I Love..

the new colour of my room. Even though nobody else thinks it's a good idea.

passionfruit! Excellent source of antioxidants, Vitamins A and C, potassium and fiber. But most of all, I love the intense flavour. Try it!

Terence Yin Sings Hallelujah from Daniel Wu on Vimeo.

Ignore the lyrics.
I love the melody and his singing. I like his version the best so far.

These are a few of my favourite things

Beef burger with bacon. I used white bread 'cos I didn't have the chance to get the right one. Hehs.

Tiramisu

Clams. Once I start, I can't stop!

The length of our days is seventy years - or eighty, if we have the strength; yet the best of them is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.


Psalm 90:10

Squad 11, Slam Dunk, Rubber Band Wars and Scandals

I just came back from a primary school gathering. It was a lot better than I expected; I'm really glad that I don't have to regret my decision to not go to play beach.

The last time we met up was almost 6 yrs ago when we were all Sec 4. The girls were expecting plenty of awkwardness between e guys and us, but it turned out rather well. I guess it's because we're all grown up now. We no longer hate the boys like we used to in primary school and it is always interesting to find out what everybody is doing now.

It'll be good to keep it regular, but I can't imagine meeting up say, every quarterly. We'd run out of things to say really soon. I mean, how much time can we spend talking abt the past and what we're doing now? Not that I don't like reminiscing, I find our past antics really hilarious, but there really are only so many things we can talk abt, no?

But I won't mind meeting the girls more often. Haha. Dbl standards. But seriously, I'm quite happy that we could pick up from where we left off the last time we met (which was last March) and just continue our friendship.

Earlier this year, I was really envious when I heard that 6A2 was going to have a gathering. Now that my class has had one, I wouldn't mind having a cohort gathering. It'll be fun to see ppl from other classes too.

In addition to the items listed in the title: playing catching, writing autograph books and listing my top, best, special, good, normal and bad friends, chicken nuggets with chilli and ikan bilis, and playing basketball for every PE.

In Case You Were Wondering..

1. I got that 'pencil box' when I went back to TMX to get some free stationery. They're moving office, so there was a lot of junk to be cleared out. The 'pencil box' is actually the packaging for a bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne. Michele convinced me to use it as a pencil box. :S


2. I have started school.


3. I will be working at Dome cafe at UOB Plaza in Raffles Place from 4th Aug.


4. I just came back from a long-overdue trip to Kerteh with my relatives on Monday. Kerteh is a small town(?) in Terengganu, Malaysia. It's my mother's hometown; my uncle, some of their cousins and old neighbours still live there. We also travelled to other towns/cities like Kemasik and Kuantan. I ate: kampong eggs that had orange yolks everyday; crab and roti chenai for two meals (not together, duh); durian, mangosteen and rambutan that was harvested that very day; and a meal in a restaurant where every table was connected in one way or another by someone. I heard more Hainanese in those 4 days than I ever did in my life.



5. I am starting to get addicted to travelling.

My New Pencil Box

Many Many

I haven't blogged in such a long time that I don't really know where to start again. The momentum is lost.

Sometimes something happens and I think to myself that I'll blog about this when I get home. But as you can see from the sporadic entries so far this yr, I've been quite slack about blogging. I really do have a much more interesting life you know.

I wanted to blog about my birthday and the fantastic cake that we bought from The Patissier; the church retreat that just passed; the meeting up with Corrin, De and Jiahong; my cousin's ROM at Amara Hotel and other small things that makes life likeable and enjoyable.

Somehow I am that much more faithful about blogging than keeping a personal diary. My past attempts at keeping a diary always failed after two or three entries due to my laziness and plain forgetfulness about the diaries' existence. But blogging is different, I guess, probably due to having an audience.

I'll be back soon. I hope. July may prove to be an even more exciting month than June.

Mac VS PC

Dang! Watching this makes me regret getting a Dell laptop SOOO MUCH! *roar*
Why can't EA have Mac OS-compatible Sims?
Why can't my external HDD be read on a Mac?
Why do I have Adode Master Collection for Windows??

