Today is the day..

2010-03-20T00:43:00.003+08:00

Unfailling love and truth have met together,

Righteousness and peace have kissed!

-Psalms 85:10

2010-03-15T23:51:00.001+08:00

"My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart is confident. No wonder I can sing your praises!"

Psalm 57:7, NLT

2010-03-02T20:32:00.003+08:00

I'll hold you close, I won't let go

You're the joy, that's set before my eyes.

In troubled times, you will find

me close to you, I will be here.

2010-01-13T19:14:00.000+08:00

Something's missing and I just can't seem to find it..

Tribute to a phone that lasted eternity( in mobile phone industry terms)

2009-09-16T23:50:00.006+08:00

It finally came a moment for me to depart from this phone. Not because it had ceased to function, but it was sold away by its unfaithful master for its already pathetic, yet still depreciating monetary value.

I am nevertheless convinced that this phone is able to outlive my life, or perhaps, until technology renders it obsolete. Otherwise, the physical aspect is built to last.

( Pardon this pity-party, or rather, this pity-post.. And the sudden sentiments as well. But this master rejoices that things, which are suppose to last, were made to last.. and actually lasted.)

Tiny hint of mighty joy

2009-09-11T15:39:00.004+08:00

I've learnt to an immeasurable amount from them..

It's no wonder then, that I still seek audience with them.

Ouch

2009-09-02T22:56:00.006+08:00

Victor Explorer cls 2800

18/08/09 - 02/09/09

clashed into my partner's forefinger while in the game.. Hence, ouch..

( It is firmly believed that the picture of this broken racket should be grotesque enough..)

The guitarist

2009-09-02T16:12:00.005+08:00

The hair will soon disappear haha..

( What you see on the picture is a total incorrect representation of my aristocratical acoustic guitar.. There should be 6 strings instead of 3.. Come to think of it, I should have 5 fingers on both hands each.. and where are my eye-brows!!)

Waiter in the waiting

2009-09-01T17:44:00.002+08:00

Stumbled upon this interesting article written by Kelly Needham.

"My Predicament - Part 1
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2008

As it seems most Christian girls are I was waiting on God to bring me my husband, my perfect man. (Of course he wouldn't be perfect, but just about perfect, at least for me.) A few prospective guys came in and out of my life through high school and college and as they came, I considered them and contemplated if this was the one that I was waiting for. It was usually the same story: I liked the guy, spent time analyzing whether or not he could be the one, had lots of phone conversations with him, and usually went on a few dates. At some point in the relationship (sometimes within a few weeks, sometimes within a few months) I would realize that he could not be the one I was waiting for and then ended the relationship. This cycle was dissatisfying, and disappointing.

Finally, in September of 2005, God revealed the error of my practice of waiting on Him to bring me my husband.

“I am waiting on God to bring me my husband.”

Is there anything wrong with this statement? It might not seem like it. It is good and right to wait on God’s timing concerning marriage and dating instead of trying to do things in our own way. But if that is the ONLY THING that we are waiting on, we have an incorrect perspective.

Picture this: You are at a restaurant and have just ordered a pizza. A friend walks in and sits down with you and asks, “What are you doing?” And you respond with, “I am waiting on the waiter to bring me my pizza.” (Does this sentence structure sound familiar?) In this example, you do not have much regard for the waiter. The waiter is only the vehicle by which you get what you are truly there for: your pizza. You are not expecting the waiter to come and sit down and talk with you, but to simply deliver the pizza.

“I am waiting on God to bring me my husband.”

What are you more excited about: Jesus or your future husband? God was never designed to simply be the means for us to receive things. He was never intended to be our waiter, but to BE OUR EVERYTHING! I had replaced the passionate pursuit of knowing Him with the pursuit of an allegedly more passionate relationship on earth. I had put another “god” before the Lord; I had created an idol.

In Hosea 2:16, God speaks to His people saying, “And it shall be, in that day, says the Lord, "That you will call Me 'My Husband,' And no longer call Me 'My Master.'” One of the most common reasons that we, as Christian women, long for marriage and relationships more than God is because we don’t know how to fall in love with God. We have been taught how to obey and please God (how to call Him ’Master’), but we do not know how to grow in our love for Him and fall deeper in love with the character of our Creator (how to call Him ’Husband’).

Consider this analogy:
David and Jessica have been dating for a few months now and most of their friends comment about how cute a couple they are. They are frequently seen at the local coffee shop or out to eat together on a Friday night. Their favorite spot to frequent is the beach near by at sunset. Here they spend their time walking along the shore, holding hands, and enjoying the sunset in silence. The problem is that Jessica spends this time on the beach thinking about John, a guy in one of her classes. She reminisces about what he said to her that day, the way he looked, and how sweet he was to stay late and help his friend with homework. She’s already thinking about what she’s going to wear tomorrow so that she can look extra special when she sees him. This is not fair to David at all; it is emotional infidelity and emotional lust. It may look like she loves David because she does all the right things to appear in love with him, but her heart is set on someone else. This is exactly what many of us have done in our relationship with God! We know how to appear passionate about God: we talk about Him to others, we read His Word, we attend Bible studies and keep trying harder to learn more about Him, but our hearts are set on something else.

We were created to be in a passionate, consuming, and loving relationship; this is why our hearts long for it. So when we do not experience this fulfilling relationship in God, we naturally look for it in other things: usually in a relationship here on earth. This is a terrible situation, because our GREATEST commandment is to “love the Lord you God with all your heart, all your mind, all your soul, and all your strength” (Mark 12:29-30)! Not simply to put God first in your daily activities, but LOVE HIM PASSIONATELY! What does it mean to love someone with all your heart? To love someone with all your mental capacity? To love someone with your whole being? With all the strength that you have within you? That is a passionate love! Unfortunately, I have found that the majority of girls I talk to have never experienced this kind of love for God. They know how to please God, how to do the things that He wants them to do, how to look like they are passionate about Him, but their hearts are set on something they perceive to be more passionate. We need to repent and surrender this idol we have made. "

(I just find this an interesting article.. I'm not looking for a potential soul-mate in dear near future.. and please.. definitely not anticipating a husband..)

Gone were the days

2009-08-26T14:30:00.004+08:00

"If the world's ethical standards fail to rise with the advances of our technological revolution, the world will go to hell. Let us remember that in the horse-and-buggy days nobody got hurt if the coachman had a drink too many. In our times of high-powered automobiles, however, that same drink may be fatal...."
-Wernher Von Braun

Such really is the case, as I conclude while edging across the border between adolescence and adulthood, if you consider the early part of my life as 'horse-and-buggy' days.

It appears that we gotta wise up, my friend.. haha

Excellent excuse

2009-08-19T14:56:00.003+08:00

One day a boss decided to check out his employees.

He found one of them skiving without being detected.

"Why aren't you working, Sam?"asked the superior.

Attached to the reply was the excellent excuse,"I didn't see you coming."

Har Har

Spoilsport

2009-08-18T14:49:00.004+08:00

There was a time when winning in the sports I engage in is all the matter. It was of paramount significance that I reach the top spot on the podium. At least that was all that the voices around me were telling me to.. 'you have to win'.. 'work it out'.. 'slog!'.. 'focus on it'..

Be enslaved to it.. When winning is all that matters, there can be no grace perpetuating.

I still enjoy competitions now really. I'd continue to give my best for sure, but now it's not just for a silly spoil.. Call me a spoilsport for not wanting to win then.. but excellence does not equates to winning..

"How can you continue to do your best if you do not want to win?", he insisted,"You no longer have passion for the game."

"I merely reserved my passion for a greater purpose." I told him.

because you can enjoy playing without trying to win..

Afterall, the victory belongs to Him ha

Transition

2009-08-11T00:24:00.006+08:00

The train reaches it's final destination,

but your journey has yet to be concluded..

The jetplane touches down,

but you know your feet will soon be off the ground..

The car hits the brakes and stops-

This junction has heavy traffic.. any wrong turn spells heavy consequences..

