W495's Blog

W495 last meal together as 1 !!!!

2009-11-22T02:41:00.002+08:00

hey guys !!!!! this will e last time i will adress u guys as W495....
even though we hav been disband, and joined diff cg, but we were once a member of W495
hey everyone !!! do cheer up ! we still can see each other in service and we are in the same zone
just tink tis way ! we disband for a good purpose !!!! to go over to other cg to help up and to grow and rise up !!!!
jia you !!!!
rmb ! do not forget each of us ! and we shld go out together again even though we were all of diff cg !!!!!
jia you !!!!! gonna miss u guys !!!!!
u want more photos ? go facebook, shi min de fb photos.....
hmm if i am not wrong, joel shld hav tag u guys le !!!!
smiles :P

limliping :P

kenneth ate lettuce !!!!

2009-11-01T16:24:00.001+08:00

like wad i said i am going to do tis
yesterday's fellowship at subway, kenneth actually eating lettuce !!!!!
woah !!! he was eating vege...a great break-thru
okies todaymorning, kenneth flew to US for training, if i am not wrong, he will be back on 24th
i am not too sure too
yeah lets pray for him !!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2009-10-29T00:00:00.000+08:00

today's 29th oct !!!
it's soo jia de birthday !!!!!
lets wish her

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!

all e best for ur remaining o levels papers !!!
jia you !!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!

2009-10-28T00:00:00.001+08:00

Today's 28th oct !!!!
it's wei liang birthday !!!!
so lets wish him

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!

something frm me(liping)

2009-10-27T18:28:00.003+08:00

hey guys !!!! hmm sorry tat i didnt do my duty and task of trying to update e blog
since i started sch, is quite a hard thing for mi, cos i will always reach home and i will be worn out cos i am not use to e waking timing....yeah those who noe mi will noe tat i actually sleep alot !!!
yeah
okays, tat's not e thing
e point is tat, last week i was feeling all stress up cos i cant adapt wit e feeling of starting sch
is like i started sch but i am still at e holiday mood and confort zone
tat's when something happen
i was pasking things in my cupboard, wen i saw a card, which i bought it quite long ago...cos i hav a habit of buying things tat catches my attention
yeah
these card was a normal card, but the content is e thing tat caught my attention back then

e name of the card is : "FOOTPRINT"
what was written on the card is :

One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord.
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene, he noticeed two sets of footprints in the sand;
1 belonging to him,
and the other to the Lord.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He notices tat many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints.
He also notices that it happened at
The very lowest and sadded times in his life.
This really bothers him and he questioned the Lord about it.
"Lord, You said that once I decide to follow You, You'd walk with me all the way.
But I hace noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life,
there is only 1 set of footprints.
I don't understand why when i needed You most, You would leave me."

The Lord replied,"My son, My precious child, I love you and would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only 1 set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."

yeap, tat's e ending of the content on the card
isnt it touching?
it's e content on e card tat let me able to forget about e stress tat I was facing then
cos i realised, my stress was like my trial and suffering written on e card
due to this, i have faith tat the Lord is with me always
He wont leave us, no matter wad happen
He will carry us thru all our trials and sufferings in future
so, no matter wad happen, have faith in the Lord
He is right beside u, and will always wit u
so believe in His work and have 100% faith in Him !!!!!

limliping :P

vote !!!!!

2009-10-25T22:48:00.002+08:00

hey guys !!!!
lets vote for shimin for e LYL Sharpesthttp://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6076332160630974522 Dresser !!!!
lets vote for her !!!!
lets vote
!!!!

something frm hsuan

2009-10-24T01:22:00.001+08:00

Hey peeps, just wanna share my testimony with you all, hope it can inspire you all! =)

Most of the people in the cg did not know that i was called back to go for a selection trail for the U-23 national soccer team as it is going to represent Singapore in the Youth Olympic
Games next year, and so i passed my fitness test (Beep Test) and also pass the 1st round of selection. During the 2nd round of selection, i passed my selection but have an injury at
the right ankle, just slightly below my old injury, which was due to a horrible sliding tackle from a teammate during national team training almost a decade ago.

So just let me share what happened 10 years ago: I was scouted by the national team when i was in primary 5, and at that time i was nicknamed "Speed Wizard" and was already
holding the no. 7 jersey and already in the starting 11 and at that time the national team have not come out with the u13, u16, u18 and u21 so the youth team includes players of age
11 to 20 (a really wide range) and so on that fateful day, i received a 2 footed sliding tackle and broken both shin bones in the right leg and until now i still cannot forget the scene where
my leg (the area slightly the ankle) was swollen like an elephant's leg due to the blood that was still inside my legs and when the medical personnel raised my legs, my feet was pointing
downwards. I was sent to the hospital and the doctors were actually saying that they have to insert screws into my legs in order the keep the bones intact and i will become a cripple and
i can never walk properly nor do any sports before they inject me with anaesthetics. I thought it was all over for me but when i was still under the effects of anaesthetics, i saw my inner
self playing with the soccer ball and telling me that its not over. When i woke up after the effect wear off, i was shocked to hear the doctors telling me that there were no screws involved
even though my shin bones were crushed, twisted and broken and i was so happy that i am still able to walk and play soccer, but the doctor warned me that if the same injury happened
to me again, its over for my right leg, and it was really hard during the 2 years with the cast and crutches and physiotherapy. But when i think back now, i thanked God that He created a
miracle by saving this leg and this talent He gave me and gaving me that one more chance.

So i decided to give up on the U23's no.7 and go for the spiritual no. 7 as i know that if God did not gave me that miracle and let me become a cripple, i could not even walk, let along
going for the U23 and since God gave me that one chance, I believed that God had a greater purpose for me, my legs and my talent to serve His people and His kingdom and thus i decided
to serve Him with the talents He gave me by teaching soccer the orphans and giving them a new hope in their lives.

I saw a video (adidas advertisement) which shows about the past of a current famous soccer player Lionel Messi. He has a growth hormone problem and thus he was now only 168cm and
as such a short soccer player, it is a disadvantage especially playing against tall people, but he said something that really struck me. He said that short palyers are agile and sometimes bad
things can turn out good. I was thinking that a non-believer like him can continue to have faith even though hes not perfect, let alone us who has God as our source of strength and grace!
During cg meeting, God showed me a picture of a man struggling in a well full of water and Jesus was letting down a rope, wanting the man to hold onto the rope so that he can save us. Our
problems might be large in our eyes, but to God its nothing! He was wanting to test us on our faith towards Him with the obstacles that we are facing! We might think that God isnt helping
us when we met into problems but actually He was always there wanting to help us! He wants us to have faith in Him and fighting through the problems with His Word and with His Word, He will be able to help us and we will be able to learn our mistakes and continue to move on. We
have to continue to have faith in God and follow His destiny for us and He can take away our weaknesses and make us stronger with His grace and mercy!

(by the way: the webby for the advertisement is : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrqxjzQG7pE)

Job 23:10 (NKJV) - But He knows the way that i take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

O LEVEL

2009-10-22T01:47:00.002+08:00

Hey everyone !!!!!
sorry for tis late post
o level period is around e corner....
lets encourage theo levelers and pray for them bah
or maybe can meet them, help them distress
yeah yeah

jia you !!!!
Soo jia, charmain, yi wei, cindy kwoh!!!!!
u guys can do it de

加油 !!!! all e best !!!! Ganbatte !!!!

limliping :P

HAPPY 23rd BIRHTDAY TO WAYNE !!!!

2009-10-13T00:00:00.001+08:00

HEY TODAY IS WAYNE'S 23rd BIRTHDAY
SO......
HAPPY 23rd BIRTHDAY TO WAYNE !!!!!

anyone wit prayer request

2009-09-28T10:45:00.002+08:00

hey guys!!!!
anyone want to update ur prayer request ??
cos i realise our blog de prayer request is dead....
been out-dated for quite along time!!!!

if u hav any, pls msg mi so i can update

limliping:P

lets keep nicole in prayer

2009-09-16T12:25:00.001+08:00

hey guys...
lets keep nicole in prayer...
cos she is having her TP test later at 3 plus...
pray tat she will pass wit flying colors, and do not have any mistake
pray tat she wont get too nervous later....
okays tats all
let pray for her then !!!!!!

BIBLE STUDY and more......

2009-09-14T00:49:00.004+08:00

okays ppl !!!!
u guys shld noe tat...tis wed, bible study is commencing......normal timing, start at 7.30 pm

hmm i tink u guys shld noe whether are u in it or not.......]

lets get ourselves committed to our bible study and let take responsible for our own spiritual life........

hey lets keep praying for cindy whos i still in malaysia.....

MARINA BARRAGE OUTING !!!!!

