Amazing!!

Above all else,
it is You Who I'll choose.
Above all else,
it is You Who has my heart.
Above all else,
it is You Who I'll serve.
Above all else,
it is You Who I'll worship.
Above all else,
it is to You I'll look to.
Above all else,
it is You Who I'll follow.
Above all else,
it is You who I'll love,
with all my heart,
all my soul,
all my might,
now and forever,
it will always be You.

So if you have been following me on my twitter or facebook page then you would know that I got myself a 64GB iTouch just very recently!! Oh the joy that a little gadget can bring to a person's life :) it's really the most nifty little gadget! And when you have add the wifi Internet function.....it becomes a very powerful little thing! And you can basically do ANYTHING you want to do on an iTouch! It's just so cool! I mean it's like having a 100+grams laptop in your hands! And it's so easy to bring it all around with you! For me with the iTouch I can watch YouTube videos on one hand and using my other free hand to cook or something. It's so small! I can also bring it into the toilet with me >:] to listen music of course~ or.......compose a blog will I'm pooing~ hahahahah seriously the iTouch is really just BOOMZ heheh Singapore inside joke :p

you're probably saying....."wah piang eh just for an iTouch must say so many words!" and it's true I MUST say alot of words cause it's one of the most coolest gadget that my brother has ever bought for me! yup I said it right....Benny got me the iTouch! No strings attached and brand new! it wasn't a pass me down or hand me down or whatver....it's BRAND NEW and it's has MY NAME written all over it :D so why shouldn't I use alot of words to talk about my iTouch~ I'm just so happy that I finally got it and I want to tell just about everyone all about it and it's awesomeness and just how amazing it is! And that's what got me thinking...With so many things that are going on around our lives today, when do we take time out to truly appreciate all that is really important~ bringing it deeper how much time do we take time to just say I Love You to the One who truly matters above all? There are truly so many things that surround us everyday, taking up alot of out time, dominating the majority of our daily conversations among peers, be it new gadgets, an upcoming event, an unexpected situation, a horrific news that just hit, even a topic like "where to get the best bak kut teh" can be carried on for over an hour....

It's not a bad thing to be immersed in the social pop culture of our times, but there always has to be a balance for everything. Too much of something is always bad. I've just been learning so many new and wonderful things from Pastor Kong, Pastor Tan, and Darryl all in a span of 8days! It's just amazing how all of the leaders flow so smoothly together! And that's truly how it's suppose to be! From Pastor Kong got a new revalation how Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!" alot of times the verse is used to encourage people to do the impossible, but when you look at the bigger picture, it's main purpose was to let people know that WHEN they are facing any or ALL storms in their life....they CAN STILL MOVE ON THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS!!! :D

Then from both Pastor Tan and Darryl their message on being true worsippers were simply mind blowing! Darryl was sharing with us how we should always always [choose God and never the blessing] the blessings are but a by-product of the relationship we have with God! Pastor Tan truly just took the stage with his preaching on John 4! How in the heart of God, He just wants to know if we really know how to worship Him, of all the things that we can do, the first thing that God wants to settle in us, is who are we going to worship?

There are just so many things that surrounds our daily lives! And they are new and exciting things! We should always stay updated with the latest trends, be updated with the latest news and be well verse with the pop culture of our society in our time so that we can indeed be salt and light wherever we go! But but but we gotta have that balance and we gotta set our priorities straight, that after all is said and done we will set time, put a significant portion of our day aside just so we can be true worshippers of God! We gotta have that small tent of meeting outside it all, a small tent which is so far out, that in the tent the world outside just melts away and it's just us and God...and it's just us being there with all our heart with all our soul with all our might just worshipping Him!

We sang, we danced and we stole things...ok...maybe not...

