Saturday, May 22, 2010
A series of Events 2:04 PM

Yo Yo again guys!
i know its has really been an awful long while since i last blog. well, obviously, there is a lot i wanna write about but soon. these events are from the last months during my holidays, before poly, i know its a long while ago. and yes, it is also gonna be LONG. not as long as China Trip but LONG nonetheless. have fun reading, i'll update again soon. seriously, dont rush while reading, this is meant to pass time :D


Sunday _ 14 – 03 – 2010

Outing with my Cousins
I was meeting with them at night, stay for the night, and go back home tmr night. So, I put my stuff down and woah, the air-con was like… cold! Then I walked out and my my, the scenery outside is pretty magnificent. Its was like, I thought I was out of SG for a few moments. So, we didn’t do much, just prayed for my course, watched a few minutes of TV then we slept. Alright, tmr is gonna be an awesome day.

Monday
We woke up at 10. Then we went to eat breakfast. Trust me, the food in is awesome. I totally love the waffles there. And its not too expensive also, but if only youre a member. After eating, we went to Wild, Wild Wet. Not Wild Wild West! Haha, ya!! I missed swimming! So the first thing we tried, was the ultra big family slide, means a consists of 5 people the helpers push us down the slide. Then Joshua was telling we cannot scream if not, we are ‘girl’s. haha! But the fun thing is to scream! We have lots of fun. But somehow or another, zack and I, when we play water games or play in the water, we always end up cutting ourselves or with a injury. Ever had it before? Its always happen to me! So I got a small but wide wound at my feet, last toe. And the prob is, even though its quite small, it takes super longgg to heal, omg. Well, I can still walk though. Sry but, I didn’t take pic on the WWW. Then after swimming, obviously, we’ll get real tired and hungry. But around 1, almost everywhere is packed. How to find food?! Sigh, after a long walking here and there, we went to eat chicken rice. Surprised to see that the person who helped us open the door was actually the founder of the restaurant. That was after my cousin pointed that out to me. And the weird thing was, I put fried onions on my rice. I mean if u ask me, its one of the most craziest thing to do. And I put pepper also!! Man, but that’s me. Actually, it tasted pretty nice, quite crunchy. Haha!

So after lunch, I dashed to the Cup Walker store, another store that sells bubble tea. Then my cousin got excited and came after me. Yeah, cute boy. So we bought honey milk tea and I tell you… its super sweet!! More sweet than F&N zaper. So yeah, you’ll feel high after it. My cousin agreed, it was too sweet. Then I was feeling real tired and something struck me.
Is it wrong not to come for prayer meeting becos of a friend? Is it wrong when we choose to go and bond with our friends and not come for church? I mean if I want to just hang out with my friend and forget about God, that will affect our relationship with God. But what if we haven’t seen this friend for a long time and we really wish to spend some time with him/her but we miss out a church service. Is it wrong?

I pondered that Qn over and over again. Then I realized, its not about the matter of right and wrong. When we say things, we always ask is it right or wrong. But sometimes, its both and sometimes, its none. God indirectly spoke to me, its not about coming to prayer meeting or always coming to hear the sermon. Look at the New Tes, there are so much people who wants to hear Jesus’ parables, but Jesus said, ‘they will be ever seeing but never perceiving, ever hearing but never understanding’. He spoke in parables to the people but when he was alone with his disciples, he began to explain the details to them. At that time, I don’t even get what God is saying to me!! Then the Lord gave me a person, look at Wee kiat (no offense, im using you as an example). He was a man after God’s heart, very committed, but he didn’t come for every prayer meeting. Look at Pastor Vincent, he didn’t comes for every prayer meeting as well. But does that mean they did the wrong thing? No, absolutely not! Pastor Vincent has to spend time with his children. Wee Kiat has his studies to do. Not like they completely set aside everything and come to church, studies is important, children are important and for that, we must also spend some time with them.

