghetto SG

2011-09-20T09:58:00.000+08:00

found this sometime back, awesome mix!

Teaser Mix by DJGHETTOSG

Neon Trees - Animal

2011-04-07T11:47:00.003+08:00

Here we go again
I kinda wanna be more than friends
So take it easy on me
I'm afraid you're never satisfied.

Here we go again
We're sick like animals
We play pretend
You're just a cannibal

And I'm afraid I wont get out alive
No I won't sleep tonight

CHORUS:
Oh, oh
I want some more
Oh, oh
What are you waitin' for?
Take a bite of my heart tonight
Oh oh
I want some more
Oh oh
What are you waitin' for?
What are you waitin' for?
Say goodbye to my heart tonight

Here we are again
I feel the chemicals kickin' in
It's gettin' heavier
I wanna run and hide
I wanna run and hide

I do it every time
You're killin' me now
And I won't be denied by you
The animal inside of you

CHORUS

Hush, hush
The world is quiet
Hush, hush
We both can't fight it
It's us that made this mess
Why can't you understand?
Whoa, I won't sleep tonight

I wont sleep tonight

Here we go again
Here we go again
Here we go again

CHORUS x 2

Neon Trees - Animal

2011-03-13T23:19:00.002+08:00

May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind blow gently at your back,
May the sun shine warmth upon your face,
And the rain fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

2011-03-05T09:25:00.002+08:00

I'm standing on a sidewalk,
A plethora of people before me.
Always walking, so seemingly with aim.
The cool wind kisses my cheek,
As I stare up into the heart of a megacity.
I find myself in Tokyo again.

2011-03-04T23:35:00.001+08:00

A good birthday celebration. One spent with friends. The happiness of others never fails to bring mine too. :)

2011-02-28T10:15:00.001+08:00

Aim : Get Strong, Get Big, Get Lean

2011-02-21T22:57:00.002+08:00

Lying in my bed now and blogging. Quite cool. Don't think I'd have ever do this on my bb. I'd fall asleep waiting for the browser to load. Which is one of the good things That have happened around now I guess. Post army life has got alot better. I like my new nike job, special thanks to Brenda who got me the job, probably gonna get more challenging over the next few weeks. But probably more fun too.

Haha I just got back from a 40km ride and I'm in my bed again and just remembered I was typing this out last night when I fell asleep. I like to work out mostly cos it helps to clear my mind to think. Right now I feel like I'm at a crossroads...and the decisions I make could decide my personal happiness but also has the chance of hurting or being unfair to people in the process. I hope it never comes to that.

I just wish sometimes my happiness didn't depend on someone elses.

2011-02-21T09:55:00.000+08:00

I want a peace of mind

2011-02-15T20:21:00.003+08:00

My body is a living hell. My wisdom tooth surgery started aching a week and a half ago. It hasn't stopped since then. My eyes have been red since Saturday. I don't know whether it's cos of my contacts or if it's infected. Everyone just keeps asking why my eyes are red and it annoying the he'll out of me. Lastly I'm having a sore throat since I got back from Batam. It's developing and I really hope I don't fall sick because I just started work this week. I'm so damn tired right now. This is fucking killing me.

2011-01-31T22:44:00.002+08:00

why do the hardest things to say always seem to be the things i truly feel?

2011-01-23T17:15:00.004+08:00

Crush A Bit; Little Bit; Roll It Up; Take A Hit
Feelin’ Lit Feelin’ Like 2 Am Summer Night

I Don’t Care; Hand On The Wheel; Drivin Drunk; I’m Doin’ My Thing
Rollin The Midwest Side And Out Livin’ My Life Getting’ Out Dreams
People Told Me Slow My Road I’m Screaming Out Fuck Thaat
Imma Do Just What I Want Lookin’ Ahead No Turnin’ Back
If I Fall If I Die Know I Lived It To The Fullest
If I Fall If I Die Know I Lived And Missed Some Bullets

I’m On The Pursuit Of Happiness And I Know Everything That Shines Ain’t Always Gonna Be Gold
I’ll Be Fine Once I Get It; I’ll Be Good

Tell Me What You Know About Dreamin’ Dreamin’
You Don’t Really Know About Nothin’ Nothin’
Tell Me What You Know About Them Night Terrors Every Night
5 Am Cold Sweats Wakin’ Up To The Skies
Tell Me What You Know About Dreams; Dreams
Tell Me What You Know About Night Terrors; Nothin’

You Don’t Really Care About The Trials Of Tomorrow
Rather Lay Awake In A Path Full Of Sorrow

I’m On The Pursuit Of Happiness and I Know Everything That Shines Ain’t Always Gonna Be Gold
I’ll Be Fine Once I Get It; I’ll Be Good

I’m On The Pursuit Of Happiness. I Know Everything That Shines Ain’t Always Gold
I’ll Be Fine Once I Get It; I’ll Be Good

I’m On The Pursuit Of Happiness And I Know Everything That Shines Ain’t Always Gonna Be Gold; Hey
I’ll Be Fine Once I Get It; Yeah; I’ll Be Good

I’m On The Pursuit Of Happiness
And I Know Everything That Shines Ain’t Always Gonna Be Gold; Hey
I’ll Be Fine Once I Get It; Yeah
I’ll Be Good

Pursuit Of Happiness; Yeah
I Don’t Get It; I’ll Be Good

Pursuit of Happiness - Kid Cudi

2011-01-22T03:35:00.003+08:00

1st training with nus, was crazy shit, i think jeff was trying to kill me by bringing me down.

felt like J1 all over again. didnt know fitness could drop so fast, guess coupled with a certain activity it will drop even faster ><

anyway, just means now i got to be more disciplined and determined. its back to the days.

got alot of catching up to do.

2011-01-21T14:51:00.002+08:00

past 48 hours have been kinda fking shitty.

got piss drunk, spoilt my friend's phone, feeling so damn dehydrated from the alcohol but can only do so much, still had to go down to yishun to take out my damn stitches.

damn tired, damn stress, damn unhappy.

yet despite all this, its nice to know somebody still has your back.

what 2010 was, is, ever will be

2011-01-19T12:53:00.010+08:00

been meaning to do this so finally did while tossing around in bed on mc. so heres 2010

