http://sonicalibr3.blogspot.com/2006/07/married-to-one-guitar-graduation.html
how so much have changed...
:) im feelin sentimental...
but im thankful now than ever :)
Friday, August 29, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
there and then
Its really good to be in the right place .. at the right time .. with the right people. Its really a feeling that says " man what an awesome experience this is! "
That's how it was for the last 2 days... i sorta took 'leave' from serving to attend the 2 SOT (School of Theology - Bible) graduation svc in Expo. Man i miss all my friends in Expo ... and i got to see alot of ushers whom i used to work alongside with graduating from SOT this year. i miss them man. But im glad i can 'check' them out again as i visit back expo.
Ps Alex Abraham from Indo is really a very charming and annointed pastor. when he started praying for us ... we started to shake all over ... its like something travelling through us in the meeting. He is also a very funny animated pastor :) Totally blessed by his annointing and his testimony of how Christ raised him to be a pastor through a life-death incident of a little boy. :)
As i watched through the graduation ceremony in the 2 meetings... felt really pulled to be there. i've see lots of my friends walk up the stage to receive their graduation certs .. and its the whole ceremony feels so grand. At the end of the 1st night, we celeb Ps Kong's birthday .. and in my mind .. i was awed by how the faith of a young man abt 20 years ago has brought us so far ... and of course the race is still long. Ps Kong really inspired all of us in our beliefs.. our lifestyles and attitudes in life. And its funny to see Pastor behaving like a 'child' sometimes.. there is this child-like kind of faith in him .. that makes him a real fun leader to be with.. and one that kids from children church look up to. He's an amazing man of God. By the end of the 2nd day ceremony, all grads threw their grad hats up to the air. Its cool!!!! One day i will throw mine too.. wooppie! :D
Sun afternoon went to watch money not enough 2. I think this show really strikes my heart alot. The hokkien jokes i hardly understand ... but the thing abt the movie is this - Jack Neo likes to bring in the common conversations ... common things that we Singaporean do in real life and incorporate it in the show... so some of us tend to see alot of ourselves there ...or people we know who behave like that. Like how the coffeeshop owners feel abt ERP, pro-PAP or anti-PAP talks, the get-rich-within-a-short-time mindset... its all pretty prevalent in our culture. At the end of the show .. i kept crying. There was kinda like a deep grievance in my heart and i wonder why humans always dun cherish the people around them .. until they lose them? Why are we so fragile inside.. the answer to that is obvious to christians .. but the answer itself grieves me too. I kept tearin through the show ... but its probably intrinsic nature of humans i believe ... to care about themselves more.. until they realise the best way to love yourself ... is to love others like yourself.
hmm deep.
I love you God.. :) and i love my friends and family.
mushy i know.
but hmmm i am not afraid to say things i believe in.
im out :)
That's how it was for the last 2 days... i sorta took 'leave' from serving to attend the 2 SOT (School of Theology - Bible) graduation svc in Expo. Man i miss all my friends in Expo ... and i got to see alot of ushers whom i used to work alongside with graduating from SOT this year. i miss them man. But im glad i can 'check' them out again as i visit back expo.
