Heart for a change , heart for a moving God

Yay! Today is 27 December!! It’s just merely 5 days more to 1 January 2008!!! Thinking of it, time really fly so super-fast in this year… many a times, we are so happy celebrating the start of the new year but we somehow forget certain things that we should draw learning points from and things that we must be grateful for!

First things first, the most best thing I am REALLY SO HAPPY is that I’ve welcomed God into my life!! Yay! All thanks to Bernard into LETTING ME KNOW CHRIST! It’s really something indescribable in my life… accepting Jesus into my life, a tower of refuge and strength, a pillar of support of motivation, and a God of Love and Compassion! People say they see my grow a lot spiritually, some things which I don’t even know myself till now! But at the crème of the top, its all to God who made me of who I am right now! Grow spiritually? God’s works. Being a shepherd? Also God’s works!! As the statement quoted from the bible - “ We are not saved by our own works, but by God’s grace.” God’s grace saved me! And yes, He really did!!

Mann… God really reminded me of his grace and kindness…it brought me back some memories before I knew this God.. and when I see how joyful I am right now , how a changed person I am right now , and when I see how changed I am , I just couldn’t stop praising God … YES GOD IS IN THE BUSINESS OF CHANGING AND TRANSFORMING LIVES ! My life was changed… and yes I know its eternal… what about YOURS?

I have grown myself of being a better sheep, a better caregroup member, and YES!! BEING A SHEPHERD!! That’s one goal I made to myself - a shepherd by end of December!! To say, after I converted to Christ in August, being a shepherd just crossed my mind! But little did I realize that God answered my prayer of faith during camp! The role of a shepherd is not a bed of roses - but with God leading me to it, nothing is impossible. (For God nothing is impossible - Luke 1:37) SMALL FAITH → GREAT MIRACLES!




I have had known much more brothers and sisters in my church!! It’s really a lot!! From the day I converted, from one friend I knew, my social circle grew tremendously!! Just wanna to thank those who supported me throughout this few months, lets grow together!!

I believe even YOU have sinned, or did many wrong things that you shouldn’t have done it. Shall we all honestly and courageously admit all the sins we have made to God right now?? Sins are not-escapable things on Earth. If we run away from our sins, the sins that we committed cross our mind. We don’t even pay attention to why we committed them. So shall we lay out all our sins and promise ourselves that we’ll prevent it from happening??

It is HARD but POSSIBLE. I have done it. Succeeded! So can you! Lets be a bunch of victorious Christians who are brave to admit ourselves. Remember? Human beings are SINNERS! Its called human nature. Admit them. But we always repent them!! So lets bravely admit, repent them, and have a heart of repentance!

Repenting is a hard thing, but if we GET OUT FROM OUR COMFORT ZONES AND DO IT, it’s possible. It’s a magical change.

So people, for whatever we have done in this year, lets continue. If we do good things, lets continue. If we do bad things, put a STOP for it. Why do bad things? Is it worthwhile? I do bad things before, like saying expletives, I admitted and I changed. But because I let God be in control of this sin and he changed me!!

Have a great 2008 and in whatever problems, lets seek God - for He gives the very best to us and not the less!

Here’s my very own quote to end this year:

“ Nothing is the world can’t be done. As Napoleon said - Impossible is found in the dictionary only for fools. Nothing in the world is limited. What is limited is only found in your mind and thinking.”
~~ Eugene Saw.

An additional Christmas gift!

Yoyo!

Haha this gift is actually given to me on a day before Christmas Eve, by my Shepherd!

And that is ………… I AM ALREADY A SHEPHERD!

Wo-hooooo!! haha.. God has met my objective of being a shepherd !

And my sheep is……………… BENJAMIN !

Haha… you may not think this may be a gift… but HEY ! No ! This is an everlasting gift ! A gift of being a Shepherd !

This wish of mine started when Samuel (siew) and Rubin converted to Christ on the same day ! That day I was really very eager to know who the shepherd of each of them was!! I kept on telling them , “ If you guys convert , I’ll be your Shepherd!”

Haha… quite pai seh… did not kept my word… haha no lurhs… at least they are placed in good shepherds too !

Hey Ben , I’m your shepherd now ! And I really guys we’re kinda fated to be shepherd-sheep.. we’re in the same class , same school , same level , same church , same Caregroup !! which I don’t know if others sheps-sheeps have this same kind of fate !!


I’ll work hard being one !

You be a good sheep and I’ll be a greater shepherd !

Take care !

For those who still desires to be a shepherd or CL , no worries , if God can answer this prayer for me , God can do the same to you too!

Remember , our God is not a God who has favoritism on other people! Amen !


Today's Inspirational Quote:

"Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an
opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer,
service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To
yourself, respect."

-- Oren Arnold

I had a special Christmas! Did you?

Hello!! And Merry Christmas to you and all readers!! haha.. this day is one which I really anticipate after converting into Christ since August… all because today is the day which Jesus Christ was born! Yes ! To many Christians and new-believers , Merry Christmas to you and your family and may God bless you tremendously in every area of your life!

Today is also a day where I had the BEST Christmas so far !! Remembering last year , Christmas to me was nothing , because I did not find any significance in celebrating it… duh?? But now Christmas is one which every Christian in the world , male or female MUST celebrate for the born of Christ ! Cos Christmas is made up of the word “Christ” ! But to me in the Eugene’s version , Christmas = Christ + Mas where Mas = Massive ( e.g. massive event worth celebrating for!) Amen !