*ROAR*

Offering

1 Chronicles 21:24 But King David replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing."


I came across this verse while doing my BSF homework. We are now on the chapters after the Ten Commandmants were given. One of the verses in Exodus mentioned that each man in Israel was to offer what his heart prompts him to give. The verse from 1 Chronicles above was given as a reference.

David had insisted on paying for the threshing floor, the animals and so on for the offering to God because he didn't want to sacrifice something that did not cost him anything to God. How can it be called a sacrifice if there is no cost?

What are we offering to God? Are we giving Him our residual time left over from school or work and other commitments? What are we sacrificing for Him? What are we giving Him in return for all the things that He has done for us?

He is often a 2nd thought. Or a 2nd priority. He comes after school, after work, after rest, after leisure. Because He is not visible, we often forget Him as we scamper around filling our lives with things that we think would fill us.

We do devotion only when we remember or if we're not tired. We only join in church activities if our schedule permits. We only serve in church if it doesn't require us too much time.

Why are they all conditional? Why can't we put Him above everything? And I do mean everything. School, work, family commitments, social life.. EVERYTHING.

If the gift you're offering up to Him today does not cost you anything, is it still an offering?

If I decide to leave, I will leave a letter and tell you why I gave up.
If I decide not to give up, I hope that it is because you gave me a reason not to.

Hong Kong

I realise I never did blog about the trip to Taiwan in Jan. I still have yet to get the photos from my cousin. :s


The whole preparation for this HK trip was quite a low for me. I just didn't feel excited about the trip. I guess the only reasons I went were because I have not been there before, I do love to travel, and we could go see my mum.

Then things got worse two days before our departure when I sprained my ankle. I got really apprehensive about the trip and whether I'll be able to fully enjoy HK with the sprain.

Frankly speaking, I really did not enjoy this trip as much as the Taiwan one. I cannot really put my finger to why, but it is just a feeling. My travelmates for both trips were great. They made the trip so much more enjoyable and crazy.

Anyways, the 5 days in HK were CRAZY. We walked like at least 8hrs each day. Thank God the weather was still quite cool. I think I'd have gone crazy if we had to walk around with Singapore's current weather. But I guess I am kinda of satisfied with the trip, as in I don't have any regrets (except for the fact that I didn't get to eat egg tarts!!!!) because we went to most of the places on our agenda, we took almost all of their different kinds of public transport and we had a lot of good food! Of which, I have to say is the most impt thing of this trip.

We have relatives there (my mother's cousin) who was really really nice. He followed us everywhere and brought us wherever we wanted to go. Anyway, the huge joke is that although he's my mother's cousin, he look a lot like my dad. He got mistaken as my Dad once or twice before. You'll see him later in the photos though I don't think they look so alike now cos my dad has put on weight.

We also came up with silly hand gestures that you'll see appearing frequently in the photos below.


DAY 1


Went to Sha Tin to meet my mum, uncle and his wife.


DAY 2
We ate DIM SUM for brunch! Happiness. They sold unheard of items like braised duck with century egg and so on.. The har gow was good. Porridge too.

Spent half a day at City Gate Outlet Mall shopping. Basically it's a shopping mall full of factory outlets of various brands like Kate Spade, Armani, Adidas, etc.

At night we went to the famous Nu Ren Jie 女人街. I think we were all quite excited about going because of all we have heard about the place; plus there was supposed to be a street full of shops selling sports shoes next to it. Unfortunately, we only went home with a photo of a half naked Aaron Kwok to make our cousin jealous, and souvenir stuffs.




DAY 3

Ocean Park, the PEAK and Madame Tussaud's.

They were very smart in situating Ocean Park at its current location on a hill. The view was really great.

The PEAK was sort of a disappoinment to me. I don't know, I think it's because I have never saw pictures of it, so I was like imagining something more outdoors. When we reached there, we walked straight away into a shopping mall that was extremely tourist-y. I was quite irritating and complain-y while we were there too cos I was really tired. I had given most of my weight to my left leg because I sprained my right ankle. By the time we reached the Peak, the muscles in my left knee was burning. It was quite frightening because I have never felt that before.