2009-09-14T00:33:00.004+08:00

okays today we went to marina barrage.....e we are mi, nicole, qin yan, charmaine, dexter, chee yong, wayne, wei liang, hsuan, kenneth and dan....

dexter helped us took tis photo.......

tis was taken by charmaine...she scream behind of them and they turn wit e shocked expression tinking wad happen.....funny !!!!

charmaine is always worshipping e Lord...even at marina barrage

4 sisters running shot....

wayne was in soo jia's place for tat few hours.....before soo jia went down to dhoby ghaut to find us

astro-boysssssss wit dan there taking another pic

taking off....wit dan there doing something

shot 1

shot 2

in e mrt train on e way to dhob ghaut

charmaine doing free ad for tuna fish..

wei liang, wayne and dan found IN the mirror !!!!!

okays guys....those pics above are some photos taken wen we were at marina barrage......

only 11 ppl came.....cos others either cannot make it or hav work...or having paper e nxt day.....

okays was a great day, and i guess everyone enjoyed themselves alot .....

hopefully e nxt outing, everyone will turn up and enjoy themselves except for clarence and nicole.....

some updates....

2009-09-13T01:49:00.002+08:00

updates !!!!

1) later, we at 10am we meeting at marina bay mrt....for picnic and flying kite.....and maybe a last outing wit our dearest NICOLE !!!!!
2) cindy teng is away ....maybe till mon or tues...let pray for her.....esp her health !!! pray tat she will come back in good health so tat she can share something wit us......
3) hey guys !!!! NICOLE is flying to US for abt 5 months or so...let pray for her !!!!!

AND NICOLE !!!! MUST TAKE PICS HOR!!!!!

okays.....

hey really sorry tat e past few weeks i cant update e blog....
cos my laptop is in e HOSPITAL......and is still in there
now using hse destop but super slow....
sorry !!! i will update asap once my laptop discharge frm e HOSPITAL !!!!

hahas...so keep in tune !!!!

limliping :P

HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY TO CINDY KWOH

2009-08-31T00:00:00.007+08:00

HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY TO CUTE CINDY KWOH !!!!!

below is something something small for u....hope u like it
and cindy kwoh!!!! u see i really put cute lei....hmm as for e pretty...hmm i will leave it out

u make a difference in our life !!!!!!
thank you for being there to always care for the members and the fun !!!!
we really appreciate tat u are there !!!

THANK YOU CINDY KWOH !!!!!

limliping :P

more abt Kutless

2009-08-28T13:50:00.000+08:00

hey everyone! tks for keeping up wit the blog !!!
hahas...have u read my previous post and have u done wad i want u guys to do ???
hahas if yes, hahas great !!!! if no....hmm maybe is not tat late to do it NOW !!!!!
hahas
okies...just being random
okies...
after yesterday, i went to do a research on tis band "Kutless"
hahas guess wad i found???
okies, i ask u..do u noe why they name themselves "Kutless" and do u noe tat is band have been for abt 9 years ?
wadever i will be posting, is something tat i copy from the net

KUTLESS
Kutless is a Christian/alternative rock band formed in 2000. To date they have a total of five studio albums.
Biography
Formed in Portland, Oregon as a Worship band called Call Box in 2000. They changed their name to "Kutless" before releasing their first three track EP followed up by their full-length album in 2002 on BEC Recordings. Kutless chose their name because of a specific Bible verse. Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (NRSV). Because of this, the band says, "He took our cuts for us... leaving us 'Kutless'."

want to noe more abt them ???
curious bah??
hahas
okies can can

they have an official website for themselves !!!
it is : http://www.kutless.com/
wad are u waiting?? go for it !!!!! listen to every of their songs...if u want it...tell mi..i send u...
i got them..but not all..hahas :P
enjoy ur day !!!!

limliping :P

KUTLESS !!!!!

2009-08-27T23:06:00.001+08:00

HEY EVERYONE !!!! I UPDATE E BLOG WIT SONGS.....
THREE DIFF SONGS BUT FROM 1 SAME BAND....
TIS BAND IS NAME KUTLESS
IS A CHRISTIAN BAND!!! THEY ARE SUPER GOOD AND THEIR LYRICS ARE VERY MEANINGFUL....
THESE 3 SONGS ARE MY FAV OUT OF THE DIFF SONGS OF THE SAME BAND.....
PLS LISTEN 2 TIMES EACH...
FIRST LISTEN TO THE MUSIC...SECONDLY LISTEN TO THE WORDS....
THEY IMPACTED MI...ESP THE 2ND SONG....WHICH IS "GRACE AND LOVE"

the chorus part is the best.....
wit God's grace and love, we are save and free
we should tks Jesus for dying for us, He sacrifise himself to die for us to save us....
we also shld tks God in advance for wadever He is going to do ourselves and and also tks him to all the ppl He is going to place in our life.........no matter is bad or good situation....
rmb in bad situation, God will always prepare a key to the locket of the prob !!!

FOR YOUR INFORMATION !!
the 1st song is "PROMISE OF A LIFETIME"
the 2nd song is "GRACE & LOVE"
the 3rd song is "GUIDING ME HOME"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MIKE

2009-07-17T23:57:00.001+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MIKE !!!!!!

Frm Hsuan

2009-07-14T23:20:00.000+08:00

Hey ppl !!!!! below is something from Hsuan

Hey peeps!! let me share something which God showed me when i was using the sketch me application in facebook.

Just now i was surfing in facebook and so came across this application called Sketch Me. It is a program which sketches our own profile picture (and its actually quite nice.), and at that moment God showed me the similarities between soul-winning and drawing a portrait of a person.

I went to Wikipedia to find out the meaning of "portrait" and thats what it said: A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer.

The similarities of the 2 things is that both have a target. A person is needed in both things, just that its a lost soul in soul-winning. When drawing the portrait, the artist have to observe the features of the person (which is the same as finding the needs of the soul that we are reaching out for.), then the artist will start to draw the outline and the features of the person (which is like how we are thinking of ways to build up the relationship between us and him with God's wisdom.). The artist will then add the finishing touches to the features of the portraits (this is also the same when God starts to speak the word of season into his life and his current season through our mouth.) Finally the artist adds the colours to the portrait and the protrait is done (its just like how we meets his needs and let him feel the love of God that we also felt and colouring his life by letting him understand that even if theres no one in this world who loves him and care for him, our Heavenly Father will still love him as He is our Father, our God!).

Imagine yourself being locked in darkness and because of someone who is sent by God to send the light into the darkness and letting you see the light and the colours, the rainbow once again... Isn't it a wonderful thing? Jesus sacrified Himself on the cross, being crucified and shedding His blood on the cross is so that the people in the world will be saved form their "darkness" and see the colours, the light and the rainbow once again! It is just so wonderful, so peeps!! let us do our best to go out into the world full of darkness and lighting up the darkness in everyone's life with the light of God! =D

Hebrews 1:2-3 : ...has in these days spoken to us by His Son, by whom He has appointed heir of all things by the word of His power, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right side of the Majesty on high.

Joel's Sharing

2009-07-14T00:46:00.001+08:00

Giving your PRECIOUS to GOD

Hi friends, I just want to share an experience that I encountered last week during my work as a research assistant. This encounter made me rethink what it means to give God our ‘precious’.

My jobscope requires me to interact a lot with primary school students, particularly primary two children. At the end of our last day in one of the primary schools in the West, a little boy came up to me, looked at me with his innocent, teary eyes and said, “Teacher, this is for you.”

He passed me one of his prized pokemon cards, which he had just traded with his classmates. I looked at him, shocked and asked, “Are you sure you want to give me?” And he just nodded his head.

I was very surprised and touched with his actions because all I did in the primary school was to carry out some activities and testing on the students. I was never there to change or impact their lives! This little action made me ponder about giving our ‘precious’ to God.

Every weekend during cell group meetings and services, we often have a time of offering and giving. However, are we really giving God our precious? Our prized possessions?

Let me tell you why it is important that we really give God our precious. Because if we don’t, we may never experience God’s abundant blessings in our lives! When we give God our ‘precious’, we will touch His heart and cause Him to move in our lives out of His love for us!

When the little boy gave me his prized pokemon cards, I knew that the card meant a lot to him and it was a sacrifice to him as shown in his teary eyes. Even though I may have no need for any pokemon cards, the card that he gave me is now also precious to me. And I had a strong desire to buy lots of toys for him in response to his little gift. At that moment, I suddenly understood how God feels when we really give Him our ‘precious’.

Our God owns the whole earth and He really has no use for the money that we give to Him! Psalm 50: 10-11 says that God owns every animal of the forest and the cattle on a thousand hills; He knows every bird in the mountains and the creatures of the field are His. Why then does God still want us to give to Him our ‘precious’?

This is because when we give God our ‘precious’, the gift also becomes precious in His sight and it moves His heart. Just like our earthly father who gets touched when his little child gives him a gift, the same goes for our heavenly Father! And just like the response of our earthly father, when our heavenly Father is moved by our ‘precious’, it causes Him to have a strong desire to shower us back with more gifts, simply because He loves us so much!

