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read the paper and found out that cathay..my fav hang out, without consulting me actually raise the price for movie goers like me. sigh..looks like i got to make gv or shaw my fav place from now onwards.

was going through the net when i found something interesting. "Chinese Man Shows World What Real Love is by Carving 6,000 Steps Up a Mountain for Wife" - http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?display=1278
thats what i call real love and after this week, pastor is going to preach a new msg and has got to do with love as well.

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i'll start of with thanking Glenn, Chai huat and Valerie. feel that so many times we take our cg guitarist for granted. expecting them to go home and do their home work and deliver a wonderful performance. when there are mistakes we tend to blame them instead of ourself. really thank God that glenn and chai huat make it happen and also willing to avail themselves. of course val also help me out a little here and there.

led praise for cg this week. knew that i will be taking praise last week. so i pract with glenn and chai huat after cg last week. asked charmaine can i have 2 guitarist because i wanna try something "new". want to show that we can bring praise to another level.

well had them pract their strumming, going through both songs again and again. friday met up and we pract for 2 hours plus before we call it a day.

whole week was quite anxious because singing is not my strong point..and i even had mini pitching lesson with charmaine a couple of years ago. and from then on..i try to shun from taking praise except for prayer meeting. was quite concern can i pitch well anot. did not have much confidence the last few days that lead up to cg.

msg pamela hours before i was to meet up with glenn and chai huat for pract. one thing she told me was to have confidence in whatever i am doing. the past few sermon messages char and pst was sharing was about having confidence as well. thank God for her because she really remind me about what i have been learning. got to have confidence in myself.

yest cg..char was late. not suppose to have games but because she was late i did an impromptu game. played an old school game followed by an old school sabo. after svc yesterday, char evaluated me and said that she felt it was good except that i need to give more vocal command to show leadership. although there are times my pitching was off but i was quick to cover it up. before praise i thought char would tell the cg i will be leading praise but she forgot..but she said the way i come in was good. is really an encouragement yesterday.

personally i felt that the first praise "God of ages" wasn't quite good but the second song was great. because of my poor vocal command..thought that i will screw up the first song but God is good. glenn and chai huat was zai and i did not panick also. felt the peace of God. really thank God for it. signal to chai huat is alright lets cont with the praise. imagine if break the flow wow. what a bad way to start cg.

before service started, imelda was telling me she need to learn from me how to lead praise because she felt that i led very well. very bu gan dang..because i kindda feel that i am not a very good song leader also. so for her to say this really encourage me alot. the next one i will need to tackle is offering in 4 weeks time.

well it won't be possible without glenn, chai huat and val. kudos to them for making praise a success yesterday.

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this week will be leading praise during cg. i got to really thank glenn and chai huat for helping me. really thank God for a willing guitarist and people who will avail themselves to come over my place to pract with me. some more very pai he all my request like how i want it to be play. will try out with 2 guitar..something that we hardly do because the last time we did it char was not happy. so hopefully everything will be ok.

i guess the downside to this whole thing is whether i can pitch correctly. sigh..struggling with this. clueless with all the keys and stuffs. got to try something out to cover this area and not make it obvious.

still thinking shld i change my appointment with my specialist at SGH to another day. got to go down on thursday but i seriously wanna change it to next month. sigh...so shang nao jing.

after service on sunday, went in to JB. because of me, we enter there late at 3pm and mess up our schedule. so sorry. spent abt 4 hours at secret recipe while waiting for the sisters to get their hair done. it felt like eternity...so when val receive a msg from van that they were done it was like i was elected as the president of a nation (ok i am exagerating).


left city square around 7 plus. charmaine reminded the group not to talk when we got in the cab if not they will know that we are tourist and charge us more. val commented something that me and van were dress so nicely confirm know that we were not locals. i was leading one grp and char was leading another grp to the hawker centre where we were having seafood dinner. in the end my grp all of us were conversing in mandarin.


along the way i bargain with the cab driver about the price to get to the haweker centre. don know whether ppl know abt it..i am not one who like to bargain because is just not me. if this is the price i will settle for it. and i was the only guy in the cab so i was kindda expecting that one of the sisters will bargain but no one do it. so when i finish bargaining which i fail haha..i ask how come no one wanna do it? imelda replied "i wanna see how you bargain".


when we reach the hawker centre i asked char so how much was her cab she said it was 6 ringgit. and mine was 8 ringgit. further tell me that what val said could be true. well but in the end when we were going back to custom the cab driver charge my grp 6 ringgit so don't think what val said was true. just that i got into a wrong cab.

that was the amount of food we ordered. my duty that day was to be my cg tour guide. thank God that ben was there if not i think i would feel out of place because that day there were 6 girls. enjoy going there for dinner cause is cheap.

was asking char whether she wanna catch sweeney todd she say yep. she was mentioning about going JB to watch. but i guess nah probably the next few month tried not to step into there. need a break away from JB.

journey home was horrid. getting through custom is easy but waiting for the bus to get out of JB and woodland is tough. cleared custom at 9 plus and i only reached home at 12 midnight. the yellow bus took eternity to come due to the jam.

