face stuffing....
the cakes
the ones who just got older
the nice picture
i shall not comment
ber shouldn't be there
the gift
=)
Monday, June 30
lost and found!
face stuffing....
the cakes
the ones who just got older
the nice picturei shall not comment
ber shouldn't be there
the gift
Shake shake...
So what’s up?
Staying up late at nights, watching Euro. Spanish football, beautiful.
Basketball early in the morning. Dark skies called it off early.
Ikea for lunch and Queensway shopping centre hunting for bball jerseys. Wonder how it’ll turn out.
Advice seeking session over dinner. Things are much clearer now.
Weekly Thursday gathering. A big step forward, a dark stone turned over.
One-on-one over iced-chocolate. Realization of some burning issues; yet God’s promise is so amazing.
Raisins and cinnamon cookies during Wanted. I was freezing, really. Bullets bending, why not?
Eavesdropping during dinner. Failed attempt to tie a knot on the cherry stalk with the tongue.
Shifting stuff back from hall to home. Dumb-bell was a mistake.
Sentosa on Saturday morning. Water bombs, blazing sun and yummy laksa.
Music practice. Fingers… oh my fingers.
Drinks at Timbre@Arthouse with cousins. Might have had a little too much. Tied that knot on the cherry stalk, finally.
Basketball with roomie on Sunday morning. Welcome to my world of the double-rim. (and yes, the rim is not out of touch for me.)
First baptism class. A new person, a new life.
Worship performance. Being able to serve is a blessing. Praise God.
Dinner at Botak. Yes, double botak! (‘vampire chek’ with my little cousin is amazingly cute.)
More to come…
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You’re going through perhaps one of the toughest patch of your life. I’m sorry that I may have contributed to it in one way or another. Only pray that you don’t give up on yourself, don’t give up on God.
And, States?
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“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry…” (Matthew 4:1-2)
Just how blessed are we? Are we taking things for granted?
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I’m liking handshakes. (It was pure inspiration.)
If you know what I mean. :)
Thursday, June 26
no title.
Thursday, June 19
Wednesday, June 4
Random
I’m broke and broke-n. But I’m happy.
Sleep was never enough. But I’m happy.
I’m putting on too much weight. But I’m happy.
I’m getting knocked over and down. But I’m happy.
We’ve been doing really stupid things. But I’m happy.
Results are out on Thursday. Dreading it. But I’m happy.
I’m thinking of the could-have-beens once again. But I’m happy.
Or am I?
I’m happy for whatever God has given me.
I’m grateful for what God has blessed me with.
I’m asking for more always – because I know I am never good enough.
What irony.
Just how great is Your love? Maybe I’ll never come to comprehend.
That’s why I need You even more.
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Now this is random to the max.
Roomie and I.
Shorts up high.
P.S.: scrutinize this picture and you might see things that'll give you sore eyes.
Roomie and I.
Shorts up high.
P.S.: scrutinize this picture and you might see things that'll give you sore eyes.
Thursday, May 29
stupid.
Yes, apparently men are all stupid. Stupid enough to continue playing despite already dragging a disserving nee (well, I’m still not spelling it with a ‘k’) or an impaired ankle around. Not only so, we gratify ourselves with absolute nonsensical gorging of food at past midnight. It’s delightfully exhilarating nonetheless, to put ourselves at the forefronts of running for permanent wheelchair basketball careers and ingesting Tera-kilo-calories along the way.
It was badminton on Monday followed by the gym. It’s been a while since I’ve played the game and that amounted to a real sore in the forearm. And so we had Nasi in the night, and McDelivery for supper (they should really abolish this service, really. it’s really going to the waist)
Vball on Tues night with paikah, followed by a jog round the halls. Then it was 179 beehoon, wanton mee, and BBQ wings for dinner/supper. Sounds reasonable aye? Yeah. We had one packet of beehoon, one packet of one tonne noodles, and 2 wings, for EACH of us. (We really will grow fat and die b*tch. Jiao wo huang shang!) Did I mention that I totally lost the function of my right finger after the game? Ya. Hands were deformed like those of ET. Couldn’t bring my 3rdth finger together. It didn’t hurt. Just couldn’t bring them to do it. Must have damaged a nerve somewhere. It’s alright now though.
Then it was bball on Wed. Thought we would be just shooting some hoops. And wala! 3-on3s and 4-on-4s for 3 hours. Couldn’t feel anything below the waist after that. Dinner was Nasi again, coupled with chocolates and instant noodles for supper.
Dude, we gotta stop the procrastination man. If else, ‘growing fat and die’ might just be our life slogan in no time.
And I need a back rub. Sighs.
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Shucks. Spurs lost.
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Do I not look like I read?
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Yes Citadels. Indeed, it is more fun with more people. Seems like we were the only ones thinking really hard throughout the game.
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Come on people! Reply the email!
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Backache? *massage massage*
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Just felt like posting this. Oh the older days… …
Tuesday, May 27
tues.
Okaaaaay. Tuesday afternoon and the holidays have never been better (well it would be if not for the very, very little lucre that I have.)