So yes! It's super late at night and much later in the land down under...due to the time difference not to mention their daylight savings....so it's about 3:40AM there right now...and yet she was up! I am talking about the princess diva of Brunei....Lim Yee Won ;)

I had no idea how much I've missed her until we skyped! Hahaha it's all the little things that we do when we're talking! Making each other laugh like there's no tomorrow, we sang, we danced! HAHAHAHA and boy did we dance! All the single ladies yo~

We didn't steal things though...but I am pretty sure if we had the chance we would ;) hahaha

She was so excited to show me this http://heyitsvon.tumblr.com/post/208926246 and I think it was an amazing post! We also shared this...

The HORROR!!! And to think that was just 3 years ago...the horror...the pain...the double chin...it looks like the unstoppable blob that can ingest anything it touches...it looks like my face was attached to the chin rather than it being the other way around! HAHAHAH I can make fat jokes, I think I as a formerly fat person I have the right to make as much fat jokes as I want to :P

So here's a much more glamorous picture!

Familiar faces, familiar phases, familiar phrases just pops into my mind! But of course we shared more things between us....but that's just it, it was shared between us hahaha

So back to http://heyitsvon.tumblr.com/post/208926246!

So as she was just reading this out loud to me, inputting the usual tones and effects that I've come accustomed and familiar to...we laughed and laughed, at the same time in the midst of all that laughter a switch clicked in my mind and it started working in overdrive, remembering my first time :)

It was in the Saint Andrew's School Conference Room...where all the teachers/board members/councillors meet for their meetings hahaha "meet for their meetings" its redundant...but anyways, that's during the weekdays or school days, but I remember 2002, the year that everything changed!

It was Feb-March and everyone was talking about this camp during the March holidays...everyone was asking everyone will he/she be going? New to the whole concept, I thought it was a camping trip...with bonfires and everything...but boy was I mistaken...but never regretted one bit! What never occurred to me during that time was why the non-muslim rule....

So I went...and realised I was in for an unforgettable experience! It was great I remembered! Checked in and met up with team members who were all very welcomming! Team building activities....Kuhlman we were called.....back then...Kuhlman just sounded like a cool word...like [CoolMan]....Inter-team games....the only other team I remember was Wigglesworth...cause I thought what a funny name....Dinner....and then...

Session 1

Songs...Introductions...A man speaking...and then the most vivid memory...slow songs...and the man asking for people to go to the front...and then hands to head...and people suddenly falling down...people were crying...weeping....some were even screaming...one was rolling around and fisting the ground...

Everyone else was just singing and having their hands raised...what was I and Javon to do...my partner in crime...it was the first time...especially for me...so we ran out of the conference room down to the canteen and was scared we would be "effected" by this craziness...

But God knows everything, and He knows when to act :) of course back then I didn't know this...I thought that a busybody teacher just wanted us to get back into the room with the crazy-ies....Ms. Pushpa...truly an anointed woman of God! Loving and devoted, caring and motherly, understanding and full of patience...

Questions were thrown at her...questions were all answered...uncertain and yet intrigued...we were down in the canteen waiting for everyone to come back down...then supper...followed by many unanswered questions before lights out...

The next day....breakfast...session...no crazies...lunch...games...dinner...and then...

Session 3...it was here where everything changed! The man called for people to come to the front again...tears flowing down...tears of true joy...having a void filled...having met the One and only...Tears of pain being washed away...tears of happiness for the acceptance...words were said by the man...and I echoed it perfectly...word for word...filled with emotion...with awe and devotion...and in Jesus Name...Amen....

This is My Desire... To Honour You...Lord with All My Heart...I Worship You...All I Have Within Me...I Give You Praise...All That I Adore...Is In You...Lord I Give You My Heart....I Give You My Soul....I Live For You Alone...Every Breath That I Take...Every Moment I am Awake...Lord Have Your Ways In Me...

It has been over 7 years...and He still surprises me with new things each and every day! What I said in March 2002 I still mean every word of it! The song I sang I still mean every word of it! And I know that my love for Him grows stronger and deeper each and every day....each moment is His moment!

wait EXPECTANTLY!

"Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly"

Psalms 5:3

In a day, 24hours, how often are you in the state of waiting for something, for anything really...be it waiting for the bus, waiting for the train, waiting for your food to be cooked, waiting for your parents to pick you up, waiting in the line at the supermarket, waiting for the time to pass, waiting for friend/s to arrive, waiting for an event to begin or even for it to end, waiting for a waiter to serve you or to take your order, waiting at the gas station, waiting for your face mask to dry out so you can peel it, waiting for your favourite show to come on the TV, waiting for God?

Just think about it, today how much time did you spend just waiting?

Now how much time did you spend today waiting on God?

That's what hit me when I read the verse...very often we just come to God showing him a list of things that we want, a list of wants, a list of needs, a list of desires, a list of lists! More often than not sometimes we rush through things, even the more important things in life, for what? To wait yet again for another thing to come by...

I am not saying that we should all just stay in our rooms 24/7 just waiting and waiting, cause then it'll be unproductive, and we know that we were all created to be productive! But it is important to know that whenever we come into His awesome presence, we shouldn't rush through things, we shouldn't just touch and go, we should be ready to be soaked completely, to be well and fully marinated by His presence.

When we marinate meat, to ensure that the sauce fully penetrates into the innermost parts we got to leave it overnight! BUT that's not the whole picture...yes we are to wait on God...and not rush through...BUT...you see, the verse doesn't just end with the word wait....it ends with the word...EXPECTANTLY!!

The word "expectantly" means to be in eager anticipation! And you're only eagerly anticipating good things, I mean have you ever heard of a child who's expectantly waiting to catch chicken pox? OK maybe not such a good illustration...cause some people do like to get sick so they can skip school...but you get the idea~

You're only in this state of expectancy for a good thing! This tells me one thing above all else...that when we wait for God...He wants us to wait EXPECTANTLY to show us something! And something GREAT!

Sometimes we don't like waiting, we want to see results, and to see it immediately! To see it now! IF not we just go looking for the next big thing! But God has His own perfect timing! God knows what is good for us at the perfect time, not too early not too late!

So whether you're waiting for revival to hit your school or workplace, waiting for the hundredfold blessings that everyone is talking about, waiting for you entire family to receive salvation, waiting for your healing to come, waiting for that breakthrough, just wait in His presence...and to wait EXPECTANTLY!! Cause He is going to make a scene that will just BLOW YOUR MIND AWAY!

the fat-o-meter >:]

just a quick update, a funny update hehehe so last friday...in our Medical Physiology Labs we did a procedure called the skinfold test...it's a test to basically determine the percentage of fats that your body contain :) hehehehe

So we used this apparatus...


It's called a figure finder....

and ALSO the FAT-O-METER!!!!!!

AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA I laughed so much when my lecturer said it...well maybe not at first cause the first time I was like...wth...maybe she said wrong....then when I got to have it up close and personal ;) it WAS called the FAT-O-METER!! Wakakaka

So after the experiment...I am like 30% fats...which is WRONG by the way! Cause I am very sure the test has like a 10%-20% inaccuracy :P hahaha well in my books anyways...I REFUSE to believe that 30% of me is just adipose tissue...now that's just WRONG!

Hahaha although was kinda boh mood~ from the 30% went home and had dinner at like 12am? Well around that time eheheheh I cooked FROG!!! RIBBIT RIBBIT!!!

>:]

Made Richmond wat it too! First unknowingly >:] muahahahah~

So he had some and then I gave him this smile >:] and said...

"You know you're eating frog~"

EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH should have record down his reaction! Hilarious~ well its his own fault that he can't stand the idea of having frog as a dish...he kills....well more like torture frogs in Brunei as a past time -_- hence his disgust!

I was really mean I admit wakakak BUT I DON'T CARE!! :P So after he completely stopped eating the frog dish...I was like...hmmm...

"No lah Rich...it's actually Chick...as in young chicks..."

and HE CONTINUED TO EAT ONCE AGAIN!!! It shows you what sort of person he is....condones the eating of cute fully yellow warm blooded animals....but when it comes to an amphibian....

Hahah then of course finally told him is was Frog >:] I am just so mischevious >:]

But of course I wasn't ALL BAD!! We had MOONCAKES FOR DESSERT!!!