(Some clarity needed.. Audible hints appreciated..)

2009-07-28T22:32:00.001+08:00

Time to start executing plans!

bahaha

Bobo Tan

2009-07-21T23:48:00.007+08:00

As times go by I've began to identify my little pet's functions and capabilities ( it didn't come with an instruction manual) :

- It is usually the first one to greet me at the door with several high decibel 'hellos', followed a few sniffs and then proceeds to scan the stuffs that I brought home to complete the security checks( Although I would see it more as trying to see if I brought any food home). It will occasionally lick my leg, if I'm not wearing long pants, to round off the welcoming gesture..

- It is without any doubt a burglar alarm. Haha I think I can save my breath on this one.. It's interesting to point out though, that it is easily triggered..

- It is my personal leg trainer when I'm at home. It does its job by tugging on to my leg when I'm walking around. I need an illustration to show this.

There.

- It is sometimes a miniature heater in my sleep, whether I prefer the extra warmth or not. But for most of the time it's during chilly mornings, I'd wake up finding this heater popping out snugging near my abdominal area.. It probably needs some warmth itself too

- It has this function which I have yet to determine whether it's beneficial or otherwise, and that's to scratch the door when the door's closed and when it wants to enter to do spot checks.

- It is most frequently my make-shift pillow. Ok..

It is in all times my friend(awww), unless when food or bones come in between us of course.. haha.. Sometimes, I would just spend time doing nothing and let it come onto my lap and start giving it doggy massage.. R&R.

I'm still trying to figure out many other functions.. as well as looking out for the owner's manual.. I must have left it somewhere..

prudent lavishness

2009-07-16T10:04:00.004+08:00

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls. 46 When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it!"

-Matthew 13:45-46

Not so dainty nightouts

2009-07-11T01:03:00.004+08:00

I remember that my objective was the announcements( And that one really failed), but all I could recall was pop charts, GM, all-star, and Jack Barwu!

I'm sure missing these times together...

you're Mine

2009-07-08T00:41:00.004+08:00

"... I paid a huge price for you:

all of Egypt, with rich Cush and Seba thrown in!

That's how much you mean to me!

That's how much I love you!

I'd sell off the whole world to get you back,

trade the creation just for you."

-Isaiah 43:3-4

Much was said figuratively, only to have even more actuated into reality.. to prove this post's title true..

Good things come in trios, usually

2009-07-04T15:45:00.007+08:00

Finally gotten my in-ear monitors(IEM) for stage usage. Why did I mention that good things come in threes when there's only a pair of them( like I've got 3 ears haha)? It's because in each earpiece, there's generally three drivers( or simply speakers) to provide sound- one for lows(bass), one for mids, and one for highs(treble).. This makes the sound more whole, and gives this piece a 'undeniable range' as stated in the packaging haha. It provides 25dB of sound isolation thus making it ideal for stage use. The clarity of this monitors is superb. I am able to hear Ps Andrew flipping his bible pages.

While this monitors are amazing, I'm actually more amazed at God's providence.. How I gotten this is just unbelievable.. CT found this offer selling it at the amount 2/3 the price of brand new one. So I met up with this guy selling the stuff( and he turns out to be Jason too!) and as it turns out, He bought this in a package deal with a amplifier that is the most expensive amp I've ever known. And that's why he could sell it so cheap.. He can literally earn some income with this package that he paid for.. He's not a musician so he didn't really enjoy listening with the IEM.. And the other thing is when I decided to buy, the tax rebate came, so I don't have to starve after buying it.

Overall, I'm really thankful to have this wonderful IEM.. Haha this is gonna last me quite a while, unless they come out with one that has 4 drivers in it.

Ode.. with, the guitar

2009-07-01T17:38:00.004+08:00

After listening to a handful of other fellow levites and their lack of musical accompaniment in their homes, I'm left with thoughts of gratefulness-that I'm blessed with such a lovely instrument that is ready for me as and when I am, that it's sound is intensely backing me up as I carry on with my pursue after Him.. yet gentle enough to let me hear God whisper into my ears..

I'm not trying to say that you can't worship God just by yourself and that you need to have a full orchestra to initiate your time spent with God.. but I'm saying that I'm thankful for this piece of relatively expensive wood, which I sometimes take for granted, in enabling me to generate higher decibels of noise in my tiny, bedroom worship sessions. haha.

Angry..not

2009-06-30T15:30:00.005+08:00

I never knew I will react this way...

My dad came back yesterday night and shared with me that he got into an accident. While he is not sure of who's at fault, he confirmed to me that the other party was 4 young men and a lady- And they were least polite to him. They even made him signed something that acknowledges that he was at fault.

I flew into rage.. Well not exactly, but you can literally spell out anger from my face. I immediately came up with all the reason to back up my act. I began to summon the 4 men in my mind and started punching them.

Then I remembered-My anger can never make things right in God's sight(James 1:20).

The truth is, it grew worse.. Even my dad got the hint and comforted me by saying that the driver later apologizes for his disrespect, something which I think was just being said to calm me down.

My conclusion is that I was not at fault in being angry with those bunch of young adults, but I was wrong to harp on it.

And that is my biggest weakness-I'm a professional harpist. Yeah, I'm sure those around me are able to relate to that.. And that's also probably why I picked up guitar so fast.. haha.. But yeah, I guess I'm still learning to control, to stop harping when the piece of music is not right, when it's not glorifying His name..

haaaa.. I feel a heavy weight taken off my shoulders.. I feel.. free..

Surrender

2009-06-24T10:28:00.003+08:00

There's freedom in surrender,

so I'm raising my white flag.

Not to opposition, but to my greatest Ally.

An irony it is for me to do that in any facet of this alliance,

but it was me who started it.

Blatantly displaying my mediocrity, executing frivolous battle plans.

So I'm raising my white flag with joy,

Because there's freedom in surrender.

I hope my white flag won't be blocked by the clouds. There's been quite a few floating around these few days.

Lol

2009-06-07T23:15:00.003+08:00

"Laughter can conceal a heavy heart; When the laughter ends, the grief remains."
- Proverbs 14:13

I hope laughter stops doing that haha..

Where Joy and sorrow meets

2009-06-07T00:12:00.001+08:00

"For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. " - 2 Corinthians 7:10

Friends

2009-06-03T23:53:00.001+08:00

" A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need"

-Proverbs 17:17

2009-05-31T22:05:00.001+08:00

Talk... Chisel... Control... Chisel...

Chisel.

Kris

2009-05-22T08:40:00.004+08:00

I'm not idolizing, but just looking through his AI journey has been inspiring

On how he changed to the better, but one thing that didn't change,

was the joy to watch him perform

singing some simple 4 piece acoustic 'bedroom' songs

Well, he's not trying to impress, but be himself

Plus, he can play guitar and piano.. and sing.. lol.. again, not idolizing!

experiment no. 10234153

2009-05-13T10:53:00.005+08:00

Mum told me not to play with fire..

Boss told me otherwise.

hahaha!

Pleasure in worship

2009-05-12T00:01:00.003+08:00

"In his book prayer, Richard Fraser speaks of stepping-stones along the path of learning to adore God. Ultimately, adoring God involves gratitude, magnifying Him, and "foot-stomping celebration"( LOL I laughed out loud at this one), but these must be grown into, and our hearts must be taught. A good first step is simply to make a habit of watching small things in nature... This does not mean analyzing but rather discovering the pleasure in simply observing and participating in nature." - Solo

How do you learn to worship Him? One thing I have learnt is to find pleasure in doing so. And I do so by making myself know that it is worth it, and most importantly, knowing that it pleases Him. I learnt also to worship not by hard, but by heart. " Our hearts must be taught.."- And this teaching.. and learning on our part, never ceases.

Psalm 34

Time did more than just flying..

2009-05-05T09:23:00.004+08:00

wow.. soon I'll be having my graduation ceremony(15th May).