. finally got posted out of spec school to hqbmtc trgbr
. admin job, 8 to 5
. countless ferry rides over the course of 2010
. joined safsa dragonboat team
. spent 7 months of weekends training with them
. 7 days a week either travelling or training on a boat
. grew closer to tekong friends, since most of the time spent was on island
. alex, raymond, tracen, zac, jianxiong, charles, leo, ryan, weien, shuqin, bryan
. korean craze over snsd, lasted for about 6 months.
. started clubbing, pubbing, ktv, drinking, supper. loved it
. butterfac, rebel, cq, nus guildhouse, cozy
. memorable nights, opened countless bottles over the months, chivas, martell being favorites
. bought my first carbon fibre dragonboat paddle, trivium S12
. pk(solorow a full dboat) distance : 368m in 4minutes
. trained hard to fight for seat and eventually got seated in mixed 20 crew
. through zac, met a girl and dated for a month or so
. smoked my first cigarette, but never got hooked
. got my first 3G smartphone, blackberry 9000, became a avid bb user
. 1 week of attached out safsa training before sdbf
. june race : singapore dragonboat festival 2010
. managed to position in grand finals but came in 6th
. quit safsa, sold my paddle, training was interfering with church and personal life
. started attending church again, but wasn't the same
. grew closer to peiyi and became good friends over summer uni holidays
. zouk, movies, supper, hangout, yoguru, chunkfest 2010
. became bros with andy through fate and circumstance
. army was stressful, boring, alot of changes at work
. clubbed for 2 months(8 wednesdays) straight, into start of uni sems
. most memorable 2 jagers, 2 flamings, half a jug of long island in a night, turned up at commander's dialogue drunk but never got punished
. spent sundays playing volleyball at sentosa, got an islander card
. involved in yog, got to see chicks from all over the world
. mambo anniversary
. met shonia, got into a r/s after a month
. phuket, first ever holiday without family - snorkelling, elephant riding, rafting
. trips down to ubi, surprises, weekends with her
. end year tokyo trip with folks - the only world city to have ever visited, and loved it
. tokyo disneyland, ramen bars, shibuya, best raw tuna(maguro) ever tasted at tsujiki
. surprised her on her 23rd birthday with a duffy and cake
. eventually came to end things with her 4 days later
. pulled a 3 for 3 on the christmas week
. surprisingly, did not attend the last mambo of 2010
. organized a countdown rooftop pool party with the 515 from scratch just 3 days before new year's eve
. spent my longest ever in a jacuzzi : 2hours
. watched the fireworks from the rooftop and welcomed 2011 with old and new friends

since then 2011 has turned out pretty good so far, passed my tp and got my class 3, made some good friends and got closer to old ones. about ten more working days till i ORD, so i'm pretty happy about that too, can start planning how to spend my next few months until i start school, which i'm looking forward to as well.

life is funny, sometimes you don't plan to do things, sometimes you do, but if you seize every single day, you'll find it the most fufilling.

2011-01-17T14:14:00.002+08:00

fucking bullshit seriously. i think i can handle myself, so i get involved into things i have no control over, then end up feeling hurt

what the hell does sorry even mean in the context of all this

fuck this, fuck it all

this is me, i'm letting you go. finally.

2011-01-16T10:15:00.002+08:00

i'm thinking about how to celebrate my 21st birthday. i don't want a big fancy party, invite alot of people, and end up having to run around to groups of people. i just want it to be memorable.

haha i've been watching how i met your mother alot recently while on mc. if only life was like it was in himym, sit in bars all day, meet girls, hang out with friends.

2011-01-15T22:43:00.002+08:00

somehow, i REALLY miss canoeing,

the awesome feeling of the paddle gripping the water.
the "hanging" feeling just before the race, when you're so tense, all you feel is peace.
the long excruciating mileage that is so much sweeter when shared with friends.
the good feeling of being rested after a long day of training, sometimes even twice a day.
the no-need-worry, "food is fuel" mentality that lets you eat alot because you're working out 7-10 times a week

and the feeling when your craft cuts through the water like a blade on ice, knowing you're the one propelling it forward.

i miss canoeing.

2011-01-15T12:10:00.001+08:00

i feel like i could talk to the ends of the earth with you, yet i wouldn't want to, cos i'd run of words to say.

2011-01-10T23:36:00.001+08:00

what if you've always been in front of me, but i never opened my eyes to see.

2011-01-09T14:39:00.002+08:00

call it random or whatnot,

start from the top? i'm currently at home on mc for pulling my wisdom teeth, so i'm stuck on a soft diet as you would know if you've pulled any teeth before. so i've been eating porridge.

was reheating the porridge for breakfast this morning when i think i didn't add enough water so i burnt the stainless steel pot. the burn marks were huge and hideous so it'll take abit of magic to get it clean again.

just got me thinking, sometimes even as strong as things look on the surface, there's always something that is able to hurt them or tear them down inside. and i guess this can apply to people too.

2011-01-09T02:25:00.003+08:00

for those who have still been checking my blog, thanks for not forgetting this site, i'll be posting something soon i guess. just not very expressive right now.

2010-12-25T13:01:00.000+08:00

I don't wanna feel like i'm living a lie anymore.

2010-07-15T06:30:00.000+08:00

Great friends, a bottle of grey goose, lots of laughs and fun getting wasted and smashed. Helped me to realise that I don't really need her after all. I do have other things in life. I just only wished this didn't have to be a $80 lesson. Peiyi! You passed out! :)

2010-07-11T22:00:00.000+08:00

Today ends my season in safsa dragonboat. Somehow its a liberating feeling but I still feel sad inevitably for the loss that our team incurred. We were devastated. Never settling for second, never accepting defeat we trained for a long and gruelling 6 months, and the color we got was a silver. During adrian's debrief I was wondering hard why I bought the team jacket. Was I worthy to don the colors of safsa on my back? Had I given what the rest had? Why these regrets? Nonetheless, I was still part of the team. And my colors will undoubtedly serve as a painful reminder of how much you can fight for something but still fail to achieve it. How then do you reconcile it? Give up fighting? No. You never do. Never give up. If my days in AC taught me anything at all, it was to live with integrity. You can't accept it, live with yourself and walk away. You train harder, you train smarter, and you come back for more. So that's for the race.

Looking ahead for this year, safsa was one of my goals. Getting there got me really screwed up. Really disoriented now and lost. Step by step I guess. Its not like I haven't learnt anything along the way. Many firsts and others too many times to remember. I've gone so far off the path. Sometimes I'd wonder if he'd really still take me back.

I wonder why I think about her so much. She probably thinks less about me than she does her fish. Still, I can't resist her. I've become so led into this that I'm shocking myself. I need to let go. I have to. I've ever only treated her in the best way. J. Maybe one day she'll appreciate what I've done and how I've felt. Even then, she has also introduced me to things I've never experienced before, and I thank her for that. Just hope something works out amiably, and that I'd stop thinking this could go somewhere.

2009-06-12T23:41:00.000+08:00

kanasai, 2nd day bloc leave play soccer hurt my leg. argh. annoying.

2009-06-11T22:43:00.003+08:00

hey guys! POP loh! :D, now as i wait for my vocation posting its time to relax! :D. sent my bike for repairs, hopefully can ride when it gets back next week. meanwhile, went out with nic and chloe tdy, had some nice jap dinner at sumo house den settled for arcade since the movie was too late. tmr's soccer at the cage!

comeon sispec here i come!

2009-04-13T23:19:00.003+08:00

heh. and somewhere along the way, i thought it'd never come...

see you guys next month, especially gonna miss talking to the two of you too.

2009-04-08T00:22:00.003+08:00

haha i just watched ironman and the incredible hulk in a single day, i'm a marvel studios fan now, hopefully xmen origins turns out to be just as good.

hulk has always been one of my favorite superheroes and how appeared to be more human-like, having emotions and feelings even in his transformed state was something i appreciated in this movie as compared to the previous hulk production where he just destroyed tanks and helicopters haha. like when he said "betty" :)

noticed a trend...the heroes always seem to fight villans who are similar to them in powers and origin...like ironman and iron monger...both were highly advanced machine suits, and hulk vs abomination, both being gamma irradiated humans. maybe its so the match-ups are fair and its truly a win for the hero

yeh so thats for today. and another episode of boys before flowers of course. haha.