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yesterday felt pastor tan preached a very good message. another perspective in the way we look at forgiveness. was telling charmaine after we left terminal 3 to head to orchard there where we were supposed to catch "american gangster" that pastor preached a very good msg thats why it also help to keep me awake. previous day i was up the whole night doing my com. finally got it changed. that explain why i was asleep before 9pm.

upon reaching orchard cineleisure we did not catch the show because they only had the first 3 rows available and char did not want that kind of seats postpone it to another day. we decided to find some place to go and chill out. settle at breadtalk at wisma there for tea. the group of us were just chatting and suddenly probably the last hour or so i felt like i enter into a prison cell and being cross question by Charmaine and Vanessa. wah is like someone put strong super glue on the chair that i was sitting and here i am being interrogated. but well is fine get to remind char about certain things which she forgotten all about it and van u know wad u did.

due to the church wide prayer meeting we decided to go JB as a cg this coming sunday. main prob now is it looks like i will have to go in early to bring the sisters to city square and wait down there for them to finish doing their hair and manicure and pedicure. if dan is not going in early also than i will suggest that all of us wait for charmaine to end her bible study before we go in together if not i will be like down there doing nothing.

tomorrow will need to go down for prayer meeting with the leaders at riverwalk. hmm..maybe after that char might want us to do something well i also dunno. it all really depend on her.

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Wednesday met up with Charmaine and the rest of the team leaders for a meeting. Well this year everyone of us will be doing more things and we reshuffled the members in our team. Major announcement would be that under a rotation basis everyone will be given a chance to lead praise and do offering and the other will do games and testimony.

Never do offering and testimony before. In 2 weeks time I will be leading praise. I am not much of a singer neither can i pitch very well. Got to work with glenn so closely and try my best. Will only do all this until i need to report for army. Thank God for this chance but how to say leh if there is chance I rather trained up the person that would potentially take over me. Give he/she more chance to learn. For now just do what I can do till army come knocking on my door.

It's been decided my cg will be going to JB on the last week of Jan after service. While the others go shop for their barang barang I think me and dan will go do other things. If not sit at city square rot also not a good idea.

Realised that maybe I can be an instructor. Realised that I can teached people to drive. I guess who can't haha. Actually come to think of it is really easy money also. Quite easy to teach.

25 more days to my 21st. Hmm..not much of excitement yet. I mean usually maybe for kids in western country they would wish that their parents would hand them maybe ferrari, porche, lamborghini car key or something (ok i am jokking here). Probably some cheaper asian brand like toyota, honda etc. But I pretty much know that i won't get my hands on any italian prancing horse machine..ok getting too ahead of myself. Based on what my big bro b'dae more or less i know what i would receive. Well a shelter for my head. Just that dunno sigh..just no much excitement yet. maybe who knows when is much nearer i will be looking forward to it after all they say 21st is the big bang and people usually make a big hoo ha when you are 21.

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the first service of 2008, as usual pastor preached about focus and goal-setting. well even though there were some goals that i did not manage to acheive but that won't deter me from setting goals and being focus in acheiving them. this year just got to be more focus and not get distracted.

was tuning into saturday live webcast with pastor. if i'm not wrong when i entered my room pastor should be touching on this point your goal must be realistic and he was giving some examples. while he was elaborating, i was thinking how to make it possible. even as pastor was closing yesterday service he got us to list down 3 goals. even though i did not get to list it down as i was serving but there is this goal i really wanna see it take flight. but is going to be a tall order. well 11 months and counting..

joining up with my cg at marina square, charmaine told me cg was talking about going to JB this coming sunday after service. Will be going in with them if they really going to carry it out.

Went to JB yesterday with Charmaine and Daniel. Few hours before we were suppose to meet, received a msg from Charmaine reminding me to bring my passport along. Realise that I am the only one whom she remind must be she think that tat kwek is a forgetful person thats why i receive this message.

I must admit I kindda look forward to go because yesterday was the 2nd time I ever entered JB and it was the first trip out of Singapore in 4 years. Last time round was to Japan. Main purpose there for Charmaine is to do her hair. Reached there about 4pm. Went to search for the saloon but cannot find. In the Char just asked us to go do our stuffs while she go look for the saloon.