Soon I'll be serving the nation with my brain(muscles)( this one took a long time actually ha)

Soon.. But it really did more than just flying, it gave me the opportunity to enjoy so many things I didn't knew I could. I experience so much more to life.. so much more towards God. Some came in just minutes, some hours, then months.. years- The moments of my life I am grateful for.

I was kind of trying to set things right like what the picture shows, but instead God set me right. I remember once I posted about me being speechless.. I believe now I'm still able to generate sufficient silence to remain-

2009-05-01T21:01:00.001+08:00

I found my favourite guitar song on playlist.com! hahaha.

Praise Him

2009-04-28T22:51:00.003+08:00

I love this picture! I was wondering what the first person from the left doing when others are playing their instrument and singing and then I got a reply - He's worshipping too! Haha do what you can do! Worship Him in spirit and truth!

This few weeks was great! I have ample time to spend with my family.. nothing clashed and I was able have much quality time with them.

I got my date of enlistment! It falls on the 07 Oct 09. It's what I wanted. Enough time for me to work and get all the experience I can with my current job, and when I ORD I will be going into NUS straight without delay. I'll be able to go for youth camp too! Get ready for an ELEVATION!
haha

Thank God. You're the one I count on. =)

Anthem

2009-04-26T22:45:00.003+08:00

"Where you find life in worship, there you find worshipful life"

worklife

2009-04-18T12:34:00.014+08:00

Yup! Blogging about my workplace. It's called the center of innovation, in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. It's main purpose is to research, so those who are there seldom teach. Hence my job title-student researcher. A really a cool place to work in. Most of the things I do, I'll never have the opportunity to do it anywhere else. I get to learn so many things, that the learning curve is almost exponentially going up. While work might actually sound boring for all of you who's reading this, it's in fact fun for me. I'm venturing a lot into where I've never been before, and so I've been reading a lot of literatures on photonics, organic chemistry, etc.. The people working there is interesting, there are quite a few doctorates-everyone there has at least a master probably with honours. So the standard is pretty high, the level of professionalism is up there, and there's a spirit of excellence in that place-everyone is really an expert in what they do. I like my boss now, haha and I'm not trying to win favour! He is really like what my FYP supervisor, who recommended me to work here, said- someone who can really go far, and with a lot of experience under his belt.

This is the laboratory that I'm working in.

The equipments are state-of-art. Haha so to speak..

Haha I'm actually having to work inside the lab. there's no space at the office

so we have to make do inside. Otherwise the lab is strictly for experiments only.

Ok... for us not so strict la.. since already the lab is our office lol..
but yeah I'll make it a point to wear lab coat when I'm doing experiments..
the chemicals inside are really hazards, and I've seen a few incidents happening
already haha..

This analytical balance has accuracy up to 4 decimal points behind a gram!
And it's placed on a table called a measuring table.. wonder what's so special about it..
Probably it absorbs impact so that the readings won't be affected.

Even the bin is stylo.. lol

Yup! Thank God for this wonderful opportunity. It'll be a fruitful one.

I like my tea hot

2009-04-16T14:07:00.004+08:00

sippppp.. haa

He's with us.. He's with us

2009-04-15T00:06:00.004+08:00

"I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people. "

-Leviticus 26:12

You are the joy

2009-04-14T00:01:00.008+08:00

God came to GNS..

empty seats filled with expectations..

surely they were filled, with people who were also filled with expectations..

"come on! Praise Him!!"

one of the people I'm talking about..

When I saw the crowd, He asked me, " What is it that you see?"

I said blatantly, "I see a huge crowd waiting for You.."

He said, " I see more.. I see him, him, her, him, her and her... and him too.."

The sermon that caught me the most, even though I was busy running around for logistics, is the one on the last night. Rev. Bonnke speaks of 2 stories, one about Adam & Eve, the other, about the prodigal son. It was a powerful one even though it was so so simple. The point was obvious, that God came running out to us, searching for us( as if He didn't know where we are) and He's the only one who did.. He cannot, couldn't hesitate to reach out to us..

"..He was willing to die a shameful death on the cross because of the joy he knew would be his afterward.."-Hebrews 12:2

We have moved the heart of royalty..

(some photos from Declan and esf)

Audience of one

2009-04-10T12:17:00.005+08:00

So many things have happened/ is happening this week. So much so that I felt so lost and tired...

To my audience of one, I lift these arms to you and you alone... find within me, a heart that beats to praise you.. dead to this world, but alive for your will.. even when no one is listening, I know You are...

workday no.2

2009-04-02T15:25:00.009+08:00

Nope! Didn't work today, I reported sick. And I am really sick haha.. The worst I had felt for this year I reckon. Went to have lunch. Then I decided to buy parking coupons cos, yeah I ran out of it. Came out realising that it had started raining heavily so I decided to have a cup of teh while waiting. I'm becoming more like an uncle already. haha!

Took some shots of my Cort Parkwood as well:

Look at the strips!!! It's absolutely stunning!

The shots doesn't do my guitar justice haha.. taken with my htc.. I am loving this guitar man.. Thank God for it.

That's all for now! Will post more about work soon!

Work!

2009-03-31T12:16:00.005+08:00

Starting work tomorrow! Looking forward to it.
Thank God I get to work back in my school too.

The pay's pretty decent.

And The hours are good(compared to Esf's)

haha..

Haha yup that's right. Engineer works to make things work.

And on a comical note about work =)

Avalon

2009-03-27T23:32:00.004+08:00

Avalon...

Four singers.. one mighty choir for the Lord...

It's not really my desire to have powerful voices or wonderful talent.. but what I have, I yearn to give Him all..

Mee Goreng

2009-03-25T23:01:00.004+08:00

Went for dinner today at Aliff alone. Ordered mee goreng, Teh Halia.

The empty plate was filled with curry but I poured it into the mee goreng.

Mua ha.

Burp, yummy.

The Difference

2009-03-24T13:00:00.004+08:00

I got up early one morning

and rushed right into the day;

I had so much to accomplish

that I didn't have time to pray.

Problems just tumbled about me,

and heavier came each task,

"Why doesn't God help me?"

I wondered,

He answered, "You didn't ask".

I wanted to see joy and beauty,

but the day toiled on grey and bleak,

I wondered why God didn't show me,

He said, "You didn't seek".

I tried to come into God's presence;

I used all my keys at the lock,

God gently and lovingly chided,

"My child, you didn't knocked".

I woke up early this morning,

and paused before entering the day;

I had so much to accomplish

that I had to take time to pray.

God isn't by-passing us, He's passing by...

Varsity

2009-03-21T23:43:00.002+08:00

"Dear TAN QI SHENG JASON

Congratulations! It is my pleasure to offer you admission to the National University of Singapore(NUS) in academic year 2011-2012 for a course of study in:

Mechanical Engineering

Thank God... wouldn't have made it without Him.

2009-03-20T00:21:00.005+08:00

Woke up at 12.30pm today.. I've joined the late afternoon wake-up club, which probably have been founded by esf.. I miss sunrises so much.. But then again there isn't that many sunrises this few weeks. It's always been cloudy and rainy.. maybe that's why i feel less motivated to wake up in the morning. Then again, one week of no work is going going gone! I'm starting work in April!

I had a time of GAS-ing(Guitar/Gear Acquisition Syndrome) yesterday afternoon. Was on an errand to buy a keyboard pedal for JW church and i figured, why not! Hahaha I ended up spending 2 hours there. Saw the composite acoustics and I thought they'd do very well while on missions. This is because they are well, made of composite materials, not wood. Thus there are no troubles regarding humidity. And they sound nice too. Something to do with the materials again. But a tad too bright for me..

The second guitar brand I saw was the Custom Acoustics. Haha same same all CAs. Well when I saw it and I read the price tag, I thought it is 'just another cheap china brand'. Then I took a closer look... IT'S ALL SOLID!!! Haha for less than S$500! My word. Haha They sound decent. I must say they got the basics right.. the sound quality is very good for that kinda price.. all the different types of wood showed their distinctive characteristic.. just less refined which, could be ignored with this price.. craftmanship is again less outstanding since it's china-made but again.. that price.. engelmann spruce top too! Comes with B-Band pickup! They got other brands panicking I conclude..