Well this year Christmas started special. Not because I did it , but because the WEST family did it !! haha… thanks to the people who planned this ! You guys are great ! We had Christmas Caroling ! It simply means carol = singing ! Yes ! We planned for Caroling to be done on Christmas Eve , and its really worth it much more than I thought ! haha… cos this was my first time caroling , I had doubts like “What are we gonna do all while?” but it was really done so great ! cos we wanna live up the name of Jesus Christ !



The whole West folks met and we exchanged prezzies at Kaien house…his house is worth storing up to 30-40 people at one time… we fellowship , made friends , gift exchanges and we also did a surprise celebration for our DL , Dewen !! Haha… happy bade Dewen !

We rehearsed 3 carols and I can say my group’s a bunch of great singers !! haha…. Btw thanks to Keith , our guitarist.. we started off at about 8:30pm and ended at around 10pm …yeah… we went to about 5 houses I think… and they are really big houses… terraces… although we may face couple of rejections , but as u know , our happiness at the end of the day overtook the sadness of our rejections !! it was really very very great…. We moved from house-to-house and still I don’t understand is that ALMOST EVERY APARTMENT OWNS A DOG !! hey, and they’re really sometimes huge in size… so we cracked jokes like , “ Are we caroling or visiting the Zoo?” haha!

The residents of some apartments which we caroled in were really very hospitable people ! I think almost two of our houses we went , the residents were with great hospitality that they treated to us drinks and food !! ( cos as it was the Eve of Christmas , majority of the houses we went into were either having family reunion dinner or BBQ) and furthermore terraces are HUGE…so they allowed us to enter to carol for them…

So actually after we caroled , the residents told us to stay for drinks and some fruits… and food ! haha.. one very special visit , the family had just coincidentally perhaps ended their BBQ , so I guessed they had many unfinished food.. so they told us to stay and eat !! haha… it was really so so good… food like Satay , Prawns , Chicken Wings , Sausages were treated !! haha I believed God rewarded us with this treat after knowing how hard we worked..

Some residents asked about our church and one of them even knew our Pastor !! and if I’m not wrong she even said that she would write to Pastor Jeff complimenting about our visit !

Haha… to end off , folks , TRUE CHRISTMAS IS :

“ MAKING OTHERS HAVE A BETTER CHRISTMAS”

Simple.

No gifts , no matter how expensive , can replace the true happiness of a real Christmas.

How many of you love camps?

Hello! xD

Yes, I’m back after a smashing good time at Singapore Sports School! If you have read my previous post, you will find out that this camp at SSS is my church biannual camp held twice a year! And its called…The X29 - It’s our Chapter! Hmmm…. Why X29? Cos in the bible , in the book of ACTS , it only ends at chapter 28 ! so in this camp , we gotta this mission to do our own chapter , the X29 ! ( A.K.A - Acts 29) … Got it?? Hehe… ;)

Haha… can you describe what’s the main difference between church camp and a school camp? Well to me, church camp is lot more interesting and fun-filled in every day and every night of me! And have that when we play, we rock the place upside down, but when we listen, we put our ears in it! When we want noise, we create noise for you! But when we want silence, it can be a silent … very silent.

This X29 camp has really touched my live so so much! God has spoken to me in worshipping sessions and teachings, God has taught me many life values that I can bring back to my sheeps, God has moved me so much that I cried (publicly), God has stirred so much during this camp… Amen!

I remembered days leading to the camp I was really very very busy with ministry..my other brothers and sisters had like already 5 camps each , and me?! Only two!! Sad me… haha… previous one was at OBS .. … Monday, Wednesday & Friday had WFL , Wednesday had CG , Thursday had Shepherding , and Saturday had West Harvesters ! But I really wanna thank all people who help me “organized my week” for me , that is that each and every event involve God - so never a time will I feel lonely

Well X29 ! - Why? Okay if you are a Christian , X29 will mean Acts 29 in the bible , so since Acts only ended in chapter 28 , we gotta that mission to write our new chapter ! - X29 : Its our new chapter !

4D3N for $120 … worth it?? Haha… its really worth it with all of the things added all up together, plus facilities and accommodation, food, environment, I believe $120 is a small sum of money the church REALLY PUT IT MUCH MORE THAN $120 - so … we should not dread about the price yeah?

In this camp I also learnt a lot of values such as teamwork and unity, lots of lots of love from our dear people … one example I wanna share is that during the first day of camp was games , so there were games like Captain’s Ball and Hockey - sticks done ourselves ( btw wanna thank my shepherd Yunian for staying up till 7pm after shepherding just doing it for me ! Love ya!) So one of the hockey games I was called to play - representing the whole unit of West

So , okay , I went down with nervousness… I mean duh ( who never had it)… got the rules cleared and game started ! Few minutes after start-off , that time was really really not easy defending against one of the other districts… and I was really really thirsty… Few minutes later I saw my WHOLE WEST UNIT come down , right from the seating gallery to the playing field ! That time I was really very touched , no matter whether people who came down and supported us knew me or the other of the other of the teammates , what their simple action - of coming down and supporting down - just having their presence in me , scored 100% in teamwork. Nothing else. Thanks WEST and thanks people to Dewen , Christine , Yunian for coming up with the cheer !