Saturday at the Settler’s was great. Not-too-bad food, zany games, salty popcorns, shameless camera clicking, oh-so-gay forfeit, Giga-caloric ice-cream float, one-times-good birthday song and FANTASTIC company. Happy birthday once again! Hope u like the presents. (ps: why is my video clip on everyone’s blog?? It ain’t that gay, no?)
Went for the overnight cycling recce (now that’s a really interesting British slang for reconnaissance) later that night. Missed a few turns, but think the route should be fine. Pray that God bless us with good traffic and weather on that day. Supper-ed at Thomson prata. So now we know, Mee Goreng red is better than Mee Goreng white. And I really need to stop eating. Oooooooooooh the procrastination.
Sunday kicked off with my not being at the court. CRAP! Was so exhausted that I could barely get up to shut my alarm up. Think I’ll be getting my nuts cracked by the guys next week.
Went through ‘electricity’ during tuition. All the V=RI, Q=It, W=VQ, E=Pt, P=VI and blablabla… a regular secondary school kid’s nightmare. Was I a ‘regular’ then? Hmmm. Maybe I was a ‘large’.
And yes, Spurs got one back. Ginobilli was on fire and
Check this out! http://www.two-leftfeet.com/gallery/080305wedoneagrad/080305wedoneagrad.html
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Hello hoon! Hope you’re having fun. Thanks for your greeting from
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Hiking on Sat got ‘cancelled’. Shucks.
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Jetstar passengers arrive at Terminal 1. Shall we go grab something to bite before heading home?
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My roomie’s paikah and he can still play badminton and volleyball. My hero. (Dude, come join the club of the permanently screwed and lame! We can wear our nee-guards together. HAHA!)
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The faraway smoke that plastered upon the dark skies; the water rippling towards the shore; the hazy orange street light that shone down from above; the lying down on the concrete grounds; that solitary moment.
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We’re all strangers on Earth. We’re all foreigners here. If only we could see through all that and live for the everlasting.
Saturday, May 24
erms..
Erms.. okay Helen. Here goes... ...
1) Do you wish to get married?
Yes.
2) What do you want the most now?
Sleep.
3) What would you like to eat?
Food.
4) What is the thing you want if you have the power to create miracle?
Food and sleep.
5) Do you think you have enough confidence?
That depends.
6) Are you satisfied with yourself?
In what sense?
7) What are you afraid to lose now?
Things that I have not already lost.
8) Do you believe in eternity love?
Ya.
9) What do you do when you feel hurt?
Ice it and wrap a bandage around.
10) Who do you want to see right now?
Mr Eyelids.
11) What is the best thing that ever happened in your life?
Me.
12) Why is it difficult to let go of someone you love?
Cos we don't want to?
13) Will you be moody, sad or ring up your friend?
Is this even a question?
14) What do you regret most in your life?
Can't tell.
15) Do you treasure your family?
Duh.
16) Are you satisfied with your life now?
I guess.
17) If you could go back in time and change something, would you?
No. Ever heard of the butterfly effect? That's why.
18) Ever had a near death experience?
Yup. Knocked down by a car, fought a bear, wrestled a cheetah and jumped off the plane without a parachute. Well, scrap the last 3.
19) Have you ever walked in the rain?
I don't dissolve or effervesce. So yeah.
20) Have you ever loved someone so much, that you would want to give up everything just for him/her?
Yes.
1) Do you wish to get married?
Yes.
2) What do you want the most now?
Sleep.
3) What would you like to eat?
Food.
4) What is the thing you want if you have the power to create miracle?
Food and sleep.
5) Do you think you have enough confidence?
That depends.
6) Are you satisfied with yourself?
In what sense?
7) What are you afraid to lose now?
Things that I have not already lost.
8) Do you believe in eternity love?
Ya.
9) What do you do when you feel hurt?
Ice it and wrap a bandage around.
10) Who do you want to see right now?
Mr Eyelids.
11) What is the best thing that ever happened in your life?
Me.
12) Why is it difficult to let go of someone you love?
Cos we don't want to?
13) Will you be moody, sad or ring up your friend?
Is this even a question?
14) What do you regret most in your life?
Can't tell.
15) Do you treasure your family?
Duh.
16) Are you satisfied with your life now?
I guess.
17) If you could go back in time and change something, would you?
No. Ever heard of the butterfly effect? That's why.
18) Ever had a near death experience?
Yup. Knocked down by a car, fought a bear, wrestled a cheetah and jumped off the plane without a parachute. Well, scrap the last 3.
19) Have you ever walked in the rain?
I don't dissolve or effervesce. So yeah.
20) Have you ever loved someone so much, that you would want to give up everything just for him/her?
Yes.
Friday, May 23
it's wednesday.. nono.. thursday.. nono.. friday..
Am in hall now. Been here since 1800hours, and till time, I’ve assassinated close to 20 bugs, 3 quarts of it with the capability to fly.
Anyhow, having a splitting headache now. Stayed awake to catch the Champions League finals. Well, I’ve concluded 3 things.
- French players should avoid taking penalties. (Remember the World Cup? Think Trezeguet.)
