Service Learning : Saints with a Heart
Today is our college service learning day. Well basically, we have 9 classes .. split in to 2 grps :
A group i/c of housekeeping .and a group i/c of distibuting can-food. Our class was i/c of distributing can foood. WE've like a total of 2 hundred over can food packets to distribute to the residents of Redhill and Telok Blangah. From what i've learnt, the residents are usually very very poor, or old needy unemployed folks in the block.
So the day begin! with sorting and packing of goodie bag from the various boxes of can food which we have packed up and transported to Rani MAs Comunity Centre Earlier. Each goody bag contians 6 different can food + one packet of dry noodle. Well, the can foods are donated by Saints and some teachers from our college. We've found very expensive items like ... abalone and erm ya chicken essence ... a few exp items. One of my frens .. erm haa wrap masking tape around the abalone can food and said we can save this for our class chalet. haaa and yup that can food has become our class's memorial item from this service learning.
After packing, we've to carry 5-6 goody bag .. which is kinda heavy. My fingers are like joined together after i carried the goody bags to the bus for loading. We later board the bus and headed to block 89 of erm dunno where is that place .. some blocks in red-hill and .... had our lunch there.
The can-food disb. took place quite fast. Was expecting it to be a few hours but we finished it in 30 - 45 mins. And we got an hour ++ worth of free time left to do what we want. Our class at first hand out in the playground nearby ... and were happily chatting and laughing away. Haa the mischievious daniel ran around to scare people with his imitation of "dog barks". And the funny thing is, he tried to scare my friend ... yue qing ... but when he wanted to run off away after yue qing gave hcase, he crash on wee kiang and he fell back on all fours. Then everyone was roflol .. haa.... btw wee kiang is one of the big-size guys in our class. haaa and so wee kiang seems unaffected buy the impact but daniel .... haa too bad 4 him =P.
Later hong, wanzhen, sammeema , cheryl and me went inside a tuition centre[i presume] to visit it. We totally dunno what place is that, but we just enter and look look. The aunty i/c questioned our motives and we told her we are explorers of the unknown .. and therefore we ventured into her place. She told us to feel free to explore ... and men we found a big pool of books ... down there. Got alot of calvin and hobb's comic, small ville reading books, Enid Blyton .. haa that was my childhood reading book. I took a copy of Garfield comics and began reading. My friends took Calvin and hobb's and dig in too. We later returned back to blk 89 fro some class photo-taking and den back to CC for a last video presentation. Ok la ... think tat's abt all. I would say the service learnign is quite meaningful but also quite boring :P.
Saturday, July 24, 2004
Weekend Connection [ Church Service ]
Haiz .. very disappointed. Joel, marc, me , dawn and shuting. Well we did what we can to invite our class to today's Church service. Wrote cards, prayed, fast, gathered prayer. And still .............. none responded. Well i dunno what to say. I feel really angry. Really fustrated. Really disappointed. But what can i be angry against? What can i do now ? "They reap what they have not laboured. We reap what they have sowed" is the only comforting verse in my mind now. that song was adapted from the college hymn. I jsut hope somethign good come out of all of this. Even in service, i feel so lost. Tat's b'cos i am ushering and i report in late ... actually after the service has started. reason: 'cos i hhave to make a trip to Chua's place to get his leather shoes. Service 3 which i am attending required ushers to wear formally. Haiz ... i feel totally lost thru-out the service and its like i feel like i am not supposed to be there. I noe no one in the service. So i am kidna lonely therre. Nevertheless, i choose not to worry and just act with the flow. At the end of the service, we were told to cleared up the chairs ... and ironically there were no ushers with me when clearing up the chairs. So i have to do the clearing all on my own. ... until some helpful souls from a nearby cell group assisted me in clearing up the chairs. I really feel very "kek". Dunno wad to say. I messaged my "mom" [my cell grp leader] and she also said she's very sad cos' no one from our cell grp manage to invite any friends into this event. She lectured them and prob will lecture me. Very very gloomy night. Have to take a bus ride back alone all by myself. Everything can go wrong ... went wrong today. Praise the lord.