I really had too much fun …. Just simply too much… one main thing was that I really love our PRAISE & WORSHIP ! Yup ! the songs are terribly great , the meaning in them are wonderfully awesome ! and after every teaching , our worship and praise can be so spirit-led that we don’t mind overshooting it ! like one example we had this P&W “concert” all the way until 1:30am , WITH PEOPLE ASKING FOR MORE! Really so so cool…

Well I felt God spoke to me tremendously over this four days… he really stirred my heart so much that one time of the camp.. I think the last 2 nights , while we sang “I love my family of God” , I really cried all out - God had indeed placed my in a wonderful family of God - children of God where we listen to God’s word and play in God’s presence - like during PRIASE ! that time I really remembered how much my whole CG and unit supported me all the way - my CG respected me , and my whole UNIT came down just to support me during the Games. Thanks, my dear people.

Well during this camp , haiz…. It really ended so fast.. !! 4D3N is so fast… haha… but I’m glad that during this camp , I really learnt lots of things - making friends , treasuring love for one another , the value of love , the importance of respecting one another… and also knowing how much God loves you !

Just wanna give the best kudos to the many people who really taught me the word of God -the brothers , the pastors , my leaders… thanks ! Still remembered on the last night Christine had DMM at 4am after resonance and Dewen met the guys at 2:30am… persevering leaders never fail to get committed followers… amen…

So let me end this post with another quote:

( Kudos to all people) :

Today's Inspirational Quote:

"An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious
gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled
sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the
roughest weather."

There are so many things installed in December!

Hello!

From today till the last day of the month, God already has planned so many things in the month! I always know He wants us to end this year 2007 with a big bang.. and also end it with fun and vivid memories ! Praise the Lord !

Well in this month , there will be events from church leadership courses( which’s completed) , the X29 camp at S.S.S , church’s party @ Suntec City , Youth Christmas Party @ Sentosa , HGSS class gathering … so many more… and also my dear Jesus’s birthday ! Agrhh….. CHRISTMAS !!!!!!!!!!!

I really also wanna add another benefit of being a Christian , and that’s is being a Christian has so many happy moments of praise and worship , but , being in a great church also adds as another God’s blessings…. Hope’s really great I tell you…

I still remembered before I was a Christian , my month of December would be really boring… what really occupied me was going to the library ( lame right?) , surfing the net… and MSN with my friends… that’s all ! Sounds like its very normal to you , yes to me having this “plan” is really killing me from boredom… so sometimes holidays I don’t really like… cos I have no siblings , I have quite little external activities…. Just at home facing the “ four walls like a prison”…

So all thanks to Bernard , (he’s the one who first brought me to church) , one who made an all-good impression in my mind , I am under the wonderful house of my great church … and you know what? Saturday, which is church day , is one of my MOST EXCITED day in the whole week… cos that day not I’m gonna meet my brothers and sisters , but I’m PRAISING GOD AND THANKING HIM with all my heart ! Amen !

Well basically my church courses is $15 over a 3-day period…. We talked about

a. Essential Spiritual & Self Management
b. CG dynamics
c. Discussion GPS
d. Outreach
e. Follow up
f. Shepherding ( it really touched me most in this part)

So is talking , teaching and teachings… but of course our course teacher isn’t that siao lah.. haha…. He chose not to go from the “ textbook way “ which can say its TRADITIONAL ! He taught us through his own real life examples…. Games and activities… ice breaking session ( in which I really made great brothers and sis ) .. and most important invaluable teachings I bring back…and I can say every teaching really hit me… ( in the sense it touched my heart)

So one day we were spilt up into groups … and luckily God blesses me that I’m in the group where all the Westlanders ( West people) are in…. actually I initiated the idea of it one larh… haha…. But to say out of my perspective if you’re in a group of the people you know , it makes work and life so much smooth and easy…
So we were told to plan for one Christmas Matthew Party and one game for Christmas if I’m not wrong…. So ok as Bernard as the team leader I was at peace…haha

And so we planned and planned… cracked for our brains for minutes and minutes… finally came to an idea… but to say even though our plans did not draw much votes and laughter , but I felt that it is the team spirit that counts , not the rewards we get at the end … amen?

This course taught me many many many things ! All thanks to God who gave this opportunity to us !!

Yay ! Camp camp camp! Really exciting ! I had went for one before - but its OBS …. Church’s camp is a lot more diff. than OBS or whatsoever… cause when we took the decision to come for this camp to meet God and hear God speaking to us amidst our tight schedule …. God will really bless us so much more ! Amen ! really exciting… I’m really looking forward… its simply indescrible !

Really supporting yunian ( shep ) , Christine ( UL ) in their concerts performance and in everything they do… make WEST C proud hor ! haha… many the Father Lord bless them !!

So so you can see….. so so much of schedule.. class gathering etc etc…. but this month is really meeting God face to face… and also making God known !!!

Amidst so many things that we face everyday , the one who strengthens everything - God.

May God shower you with blessings every moment ! ;)

Today’s quote ( APPLY IT ) :

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you
could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget
them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well
and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with
your old nonsense."

-- Emerson

Blessings? Many to share !

Hello !

During my stay here in Beijing , the blessings I had receive were truly countless.. from badminton to at home to my roundabout flights ! Although my two-weeks stay is relatively short , but I wanna share it !!

Starting from my departure from Singapore , I was kinda worry that I might go lost in the airport , or even juggle up some important procedures… like forgetting to fill in arrival or departure forms etc… but I was rest assured because I “ submitted the worry request” to God through my quiet time and prayers.. so whenever I was worried I would just pray in my heart.. and it works ! Even though sometimes my anxiety still remains.. but prayer is always easier to do than to remember my fears ! Amen !