2009-04-07T00:52:00.000+08:00

CLIFFHANGERS ARE SO ANNOYING. GOODNIGHT

2009-04-07T00:23:00.001+08:00

haha, boys before flowers is nice. havent watched dramas in awhile.

2009-04-06T23:24:00.004+08:00

haha today was quite fun, had a random call from nic to go play lan, so i met up with him and joash to eat lunch.

played lan for 5 hours den we had dinner lol. i wont bore you by going into the details of the lan game. but it was fun :)
we played at bukit timah shopping ctr

aft that we went al-ameen opposite to eat. SEAFOOD MEEGORENG WAS DAMN GOOD. YUMYUM. den we went to macdonalds to eat ice cream and drink, haha den me and nic came up with a scheme to throw wet paper napkins at joash when he came out but it utterly FAILED because of our poor aiming lol.

anyway i'm trying to survive on my own money this week LOL. already spent almost $20 in a day. HAHA. hopefully i spend less over next few days.

shall cook soba to save money. hehe. soba anyone? :)

2009-04-04T23:03:00.002+08:00

Lord, this cross is really, really heavy.

I don't know how to bear this burden anymore. :(

2009-04-02T14:33:00.005+08:00

LOL i just had to post this

2009-04-02T11:28:00.003+08:00

After 2 months of working here, i'm still struggling to find the meaning and enjoyment in paperwork.

but at least i'm at the end of the tunnel! :)

should have spent my time training for a triathlon.

2009-04-01T10:30:00.000+08:00

There’s within my heart a melody
Jesus whispers sweet and low,
Fear not, I am with thee, peace, be still,
In all of life’s ebb and flow.

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,
Sweetest Name I know,
Fills my every longing,
Keeps me singing as I go.

2009-03-30T21:33:00.003+08:00

giving time to God seems like an easy thing to read, hear or say...but, i find myself not doing it. in fact the more time i have the less i commit to reading the bible or praying. i need to set my head and these priorities straight or i fear the urgent, demanding, fierce taskmasters of the old nature will get the best of me.

for to love God, is to do so in deed rather than in word.

“The worst sin is prayerlessness.” - P.T. Forsyth

2009-03-28T22:06:00.008+08:00

haha yay today was really fun, ltf yf loving and caring! :D
our group went to tiong bahru food centre and got lots of lovely food to eat!
my favorite was the oyster omelette! haha its super unhealthy i know but who cares! im not gonna get to eat it in camp! so eat noww! hee!

hehe yup i love spending time with friends! and the greatest friend of all, Jesus! :D

What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.

2009-03-27T23:51:00.002+08:00

one more week of work!
one more week of work!
one more week of work!
one more week of work!
one more week of work!
one more week of work!
one more week of work!
one more week of work!
one more week of work!
one more week of work!
one more week of work!
one more week of work!

i'm so happy i typed a exclamation mark in my password when logging in to blogger. LOL!

2009-03-25T10:18:00.011+08:00

oh baby jamis xenithteam

i miss the feeling of burning buses while they try to beat you but always fail to because they are too slow or have to stop every 500m.
i miss the wind blowing through my hair, and whizzing past my cheeks while cruising down the asphalt with you.
i miss the welcoming rising sun, as we finish the last quarter of the ride.
i miss the seamless feel of acceleration, uniting you and me in harmonious energy of forward motion on the tarmac.
i miss the stiffness of your carbon fiber transmitting power from the pedals into the crankset, the softness of the gel tape as i ease my hands on the handlebar.

i miss you baby jamis xenithteam, i hope you miss me too :'(

i'm going to ride every day after i stop working. rawr.

2009-03-24T17:28:00.001+08:00

yay finish work. time to go!

2009-03-23T14:43:00.002+08:00

taylor swift rocks! ><

AHH SHES DAMN PRETTY CAN.

2009-03-19T10:15:00.002+08:00

had dinner with JC class last night. well. some of em. cycled to holland v and we had dinner at the food court. dumpling noodles i had weren't bad at all, actually tasted quite good. don't know why the rest wanted to eat at some restaurant but okayyy...not as budget as me i guess haha.

while cycling home i saw crystal! she was standing outside the german bar she was working at haha. i was speeding past her cos its at the part where theres a long stretch of road leading down from Häagen-Dazs all the way to a gigantic uphill. so i was trying to gain speed to beat the steep curve up haha.

i was going at like 30km/h when i heard someone on my right shout "wesley!" den i turned and saw her standing outside at the place where customers enter. hahah. well it was fun talking to her. hadn't seen her in awhile.

haha. i feel like im waiting for some epiphany to happen so that i'll suddenly be sure of what i want to apply for in uni.

2009-03-17T11:31:00.000+08:00

We've only just begun to live,
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we're on our way.
And yes, We've just begun.

Before the rising sun we fly,
So many roads to choose
We start our walking and learn to run.
And yes, We've just begun.

Sharing horizons that are new to us,
Watching the signs along the way,
Talking it over just the two of us,
Working together day to day
Together.

And when the evening comes we smile,
So much of life ahead
We'll find a place where there's room to grow,
And yes, We've just begun.

- The Carpenters, 1970

2009-03-16T11:27:00.005+08:00

cycling on sat was fun :). first time i cycled tandem bicycle. had to help lysa who couldn't cycle! haha. i didnt know our pedals were connected such that the back would stop when i stop or move when i move. and i was so used to decreasing rpm or increasing at my own pace until i shocked joanne when i suddenly stopped pedaling haha.

we taught lysa how to cycle! yayyy. she can cycle now. although she swerves stylishly while trying to keep balance on the bike, and has a magnetic attraction to green Npark dustbins which she cycled straight into twice, she can stay on the bike for quite long now! :). so it was great. next time the CG can go out and cycle again. stella was awesome too! she picked up bicycling just as fast! abit wobbly but more cycling and she'll be fine haha. hopefully we organise another cycling trip soon. else they'll forget again. :( hope the whole cg can go out and cycle together sometime. then we can cycle further. like to changi village or smth. ^^

seeking God's will in uni applications. went for the open houses and talked to people. so i'm abit more convinced that i can study economics now. just a matter of whether its what God wants me to do. praying hard.

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+ sorry i can't play the guitar well. i'd really like to. i promise i'll practice hard so i can play for the class one day.

+ enjoy yourself in malaysia. you looked really happy. i'm happy for you too :)

love you two, keeping you in prayer. God bless.

2009-03-14T00:30:00.001+08:00

im losing my abs :(

2009-03-13T23:12:00.001+08:00

can't wait for tomorrow...YF going ECP to cycle! :)

happy birthday mum, and many more years to come! :D

2009-03-12T10:58:00.005+08:00

ugh. i dont want to look at the screen of this laptop anymore. work is getting really sian. i miss my friends. school, church, everyone. people are nice here. but they're also alot older, so its hard to talk. this place saps my energy. i look forward to weekends and nights, and dread coming back. i dont think i could ever survive working in an office. :(

i'm feeling lonely. you don't really think about it when you're in school, when you're with friends all the time. but its like a part of me is...missing. i thought it was a change for the better, one for total dependency on God, but its been difficult.

God put friends around me for a reason. I don't know how hard more I have to try on my part. But although the bricks are heavy, and the mortar is burdensome, the bridges are beautiful.