Lasssttt but not least.. If I'm GAS-ing then I might as well GAS to the max! Haha here comes my favourite!!

The ULTIMATE, one and only, Mcphersons! There's no dealer in SG so i can only oggle at it online.. yeah haha that's how exclusive they are in selling their products. You want it get it from them straight. Everything about it is heavenly.. everything.. even the cost! hahaha each one of them are well above US$4.5K( my 21st birthday is nearing mum and dad). Israel Houghton has it, SCC owns one... and I, well, not in their league, but what la.. can't I have big dreams? But first I gonna work hard on improving.. which reminds me of the challenge I have ahead of me.

haha I'll be nice and link you to the site. Check out the music produced with their guitars!! Mcpherson website.

That's all for now! See ya again world!

TGIB

2009-03-18T23:54:00.009+08:00

Birthdays.. Guess it's the only thing that will bomb our pockets and keep the economy from collapsing due to our investments.. The financial crisis couldn't melt them away huh... haha but true enough we are more than willing to 'bomb' our wallets for them.

Today was great! companion was fantastic.. the place was good and for the record.. yes esther foong, the sky was very nice. haha. Indeed! Never seen such deep clear blue sky before! picturesque.. Today's a special day after all Gladys haha..

It's been great joy being your friend, for nine years. I'd never take this friendship for granted, and I can't wait for the day you join us together in praising God, who... well, actually is the one who painted the skies today anyway.

Now I can't beat the queen of photoblog so I'm just going to have a win-win solution here, for you readers and for lazy me - more photos!

Guitarring

2009-03-17T23:34:00.007+08:00

The time has come.

Challenging I suppose.

I was kinda hiding from it.

Because I was afraid.

But I still have to step up even so.

Well, if it's gonna be my calling,

it's going to be one I'm working hard in.

It's one big commitment,

but it's coming in many small steps.

and I'm ready, for this.

shine your light in me, Lord

the only time He ran

2007-11-01T22:37:00.000+08:00

i ran away...
yes i left home...

i ran away...
i shoved off His hands...

i ran away...
i was so eager to do so...

i ran away...
i knew i broke His heart...

Then He ran to me
took me in His arms
held my head to His chest
said my son's coming home again
lifted my face
wipe the tears off my eyes
with forgiveness in His voice
i felt His love for me again...

He ran to me...
now i run to Him...

the tuqi game

2007-10-18T22:48:00.000+08:00

um chit chit um chit, um chit chit um chit

um chit chit um chit, um chit chit um chit

um chit chit um chit, um chit chit um chit.....

holis finishing!

2007-10-10T09:42:00.000+08:00

making a quick blog here..

holis are ending... nothing much to blog actually... like.. really seriously truthfully... in fact.. i have never been more truthful than this.. i've nothing much to blog... really.. i really have nothing to blog... reallly... why don't you believe me? what.... i'm really saying the truth...

what..

oh... i blogged... ok...

HAHAHA... ok hahaha... i'm crazily sound.. not mentally.. but what to do... holis are ending...

hahaha ok.. i'm lame... well it's my blog.. i'm free to blog that i have nothing to blog even though i blogged rite?

ok ok lol.... rite... haha i'm going to be brutally honest( to myself) ... i didn't really do that much this holis... been a house-son... practise my guitar and i mean practise.. not playing a fool.. the rest of it is spent resting my ailing body.. yeah i'm getting old.. oh well.. so other than that i've been working.. yeah miss that part out.. haha i worked as a delivery man, man! haha cool rite... so i get to travel around.. and just enjoy myself.. no limits.. no nothing.. i get paid for how much i deliver.. and i delivered, yellow pages... ppl said if i deliver food, at least i can grab a few bites.. and newspaper, i get to read... but heh!! yellow pages are even better hahaha.. i get to smack ppl! that's rite.. they're thick haha almost bullet-proof! haha so lixin and elvin.. if u wanna bullet-proof ur marriage, use yellow pages... they're free!

alrite otherwise i really have nothing much to blog about haha.. maybe i'll just go through some pics that i find interesting.. rite...

now can anybody please enlighten me and tell me what this sign means? i cannot, at all, comprehend this complicated sign.. somehow mathematically ...

ahhhh wowww! now it all makes sense with the zero at the back...

ay this is my incredible pomeranian bobo... rite so apparently it's posing hahaha...
alrite so long la... haha

small things...kids!!!

2007-10-02T17:25:00.000+08:00

(ezekiel)

(sonia)

(samuel)

(ah oh well child of God can?)

(ryan)

(that unattended bubble tea is mine so i'm squatting with them ok..)

(gerald)

(faith!!)

"Therefore, anyone who becomes as humble as this little child

is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven"

these little children...

ALL THE EARTH!!

2007-09-02T19:16:00.000+08:00

Father, into your courts I will enter

maker of heaven and earth

tremble in your holy presence

Glory, Glory in your sanctuary

splendor and majesty Lord

Before you all life adores you

chorus

All the Earth will declare

that your love is everywhere

the fields will exalt, seas resound

Hear the trees, joyful cry

praising you and so will I

new song I'll sing

Lord I will glorify and bless your Holy name

all the earth praises you... Lord, so will I.... so will I...

the last paper

2007-08-21T23:56:00.000+08:00

making a quick update here.. haha thurs is the last paper! woots.. rite.. then i'm free!
oh well... i think i won't do so well for this exams.. but never mind.. the goal.. is to get As hahaha..
so i probably need only some decent results to get it..

and my birthday comes just the day after my exams finishes! haha.. not that i'm celebrating but yeah.. gonna be great... my last teen year leh...

tdm this sat! back in action...

i'm sooo going to service babe kangoo.. hahha.. in terrible shape.. i have.. a handbrake signal that is always on... a car door signal that mysteriously turns on ocasionally.. a speedometer that sometimes deccides to take a rest.. an air-con system that somehow eats up like half of my engine's power? yeah when i turn it on.. yeah luckily i've found myself a reliable renault mechanic... at least hopefully he is..

my parents went out of town.. which means they won't be with me when my birthday comes.. oh well.. they need this holiday themselves.. haha and i don't wanna bother their trip.. besides.. i'm having exams please..

so long blogger!

2007-08-14T12:01:00.000+08:00

in the midst of my exams now..

not much of a trouble but..

yeah i've learnt the term hugging of JC's feet at the last moments haa

but yeah exams are cool.. not that bad..

i was looking everywhere, anywhere, anyhow for some

inspiration

until i realised what inspired means..

in greek i think it means 'God-breathed'

yup... not that simple...

thorough thoughts

2007-08-01T00:46:00.000+08:00

sometimes i do ponder back at those days... when bro wilson was still around... sounds weird.. but i do miss him.. he left unsaid.. along with many others..

much can still be done for other less fortunate people... sometimes i just don't know how.. sometimes i use the B word... sometimes i feel helpless myself...

i do at times wonder why i got my first 4 demerit points within a month.. i'm probably the fastest on the record...

they say that the diff between driving fuel-conciously and F1 inspired ones in terms of reaching a destination is a couple of minutes... nothing wrong with having fuel in mind, just that i wonder how many mutiples of couple of minutes will be gone if u tried the first method with f1 racers at your back... which leads me to another point...

not so far from the future, i believe, the TP might instigate new laws, including the 'keep right unless overtaking' law... won't it be good... car drivers who already wants to go slow at those right lanes can continues doing so.. then those exiting can then move to the left lanes... safer...

i love my dad... I WANT HIM TO STOP SMOKING...

i realise my brother just started smoking not long ago...

my family- i don't think i can ever recover myself if i ever lose any of them.. and i can have all the inheritance in this world, but nothing if i can't share my joy.. without them i can never be whole... never...

oh Lord...

doggy investment

2007-07-24T23:49:00.000+08:00

rite making a quick blog here... there's an addition to the Tan family recently...

not really mine.. ours.. my bro's the rightful owner of her.. or him i don't know.. i don't even know the breed.. shwizer of whatever i heard... cute but likes to bite.. oh well

happy birthday spore!

