RSAF Open House

Today was the first time stepping into RSAF open house.

All along wanted to go, but the trip never seems to materialise, so pretty excited that i finally got to see those beautiful planes and choppers. What's more i went with my godchildren and reuben. It has been a long while since the kids last went out with him, and they must have missed him much and surely happy to go out with their gor gor reuben.

The weather was terribly hot, but thank God that we were able to watch the live performances from the second level of the VIP building. Better view, lesser crowd and cooler spot. Wow, really impressed by the fighter planes, how they twirled and flew across the blue skies demonstrating their beauty and grandeur. Nice!

After the carnival fair, the kids cannot take the hot weather anymore. Haha you started to see their dragged feet and grumbling voices, so i disturbed the 2 boys "how can you go army like that?" they like bo hew and continued to rumble on. We decided to leave but almost fainted when we saw the crowd at the bus stop. After 30 mins of waiting, we squeezed up the super packed bus 90 and headed to Trinity for the car. Haha simply cannot decide where to go till reuben has to resort to take the majority votes by numbering the few options. Landed ourselves at suntec food court for dinner before meeting aaron and grace to conclude the night.

Actually i realise if you don't queue to look and experience the inner functions of the planes and choppers, you simply take pics and watch the live performance. Seriously, i will try and ask for tickets to go for next year's open house before it is open to the public, so that i can enjoy it fully.

Haha but i still love planes :D

Lord, please give us cooler weather in days ahead (:

Quiet Week

Nothing much happened this week.

Everything seems so quiet and peaceful.

In the midst of quietness, i finished my portion of sermon, which is a "whew" as it is tougher to prepare portion than the whole thing. But at least that is settled for next Tues trial preaching.

I think i shall visit my granny next Mon, since i have not seen her for quite awhile. Also need to visit a few members since previous visitations. Guess next week will be slightly busier, but i like it!

1 John 4:19 You love becos He first loves you :D

KL

Up to KL we go!

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Reported at the agency promptly but didn't get to move off till 815am. What is this? then we shouldn't rush like mad mah. Anyway thank God the coach is not too bad. Crossed the second link smoothly and made 2 brief stops along the way.

Reached KL around 230pm. Checked into the Federal which is conveniently located near to Berjaya Times Square. Accessible shopping and makan places.

Headed straight to BTS and walked around for 3 hours with little harvest (me kosong). Then literally spent an hour at crepes cream to eat donuts and what's else-WIFI! Had our not that fantastic zi cha dinner.

Went back to the hotel to nua and MD before heading out again to Starbucks for what's else WIFI. Haha the power of technology made us hook there for almost 2 hours with army of cockroaches around us. They really freaked me out, then reuben and jake kept brushing my legs to scare me. Haha they are so bad but i still love them :D

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Ok had our dim sum breakfast, then headed to KLCC. Hide and seek with unis, finding each other at different Starbucks. That's right! It's Starbucks again! And that means WIFI again!! haha we are simply amazing la, but we also quite supportive by buying their coffees and tumblers.

Ok chiong to Chinatown!

Wah i nearly die of heart attack when reuben led us cross that road with buzzing cars. Seriously i was freaked out and worst of all when unis was left behind and took her awhile to cross over. No more!! I will cross the bridge :D

Haha the harvest was not bad - 1 bottle of cool water with reuben slashing the price like siao. We officially appointed him as the "杀价高手". He is really the master and we salute him :) Ate our yummy zi cha dinner there before continuing our shopping near to the hotel area.

This time, i got another 2 pair of shoes. Finally spent some money and broke the record of unis (brought the least stuff).

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Last day at KL. Time just passed by too quickly.

As usual, breakfast at the western style cafe with better food.

Spent some time talking and sharing with each other.

I seriously enjoyed such times.

Though i don't know when we will have such opportunity again as reuben leaving for oversea studies and jake for army enlistment, i treasure these moments. Thanks guys!

Checked out, then final shopping at BTS.

Brought another pair of shoes, but unis beat me as she brought make up stuff.

So can i declare that I AM THE LEAST SPENDER?

Then who is the NO 1 SPENDER? haha make your guess :D

Ok time to say bye bye to KL!

旅后感

Thank God for making this trip possible!

Thank God for protecting us the to-and-fro journey!

Thank God for beautiful people reuben, jake and unis!

Thank God for the nice things in KL for us to spend money!

Thank God for Starbucks!

Thank God for Wifi!

Thank God for everything!