But Madame Tussad's was good, though it was over too soon.



DAY 3

Went to visit my granduncle (mum's cousin's father) in New Territories. He lives in an undeveloped area where there's you know, wild growth and everything. Like a kampong except he lives alone.

We took the famous "small bus" that we always see in HK dramas. You know, like when a couple quarrels and the lady walks off and gets on the 'small bus'. The guy tries to get on too but can't cos it's full. And there are no bus stops. Basically you just call out to the driver whenever you want to get off.

Then we took a looong bus ride to Causeway Bay, all the way from New Territories to HK island. It was good for all of us so that we could rest.

I bought a pair of shoes there! We took sometime looking for Asics Onitsuka boutique cos my cousin wanted to buy their shoes. In e end I was the one who bought shoes. :D
It was way off my budget; I had planned to buy Converse.




DAY 5

Had a really really good lunch at 糖朝 (Tang Chao) in Tsim Sha Tsui. The porridge, carrot cake, black sesame and almond paste were all really good. And we finished one huge tub of tau hwey. Let me just state first that there was only 4 of us. 4 girls. And the tub was really huge.

I rarely do entries where I list out what I do in a day nowadays. But, I simply have to blog about this day.

I woke up early that day to go to Suntec to change money for our HK trip. Before I left, my sister sms-ed to say that her friend has lost contact with the boss of the moneychanger and to just find another one. So I decided to go to Parkway cos my cousin had just changed there and the rates were quite good.

At Parkway, when I used my sister's ATM card to withdraw her money, I realised that the money from the cheque she banked in on Sunday would only be available in the afternoon, right around the time when I would be playing badminton in Hougang. So I told her I'd go to one in Orchard the next day since I was going down for a haircut.

After that, I met my cousin and went to Hougang Sports Hall to play badminton. After less than 5 mins of playing, I sprained my ankle. It was entirely my fault; I was playing bare footed. :P

Of course we couldn't continue playing since there was only 2 of us. So I decided to cab down to a Chinese sensei near my church.

When we reached there, I found out, to my horror, that they were closed for lunch until 3pm. It was not even 1pm. >>.<<

So we went home. Or I limped home cos cabbing was expensive. Bus-ing is much cheaper.

When my father woke up at around 3plus, I asked him if he could drive me to a doctor later. And he got irritated at me and complained saying why I was so troublesome. I got SOOO angry I told him I don't need him to drive me anymore. At that moment, I would rather let my feet rot then have him fetch me.

After a while we both relented and he drove me to this Chinese sensei I visited before.



If you think this is the end of my adventurous day, you're wrong!

Guess what, it wasn't there anymore!! Thank God my dad drove me because I really don't know what I would have done if I had gone there by taxi.

Then he drove to the area around Hougang Sports Hall (-_-) and we found the Eu Yang San clinic. And that, is the end of my very frustrating day.


I was at such a loss when I sprained my ankle. Because of it:
-- I couldn't play badminton; I really have been wanting to play for a long long time.
-- I couldn't go for my haircut and I was really irritated with my hair then.
-- I couldn't go to Orchard to change money for my sister. We were leaving for HK two days later.
-- WE WERE LEAVING FOR HK 2 DAYS LATER! How can I walk around HK with a sprained ankle???
-- I was supposed to go to Sentosa w Eileen and Jane for volleyball the Sat after next. How to play with a sprained ankle???
-- I made a decision that I hope is what He wanted.

Joy Heart Royal China at Raffles

Make that 'HEART'.I love everything there. The decor, the service, the FOOD. Oh man, the FOOD. I have never eaten such good dim sum before, not even at Hong Xing. My sister and parents are constantly lamenting the fact that the dim sum buffet at Shangri-la is no more, but I really cannot remember how the dim sum there tasted since I was quite young then.