Ps Alex Abraham from Indo is really a very charming and annointed pastor. when he started praying for us ... we started to shake all over ... its like something travelling through us in the meeting. He is also a very funny animated pastor :) Totally blessed by his annointing and his testimony of how Christ raised him to be a pastor through a life-death incident of a little boy. :)
As i watched through the graduation ceremony in the 2 meetings... felt really pulled to be there. i've see lots of my friends walk up the stage to receive their graduation certs .. and its the whole ceremony feels so grand. At the end of the 1st night, we celeb Ps Kong's birthday .. and in my mind .. i was awed by how the faith of a young man abt 20 years ago has brought us so far ... and of course the race is still long. Ps Kong really inspired all of us in our beliefs.. our lifestyles and attitudes in life. And its funny to see Pastor behaving like a 'child' sometimes.. there is this child-like kind of faith in him .. that makes him a real fun leader to be with.. and one that kids from children church look up to. He's an amazing man of God. By the end of the 2nd day ceremony, all grads threw their grad hats up to the air. Its cool!!!! One day i will throw mine too.. wooppie! :D
Sun afternoon went to watch money not enough 2. I think this show really strikes my heart alot. The hokkien jokes i hardly understand ... but the thing abt the movie is this - Jack Neo likes to bring in the common conversations ... common things that we Singaporean do in real life and incorporate it in the show... so some of us tend to see alot of ourselves there ...or people we know who behave like that. Like how the coffeeshop owners feel abt ERP, pro-PAP or anti-PAP talks, the get-rich-within-a-short-time mindset... its all pretty prevalent in our culture. At the end of the show .. i kept crying. There was kinda like a deep grievance in my heart and i wonder why humans always dun cherish the people around them .. until they lose them? Why are we so fragile inside.. the answer to that is obvious to christians .. but the answer itself grieves me too. I kept tearin through the show ... but its probably intrinsic nature of humans i believe ... to care about themselves more.. until they realise the best way to love yourself ... is to love others like yourself.
hmm deep.
I love you God.. :) and i love my friends and family.
mushy i know.
but hmmm i am not afraid to say things i believe in.
im out :)
Sunday, August 24, 2008
enlightened.
today our cgl shared with her the 'long- burdens of our cg. its been there for awhile. we've been like this for awhile. and yea we've come up with plans ... we strategise .. we reasoned but its not doing so good either. our cg ain't growin and its kinda fustrating.
ive been thinking abt different plans as my cgl speaks. but its not worth just making plans and moving ahead with jus mypuny 'human-effort-like' attempts. pro16:9 says i gotta learn to walk wif my best friend high up there and move tog with Him. and thru this period .. i feel sometimes like Jacob from the bible.. he relied on his own strength alot den God has to remind him through a dislocated hip-bone.. that you've gotta trust in me.
sometimes i ask God why am i still like this. why do i still have de same flaws i had weeks ago... months ago or even years ago. but i think this flaws are God's way of saying ... " when ya weak.. I am strong. and therefore u can be strong.... " I feel its really a wonderful thing to rest on the arms of a mighty God.
sorry if im preachy here but i feel quite fustrated over some things in my life. i prayed over and over but it aint moving. i really want to be more effective person. to be able to be there for people. not to be perfect .. but at least a person that shines. :)
ive been thinking abt different plans as my cgl speaks. but its not worth just making plans and moving ahead with jus mypuny 'human-effort-like' attempts. pro16:9 says i gotta learn to walk wif my best friend high up there and move tog with Him. and thru this period .. i feel sometimes like Jacob from the bible.. he relied on his own strength alot den God has to remind him through a dislocated hip-bone.. that you've gotta trust in me.
sometimes i ask God why am i still like this. why do i still have de same flaws i had weeks ago... months ago or even years ago. but i think this flaws are God's way of saying ... " when ya weak.. I am strong. and therefore u can be strong.... " I feel its really a wonderful thing to rest on the arms of a mighty God.
sorry if im preachy here but i feel quite fustrated over some things in my life. i prayed over and over but it aint moving. i really want to be more effective person. to be able to be there for people. not to be perfect .. but at least a person that shines. :)
despite all my failings... i will still be there for my friends. and even more for my family now. i gotta breakthru. i must. and i will. you will be there to see me won't ya :) watch me shine Dad!