Pastor Vincent goes with his children becos they were celebrating his birthday and yes, he loves his children. It is true that God is our first love and he is our everything, but not at the point where we ditch our good friends, leave our children/parents, forget our studies. I don’t think God wants that. As much as we all want to dwell in God’s presence, as the Lord has care and compassion for everyone, we must also have compassion and care for our friends, parents and children. One thing I knew, many of us Christians always misunderstand God’s word despite reading it almost every day.
















Thursday _ 25 – 03 – 2010

Outing with Friends
Im going out to Sentosa with my sch friends to play volleyball. I don’t know about today but last time, things always screw up, many other people cannot come, half-way playing, people don’t wanna play anymore. People go play in the beach-water. Everyone hungry, go off, eat and go home. Oh man, im quite sick of this feeling. I wished today would be slightly better but… its no, its about the same. My friends and I came early as usual. Winston told me that the malay friends are also coming. Okay, cool! But the only sad thing is no girls. So we took the train over to Sentosa.
And oh, the place have changed a lot. There are now 4 stops instead of 3. There was an underground tunnel but its not complete yet. My malay friends also changed quite a fair bit. One looked like a girl (if u know what I mean). The other looked soo different, with outstanding colours everywhere and the other other… he’s normal. We were walking on the road then a tram came. Then my malay friends were like, wanna act brave. So they told us to stand in a line, so we stood in a line and walked forward. It looked as if one line of people own the road. Haha, we were laughing as we tried to be serious.

We arrived at the beach and prepare for Volleyball. In the first few matches, we were close to dying. The weather was so hot and dry. We stepped onto the sand and we jumped up since the sand was pretty hot. So we dug our feet into the sand where it was moist and cooler. Then we went to the water to play. I was nearly dragged into the water. But thankfully, I resist like Xiao so they couldn’t get me in. then we saw a table-tennis table. A group of foreigners came to play and we watched them. As they left the table, all of we charged to that place to play. Then when we heard its unlimited time, we plan to play the whole of the rest of the morning. Yeah, Nabeel and Alan were the best. We played Volleyball again and yea, we went back. It was about 1 plus at that time. But then Zaman wanted to see Universal Studios. So since it was on the way there, we went there to take a look.

We arrived at Universal Studios and my gosh, it seems like I have never been there. It looked so new to me. I must say, the building and the structure was pretty cool. Took some pic around. We saw a store selling hot dogs. Soon, we felt hungry! Winston was starving. Hao jun was telling me about the features coming soon. We took some pic in front of the Universal studio. We didn’t stayed long since all of us were hungry. We head back to Vivo. Ate lunch and as usual, mine is always the most expensive. Well, not exactly, I just order 2 dishes for lunch. I spent like, $9 alone on food. Man, I must be real hungry. We took a train back home after lunch. PICS!
















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Wednesday _ 31 – 03 – 2010

Outing in RV School
Well, I wont actually call this an outing. Its more like a pass-time. I guess many of you have seen this one before. From 30-31 March was the incident. it was just 2 days and it taught me one of the most valuable lesson. 2 days in River Valley High Sch in Boon Lay. if u know me (my good friends will) this story is gonna be long and detailed. so if youre busy at the moment, or you have seen this, do skip it or you can read it again! Yup