- Missing a penalty during a competition final will haunt you for life. It makes grown man cry like babies. (anyone heard the 98.7FM? the John Terry ‘interview’? Hee-lay-rious.)
- Missing one’s sleep makes one very groggy and gives him a very bad headache.
Saw Michelle Chia on the way down the escalator to meet Beats. She does look a bit like HB. Cousins. What are the chances? Owells. HOT!
Finally gave in to my temptation (since yesterday) and had that fantastic (at the same time sinful) chicken rice for lunner (well, I can’t think of anything in between lunch and dinner, like how brunch’s in between breakfast and lunch). Coupled with a glass of teh-peng. Oh the simple (and cheaper) things of life! YUM!
Hit-ted the gym at NIE couple of hours back. Saw that same guy who has got arms and lats so huge that he can’t keep his elbows close to the sides of his body. Oh, and he’s short. So that makes him short and stumpy. I think a punch from him would most probably cave my face in and send me hurling towards Changi. GROSS!
And yes, I’ve noting down the things to be done REAL soon
- Get the route for the overnight cycling planned.
- Check my application for MOE relief teaching.
- Touch up on the song.
- Clip my toe nails.
- Kill more bugs.
- Eat.
- Sleep.
- Eat.
- Sleep.
- Eat.
- Sleep.
- Do my super overdue laundry.
- Sleep.
- Sleep.
- Sleep.
- Sleep.
That’s about it.
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Ever wonder how you can have 3 conversations with the same person on MSN?
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Some photos.
Monday, May 19
nondescript
It seems like the previous post has brought about quite some brouhaha among people reading it. The Vincent, Vince and Vincy; the ‘ass leader’ which confused some blur souls out there; the introduction of me, myself and mua… all part of the supposed nondescript update which apparently is – well, non-nondescript.
Nothing interesting worth my finger’s effort, but am wondering if anyone’s interested to help me do this place up a little. Think it’s getting kinda boring. Haha. Anyone?
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YES. They’re finally opening up to foreign help. I mean, what on earth are they thinking in the first place? Politics over lives? OPEN YOUR EYES for crying out loud.
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Gonna drink ourselves lame tomorrow night. And you’re darn right… the difference between the lives of a King and a bitch: one grabs a cold beer and kiao kah, the one slogs and shits EID.
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Thank you. I’m honored really. And I admire your courage. Let’s leave the things they are now. Ya?
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No time no time. Still no inkling about what to buy.
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Seriously need to cut down on those post-exams supper. It’s bearing down on my gut.
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Looking forward to drumming again. Have got some psychomotor problems, but I’ve got a good teach. Thanks ass, I mean girl! =). oops.
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Spanish classes anyone?
Saturday, May 17
Revival - AGAIN.
And yes. Finally! The revival of this very old and very dusty blog of mine. Reminiscence of the past. This is the way, you remind me. Let the good and bad times roll once more.
Firstly, my apologies to all those who actually bothered to click onto this URL whenever you’re on the web. Of course, my most sincere apologies to Ms PE, who has been bugging me ever since don’t know when. Appreciate your persistence and ‘kind’ reminders. Heh. =)
Well, next, since this is a revival… hmmm. Let’s hear a bit more about myself. Haha. This sounds absolutely corny and pointless since the people reading this already more or less knows who I am. But hey! It’s 1am in the morning and it’s a Friday… shouldn’t be home right now… might as well do something not-so-productive.
My name is Vincent. Guys call me Vince. Girls call me Vincy (I’m not proud of it. Not at all my friends.) Pals call me Vincent. My ‘sisters’, my cousins and my REAL brother calls me kor. My ‘future wife’ calls me ‘future husband’ (now THAT, I’m proud of. She’s HOT I must say. Bet you must be smiling reading this. Ha!) My ex-trainees call me sarge. My mum calls me ‘boy’. My dad doesn’t call me anything (he just starts talking.) My fish doesn’t recognize me and my dog… well, I don’t have a dog. Strangers tend to give me funny names like ‘oei’, ‘n*h b*y’ and ‘excuse me’.
As mentioned above, mummy and daddy are part of my life. Same goes to that fat brother of mine. I’ve met some really great people in the first quarter (or third, depending on the High one up in Heaven) of my life and am blessed with very kind souls around me… There are people I’ve known since young, people I’ve known from the court, people I’ve known from my schools, people I’ve known from the times of wearing green, people I’ve known from my church, people like the sixists (when are we ever going to meet up?!?), people like my roomie, people like my ass. group leader (ha!), and people who care for me more than I’ve ever cared for them, people who love me for me.
I like to tell people that I’m screwed, and I usually tend to agree rather quickly when people tell me ‘you’re screwed big time’. Thing is, I AM screwed. No pun intended. There’s a 1.5cm long alloyed titanium screw in my left knee that holds my graft ligament in place (just so you know, the real thing tore up about 1 year back.) Oh, it works too, if you say that I’m lame. Cause I AM. Ha! Technicality!