"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance."

i feel invisible.

early sounds, spinning wheels

2009-03-11T10:56:00.003+08:00

haha im feeling so sleepy now. woke up at 5.30. to go cycling.

its funny sometimes. i can wake up chao early to cycle but i crawl out of bed at like 8 to rush to work. hmm.

anyway did about 20k easy. cwealth ave down to end of boonlay way. i wanted to ride to NTU to see how far and how long it would take me, but i went abit off the straight path and decided to head back. trip was nice. early morning air is fresh and crisp and the night allowed the pollution to settle. sucks when u're riding and u struggling to breathe behind the bendy bus or the taxi thats fogging your face and going at 30km/h, cos u dunno whether to cut, or to draft and enjoy the fresh toxins. but anyhow, it was nice to bring my white elephant out for a spin again.

managed to bump into a group of riders on the way back too...they looked quite pro but mustered enough courage to say hello lol. apparently they ride every wed and sun mornings. maybe i'll join them for weds till i hit army. bunch of guys called dawnriders. haha. how appropriate. dunno if i can keep up tho, the guy who stayed at clementi and was the last person i broke off from the pack was averaging 35km/h even though he had just finished a ride that was probably longer than mine. haha eeyer im damn weak.

oh and i have a rant. on the way home i stopped somewhere to buy bread. but to enter the carpark there was this automated barrier that they're building everywhere now. so i had to stop, get off my bike push past it and get on again. its not fun with cleats, cos u have to keep clipping and unclipping them. they should leave a small space for bikes!. i know that will allow motorcycles through as well but if they can come up with something like ERP im sure it shudnt be that hard to create a system to zap money from the cards or smth right.

ah maybe i should just eat cereal for breakfast.

cheers. :)

A level results!

2009-03-10T11:53:00.004+08:00

haha okay this weekend that just passed was fun. friday i took leave to collect my A level results so i went chris's place the night before to sleepover...morning kean and fuyu came over to play some world war 2 board game which i thought the pace was too slow for me to appreciate haha. guess i'm not much of a history junkie after all. =P. after that went to collect my A level results. at 2pm i had not even reached home yet so i was afraid i was gonna be late haha, coz results collection were at 2.30 and i needed to get shoes at home. anyway, i made it in time, cos Mrs Chan was still telling us about the school's general results. after a bit of struggling to get through the crowd to my class table where miss Ho stood i had no worries as i waited patiently for miss Ho to pass me my results, i hadn't worried coz i figured the results would be the same even if i did. not wanting it to be anything dramatic i just took the result slip from her when she passed it to me and i stared blankly at it.

C for GP, ouch. A for H1 Math, yay the effort paid off :). B for Geog, could have done better. D for History, expected. A for Econs, thankful. :) but being thankful to God was something that i really felt, as it testified to me that my faith in those 5 months of struggling and steamrolling was real. that God had brought me through it, and it was over. i was relieved. tired, but relieved.

after collection me and nic met reuben at westcoast RC to play lan. joash came later. the joash whom i never thought would know one of my other friends, fuyu. haha. anyway, it was funny laughing over how small singapore is. the thing was, we played lan for 5 hours. >.< nic was alright, but I on the other hand was hungry and begging to leave haha. dont usually play for so long i guess. didnt have the stamina. well after we left we had a nice dinner, just me and nic at central, which i was happy to have, even if i was dead beat.

saturday brought more exciting stuff. morning i traveled to sin ming to prawn with chris, fuyu, john, giddy and daniel. then we barbecued the prawns and ate them. john let me try his army rations, so i got to try more army food haha. not bad. japanese curry chicken noodle thing. after that we went to church early to prepare for refreshments, i made a pear tuna salad! haha. Thank God it tasted alright, so i was happy how it turned out. presentation abit fail though and people started eating it with the whitebread. aha. message was on looking beyond the present. and elder lim spoke lots about education, marriage etc. surprisingly he covered quite alot in the time, and i was v. encouraged by what he spoke. yf also celebrated me and joshua chia's birthdays, so thanks everyone! :D hannah's fudge cake was delicious too :)

on sunday, what spoke to me most was daniel's sunday school which once again touched on discerning God's will. i thought it was very apt esp. now when i'm deciding where to further my studies. after church me, al, tim, sk, gideon, fuyu, john, chris and kean had lunch at carl's jr in PS. i accidentally spilled sprite all over my jeans :( so i went home after that. spent the afternoon deciding what courses to choose which got me so worked up cos i was so confused =/. in the end i decided to commit it to God and trusted that he will show me what course to apply for in good time. so now im waiting :)

well with about a month left till enlistment, i guess i'll still be posting abit more. so check back and thx for reading ^^

cheers.

its alive, its growing, its alive! read!

2009-03-04T16:59:00.001+08:00

hey guys, reloaded chatbox, revamping blog! come back! its not dead! i'll post! >.<

birthday, etc.

2009-03-04T16:07:00.006+08:00

this week has been great! although boring at work, been doing stuff at night haha.

sunday had a awesome lunch treat at waraku for my birthday haha. it was great! food was nice :). thanks fuyu, sk, kean, john, alvar and chris. it was a fun time having lunch and catching up with you guys. dinner was great too! family brought me to white dog cafe at vivo. haha. food was great too :). i felt so guilty at night. did nothing but eat the whole afternoon. really! like. after lunch, went home at about 3...slept till abt 5.30 and woke up to leave for dinner haha. had ice cream after dinner some more. BNJ. LOL. ><. i'm gonna put on alot of weight lol.

monday was a boring day at work. my bosses are like never around. so there was stuff to do. abit of their work. what i know how to do at least. but was getting lots of birthday wishes throughout the day so it was quite fun :). at night went to play basketball with secondary school friends, didnt play in awhile so i was quite bad =X haha.

yesterday was another day i watched the minutes inch by as i waited at work for 5.30 like i am doing now...after that went to food republic at wisma to eat with lianne, tim, sarah and gid to celebrate me and giddy's birthdays. lianne treated us to ice cream! dairy queen. i had their waffle soft serve. haha. it was the best soft serve i ever had. nothing like the mcdonald or KFC ones. it was really smooth and tasty! :D so much so that i couldn't finish it and had to give giddy half of mine haha. after that we went for prayer meeting. i think going for prayer meeting has really taught me alot about praying and how much more regularly i should pray...and also how God answers the prayers of people! like how caritas recovered in a week from the time they prayed for her last week. take care ctas! :)

A level results are coming out this friday! haha its so exciting. everyones worried but i figured it'd be the same even if i did...so i'm choosing not to. and i know that whatever results God chooses to give me will be part of his perfect will for me :). so i'd like to encourage those receiving results too! don't limit yourself, you'll be amazed at the wonderful ways God can work in your life as long as you put your trust in him :D.

Proverbs 3:5-6

5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

all the best guys,
cheers.

Ministry of Magic, er i mean, Education =D

2009-02-04T11:15:00.005+08:00

haha u know what? im at work and im bored so i decided to blog lol. my boss here is quite fun actually :D so the work isnt a drag ^^ i've only been working here 2 days though haha

its mostly been typing, data entry and filing...i was told i had to call parents but fortunately i haven't called a single person yet! haha thank God >< , now im just sorting returned letters

oh and then theres the perks haha. theres a gym on the fifth floor, tv room and a pool table haha, this place is awesome

lunch in an hour.. oo i can't wait :P

Its over!