Haiz .. very disappointed. Joel, marc, me , dawn and shuting. Well we did what we can to invite our class to today's Church service. Wrote cards, prayed, fast, gathered prayer. And still .............. none responded. Well i dunno what to say. I feel really angry. Really fustrated. Really disappointed. But what can i be angry against? What can i do now ? "They reap what they have not laboured. We reap what they have sowed" is the only comforting verse in my mind now. that song was adapted from the college hymn. I jsut hope somethign good come out of all of this. Even in service, i feel so lost. Tat's b'cos i am ushering and i report in late ... actually after the service has started. reason: 'cos i hhave to make a trip to Chua's place to get his leather shoes. Service 3 which i am attending required ushers to wear formally. Haiz ... i feel totally lost thru-out the service and its like i feel like i am not supposed to be there. I noe no one in the service. So i am kidna lonely therre. Nevertheless, i choose not to worry and just act with the flow. At the end of the service, we were told to cleared up the chairs ... and ironically there were no ushers with me when clearing up the chairs. So i have to do the clearing all on my own. ... until some helpful souls from a nearby cell group assisted me in clearing up the chairs. I really feel very "kek". Dunno wad to say. I messaged my "mom" [my cell grp leader] and she also said she's very sad cos' no one from our cell grp manage to invite any friends into this event. She lectured them and prob will lecture me. Very very gloomy night. Have to take a bus ride back alone all by myself. Everything can go wrong ... went wrong today. Praise the lord.
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Chinatown Food !!!
Today is yum yum food day. But b4 that i have to starve ... for wad ??? not telling .... =P for god's kingdom to come and will be done ... lol i can see most of my non-christian friends frowning from here ... okok nvm ... back to the subject ... today is yum yum food day cos i tasted good food from Chinatown. Yupz ... well though i stay very near chinatown .. haa i amd abti food-idiot down here. Dunno where to get good food. But i just discovered some stalls selling good food! I revived the fire of sweet taste in my taste buds today ... =D haa stupid expression but nice enuff to describe .... Really i ate Thai pineapple rice today,. HAa actually the last time i ate was at city hall ... 1 or 2 months ago ... and since then i've been craving for Thai pineapple rice AND MEN... i got to eat today . whahahah ... chomp chomp chomp.....
Next i ate Red bean peanut dessert. It was another great yum yum food. Excellent taste-bud pleaser. haa .. .really gotta try it. Peanut flowing with reddy beans strudded with condensed milk and ice .. and dunno wad other incredients ... haa going for only $1 !! yumz for $1 .... haa not bad rite??
And ya the pineapple rice was $3.50. I told the uncle to add rice ... dunno he got add or not ... but he still charge me $3.50 ... the rice inside looks plentiful .. but to me starving brain still looks to little ... so that's when my dessert come in=P .. So today is blessed taste buds day !!! Must come Chinatown and eat these 2 lehz!!! Jason's Food directory rates : 8.5/10 for Pineapple rice and 7/10 for red bean-peanut desset. =D
Just recovered from fever. Hope i won't get fever back again =
Today is yum yum food day. But b4 that i have to starve ... for wad ??? not telling .... =P for god's kingdom to come and will be done ... lol i can see most of my non-christian friends frowning from here ... okok nvm ... back to the subject ... today is yum yum food day cos i tasted good food from Chinatown. Yupz ... well though i stay very near chinatown .. haa i amd abti food-idiot down here. Dunno where to get good food. But i just discovered some stalls selling good food! I revived the fire of sweet taste in my taste buds today ... =D haa stupid expression but nice enuff to describe .... Really i ate Thai pineapple rice today,. HAa actually the last time i ate was at city hall ... 1 or 2 months ago ... and since then i've been craving for Thai pineapple rice AND MEN... i got to eat today . whahahah ... chomp chomp chomp.....
Next i ate Red bean peanut dessert. It was another great yum yum food. Excellent taste-bud pleaser. haa .. .really gotta try it. Peanut flowing with reddy beans strudded with condensed milk and ice .. and dunno wad other incredients ... haa going for only $1 !! yumz for $1 .... haa not bad rite??