After studying my arse off for 12 years of my life, I’ve finally been promoted to a full time, no life mugger at NTU. Materials science and engineering. Somehow I don’t think I’ll end up neither a scientist nor an engineer. The irony of education.
Fan of the hoop-and-ball game called basketball… but pretty well enjoy playing any other thing that is round, or not so round (sounds wrong. Maybe I should replace the word ‘thing’ with ‘sport’. Owells.) Spurs of
There are some people who say I think too much. Others feel that I’m too kind. One, in particular, says I know what I want, but I don’t know what I want. How true? You to judge.
I constantly think that I’m never good enough - that way I work harder. I constantly tell myself that people are better than me – that way humble myself. If circumstances permit, I sleep more than I should – for I like to dream and nua in my bed. If there’s ever a chance to go back in time, I would grab it with both hands. Not because of regrets and mistakes, but to relive again the good times and bad times of the carefree years.
I’m a believer of Christ – for He loves me more than anyone else can. I’m not holy, and I’m not religious. I’m not trying to sell you an ‘idea’ or ‘religion’ when I talk to you about my faith. I’m doing so because I love you.
If life is a box of chocolates, I would distribute it and share it with the people around me – for without my loved ones, friends, family and God, I am nothing. So take a piece of me please… and enjoy. =) Good nights people! And let the good and bad times roll once again. Woooots!~
Tuesday, January 8
Sprain sprain.
Oh dear. I think I’ve sprained like 80% of every sprain-able part of my body till date. That sucks.
Was involved in a total freak accident yesterday during ball and sprained my right shoulder again. I thought it hurt like crap for that moment. Somehow, I thought that it would have hurt more. Perhaps my threshold for such pains has increased over time. Well, nothing to be proud of.
So let’s see, from top to bottom: my neck, my shoulders, my 10fingers, my upper and lower back, my left knee and my ankles. The only un-sprained are my elbows, wrist, hips, toes and probably my nose, my hair and my nails.
Saw the doc. Taking some anti-inflammatory drugs. Pain is going away. For now. And guess what’s the best part? It’s Wednesday tomorrow. Ball day. Urgh.
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School’s been at a relatively relaxed pace these two days. No tutorials, no lab, no tests. Just simple introductions to the modules. Certainly gonna pick up pace next week when all the tutorials start to roll in and my language course kicks-off.
Kinda looking forward to the Astronomy class tomorrow. Woots!
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Started reading on my 3rd book since the beginning of December. Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon, For One More Day by Mtich Albom, and now Cradle and All by Patterson.
Thought that Spot of Bother was good. Different from his first. Quirkier… and certainly more eccentric. He’s managed to incorporate single parenthood, gay life and sex, adultery, depression and sanity, marriage and suicide all into one single family. It’s light-heartedly funny and at the same time, it just reminds me of how real all these situations can be.
Well, maybe I’m not the best critic around, but somehow I still think that 5people and Tuesdays with Morrie precedes Mr Mitch’s new book. But hey, it’s small, it’s thin and it’s easy to read! Haha. Certainly kept me company in quite a few bus and train rides.
As for Cradle and All… hmmm. Anyone read it yet? How does the ending go? Haha.
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I shall go read my notes now. Good night people. God bless.
Was involved in a total freak accident yesterday during ball and sprained my right shoulder again. I thought it hurt like crap for that moment. Somehow, I thought that it would have hurt more. Perhaps my threshold for such pains has increased over time. Well, nothing to be proud of.
So let’s see, from top to bottom: my neck, my shoulders, my 10fingers, my upper and lower back, my left knee and my ankles. The only un-sprained are my elbows, wrist, hips, toes and probably my nose, my hair and my nails.
Saw the doc. Taking some anti-inflammatory drugs. Pain is going away. For now. And guess what’s the best part? It’s Wednesday tomorrow. Ball day. Urgh.
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School’s been at a relatively relaxed pace these two days. No tutorials, no lab, no tests. Just simple introductions to the modules. Certainly gonna pick up pace next week when all the tutorials start to roll in and my language course kicks-off.
Kinda looking forward to the Astronomy class tomorrow. Woots!
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Started reading on my 3rd book since the beginning of December. Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon, For One More Day by Mtich Albom, and now Cradle and All by Patterson.
Thought that Spot of Bother was good. Different from his first. Quirkier… and certainly more eccentric. He’s managed to incorporate single parenthood, gay life and sex, adultery, depression and sanity, marriage and suicide all into one single family. It’s light-heartedly funny and at the same time, it just reminds me of how real all these situations can be.
Well, maybe I’m not the best critic around, but somehow I still think that 5people and Tuesdays with Morrie precedes Mr Mitch’s new book. But hey, it’s small, it’s thin and it’s easy to read! Haha. Certainly kept me company in quite a few bus and train rides.
As for Cradle and All… hmmm. Anyone read it yet? How does the ending go? Haha.
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I shall go read my notes now. Good night people. God bless.
Thursday, January 3
Revival
Alright alright… I’m back! Finally. It has been a very long while, is it not? My apologies. December has been the busiest yet purposeful month of the year. It was only 6 months back that I was rolled out of the operating theatre and home-ridden for weeks. And now, I’m up and running/jumping/walking yada yada yada. Thanking God for hearing my prayers. Thanking God for answering them. Thanking God for His love and protection that I am able to experience such a meaningful December. Amen!