Was messaging Pamela, she told me a bit too late to go in at that time and to come back at night. Spark fear cause I thought not enough time to conquer City Square while me and Dan were having our tea at Mac. Off we were after spending some time at Mac.

Nothing fantastic at City Square. By about 6 plus both of us were asking one another where is Charmaine because it was quite boring at City Square. Nth much for me to buy..though Dan wanted to get this shoes but because I was not interested and also we did not know what we are going to have for dinner so he stop short in buying the shoes. The next time we go I am pretty sure he is going to get it.

Finally met up with Charmaine close to 8pm after a fruitless search for her. We really spend the remaining time searching each level for her. Alast we fail. Well spend probably 30 mins there because Char wanted to walk around. Spent most of my cash at Secret Recipe.

Took a cab out to this hawker which remind me so much of Tiong Bahru old market. Dan was telling me about the seafood dinner they had last time and was hoping Char would be in the mood for seafood. We ordered, crayfish, cereal prawn, vege, hao jian, sambal sotong, fried kway tiao and satay. Quite a spread and is cheap. After dinner Char wanted to go for massage but reckon that is not worth it and mayb also because both dan and myself use up all our cash. Finally left JB at about 9 plus and head back to Singapore.

In the end i still feel the whole trip is worth it. Will plan one either for next sunday or on the week before chinese new year after sunday service go in and have a CNY meal together with the cg that would be nice.

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Got to wake up early later. Need to pay a visit to SIR and get my passport extend. Going to JB with Charmaine and Daniel later. Charmaine was asking me to highlight my hair and trust her taste. Not that I don't trust her taste, just that don't know should I do it anot. Well when we get there than I shall decide again. I mean is like finally..the whole of 2007 Charmaine have been asking me whether I wanna go JB together but so many things happen and we never end up at JB. Well is just a one day trip but I just wanna go in there and relax.

After this is straight to bed. Reached home quite some time after the new year count down at shang's place. However decide to read the papers and catch the movie "cars" which I recorded before I left my house.

Well the count down at shang's place have its ups and downs but well hopefully the people who came enjoyed themself and most prob will have to look for a new place at the end of this year.

Left shang's place at 6.15am. Drove Daniel, Valerie, Vanessa, Jia Wen and Bryan to Bugis for breakfast at Mac. I think I enjoy that time the best cause is a small group and all of us are able to fellowship and talk to one another. After that sent dan to Golden Mile because he is going to KL. Next is just one smooth ride back for the rest of the people in the car.

Hey Van a million apologies. Did not meant to drive so fast but just wanna reach bugis with some time to spare so Dan can join us for breakfast before leaving singapore. I assure you the smooth journey home is my type of driving.

Just wanna take this time to thank a few people as we entered into 2008.

Daniel, my good buddy always there 24/7. You are really a gift from God! Thank you for the years of friendship! Really enjoy this wonderful friendship we have! Thank you so much for the t-shirt!

Chai Huat, my good buddy too! Thanks man! I think is been 6 - 7 years since we know one another. Thanks for overlooking flaws and cont to encourage me when I am down and of course the wacky ahem good night msg haha. Lets jia you for this year as well!

Glenn, just wanna say is been swell to know you once again! Glad that you did not give up on this friendship after the misunderstanding and also allowing me to enter into your life and knowing you more personally. Indeed like what Char said on thanksgiving you really change alot and I can testify to it. Cont to jia you! and don't worry I am still willing to turn into a zombie to hear you out in the wee hours haha.

Shang, really enjoy watching soccer matches with you! Can really talk about everything and anything with you. Can see that you and I will have more chat in your house or my house haha. Thanks for everything you have contributed into my life. Hearing me whine, rant and complain and giving me advices. Hopefully can still bunk at ur place after today horrid day.

Wen Kai, thanks for being a good PCGL. And of course always giving me advice when I really need someone to give me. Looking forward to 2008 helping u with the cg.

Vanessa, sorry ah seems like neglect you like that because been so busy. But just wanna say you are really one of my good friend. Always hear me talk crap. Just wanna say I really appreciate you and this friendship! Lets bring this friendship up another notch.

Val, my favourite new neighbor. My favourite friend whom I can suan. How long is it 5 and a half year since we know each other? Thanks for being a great friend always there for me and someone whom I can turn to when I have problem. Lets enjoy 2008 together and enjoy the suaning that will come ur way haha.

Charmaine, my leader my friend. Forever there for me and forever supporting me and never fail to encourage me. You are the most awesome leader one could ever asked for. No amount of words can express my gratitude. Thank you for the years of friendship we have. Looking forward to a great 2008 with you!

Time to head to bed or maybe go out with Shi Jie...

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