And ya the pineapple rice was $3.50. I told the uncle to add rice ... dunno he got add or not ... but he still charge me $3.50 ... the rice inside looks plentiful .. but to me starving brain still looks to little ... so that's when my dessert come in=P .. So today is blessed taste buds day !!! Must come Chinatown and eat these 2 lehz!!! Jason's Food directory rates : 8.5/10 for Pineapple rice and 7/10 for red bean-peanut desset. =D
Just recovered from fever. Hope i won't get fever back again =
Monday, July 19, 2004
Implication of the cartoon below :
Hmmmmm good question qing yingz :) ... after a few micro seconds of thoughts ... this is what i tink it basically says:
There are alot of times where we try to find god, seek him .. or maybe just trying to know if there is such a God that exist, we look everywhere in this world. Or even like the cartoon even to the extent of stars and celestial bodies in Space. Never did we realise that god is so close to everyone of us ... and the paradox is on how he can be soo close to every single one ... every single being .. on Earth. Well don't try to understand that cos basically, our knowledge is limited. What i do understand that is, to find God, look into your life .. your heart .. see how your life has been change over the years after you have an intimate relationship with god. If you don't have that relationship, then i guess you have to learn to start one and see it for yrself.
Hmmmmm good question qing yingz :) ... after a few micro seconds of thoughts ... this is what i tink it basically says:
There are alot of times where we try to find god, seek him .. or maybe just trying to know if there is such a God that exist, we look everywhere in this world. Or even like the cartoon even to the extent of stars and celestial bodies in Space. Never did we realise that god is so close to everyone of us ... and the paradox is on how he can be soo close to every single one ... every single being .. on Earth. Well don't try to understand that cos basically, our knowledge is limited. What i do understand that is, to find God, look into your life .. your heart .. see how your life has been change over the years after you have an intimate relationship with god. If you don't have that relationship, then i guess you have to learn to start one and see it for yrself.
Saturday, July 17, 2004
Rapture : SAJC Dance Concert
Well its a very buzy day 4 m3 =P ... no kidding .. i am supposed to meet 5 grps of people today ! My cell group, my current S53 class mates, my 1st 3 months ex-S53 classmates, a little friend of mine from sec sch ... and Yihui's friends. O_o. Ha very buzy la .. Have 2 help yihui pass hsi tickets to his 11 friends and collect money from them.
At the start, i only met with my cell members. We were eating at macdonald ... and soon found out that time is running out [ only 15 mins to get there.] ANd yaaa haha yihui's friend keep calling me to ask me where am i : ... so we rushed down to the theatre and i started looking for yihui's friend. Well i met 8 out of his 11 friends and got to pass them the tix :) ... Den went up to watch the show.
The show was awesome! We were sittign right at the back and i couldn't really see my friends : Dawn, Vivian , and Niger on the stage. There were quite alot of comtemplory dance. What can u expect there? Chair Dance :) dancing around a chair or shld i put it .. around the stool :). What else ? erm ... ya got a chinese kunfu guy in the middle of the dance .. haha .. den he was playing around with a sword .. while the dancers spin and turn and did alot of nice synchronised movements. There is also an Indian dance, and of course malay dance as well. Last but not least ... the have Break Dance !!! haa very eye-boggling dance as the dancers do L-kicks .. windmills and chopsticks dance move. Well as we all know, break dance are quite popular among teens and young adults. It is liek an open program source -code which can be edited, revamped, or altered to various cool steps and stunts.
Later during the 15 mins break, i went down to look for my 53 and ex-53 friends. Very cool to see back my ex-S53 friends :) Its been so long and all of us are in different JC's now.Really happy that they still come to support de dance performance .. and see us as well ! We chatted for a while and later, i decided to stay with them in the front .. haa cos atthe back i cant see much :(. And so wow ... i got a better view .. and i can see Dawn, Vivian, Yihui and Niger Dancing very clearly now !!!. Unfortunately, i have to sit on the floor nxt to them .. since there are no empty chairs available for me :/.
NExt part of performance is quite cool as well. The teachers joined in the fun with their "i'm gonna praise you" dance. THe NUS dance team also put up a fairly wild, but cool contemplory dance. Last but not least, the SAJC dance alumni also put up their very own dance item .. which is also kinda cool. Well the performance this yr is equally good as last yr's dance performance. Everything was kinda smooth and b4 i noe it ... the show ended :( sighz .. no more shaking of buttz .. waving of hands, para- para actions ... haa tat's all folks.