Part 1 - Worryingi have began to move stuff to my new house, and i'll be busy, real busy. but Benjamin (guy from my cell) told me whether i was going to help him for the ACJC job. if u dont know about that, its basically sitting down and being a counter. and some things came up and my dad was a little mad cos he told me not to go out anymore, so to me, going out was quite a big risk cos my dad would ask what for if i go out... so anyway, for the ACJC student, well some people dont have enough money in their Edusave so they have to pay by Cash. so i was going to meet Ben but he was not at the MRT. so i gave him a call and oh, he was alr at the Sch. so i went to the Sch. Ben was a little scared cos he thought i was not coming. We began talking about relationships. then Ben told me something frightening to me. Our Boss, Uncle Mike (we call him) wanted a helper to help our in River Valley High Sch. we thought it was at Paya Labar. but thats not the point, whos going there? then Ben told me i maybe going... WTC. if im going... crap. what if i get lost? im sometimes very blur, careless and forgetful, which was a bad thing. so i got a lot of ''What Ifs'' in my mind. so i was telling Ben that i'll be very lost there but he told me not to worry. we talked more about relationships and the pain we faced and something struck me and it was '' God will always lead us when we are lost and when we dont know what to do next, he will guide us''. but how?? well, i dont know how. God knows how. you'll see.

so Uncle Mike fetch me there and yeah, i was in his sports car. so he gave me the instructions and what to look out for. but i was still very nervous about it. i must still ask him if this and that fails, what would i do... we got to the Sch and Uncle Mike told more things to me. when he was about to leave, i was like, losing confidence in myself, thinking im doomed without him. You can see my Faith is still very young despite all my Life being a Christian. so now... im alone, waiting for students to come to me. its 75 in total. Many things raced through my mind... without Ben, what can i do to make time pass? i was thinking, its just 2 days, let me just get over with it and forget about it. there is no way, i can make friends within 2 days. even if i did, they will not last long. i look into my bag, my journal is not here, i cant even write some fun things down. what am i gonna do?? Man... so much Qns...

Part 2 - A Step of Courage
i sat down for about 1.5 hrs before i told myself... ''Man, i need to get a drink''. so with much reluctance, i got up and approach the Drinks store. i asked the Aunties for a Cup of Frapple (some coffee). then they asked me, ''you need a cup of Frapple cos youre very tired right? (in chinese). and i replied ‘i was not i just wanted to try some Frapple’. Then they laughed and brought me the cup. so i decided to ask them, what kind of food would be nice and good in the Sch. And they said they were not too sure since they have their own lunch. Nodding my head, i told them i would check it out. i explored the place and decided, ''okay, i'll take Yong Tau Fu''. So i thought to myself, after this... what on earth should i do?

Part 3 - Unexpected interest
Then Ben was texting me and we were talking a lot of nonsense to each other, just to pass time. It seems that he also felt very bored at ACJC. then i looked into my bag, shoot! i dont my Book, Passion and Purity. All i had was a bible. Omg, i aint gonna read the bible, not yet. Then i thought of Darren (another cellmate), doing self-reflection is good. ''but man, must i do Self-reflection?'' So, alright... i thought through of the past things that happen to me... hmmm, nothing much. Then all of the sudden, Roxane's (my cell leader) words came to my head, ''Go read Paul Letters...''

'' Omg, what is Paul's Letters?''
Then an answer came to me, ''Corinthians''
ok fine! i'll start reading it... hmmm, maybe 1, 2 chapters wont kill me. So i took out my bible and
began reading. Of course, i cover the book cos i dont want anyone to know im reading a bible. Then i read and read. oh crap, suddenly, it became real interesting to read. one thing i wanna share to u will be, Dont just pray for the gift of Tongues, ''pray for the gift of Prophesy''
''Omg, thats sounds real cool but how to pray for it''
'' Just ask for it''
''but man, i can ask but... how do u know whether u have the Gift?''
'' u will know, just like the gift of Tongues''
''but oh man... i dont understand. we just ask for it? i dont know whether its my own thinking or its really prophesy. how u know its gonna happen?''
'' God will definitely help you with that. Dont ask me how. God knows how. You'll see''

then i continued reading. When speaking in tongues, a non-believers will come and think Youre out of your mind and might feel awkward about it. but if u speak prophesy, he will be encouraged with you. Speaking in Tongues edifies the one who speaks it but speaking in prophesy will edify a church, as written in Corinthians. i ended up reading the whole chapter of Corinthians, omg, its just sooo interesting. Seriously, go read Corinthians if u havent! its one awesome chapter:D Then i noticed, woah, 1.5 hrs alr past. its 1.30pm now.