No matter what, Royal China has the best dim sum. To me. The baked items like egg tarts and char siew tarts are only baked after you've ordered so they take some time to arrive at your table but it's compensated because they're so fresh and piping hot! The har gow is SUPER nice. I can't wait to go back for a 2nd round! :D

Blue as a robin's egg

This girl is amazing. Not only the things she was talking about, but even more the way she carried herself and her confidence and the way she gave her speech. She was only 12 then. Not to mention the 12 year old Singaporeans now; I can't imagine myself giving such a speech now. It really shows the different emphasis between her country's education system and ours.

Please take the time to watch and listen. It is really enlightening to hear the issues she has brought up.

I think it is very saddening to know that the world only caught on and started saving this earth 15 years after this speech was given.

Belated Spring Cleaning II

And yes, I have finished cleaning up/out my room. My bookshelves now look more like bookshelves, my study table is no longer covered w my bags and I now have a makeshift dressing table. Now if only I can get myself to re-paint my room and put up the curtains.

I came across a box of letters that got me really nostalgic. I used to exchange letters with a few of my friends from primary and secondary school. We would write like 5-7 pages long letters to each other filled with crap and I don't know what else. I really miss it.


Anyways, I have finally started the internship in church. It's kinda lonely 'cos I'm the only one.
But I really hope that I will make FULL use of this time.

Belated Spring Cleaning

I finally came around to cleaning up my room. I have finally decided to steel my heart and start throwing away all the things that I have not been able to bring myself to throw away for the past 21 years.

As with every spring cleaning, I always take more than 3 days and Day 1 just passed yesterday. Today wasn't counted as Day 2 because I didn't do anything.

So I was cleaning out my drawers, and I found this file where I kept a bunch of things from my overseas trip w my school when I was in Pri 6. I found the itinerary, Do's and Don'ts of the trip, To-Bring List, a journal of the trip (I forget if we were told to write it or I brought that book along to write because that book is simply too ugly for me to have bought it), and some other miscellaneous things. What really amused me was of course the journal. I was seriously amused by my thoughts when I was that age. And I do remember some of the things that happened, though I really cannot remember what I did wrong that got me a scolding from Mrs Samuel.

That trip rocked though. School trips are the best way to travel. OK, sometimes. Not all the time. AARRRRR I want to go back to pri sch!!

And I think I made friends rather easily back then unlike now. I was really close to this girl who was like in a class that was the opposite end of mine, both geographically and "level-ly" during the trip. I'm quite sad that I didn't continue e friendship but then again, I didn't even continue w those in my class. :/

一辈子不离开祢

Your love is king,
crown You in my heart.
Your love is king.
You're the ruler of my heart.

- Your Love is King by Sade

Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life and pastor of Saddleback Church in California , gave the invocation at the Presidential inauguration last night. His insights about life are remarkable, especially now that his wife has cancer and he has garnered tremendous wealth from sales of his book.


When interviewed by Paul Bradshaw, these are the things Rick said:

People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were not made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.

One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me.

I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.

We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.

Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.

The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort.

God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.

We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.

This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.

I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.

Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.

No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.

And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.

You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems.

If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, which is ※my problem, my issues, my pain.§ But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.

We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her.

It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.

You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.

Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.

It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.

So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.

First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases.

Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.

Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.

Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.

We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?

Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?

When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.

That's why we're called human beings , not human doings.


Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.

Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.

Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD .

Painful moments, TRUST GOD .

Every moment, THANK GOD.

Of Bad Moods and Happenings

Last Sunday started bad. I think my tiredness contributed a lot to my bad mood, but seriously, I was not in that mood while on my way to church. My brain was still half asleep then.

I know I shouldn't have spoken so brash and rudely, but really.


Saturday was good though. Highlight of my week. Or month if you come to think about it. Not that I have much happening in my life now, you understand.

I think both Jane and Eileen are also quite satisfied with our V-day outing w each other because.... we finally managed to play court! Yes! Usually when we go down to Sentosa, we don't play in the beach volleyball courts because there are so few in Siloso. Last Sat we decided to head to Tanjong beach because we anticipated a huge crowd in Siloso. I don't really like Tanjong beach because of the extremely coarse sand there as opposed to Siloso's finer sand, but it turned out to be a great decision because, maybe due to the smaller crowd and thus bigger space, there are a lot of courts around the area and we managed to play in one for a while! Yay!