Matthew 7:11 says that if our earthly father knows how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will our Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! This principle in prayer applies also to our giving. When we give God our ‘precious’, God is moved and He can’t wait to bless us back with even greater gifts than our earthly father could ever give to us.

So, are you ready to give God your ‘precious’ today?

By Joel Low

HAPPY 16th birthday to CHARMAINE

2009-07-13T00:00:00.000+08:00

HAPPY SWEET 16th BIRTHDAY TO CHARMAINE !!!!!

hey ppl !!! lets get ourself to start praying for my cell grp members....

2009-07-05T00:13:00.003+08:00

hey ppl sorry for waiting....
hm i just updated e prayer request session....hahas
hey ppl !!!! lets pray fervently for my cell grps memebers!!!!!
nothing better than prayers....u pray and ur prayer request will definitely be met....
hahas...jia you bahs...
if u guys hav any prayer request....either send mi a msg to mi or drop a comment at e tagboard or drop mi an e-mail....
hahas jia you bahs :P

limliping :P

PRAYER & FASTING

2009-07-02T01:18:00.003+08:00

Hi everyone!

It had been quite some time since e last post..
I was thinking what to post just now & suddenly there was an urge that I want to share what I learn from my bible study yesterday for Victorious Living, Lesson 3: Prayer & Fasting

Before I start anything, does anyone have any idea what is the main reason for fasting?
Are you fasting because someone told you or ask you to do so?
I admit that whatever I am saying can be found from the Victorious Living book…I am still learning!

DEFINITION OF FASTING: The voluntary abstaining from food for spiritual purposes. (It is not dieting or going on a hunger strike).
The primary purpose for fasting is self-humbling. It is the scriptural means, ordained by God, for us to humble ourselves before Him. It is our own responsibility to humble ourselves, and this responsibility belongs to us only and not God.
It is not according to scriptural means that “God make us humble”, but according to God’s Word for us is always, “Humble yourselves”.
Do you know that just by fasting, God’s people renounced the NATURAL to invoke the SUPERNATURAL.

Do you know that in the Old Testament, David fasted to humble himself? Ezra and the exiles fasted for God’s protection? (Ezra 8:21-23). Jehoshaphat and his people fasted for God’s deliverance? (2 Chronicles 20:2-4)? & the Jews fasted annually for God’s forgiveness & cleansing?
2 facts concerning the Day of Atonement:
i) Fasting was man’s response to God’s provision of forgiveness and cleansing
ii) That atonement was only effective for those people who accepted it through fasting.

Fasting was actually practiced by Jesus. He had to pass through 2 critical experiences before He entered His public ministry. i) He had to be filled with the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. ii) He had to fast for 40days in the desert.
In Luke 4:1-2: “Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, returned………”
& in Luke 4:14: “Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, & the………”
The Holy Spirit was there from the time of Jesus’ baptism onward. But it was His fasting that released the power of the Holy Spirit to flow without any hindrances through His life and ministry.
It was actually through fasting that the church leaders moved from the natural into the supernatural. Hahas that explains about Pastor Kong!!! Woah!!!!

Hey people, do you know that fasting can actually changes us??

1) The power of the Christian life is the Holy Spirit
** Key to successful Christian living!!!
-knowing how to release the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives so that we can do the things we cannot do in our own strength

There is something I like e most – “Jesus is saying: “Don’t begin to minster until the power of the Holy Spirit has come to you.” “……….The extend of what God can do through us is depends on His supernatural power being released in us and through us.

2) Problem: Our old carnal natural opposes the Holy Spirit.

Equations for you to think !!!!

Carnal nature=old nature=sinful nature=the flesh
Carnal nature = in opposition to the Spirit of God
Carnal mind=corrupt way of thinking
*Therefore, if we yield to the carnal nature, means we are opposing the Spirit of God.

3) Fasting is God’s appointer way to bring the carnal nature into subjection
We are to be controlled by God’s destiny and purpose for our life and not what our body(flesh) dictate us/ control us, to succeed in the Christian life.

Fasting can actually change history
Jonah 3:1-10 : “ Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time : …….. ”
God is a very good God that He gives us 2nd chances, 3rd, 4th,5th………..never ending of chances !!!!!
He loves us so much!!!!

Joel 2:23-29
verse 28 “ And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons & daughters will prophesy,
Your old men will dream dreams,
Your young men will see visions. "

Amen

Hahas tats all I want to share….hope tat u learn something !!!!
tata :P

limliping

photos for jonathan's birthday .....

2009-06-23T21:46:00.002+08:00

sorry for late post of jonathan's birthday
some pics taken on sunday on jonathan's birthday......at timbre...i tink i spell wrongly......

JONATHAN 21th BIRTHDAY

2009-06-21T13:54:00.003+08:00

hey ppl to day is JONATHAN de 21th birthday

lets wish him ......

HAPPY 21th BIRTHDAY !!!

lets celebrate for him later !!!

cya ppl :P

pics on chee yong de birthday celebration

2009-06-21T13:48:00.003+08:00

hey ppl sorry for e late post of pics....
hmm cos e photos are alot...so i only post a few...e rest can be found on facebook....hsuan de pic profile
photos of chee yong de 21th birthday

hey ppl...i will try to upload more photos....nxt will try to upload dexter de birthday photos....

Irvin's birthday

2009-06-20T02:29:00.002+08:00

hey ppl....
today is 20th june
today is IRVIN de birthday.....
so lets wish him HAPPY BIRTHDAY .... :P

limliping :P

17th May 2009 Fishing Trip

2009-06-16T03:54:00.000+08:00

Hi guys, very sorry for the “a little” outdated post. I’m going to share about the fishing trip on 17th May. Dexter, Wayne, Zon and me met around 7.30a.m at Changi Village. Beside us, there were 4 other uncles (including Zon’s dad) fishing together with us. After a quick bite at Changi Village Hawker, we walked to the nearby ferry terminal. The uncles passed us some seasick pills and we gobbled them down, in case we experience seasick later on.

Ready to go!

One group photo before setting off

While waiting on the platform, Wayne drew out his trusty camera and started snapping away. Our boat came promptly after a few minutes. Within seconds we were on the boat, our first destination was a floating Kelong. We are not going there to fish, just to buy some live prawns as bait. After buying and loading the prawn into the bait well, the captain started the engine once again… vroom!

Great wall of Changi

the floating kelong!

Dex guarding the bait well :) "hmm who dare to steal my bait?"

About 10 minutes later, we reached our first fishing spot! When the boat stopped, it started to shake vigorously due to the strong current. As this is the first time we do boat fishing, we are not used to the shaking boat, for the first 10 minutes we don’t really dare to stand up, HAHAHA. After getting used to the shakiness, we drew out our arms (rods) and start to tie the fishing rigs. Compared to the experience uncles, we are like callow anglers, lots of time the fishes just steal our bait and swim off, ARGH! We are like feeding instead of fishing.

wa. waves so big

We became zero fighters for the whole morning while some of the uncles already started hooking up fishes. So we took a break at around 11.30a.m., we began to eat the food we packed from Changi Village for lunch. After lunch, I and Zon took a short nap on the deck under the flaring sun LOL! I was very tired as the previous night I slept only around 3 hours (too excited).

Dex's sian and pek cek look

I woke up around 1pm and continued fishing . Our rig keep getting snapped and bait getting stolen, we were all very weary and worn out. After my rig snapped again, I just put down my rod and stone. I just felt God gently prompted in my heart “Are you going to stop?” Straight away I picked up my rod and hook on bait and start to fish again. Eventually I managed to get a fish before the end of the trip.

This gave me a sense of lonliness

After 3pm, everything starts to quiet down, no more bites. At 4pm, we decided to call it a day. The captain headed the boat back to the ferry terminal. In total we had about a 6 to 8 fishes for the day, I myself personally caught one :)

Overall it is a very fun and eye opening trip, definitely will go again if time and $$$ allow. Though the four of us caught only one fish, but we gained great time together. Okay, going to end this post with thousands of words! ENJOY:)

P.S ALL GOING TO BE DAN-ORIENTED :D

Trying to pick up squidie

Test touch 1st.

YAY! PICKED UP!

Uncle teaching me how to pose with fishie

Hold like that, stand like this

Im trying....

But the fish made me laught :(

Trying hard to smile

Dex dropped into water. HAHAHAHAHAHA! okay im just kidding.....