2008-11-13T19:12:00.001+08:00

A levels are over!

uh...now what? o.o

tires and noodles

2008-08-01T23:48:00.004+08:00

haha, today was quite fun, i've been mugging like a dog for the whole week so i was damn tired already, so nicky said i should slack and rest abit instead of cramming so hard...making it counterproductive....ya 've been cramming...prelims in abt 10 days so its been a continuous cycle of sleep, go school, mug, tuition, mug, sleep repeat.

yeah so i was like damn worn out at 9pm just now, so we decided to go and ride his bicycle around the track for fun and we were like skidding and going down curbs and stuff...then after like a whole lot of heavy skidding his tire exploded haha. it went off like gunfire, his tire puncutured hahah. so we were like damn lost for a few seconds then we were like "oh shit" haha, i think the tyre got too hot from the skidding den just blew up. so he den he decided to patch it and try to inflate it at the petrol station. by then it was like 10pm already when we left school for caltex

when we got to caltex and pumped the tire it still couldn't work cos the air still leaked from the patch haha. so it was quite lame. he chained it to the lamp post there haha. i hope it still there when he goes back to fetch it la lol.

then we were damn bored and hungry so we went to 7-11 at dover...met kenneth and fish from ACI there...they just finish their festival of arts concert thing...anyway they bought heavy liquor =O. but i just got instant noodles. =). den me and nicky went to sit at some random steps and ate, and talked lol, was quite fun, didnt feel stressed, guess needed to relax abit...aiyah, been damn uptight about everything, don't feel the pressure, but gets damn stressful when heavy mugging, esp for hours on end, =/. so i let my mind escape for abit =D

hmm, wonder how i'll spend this weekend, ah, oh well, its gonna pass damn fast anyway.

oh yeah something for you guys to enjoy too, haha :

1 week left

2008-07-01T22:01:00.001+08:00

competition in a week! ahh xD

Psalms 19:14

2008-04-27T22:10:00.001+08:00

"Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer"

champions.

2008-04-12T23:54:00.006+08:00

"if the mind can conceive, the heart can believe, the body can achieve."

what a mad, incomprehensible amount of faith in God and in each other it took for every single person on the team to row their best, to row in friendship, in love, in humility so that we could achieve what we did.

ACJC came in first...in both 20-crew and 10-crew races...and we were also overall champs...but i had never expected we would have gotten this far...not with every training of dragonboat we had last year...the countless sets of pushups, the excruciating gym sessions, the double trainings we had every saturday as a result of having dragonboat sessions in the afternoon...

and it had all culminated in today. and it was worth it.

surely, and truly, that was what we set out to do, and was what we achieved in this year's national schools dboat, God's grace had marvellously saw us through it all, with every race we went down for. an overwhelming sense of gratitude gradually swept away the pride...and i felt...truly glad.

"A" div champs!

on to national schools canoeing. cheers. =-)

savour the moment

2008-04-10T22:31:00.003+08:00

yesterday was last dragonboat training...saturday will be national schools...i feel quite okay about everything...like...just want to go down and do my best...alongside everyone else in the boat...legs still aching from tuesday's run though. never run when ur legs are cold after having the aircon blow on them the whole night, the muscle damage u do will make u vomit blood lol....take forever to recover...><....

anyway, school was quite fun today. slacked in the candeck for like 2 hours before SSP. just spent the time talking to nic and later yihui who came. yihui quite funny, haha. esp. when we played a prank on her by spoiling her straw so she couldn't drink her milo. hahah. but she got quite annoyed hehe.

SSP was so stone lah. i just stared blankly and copied notes for 1 1/2 hours. hopefully its helping. have to try my best to do something before i fail history miserably again =/

after SSP it started raining. so i couldn't go home...went to void deck and saw landdis. he super buff now can. his shirt bursting alr. every day pump iron. super crazy. train like dog. haha. ended up studying with him and nic while waited for the rain to stop.

well, its days like these school is fun....doing things aside from the only 2 things i ever do in school, academic stuff and well, training. i'm always ever doing either, everything else is multi-tasked, so it was a good break hahah. managed to get stuff done along the way too. =).

guess it was just like what bill said yesterday during our last dragonboat training, its times like these we have to, put simply, savour the moment.

cheers. =)

macritchie regatta 500

2008-03-11T22:24:00.006+08:00

damn bored. burned a whole afternoon stoning. now i'm mugging cold war origins. argh. been at this for hours.

btw, we got 4th in finals for macritchie-regatta 500 tertiary/JC 20mens dboat...came in 0.6s behind the first boat...meaning...

National University of Singapore 1 2.14.09
Singapore Polytechnic 2 2.14.16
Republic Polytechnic 3 2.14.10
Anglo Chinese Junior College 4 2.14.74
Nanyang Junior College 5 2.15.44

the race was that close.

but its okay, fought hard, bill said it didnt matter at all, as long as we did our best and fought for the friendships we had in the boat, we would, even if we lost, give them a fight before we went down.

Thank God anyway, because even defeat, if experienced with friends, is a wonderful and amazing experience. it certainly made the arm burning more tolerable =).

cheers.

18th ^^

2008-03-02T22:35:00.008+08:00

strawberry sara lee chocolate swirl pound cake

haha. tastes as nice as it sounds.

yes johnwong! how could i forget right haha. yea john and chris treated me to billy bombers haha. so i'll save up to treat them back next time. =) i wonder why its called billy bombers huh..

cheers :)

*PS - thanks for the bible aunty poh yok, uncle cheow hock, tabby, becky, longzhao and chris, really the best gift one can receive. =)

mr500 and nsdbc

2008-03-01T21:41:00.003+08:00

haha, dragonboat trainings been awesome. MR500 next week, national schools DB in march...hopefully the races dont spill into sunday, else i have to miss sunday school thing. =(

celebrated my birthday at LTF today. along with 9 other people. haha. so fun. wonder why everyone is born in march...whats 9 months before march...? =P.

anyway, long zhao helped me with maths today...h1 terms on monday...i feel so sucky. h1 maths apparently is really basic but i dont get it. oh well. need more practice i guess. then just gotta do my best after that.

well, time to study some more. kinda behind time. anyway, till i blog again,

power...pull hard!

cheers

What a Wonderful Savior!

2008-02-03T23:18:00.000+08:00

Christ has for sin atonement made
What a wonderful Savior!
We are redeemed, the price is paid
What a wonderful Savior!

Refrain:
What a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Jesus!
What a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Lord!

I praise Him for the cleansing blood
What a wonderful Savior!
That reconciled my soul to God
What a wonderful Savior!

He cleansed my heart from all its sin
What a wonderful Savior!
And now He reigns and rules therein
What a wonderful Savior!

He walks beside me in the way:
What a wonderful Savior!
And keeps me faithful day by day;
What a wonderful Savior!

To Him I’ve given all my heart:
What a wonderful Savior!
The world shall never share a part:
What a wonderful Savior!

midi : http://www.cyberhymnal.org/mid/w/h/a/what_a_wonderful_savior.mid

“His Name shall be called Wonderful.” Isaiah 9:6

cheers. yay short week. ^^.