2007-07-11T00:26:00.000+08:00

ahh national day is coming.. haha i finally managed to catch a glimpse of the song for national day this year... was at posb when it came out.. it says sung by kit chan.

why is it sung by kit chan?

haa, because sing is used up by our country's name...

and.. sang by sanghri la utama...

rite... happy birthday my country.. i'm blessed to be part of you...

Exodus

2007-07-03T23:32:00.000+08:00

ha i was reading my bible when i read this scripture... now i don't really understand the bible very well i must say.. a big portion still remains uncovered... i'm quite stupid.. yeah i know.. but when i read this part of God's word... i instantly knew what it meant.. it's almost as if God's telling me personally.. check this out.. it's in exodus during Israel's big move ot of Egypt...

"Leaving Succoth, they camped at Ethan on the edge of the wilderness. The Lord guided them by a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night. That way they could travel whether it was day or night. And the Lord did not remove the pillar of cloud or pillar of fire from their sight." Exodus 13:20-22

wow...

MY WHEEL lol

2007-06-30T22:19:00.000+08:00

oh well... i was driving on the bukit timah expressway when suddenly there's a wooden plank on my lane.. i couldn't evade it on time... managed to get it to hit only my left wheels... as a result my wheel got out of shape... and my cover fell off and is somewhere in BKE... haaa

so i went on to BKE and got my wheel out of shape and thankfully my tyre didn't puncture...i should like feature this on a bridgestone tyres advertisment.. yeah bridgestone tyres are good.. end of story.. oh and now my dad have to change the wheel... haa.. starting to feel like a liability..

haha top gear!!

2007-06-21T14:26:00.000+08:00

HAHA this is extremely hilarious hahaha

check out the screeching screen wipers..

notice the cracking sound when jeremy's driving the saafa romeo or what they calls it haha!

hahaha

come on... just give me those cars la.. wha lau hahhaa

church camp

2007-06-18T15:13:00.000+08:00

wha haha church camp is great!! the sessions are good.. haha the second one would be better i guess.. considering the number of youths that went.. haha i heard daniel and gerald went there only to wrestle during their free time... until pastor jeremy came and delievered them out of their wrestling desires... seriously..

alrite.. moving on... i guess i can summarise church camp into a few words... refreshing... hmm pastor Jack is great.. considering that his dad just went back to the Lord.. and him being here with us instead was a great sacrifice... maybe he felt compelled.. but then again he'd have showed that motivation in his sermons... never... pastor luke barnett is a great speaker too... haha i really appreciate him haha... i'd never forget one of his sermon... just that i forgot the name of it.. hahaha... oh well...

my first ever church camp... great... be going there often now.. haha.. next year if i can... CAN!! haha can...

alrite.. it's also about eating too.. the food there man... haha i literally spend everything on food alone.. all my ringgits... haha and i probably used up all the eating adjectives, noun, verbs, any words involving makan combined... oh well.. so much for food... it's cheap too! dollar for ringgit... what's more i still have the buffet breakfast lunch and dinner back at the hotel.. so i was like... eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat.. yeat.. lol... oh well ok now i have to work out... drats that's the hard part... hmmm actually the hard part is eating... a lot of work done already on eating... haaa

weekly report

2007-06-06T23:08:00.000+08:00

aite... nothing much but exams... haaa EXAMS!! not bad good expectations... except for MDES which caught me off-guard .... haaa .... finishing tml so yay!! haha and after this.... CHURCH CAMP!! woots.. so glad i can make it this year... yay...

daddy Tan got a couch for babe kangoo early this week... haha so... and i kinda dressed up the couch so... and added carpet into babe kangoo goods cabin so.... haaa... been fetching ppl here and there for now... wha haha one of this days... i'm gonna secretly install a meter fare... haha singapore first kangoo taxi.. hmmmm let's call it KANGeeeerrrrOO!! haha kangeroo good what.. fast.. got pouch somemore esther foong is gonna like it ho es? just pretend my couch as a pouch.. rite...

haaa that's all... ohh and happy birthday jon!!

the big blessing...

2007-05-28T18:39:00.000+08:00

alrite alrite i'm gonna make a quick blog... wa hahahha i've got a gift from my dad.. woots!

HAHAHA a car-van!! heh heh... Renault D65 Kangoo...

haha man it's cool... it's like a normal car, except its pick-up, which i don't really care( drats my dad must have chose this instead of a car since i got my speeding ticket within barely one month)... diesel engine so it's like fuel-saving... and diesel's cheap wha haha full tank 38 bucks... and the price is only barely 12k... it's five years old now.. and i still have 10 years of COE!! haha cos the owner renewed it when the COE renewal went down to just 1 bucks.. sorry buck... how cheap... ahha THANK GOD! woots! heh... good mint condition.. barely had to change anything haa... it came within 3 days last wed... i've used only 20 bucks of fuel HA!

and what's more.... today... haaa my dad went to install a brand new stereo system!! HO HO HO HO it's haha wonderful!

Pioneer stereo!

wha haha it plays my Ipod.. and wma, mp3 woots! the speakers are fantastic.. haha yay!

Thanks God!

and thanks, dad, now i'll study hard... work hard... and play harder... then study harder... then... you get what i mean...

happy mother's day!

2007-05-13T20:58:00.000+08:00

OK making my first ever mother's day post...not so much about mother's day though.. but nevertheless.. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! you guys.. sorry ladies.. are a miracle for struggling kids like mee..

i realise i've been rather slumpy this period of time.. lazy.. tired.. but there's still so much work to do..

i didn't really start my semester decently.. this are my modules:

MEPCAD- Mechanical Engineering Practice and computer aided drawing.
MAMS- Mechanical aspects of mechatronic system
MDES-Mechanical design
MEM-modern engineering materials
DEL-digital electronics
ROCK-History of rock and roll
BAE-Business and the economy

so.. i've realised that teachers in this sem are rather.. independence-inducing... if there's such a word... some are just arggghhh... rahhh.. but well haa the onus is still on me... haaaa...take mr Thi Han is one of my lecturer... many of us find that he's boring... nothing much... but i think he's only plain.. simple.. and if i look deeper, i'd be able to see lots and lots of interesting stuff.. his way of imagining a mechatronic system(yes he's my MAMS cher) and i'll start to see the things he couldn't explain out verbally... then we have some who.. well.. haa don't know how to say.. great sedative voices... ahha...

so much for schooling..

safety first..

2007-05-09T00:37:00.000+08:00

that's where my dad's 1.6K went to.. for my driving liscense haaa..

i've been driving here and there now for 2 weeks... so i'm pretty much in 'tune' with the normal road users habit... does that means i can forgo safety? haha nope..

i have to explain first of all... my dad will be the man who will hold onto my handbrakes when i start driving... haaa man it's quite irritating when we reached a jam or hold-up... yeah my dad's quite an impatient guy... so i thought.. maybe i should try driving the way he drives.. let him have a feel of how i feel when he's driving... which is very very fast.. but he's skilled la i'm not.. so...

the result is very enlightening... my dad shares the same sentimentality with me haa!! but while driving like this i almost had an accident.. so i was going down from timah.. then i notice this vios driver driving pretty slow... i think he's either not qualified to drive or he's just a starter... but i'm not going to assume... let's just say he(or she) wasn't so careful at that moment.. what happened was he overtook a bus and went onto the right lane, the lane i was in... then he drove pretty slow... and i was about to turn left then, so i moved to the left and hurried off while he remained on the right lane.. when i was almost next to him, he then signalled left and moved left, where my car was(didn't check blindspot). i was like ?!???!.. jam braked... biang.. my dad flew off the seat.. cos well, he never puts on seatbelts.. while i was rather concern with my dad, i thought.. i almost had an accident.. actually before that i kinda have a vision that that vios was about to move to the left.. and something's not right with the driver... whatever it is.. i shouldn't have went ahead to meet up with that vios.. but because of that vision when that vios conveniently switches it's lane i was prepared to stop... thank God... it was His vision..

i thought to myself.. haha pap, now let's see if u still wanna complain that i drive slowly.. then i thought again.. no from now onwards i'm going to put safety first no matter what.. fast or slow i'm going to follow safety and be aware and conscious of it.. no one can change that unless they wanna take over my seat.. i'm not going to bother whether my dad nags at me anymore.. no more personal agenda... driving is a pleasure.. let me enjoy it haaaa

Jesus, take over my wheel

weekends!