Friday, August 22, 2008
intercede
i am quite happy for alot of things! my prayer for alot of things came to past!!!! oh man...
i feel that tho work is tough, backlogs seems neverending ... my team's spirit is still high! they still laugh around during huddles, take iniative to help one another ... to stand in de gap when our 'mini boss' isn't around. Their care for each other is amazing! lately ... there is also less tension between our team members and our 'mini boss' ( whom almost ever single one of our team members had deep hatred over..) I am thankful that God is moving in ways we cannot see :)
my team has an awful habit of making fun of me. esp over girls ( thanks to my dear *erhum* and *erhum erhum*) I shared this over our morning meetings aka huddle .. about having love in everything we do... and all day they talk about passion .. love ... and all de funny funny censored stuffs over this. can u believe it... O_O!!! but i feel that this impt msg really sink in even though our common small talks. Its really a stepping stone for something big i feel. Without love / passion ( the right kind ... not that dirty dirty kind... -_- ), there can be hardly any progress we can make in life. or we could possibly be walking all in the wrong way... towards the wrong future. :) so de centre of our life got to be love! love for our God. love for people.
anyway to my office-mates ... u still rock! :) haha
well hopefully we can ride through this storms quickly. By faith. forsakin all i trust in you..
i feel that tho work is tough, backlogs seems neverending ... my team's spirit is still high! they still laugh around during huddles, take iniative to help one another ... to stand in de gap when our 'mini boss' isn't around. Their care for each other is amazing! lately ... there is also less tension between our team members and our 'mini boss' ( whom almost ever single one of our team members had deep hatred over..) I am thankful that God is moving in ways we cannot see :)
my team has an awful habit of making fun of me. esp over girls ( thanks to my dear *erhum* and *erhum erhum*) I shared this over our morning meetings aka huddle .. about having love in everything we do... and all day they talk about passion .. love ... and all de funny funny censored stuffs over this. can u believe it... O_O!!! but i feel that this impt msg really sink in even though our common small talks. Its really a stepping stone for something big i feel. Without love / passion ( the right kind ... not that dirty dirty kind... -_- ), there can be hardly any progress we can make in life. or we could possibly be walking all in the wrong way... towards the wrong future. :) so de centre of our life got to be love! love for our God. love for people.
anyway to my office-mates ... u still rock! :) haha
well hopefully we can ride through this storms quickly. By faith. forsakin all i trust in you..
Monday, August 18, 2008
You're Gonna Miss This
this song speaks it all :)
dun let ya troubles drown you away from the great things in life.
She was staring out the window of their SUV
Complaning, saying "I can't wait to turn 18"
She said "I'll make my own
money, and I'll make my own rules"
Mamma put the car in park out there in front of the school
Then she kissed her head and said "I was just like you"
You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days
hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this
Before she knows it she's a brand new bride
In a one-bedroom apartment, and her daddy stops by
He tells her "It's a nice place"
She says "It'll do for now"
Starts talking about babies and buying a house
Daddy shakes his head and says "Baby, just slow down"
Cause you're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days
hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this
Five years later there's a plumber workin' on the water heater
Dog's barkin', phone's ringin'
One kid's cryin', one kid's screamin'
And she keeps apologizin'
He says "They don't bother me.
I've got 2 babies of my own.
One's 36, one's 23.
Huh, it's hard to believe, but...
You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days
hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this"
Durian trip
finally had a 'breather' last saturday in our 1st-ever in w116 history : Overseas Durian Eat-till-you-Peng trip!
hahha how many of u think that's just exciting.
well my cgl sure thinks so.. :) lol
but well its really very nice trip.
1) I got beauty sleep on bus
2) vic told us some icy cold jokes
3) we get to shop nice clothes... this time i bought something! a pepsi sweater!
4) we ate secret recipe cakes at cheap cheap price :D
5) we bought something real nice as a farewell gift for vic (aw)
6) i bought some nice food back from malaysia for colleagues and family. (shld have brought more money to buy!)
7) we feasted diff types of durians! from hybrids, tribrids to pure breeds of durian i believe. lol really can eat till drop :P
8) Nice fruit owners let us sample their watermelon, pineapples, mangosteen, rambutans ... so we ate more than what we bargain for!