Self-proclaimed Holiday

2008-01-22T08:49:00.000+08:00

haha sucks. blogging now, cos im sick today.. not in school. bwhaha.

was so sick yesterday lah. den still had to write this GP essay. totally drained me. and had history tutorial. gosh. ><.

slept for 10 hours. hahah. i think. anyway. hope i recover by sunday. marathon. got this cough thing...hwarrrgh, missed land training today...=O

its a crazy struggle in school, heck, history alone can kill you, seriously. canoeing too, can't remember the number of times i stumbled into LTF like a drugged zombie.

but a few answered prayers and assurance from the bible and you know everything is alright. helps u to keep going. just really hard to sit down and listen i guess. not when theres so many things that need doing. u tend to push spiritual things further down the priority list.

then you feel guilty doing QT at 1am in the morning.

but God is still quite real to me in my life, despite these things. and i realised how much older im getting...how much more of my youth im losing...and how it is in these years i can serve God best...if we'd just look beyond ourselves...and look at God...we'd see how little the things of this world are worth, and how much more we are indebted to God, for his divine grace and mercy. takes perspective i guess.

well, till i fall sick again or find some time to do this. =)

cheers.

* oh yeah, so many people grow a year older today. =P. happy birthday san, becky and carol =)

2oo8

2008-01-01T11:32:00.001+08:00

blessed new year.

cheers. =)

christmas isn't christmas till it happens in your heart

2007-12-25T02:09:00.000+08:00

Luke Chapter 2:

I think with every Christmas i learn more about the birth of Christ and it begins to mean more to me now.

11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

especially the part about how Christmas isn't celebrated with its real meaning intact.

12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

People may not see or may be choosing not to see the reason behind the joyous occasion, continually staying up every 24th of December just to wish everyone once the clock hits midnight, not knowing Christmas was never dated the 25th, but was just estimated as such because it was 9 months after Mary conceived.

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

I guess i've become very disillusioned. At how the world revels in not knowing the truth.

14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

my christian and non-christian friends alike, i take not the joy away from you this christmas, i cannot.

but take time to reflect why u do celebrate it...does it hold some eternal value? all our celebrations every year are temporal, and last only now. know that the true reason we celebrate it is because Jesus was born, a Saviour, who lived on earth and died for our sins so that we may have eternal life. are you sure you know how long is eternity? definitely longer than a festive season of celebration.

So give your heart to Jesus,
You'll discover when you do,
That its Christmas, really Christmas,
For You.

Blessed Christmas. Cheers.

haha

2007-12-12T10:17:00.001+08:00

went to train yesterday. i think gyming is ok, but died when running cos couldn't breathe lol.

sucks that i couldnt do the cooper test. oh well.

cheers

sick

2007-12-10T13:54:00.000+08:00

haha as guessed. my sore throat got worse...didnt train today...but was good i guess. spent abit of time reading the bible....reading samuel now...interesting how its kind of storylinish but can still draw precious lessons from it...saul just about to become the king of Israel.

anyway im going out soon. meeting sam in town den dinner. haha. kept bugging me for like weeks. but i guess i was bored today so i decided to do something about it =P

hope i dont spend too much money. stupid lunch was $6 -_-

was reminded of this song we sang during camp at the prayer meeting too. speaks of God's providence. just to share with u the chorus

I’m living on the mountain, underneath a cloudless sky.
I’m drinking at the fountain that never shall run dry.
O yes! I’m feasting on the manna from a bountiful supply,
For I am dwelling in Beulah Land.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/d/w/dwbeulah.htm

cheers.

2007-12-08T18:00:00.001+08:00

circuits was sick this morning ><. especially after 12k.
and i have a sore throat :(
sleepy and tired

spiritual highs dont last
dont be fooled.

sentosa, and other stuff.

2007-11-28T16:23:00.000+08:00

haha wow yesterday was fun. after training i headed down to sentosa immediately, LTF was having an outing. had missed the last one, so i didnt want to miss this one

at first it was quite fun, everyone was playing frisbee...then with abit of dunking, we went back to games again and played captain's ball, after awhile everyone just sat around and talked haha, save for a few who were still dunking the dry people =)

i shudnt have said that i was gonna be the last one dry today la! haha. cos then i got dunked immediately after that...and i was only the third person...haha oh wells.

after a few of them left for prayer meeting the rest of us continued to hang around before we decided to swim to the island that had begun to appear because the tide was getting lower. haha it was quite fun getting there...there was this slimy thing that everyone tried to avoid too haha.

we left sentosa around 8...then went to the seah im food centre to eat...but everyone was like lagging...and i was SUPER hungry man...had not eaten for like hours...haha...was probably cause everyone was aching...after playing so long haha...back pains...feet sore from running on the sand...sand was quite hard...was like compacted...probably cause the whole place is like, fake. lol.

yeh.

cheers.

shag.

2007-11-02T22:00:00.000+08:00

haha, 200 pullups on a friday night, what a way to spend it. =)

cheers

bored.

2007-11-01T23:16:00.001+08:00

i'm, so, bored.

hmm. dunno what to do tomorrow.
everyone's got something on. maybe i'll go mug!. haha.

anyway, rowed like abt 8k + sprints today. did most of it with jinghan.

i realised i go alot straighter when i row beside him. probably cos i dont wanna crash into him so i gotta get my directionals right. anyway, was quite good, shud row with hiim more often. hahah.

the whole world's so BUSY!

i got nthing to do tomorrow!.....................

Our Greatest Fear

2007-10-21T21:02:00.000+08:00

Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,
but that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.

And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give
other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

-Marianne Williamson

open house souvenirs

2007-09-05T20:58:00.000+08:00

chunling and suzanne

rachel

spent the afternoon after training making these things haha. they're k-paddles, just in case you don't know. haha. was quite bored. talked alot of crap and nonsense.

hope the sec 4s who get it like it, and may want to join canoeing. haha. oh well. at least it was fun making em.

well, back to the books.

cheers.

open house prep

2007-08-31T00:12:00.000+08:00

heres a preview of the banner that the girls painted for the open house...with some help from me, pakkee and tim koh. haha. was quite fun painting the banner. good team bonding i say, sadly less than half the team was there. haha.

anyway, girls did a really awesome job the banner i think. gonna look great for open house. nobody else used chinese, haha. i feel original =D.

still gotta work on the noticeboard too. wonder how i'm gonna get enough pictures by then. yikes. ><

ok, well, more mugging, see u guys.

cheers

1 month!

2007-08-28T20:52:00.000+08:00

my phone just reminded me that its promos in exactly a month.

that means its no longer "a month or so", but from now on its, "less than a month"

and i haven't hit the books! yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =(

well, had some fun painting canoeing banners for open house. its gonna be awesome. haha. hope u guys considering ACJC can come and see what its about, and hopefully join canoeing! haha. =D.

cheers.

oh no, blog is in neglect. ^^

2007-08-23T20:59:00.000+08:00

putting my blog in a box for awhile now, quite busy, promos in a month or so. yikes.will blog when i have time though, which is well, UNLIKELY.

cheers. see you guys.real soon? =)

problems? =D

2007-07-28T22:14:00.001+08:00

sorry timmy! koped from canoeing blog. i just think its super awesome haha. thx for posting it.

cheers

NDP

2007-07-17T22:23:00.000+08:00

went to watch harry potter 5 on saturday...i think it was quite good...better than goblet of fire...at least they didnt twist the whole storyline...but just chose not to include parts of it...

anyway, after that went to esplanade riverside to see the NDP stuff with my parents...initially we wanted to just see the fireworks...so we went around 7.00...but the fireworks didnt shoot until 8.30...so we stood there watching all other stuff. this year they showed off all their helicopters and navy stuff...like their coast guards and their assault boats etc...took some pictures with my new razr haha. v3xx. quite fun actually. never had a camera phone...so i was snapping away =P.

after that they had those massive field performance...or...well should i say "float" performances, since its on a floating platform this year. then they had these jellyfish balloon things, which i thought wasn't exactly spectacular...but they kept using them anyway. haha.

then came the fireworks...i guess it was all worth it standing there for so long after watching the fireworks...it was quite exhilarating haha. i miss the days watching the fireworks from my geylang flat...i still remember i had the awesomest view haha. oh well. anyway, heres a video of the fireworks that i took. its quite long, abt 4mins. don't bother to wait if it takes too long to load haha.

floating stage thingy

chinook helicopter that sprayed water on us when it went close to the surface

police coast guard

freakish jellyfish lights. haha.

have fun pples. study hard!

cheers.

so late, so sleepy! whee. high. tired. hahah.