Part 4 - Touched
i told my Boss, out of 75 students... NONE OF THEM CAME! so yeah, i was indeed disappointed. but my boos told me that maybe more will come tmr. So while packing my stuff, i apporached back to the Aunties at the Drinks store and told them that Yong Tau Fu food was a little good but i'll try the other food the next day. And they smiled at me and says, i should try the Chicken Rice. i laughed and said ''okay''. Then they ask if i needed a drink. Afraid to say no, i said ''okay''. So they told me that the Lemonade was very good and wanted me to try it. And one of them says ''Treat him, free''. Shocked at what im hearing, i wanted to refuse but they shook their hands and hand me the drink. With an appreciation of thanks, i went back to my seat. i guess a few minutes, wont kill me. And i took the first sip of Lemonade... Omg... it tasted superbly awesome. It was as if, it was home-made and much effort was put in. I dont know how but somehow i could taste that ''effort''. it soon became my favorite drink. Then i wanted to thank the Aunties for the drink again but i couldnt. Maybe i was too afraid. these 2 Aunties have barely known me for even an hour and i never know them very well either. But why would they give me a free Drink? was it something i said to them? its not like some free Drink they could freely give to someone. some Vendors dont even wanna give u a free Chicken nugget or Wanton and they gave me a free drink. Any reason? i doubt anyone would be this kind to a stranger like me. its my first day, i've never seen them before in my life. somehow, i couldnt help but look back at them as i left the Sch.

2nd Day

Part 1 - Coming Prepared
Yes, i now have my Passion & Purity Book and my Journal, that is used for notes. So i set up the table, placed the magazines down and waited. Since i didnt got a chance to buy Milo, i went to the Aunties Store to get Milo. it was still 90Cents. '75 students are supposed to come to me and do their payment for their magazines but now time, 7 Sec 6 (JC 2) students came to make payment. the 75 students have yet to come. i chat with Boon (one of my buddies) whether he was going out with my cell to watch a movie. After some time, finally got him to say yes and i went to buy lunch. Ate come Western Food which was quite Exp.

Part 2 - Read =Wisdom
Then i was bored and read the Psssion & Purity Book. basically, if u dont know, the book is about relationships and how we should submit our relationships to God. so i was reading What Women do to Men and What do Men look For. i tell you, it was one of the best chapters i have read. It talks about what women see in Men and what Men see in Women. so technically, after u read it, it will not be hard to get a mate. But like the Foreword and Preface have said, this book is not just mere information or ''Techniques'' in getting a spouse but rather how we must accept and know no one is perfect and therefore, we have to submit our feelings for ''someone'' to God. A bookmark i have (but its not mine), says something good about reading. Read, it is the foundation of Wisdom which i totally agree so. i used to hate reading last time but somehow, i just seem to enjoy it :| Then when i was reading, something unexpected came...

Part 3 - Acts of Services, Gift of Hospitality
A piece of Watermelon was placed at the table. i looked up. It was one of the Aunties! i was pretty shocked. then she asked me, ''Am i hungry? ''(in Chinese, the conversation is always in Chinese). i have no idea what to say. i mean i have alr eaten my lunch. then she said to me, ''Here, let you eat. my treat''. i stared at the Watermelon, then went back to read the Book. After a while, i thought to myself that it was pretty rude when someone gives me something and i cast it aside to continue my stuff. so i took the Cut Watermelon and ate it. i never knew the 2 Aunties could be so kind. i mean, i only know them for like, how long? 1 day? i only talked to them for like, how long? less than 10 min? what could it be that they so so kind towards me? i could never find the reason. Looking at the Watermelon, its just a piece of cut Watermelon, its not as so juicy, its has a much seeds, its not even a big piece at all. But nonetheless, it was given by someone, someone i never thought. Never thought such a small deed could mean so much. i ate the Watermelon until there was nothing left. All the seeds, i also indirectly ate. Even when i reached the stem, i continued eating until i see little red left. Even the table next to me was looking at me, well, but i never cared much about it.