Father, Son and the Holey Fish

At last a decent group pic :)

FYI, I didn't flash my yellow undie on purpose.

e post for Dan

2009-06-16T00:52:00.002+08:00

okies...tis post is for DAN
u going NS le.....so is ur hair...
hahas kidding lah !!!!! dun take tat seriously...u noe i play play de
hahas.....wad i mean a new hair do, a new environment & new challenges and obstacles are infront
hahas but i believe tat they are just place there by God....
He want to train u......since He want to train u, i dun tink He will want to let to get tooooooooooooooo tired, or tooooooooooooo dry,or toooooooooooooo discourage, or toooooooooooo...hahas i cant tink of any...hehe...ps ps .....
hahas but rmb there is still God standing at ur side...and off cos e whole cell grp praying for u......
要加油喔!!! 相信没有东西能难倒你的 !!!!!!
加油!!!

limliping:P

Elijah's 18th Birthday

2009-06-16T00:49:00.004+08:00

Hey ppl i am sorry for this post
esp. to Elijah !!!!
hahas it was elijah 18th de birthday

HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY

hahas sorry elijah for tis late post......
u are 1 very very very very great bro to hav
& sorry tat ur 18th birthday tat we cant celebrated it on e actual day.....
wow u 18 liao le...GOD bless u !!!!!
hahas .... :P

limliping:P

DEXTER 21th birthday

2009-06-14T00:58:00.002+08:00

hey ppl frm now on i will do tis for every cell grp member de birthday!!!

WISH DEXTER 21th BIRTHDAY

Hey Dexter...it maybe something small but i represent e whole cell grp and thank you for inviting u to ur birthday de bbq.....and u r such a wonderful brother to hav in e cell grp
hope u like e presents we buy for u de.....
wow 21 le....somehow free le lei......
hahas hope tat u enjoy ur 21th birthday, and hope is ur memorable birthday !!!!!

GOD bless u !!!!

ps: e photos for chee yong de birthday will take some time....and dexter de birthday de pics too....
sorry for e inconvenient :P

limliping :P

2009-06-11T00:28:00.002+08:00

hihi guys!!

I can't help but think about this:

Do you know who brought Pst Kong to church?
Do you know who invited Pst Phil Pringle to church? (probably his classmate)
Do you know who invited Dr A R Bernard to attend church?
I think the person who reached out to Steve Munsey must have find him an interesting guy! =)

Do you have any idea...who met the needs of all these now 'movers and shakers' of our generation?

Well, the people who met their needs, and directed them to God's love, are very seldom mentioned. They are probably ordinary people ... just like you and me.

But i really believe with all my heart, when we reach out to people in our lives, we're really redeeming their destinies.

People do have talents, but they may be using them in wrong ways. But when they are redeemed, things changes. They no longer use their talents for themselves, but for the Lord.

Those ordinary people who reached out to these movers and shakers probably never knew they will come so far. They certainly didn't reach out to them 'cause they knew these people will be mightily used by God.

The BIG question today is...
ARE WE DOING THINGS THAT WILL MATTER FOR ETERNITY?
In simple words, are we doing things that will impact people forever?
Are we leaving 'lasting footprints' in their lives?

You'll never know, the person you care for today will be the next pst Kong.
You'll never know, the friend you're praying for now, will be the next Phil Pringle.
You'll never know, the person you're loving today, will be the next Yi Lun..who'll one day lead a zone of 350!!!

Guys, do you get it? Do you understand? =)

Be it basketball matches, chill out nights, pool sessions, LAN outings, BBQs, whatever it may be, unless we're doing something that will impact people's lives, we are just doing nothing! We're just benefiting ourselves...our own interests, own desires, own wants....just being so inward looking.

How can we see a need...and walk on by??
How can we see a hurt...and ignore it??
How can we see a broken heart...and continue to care only for our own lives??!!

Selfish. Self-centered. Inward-looking. Inconsiderate. 'Don't care' attitude.
These are not attributes of Christ. These are 'attributes' of our sinful nature.

Are we becoming more like Christ, when we claim that we are Christians??
Jesus always put the needs, the hurts, the issues of others before himself.

The truth is, people will never remember you for the number of nights you spent in pubs.
People will not remember you for the greatest birthday party you organized.
People will not remember you, for the big cars you drive.
People will not remember you, for the huge sum of money you have in your bank.

Bill Gates, will be remembered, not only because he was the richest man, or the founder of Dell; he will be remembered as 'Bill Gates, the founder of Dell, who donated so much to his society. Had Bill Gates keep all the money to himself, and not impact humanity, he will not be remembered or even mentioned widely.

Mother Theresa will always be mentioned for the countless lives she'd touched. Even after her death, she is still being talked about.....like right now?! =) We are still inspired by her example.

All these great people did things that left a legacy. They will forever be mentioned in history for all the great things they've done for people, not for themselves.

Today pst Kong showed us an amazing video, about this church in Indonesia. God moved the pastor's heart to reach 2 groups of very extreme people: the mentally unsound, and the transexuals. (say 'wow'!!)

It was simply amazing! The church went to the streets to bring the mentally unsound. They brought them back, cut their hair, bathe them, feed them, clothe them, and teach them to praise and worship God. Some of them haven't bathe for 10 years! Thier hair was so long it touches the floor. For some, the members have to scrab them 5 times to get the dirt off their body. But eventually many of them got healed, and are now working in society!

The transexuals...wow...just speechless when i saw the video! They started with 3 transexuals beginning of 2009, and they are currently slowly expanding. They even reached out to the leader of the entire transexual community in Indonesia (7 million of them)..and she got saved! They actually set up their own fashion label and design their own clothes.

They may not be perfect, but God loves them. They may be the same the rest of their lives, but they'll always be impacted by what the church did for them.

I'm not saying that we should reach out to these group of people immediately!! But the pastor moved out of revelation. Let's move according to what God has spoken to us.

Dear friends, it's the little things we do for people that really matters.

So...what are you doing tomorrow, that'll make a person remember you forever?

There's no impossible task for a willing heart. =)
I pray that God will speak deep into your heart.

Cindy T.

birthday of e month

2009-06-09T00:19:00.002+08:00

hey ppl !!!! frm today onwards i will do tis too
i will post a post on whose birthday is it on e different month
if i miss anyone or type wrong, pls tell mi !!!!!!

BIRTHDAYS FOR E MONTH OF JUNE
13th june - dexter
15th june - elijah
21th june - jonathan

limliping :P

hsuan's sharing

2009-06-05T00:28:00.003+08:00

hey below is something frm hsuan....

Hey peeps!! Just wanna blog and share with you all something which makes me understand the importance of sowing.

Today was my last day in camp and for some reason (chose not to elaborate as it was quite a long story and I didn't want to remember it.)my IC scolded me for nothing and humiliated me in front of my juniors and my section mates (my section mates were of course happy to see that as they always had some problems with me but I think that they were having more privileges than me even though I was the section commander.)It really made me felt that the efforts that I have put into the section for the past 1 year was been to waste as my IC thinks that I always"eat snake" and teaching my juniors the wrong stuffs.(but the fact was he was the one who did not want to let me use my offs and even wanted to void the 21 days off that i got after putting in my blood and sweat for 3months in thailand and the whole company knew about it.), and Ijust want to thank God for placing such a batch of good juniors into my section.

Since I was the unwanted one in the section, I always did my work alone and my section mates would not help me, even came to sabotage my work at times, but I feel that I did not want to give unneccessary problems to the section thus accepting all the punishments myself as it was my work.When this batch of juniors posted into my section to undergo training and eventually joining my section, my section mates had been using them for "bangala works" (eg. throwing rubbish, sweeping the floor, washing the floor.) and did not want to teach them and even showed them attitude problem.Thus they came to me and always worked with me, and so as usual I will use all my knowledge to teach them and build bonding with them by asking how were they and always going for tea-breaks together and also waiting for them to go home together. So our bonding was really strong and they will always come over to the vehicle which i was working at to chat with me and ask me stuffs at the end of the day and sometimes even helping me with my work.i was touched that they would still be that close to me even though my section mates had been spreading stuffs about me into their ears (but action speaks a thousand words.). Especially today when they knew i was really hurt and angry by what my IC said, they came and talked to me and keep telling me that itwas my last day and I should not be thinking about stuffs like that and even when i reached home, they were sending me messages and wish me all the best.

Through them I really understand about sowing. We reap what we sow and if we reap good seeds, we sow good fruits and if we sow bad seeds, we reap bad fruits!and so lets start to sow love seeds into our friends like how Jesus sacrified himself and sowed love seeds into us so that we will receive salvation!! An advise to the future NS personnels: (Dan, Guoyang, Elijah, yiwei) The other dark extreme ends of people will appear in army and in every unit there will always be people who will backstab, sabotage, spread nonsense and its even more frequent in service units like mine, and Ns is the season of mental growth and strengthening as you all will face people that you sometimes could not even imagine, but I believe being the sons of God, we will become examples and vessels of His love and glory and go into NS and light up the darkness in people's heart and spread God's love into them and touch them! =D

Girls' Day Out @ SBG

2009-06-03T01:00:00.015+08:00

Hihi guys!!!

I'm sorry for the loooong wait!!! Ok, here we go - the photos for our very own girls' day out @ S'pore (duh) Botanic Gardens!!! Though only 5 of us, but we really really enjoyed ourselves so much! The weather was really great...not too scorching hot. We manage to settle down under the shady spot....and went on chatting quite some time. Well, it's one of our top-5 needs, remember?? CONVERSATION ok! So we really enjoyed talking talking and do more talking!

