Paradise Worship Seminar + Band Fellowship!

Early this morning, the band was having our breakfast at Centrepoint McDonald's. It was 9:30am and we were waiting for each other. About 15 of us were there and I believe we really learn something. For Justin and me, we really learn something. We even shared about it and I found out that he has a nice song!! Will ask him to get the full song and perform someday!

It wasn't like any other worship seminar. It was all about God. As Paul, the speaker, was preaching, all he mentioned was the passion to build God's house. And I believe that's the ultimate aim! He shared about being more passionate for God more than music. As he was sharing, I felt convicted and pressed in, to seek God even more. I felt that peace hovering over me and I felt comforted. During the song writing workshop, I met someone. It's Sophie!! I've not seen her for ages. I remembered that we were quite close. Anyway, her church is so near COOS. She's serving at Faith Methodish Church (which Janice Grace Pek Li Li is in too.) and it's great to see her around. I hope to see her soon as we share the same passion of writing songs.

God seems to piece everything together for me now. For both worship seminars (the one at Faith Methodist Church), I've met people that I wish I could meet. God seems to answer all my prayers in secret. Here I am, while God is answering all my prayers, all I did was to keep failing Him, again and again. Always break my promises and He kept His. I've decided to discipline myself and I wanna know God even deeper and to grow strong in Him.

Band fellowship was held at Vanessa's place. WoW!! Her place is really big! *Hint: seems that our band members are quite rich*. Nevertheless, we had a great time playing games, eating and all the laughter being poured out! Felt relaxed and now back to work, work and work!! Hope to have more intimate time with the band as we move along together. Let us learn from today's seminar and go forward to our goals.

Let's not turn back and let us be passionate for the Lord once again. Let us be listeners and listen to one another. Let us give the best to the Lord. Not 99% but 100%!! Thanks for being a great bunch of people!

Be Blessed!!

The ONE!!

It's been a busy week thus I haven't got the time to blog for almost one week!! Since last Thursday, I've been busy with WSC (World Skills Competition) training, meetings and church activities. Last Friday, a few of us participated in the night cycling by RP. Rendall, Aizhen, Jane, Tricia and I spent our Friday night, having fun and our usual chats!

Since Friday morning till Saturday night, I've not been sleeping and sustained till after cell dinner, went home and SLEEP!! Anyway, Saturday's sermon by Pastor Glenn Lim was awesome! Love is in the air, part 2!! My entry is titled, "The ONE!!" and I've to share what I was feeling then. When Pastor Glenn was preaching, I really feel comforted and started thinking about my life. I've been living a life without direction for these few years, losing confidence in myself and even lost at times. Through these 2 weeks, I've learnt that accountability is important and I've been meeting up my accountability constantly and we've been praying together. I hope this can improve it.

I remembered telling him about "The ONE"..... As we were chatting, 2 person came to my mind. Coz these two persons had sort of touched my life in the midst of our friendship. I knew both of them in weird scenarios. The weirdest thing of all is that I couldn't remember the happenings during the first camp I've attended in COOS. Which camp?? That's for you to find out. LOL. Anyway, I knew her from there and I find her special. Even till now, we are still good friends, good buddies! Shall not tell you who she is. Keep it a secret. Haha. LOL. The other girl, I knew her through a worship conference. I remembered that it was because of a pen that we started knowing each other. It was such a hilarious moment. I never thought that we will make contact after all. I gave her a note behind my namecard and from then, we chatted. Sounds cool??

But through it all, when I start thinking of "The ONE", I can only relate to ONE person. His name is Jesus. Without Him, I am nothing. Why Him?? Why not the person I desire?? For it is written, "Seek ye FIRST(not second, not third) the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all THESE(what we ask for, of coz must be biblical!) things shall be added unto you.", thus we don't lose out in anything. In fact, in Him, we are more than conquerers! We are heirs of God, His children! I couldn't settle for anything less. Serving Him is more than a chore or a routine. The only thing I lack now is FOCUS!!

Had the chance to go out with Aizhen, Tricia, Ernest and Darren last night for some fun. Shall not tell you much as I don't wanna mention much. But I guess we really had fun and hopefully, we learnt something out of it. Thanks for the fun, Aizhen.

Gotta prepare my music appreciation report and professional profiling report soon. See you all around soon. Busy weeks ahead.

Be Blessed!!

Wishlist Fulfilling!