9) nice simple dinner at night.
10) good fellowship.
Now that's what i call power outing. If only more pple could join !!! Thanks yenleng and Elaine for organising this! its totally awesome. i came back from johor a new man ( with durian scented fingers as well..)
hahha how many of u think that's just exciting.
well my cgl sure thinks so.. :) lol
but well its really very nice trip.
1) I got beauty sleep on bus
2) vic told us some icy cold jokes
3) we get to shop nice clothes... this time i bought something! a pepsi sweater!
4) we ate secret recipe cakes at cheap cheap price :D
5) we bought something real nice as a farewell gift for vic (aw)
6) i bought some nice food back from malaysia for colleagues and family. (shld have brought more money to buy!)
7) we feasted diff types of durians! from hybrids, tribrids to pure breeds of durian i believe. lol really can eat till drop :P
8) Nice fruit owners let us sample their watermelon, pineapples, mangosteen, rambutans ... so we ate more than what we bargain for!
9) nice simple dinner at night.
10) good fellowship.
Now that's what i call power outing. If only more pple could join !!! Thanks yenleng and Elaine for organising this! its totally awesome. i came back from johor a new man ( with durian scented fingers as well..)
Monday, August 11, 2008
It's all been done
When ya down...
heads up :) it's all been done :)
I met you, before the fall of Rome
And I bet you to let me take you home.
You were wrong, I was right.
You said good-bye, I said good night
It's all been done, It's all been done, It's all been done before.
I knew you before the west was won.
I heard you say, the past was much more fun.
You go your way, I'll go mine but I'll see you next time.
Chorus:
It's all been done, It's all been done. It's all been done before.
If I put my fingers here and If I say I love you dear
And if I play the same the three chords will you just yawn
And say, Ah, I hate it.
(Chorus )
Alone and bored on a thirtieth century night.
Will I see you on the Price is Right?
Will I cry, will I smile?
As you run, down the aisle.
It's all been done. It's all been done. It's all been done before.
It's all been done. It's all been done. It's all been done.
It's all been done. It's all been done. It's all been done before
never frown again :) cheers..
heads up :) it's all been done :)
I met you, before the fall of Rome
And I bet you to let me take you home.
You were wrong, I was right.
You said good-bye, I said good night
It's all been done, It's all been done, It's all been done before.
I knew you before the west was won.
I heard you say, the past was much more fun.
You go your way, I'll go mine but I'll see you next time.
Chorus:
It's all been done, It's all been done. It's all been done before.
If I put my fingers here and If I say I love you dear
And if I play the same the three chords will you just yawn
And say, Ah, I hate it.
(Chorus )
Alone and bored on a thirtieth century night.
Will I see you on the Price is Right?
Will I cry, will I smile?
As you run, down the aisle.
It's all been done. It's all been done. It's all been done before.
It's all been done. It's all been done. It's all been done.
It's all been done. It's all been done. It's all been done before
never frown again :) cheers..
Desert Song
I love this song
Verse 1:
This is my prayer in the desert
And all that's within me feels dry
This is my prayer in the hunger in me
My God is a God who provides
Verse 2:
And this is my prayer in the fire
In weakness or trial or pain
There is a faith proved
Of more worth than gold
So refine me Lord through the flames
Chorus:
And I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapon forged against me shall remain
I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my victory and He is here
Verse 3:
And this is my prayer in the battle
And triumph is still on it's way
I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ
So firm on His promise I'll stand
Bridge:
All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship
Verse 4:
This is my prayer in the harvest
When favor and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be empited again
The seed I've recieved I will sow
For those who appreciate the guitar... this song has an amazing mix of arabic-like drumworks and guitar flix! It really gives this desert feeling... and more than that the song really follows a strong cry of no matter good times or bad times... we give God the greatest praise!! I simply love that strong faith-filled spirit! :) :) :) As you watch the video.. ya'll know it aint a easy song for the singer to sing since she lost her child .... i cant know hw that felt ... but it must be that *valley low* feeling that we all go through in life at some point of time. despite all that... i will bring praise .. i will bring praise .. no weapon formed against me shall remain.. i will rejoice ... i will declare.. God is my victory and He is here..