After i was done, i felt like repaying back after what the Aunties have done for me. So i plan to buy another cool Lemonade and this time, i'll give them a dollar. I thought to myself, ''Give and just expect nothing in return''. So i got up. Walked to the Store. Thanked them for the Watermelon and asked for a Lemonade. They smiled widely and happily prepared the drink. i gently put the Dollar Coin at the counter and said, '' Keep the change''. Then they heard it and said that i dont need to pay, its was another treat. Feeling bad about myself, i insisted that i must pay for it. But they insisted back that they wanted to treat me. So all right, i'll take the drink. As i sat back, i can still tasted that ''Heart and Effort'' in the drink. it really not like Sweet Lemonade where u add sugar and it becomes sweet. Its that sweet as in, ''Made with the Heart'' kind of sweet. Man, cant find the right words but yeah, i hope you know what i mean. Then i recall, shoot! none of the 75 students have came. omg! For Ben, at least he has about 30 or less to go. i still have 75!! oh man, how do i explain this to my boss... Anyway, i packed the magazines back and thanked the Aunties for their Kind Hospitality. Went out through the side gate, and sang Rain Down all the way to the MRT.




Friday _ 02 – 04 – 2010

Outing with Friend again
I joined my friends to play Pool. Woah… its been a long time since I ever played Pool. We went to the same place at Katong Centre. We firstly met at Bedok Inter. So we talked about Poly and what we are facing. It seems like most of us, got what we want. I thought NP was pretty cool and my class is very interesting. Our class seems very bonded and it was what I plan to treasure. So back to topic, we decided to play 3 hrs. Winston didn’t come so was good and bad. Good part is, we don’t get own so badly… bad thing is, I cant bully him anymore, haha. Just kidding. So the first match, 2 on 2, Alan & Don VS Me & Shaun. Guess who win?? Obviously… them la!! We played for quite a long while until Hao Jun have to wait so long. Sorry HJ. After all of us played. Then we tried 1 on 1. The only thing I knew, I nearly won Alan!!! Crap. So close. We both got 1 ball left!!!!!! But I freaking miss!!! Omg!! Becos of that, Alan won. Nooooooo! But anyway, it was close. Shaun was getting better, Hao Jun was alr good. Don is… improving. He can score 2 balls straight, which is pretty good. For me, I’m normal :P

But there was one match, Shaun & I VS Alan & Don. I scored the last ball. Woohoo!! Match against Hao Jun but I lost… wait, nah, I cant remember. After about 3 hrs of playing, as usual, I buy bubble tea and went home to eat. I wanted to eat with my friends but they were eating with their family. Well, next time then! I guess, its been a while since I played Pool. Don’t know when I’ll be playing again…










Movie Review- Law Abiding Citizen

Rating- 9/10__ 4.5 stars

No star director but Actor Jamie Foxx and Gerald Butler really puts a stunning performance in this thriller. Its about a man to want justice, true Justice. And he wants to people to know what they have to take him seriously and not take words for granted. The intro had give a rather dull impression and I nearly thought it was just another ‘normal’ movie, but as the story goes on, I noticed it’s a very intelligent and exciting plot that keeps the viewers at the edge of their seats. Gerald reminds me of the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008). The movie was a high NC16 as the torture Scene reminds me of Saw but it wasn’t as much blood. The ending gives a nice delicious slow-motion which will give a outstanding ‘wow’ to the audience. I will recommend this to all people who love crimes and investigation. But those who just want action wont be too disappointed as well. Its has surely been a long time since I see such a well-crafted movie like this. Jamie Foxx best performance since Collateral.


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