Of course, how can we forget about eating?? Singaporeans' favourite hobby - eating. HAHAHA!
My friend said her mom once made a comment: "How do you identify S'poreans in heaven?? Just spot a group og people eating all the time!!! Those must be S'poreans lah!! We bought along quite a lot of food...at least too much for the 5 of us..LOL!

See this HUGE tree? Looks familiar? Ok, this is the tree at the back of our $5 note. That's why lah...seems like you've seen it somewhere.

This is Evangeline....who has a super small stomach-capacity for proper food....haha!! But i can say she really loves snacks!!

Ziyun and Char-ma-nie. $$$ Got money???

Liping...our blog administrator!!! Can i please vote her for cutest person of the year?????!!! She's really cute!!!

Woo....looks like we pasted our photo on a 'sky' wallpaper hor? No lor....the sky is real. We manage to take this cos the camera is on the floor. HAHA!

STAR formation!! Guess whose leg is who????

We tried to take 'jumping' shots, but failed hilariously!!!! Here you have Ziyun in a weird position....opps! Half jumping! HAHA!

Ziyun and Char! HAHA!! Since when they started basketball practice??!!

Oh no....all 3 of us caught in a candid positions!! HAHA! ESPECIALLY me. LOL!

This is a picture of us, look like we're trying to take picture with the tree right? HAHA! Actually NO!! We placed the camera on the bench...and *tadah*...here you go! Looks quite nice though!

Haha....quite nice right!!! Charmaine took it for us! I think we lost Yun...did we???? =) Anyway, she looks nice right? Ziyun is photogenic!

Here's Ziyun fulfilling her dream of becoming a star...filming a MTV!!! Woohoo!

WOW! Check out the COOL GIRL!!! Wah...got fans leh!!! Lady Char-Char. (Lady GaGa's sister)

FINALLY....a decent picture taken by a kind-soul....haha!

We took this picture with the camera on the grass...ahaha! Quite nice...thought it was random!

That's all folks!!! Really looking forward to the next outing with them!! =) It's FUN!!

I think my CG is the BEST!!!! Wahha! I'm biased.....but i have every right to be!!! HOHOHO!

Cindy T.

wish for chee yong !!!!

2009-05-31T13:18:00.002+08:00

and 1 moere thing.....
sorry chee yong.. tat i now then post this !!!
HAPPY 21th BIRTHDAY !!!

hahas wow 21 le lei.....
wish u everything u do to be smooth and sucessful !!!

our family photo

2009-05-31T13:09:00.003+08:00

hey like wat hsuan says...tis is our family photo...even though it was not complete...cos nicole, clarence, charmaine, irvin and jonathan were not there
One day !!! we gonna take a complete family photo wit them & new friends faces...and off cos new memebers faces !!!!!!!

prayer for shiyi's ah gong

2009-05-30T11:59:00.003+08:00

hey ppl !!! those who are reading this post....
pls i hav a favor to ask....
it is just a simpl prayer frm u guys...
my friend, shi yi, de ah gong is now lying on the bed....
he have stomach ulcer, lungs infected, organ bleeding.....pray tat healing come upon him...
because of this, my friend, shi yi is worried.... and friends around her are worried abt her too
cos she going to hav exams soon...which on nxt monday which is 1 june
pray for healing for my friend and her ah gong
tks alot ppl....

limliping :P

appreciation by limliping :P

2009-05-28T08:49:00.001+08:00

liping here...
tks everyone for ur wishes......
i really appreciate it.....
tks to cindy for her post....
like what cindy said " our lives will be different without you"
hahas u guys too, u guys are already part of my lives
i really enjoyed my time wen i am wit u guys....
since i joined w495, u guys are great to mi
i live will not be same without u guys too.....
tks to God that i am able in w495 and wit u guys....
May God bless all of u !!!!!
tks alot guys...really appreciate it !!!!!!!

limliping :P

Happy Birthday Liping!!!!!

2009-05-28T01:07:00.000+08:00

This is specially for Liping:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY dear LIPING!!! Woohoo!!!
Thanks for being the SUNSHINE in our lives!!!
Thanks for maintaining this blog...
Thanks for being so efficient....
Thanks for always being so wiling to serve God and serve us...
Thanks for your enthusiam and passion in all that you do...
Thanks for being such a great friend!!!!

What can i say man....You're so special... =)
Our lives will be different without you.

Once again, Happy birthday.
Cos on the day when you were born, heaven celebrated it's first birthday party for you.
It was a happy day when you were born. You are so significant, so special, there's only 1 Liping in this entire world.

If you go to a store and saw a watch you really really like, and the person tells you there's only 1 of it's kind, wouldn't you feel very special if you own it??

You know what? God feels special...cos..He owns you. =) And there's only ONE you.

With lots of Love,
Cindy T.

liping's breakthrough sharing

2009-05-27T23:05:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone! This is Liping here. This is the very first time I am sharing something, so forgive me if I say something wrong & pardon my English cause I am not very good in it.
It had been 6 weeks since I started school in Singapore poly as a freshman at a new environment. In these 6 weeks, I had been struggling with a lot of things, my studies as I had lots of reports to do. Besides that I have been struggling of being awake during lectures. I slept during my “Inorganic and organic chemistry”, “Micro-biology”, “Engineering math” and “Chemical balance”. Besides “micro-biology”, the others modules that I have slept during lesson, I can study myself.

It was during the 4th week that I decided that I can’t continue to be like that, so I prayed to God and said to Him that I want to have a breakthrough of not sleeping during micro-biology lessons. I prayed for a lot of times, and my prayer was answered on the 5th week, which is last week. It was at the end of the day of Tuesday that I realize that I did not fall asleep during my micro-biology lesson. I was so happy, but I was suspect that was just my luck. So I decided to wait till the 6th week, which is this week.

It was on yesterday that I really had a breakthrough, because last Thursday and yesterday I also had micro-biology lesson, and I realize that I did not fall asleep at all. Besides that, God let me found an interest into this module and not just that, I am able to understand everything the lecture teaches me. Even though I need time to understand everything what the lecture teaches me, but I believe that I can make the impossible possible.
Hahas I will be praying for more breakthrough in my life and I believe that God will gonna answer all my prayers!!!! JIA YOU JIA YOU JIA YOU!!!!!!
Thats all for my sharing …..Hope that u get inspired by my sharing!!!!!

O ya…if you have anything you want to share, dun hesitate and send mi ….. I will post it on e blog ASAP once I opened e mail…..
W495!!!! Lets have more breakthroughs, instead of one. : P

limliping :P

pics taken on sat service

2009-05-25T16:32:00.000+08:00

hey ppl.....
these are e pics taken by e sisters on sat !!!!
if u want to see some crazy photos taken...do go and check out in FB.....

Definition of Team : Streetlights

2009-05-23T00:28:00.000+08:00

hey everyone !!!! Below is something tat Hsuan want to share !!!!!

Hey yo everyone!! Im here to share about what the name Streetlights mean to our team!! Haha!! Hmm… so I believe everyone also knows what’s the meaning of streetlight (haha!! If dunno then must retake English!!), but nevertheless I still explain what is the meaning of streetlight. Streetlight means the lampposts that we are seeing beside the road, beside the pavement etc… but to God, streetlight has another meaning. Streetlight means that it is like a lamppost guiding us to our destination, which is God (of course!! XD). So….now comes our 2 main reasons why we are called Team Streetlights. The 1st reason is because: our team is just like “tour guides” guiding our friends towards the truth, which is Jesus. We are being evangelistic guides as we get to know more of our friends through basketball and we can meet their needs as we get to know them more as our motto says: Win people, not games. Why is this our motto?? Because we are using our basketball team as an evangelistic team so that we can bring more people to God and let them feel the love and glory of God just like how we ourselves felt the first time we went to church!
Now comes the 2nd reason... to say the truth, I only saw the 2nd reason just these few days when I got the sudden urge to watch Slam Dunk (which is a famous basketball animation series) and God showed me this 2nd reason. I was watching the part when the main team, Shohoku High School travels to Hiroshima for the Inter-High Competition for the first time, and their team was also just built up during that year, and the media graded them as D and commented on them that they might not even survive the 1st round as they entered the competition for the first time. But they proved the media wrong by knocking out their 1st round opponents which is an A graded Toyotama High School, and during the match, they were taunted upside down, they were being provoked by their opponents and even one of their players, Rukawa Kaede was injured due to an intentional foul by the opponent. But they never gave up, even Rukawa himself continued playing with a swollen eye(all those who played basketball will know how hard it is to shoot with an eye) and managed to get more points then what he got in the first half and they finally won their opponent 91-87 when they were losing in the first half.
Through this part, I actually felt what God wants me to see from there. Even though they are looked down upon, but they never gave up. They were even problem children when they just joined the team, always fighting against each other but imagined they played so well during the match that people cheered for them. Imagine a bunch of problem kids at the start can now work so well with each other that they produced a breathtaking performance after a few months! God is just telling us that we need to be determined to shape ourselves! Basketball teaches us discipline, team spirit, team co-operation and also determination. These are actually factors that we must have when we are in the outside world or even if we are walking with God! God is showing us that he is also shaping and moulding us as we are learning these few factors through basketball. God is just like our coach, coaching us the correct things and bringing us outside there to prove to the others that He can shape us, who have unpleasant pasts and mould us into a team which has strong bonds and brotherhood and going out there to win people’s hearts! I was really touched that God showed His love for us even when we are playing basketball, He is actually moulding us into better people and using us as His examples when we are going out to win people’s heart using Team Streetlights as our emblem! So let us continue to run together with him and win more people’s heart using ourselves as the light of the world and salt of the earth!! And people, let us open our hearts and let God mould us into vessels of love and spread the love in our friend’s life!!
“Come follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19 (NIV)

2009-05-22T14:54:00.000+08:00

Hello guys!!!!

