recent church choir...

it's been a while since i last wrote...
think maybe there's still a few of you still once in a while drop by but see nothing updated...

jus to let u know tt i'd been kindda adjusting to new work life... and really hadnt got much time to blog...(also partly coz i lost my digi cam some time back... so dun really have much photos nowadays)

anywayz.... jus to share w you 2 photos when emily & i serve in church choir this month... :) taken photo with amanda and adele's girls too... :)

Birthday Celebration for Yinting in BS...

On My CD Player now... (song 2)

On My CD Player now...

will you be fools for God?

這世上計較的人太多，犧牲的人少；複雜的人太多，單純的人太少。
—聰明的人太多，「傻瓜」太少。
這世界需要願意(為主)付出的『傻瓜』！

(There are many calculative people, few are willing to sacrifice.
There are many complex people, few are simple hearted.
There are many smart people, and few are willing to be fools.)

「服事不是只是盡你的力去做，所謂盡你的力，只是在經歷自己；服事應該是倚靠上帝，做『不可能的事』……這樣的服事，到後來，你會更能謙虛自己，深刻體認到自己的有限，以及上帝的無限。」--- 林治平 (《宇宙光》雜誌創辦者）

"Serving in ministry/ Serving God is not just doing what you can. You experience only yourself when you do your best. Serving in ministry is about depending on God, to do the IMPOSSIBLES...... With this attitude, you would experience your limited ability and strength, and God's Omnipotence. " --- Li Zhi Ping


omnipotence
n.
One having unlimited power or authority.

Finally Graduated! & My parents were here!!! Yeah~ :D

What I am up to these 2 weeks...

some people are asking me what I have been doing since I am starting work only next week... Here is what I have been working on - doing a "makeover" for the CRuSH Cyber Wellness Centre... doing some permanent displays and seasonal (sports theme) decorations for my spiritual father yc & CRuSH team. been kindda busy...

but i got to know more abt what YC is doing and get to know some boys who frequent the place... was nice to interact with the end-users and know what younger generations are into nowadays... im really not the gaming sort... but i think i nd to really brush up on some skills to connect & mentor the next generation (sounds old, like already have generation gap)...

would write more when I have time. gotta sleep now if not tmrw i would not be able to wake up. :p training my bioclock up for work

baby gracia!!!

YEAH~~~~


the baby girl (Gracia) of a very dear sister of mine Lindee is born today!!!!!! Both mum & child healthy!

SO SO HAPPY FOR HER & Johnson!!! CONGRATES LINDEE!!!

hip hip hooray!!! hip hip hooray!!! hip hip hooray!!!

believe God has answered our prayers for lindee & gracia as I was talking to my colleague in bs, she said she spent 20 hours to give birth to her son.... WOW.... 20 hrs... amazing...

God has definitely bless her delivery short & smooth compare to my colleague's experience...

Ba4 zhang3 & kimchi

counting down to the no. of days that I can go back to Taiwan...
I've always missed my grandma's homemade ba4 zhang3 (chinese duan1 wu3 jie2 glutinous rice dumpling (hokkien style))... it has a flavor that no other shop's ba4 zhang3 can replace...

this is a belated post, Ms Yeo was very sweet & thotful to give me a ba4 zhang3 that her mum made, it's nice... my 1st ba4 zhang3 for the year 2006. I had 1 fr her last yr as well... she was really thotful to remember tt im away fr home and do not have the luxury of eating this... it's yummy with all the ingredients for hokkien dumpling, but sadly it just does not have the touch of my grandma... sob...

maybe this trip back, shld get my grandma to impart me her skill of making this... know it's real troublesome to make and not easy to make it well... but, i'll try i guess, to make it a common fond memory with my grandma and not to lose such a precious family dish.

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had been watching Da4 Chang2 Jin1... and once at dinner recently, Lydia let me try the kimchi she made... WOW... it's like 惊为天人！ it's very nice...and i made her tell me the recipe so i can try making... therefore, she became my shi1 fu4....

so here it is, my first try!!! with the help of one of my gals - Yanxia who's real gifted in cooking... we shared many common interest in cooking...

though i did get a few things cut in the wrong size and soaked for wrong timing, it still turned out pretty okay! hahaha

Raymond & Yiling's wedding... 10062006

Yiling's hair's really funky... and Raymond finally got his wish fulfilled, with the pageboy coming down the aisle in white feather wings... he sang as Yiling came down the aisle...

it's THE season of weddings... another one coming up next wk - my really gd frens Terrence & Sharon are getting married next Sat!!!

flowers for Yiling & Raymond's wedding...

Flowers & hair accessories for the bridesmaids & flower gals in Yiling & Raymond's wedding... done by Cc & I.

weddings & babies...

recently, i've attended quite a few weddings of good friends... i think 4 weddings in 3 mths... sometimes i wish i've started working... really happy for these frens as God leads them into marriage... :)

as i shared lindee's joy in seeing her tummy getting bigger & bigger day by day, im so excited too, that Gracia's coming soon!!! even more glad to hear that a gd fren is also pregnant!!! wow...

one of my dreams is to become a joyful mum of spiritual & physical children... i love children esply babies haha!!! but of course the greatest satisfaction is to see your children grown up to be men & women of God...

it's such an exciting journey to grow to become a mum & bring up many children in the ways of the Lord... but knowing that it's NOT an easy task to give birth/ bring up children... Saw Kengwah's wife's photo immediately after her child birth... giving birth is REALLY NO small business... I believe spiritual birth's the same as well... thk God it's God's Spirit who convicts... we have to labor in love still...

well i guess for now my prayer is that God'll help me to become ready... first bearing spiritual children, later in His timing, physical ones!