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Church Camps!
Skywalker. Well, that’s the name of the camp. Skywalker. 天路客 to be precise. Interesting thing was that the camp chief was Luke. Such coincidence! Luke Skywalker. Hmmm…
It was an amazing camp. Organized by youths from various Chinese Anglican churches for youths/teenagers to understand the meaning of a Skywalker, and how to lead the life of one. If I’m not wrong, there were close to 200 participants for the camp. It certainly wasn’t easy for the organizers. Planning for activities for so many people, catering to their needs… Simply amazing. Took them more than 6months to prepare for the camp and thank God, it went tremendously well for everyone.
Went to the camp as one of the group leaders. There were 3 tribes and about 15 groups in total, each group with about 10-15 participants. My group was one of the smaller ones, with 10 participants only. The youngest was 13, oldest 18. Somehow there was a gulf between the younger and older ones, but gratefully, there was Ruth the ever hyper assistant leader. Always running around, urging and encouraging. I wonder how dreadful I state I would be in if not for her. =)
There were worships, talks/sharing, team-games, small-group discussion and small-group activities. I am proud to say that we thought we had one of the best small-group activities. The ‘faith walk’ activity in particular; in my opinion; was well received and the group really had fun.
Then there was the life-size game of Monopoly. Just that this time, it’s real-time and the objective is to earn money and build our own ‘church’. ‘Money’ could be earned by singing carols, solving quizzes and puzzles, doing physical labor, or gambling in at the ‘casino’ (which so happens that NO one wins anything from there); and in turn, the building material such as cardboard, ice-cream sticks, sticky-tape can be bought with the ‘money’. Throughout the game, prices of materials fluctuate due to inflation, national disasters, economic downturn, etc. and natural disasters such as flood, earthquake, hurricane would descend and destroy the half-built churches. Then there was the ‘occupation/invasion’ where all activity cease, and all small-group leaders were called onto the stage and made to kneel down UNTIL their corresponding small groups are able to recite an entire passage of Bible verse together. I was considered lucky, having only kneeled for about 15minutes. Another leader was there for almost half an hour and she couldn’t even stand… had to attend to her after that. Phew. Lucky me.
Left early for basketball training and missed the break-camp ceremony. It’s certainly memorable and much has been learned. Glad that I was part of it. =)
The following week, we had our own church camp. In conjunction with the youth/teen merger next year, our church decided to hold a chalet/camp for all youth/teen for them to cohere and ‘get used to each other’. Was the chief for the camp, and surprisingly, we took only 2 weeks to plan for it. Cool huh? A camp for 50 odd people done in 2 weeks. Amazing how God works among us!
The theme for the camp was P-cube (Mathematically. In other words, P to the power of 3). Pray, Play, em-Power. Held at Changi Fairy Point chalet, it was a 4-days 3-night camp. We had sharing, praise & worship, scavenger hunts, cheering competition, Bible trivia, night-walk, and so much more. On the last night, we had everyone cooking their dinner outdoors with mess tins and solid fuels. Yes yes… that’s essentially “outdoor cooking”. Haha. Everyone had SO much fun cooking their own food in mess tins, as many were doing it for the first time. At the end of it, we had Ah Ma and sister Liping (they were the camp chefs. FANTASTIC chefs.) to taste and rate our food. Somehow, I think we’re going to have this again next year. Haha!
The toilet in my group’s room was choked and the water overflowed overnight on the first day. It was disgusting and our room smelled like crap for the rest of the camp. Haha. Oh, and so were my clothes. They were on the floor that night. Disgusting. Urgh.
On the last night we had our group performances. Some group sang, some performed skits, some made a fool of themselves, my group danced, basically making a fool out of ourselves too. =)
There was also the late night zi char supper for the committee members, courtesy of our pastor, and the crazy 3am heart-attack games that we played on the last night. Nuts. Fun.
I’m really happy that everything went so surprisingly smoothly and everyone went home with a smile on their faces. Not to forget, the 导师’s put in a lot of hard work and effort to help us in this camp. Kudos to them. 爱的鼓励！
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Training
Let’s see. Hmm… Was playing for the Hall basketball team. We had trainings throughout the month. Interesting people on the team, interesting things happening all month round. Sad thing was we didn’t have an out-and-out shooter. And guess what? I was made the ‘shooter’. My instructions from the captain for the competition was “once you get a good look, just shoot”. Not only so, Wensen was injured for the first match… and he was playing the pivotal center position. We had a very hard time playing catch-up with Hall 10 on the first match and were eventually thrashed. Some of the guys didn’t even get to play. We were just leaking points from the first whistle to the last.
I didn’t get to score many as well. After scoring that jump-shot from the baseline, was dead marked. Sometimes double-teamed. It was total crap. Ran my lungs out to get open shots, but somehow the ball just didn’t get into my hand.