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050611, the day where i will be standing at that pulpit platform for the very first time. Don't know exactly how to feel, but i shall preach in my best. Not by might, not by power but by His Spirit. It will be done in a different manner, really hope it would turn out well. Lord, desperately need your Spirit to lead our thoughts and direct our lips! Without you, I cannot do anything (:

Bottle Tree Park

Explored a new leisure place for adults and children called "Bottle Tree Park" located between katib and yishun. Quite a nice and scenaric place for the kids to fish and adults to prawn.Haha as usual, my 3 lovely godchildren can't wait to jump into the water to reap their first fish harvest. Guess it's a new activity for them that they didn't get any for the first 15 mins. Finally, they caught one followed by many dead fishes.

Nice to see them enjoying and telling us that "catch dead fish ah, nevermind lah, we enjoy can oredi".

True! Most impt is the enjoyable time together under that going to rain anytime weather. I really enjoyed the time with the low family and thank God for the friendship :D

I look forward to the KL trip with 3 lovely people.

KL, welcome us (:

SS

SS=Saturday and Sunday

My work shift due to the trip to KL on the original work schedule.
Liked to be in the office as it was quiet and have own private moments.
Managed to work thru 0506 service plan with mark and worked on the sermon that we will be co-preaching.
Wow the sky was pretty dark and soon the heavy downpour, which made me wanna sleep. Haha so caught some winks here and there esp the environment was cosy and quiet.
After work, went over to see my cuties and played MD with them.
Then met unis for dinner and my share was bobo cha cha, as stomach was still full. But later around 1030pm i was hungry, so ate a bun :)
Thank you Jesus for a beautiful saturday.

Met one long time never come church member and ministered to her. Somehow, she overexerted her back so got to send her to the doctor before it gets worse. Thank God for placing me in the gap of ministry.
Fetched my nieces to church, who looked forward to play with the low kids.
Attended the missions sunday service, which was pretty interesting with the powerful worship, the skype session with mag and serene as well as the anointed message by rev irvin rutherford.
Finally, concluded the day with badminton.
Thank you Jesus for a beautiful sunday.

Forever Grateful

Wow the time passes super duper fast. Today it's Friday oredi!
As i recalled and reflected what had happened within these 5 days, i am thankful.

Thankful because of:
1. My salvation.

2. The breath of life He gives to me everyday.

3. His strength to pull me through the whole week of ministry.

4. His creativity and wisdom to guide me in the planning and execution of 0506.

5. A cordial and warm family aka parents and brothers.

6. The wonderful and cooperative colleagues, who encourage and support me.

7. The great leaders and lovely members whom i serve together within the region.

8. The supportive friends who warmly surround me.

9. The miracle of speedy recovery of bro andy lee's father-in-law, who is in critical condition but within a span of 4 days, God delivered him out of the ICU and now his condition is stable.
My God is indeed awesome!

10.The soon arrival of my very first niece who will bear my family name.

How can i not be thankful with so many beautiful testimonies in a week?
How can i not be grateful for the bountiful blessings and love from God?
I am indeed forever grateful!

It's Over

Finally the battle has ended.
Votes went down for the ruling party and up for the opposition.
It's time for work and more work. It's a wake up call.
Many are hoping to see better policies and open communication. We shall see!

If this is so, what about the church?
Something to seriously ponder and consider.

Anyway,
Happy mother's day to the grandmothers, mothers, godmas and spiritual mothers!

506 Blogs

This is the no. 506 blogs i had written since 2008!

Never thought i could sustain it so far and persisted in writing till now. As i scrolled back to the older posts, there are those that brought back memories while others led to the thankfulness of God's goodness.

I thank God for the power of blogging, as it helped to captivate thoughts, feelings and gratitudes. Haha somehow you cannot deny that our memory does fail (mine fail super bad at times), so i guess it will be part of my life as of now.

Recently, someone asked me "where do i get the energy from, esp when i am with my godchildren and nieces?"

It set me thinking!

The only answer is "the joy of the Lord is my strength!"

Keeping myself lighthearted and happy somehow give me energy to be with the kids. Their company and childlikeness make the world look better. At least, they make mine :D

I truly thank God for my godchildren and nieces.

I pray my two nieces will come to know Jesus and in time serve together with my godchildren in the church. Who knows, they might be pastors, teachers, prophets, evangelists or apostles in the latter days!

Lord, raise up the children to be the mighty men and women in Your kingdom :D