2007-07-02T00:06:00.000+08:00

writing EOM...

cheers!

heys.

2007-06-25T21:04:00.000+08:00

shoutout to everyone =D.

J1s all the best for your term exams! God be with you =D.
J2s! continue to study hard for your prelims! take care, dont fall sick ^^.

christians, study unto God, not unto man! =D. the Lord will richly bless. do your best and leave the rest to him :D.

don't burnout, God bless.

cheers.

we're all in the same boat.

2007-06-21T22:00:00.001+08:00

self-organized fitness training today...don't know why i couldnt push hard enough today...i was like dying at the last 5 sets outside the gym. gah. need to chiong pull up programme tomorrow too...not many days left...tmr...weekend cant do much...den monday already. argh.

anyway, post-training the few of us who came sat down and talked abit about being juniors and how the seniors were leaving already and stuff...i guess we have to take on lots of responsibilities...canoeing has been and will be a tough cca...and for me...i guess i expected it to be tough...but...until now...haven't really regretted joining...and theres a drive to continue in it..

after that we went to singapore poly...on the way there we were talking rubbish haha...den zhen liang said smth quite funny

yong jin : aiyah haven't study for terms
zhen liang : dont worry we're all in the same boat.
*silence for awhile*
everybody : walao, zhen liang you damn lame, *laughing*

ok u probably didnt get that but we're all canoeists so we did. haha.
well yea, terms...guess im still quite unprepared...have lots more to do and very little time...but the grace of God will prevail =D.

cheers.

Church Camp 2007 : Take time to be holy

2007-06-15T01:33:00.000+08:00

Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord;
Abide in Him always, and feed on his Word.
Make friends of God's children; help those who are weak;
Forgetting in nothing his blessing to seek.

this song really touched me as we sang it throughout the camp, reminding me of all the times i neglected to come to the Lord and just spend time with him in his holiness. messages in the camp were really an awakening to me...showed me how much i had been forsaking the spiritual things of God.

although i was really very busy for most of this year...it was pretty much no excuse...on one of the devotions i did in the camper during this camp...it said that,

"Here, then, is the real problem of our negligence. we fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it it difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy." - R.C Sproul

there and then i realised that i had been slothful in my walk with the Lord. though i had many other commitments, i had failed to commit time to that which was most important.

even now as i have returned from the camp...i hope i'll be able to apply what i've learnt from the messages in my life...even having been thrown back into my flurry of activities. keeping the resolutions i've made, and cultivating my holiness in Christ with each day.

i really enjoyed the fellowship and company of christian brethren at the camp too...i really understand how special these friends can be to me...even at times when i am at my lowest. i spent the last night talking with christopher about many things...and we realised we actually had some mutual problems in both of our lives...but also understood that seeking Christ-centered solutions was always the way to go.

every church camp i've been to has a special experience for me...and i thank God for his grace and mercy for even enabling me to make time for this one.

cheers.

im screwed

2007-06-07T20:59:00.000+08:00

argh i got sick fitness targets by end june for canoeing plus im going for church camp next week. already missing trainings like siao...gah, dont wanna get sacked.

well, self organized fitness training today with the guys wasnt all that bad, somehow managed to push with chris around. we were all shouting "pussy weight" throughout the gym programme. bwhaha. saw chinese teacher too, so i had to take the oral examinations that i missed, but i was so bad that she let me off to practice during the remaining of the holidays in hope that i'll be better by the coming term haha. guess i gotta read more. lots more. =P

just watched 200 pound beauty just now. sis got the DVD. its quite funny haha. cept by the last part could almost predict whats going on.

hah sian, gonna have to self train tmr, i wanna watch pirates man. =/

cheers.

Sunshine in My Soul

2007-06-01T18:39:00.000+08:00

There is sunshine in my soul today,
More glorious and bright
Than glows in any earthly sky,
For Jesus is my light.

Refrain:
O there's sunshine, blessed sunshine,
When the peaceful, happy moments roll;
When Jesus shows His smiling face,
There is sunshine in my soul.

There is music in my soul today,
A carol to my King;
And Jesus, listening, can hear
The song I cannot sing.

There is springtime in my soul today,
For when the Lord is near,
The dove of peace sings in my heart,
The flow'rs of grace appear.

There is gladness in my soul today,
And hope, and praise, and love,
For blessings which He gives me now,
For joys laid up above.

VBS 2007 Theme song =). melody here.
cheers.

Vacation Bible School

2007-05-31T23:05:00.000+08:00

hmm, been helping out in VBS this week...runs from 30th to 1st...its quite fun...haha. the children are really cute and fun to talk to...and its nice to fellowship with the other helpers as well...=)

theme for this year is "son-shine in my soul" based on a hymn in our hymnal. haha i like the song too.

anyway, VBS is usually a good time to talk to the kids about the gospel...some of them are newcomers and may not have heard it before, and others, VBS is usually a good time for reinforcing what they already know...

sometimes i think they're really young, that they dont really understand the message we try to bring across from all the arts and crafts and storytelling...but they really amaze me sometimes. was talking to a boy named jason yesterday coz he was sick and i had to look after him...and he knew quite alot about the gospel already...he wanted to go out and participate in crafts and games but he couldnt so i felt quite sorry for him...couldnt come for the rest of VBS either.

tomorrow is the last day of VBS...and i really hope all the kids do take something special away from VBS, which is the truth of God in their hearts...and that they will really open their hearts to Jesus to save them.

their child-like faith they have in God has really reminded me of my faith in God as well...hopefully it can be strengthened through the course of this holiday before i return to school.

John 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

cheers.

alright! ^^

2007-05-24T19:37:00.000+08:00

haha canoeing is dang fun now! i can row around the bay! i was super discouraged for like 1mth plus since i kept capsizing but now can row out! haha.

its draining though. get home just feel like sleeping all the time. hahah. my bed is too comfy. shud put rocks. bwahahah. train awhile asleep. LOL. ok im going crazy

wow tmr half day i think. good SYF performance. thanks to all the choir junkies, bandies and CO people in my class. hahah. it all paid off i guess. so fun. gonna row too =).

oh well. cheers.