The second match was much better. It was really close. Managed to score more this time round and we had the belief that we could win. It was then when I think we made a crucially wrong substitution in the fourth quarter. We couldn’t handle the their centre as we’ve got smaller and faster guys at that point of time, instead of bigger and more dominating ones. We rued our chances and ya… lost it.
But hey! It was good. having trained with all the guys. The 2 Raymonds, Iwan, Jeffery, Xiongwei, Nanyu, Choon Pang, PC, Wensen, Weijian, Kingman, Kianlin, Kehang… looking forward to the games next year, and the Wednesday night ‘gathering’ at the courts. Maybe next time round I won’t be the guy shooting. Fingers crossed. =)
OH! There were the hockey matches too! I tell you, hockey is so much more difficult than it seems to be. Hitting the ball with that wooden stick requires so much technique and strength. Not to forget the dribbling and lobbing and stuff. Amazing things you can do with a ball and stick. Haha.
‘Sticks down!’ was what we heard so often during matches, calling the defenders to lower their sticks and stop the opponents; ‘cut their left’ was our offensive strategy as the left is always the blind-spot for hockey players.
We made it to the quarters, and lost on penalties to hall 6 on the quarter-finals. We did well overall, having made it so far. I think seldom or never did our hall did so well for hockey. =)
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ARK16
I’m still wondering why they named it ARK. Maybe it’s got something to do with Noah’s Ark. Just maybe. Anyways, it’s just a group of people in our hall, helping out at this childcare centre for the needy. And so we went down to the childcare centre for the first time, and I think most of us got shocked out of our skins. Well, it’s hard to put it in words. It put it simply; they were from problematic families and most were, well, rude. Some were worse than you can ever imagine. Primary school kids with loads of angst, well equipped with a huge arsenal of Hokkien and informal English. You get what I mean. One of our guys ALMOST strangled one of them. Well, I guess it can’t be helped to hear ‘colorful’ comments after that. And there were. Very ‘colorful’ ones indeed.
We now wonder, how are we going to settle them down to study next time round. Hoping for a miracle man.
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Christmas
“Have yourself, a merry little Christmas…”
Favorite Christmas song. =) Anyways, had a party in church. Went early to help with the decorations… sat on the upper deck during the sermon; the main hall was packed. Got to chat with Huimin after the deco preparations. It was the first time we got to talk. Thought that her job was cool, even though she thinks that it’s not as glam as it seems. Was a Japanese studies student and now’s a Japanese translator. I mean, how many people on this planet are trilingual?
Got quite a bit of chocolates that day. Very nice people giving out very nice chocolates. And there’s this Body Shop bubble bath, emergency pen, vouchers, yada yada. Haha. So gonna get fat with all the chocs.
Went for the Christmas party at Scout’s HQ. Did a mutual gift-exchange with Raymond. Haha. Got myself a new Nalgene bottle, he’s got a really cute toilet paper holder. =) Played the usual Actionary and had plenty to eat. I wonder how much food were left that day. Left early and went over to cousin’s place. Caught some soccer action over beer and munchies. No wonder the numbers on the weighing balance increase with leaps and bounds.
Well, it was fun. We had fun. And for the first time, I really felt what Christmas really meant. The sharing, the love. =)
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6ist gathering
Hmmm. Finally! We’ve visited Sentosa. TOGETHER. Well, with 2 people missing of course. Frisbee, Big-Gulp, volleyball, Sandbob squarepants, girl with revealing bikini, ham and bread, open-concept toilets and people getting burnt. It was a good day at the little island.
Things to notes are that Raymond can throw the Frisbee very accurately in a curling manner; Ber can’t throw the Frisbee straight; both Lings should slap on more sunblock next time; Jerry is a close-concept kinda guy; and PE is HOT (so says everyone else.)
Went for BBQ at Alv’s in the evening. Played some games, talked some nonsense. I think we should meet up again soon. Just the few of us. I didn’t get to talk to anyone that day. Well, not more than 5 minutes to be precise. Yeaps. Steamboat? Zi char? Anyone?
And oh, that video. It’s funny. Really funny. *sniff sniff* I’m so glad I’m the cameraman… you guys looked so dumb. Ha!
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Wedding
YAAY! You looked so pretty. =) Congratulations! HS was funny on stage. “My new mum”. “My original mum”. Hilarious I tell you. And just how on earth did he know it was you? Haha.
Enjoy your honeymoon!
Next up, Markus.
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Blood Donation
Went for my 3rd blood donation with Ber yesterday. See I told you! It doesn’t hurt. Haha. Anyone else interested in donating blood? Come on. =)
Had dinner at Bugis. Black plate and white plate. We’re thinking that the rest of us should meet up for Zi Char there next time. The curry fish head looked VERY tempting. Everyone around us that night was having it. Haha.
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Well… that’s it for now I guess. It wasn’t a really good semester this time round. Straight B’s. GPA dropped quite a bit. Have to work extra extra hard this sem. Extra mugging, extra effort. Urgh.
So what exactly do you mean? Somehow, it felt weird, yet… so warm and familiar. Haha. Perhaps you’re right. I know what I want, yet I don’t know what I want. Perhaps you should further enlighten me.