Kengwah, his wife & his babyboy JZ...


cute JZ laughing... isn't he adorable? :D I personally think JZ looks quite like Kengwah... heh.


Clayton & Christine's Church wedding


Clayton & Christine's wedding dinner


Belle & Adrian's Wedding dinner...

Cooking Portugese Dessert "Rice Cream" with my BS girls - Yanxia & Hu Wei...

This is Hu Wei...



& this is Yanxia...




Ingredients of Portugese Dessert:
- Rice
- Milk
- Cinnamon (stick & powder)
- orange peel
- optional: Raisin & chocolate chips

Goes well with coffee/tea!






could be served in small cups or in ball size, could be served hot or chilled...

the dish is specially done & decorated by Hu Wei... isn't it beautiful? :) Like some cafe serving...The darker ones are actually rolled with chocolate chips...

anyone wld like to adopt them?

the black & mackeral kittens are still waiting for adoption... ginger one's already been adopted. Aren't they cute?
Interested party pls call SIMEON @91714637.

black kitten playing with ginger...

if i do not stay in a hostel, i'll adopt this mackeral one...

mummy cat recovered fr cat flu & went back to street...

message fr my friend Simeon -
"Recently, my wife and i picked up a stray mother cat and her three 1 week old kittens. They were all suffering from cat flu and the kittens almost didn't make it past the next week.

Fortunately, with her constant attention, the mother cat is now cured, spayed and back on the streets. The ginger kitten has been adopted, but the other two haven't had much luck. As much as i would like to keep them, I've already got 7 other felines in the house.They're now about a month and a half old and we're still looking for adopters. "

my superman architect pastor...

http://misterbenster.blogspot.com/2006/05/i-just-met-superman.html

11-14 May 2006 EJ 288 re-encounter personal reflection

11-14 May 2006 EJ 288 re-encounter personal reflection:

- Love of Family
It was initially not easy for me to “bring myself” to Melaka when I started having fever few hours before our departure, with the high fever, running nose, headache, toothache continued through the journey there.

At some instances when I felt really terrible physically, I doubted if I had made a wrong decision to come. But I was very touched and felt better by the love I received from the family - adele who gave up her travel pillow for me to sleep more comfortably, Yvonne who gave up her more ventilated seat & helped me hold water bottle, jasmine who volunteered to buy porridge, someone sorry I cant rem who, bought drink for me when we stopped over, cc who carried my bag, yp who made milo & smuggled garlic bread fr buffet, Mirabel who came by a few times to see me, Ps Yo & the rest of my group who checked on me from time to time if I was feeling ok when we were out in Melaka, etc.

I got quite frustrated and angery with Julee & Mirabel when the dinner I asked them to help me get came back late before we went for 1st nite prayer meeting, and the scripture pastor shared made me realise I needed to deal with my anger and self-centredness with God, and guard my tough so as not to allow Satan to breaking down the unity in the body of Christ.

- Strengthening In Faith On God’s Healing Power
The 2-day continuous fever experience had made me able to empathise with a pre-believing colleague of mine in BS who’s been having fever and a lot of body discomforts for months since she came to Singapore. Before I went for Re-encounter, I was having some doubt if God would heal her if I were to invite her to church.

When Ps Eugene & Ps Julie prayed for those who were unwell on Day 2 and Day 3 when Stella prayed for me that I wouldn’t need tissue for my running nose, I experienced the miraculous healing of God as fever subsided when we came back from Melaka exploration trip, and no running nose on Day 3. I have gained faith through this experience to invite my BS colleague to church service who’s been unwell and doc could not help her with anything.

- Healing of Past Hurts & restoration work of God’s image of woman in me
One thing that I had never expected God to spoke and worked during this trip was the revelation of how my dad’s past absence in Singapore actually had wounded me and affected my perception of how a woman should be. Holy Spirit reminded me of something I shared with my group during lunch to show me that there was a sadness and helplessness in me to have to take on parental roles of my dad and mum over my younger brothers when I recalled my sec sch & jc days.

God used what Ps Julie shared about God created image of men & women in His image to speak to me about the need to restore my self-image as how God created it to be. I was so touched by His Spirit’s work that I was crying even before ministry time started.

It was quite hard initially to share this with YC for him to pray for me though I knew that was what I needed to do – It took me quite a step of faith overcome fear to stand in front of him, and to verbalise the pains and hurts from my dad in front of my spiritual father. By the grace of God when I started to tell YC, I experienced great healing of God in this area even before YC prayed over me.

With the healing of God on Day 2 night of the distorted view I found myself in originally, the sharing by Ps Julie & various sisters who shared on God’s intended image of women (Day 3) was timely, enabled me to learn and receive what God intends me to be as a woman. I learnt so much from the sharing of the sisters and glad to have chance to know pastor Yo better and sisters from other networks.

I felt the whole re-encounter (exploration of melaka + homogeneous sharing + the dinner + waltz dance + worship) was a very interesting and memorable structured learning experience that have caused a change of culture and perception of youthnet family towards one another (from opposite genders). I think we should have such “structured training experience” for our next level too…

I learnt to better appreciate brothers among us and for God’s image in them during the dinner. It was also fun to see all the people dancing, and for myself, to dance with my spiritual father YC was one kind of experience that’s very memorable – reminding me of Greek weddings somehow where family members dance together during reception… haha.

gifts...

"man's ability to create beautiful things that bring joy to others is one of God's gifts to him..."