In case you forget, our next Chill Out night is COMING SOON!!!!
Whahhaa! This time round, it's call BLING IT ON!!!
So let's come with lots of 'Bling-Bling'. But please dont hang x'mas lights around yourself.
And please dont create traffic accidents 'cause you're too bright.

Anyway, we've already started preparing for it. Looking forward to it!!!

Hey guys, our very own JOEL LOW will be having his mini-concert this coming Sunday!!!
Please render all your love and support to him!! WOOHOO!!! JOel jia you Joel jia you!!!
You're our S**TAR!!!!!! For those of us going to his concert, let's cheer for him ok???!!!!
But i hope the people there wont find us too rowdy...opps!! Hee. Please bring all our cameras,
notepads (for interview purposes), voice recorders....LOL.

Ok, just bring camera or video camera....or i guess like you have 2-in-1. Hee!

Please pray for Joel. His friend who's suppose to sing with him, is currently down with throat infection. Please pray fro her that she'll recover by tomorrow! And pray for Joel that he will sing with great confidence and peace his heart. Pray for good health and protection (esp his vocals).

Thanks guys!! Do pray for Yilun also. She's currently in Korea, Yoido Full Godpel Church...
the LARGEST church in the world!! If i'm not mistaken, she met with Dr Cho!!!! Woohoo!!! Cool or what???!!! Can't wait for her to be back!!! I'm sure she has lots and lots and lots of stuff to share with us!!!

Pray for good health and protection for her, and also for her family.

Thanks guys, once again. Will update you guys soon.
Well...our blog will soon be pasted with photos of Joel Low, the rising star!!

Cindy Teng =)

prayer request

2009-05-21T21:38:00.000+08:00

hey ppl !!!!!!!!
hmm if u hav any prayer request, pls post it on our tagboard !!!!!
so tat i can update e blog
cos i will not be able to use my phone too often
hahas tks ppl for ur cooperation !!!!!
love u guys !!!!

an unexpected incident

2009-05-21T01:55:00.000+08:00

HIHI GUYS,

I"M BACK!! Just wanna share something that impacted me, though it may seem insignificant at first.

Was in bus 106 today, heading towards City Hall MRT. The bus suddenly stopped...and all the cars were stucked in thier positions!! I guess everyone (i'm one of them) wondered what was happening then. The bus was nearing Plaza Sing when it met a massive jam there!! (oh no!)

At first i thought it was usual peak hour/condemn time...due to heavy traffic. But the bus stopped for about 15min.

So there i was, trying to take a peek at what's happening. But couldn't figure out still!!!

Have you been caught in a massice traffic jam when you're in a hurry??!! You knew that people were waiting for you...but there was absolutely nothing you can do to make the vehicle move!
That was how i felt...so helpless....wishing that the bus will eventually move....

AND FINALLY...after 15 min, the bus started moving at snail-speed. All the cars were competing for space as well...honking at one another! And just outside Istana, there were so many traffic police on motorcycles!! And there were a few traffic police blocking the road.

I guess it's clear...i think someone really really important is going into Istana lah!!!
So that was the cause of the massive jam.

And suddenly, at that unexpected moment, i heard a voice telling me...

"One day when you are finally coming home, I'll block the roads in heaven just for your entry..
that's how important you are...to Me..."

WOW. Felt so loved.

It didn't take me long to realize...it was God. =) I got all excited!!!!
and i started to imagine....the day when i eventually go back home to heaven:

angels blocking the road for me to enter....

streets of gold lined with the most beautiful plants (cause i love plants)....

everyone cheering for me, for finishing the race of life in victory...

Jesus waiting at the entrance...waiting to tell me "well done! Good and faithful servant!!"

John 14:2-3
"There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.”

Guys, God has prepared a place for us!!! Isn't that wonderful!!!

No matter what you go through in life, even though it may be tough, think about the home that God has prepared for you.

He has a place for you in heaven. =)

YI WEI'S 16th BIRTHDAY !!!

2009-05-17T12:35:00.001+08:00

HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY TO YI WEI

cell grp celebrated his birthday yesterday....
hey everyone!!! HE FINALLY CAN WATCH NC16 DE MOVIE LE.....

People in our Lives

2009-05-13T01:36:00.000+08:00

Hi guys! Just came back not long ago. Had a refreshing zone meeting with YiLun and the rest. Always looking forward to Tuesday nights!! There's always something God wants to do.

By the way, YiLun is going to Korea next Thurs!!! She's going to visit Dr Cho's church!! Woohoo! Believing that she'll bring back great impartation, and lots of life-changing experiences to share with us.

Was giving Liping bible study last Saturday...and we came across this verse...
Acts 4:13,"...they were uneducated and untrained men,...(but) they had been with Jesus."

Q: Who have YOU been with???

My ex-ex-ex-ex-ex leader told me something that changed my point of view.
"People are always in your life for a purpose; it's either for you to bring change into their lives, or for them to bring change into your life."

How true. Right? Think about it.... =)

I believe we need to have 3 types of people in our lives, at every season in our lives.

1) those we influence,
2) those who influence us,
3) those who lead us.

It's important to be an influencer, in whatever place we are placed in. Be it in school, at home, in camp, at work, etc. Who are you influencing today? Are we helping people around us? Are we making someone's life different, with our love and care?

The fact is, we will only grow when we step out and decided to be an influencer. Recognize that you can make a difference!!

And of course, we gotta have people who can influence us! BUT...we gotta be really selective in this. We can have many friends, but not all are true friendships. Not every freindship is from God....we need to know who are the people God has sent into our lives, to support us, to walk with us. Not every friend is committed to you. Spot friends who are committed to the friendship, and willing to love you for who you are, willing to help you move forward.

Friends are really important people in our lives. Someone once said this:
If you want to know what kind of person he is, just look at the friends around him.

Our close friends have the ability to shape our character, in amazing ways...sometimes in ways you don't even notice. Right?? So be very careful who you allow into your life to influence you.

Lastly, we need to have people who lead us - our leaders. Many people have this fear that if they draw too close to a leader, their dark secrets will be exposed. Or the leader will scold them for things they've done wrong. They are generally afraid to let the leader knows what they are thinking. But think about it...is it really necessary to do so???

If we really have dark secrets, one day, we'll be exposed. Just so happen that it's our leaders who are usually the ones who confront us...because of the special grace that God has givne to leaders, they somhow just know what's going on deep down in our hearts.

Can i please say this? Leaders are really...harmless people. Very often, our intentions are misunderstood; some people even mistaken us as being too fierce.

Put it this way, we're just strict, 'cause it's every leader's desire to bring the best out of whoever they lead.

If there's one person you can't afford to ignore...it is your leader. (i'm not saying this to promote anything). Leaders play special and important roles in our lives. When God wants to speak to us, usually He will speak through our leaders. And our destinies are tied to them. God placed them in our lives to lead us closer to our destiny.

But sad to say, a lot of people don't understand this fact. Well, fact of the matter is, leaders are the only people that can bring us up to another level. Without them, we'll never grow. Some people are in church for so long, but still didn't make progress. I believe it's very linked to the way they treat their leaders.

So what's the conclusion??

People are important in our lives, and we need to recognize their different roles.
Some are given by God to stay in our lives for a lifetime.
Others are only there in our lives for a season.

Cindy T.

PRAYER REQUEST!!!!!

2009-05-12T10:50:00.000+08:00

HEY EVERYONE !!!!
IF YOU HAVE ANY PRAYER REQUEST, PLS EITHER TAG E BLOG OR YOU MSG MI
SO TAT I CAN UPDATE E PRAYER REQUEST SESSION !!!!

and sorry for e late update of e prayer request
and sorry for e context or prayer request
i will learn to improve it....

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Day Out @ Mind's Cafe!!