God really blesses me in my badminton trainings… on the first day of my trainings I was really damm worried that I would find difficulty coping with the new environment and also.. scared of how the coach would train me … as you know.. china coach trains like as if next day would be the Olympics..

My coach and I :



Oops... distracted... !!



But day after day I kept on praying and praying… and I can only say God’s responses to our prayer - but we must be patient ! I was not confident with myself until the third day of training… and what I wanna tell u is that we gotta be patient for God to respond to our prayer… like what Matthew 5:8 says “ God blesses those whose hearts are pure”.. so the thing is when my seek God for anything , make our hearts pure , and we’ll see God answer through our prayers faster than we could imagine.

As days past , my confidence in badminton and my interest in it built up fast.. Everyday my uncle would drive me to the badminton hall at 10am EVERYDAY and fetch me back at 12pm… each day passes like that , but of course lahs with my computer at home , I would sometimes watch movies on Youtube or simply watch tv… So it’s a blessing that God blesses me with the computer mostly !

There was once I was really stressed out for serving the wrong stroke repeatedly and I think that the coach was really fed-up with me … I was really sad with myself… really disappointed… so from that moment onwards I decided to seek God’s mighty help… and in fact in turned out to be very mighty !

Some strokes :







Getting all ready... :)



Is this correct ? Look he has such great kinetic movement whie I'm just lazily standing ! ...



I prayed in my heart for God’s help and that he would be able to bring me confidence and more determination…. And so I “submitted this worry request” to God.. and yes ! He heard from my cry of help…. But honestly I did not feel the change so obviously… we need God to have some time right ? And so yup about 5 minutes later , I did one stroke , one stroke which really made a great difference… suddenly I heard the coach said “hao qiu” - which means good ball in chinese… I was like so so happy in my heart… I was like thanking God lots and lots for answering my call… and yes He will always answer ! Amen !

This was one which still remains in my mind… I couldn’t forget…

Every night I would keep all my friends in prayer… from my school friends to church friends.. to all the friends I have… its really too many to count… but I believe you are in my prayer as well..

Are you one of my friends I chat on MSN with ? If you are , thanks for spending time with me !

There are really blessings I have which maybe too many to write in this entry… but I believe we all experience blessings everytime right ?

Wanna say I really miss you all during Beijing !! So back in Singapore I’m all excited to catch up with you !

Today's Inspirational Quote:

"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions
as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing
them."

-- Dr. Denis Waitley

Its improvements and improvements.....

Hello !

Simultaneous improvements have been pouring over me again and again... one improvement that I had received is one that its so special.... to me... its also as a encouraging inspiration..

This special achievement is that I have completed the book of John of the bible... to say honestly perservering on to complete the book of John was never easy... there were times that I had complete no interest in reading on.. but I can say God saw my heart and He filled me with encouragements...

After since I conveted to christ in August , my reading had been very inconsistent... I didn't know the order of reading back then... until yunian realized this point while doing unit QT... new believers sequence is John , Matthew , Mark & Luke.. I thought to me that just slipping through the bible and finding any interesting chapters , I just read... but no no no..

While I was doing QT few days back , I didn't know I was fast to completing John... then I saw Matthew.. i was like so happy... finally ! At least I'm moving on and not lagging behind... but I still believe.. - QUALITY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN QUANTITY

So now... i am setting myself personal goals to complete book of Matthew...... as the days go by... even though I'm in BJ now but the word of God still comes in !



Second improvement is that my badminton improved ! After weeks of badminton , I have found that I fell more confident when i step into the court to play... I believe its because that PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT !! The more we practice , the more we train , the more we know about what we're doing and the more we are confident !

These few days of training there were almost-perfect strokes I had... some strokes were careless.. some because I was little distracted with the environment.. but to say... the coach loves giving UNEXPECTED strikes..which surprised me most of the time..

But... I will keep on improving.. until the day where I really give up.. TOUCHWOOD !! What give up ? Bullshit..

haha but if next year I feel that I still need to improve. , I will consider coming back during the June or Dec hols.. in deep consideration,..

well friends... time to knock off.. in whatever u do , all the best !

Today's quote : ( the quote's very good ) :

"Would you like me to give you a formula for... success? It's
quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You're
thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at
all... you can be discouraged by failure -- or you can learn
from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can.
Because, remember that's where you'll find success. On the far
side."

-- Thomas J. Watson, American Businessman, Founder of IBM

My life in Beijing

Hellos !

Being in Beijing , I really miss Singapore , my home and my friends !

Well in Beijing , the temperature is around 7 degree.. today afternoon after training I was told that the temperature dipped down to 1 degree... at night is around 0 degree... will it snow ? maybe it will...lets just wait..

Well today training THANK GOD ! The coach did not comment anything bad.. just some constant reminders.. thats all... to me hearing compliments really encouraged me to go further ! What I found out between training in Beijing and Singapore is that I feel more confident when I step into the court ! I had more confidence in myself !

Well today I had some stroke drills with my coach , follow by he taught me dropshot , smash and the 6 corners.. he was patient with me throughout even though I committed some frequent repeated mistakes... And as I know with God blessings , my confidence level will be brought up quickly... cos He gives unlimited blessings ! Amen !

Well badminton is somehow a complex sports.. with many many techniques behind out... it may look easy on tv , but behind every step there is so many tricks...

haha for those who knows badminton i hope u gotta wad i mean..

Then tomorrow I'm gonna watch Broadway musical named " 42nd Street " haha.. aunty susan encouraged me to watch it as in SIngapore it rarely gets broadcasted..