The big one was given to me from a classmate of mine :) she's so sweet! Eheheh and the two little mini ones are made by the all to famous MR. ALEX CHUA!!! Tiramisu and Mint! What's more....they're SNOWSKINS MOONCAKES!!! Loves it!! Had a great time chomping them all down :) hehehehe

So yes that's my "quick" update eheheh next post will be inspiring :) I promise you :) and as I've promised~ My Word is My Bond! :D

near death experience!

HAHAHA ok ok I am being overly dramatic!! I am just ecstatic right now! Hahaha listening to KT Tunstall - Suddenly I see! It's such a cheerful song!! When you hear the songs it somehow brings you to a beautiful meadow or something, with a rainbow, and golden sunlight radiating down and just seemingly bouncing off the vast array of flowers that are all over and having birds and bees or what nots just flying and buzzing busily creating a wonderful happy place where anything can happen, and all you need to do is just think it and *BANG* it'll happen!!

:]

HAHAHHAHAHAHA yes I am just ecstatic right now :]

So far this week beginning from Saturday!

Awesome service as usual!!! Sermon was preached by THE MAN!!! Pastor Kong!! Wow seriously!! Convicted to change and to be the MAN God has called me out to be!! My word is indeed my bond!! One thing really stuck with me, how if us guys don't fully fulfill our destiny we would hinder the destinies of the girls that are around us! Like our younger sisters, our girl cell group members, even our wives if we're married, or even our girlfriends! :O

Then Sunday!!! DARRYL'S BACK!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D From glory to glory!!!! She's truly a role model for anyone to follow!!! It's GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK DARRYL!!! CG was amazing as usual!! We learned about how we must have the conviction of knowing that despite everything, through whatever the circumstances that may surround us, we MUST KNOW that GOD LOVES US!!! :D

Got to prepare refreshments :) made Strawberry Cheesecake and Ham Sandwiches with Mushroom Sauce! :) it was well received by my CG heheheheh so supportive!! Joseph even asked me to set up an online bakery! HAHAHAH thank you Jo, for your vote of confidence :D

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH couldn't resist putting this picture up! It SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DOESN"T LOOK LIKE ME RIGHT?!?!??!?! Hhahahaha love the hairdo~~ OK OK IT IS ME!!! But hahahah don't i look ridiculous! HAHAHHAHA like totally transformed! HAHAHHAHA extremely happy cause I FINALLY had time to do my facial scrub and facial mask :)

Near death experience? you ask~ Hahaha for those of you who don't know, Indonesia has been experiencing some strong earthquakes recently and SINGAPORE GOT HIT BY THE AFTERSHOCKS!! Tremors or something! And I FELT TWO!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahhaha one on Wednesday Evening and the other on Thursday morning!!!

It was NOT COOL!!! Hahah the first one i was like "WHAT THE HECK?!?!?" Like my whole bed was swinging like that and I was thinking "Is there something under my bed?" then I though..."Did Richmond bring a live animal into the room last night and not tell me about it?" HAHAHHAHA crazy I know~ but hey! How was I suppose to make sense of my bed swinging to and fro~ then I stood up and realised the whole apartment was swaying~ So i thought construction....but didn't hear anything~ so I was like WTH could it be?!?!? Hahahah so finally called Pearly.... :) hahaha

Ok I DIDN"T know that Singapore could be affected ok~ the only thing I learned in Geography was that Singapore had no fault line so confirm no earthquake, same as Brunei~ BUT hahaha apparently Singapore is close to Sumatra.....So if got super huge earthquake there....Singapore can experience aftershocks :S

So I was like WTH!!! I don't my apartment to come crumbling down!! I mean who actually wants that right?!?!? Hahhaah but IT"S OK!!! No problemo~~~ The NEA....well I think that's what they're called....National Environment Agency....I THINK~~~ Says there's no need to worry!!! They did however state that....well maybe not them lah....but another government association thingi...Singapore will have a 12% increase in Electricity Charge in October :S

Hai~~ what to do what to do XP