WoW!! In another 29 days, I'll be 24 years old!! That's like a comet crashing into the earth. Erm, doubt it's that crazy. Anyway, I just got back with the Samsung SGH-S410I Silver i-mode phone!! It's so cool till I feel like getting rid of my bulky PDA Phone. As my birthday draws near, I'm planning for a gathering at my place on 20th November, for a celebration and for the best birthday ever!

If you all didn't know, my 21st birthday was slightly dull but thank God for my good buddy, Ee-lyn, who faithfully remembered me and celebrated with me that year. It was fruitful. Anyway, waiting for my specs to arrive and that goes my new outlook. LOL. Clearing my wishlist as I've decided to get the Canon IXUS 750 before my birthday, hopefully during the first week of November. Was shopping with Jason and guess what?? We saw the iPod Video!! So cool lah!! I was comtemplating on which to get but at the end of the day, I would prefer the iPod Video over the Nano as it's value for money with better functionalities. I guess this is the only year which my wishlist is almost fulfilled and blessed with lots of stuff.

Recalling the instances of my blessings, from the guitar, to my results, scholarship, involvement in ministries and others, made me feel that God is really a great God. He blessed me with my desires after all the tough work.

Supposedly a surprise, my dad revealed that I'll be getting a crumpler bag which my sister had planned to get it. Oops, dad, you spoilt the plan. Anyway, I'm happy that my sister always plan all these. Thanks, I really appreciate it. Really been blessed and I'm satisfied with what I have. This is all I need in terms of material needs.

But all in all, I ask that the Lord to overflow me with Your Spirit and Your thoughts. Lord, empower me and anoint me with Your oil. All I have is Yours. May I bless others through the blessings You've given me. My talents, my gifts and my abilities.

To all, I hope I've been a blessing to all!

Be Blessed!

Words can KILL!!

Everything was fine till someone told me off. That was when I realized that I should be tactful at all times. Words which we use everyday, every moment of our lives, unfortunately, can be destructive. A friend of mine told me off early this morning and I'm sorry about the remarks I've made. I was an insult to my friend and I conveniently treated it as a joke.

This reminds me of my life once again. My walk with God, my selfish ambitions, my self-centred being which caused me to disregard what I say or do. In life, we tend to make mistakes. Sometimes, I feel that these mistakes can be avoided. Nevertheless, we should constantly be conscious of what we say or do. All I can do now is to apologize and ask for forgiveness from my friend. Anyway, I hope I'll never let loose of my tongue again.

Thoughts that are running through my mind.....

Seeking forgiveness!

Be Blessed.

Everyday, it's You I live for!

After Tuesday's music practice, I was sort of thinking about the days to come for this week. Somehow, I've cleared my thoughts and sort out my needs in life. In fact, on Thursday, at cell, I was unable to worship God at first before the worship started. I was leading that day. As I was praying, the Lord impressed on me and convicted me through the process.

We shared without pressure on that Thursday and I felt much more relieved. In any case, this week seems more hectic than the previous one. On Friday, I played the guitar for Evie as she led worship for the youth baptism class. It was a time of refreshing and after that, Peter and I went out for a drink and I was again convicted for some issues in my life.

Focus!!

I was glad that Peter shared with me that I'm a person that has the passion (fuel) to do a lot of things and serve in the ministries. But he added that I lack Focus. I was passion driven more than focus driven. As I was thinking through this, I agreed with him and I continued to share with him about my relationship matters, etc. We ended up talking about someone whom I'm quite close to. But that's not the important thing right now. It was that Friday which changed my perspective about cell, etc. I'm still seeking God for an answer and to direct me to become focus driven with the balance of passion driven life.

Just yesterday, had fun with my Sec 1 youths at East Coast Park. We cycled, bladed, enjoyed the whole afternoon at the park with a wonderful weather provided by our loving Father. Thank God for the beautiful, cool and sunny day!! Had a Lychee feast though. haha. LOL. Anyway, we took quite a fair bit of pics and thanks all for being so sporting and loving!! Will post up the pics soon??

Finally, at the youth service, Pastor Glenn preached about BGR and Love. I'm sure a lot of us are convicted and touched by the message preached. I was really inspired. Though I've reached the eligible age, but guess it's right to wait for God's timing and planning to be pure for my future partner.

Gonna sleep soon. End off here and start my reports in the next few hours' time.

Be Blessed!