Verse 1:
This is my prayer in the desert
And all that's within me feels dry
This is my prayer in the hunger in me
My God is a God who provides
Verse 2:
And this is my prayer in the fire
In weakness or trial or pain
There is a faith proved
Of more worth than gold
So refine me Lord through the flames
Chorus:
And I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapon forged against me shall remain
I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my victory and He is here
Verse 3:
And this is my prayer in the battle
And triumph is still on it's way
I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ
So firm on His promise I'll stand
Bridge:
All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship
Verse 4:
This is my prayer in the harvest
When favor and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be empited again
The seed I've recieved I will sow
For those who appreciate the guitar... this song has an amazing mix of arabic-like drumworks and guitar flix! It really gives this desert feeling... and more than that the song really follows a strong cry of no matter good times or bad times... we give God the greatest praise!! I simply love that strong faith-filled spirit! :) :) :) As you watch the video.. ya'll know it aint a easy song for the singer to sing since she lost her child .... i cant know hw that felt ... but it must be that *valley low* feeling that we all go through in life at some point of time. despite all that... i will bring praise .. i will bring praise .. no weapon formed against me shall remain.. i will rejoice ... i will declare.. God is my victory and He is here..
Healer
You hold my every moment
You calm my raging seas
You walk with me through fire
And heal all my disease
Pre-Chorus:
I trust in You
I trust in You
Chorus:
I believe You're my Healer
I believe You are all I need
I believe You're my Portion
I believe You're more than enough for me
Jesus You're all I need
[Repeat Verse]
[Repeat Pre-Chorus}
[Chorus]
Bridge:
Nothing is impossible for You
Nothing is impossible for You
Nothing is impossible for You
You hold my world in Your hands
this is a beautiful song :) indeed nothing is impossible! every dusk is follwed by a new dawn!
sentiments
i am feeling alittle edgy these days...
im not sure but sometimes i am kinda irritated with insensitive people ... especially when they are behave kinda self-centredly .. as if the whole world revolved around them :( sigh maybe i am just over-thinking in a way. But i certainly hope i can be more patient and wise to resolve these issues with people around me.
but thank God for the great colleagues i've been given in office. now there are more changes in office .. peopel are moving there and there and my area has been evermore girl-dominant than ever. sometimes i dunno if its good or not cos my voice as a guy kinda got swallowed up by the opinions of these ladies... and its not my nature to argue abt... so urgh .. im constantly getting teased over almost anything and practically everything. -___- " haiz i certainly hope God can really put more man-companions around me man. i feel lonely. lol :X (im nt gay)
watch 2 very nice movies over the weekend. Journey to the centre of the earth and Batman. the cool things is i had deja vu of these 2 movies before and upon watching them... its like a repeated experience. overall i think both movies rox :) especially the dark knight. its got an awesome plot and very well acted 'joker'. :) two thumbs up agian.
im yearning for a breakthrough in my heart. i realise that the mantle is shifting. some things cant be taught.. it has to be caught. that's what '81' said before and i think it applies to the teacher as well. the best way to impact people is to lead a life of love. love for people.. love for God. im nt running anymore
im not sure but sometimes i am kinda irritated with insensitive people ... especially when they are behave kinda self-centredly .. as if the whole world revolved around them :( sigh maybe i am just over-thinking in a way. But i certainly hope i can be more patient and wise to resolve these issues with people around me.