Nah not all yet ... later i ran up and gave yihui a sunflower ... a token of appreciation from our Cell group :). Soon the stage was open to the audience .. and all of us went up to meet our dear, tired .. but gay [happy] friends :) I can see from their eyes their excitement .. probably to know that their friends and their best of best buddies are supporting them. Probably also .. of relief that finally, they can take a break from their hectic schedule of dance practises .. and officially take rest .. to prepare for A's. I am very please to see all of them smiling .. grinning =D and their buzzle of happiness.
haha not yet not yet finish .... We went to eat supper at Newton-market hawker centre. I ordered carrot cake ... and all of us start feasting and talking crap all night long. Alex bought oyster egg .... which taste much better than mine carrot cake :( . Haa initially, i wanted to buy satays .... but due to the amazing price of each stick ... and each bundle, i din buy that le. Haiz very tired now ... [--]' .... ya ok we took a photo using camera cell phones in me and den ... we or wen home thru mrt and buses . Very late le ... i finally have to take a cab home since i cant find a near bus that brings me back to chinatown. OK my eyes are falling apart.
Sign off : Jason
Friday, July 16, 2004
College : Student Council Stepping down ceremony
I was like wow ... the video presentation in the hall really strike the saints, me of course of all the things and fun council had in the past. I couldn't help wondering the days where i took part in the student council election ... but unfortunately din get past .. must be my face ..
Back to context : After the video, there was a very nich .. and very solemn presentation of the student council leaders in our school. As the council walk up 2 by 2's to the front of the hall, they place objects that they have used/received ... items which i supposed that is most memorable to them on an OHP projector thingy .. The projector can project 3D coloured objects. .. dunno wad u call that machine .. and slowly .. 2 by 2 they came ... photographs ... key chains, cards, diaries, neo prints, used packet milked drink ... egg beater ... all their memories .. they leave on the projecting screen. Soon the items grew and overflow .. the pile eneded with a book and a seal with te "26th student council" sticker on top .. pasted by the Student council presdient Wai kiat. Practically everyone had tear-filled eyes and a solemn sad face. I was like men ... wad a time they must have had. with memories left forever deep in their hearts and their posessions. From my blog .. i salute the student council :). I would say it is hard to live up to standards of the prev student council ... but they have put in their best .. and had great bonds that we .. members of the floor nvr imagine. Such spirit ... i miss from Scouts :| . Nevertheless .. They have truelly display saint spirit and their servant leadership qualities :D .. haaa nice nice ..
The next event is abit anti-climax..
College: Racial Harmony Celebration
Nope .. i am not against the celebration ... but this celebration is one of the worst racial harmony day - performance i've ever seen. I guess they have 0 rehersals ... the MC chosen is also a very bad choice ... haaa ... SHE has to learn to be abit sensitive to the audience... to the contestants putting up the show ... and ya ... flexible to adjust to situations ... not saying its easy to be an mc .. b'cos i've only done it once .. and i tok alot of rubbish on stage ...So haa nvm ... racial harmony celeb this yr to me is really cmi ...
Anywayi am kinda deeply impacted by the stepping down ceremony. It reminds me of the message that i've learnt from Emerge Conference. That no matter who we are ... what we do or what become out of us ... what matters most to i would say most of us .. especially me .. is the legacy that we leave behind. Do we do something impactful in our generation ..? in our school? or maybe just in somebody's life? I believe as what pastor Kong has said .. we are called to make a difference. Erm oh no .. very late liao !! i msut sleep .. haha so end off liek tat .. =รพ good nite
I was like wow ... the video presentation in the hall really strike the saints, me of course of all the things and fun council had in the past. I couldn't help wondering the days where i took part in the student council election ... but unfortunately din get past .. must be my face ..
Back to context : After the video, there was a very nich .. and very solemn presentation of the student council leaders in our school. As the council walk up 2 by 2's to the front of the hall, they place objects that they have used/received ... items which i supposed that is most memorable to them on an OHP projector thingy .. The projector can project 3D coloured objects. .. dunno wad u call that machine .. and slowly .. 2 by 2 they came ... photographs ... key chains, cards, diaries, neo prints, used packet milked drink ... egg beater ... all their memories .. they leave on the projecting screen. Soon the items grew and overflow .. the pile eneded with a book and a seal with te "26th student council" sticker on top .. pasted by the Student council presdient Wai kiat. Practically everyone had tear-filled eyes and a solemn sad face. I was like men ... wad a time they must have had. with memories left forever deep in their hearts and their posessions. From my blog .. i salute the student council :). I would say it is hard to live up to standards of the prev student council ... but they have put in their best .. and had great bonds that we .. members of the floor nvr imagine. Such spirit ... i miss from Scouts :| . Nevertheless .. They have truelly display saint spirit and their servant leadership qualities :D .. haaa nice nice ..