2007-05-05T11:17:00.000+08:00

ahhh my Longed for weekend... after this week of haa how should i put it? hell? haha no la cannot be... hell's much worse than this... anyways i had two 8-5 and one 9-5 days of lessons this week.. haa well if God hadn't intercede and put a tues labour day break this week.. i guess i'd be stuck in this week... application hang... computer terms... ok for the first time.. i admit i'm a bit random..

I've been bad too la.. playing computer games ENDLESSLY.. hahaha... and not concentrating on studies a lil more.. oh well.. at least i'm done with cnc3... woots completed.. finally la.. not that i'm lousy but the game keeps crashing on my com hahaha.. so can u imagine how tired i am playing the same old missions all over again? oh well...

i've realised that i can't really speak normally now... now that i'm being trained more deeply into engineering.. i'm trapped inside engineering terms.. AHH HELP!! haa but i enjoy it la.. engineering.. guess what i'm learning now... i'm learning stress and strain.. haha it feels like i'm learning the psychological part of it.. haha but no i'm actually learning about the principles of stresses and strain on an object... but whenever i listen to the lecturer speaking i can't help but think of me being that object.. so much for engineering haa...

i think at the end of this week.. i can say that i'm tired but quite happy... haaa met up with my friends a lot this week.. and spent a lot as well haha... gosh...

i am found in You

into schooldays

2007-05-01T21:45:00.000+08:00

HAAAA 2 and a half weeks of school days gone... i haven really got things started for most of my modules... really have to put in the effort haha... honestly speaking... i kinda miss last semester.. all the lecturers, all the lectures haha and my TIMETABLE!! geeee....

anyways haha i have, according to my aunt hehe reached a milestone... yup mark it 26 april 2007 thursday... Jason Tan ah tan beat the odds to successfully obtain a driving license!! But glory to God hahaha... heh heh.. boy i forgot to release handbrake and even strike kurb cos kan chiong... same tester that failed me hahah... he remembered me la... but because he remembered me he know that i can do better.. so it's actually a blessing in disguise haa.. dispite all the mistakes i still passed so thank God... haaa now i'm going to use it for a greater cause likeee... emmmmm... drive? yeah tombang friends haha... woots haha..

FAMILY DAY on 28 april 2007 Saturday... mark that down too i think i made history too.. i mean we... we meaning Elvin, Esther Tan, Esther Foong, Eric Tan, Caleb Seah, Me.. haha we did the 6 ppl slide on one raft.. hahaha i tell you the crew couldn't push our raft out... and when it did it made a huge farting sound cos it hit the bottom of the slide when it's suppose to float.. well the history is that we are probably the fastest ever to go from top to bottom... i thought it was a rocket la.. haha the camera missed us for the picture a few times lol... for once i'm proud we are fat... emm ok i'm probably just heavy.. but yeahhh... i like fats.. we're too fat but still furious.... woots..

talking about fats reminded me about 200 pounds beauty which is a very very good show to watch... it touched me haaa... MARRIIIAAAAAA!! AVE MARIA woots... haha thank God for fats...

moving on

2007-04-15T23:30:00.000+08:00

Whoa school starting... seems like a great holiday... mind you i'm not regretting it.. in fact.. i think i enjoyed it.. really got it working.. refreshing... true enough God had been graceful and merciful towards me in this holidays..

" A wise youth works hard all summer; a youth who sleeps away the hour of opportunity brings shame" - Proverbs 10 : 5.

As i read this verse i thought.. why summer?.. why hour of opportunity?.. what significance does these words brings? why specifically youths? It was then that i realise it meant the holidays.. summer means holidays.. hour of opportunity, that's the real meaning behind holidays.. thank you Lord.. for being with me all this while, patiently transforming my heart, making it burn for you, and even though everything i did was meant to gorify you, all you ever thought of was to watch me grow.. to the person you want me to be.. thank you..

this week is haha.. well great? hmm we had the youth activity which haha we won in captain's ball woots! reg F.. though i contributed.. it's all of us that won the competition.. as one family =) ... i was pretty badly hurt in the soccer argh never ever play soccer in a field without boots.. but i enjoyed it anyways.. it's ok reg Ds =).. i was playing like we were one church.. afterall we are one church, not different regions.. that's 2 different thinking in all.. ermm i wanna thank jason oon and elvin foong for the wonderful worship too at edge haha you guys rock man! we should have that acoustic worship often it sounds very.. simple... yet able to touch me deeply.. that's all worship is about.. i think haaa..

ok ok.. i am tired again so pardon me hahaha... have fast track syndrome..
ok back track to fri i had a great net meeting!! ahhhh great meaning big, and fantastic time together! it's elvin's birthday! haha we kinda suprised him hahaha.. heyy and i think we touched him woooo hehe.. I'm starting to understand more about suprise now haha.. and i lead worship too! haha i guess it was better this time.. yeah i wanna try to lead worship more often.. i wanna worship.. not just songs..

ok so to sunday.. i almost couldn't drag my body out of bed in the morning.. sore all over.. but i got up with the help of God.. yup just thinking of Him.. think think think until suddenly realise i'm brushing my teeth.. funny rite? i had a full day too.. lessons are great i think they are good.. and funny( jon, eden and wei siang don't u agree? hahaha) i didn't get to play with ashton hahaha hehe waaaaa he was very tired after the ordeal he went through.. poor thing terribly sick with a viral fever.. haa sayang sayang.. the family also went through a lot this week.. 2 kids sick.. salute bro stanley and sis regina! you guys are great parents! haha! hope to learn more from you guys in... ermmm...... say... 10 years from now? maybe la huhh... haha let's not think too much... ehhh i'm the one thinking too much... ok let me not think too much... aiyaaa....

soooo anyways i played with baby RAY instead... don't the name sound cool? RAY.. cool.. he's gonna be the next darryl ong mann haha jumping all around the sanctuary following the rythm of sis jidi's drumming... haha... then i had nursery haha so now i'm filled with all the baby annointings.. a lot of them are sick so i guess most of the annointing consist of viruses and germs.. cool...

ALL IN ALL... still loving God.. grateful.. thankful.. speechless... =)

what a weekend!!

2007-04-02T00:14:00.000+08:00

HAAAA... what a weekend... haha first in saturday morning i played basketball with eden wei siang and friends.. their friends... so i went home with my whole body aching.. and i cycled there and back.. haha so when i reached home.. i took a bath.. then dashed straightaway to my bed.. and lied there.. it felt good.. to just lie there and know i am resting..

Oh yeah and before that i was awake at like 6.30 am. like for no real reason.. and i chatted with my friend who is going back to indonesia.. he's like leaving in a few hours.. and i thought wow just like that.. the world's small now..

anyways.. so i slept for 3 hours.. and i woke up dragging my body up for edge bbq.. got it up anyways.. but felt cranky and blurish during the bbq.. so the first thing i went there was naturally to look for baby ashton to play with haha but haaa only his daddy came.. yeah i figured this kinda event better to let the kids stay at home.. the food and the atmosphere isn't really suitable.. haha ashton would prob be drooling at the food all over the place.. and the food was ermm not bad la.. the beef steak was great.. juicy =P.. (ok the dots in front is actually me drooling)and then i had fun blowing off the people's candles haha muahahaha i did the sniper whereby i stand far away and blow.. hai if i were them i would have just lift my flame up high.. it only sounds logical.. like a lighthouse.. oh well..

okay first of all you have to forgive mee for this post not properly done cos i'm very much beat now.. and i'm taking jim nom pei pa kao now.. yeah advisable to prevent heatiness.. haaa

so before alll these i had a great net dayy! hahaha it's friday.. yup i'm lagging *stroking the knife and jumping infinitely( counterstrike)* ... haa lead a debut worship guitaring which.. hai.. haha.. then we went to enaq to eat yummm.. i'll save u the details..