but thank God for the great colleagues i've been given in office. now there are more changes in office .. peopel are moving there and there and my area has been evermore girl-dominant than ever. sometimes i dunno if its good or not cos my voice as a guy kinda got swallowed up by the opinions of these ladies... and its not my nature to argue abt... so urgh .. im constantly getting teased over almost anything and practically everything. -___- " haiz i certainly hope God can really put more man-companions around me man. i feel lonely. lol :X (im nt gay)
watch 2 very nice movies over the weekend. Journey to the centre of the earth and Batman. the cool things is i had deja vu of these 2 movies before and upon watching them... its like a repeated experience. overall i think both movies rox :) especially the dark knight. its got an awesome plot and very well acted 'joker'. :) two thumbs up agian.
im yearning for a breakthrough in my heart. i realise that the mantle is shifting. some things cant be taught.. it has to be caught. that's what '81' said before and i think it applies to the teacher as well. the best way to impact people is to lead a life of love. love for people.. love for God. im nt running anymore
Monday, August 04, 2008
Heart
FOP is one of the most exciting times of the year to me!! I really love the music they bring every time i attend. There was once when i was a little kindergarden-boy.. i cried when i wasn't able to attend the FOP services.. and i was *this drawn* to exciting music and people at that time :)
and im glad im still now ... nw as an usher too. =)
This yr, I have the priviledge to work with ushers from Heart of God Church and to me, they are just amazing people! Their chief usher is only 16-17 years old! And their spirit of serving is incredible! I mean its not on just their operations... but they carry such love, readiness and faith wherever they go! I served today as one of my Chief Usher's runner (like a personal assistant kind of thing) and its pretty cool. I initially thought i would have to run alot of places to gather info... and do things on a really big scale.. but today, i am kinda like saddled back and relax through my duty :) I just kept askin my chief if she needs water .. sweet or stuff like that. lol.
Peifen did ask me to catch something from her even tho we din really do much today. I am quite impressed with her passion for people. its hard to explain this clearly here all here but i think she really loves to connect with people : ushers / church staffs / congregation - more on her own friends. She says this is important as well. :) it sure is!
The last words she left me was ... the heart to serve. The need to rise up to lead. The HOG members carry this heart with them wherever they go. Many times distractions/commitmentsd pull this 2 things out of our church members. But ultimately its really on our heart. You know ... I feel that i have met lots of amazing people here today under the exposure of usher. The spirit they have aint a typical ... dun do dun do lor... or .. "dun think i can do it" or " ok la i do my best lor ... but i cant do it cos i got this this this tat tat tat".. Their spirit says ... here i am, send me.
One day i hope my fire will ignite people's spirits too and set them ablaze :)
and im glad im still now ... nw as an usher too. =)
This yr, I have the priviledge to work with ushers from Heart of God Church and to me, they are just amazing people! Their chief usher is only 16-17 years old! And their spirit of serving is incredible! I mean its not on just their operations... but they carry such love, readiness and faith wherever they go! I served today as one of my Chief Usher's runner (like a personal assistant kind of thing) and its pretty cool. I initially thought i would have to run alot of places to gather info... and do things on a really big scale.. but today, i am kinda like saddled back and relax through my duty :) I just kept askin my chief if she needs water .. sweet or stuff like that. lol.
Peifen did ask me to catch something from her even tho we din really do much today. I am quite impressed with her passion for people. its hard to explain this clearly here all here but i think she really loves to connect with people : ushers / church staffs / congregation - more on her own friends. She says this is important as well. :) it sure is!
The last words she left me was ... the heart to serve. The need to rise up to lead. The HOG members carry this heart with them wherever they go. Many times distractions/commitmentsd pull this 2 things out of our church members. But ultimately its really on our heart. You know ... I feel that i have met lots of amazing people here today under the exposure of usher. The spirit they have aint a typical ... dun do dun do lor... or .. "dun think i can do it" or " ok la i do my best lor ... but i cant do it cos i got this this this tat tat tat".. Their spirit says ... here i am, send me.
One day i hope my fire will ignite people's spirits too and set them ablaze :)
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