2009-05-11T00:06:00.000+08:00

What a fantastic Sunday with the folks of W495!! We went to Mind's Cafe @ Princep Street,

to occupy ourselves with crazy board games!! I think my W495 really loves spending time with one another....

So...the day opens with the famous (oldie though) but all time favourite - UNO STACKO!!!

WOOHooo! Actually we were waiting for the rest to arrive. HAHA.

Here's Nicholas in action!!! Hey dont under-estimate his fire power!!! He's really one smart guy ok! I think not only me, but all of us who played with him realized he has good memory!! Woo!! And he loves NACHOS!!!! Haahaa! He actually bought 1 huge packet and smuggled into the place. Then when the staff not looking, he pour everything into the bowls!! LOL! Interesting!

And...yes...we manage to stack till quite high ....before it came crashing down eventually...!! (unfortunately, it was Mike's turn i think..hee!!!)

After UNO-ing, we wanted to play RISK. But we sort of figured out it's too common, and a little complicated. So scrap it. Anyway, RISK 'yellow soldiers' figurines really look like...some...crackers??!! Hee!! (look like right??!!) Liping and i were laughing over it..

Here's Liping and her 'blue crackers'!!We went on to play this vampire game, which we all thought was really quite fun!! Ok, it's amusing to see the vampire cards (see below). So cool!! Different types of vampires!! Red lady...botak black...the ice princess...blue monster...and many more!! Ok ok, the names are made up by me...just for fun!!

The aim of the game is to bury all your vampires!!!! Fastest person who completes win the game! It's like memory game...we even have 'garlic cards' to reserve a grave. Interesting...the vampires need to be arranged in sequence. Once you've arrange it in your desired sequence, you can't rearrange them anymore. So, gotta bury each vampire accordingly.

Ok, we actually need to open up these 'graves'. Under each grave there's a colour, and you have to remember exactly where are the colours!! So if the next vampire in your row of many vampires is red, then you need to open a grave that's red in colour, to 'bury' the red vampire. Fun thing is, you gotta close back the grave!! So if you are not careful...you may reopen any grave that has buried vampire...and you'll be forfeited!!! If you forfeited 3 times...HAHA...everyone will give you 1 vampire...which means you'll have MORE VAMPIRES TO BURY!!! Whahaha!!! GRAVES!!!
Chee yong and Teck Yong are just funny!!!! They too engrossed in eating...and they don't seem to remember the colours of the graves! So they ended up 'awaking' many buried vampires!!

Shimin and i were like too busy reserving graves with our garlic cards...and we forgot positions of the graves we reserved...HAH!! (like what??!!) Through out the game, Nicholas and Dan were the champions in getting rid of their train of vampires...partly thanks to Nicolas, who had fantastic memory!! Joel and Yang were a great team too...slow but steady...then suddenly we realized they GAME already!!! Liping and Mike almost won....but just when they were about to finish...hee...they disturbed a buried vampire!! Hee!! So more vampires followed them...

Well, over at the other table, all i can remember was that....they were the LOUDEST people in Mind's Cafe!!! Haha! I thought they going to bring the roof down!!! Oh my!! By snatching dog bones! But it was really fun i believe!!

These were just a few games we played...still many other games!!
CONCLUSION: Mind's Cafe....WE'LL BE BACK!!!!

Cindy T.

what can you offer?

2009-05-07T01:16:00.000+08:00

Hihi guys!!

I was just pondering about something...

Really thinking about how can we shine in wherever we are planted in.
The fact is, we gotta learn to be leaders in society. We should have the ability to lead
to a certain extent. Cool? Agree? Ultimately, what can we change if we don't rise to a
position which allows us to lead? (thinking point)

We don't need to be named 'leader' in order to lead.
A leader is not defined by title; a leader is defined by his character.

Once upon a time, there was a man full of vision. He gave hopeless people a cause to live for;
he was a role model for the fatherless, was focus in uniting his people, has a great vision of bringing them into prosperity. His personality and charisma won the hearts of his people.

Sounds like a good leader? Hrm...i'm talking about Hitler... LOL!!

Interestingly, in my views, Hitler was indeed a great leader. He had most of the atributes which makes a great leader. He was bold, courageous, focus, ambitious, full of vision, tactical, etc. But the only thing that went wrong was his moral values...

There was no justice, no compassion, no love, no integrity, no sincerity, no honestly/openness.
Only agression and lots of forceful actions and violent acts.

Amazingly, despite his insane beliefs, he was able to move the hearts of multitudes with his persuasive speeches. People actually believed in his ideas. His men were willing to die for him..
oh my gosh!!! (like what??!!). Youths were willing to sacrifice for him...get train and fight in the war for him.

What's the learning point?
Question: What can you offer?

What do i mean?

People followed Hitler, 'cause he offered them a dream.
He offered them hope.
He offered them security.

Friends, the world is looking for great leaders. Especially in our world today, where there seems to be a crisis in leadership...where corruption and injustice is too common.

There's never a lack of leaders....just who will be the next. Either good or bad leaders. =)

Why am i sharing this?

I believe it's time to arise and let our light shine.
One day we will step into society to work. Are we going to allow the world's system to lead us,
or we influence the world's system?

Who are the people with right moral values? YOU!! It's US!!
If we don't arise and take the leading role, we will be lead by the world.

Back to my question...WHat can you offer?

Can you be like Jesus?
Can you offer people around you a vision?
Can you inspire a dream?
Do you have courage to stand in a time of crisis?

You don't have to be named a 'leader' to take the lead.
If you can offer people around you a vision, a dream, hope...
if you have courage, integrity, compassion...people will follow you.

Because...that's what the world is looking for.

So...what do you have in you, that makes others want to follow you? =)
Hey guys, it's time to arise and take the lead, in our camps, in our schools, in our work places.
We need to have a burning desire to impart good moral values into our society.
If we don't lead...others will. There's no lack of influence...either positive or negative.

We need to realise that we have the power to transform society for the good.

Judges 9:7-15
The people asked the olive tree to lead them, but the olive tree didn't want to.
They asked the fig tree to lead them, but it didn't want to as well.
They approached the vine, but failed in their attempt.
They have no choice but to ask the bramble (thorns) to lead them.

Got it? Understand? =)

Yes, it's our time to arise!!

Cindy T.

the little things in life

2009-05-06T00:49:00.000+08:00

Hi Hi guys!!

Long time since i last posted! Firstly, thanks for all the gifts and wishes you guys given me on my birthday. I'm really glad to be part of your lives. From the bottom of my heart, i appreciate all the little things you guys did, as a group and as individuals. THANKS!!! =)

Talking about little things, just reminded me about something which happened yesterday (yes, on my birthday itself)....this tree in my park split into two!!! The big branch snapped for some reason...by the way...it's longer than a lorry. =) Almost hit a house!!!

So as a result, i decided to remove the entire tree, for simple reason- safety. Now that half the tree was gone, the tree is not balance anymore. It'll run the risk of being uprooted during storg winds, as one side is heavier.

On this spot where my own shadow was casted...once stood a tall tree about 8m in height!
Well, but as you can see, it's been leveled.

I only manage to find the remnants of the tree which was removed!! HOW SAD!!!?? Oh...my beloved tree!!!

So, what's the lesson learnt?

*Balance is the key to life* (what an old saying...but totally real)

After much analysis, i think i can safely conclude that the tree split due to strong wind. It was the first tree in a entire row of trees, to be exposed to wind. It probably absorbed most of the wind's impact.

But the failing point was this: it was too heavy on the other side

When a tree is not balance in the distribution of it's weight, it'll have higher tendency to fail. So regular pruning must be done to ensure even weight distribution.

Sometimes, God needs to 'prune', 'cut', or 'remove' certain things in our life, which may be weighing us down, stopping us from progressing. It's painful...but necessary, so that we can walk right, walk in proper balance.

If God does not remove some of these things in our life, one day we'll come to a point of failure.
God is good,; He knows what He is doing in our lives.

So, let's allow God to deal with us, help us live a balance life. Yes??

Yeah man!! Watch out for my next post!!

Cindy T.

2009-05-03T23:21:00.001+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CINDY TENG......

today, 4/5/09which is a monday, is her actual birthday.....

let wish her all e best in everything she do

GOD bless her!!!!!

OUR LEVEL OF FAITH=OUR LEVEL FORGIVENESS

2009-05-03T18:08:00.000+08:00

hie ppl!!!!!
did u went for e sunday service???
those who did not and u watch e online service...u learn anything??
even though Steve Munsey's preaching is unique, but i definitely learn something.....

have u question urself how many times can u forgive a specific person???