=P...

so alrite skipp to sunday.. so in the morning i had carpark duty.. the first day tiger having it.. rahhhh all u who brought tyzus into 'carpark ministry'.. haha dieeeee hahaa.. then after which i went to service.. i was quite suprised pastor jeremy was there even before i started my duty.. which is pretty early.. he probably drifted the whole expressway.. haha

so before the service ended i went up to help bring the food.. before i finished 3 boxes pastor andrew called sheena me and bro andrew down alr to lead the 'workout'. hai.. flopped hahaha the track didn't work rahhhh sheeennnaaa.. so the worship band made the music.. so the sequence is no longer there.. and we did our own on the spot workout hahaha.. wha i wanna hide my face alr laaa.. it was a laugh-out instead.. the food was KFC.. hmm KFC, VFC.. so it's like ok not bad.. i helped myself 2 times..

=P..................................................................... hungry la

so anyways after that i had to shift the entire back rows of seats back.. cos we need more chairs as it's combined service in the morning( so we actually shifted it out too..) i thank God for some humble brothers who are willing to help me out.. OHH BEFORE THAT i played with ashton and haha i coaxed him to sleep while carrying him.. yay *victory sign* .. He drooled over my head laaaaa haha annointing.. hehe( man of God! man of God! man of God!)

so by God's grave.. GRACE*.. grace grace grace.. we finished packing the sanctuary up... it felt great serving.. ok then we went to play soccer.. yeah soccer.. i goalkept and slept through it anyways.. so tired.. and lazy.. that i ask gerrad to goalkeep instead and i play outfield.. but it's also because he thought goalkeeping is easy.... haaa

so i was tired all along the weekend haha starting from the bball activity.. didn't touch that kind of ball for one year.. but i guess i still can choose my response.. whether to say i am tired.. or something else..

REGION F!!

2007-03-30T14:26:00.000+08:00

HI HI HI! haha i've realised that throughout my blogging history.. i haven post anything about the wonderful region i'm in! haaa.. yup that's the pic.. though all i can see is baby ashton looking at me haha.. don't be jealous.. =p oh and elvin being squashed by so many ppl.. hahaha

alrite.. F.. what a wonderful alphabet.. so that makes region F wonderful.. isn't it? NOPE IT's the people in it! haha.. I shall use words starting with F to describe them.. and elaborate only on some heh heh heh..

FABULOUS... FAT( haha! that's good.. i figured if we were to be like the 40 soldiers who went to the iced river to die, we'd last longer.. ehh so fat's good)... FANTASTIC... FAMOUS( yeah man.. look at jason oon *Clap handsss* haha)... FAITHFUL... FERVENT... FIT... FIRST-EVER( and never ever.. haa cause i believe there's not a region like ours before haha).. FISCAL( a lot of the guys in army.. so we're very connected to the government haha).. FLAMBOYANT... FUN.. FUNNY.. very FUNNY...

Yup that's my region.. grateful for them.. =) .. though all i can still see in the picture is only baby ashton looking at me ..

a day with my wife...

2007-03-28T14:08:00.000+08:00

Alrite alrite.. remember my previous post i spoke about how love is suppose to be proactive.. rite it's previous previous.. haha ok anyways.. i realised i haven been spending quality time with my wife.. so i promised her to spend a whole day with her.. the results is pretty fruitful..

I drank with it.. oh sorry her..

i ate with her..

i even made my bed with her..( it is really a difficult thing to do la)

i won't say it out cause it sounds wrong.. =)

anyways.. just my way to say i love my guitar... the result is like i said very very fruitful! It, oh i mean she, sounded less naggy... meaning more pleasant.. I'm serious.. man..

-_-

Song Kah "backstage"

2007-03-26T11:59:00.000+08:00

Alright alright.. I'm sure most of you guys don't reallly know what actually goes on in a typical funeral palour.. well what happened is it was my grandma's 1st death anniversary I think. So the reason for doing this is to respect her, I think... So hope you guys would understand more with this post, note that I'm trying to understand it too.. it seems complicated.. and now, Let's go on to song kah "backstage"...

I woke up early mourning, bringing down this pile of ingots.. I think... A lot isn't it? My dad made them.. actually it's not just my dad.. let's leave it that they were hand-made...

Alright a closer picture of these hand-made ingots..

After that was the rituals..

See those 2 priest sitting there? I don't know what they are talking about, they are speaking hokkien, but from the tone i think they are actually conversing to each other.. hmmm... oh the thing in front of them is the fortress, or palace.. or whatever they call them la.. meant for my grandma..

See that man playing the music instrument there? there's one stick sticking out so he can clamp it into his bottom.. so i presume they don't share that instrument.

This is the highlight.. it's in the toliet.. it says ' come hurry hurry, go also flush flush'....

The food offerings...

and my plate of catered food...

The fortress..

The fortress...

Well i'm actually happy, cause I made it to edge.. haha i think they said if it doesn't get burned down we have to do it again.. i think.. so apparently it went down.. Alright I hope you guys had some better understanding.. Jason here..signing out from the song kah "backstage"..

a song within

2007-03-23T15:19:00.000+08:00

I always thought that every situation, every happening has a song to describe it.. hidden, in it. Much like what desmond(sorry to take what u have said into my post! hehe) mentions the way he fits songs into ppl, it's kinda like within each and every object.. and hey... it's not that difficult to understand is it? so long as you can feel the "goosebumps" when hearing that song(amen pastor jeremy).

But then i realised it's gotta be something deeper.. deeper than our feelings.. otherwise... all of us would only be reactions... Let me show you a portion of 7 HEP which speaks about love.. maybe you will understand..

" At one seminar where I was speaking on the concept of proactivity, a man came up and said, "Stephen, I like what you're saying. But every sitiuation is so different. Look at my marriage. I'm really worried. My wife and i just don't have the same feelings for each other we used to have. I guess i just don't love her anymore and she doesn't love me. What can I do?"
"The feeling isn't there anymore?" I asked.
"That's right," he affirmed."And we have three children we're really concerned about.What do you suggest?"
"Love her,"I replied.
"I told you, the feeling just isn't there anymore."
"Love her."
"You don't understand.The feeling of love just isn't there."
"Then love her.If the feeling of love isn't there, that's a good reason to love her."
"But how do you love when you don't love?"
"My friend, love is a verb. Love-the feeling- is a fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Serve her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Emphatize. Appreciate. Affirm her. Are you willing to do that?""

-7 HEP

I am convinced that to study love, you have to study those who sacrifice for others, even for the people who offend or do not love in return, that's why I study Christ, and not dig up 'facts'. That man didn't have much faith, in fact he didn't even thought of stepping out.. he didn't know he could.. "Love is a value that is actualized through loving actions".

For this i am speechless, like i remember once when elvin's singing 'How deep the Father's love'. He couldn't sing and kept crying. i thought then, wow, something powerful. Now i know, it's the effect of the Father's love, too deep that he couldn't even describe it, yet at the same time he showed it perfectly. I am speechless, and as I continue my walk with Christ, I guess i'll still be..

clothes of God..

2007-03-22T00:54:00.000+08:00

You know when i heard pastor matthew barnet saying that he actually preached to the trees.. i thought for a moment, hey.. i think it's a very good way to practise our faith.. so i did this ...

"Clothes of God! Clothes of God! Clothes of God!" I prophesied.

"Do you want the double anointing?", I said.

It stank in response.

"Do you want the triple annointing?", I said.

It stank in response.

"Do you want the quadruple annointing?", I said.