I'm so happy we finally got to play court and I really really miss the feeling of playing as a team and all that. BUT, I also found out that I have really lost my touch in playing in court. I couldn't receive the balls properly. Nvm, we shall practice lots!! We just have to find the people to do so. :/

This almost compensates for the tan I get for every time we play. Almost.

Oh, and we had a super.... exciting V-day dinner. We totally underestimated the V-day crowd and spent around 30mins walking around Vivocity looking for a place to eat. In e end, we were too hungry and decided to get sushi from Cold Storage and eat them by the sea. How romantic.

Life's a Beautiful Mess

As always, I have TONS of things to blog about. So many that I am too lazy to sort them out. I'll list them out in case I forget them: Christmas, looking back and looking forward, YA Camp, random stuffs.

But let's go one at a time in case I get confusing.

First things first, Christmas. Or rather, life after TMX.

I managed to get through the final 2 weeks of 2008 not without some struggle. I finished the data entry in 3 days with about 9hrs of slp throughout that 3 days. After that, I had gatherings every other day. Admittedly, I slacked some hours away in front of the computer and my books, but time was spent on preparing for the gatherings as well! Especially with the potlucks.

My greatest regret this Christmas is not sending out Christmas cards especially to my Pri sch friends. I do it every year, and I think they were expecting it. But I disappointed them! I feel quite sad even now as I type this. :(

Never mind. What's done is done. Or rather, what was not done has to be left undone.

I promise I'll send cards out this Christmas!!

Anyways, I wanna post photos!

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The above was typed more than a month ago. See how great a procrastinator I am? Anyways, below are the photos that I wanted to post:

Matrix Robbery

I forgot how hilarious this was!
Make sure your sound is loud enough :)

YA Camp 08 - Love God, Love Others

About a month before the camp, the RCT and the mentors were cracking our heads over the name of the camp. After plenty of weird, lame and simply CMI suggestions, we decided to just go with YA Camp 08. Then our t-shirt was made and frankly speaking, why on earth didn't we think of "Love God, Love Others"??

Anyways, the camp was quite fun. I'm glad the participants had fun. I'm sad that a few ppl couldn't make it.

Day 1
We had a slow start to Day 1 because of the late check-in time. But things picked up when we started playing the games.

And I found out that I am sua-gu queen!!
We were playing this game in our group: All of us will put our hands flat on the ground and go around saying sth that we have not done before. Others who have done that particular thing before will have to fold one finger in. After the first round, I realised that I was the only person who did not have any fingers folded in! In the end when somebody finally had all 10 fingers folded in, I only had 2 fingers folded! So that's how I became sua-gu queen.

We had a talk after that by Daniel Teh and it was quite.... entertaining? Haha. I can't believe all of us sat on the floor for more than 2 hours. I think I have not sat on the floor for so long since primary school.

Then we played Clu-do! Isaac got killed again!





Day 2
The Ubin day that I did not take part in. I know I should go learn how to cycle so that I won't miss out on these outings anymore. But I'm just so lazy! One of the groups had a great time wading in the mud while I was taking a nap and watching TV. Hahaha.

Talk that night was by Stanley.

Then we took a looong walk to the Changi Boardwalk and we did WUTS! It was fun! We really should do it again soon.
We also played campfire-y things like the Friendship Dance and Father Abraham. I can't believe the younger ones do not know the Friendship Dance! -_-

And then we did this mutual encouraging where we sat in 2 circles - inner and outer and rotated so that we can speak to different people, encouraging or simply getting to know each other. It was really really good. I think we all benefited from it. :)



I still don't know why, but I was still quite high after we got back to the chalet and all the other girls except Krystal had gone to sleep. But we decided to go to slp in e end. And found out that we didn't have space on the mattress(es) for us! So we forced Amos and Sam to give up their rooms to us. Wahahaha! OK, I did feel guilty then. I did! But... no choice right. =P

For God so Loved the World

Watched twice, cried twice.

Blast From the Past

Looking back on 2008

Every year as I do this, I read through my blog entries for that year and remember the things that I went through. This entry is going to be real long, so prep yourselves!