See you soon and God bless !

Today's quote :

"Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for
something you really want. The person not reaching the top is
no less a success than the one who achieved it, if they both
sweated blood, sweat and tears and overcame obstacles and
fears. The failure to be perfect does not mean you're not a
success."

-- Fran Tarkenton

At least I'm not so bored nowadays

HELLOS !

Being in Beijing now , I found out that bringing my laptop here is what a great decision ! In the first place , I thought that just the books that I brought over were enough to overcome my boredom , but I'm wrong ! Wanna thank my dad for encouraging and persuading me to bring my laptop !!

Hmm during these days I'll be logging on to MSN whenever I'm free !! For the people who consistently MSN me these few days , thanks for keeping me accompany !

Do enter my blog as well to see how my life has been spent and will keep on these few days ! Thanks and God bless.

( PS : My apologies as my blog is now currently under some upgrading works , some things like tagging and others are still not yet in ) Sorrie :(

Today's quote :

"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope
that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could
say, I used everything you gave me."

-- Erma Bombeck

My first training !

Haha….. you may all wonder “first training” ? haha… if you have read my previous post , yes ! I’m talking about the training in Beijing !! Apparently Aunty Susan had found a China Coach , a former National Player , but backed out to be a coach , to train me ! haha.. I was like thinking , what ?! In Singapore my skills are already somehow quite poor comparing to others , going to China ??!! haha but I thought over it and felt that I should appreciate all these opportunities to improve !

When I went to the badminton hall to train , my first thought that came to my mind was that God will be always be with me and He always will ! I entered the court knowing that whatever doubts or fears or uncertainties I have God will help overcome it ! And He really did !

The coach will like quite cute to say larhs.. young chap .. any girlfriend ? haha… first he trained me lobbing … for about 40 times I think.. its was very tiring.. he commented that I was poor in my body positioning and delivery of the shuttlecork.. ok he spoke in chinese and certain times or the another I was unable to catch what he was saying.. but I managed to catch his accent sometime later..

Next he trained me on delivery of service and backhand stroke.. and some six corners… he was great.. although I committed repeated mistakes consecutively , but he did not show any signs of anger or impatience.. hmmm.. this is what a coach must always possess amen?

Second thing I realized was that my throat and lips went dry damm fast due to the cold temperature confined within the hall… like every 20 minutes my throat would go dry…. I also realized the coach was VERY observant of me !! even when I committed the slightest mistake , he would immediately notice and point them out to me. ! My confidence for badminton started to increase when I receive encouragements from the coach.. especially when he said “hao qiu” -that’s means good ball… haha God inspire me !

What I wanna be thankful of was that God REALLY overcame my fears ! When I touched down Beijing at around 7am , it was quite cold.. and haha I can honestly say I’m very kiasi !! at every half and hour I would check that I had my passport and boarding pass with me !! haha then I would be able to flight peacefully..

Wanna also thank Aunty Susan for also pampering me so much !! Not only she bought a tube of shuttlecorks for me to play , she also bought a new pair of Yonex badminton shoes for me !! Love you !!

What I really want to tell you this is that when we have worries or even doubts , lets all submit our worries to God , knowing that He is the mighty and capable God !! When I served a wrong stroke , I would always tell God in my heart to push me further !! and I do believe that if we keep on trusting the Lord , He will answer our call.

Lets trust in our Lord !

Amen !

Today’s quote :

“God blesses those who have pure hearts , for they will see God.” - Mat 5:8

Greatest hols of the year

Haha…. I got wonderful surprise even before Christmas arrives !! and that is nothing ordinary ! its extraordinary !! the difference between extraordinary - ordinary = extra ! And that extra thing is that I’m gonna go Beijing for my hols !! Hey its BEIJING !! haha… and adding to it, I’m gonna go there to brush up my badminton skills by going there to train !

I was like thinking… hey I’m already quite poor in Singapore’s training… going to Beijing to train ????

But I do believe that’s gonna be beneficial to me …. “If you are good at something , continue to strive , but if you are poor in it , continue to work hard !” - Eugene.S

My initial departure date is 20Nov-7Dec …. And I’m gonna train there for 2 weeks consecutively , 2 hours each daily… and I know myself that I can do it… YES I CAN DO IT !

I’m staying at my dad’s colleague house , Aunty Susan ! I love ya !

Hold on , wonder where I’m now ? Haha.. actually when I entered this post , I was getting ready to board the flight ! ahaha… my first time traveling alone… I was scared at first about getting my own travel all by myself , but I submit my worry to God ! Because the word of God will always encourage me telling me not to worry ! As I know God will be with me wherever I go , and where I will always be ! I’ll tell you about my trip there when I come back ! See ya !

All my friends , I’ll keep you in my prayer !

Today’s quote :

"Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy
to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect
alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings,
emotions, goals, and values are in balance."

-- Brian Tracy

Ah…. I’m so tired but grateful !

Well… Haha I’m back… I wanna thank God for these few enjoyable day I’d spent !

Well as you know Thursday was Deepavali ! haha….. I was invited by Prateek and Ram ( all my ex-primary school pals ) as well as my condo’s security officer , Aunty Santha ! haha then this year there was something special..

My mum told me that she gotta two tickets to watch Bee Movie! Haha it was really a funny movie larhs.. the animation was cool ! really fantastic ! its all about this bee, after realizing that people were stealing their own precious product , the honey of course , it was so angry that he went to “court” ! haha… also realized the importance of teamwork… yeah do catch it in cinemas !