The next event is abit anti-climax..
College: Racial Harmony Celebration
Nope .. i am not against the celebration ... but this celebration is one of the worst racial harmony day - performance i've ever seen. I guess they have 0 rehersals ... the MC chosen is also a very bad choice ... haaa ... SHE has to learn to be abit sensitive to the audience... to the contestants putting up the show ... and ya ... flexible to adjust to situations ... not saying its easy to be an mc .. b'cos i've only done it once .. and i tok alot of rubbish on stage ...So haa nvm ... racial harmony celeb this yr to me is really cmi ...
Anywayi am kinda deeply impacted by the stepping down ceremony. It reminds me of the message that i've learnt from Emerge Conference. That no matter who we are ... what we do or what become out of us ... what matters most to i would say most of us .. especially me .. is the legacy that we leave behind. Do we do something impactful in our generation ..? in our school? or maybe just in somebody's life? I believe as what pastor Kong has said .. we are called to make a difference. Erm oh no .. very late liao !! i msut sleep .. haha so end off liek tat .. =รพ good nite
Saturday, July 10, 2004
My 1st day in Usher
I just joined USher !!!! Well maybe i shld xplain for the benefit of my non-christian friends :) Usher ministry is one of the many ministries of our Church. Well how many minitries are there .. u might ask :P .. Well we have security, choir, backup vocalist, community outreach, tuition, dance, Ministry of the Terminally-ill, Book Store, the list is endless ... haaa .. and i join one of the simplest church ministry which does not have much age and other requirements ...
Well, i must say in my 1st day .. it was pretty interesting. B4 church service starts, the usher has to do a coouple of things. One of which includes inserting and sorting out leaflets in a bulletin. Well there was quite a delay at 1st b'cos i tink our section IC was kinda late but anyway when we begin ... we work at an efficient speed. There are quite a number of leaflets to put in the bulletin ... and the interesting part is ... we were suddenly told we have 15 mins to complete 700 bulletins .. haa sounds like amazing race. Every one pick up their pace .. but it isn't easy as the fan was blowing around and the guy blocking the wind from the fan suddenly ran away ... so vooom .. everything becomes a mess ... "5 mins for another 300".. men how long must we last i wonder ...
eventually everything was sorted out :) and gd all is well!
Later i was briefed abt hand signals in Usher ... and how to usher people to seat ... haiz still very blur (*.*)~ cmi .. but i must say that i had a different experience during worship :) Everythings was sooo different. Even throughoutthe praise and worship, we have to continuously usher people to their seats. At the end of service, the male ushers have to carry chairs ... but the good thing is : there isn't much chair to carry :P
Ha i had a great time in usher. At the end of the day .. i am very tired :( haha dunno y but just tired .. i keep rubbign my eyes during the bible study class. an d if u manage to keep awake while reading thru this ... i applaud you ... haa no energy in me now to inject zeal in my words and sentences. If u manage to fall asleep .. haaa .. i dunno la. wad else more can i say ... erm dun drool ? my lameness will nvr fail even though i am tired =) Ty ty ... jaa good night gentlements and ladies
I just joined USher !!!! Well maybe i shld xplain for the benefit of my non-christian friends :) Usher ministry is one of the many ministries of our Church. Well how many minitries are there .. u might ask :P .. Well we have security, choir, backup vocalist, community outreach, tuition, dance, Ministry of the Terminally-ill, Book Store, the list is endless ... haaa .. and i join one of the simplest church ministry which does not have much age and other requirements ...