May all have a blessed new year. God bless! Jesus loves you. =)
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Church Camps!
Skywalker. Well, that’s the name of the camp. Skywalker. 天路客 to be precise. Interesting thing was that the camp chief was Luke. Such coincidence! Luke Skywalker. Hmmm…
It was an amazing camp. Organized by youths from various Chinese Anglican churches for youths/teenagers to understand the meaning of a Skywalker, and how to lead the life of one. If I’m not wrong, there were close to 200 participants for the camp. It certainly wasn’t easy for the organizers. Planning for activities for so many people, catering to their needs… Simply amazing. Took them more than 6months to prepare for the camp and thank God, it went tremendously well for everyone.
Went to the camp as one of the group leaders. There were 3 tribes and about 15 groups in total, each group with about 10-15 participants. My group was one of the smaller ones, with 10 participants only. The youngest was 13, oldest 18. Somehow there was a gulf between the younger and older ones, but gratefully, there was Ruth the ever hyper assistant leader. Always running around, urging and encouraging. I wonder how dreadful I state I would be in if not for her. =)
There were worships, talks/sharing, team-games, small-group discussion and small-group activities. I am proud to say that we thought we had one of the best small-group activities. The ‘faith walk’ activity in particular; in my opinion; was well received and the group really had fun.
Then there was the life-size game of Monopoly. Just that this time, it’s real-time and the objective is to earn money and build our own ‘church’. ‘Money’ could be earned by singing carols, solving quizzes and puzzles, doing physical labor, or gambling in at the ‘casino’ (which so happens that NO one wins anything from there); and in turn, the building material such as cardboard, ice-cream sticks, sticky-tape can be bought with the ‘money’. Throughout the game, prices of materials fluctuate due to inflation, national disasters, economic downturn, etc. and natural disasters such as flood, earthquake, hurricane would descend and destroy the half-built churches. Then there was the ‘occupation/invasion’ where all activity cease, and all small-group leaders were called onto the stage and made to kneel down UNTIL their corresponding small groups are able to recite an entire passage of Bible verse together. I was considered lucky, having only kneeled for about 15minutes. Another leader was there for almost half an hour and she couldn’t even stand… had to attend to her after that. Phew. Lucky me.
Left early for basketball training and missed the break-camp ceremony. It’s certainly memorable and much has been learned. Glad that I was part of it. =)
The following week, we had our own church camp. In conjunction with the youth/teen merger next year, our church decided to hold a chalet/camp for all youth/teen for them to cohere and ‘get used to each other’. Was the chief for the camp, and surprisingly, we took only 2 weeks to plan for it. Cool huh? A camp for 50 odd people done in 2 weeks. Amazing how God works among us!
The theme for the camp was P-cube (Mathematically. In other words, P to the power of 3). Pray, Play, em-Power. Held at Changi Fairy Point chalet, it was a 4-days 3-night camp. We had sharing, praise & worship, scavenger hunts, cheering competition, Bible trivia, night-walk, and so much more. On the last night, we had everyone cooking their dinner outdoors with mess tins and solid fuels. Yes yes… that’s essentially “outdoor cooking”. Haha. Everyone had SO much fun cooking their own food in mess tins, as many were doing it for the first time. At the end of it, we had Ah Ma and sister Liping (they were the camp chefs. FANTASTIC chefs.) to taste and rate our food. Somehow, I think we’re going to have this again next year. Haha!
The toilet in my group’s room was choked and the water overflowed overnight on the first day. It was disgusting and our room smelled like crap for the rest of the camp. Haha. Oh, and so were my clothes. They were on the floor that night. Disgusting. Urgh.
On the last night we had our group performances. Some group sang, some performed skits, some made a fool of themselves, my group danced, basically making a fool out of ourselves too. =)
There was also the late night zi char supper for the committee members, courtesy of our pastor, and the crazy 3am heart-attack games that we played on the last night. Nuts. Fun.
I’m really happy that everything went so surprisingly smoothly and everyone went home with a smile on their faces. Not to forget, the 导师’s put in a lot of hard work and effort to help us in this camp. Kudos to them. 爱的鼓励！
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Training
Let’s see. Hmm… Was playing for the Hall basketball team. We had trainings throughout the month. Interesting people on the team, interesting things happening all month round. Sad thing was we didn’t have an out-and-out shooter. And guess what? I was made the ‘shooter’. My instructions from the captain for the competition was “once you get a good look, just shoot”. Not only so, Wensen was injured for the first match… and he was playing the pivotal center position. We had a very hard time playing catch-up with Hall 10 on the first match and were eventually thrashed. Some of the guys didn’t even get to play. We were just leaking points from the first whistle to the last.
I didn’t get to score many as well. After scoring that jump-shot from the baseline, was dead marked. Sometimes double-teamed. It was total crap. Ran my lungs out to get open shots, but somehow the ball just didn’t get into my hand.
The second match was much better. It was really close. Managed to score more this time round and we had the belief that we could win. It was then when I think we made a crucially wrong substitution in the fourth quarter. We couldn’t handle the their centre as we’ve got smaller and faster guys at that point of time, instead of bigger and more dominating ones. We rued our chances and ya… lost it.