Haha so Ram and I were entitled to free popcorns and drinks…. Haha it’s a norm right ?? the movie theatre was so packed about 100 over people I believe..

Next day I went to Ram’s house to celebrate Deepavali ! haha this was my 3rd time I attended Ram’s invitation consecutively already …!! I was really busy on the day itself.. before I went I gotta evax to do , then it came his invitation , after invitation I got to attend CG meeting and after head off to Aunty Santha’s invitation ! so it was like EVAX-RAM-CG-AUNTY SANTHA ! Haha… but I can only say the day was well-spent.. AMEN !

Next day was same as well.. only that I had only one invitation to attend…. EVAX-PRATEEK-PRAYER MEET-TUITION.. haha… ah ya.. but its already part and parcel…

When I reached Prateek’s place it was already 230pm , and I gotta leave by 335pm for PM , yeah.. so I pitifully ate alone.. while Alexis , Ahmad , Martin and Michael… yeah haha…

Really wanna thank God still for providing me such wonderful days in my life ! AMEN !

Today’s quote:

"When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the
reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward.
Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed.
The future is yet in your power."

-- Phyllis Bottome

House where the children of God live

Haha !!!!!!! it finally time to say about my second family !! - my church !

Actually after I converted into christ , my life has just been filled with so much of God’s great wonders !! Sometimes when I’m too lazy to do my QT with God , He would never fail to motivate me the next day to do !!



Yup the church i'm currently in

Haha…… what really made me fall in love with my church is of the wonderful people , my shepherd , the caregroup , my brothers and sisters in church and the teachers !! ( Teachers = pastors ) especially my shepherd !

Here’s a pic of my shepherd ! - Yunian ( guy on the left in joseph ; joseph miss ya ! on the right is then my shepherd)



He’s just so great…. So loving to me as well !! sometimes also be able to withstand all my crappy jokes during shepherding… Love ya !

And my caregroup ! ( sorry as I do not have the complete picture of my CG) and some people in my church… not many… ☺




All the people are just so unique in my church ! In what sense ? in terms of attitude and character…. Haha you’ll find out if you pay a visit !

Today's quote :

"When we accept tough jobs as a challenge and wade into them
with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen."

-- Arland Gilbert

AMEN !

My precious one

Hi people !

How has your holidays been? Been spending the days wisely? Haha keep on enjoying yeah !

Well today I heard from my mum that we have to visit my grandma’s columbarium at Mandai Columbarium in the afternoon ( it was All-souls day actually where we visit our loved ones)… so I told my shepherd that I’m gonna skip evaxing.. you guys did well !

Same as usual , going to visit my grandma was something that was sad… memories of the past kept on flooding into my minds…. Well but one thing for sure - my grandma is enjoying life in heaven ! )

My dad borrowed his company car and we went to the columbarium… it was quite quiet at that time… my dad told me to prepare a prayer … haha actually this hit my mind while I was on my way there already… what I can only say that it really took me GREAT COURAGE to lead a prayer right in front of my parents ( who aren’t converted Christians yet)

Sad things come , but the new must arrive… definitely ! It was what a wonderful feeling to have successful complete the prayer… it was so well-done !! agrrh ! All thanks to God who filled my heart with words for my grandma and gave me strength ! Amen !



Remembering u always ! :)

Today's quote :

"There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At
that time you must accept yourself. It is not anymore what you
will become. It is what you are and always will be."

-- John Fowles, British Novelist

Keep on going badminton !

Haha !! it’s the holidays again !! well if you look at the word “holidays” , you will find out that holi + days = holidays.. !! which also means that our holidays is not only spend on enjoying ourselves , but also getting to know God more and more !! that’s what what holidays so holy ! ( Holy = holi )

Start of holidays is simply so great !! its time to spend to have fun to the MAX !!
So, lets all play out before the time runs out !

Well today it was my badminton training… it was supposed to start at around 2pm but somehow it only started at around 210pm… yeah… the great thing is that no warm up exercises today !! It just jumped straight into matches and matches.. and coach told us that hillgrove will be competing with Hong Kah Sec… from what is see , hillgrove did relatively better than hong kah !! Haha.. all thanks to great players like Si Yang and Yu Quan !! These 2 pros thrashed hong kah players !! I’m proud of you guys !! keep on going !! ( yu quan still needs room of improvement)

All of the great players in my school , lets keep on achieving for better results !

Ending quote :

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your
gift back to God."

-- Leo Buscaglia

The POWER of a true friendship

Well, as I am gonna update my posts this coming days , here's something we must always remember... sometimes we can admit that we neglect them , so now lets bring the negligible to refreshed again !

Into a box of friendship
To insure that it is strong
First a layer of respect
On the bottom does belong
Then to the sides attach
In the corners where they meet
Several anchors full of trust
Devoid of all deceit
The height of friendship can be measured
By the sides of four
So make them all a larger cut
And the box will hold much more
Now fill it up with courtesy
Honor and esteem
Understanding, sympathy
And passion for a dream
Add to that your honesty
Emotions joy and love
And since they're so important
Place them up above
But leave the box wide open
So all can see inside
To learn what makes a friendship work
From the box you built with pride


Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.”

What a friend really means to me - sharing of love

HELLO ! ☺

Haha… well today is my first blog entry !! Haha … I am indeed very happy to do this ! Personally I really think that setting up a blog of our very own is something that we should be very proud of .. !! letting others know what happens throughout our day is so good !! its also let others better understand us yeah ??