Well, i must say in my 1st day .. it was pretty interesting. B4 church service starts, the usher has to do a coouple of things. One of which includes inserting and sorting out leaflets in a bulletin. Well there was quite a delay at 1st b'cos i tink our section IC was kinda late but anyway when we begin ... we work at an efficient speed. There are quite a number of leaflets to put in the bulletin ... and the interesting part is ... we were suddenly told we have 15 mins to complete 700 bulletins .. haa sounds like amazing race. Every one pick up their pace .. but it isn't easy as the fan was blowing around and the guy blocking the wind from the fan suddenly ran away ... so vooom .. everything becomes a mess ... "5 mins for another 300".. men how long must we last i wonder ...
eventually everything was sorted out :) and gd all is well!
Later i was briefed abt hand signals in Usher ... and how to usher people to seat ... haiz still very blur (*.*)~ cmi .. but i must say that i had a different experience during worship :) Everythings was sooo different. Even throughoutthe praise and worship, we have to continuously usher people to their seats. At the end of service, the male ushers have to carry chairs ... but the good thing is : there isn't much chair to carry :P
Ha i had a great time in usher. At the end of the day .. i am very tired :( haha dunno y but just tired .. i keep rubbign my eyes during the bible study class. an d if u manage to keep awake while reading thru this ... i applaud you ... haa no energy in me now to inject zeal in my words and sentences. If u manage to fall asleep .. haaa .. i dunno la. wad else more can i say ... erm dun drool ? my lameness will nvr fail even though i am tired =) Ty ty ... jaa good night gentlements and ladies
Friday, July 02, 2004
Spiderman Spiderman ... where are you spiderman
Hey hey hey .. i just finished my block test ... men i tink i am going to fail alot of suibjects. Ihave to buck up le! Haiz now we have holiday till Monday.
Spiderman 2 is very nice. I would say abit much better than spiderman 1. I would say dat most of the time .. how good a movie turns out to be will depend on the atmposphere of the crowd. And thankfully the atmosphere was cool. All the laughphable parts in the movie has receive their due credits .. in the cinema hall that is. Well to me .. this movie has humour + action + cool Cgi graphics of spiderman swinging + a few inspiring touching moments .... well what more can u ask? Haaa ... one particular friend of mine was kinda unhappy when we bought spiderman tix for her .. by accident :P [not my fault] and den she looks like the world is fallling apart b4 the show [--]'. But ar ... thru-out the show .. u can hear her laughing away at certain parts. ANd oh men .. haaa one of my friend excitedly point out about resonance in the show when spidey is fighting doctor oct. haaa nevertheless ... can see everyone enjoyed the shoooww .. :) even my class professor tinks its nice =P .. Cool men. 8.5/10 ratings from me. haa the -1.5 marks lost is b'cos i feel that they do not have very good transitions of scenes in some part of the movie. =) nevertheless go watch spiderman 2 !! i am going to breed Genetically modified tarantulas i nthe hope they they can bite me .. and wahahha evil-doers beware ... =P
Take care everyone ^^ enjoy the next half of the year !!
Hey hey hey .. i just finished my block test ... men i tink i am going to fail alot of suibjects. Ihave to buck up le! Haiz now we have holiday till Monday.
Spiderman 2 is very nice. I would say abit much better than spiderman 1. I would say dat most of the time .. how good a movie turns out to be will depend on the atmposphere of the crowd. And thankfully the atmosphere was cool. All the laughphable parts in the movie has receive their due credits .. in the cinema hall that is. Well to me .. this movie has humour + action + cool Cgi graphics of spiderman swinging + a few inspiring touching moments .... well what more can u ask? Haaa ... one particular friend of mine was kinda unhappy when we bought spiderman tix for her .. by accident :P [not my fault] and den she looks like the world is fallling apart b4 the show [--]'. But ar ... thru-out the show .. u can hear her laughing away at certain parts. ANd oh men .. haaa one of my friend excitedly point out about resonance in the show when spidey is fighting doctor oct. haaa nevertheless ... can see everyone enjoyed the shoooww .. :) even my class professor tinks its nice =P .. Cool men. 8.5/10 ratings from me. haa the -1.5 marks lost is b'cos i feel that they do not have very good transitions of scenes in some part of the movie. =) nevertheless go watch spiderman 2 !! i am going to breed Genetically modified tarantulas i nthe hope they they can bite me .. and wahahha evil-doers beware ... =P
Take care everyone ^^ enjoy the next half of the year !!
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