Steve Munsey says : OUR LEVEL OF FAITH IS EQUAL TO OUR LEVEL OF FORGIVENESS...........................................

ppl!!!! i nid ur feedback too...and off cos wad u have learnt!!!....
send mi thru mail and pls tell mi who r u, so i can post on e blog....
send it to blue_flower_time2002@hotmail.com
do not spam!!!!!
hahas tks alot :P

Cindy's birthday celebration

2009-05-02T22:46:00.000+08:00

okays !!!! previous post is a very important and serious one....
so now tis post is a happy post
Yesterday we celebrated Cindy Teng's birthday..her actual date is on 4th may which is nxt MON
taken some pics
enjoy urself wit all e pics....

Multiliplication cg

2009-05-02T12:57:00.001+08:00

1 May is a very very special date to us and W516.....

Multiplication cell grp @ Zon's hse.....
W495 and W516

CGL:Cindy Teng
Connect-Grp Coordinators: Dan, Evangeline and Elijah
Guitarist: Elijah/Wayne/Jon
Song sheet:Jon
Treasurer:Zi yun/Joel
Birthday Coordinator: Soo jia/zi yun
Blog IC: Liping
Basketball Team IC: Hsuan
NTU outreach Team: Evangeline/ Joel
Secondary School IC :Cindy Kwoh
Bible Study Coordinator: Elijah
"Hse of GOD' Team:Chee yong / Guo yang

CONNECT GRP

Grp 1
Dan Chong
Wayne Toh
Kenneth Siew
Gideon Chua
Mike Boo
Ling Tze Hsuan
Teo Chee Yong
Neo Yi Wei

Grp 2
Evangeline Ong
Seah Qin Yan
Lim Li Ping
Irvin Liaw

Grp 3
Elijah Xu
Chan Guo Yang

Grp 4
Cindy Teng
Joel Low
Jonathan Lim
Liaw Ziyun
Ang Soo Jia
Nicole Lou
Clarence Tay
Dexter Hong
Cindy Kwok
Charmaine Ong

W495 strength :24 Disciples
Vision : 30 Disciples by DECEMBER 09

Those who has blog and wish to be link, pls tag at e chatboard and link ur blog url too....
i will try my best to update e blog everday......

Love Revolution Videos

2009-03-24T10:30:00.000+08:00

NICK VUJICIC

DEAD OR ALIVE

Hsuan's experience on serving an elderly

2009-03-17T19:36:00.000+08:00

Hello guys! Below is Hsuan's experience of serving an elderly on last Saturday.

Hey yo everyone! I am here to share my experience of my visit to mdm Chua’s house to clean up her house on 14^th March! On that day’s morning, I met Gouyang and went over to the auntie’s place to help clean up her area. At first I thought that it was going to be super dusty and I have to think twice before I put on my white shirt, but when I reach there it was quite clean so I kind of heaved a sigh of relief! Haha! So we went in to help her to clean up her place.

She is 75years old this year, and has a daughter who married and a son who is a little mentally unsound. She have difficulty doing housework as her knees were not in a good condition and she had to visit the doctor regularly and there will be someone fetching her to our dialect church service on Sunday morning. The dialect church staff will normally go to her place on every Saturday morning to help her with the housework but they were not free for the past 2 weeks so we went to help her voluntarily. We swept and mop her place, clean her plates, wash up her kitchen including her wok (which is actually quite dirty as she did not wash it for 2 weeks), wash the toilets and also cleared the rubbish in the house. We swept up a lot of cigarette butts as her son always smoked in the house. The cleaning and washing took about an hour and then we went to have a chat with her before we left her house to go to church. Her Chinese wasn’t that good so we speak to her in Hokkien which is her dialect (and I wasn’t really good at it! Haha!)

My feelings are that we can go and help more of these needy elderly who needs our help. It is also in our church’s motto: to find a need and meet it and to find a hurt and heal it. When we meet the needs of these people, we are showing the love of Jesus who also serve those who had needs, just like in Matthew 22:39, “ Love your neighbour as yourself.”

We've Got a Friend

2009-03-16T12:37:00.000+08:00

Hey guys,

this song is dedicated to ALL of you. Really, if you need a friend, just call CINDY TENG.
LOL. And i believe it's the song that God will sing to us too....we've got a true friend.
(please go to music player and click 'play'...song by McFly, You've Got a Friend)

I was on the bus and it was really p-o-u-r-i-n-g like mad!!!
But somehow, i just felt happy that i'm not out in the rain getting drench and catching a cold.
Reminds me of God. He's our shelter and refuge in times of need.
It may be pouring all around us...but we won't get wet, cause God is sheltering us. Yes??
(please say AMEN) thanks

When you're down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
and nothing...oh nothing, is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night

You just call out my name
And you know wherever i am
I'll come running
To see you again
Winter spring summer or fall
All you gotta do is call
And i'll be there
You've got a friend

If the sky above you
Should turn dark and full of cloud
And that all northwind should begin to blow
Keep your hair together
And call my name out loud
Soon i'll be knocking upon your door

Ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
People can be so cold
They'll hurt you and desert you
Well they'll take your soul if you let them
Oh yeah but don't you let them...

Young Adult Dinner (14th March 09)

2009-03-14T01:58:00.000+08:00

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trees do tell stories (part 1)

2009-03-10T00:28:00.000+08:00

Nice 'peek-ture' of a beautiful tree..my colleague took it in her park. Awesome!! Reminds me of this verse:

Jeremiah 17:7-8," Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is in the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; But its leaves will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit."

Every tree has roots, but not every tree will grow well.
Every believer knows God (or claims to), but not every believer will grow well. True?

Every tree has to make a choice, where it wants to grow its roots. Similarly,
we need to make a choice on where our roots should rest. Meaning....
where/who/what is our source?

When troubles arrive, trials set in, storms arise, who do we turn to?
What do we do? Whine...grumble....complain...pity ourselves...wellow in bitterness...?

Trusting God is a choice...a decision.
It's against our very human nature to believe something we dont see.
(But funny that people can believe there's ghost...but don't believe there's God...right?
Can't see both. Haha!)

So, let's make a decision to trust God, and put our hopes in God.
Do you know why Jesus resurrected? His resurrection not only shows that He is God,
but so that we know, He's a God of hope. When there's Jesus, there's hope. Something
is coming your way. A rainbow will appear after the storm.

To be continued....

****STAY TUNE FOR THE NEXT POST*****

Hello Hello!!!

2009-03-08T11:33:00.000+08:00

Hey guys!!!! WELCOME to W495's BLOG!!!! Please a close watch on this blog,

as there will be post almost DAILY!!! (sounds like some happening news page...)

Let's stay connected not only on weekends, but let's stay connected in our

thoughts too.

For a start, a simple bite for all.....

Lord, Give Me Strength

Give us Your strength, Lord.

Because sometimes things get tough,

and we are ready to quit.

Give us Your love, Lord.

Because sometimes people reject us,

and we are tempted to hate.

Give us Your eyes, Lord.

Because sometimes life gets dark,

and we lose our way.

Give us Your courage, Lord.

Bacause often we are put under pressure,

and it's hard to do what is right.

Give us Yourself Lord.

Because our hearts were made for You,

and we will not rest until we rest in You.

May the Lord's grace and love be with through out this entire Sunday.

=)

Happy Water Baptism to WEILIANG & TZE HSUAN!

2009-03-06T03:05:00.000+08:00

Matthew 3:14-15 (New International Version)

"But John tried to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness." Then John consented."

My Redeemer Lives!

2009-02-26T16:24:00.002+08:00

2009-02-26T16:19:00.001+08:00

I recived this email from a friend.

The Duck & the Devil

There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm.

He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods.

He practiced in the woods; but he could never hit the target.

Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner.

As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck.

Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the
head and killed it. He was shocked and grieved.

In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile; only to see his
sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.

After lunch the next day Grandma said, 'Sally, let's wash the dishes.'

But Sally said, 'Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the
kitchen.'

Then she whispered to him, 'Remember the duck?'

So Johnny did the dishes.

Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing
and Grandma said, 'I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper.'

Sally just smiled and said, 'Well,that's all right because Johnny told me
he wanted to help.'

She whispered again, 'Remember the duck?' So Sally went fishing and
Johnny stayed to help.

After several day of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's he
finally couldn't stand it any longer.

He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck.

Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug and said, 'Sweetheart, I know.
You?see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing,but
because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you
would let Sally make a slave of you.'

Thought for the day and every day thereafter?

Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done... And the devil keeps
throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits,
hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.) ..whatever it is...You need to know
that?God was standing at the window and He saw the whole thing.

He has seen your whole life. He wants you to know that He loves you
and that you are forgiven.He's just wondering how long you will let the
devil make a slave of you.

The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness;

He not only forgives you, but He forgets.

It is by God's grace and mercy that we are saved.

God is at the window!

When Jesus died on the cross; he was thinking of you!

2009-02-26T13:01:00.000+08:00

Watch this short but powerful video!

Hi Everyone!

2009-02-25T02:07:00.000+08:00

Hey guys! This is the official BLOG for W495, please come here often for updates!
Pardon for the lack of content, still trying to figure out the features of blogger : )