Well , ahh… today was great…. Sad as well… haiz.. my science tuition teacher , ms chan was her last day with us !! haha its just so sad !! she damm great… her teachings and sacrificed energy she spent on me .. when I had doubt in my studies, she would not hesitate to guide me through , sometimes even eating up her own time to relax !! surely , I know that God has a wonderful plan ahead of us.. so she would do definitely great when she’s gotta transferred… not sulk but look forward bahx !!

Hmmm ?? who’s Ms J.Sim ?? did I ever see her before ?? nah… I even had no idea on how she look ! agrrh !!

Well, I’ll pray to God that He would be able to guide me through my Sec 2 thick and thin !! Jia You , people !

Ms Chan you’re great , thanks great & I’ll remember you forever ! ☺

After tuition , Bernard and I went to have lunch … yummy !! Bernard I can really evidently see that you’re a chicken rice fanatic lover !! Why not open a stall in future ?? haha… the chicken-rice-bernard…. We spent our time talking about certain church stuff.....

After which we went to National Library ( pretty near Bugis Junction).. but on the journey once we exited bugis station it rained like downpoured !! haha.. it somehow dampened our happy spirits… agrrh !! but still thank God that we were all safe and sound and that our laptops weren’t spoilt due to the rain..

We ran and ran and even used A4-size plain paper to cover our heads ?? creative huh … people use huge umbrellas but we two used small plain papers.. does it help ?? I think it didn’t.. haha !! The paper tears even once we started 10 steps… haha so we just crumpled them and forgot about it..

The library was the largest , beautiful-lest & the coolest I have ever seen… so grand man…. And its so cool !! The environment and the architecture there was just fanastic.. !! Bernard thanks for bringing me there man !! Hey people , do drop by the National Library and you’ll know what I exactly mean !!

We spend there reading books of all kinds !! haha… the library was so well protected that there was even security checkpoints at the library of every library… waa so strict… so Bernard and I tried our luck to enter.. but was stopped and we had to “surrender” things that were not allowed like files and even assessment books !! what the @?*% !!! haha… but at the very end we still abided to it larhs…. Better to play safe rather than getting seriously caught… what Bernard said is true , if we can’t follow such simple strict rules , how can we face the even much stricter laws of Singapore ??

So we went around hunting for seats minutes after minutes… climbing stairs minutes after minutes… haha.. then I found one !! quickly chopped the seats and even more importantly electrical powerpoints… haha… we are the greedy people of computer power… if we don’t use , who will ?? haha..

After librarying , Bernard complained that he was terribly hungry and quickly went around finding for food outlets.. haha…. We passed by this Japanese restaurant ( sorry forgotten name) and Bernard was like “hey should I eat?? It is to expensive??”

Then out of a blue I thought Bernard was passing this restaurant called the “Ajisen Restaurant” to by-pass to some other places I perhaps.. then he suddenly sat down !!! I was pretty shocked about his sudden decision to eat… I thought “hey ber lets eat at macs larhs…its much cheaper you know”.. haha… I guess he knew I was hungry and my money I had was pretty low at that time.. so he willingly treated to me..

Haha… so we had a deal.. he chose one meal first.. then scissors,paper,stone . Who won will get the chance to select the next two dishes of his own… waa… if I won I will surely call the expensive one !! haha.. no larhs…

While waiting , we played some magic tricks.. but my tricks were too easy ot be realized !! he managed to see my tricks !! haha one time my trick even failed … haha!

We shared jokes like “ If you ask , you don’t get”. Make sense ?? but if we take an example of the restaurant.. “ if the waiters don’t ask for bill , we simply pretend and walk out”.. haha.. we really laughed to our hearts content !!

Then the bill tallied to $22.50.. yeah Bernard thanks for the treat ! Love you !!

Look at the image ! The elixir of love ! The love someone pours of you is simply irresistible !

So folks , this kind of friend like Bernard is simply TOO ENJOYABLE to be with… His kindness and a open hearts make me fall in love with him ! haha..

I really wanna thank God for giving me such indispensable friend !!

( F.y.i - Before I end this post , I got a quote for you to enjoy and remember!)

"Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today, because
if you enjoy it today you can do it again tomorrow!"

-- James A .Michener

The powerful strength that’s always shadowing me

Yes ! Jesus is the light of the world and the salt of my path ! Jesus is the only person that died for me on the cross and washed away my sins !! I love you Jeus !

Hmmm…… I accepted christ ,that is being a Christian on August this year ! Who-hoo ! I wanna thank my buddy , Bernard for starting it up ! Bernard , you’re great…. Anyone under him will be appauled by how loving and compassionate he really is to each individual! Bernard has been always taking care of me … in every aspect… in studies , in sports , in tuition.. in my walk with God ! Thank you loads brother !

Haha who’s the powerful strength you wonder ?? haha that’s God ! God has been so loving.. as God is always our loving God ? People say Amen !

Before I became a Christian , I was really bad in my daily life…. Used to waste food , not determined nor optimistic about myself , you name it ! But after being brought into church by Bernard , I changed so so much that even I did not realize it !

I changed all my bad ways into good ways ! Not to waste food , to be more positive myself even more !! I really did not regret making the decision !

And I believe all these life transformations are all planned by God ! God always has wonderful plans for all of us ! And furthermore He never fails to do that !

When I think of God, the amazement He gives me are always awesome ! When I think of Him , my fears are taken away and confidence are brought in ! God always sees our heart ! If our hearts are pure , we will definitely see Him ! ( Matthew 5:8)

He always fills our hearts with love , understanding and compassion… and fills our mind with wisdom , confidence and He’s goodness !