It stank in response.

"Do you want it all?"

-_-

Tagged and tagged and tagged...

2007-03-20T11:05:00.000+08:00

What can I say... you guys made the right decision to tag me... I've got the weirdest things inside of me.. muahahaha so for those of u who think u know me.. here goes...

"this is what you are supposed to cut and paste if you decide to participate in the tagging game.. People who get tagged need to write in a blog of their own 6 weird things about themselves as well as state the rules clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. After you do that, leave them each a comment letting them know you tagged them and to read your blog."

1. I SQUAT(DON'T LAUGH! HAHA) look at the pic and u will know.. anyways it wasn't me who did that.. i shan't elaborate, but i inherited this habit(HAHA!) Wha lau that's my favourite seat la... of all times.. so i was totally sad.. when i came back seeing it broken.. sobs.. weird enough?

2. I don't like shitake mushroom, i find it smelly.. that's weird.. cos it's called xiang(fragrant) gu in chinese.. you all better don't sabo me into eating it.. i have"merlion" syndrome...

3. I make all sorts of funny noise when I'm sleeping ocassionally... one typical night i can make a grrr, then a falsetto ahhh, then a vibrato hmmm, then a combination of haa emm.. and the list goes on.. don't ask me why.. maybe that's my way of showing that i'm comfartable and Goodnight Jesus... haaa

4. I can watch a movie alone.. and i kinda like it.. i can understand the show better haha

5.I love Dakota Fanning... i think she's a great actress and she's sweet..

6.I think weirdness is just a form of whimsy..Does that count?

OK the six lucky ones areeeeeee:

Matthew Wee
Clement Lim
Charis Wong
Daniel Ng
Ling Hui
Gary Koh

HAHA! all these haven kana before... wha haha

2007-02-17T12:00:00.000+08:00

Man it's been a long time since i have last blogged... so... rite, no more food this time.. pretty busy with school this past time... which haha i'm delighted to declare that i've finished exams and my first year in Ngee Ann Poly! Geee i hope i do well... yeah, i'm sure i will... have to be affirmative... have to... really...

Anyways, throughout this period i've realised much, many of which i really thank God and have been truly blessed... i mean, forget about my ipod(ouch), Botak Jones, or even DotA(sorry guys) ... i've kinda understand that it's by exposing yourself to many of the different lives of others that you'll experience the sweetness in each of them... no matter what there's definitely some of it inside each of us, even if we are a tragedy...

i've learnt that friendship matters much... and believing in them is probably the most you can do for them, even if they failed you... If God gives you your gifts, then your friends are most likely there for you to exercise it...

Well i've actually joined nursery for some time now, and i gotta say it's cool i love it... kids are notoriously adorable if that's the right word haha, begging to be hugged ha!! and loved.... so i actually got into the ministry and, i realised that hey small things do count! small things, no matter how small, just small.... i'm not really talking about the kids though, but rather what you do to them... i was just playing with baby ashton and

wow ok here's the handsome boy... so i was just playing with him yesterday at the youth net rally... then i was rather stupid.. ya i know... to give him a unopened sweet wrapper that i figured he could get curious about... it was only when his mum asked about it that i realised... small things, big difference... babies are delicate... most things are anyway...

Alright so much for babies.. for the record this picture of ashton is taken by me.. it's copyrighted too so... too bad.. haha kiddinggg i know he's irresistable... anyways... just a quick review i probably going write some songs and post it here.. so stay tune... oh well... i'll stay in tune, try...

2006-12-21T02:17:00.000+08:00

hoooooo back again... alright... finally blogging for a long time... cooll...

so, a lot of things happened this period and i would really say it's been an interesting time.. good ending for this year ehh...

first of all is my very first experience to Botak jones!! it rocks and i stoned.. at the food when it came... it was like... this

.... and and like this...

whoaaa really wanna just let the food do the typing... hahaha.... ok... these are cajun chicken by the way... they have like cheese on top of the most tender chicken meat i've ever tried with herbs wrapping up the taste... they really mean it when they say "damn good food... at damn good price!" not to mention the mountain of fries that the pour onto the plates of every of their dishes.. the american style! woots... not like spore's one... chey pathetic amount of food i see... haha i make a good food critic ehhh...

alrite moving on... i got my first ever ipod! haha don't ask me how i got it... just... don't ask... not by any illegal means though...

haha cool... serves as my portable hard disk... and mp3.. well at least it's something handy... at a good price too... thank God haha...

lots more to tell haha but... well have to go now... till then... stay tune .. aite i'll let food do the talking now.. sorry typing..

(These pics are so humbly fake lol... they gave so much more for real man..and looked so much more fascinating, i guess they're smart, not wasting food on pictures, unlike "most" resturant..)

2006-11-26T19:40:00.000+08:00

God is God by SCC

And the pain falls like a curtain

On the things I once called certain

And I have to say the words I fear the most

I just don't know

And the questions without answers

Come and paralyze the dancer

So I stand here on the stage afraid to move

Afraid to fall, oh, but fall I must

On this truth that my life has been formed from the dust

chorus:

God is God and I am not

I can only see a part of the picture He’s painting

God is God and I am man

So I'll never understand it all

And the sky begins to thunder

And I’m filled with awe and wonder

'Til the only burning question that remains

Is who am I

Can I form a single mountain

Take the stars in hand and count them

Can I even take a breath without God giving it to me

He is first and last before all that has been

Beyond all that will pass

bridge:

Oh, how great are the riches of His wisdom and knowledge

How unsearchable for to Him and through Him and from Him are

all things

So let us worship before the throne

Of the One who is worthy of worship alone

things happen, when we let God be God...

2006-11-21T17:22:00.000+08:00

huaaa laaa it's me again... alright got time to blog again... cos haha, i'm sick and didn't go to school today rahhh... so dead when i go back tomorrow... so much to catch up.

anyways I've got my time planned out or rather.. know what i have to do... anddd what i can't do for the rest of this year.. common tests... it's starting right at 11th of december so.. i'll be mugging while all the youths enjoy their youth camp... haa and i joined the choir.. which hai... then i won't be able to take up the guitar lessons that matt wee, joy cheng and me agreed to take up cos of choir practice, for the christmas event.

Then i've got my driving course to finish which hai... the only earlest time i can finish it is 4th of april next year...yyup they've got this compulsory waiting time of 5 months from the day u book the test.. haha advice for peeps to book the test asap and not be like me...

Aite then, till then this is all ...

2006-11-13T23:53:00.000+08:00

Boy what a day! Had 2 tests today, quite ok, easy but didn't get full marks cause of careless mistakes... Gonna practise more from now onwards... speaking of which, i need a lot more for driving lol! It was terrible today. HA... i was doing lane change and right turning for this lesson. welll lane changing is ok just have to be a bit sensitive to the steering but right turnnn.. arghh hardd... not going to list the details for it coz there's mannny... Going to be quite a week for me this week... got to start getting my fitness back which... i haven been doing for months... not because i'm lazy, but of all the injuries i had all these while... sighh... aging pretty fast ehh... anyways haa i'm pretty ambitious.. intending to run like 20 clicks within this week. Proably a thousand push up.. cheesy, but it's probably the only thing i could do rite now. All this for the dance competition... which i don't think i can make it. All the pops on my knees, sprain on my backs, shoulders, plus head injuries haha if u were with me at dinner last Sun. Rite, so i would most probably back out if i can't succeed in my plan, which would definitely indicate if i can make it or not. well.. other than that nothing much, assignments, projects, schooling stuffs, anddd preparing an outfit for Esther Tan's 21st birthday! hmmm i wonder how it's like to be of that age... gonna sleep alr... gotta run early tml...

My very first

2006-11-11T00:58:00.000+08:00

All right!! Finally started blogging... haha Don't know why I wanted to blog... maybe just wanna express myself... like everyone else. Anyways figured it would be fun so i tried it out. Aite let's get it started, even though i don't know how ha. oh i kinda have to do this and since this is my first entry might as well...

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