Jesus =)

2007-05-13T20:29:00.000+08:00

IN CHEMISTRY, HE TURNED WATER TO WINE
IN BIOLOGY, HE WAS BORN WITHOUT THE NORMAL CONCEPTION
IN PHYSICS, HE DISAPPROVED THE LAW OF GRAVITY WHEN HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN
IN ECONOMICS, HE DISAPPROVED THE LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURN BY FEEDING 5000 MEN WITH TWO FISHES,5 LOAVES OF BREAD *awesome*!
IN MEDICINE, HE CURED THE SICK AND THE BLIND WITHOUT ADMINISTERING A SINGLE DOSE OF DRUGS
IN HISTORY, HE IS THE BEGINNING AND THE END
IN GOVERNMENT, HE SAID THAT HE SHALL BE CALLED WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, PRINCE OF PEACE
IN RELIGION, HE SAID NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH HIM

The Greatest Man in History**
Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
He had no army, yet kings feared Him.
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.

cheers!

All you can...

2007-04-29T20:48:00.000+08:00

"Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can." "Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you can, at all the times you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as ever you can."

- John Wesley, founder of the methodist church

If i could escape...

2007-04-24T18:05:00.000+08:00

haha havent been blogging much huh. sian. so busy =/. this is the first time i've been home before 6pm...for like...2 weeks already. man...i need a break...

school is nice though. everyone is studying hard too, so makes u wanna study hard too. not under the pressure of them studying and u wanna be competitive, but...just...supportive of each other. =). everyone working together ^^. makes classes more interesting too

ok, scratch that whole last paragraph. i probably failed history test yesterday and i'm gonna fail my chinese test tomorrow. ok cya. gonna do what i can.

cheers.

rawr.

2007-04-12T23:47:00.000+08:00

hello i am mr. jelly arms *wobble*
i am also a self-inflicted mugger. *cries*

rawr.

back to homework.

cheers.

Passion Week

2007-04-08T19:24:00.000+08:00

good friday weekend is killing me. but its also broken me down...

recieved lots of homework and because i stayed at chris's house on friday...didnt spend any time on it...sigh...still got lots of homework to complete...and im trying what ann said...to keep the sabbath...but its harder than i expected...keep worrying...coz im gonna have to wake up early tomorrow to finish up...

if its anything...at least i used the time to read my bible and read spurgeon's sermon on the persecuted...haha...realised it was quite good...exhorts christians to practice meekness, temperance and patience despite being under oppression. oh well, you'll have to read it to really understand what i mean. so, ask me and i'll send you the PDF file.

started canoe water training yesterday as well. apprehensive of how tough this training is going to be right up to june-july, when nationals come. guess it'll be a test of my integrity, and trust in God as well. hope my involvement wont affect my studies that much, knowing it will. gonna have land tomorrow. i have this weird feeling my seniors are gonna go crazy. dont know why. just do. so hey, gotta perservere. =).

cheers.

homework

2007-04-01T18:17:00.000+08:00

lol, spilled water on my SEA notes. mum was ironing them while i was blow drying my H1 chinese workbook. haha.

everything is dry and crumply now. hehe. ><.

what an eventful Lord's day. hum dee dum. back to this intro im writing.

cheers.

God chooses to use broken things

2007-03-25T18:28:00.000+08:00

Five broken loaves by Galilee's shore,
Broken and scattered for thousands and more.
O what compassion, what joy Jesus brings.
Watch how He uses broken things.

Chorus:
Broken things, broken things
Our God still chooses to use broken things.
"Break Thou myself", Oh, make my heart sing
For God can use this broken thing.

One broken box all wasted we tho't
Broken and shattered, forgiveness she got.
One broken form on Calvary's tree,
See how He suffered broken for me.

God chooses to use even broken and beaten-down people, so even in the face of trials, troubles and temptations, never give up and continue to serve the Lord. =). At times, our service may seem inadequate, and we may think it will never glorify the Lord, but that is merely what we see, and not what God sees, so offer up your service to him despite the odds.

cheers. ^^.

haha, happy birthday nic =)

2007-03-25T17:00:00.000+08:00

nic, was in no way harmed =). biggest and highest i ever done. hahah.

cheers.

Victory! 77-48

2007-03-21T21:06:00.000+08:00

well, today shengxi won NUS high in a friendly yet again =) 77-48...match was awesome...haha...there were very few of us down today too, only me, daryl, eio, dayl, clifton, kahwoon, danny, as well as our mascot, cynric, aha, who came for the free h20 sparkling. we were missing our usual powerful forward subs like derrick and joel...as well as guards like zonghan as well as our all-star center, shaun lim! haha. so we were just playing with 7...5 in with 2 subs...but the match was okay...since it was 10 mins per quarter...so 40mins only...jonathan even lasted through the whole match...i think our fitness improve...haha...daryl and dayl didnt die from cramps like the 1st and 2nd matches we had with them last time...though we were still visibly tired..

1st quarter starting play was quite bad...first team was me and daryl under post and eio, clifton plus dayl on the circumference. we were still trying to orientate ourselves since some of us werent very familiar with 3-2 defense yet...after about 2-3 runs, daryl leading me underbasket...and them scoring about 2 balls with us none...then we got in the groove and started our play...offense was awesome...with dayl and eio messing up the outside and creating chaos to get themselves free for open shots...most of our points from the 19 we scored were from dayl...especially his 3 point shots...daryl ended first quarter with a buzzer beater and score was 19-9...us leading 10

2nd quarter danny and kahwoon were subbed-in in place of me and clifton. from the sidelines...i watched as we scored more and more balls though they were scoring as well...turnovers were good and defensive rebounding was awesome as daryl and danny dominated the post. swing-play kept the ball alive and scored us lots more points to lead at the end with 42-25, eio scoring 2 points at the last second.

3rd quarter i went back in to take over daryl and clifton took dayl's place for this quarter...quarter started bad as me and danny confused each other with left and right defense+offense placings...after sorting out from 2 runs, we carried on with play and continued to keep the lead with them on hot on our tails. i managed to get a block into one of the fast breaks they threw on us, the guy stepped out of the paint to get free after his teammate's drive failed and when he got the ball attempted to take a shot immediately. I cant really remember the score but i remember we ended in the lead.

4th quarter Last quarter we threw all 3 centers in. me, danny and daryl. guards were eio and kahwoon. then we played 2-3 offense and defense. worked quite well, since our post was strong and they started switching to drives or paint shots leaving only nat to take the jumpers from the outside. at about 3minutes clifton subbed dayl, a little bit after scored, then we ended the match with a buzzer-beater by kahwoon leaving the score at 77-48.

after that we celebrated abit at the court, then went for ice kachang at dover market. lol.

thanks to nat for always organizing such friendlies for us to compete against them, and God to whom we dedicate all glory of this victory =).

cheers. heres some photos too.

lectures

2007-03-20T19:48:00.000+08:00

today was quite fun...well this week has been quite fun. despite 3 mths over..i think this is the last week to enjoy still. haha. 1 week of lectures. haiz...trying to use this time to get to know people =).

teachers are going slow in the lectures as well...with history being the exception...oh well. just have to pay attention larz. =).

ok gotta go study abit. haha. yes, dont wanna fall behind in curriculum ^^.

cheers.

bball camp

2007-03-13T21:28:00.000+08:00

lol...just got back...super tired liao....><........

happy birthday mummy. ^^.

cheers.

ACJC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-03-06T07:43:00.000+08:00

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

was so afraid i couldnt get in! =(. Praise GOD from whom all blessings flow! =)

cheers