For example , after since I was busily involved in church activities , my mum was kinda fussed up with my time I spend on all those activities… and she wanted me to prove to her that going to church and getting committed in it are well-spent after all…..

Then…

I worked hard and hard for my exams to prove to her that going to church is great ! I worked through with determination… knowing that with God’s help , I would be able to pass through with ease and not fears…. I worked hard… and one purpose was to glorify God through our studies !

I worked hard and minimize procrastination as much as possible.. even though well , yes I procrastinated..

My final-year-exams ( SA2) came and I really prayed to God every night and every minute for confidence and wisdom… and it really did ! For example , I really suck in my CL paper 1 and EL paper 1 ! I was really scared that my compo would go out of point.. and more worse , I lost ideas.. !!

But I believe God heard my prayer and sees my heart for Him , so He really gave me what I wanted … We only seek if we ask ! I did the papers with loads of confidence… and the result - I attained 4th highest in my class for CL Paper 1.. the one I sucked in became the one I improved in most ! Even though a prayer can be easy and short , but the blessings and impacts can be really huge!

So during my whole exam period , I prayed and prayed… not only I prayed , hard work must be incorporated as well !

And you know what?

I got 8th in class for my overall this year ! God has saved me in my studies and my fears ! I was really happy that finally my sweat in all these hard paid off handsomely !!

There are many many problems we will always face in life , but through prayer , we will be blessed ! People say Amen !

Lets seek God in all aspects of our life and ask Him to be our powerful strength standing behind us always ! Fears can be taken away only if we asked to be taken out of us !

“ Do not be worry about anything , but in everything , by prayer and petition , with thanksgiving , present your requests to God , and the peace of God , which transcends all understanding , will guard your hearts and your minds in Jesus Christ” - Phil 4:6-7

The builders of Eugene

haha... why call it " Builders" ??

Simply because my parents build me !! They make me to where I am today ! :)

Firstly - My dad ! HAHA.......... u may think he may look like a mediacorp director... by what other people commented... but he's not... !! somehow he looked like larhs..




Any my mum and me !! haha...

she looked like a japanese , or even worse a korean... umm sorry folks i apparently don't have my 13yrs age pictures... sorry thank God that I still have my young photos... haha..



Haha I’m very fortunate to be in such a great family !! Charity starts at home - so a wonderful home + fantastic family = Ocean of love ! ☺

My family rocks !!

So people , do appreciate your family , your parents , everyone who brought you up till where you are now..

Take care & all the best !

Yay ! Its holidays again !

Well basically during this holidays , it so so long !! haha… I was definitely very happy for this time to come…. At least approximately 2 weeks earlier than primary school…. Hmmm what am I gonna do ?? it pretty hard to plan… but perhaps let nature takes it course… when the time comes , the task to be done will come naturally…

Perhaps I’m planning to do some sports ?? some sec 2 pre orientation work.. haha actually when I glanced through some books of sec 2 I found out that sec 2 can be quite of a drastic change as compared to sec 1. Take it for example for science , sec 1 there’s many formulae .. ( Like mass = density X volume ) etc you name it ! Lots of formulae… that’s somehow making sec 1 learning easy without having the fear of memorizing tons of concepts… for friends who are going be sec 2 next year , jia you jia you ! Although it can be hard at times , but keep on striving hard ! And the greatest satisfaction is when we get the results we really desire for !

Getting back to point , during this holidays I’m gonna get bored… !! honestly I really love school ! The people , the work , the teachers ! Haha and the environment !! Sorry for people who hate school ! haha

In a nutshell , readers please really make good use of your holidays !! its can be really be boring at times , being faced with “ the four walls at home like a prison” - boring rights ? but I really wanna tell you is that fear not !

PLAY OUT TO THE VERY BEST , BUT ALSO MAKE GOOD USE OF IT !

Enjoy your break and have fun !!

The new chapter of the new Eugene !

Hey people ! Haha firstly I wanna invite you to this blog ! My very own… Actually this blog plan was initiated by my good church buddy , he’s name called Bernard….. shall tell you who’s he all about in further blog entries… he’s really a good friend of mine…. If u gotta a love-making-friend character , hey do really make friend with him alright !

Actually this blog plan did not come into my mind in the previous years… Busy with studies , busy with church activities…. Haiz nevermind lahs… its time for HOLIDAYS !! Lets all relax to the max… as when the time to play comes , lets play all out !! But… on the “darker side” , we also gotta put some time in our studies too !! Never neglect them !

Why call it “ Each day pictures an infinity” - because each day has so much hidden wonders ! Its true… like being helpful to others are great works !! Each day really contains a lot of things to utilize ! So , we must make great use of our time in every aspect !

Hmmm…..its holidays time !! Yay! Haha… so I really wanna use this time… to do my blogging ! Somehow I think it improves our writing capabilities in all aspects ! Haha… if you’re kinda surprised with my new blog , or even wonder why on earth I begin this , don’t think further ! Haha….. “ if you can’t beat them , join them..!” does it make sense ?? haha… think about it folks … !

So…. The beginning of the new Eugene is so called a new chapter again ! Its time to express my daily feelings and pen down my daily happening ! To know a better me , do read my entries !

Thanks loads for your support !

For those who are readers of blog and who have yet created one , I really wanna affirm you to consider taking the initiative to create a blog of your very own !! Give it a try ! Yeah! ☺