But hey! It was good. having trained with all the guys. The 2 Raymonds, Iwan, Jeffery, Xiongwei, Nanyu, Choon Pang, PC, Wensen, Weijian, Kingman, Kianlin, Kehang… looking forward to the games next year, and the Wednesday night ‘gathering’ at the courts. Maybe next time round I won’t be the guy shooting. Fingers crossed. =)
OH! There were the hockey matches too! I tell you, hockey is so much more difficult than it seems to be. Hitting the ball with that wooden stick requires so much technique and strength. Not to forget the dribbling and lobbing and stuff. Amazing things you can do with a ball and stick. Haha.
‘Sticks down!’ was what we heard so often during matches, calling the defenders to lower their sticks and stop the opponents; ‘cut their left’ was our offensive strategy as the left is always the blind-spot for hockey players.
We made it to the quarters, and lost on penalties to hall 6 on the quarter-finals. We did well overall, having made it so far. I think seldom or never did our hall did so well for hockey. =)
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ARK16
I’m still wondering why they named it ARK. Maybe it’s got something to do with Noah’s Ark. Just maybe. Anyways, it’s just a group of people in our hall, helping out at this childcare centre for the needy. And so we went down to the childcare centre for the first time, and I think most of us got shocked out of our skins. Well, it’s hard to put it in words. It put it simply; they were from problematic families and most were, well, rude. Some were worse than you can ever imagine. Primary school kids with loads of angst, well equipped with a huge arsenal of Hokkien and informal English. You get what I mean. One of our guys ALMOST strangled one of them. Well, I guess it can’t be helped to hear ‘colorful’ comments after that. And there were. Very ‘colorful’ ones indeed.
We now wonder, how are we going to settle them down to study next time round. Hoping for a miracle man.
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Christmas
“Have yourself, a merry little Christmas…”
Favorite Christmas song. =) Anyways, had a party in church. Went early to help with the decorations… sat on the upper deck during the sermon; the main hall was packed. Got to chat with Huimin after the deco preparations. It was the first time we got to talk. Thought that her job was cool, even though she thinks that it’s not as glam as it seems. Was a Japanese studies student and now’s a Japanese translator. I mean, how many people on this planet are trilingual?
Got quite a bit of chocolates that day. Very nice people giving out very nice chocolates. And there’s this Body Shop bubble bath, emergency pen, vouchers, yada yada. Haha. So gonna get fat with all the chocs.
Went for the Christmas party at Scout’s HQ. Did a mutual gift-exchange with Raymond. Haha. Got myself a new Nalgene bottle, he’s got a really cute toilet paper holder. =) Played the usual Actionary and had plenty to eat. I wonder how much food were left that day. Left early and went over to cousin’s place. Caught some soccer action over beer and munchies. No wonder the numbers on the weighing balance increase with leaps and bounds.
Well, it was fun. We had fun. And for the first time, I really felt what Christmas really meant. The sharing, the love. =)
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6ist gathering
Hmmm. Finally! We’ve visited Sentosa. TOGETHER. Well, with 2 people missing of course. Frisbee, Big-Gulp, volleyball, Sandbob squarepants, girl with revealing bikini, ham and bread, open-concept toilets and people getting burnt. It was a good day at the little island.
Things to notes are that Raymond can throw the Frisbee very accurately in a curling manner; Ber can’t throw the Frisbee straight; both Lings should slap on more sunblock next time; Jerry is a close-concept kinda guy; and PE is HOT (so says everyone else.)
Went for BBQ at Alv’s in the evening. Played some games, talked some nonsense. I think we should meet up again soon. Just the few of us. I didn’t get to talk to anyone that day. Well, not more than 5 minutes to be precise. Yeaps. Steamboat? Zi char? Anyone?
And oh, that video. It’s funny. Really funny. *sniff sniff* I’m so glad I’m the cameraman… you guys looked so dumb. Ha!
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Wedding
YAAY! You looked so pretty. =) Congratulations! HS was funny on stage. “My new mum”. “My original mum”. Hilarious I tell you. And just how on earth did he know it was you? Haha.
Enjoy your honeymoon!
Next up, Markus.
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Blood Donation
Went for my 3rd blood donation with Ber yesterday. See I told you! It doesn’t hurt. Haha. Anyone else interested in donating blood? Come on. =)
Had dinner at Bugis. Black plate and white plate. We’re thinking that the rest of us should meet up for Zi Char there next time. The curry fish head looked VERY tempting. Everyone around us that night was having it. Haha.
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Well… that’s it for now I guess. It wasn’t a really good semester this time round. Straight B’s. GPA dropped quite a bit. Have to work extra extra hard this sem. Extra mugging, extra effort. Urgh.
So what exactly do you mean? Somehow, it felt weird, yet… so warm and familiar. Haha. Perhaps you’re right. I know what I want, yet I don’t know what I want. Perhaps you should further enlighten me.
May all have a blessed new year. God bless! Jesus loves you. =)
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