I started the year with an entry on 2007 and moving into 2008. I remember feeling really apprehensive about working under a new boss in a new department with a new job scope. I actually enjoyed work. I had interest in what I was doing and my colleagues were great. My boss was really nice. Although I was working from 9am-11pm or even later almost everyday for 2 weeks, I didn't mind. I think I was running on adrenaline then. Then ADEX and Boat Asia came and went. And everything went downhill. After the crazy rush period ended, I let myself go totally. I started doing other things in the office, everything except work. I procrastinated and procrastinated until the very very last minute. I have no idea why I could not get myself to change and be hardworking once more. 

Then everybody in the team left. Ariel, Amy, Korice, Keisha. 

So by August, I was planning to quit and continue my studies. I think it made matters worse because I was going to work everyday with my last day in mind. After much agony on my and my boss's part, November finally came. I tendered on Nov 14, and started planning my handover and the leave I must clear. 

I will miss Michele, Zann and Cynthia. I will miss ADEX and BA. I will miss the convenience of working in Suntec. I will miss the monthly income! I will miss the bomb shelter we call an office.

Right, moving on.

My 2nd entry for 2008 was a short passage written by George Carlin. I have no idea who he is, but I like what he wrote. 

Often I wonder what my friends/family live for. What is their purpose in this life? Do they even have one? As a Christian, my life is supposed to be for God. Sometimes I forget it, sometimes I remember and thank Him from my heart that He is my life. But other times, like now, I wonder what exactly am I here for? We read about how this world is just a passing land to us and that eternity is waiting for us. If that is the case, I would really like to go to eternity ASAP. I'm quite sick of this world, frankly speaking.

I want to find the joy in loving Him, in Him again. I want to submerge myself in Him and get to know Him all over again. I want to feel what I feel when I'm singing praises to Him even while I am walking on the streets.

Which brings me to my next subject. '08 was a low for me spiritually. During the first 4 mths of the year, I was so bogged down by work that I had no time at all to think about God and church. I did what was expected of me and that was all. After the busy period ended, I expected myself to insert more time and priority into church, but I didn't. My personal relationship did not improve as well. Then I resigned and got caught up in extreme busy-ness. Even YA Camp didn't really help. 

I really liked the YA Camp. Putting a bunch of people together for 3D2N in one place usually works. Things could have been better, like higher attendance. BUT, I'm not gonna complain to God after He has shown us His grace. I'll talk more about it in another entry. 

Last year was a year of 21st birthdays for all 1987 babies. I don't know about you but I enjoyed myself with the many gatherings and meetings-up with old friends, especially my Pri sch friends. I really miss them lots and the crazy things we did in the sch. Basically, I miss school! 

One highlight this year was the iMac my sis and I bought together with a 50% donation from my mum :D I really like the HUGE screen and its vibrancy and the little space it takes up. Since I've downloaded the Mac versions of several applications, I shan't complain about it. However, I miss playing my Shockwave games and having a shared folder on my MSN.

We formed RCT - Radical Core Team late last year. I think we're progressing so much more over the past 3 months than we did in the two years under me. I seriously hope and pray that we will really make YA alive again. Being the president of YA really drained me in the sense that I got so discouraged that I didn't feel like doing anything. 

I'm really happy though, that YA has gotten bigger. Thank God for Larry, Shu Ying, Claris and Amos Tan :)

I have always disliked how some churches aim to have maybe 5000 or 8000 members in their church by a certain deadline. I mean, so now these people are statistics? I thought we are to bring people to the Lord because we love them and we want them to be saved!

I really don't know if it is me or if I'm just a control-freak, but I just don't like how things are discussed between 2 or maybe 3 persons, then the decision is just announced or actioned upon without letting the rest of the team know in advance. Maybe it is because copying the relevant persons in an email has been so ingrained in me, but I don't understand why an email cannot be sent to inform the rest of the team what is happening. 

Anyhow the year is over. It's time to move on. 

Next year, I would like to........

Learn to play an instrument

Spend at least 30% more time with God and on God

Reach Cynthia's target