this is james'

2010-07-07T04:59:00.000-07:00

Coming Back...

Well, after such a long time and reading people's blogs, I feel like writing so much!

Life's been pretty good for the past dunno how long haha, I feel as if I've grown so much(not physically) as a person! I've grown and learned so much about life and I've grown so much deeper in God too!

//Updates
I've been studying in RP and doing my second year now. But still school still seem so foreign to me, no matter how long i spend there, how much work i do, school still doesnt appeal itself to me as something which I look forward to. And this changing-class-for-every-semester thing isn't working very well for me. Making new and tight friends isn't exactly what I'm good at...

And if you do not know, our youth ministry has moved on from being at yishun to be at Storhub in Toa Payoh! Its a brand new place and I strongly believe that it marks a new beginning and season for this youth ministry as we begin to take hold of God's promise and our destiny! We just had our first service there last saturday and oh my, it definitely feels soooo good! As I was playing drums, I was thinking... this really feels like conference! which further excites me of what's gonna happen at conference this year! oh man, the ministry is so exciting isnt it?!

I've been also over at JB for the past few sundays and for the sundays for this next year as we begin to plant the church of Jesus Christ there and to let people know of the saving grace of Jesus Christ! The growth over there has been VERY GOOD and it really excites me in how God works his way. We can have our own strategies on how to reach out to people, our own activities, our own opinion and perception, but at the end of the day, it is the simple gospel of Jesus that will touch lives, transform lives! Talking about the gospel, sharing of the gospel is really addictive! No joke! We've been doing street e in jb for awhile, i've not been going in as often as the others because of school and other stuffs but everytime I go in, there's such an atmosphere of faith! We just begin to reach out to people by FAITH and to tell people about putting their FAITH in a God that suffered and died on the cross for them so that their sins are washed away and they can have eternal life in God. Doing net outreaches here in Singapore is also a highlight as God just begins to give us the wisdom and creativity to plan activities, and most of all, the anointing to share the GOSPEL!

//PS CONFERENCE MELBOURNE
During April, Jason Joel Ian and I went on a holiday and to a conference in melbourne which I think is one of the best decision I've ever made. Not because I get to travel(partly is), but I've just received so much from the conference and from the electives! Teachings about favour, worship, letting God take control... I mean they are familiar sermons, but it was such a timely reminder and it just feels so refreshing! And of course, during our trip there, we ate so much and had so much fun that we put on so much weight when we came back HA! but I definitely want to go back there again! Mostly due to the weather... but I just love that place alot!

So this is it, my first update after so long in exile island...

Peace out~

a thousand times i fail, still Your mercy remains

2009-08-03T06:59:00.000-07:00

I know that You are for me, I know that You are for me.....

this song has been bringing me through for the past 2 days...awesome song by kari jobe!

even if the whole world thinks that its not right, i know im doing it for You...

2009-07-29T04:33:00.000-07:00

I find my joy in worshipping You Lord
I find my joy in worshipping You Lord

You are so much more than words could ever say....

This friday is the night of salvation!!!

2009-06-04T05:56:00.000-07:00

Its been quite awhile huh. haha right now, school's started and I'm enjoying joking and fooling with all my classmates everyday. They are the only reason I'm not hating school i think. Other than that, school's been tiring, boring, whatever you name it. PBL just isn't what students should be doing to move forward in learning man...obviously RP doesnt get it. Oh well, I could have just studied harder then........

I can't wait for youth camp! It may not be exciting as last year's one or something, but i'm really looking forward to it. Im sure its gonna be a refreshing time and relaxing time for me cos I get one more week of unofficial holiday than the rest in my school. hahaha.

Well, I finally got my haircut today guys...like FINALLY. Im actually quite happy with it even though its my most expensive haircut ever. It cost me a freaking 33bucks. 33 man!!! It was from far east, a salon called es salon and a guy named alan. He's quite good actually, explaining to me how to correctly do styling of hairs...and he said must use hairdryer to puff up the hair before I use wax. haha. Then I kinda did some aimless walking around orchard which was actually quite fun, just me and myself around orchard road. walking into those really posh boutiques and shops but obviously, no one served me cos i obviously dont look like someone who's gonna buy something from them. haha

So yeah, kinda enjoying life and thankful for it (:
signing off!

2009-04-18T10:13:00.000-07:00

Hey!! school's starting real soon and im definitely not ready for it. Its like 8.30 every morning man. HOW TO WAKE UPP?? I really need like a miracle to wake up man...these days, at 8.30, i'll still be in dreamland dreaming about what cars i'll drive in the future. haha

Well today...wasnt a really all round good day. Stayed over at elvin's house the night before and i slept well but not enough. haha cos we had to go for a recording. My first REAL recording experience in a PROPER studio, not a $4 dollar studio at *. haha. It was really fun and definitely this will be the beginning of many many recording sessions, and hopefully, i really wanna do this full-time. Yes i do know that it doesnt provide a steady income, but its really what i wanna do in life. I cant see myself doing office work from 8 to 5 everyday. Its just not what i am i guess.

This is what i wanna do forever and ever for God :D

2009-03-30T11:08:00.000-07:00

I finally found the motivation to blog now at 2.10am. haha but yeah i thought of just blogging down my thoughts now that i have nothing to do. ha

I've been thinking alot about my future, on what im gonna do to earn a living. Seriously speaking, i've got really no idea about what im gonna do. And definitely, i am not gonna enrol myself in a uni, definitely. I mean yes everyone needs a degree to survive in the society nowadays, but it is really not what I want to do in life! What i want or hope or dream to do is to actually go around the world with a band and to see millions of people worshipping God from their hearts. really...so why do i actually need a degree cert to do that? And also...I want to attend bible school and have myself majoring in worship. But oh well...who knows what God has in plan for me! haha

I've also been thinking alot about my net too...You know, sometimes its so encouraging to see all of them so fired up and listening that they are really excited about God's promise for this generation. But come friday, they dont plan to attend edge on the next day. Then....this is when all your morale just drop to rock bottom. But i do know all of them are really interested in what God wants to do...but maybe they just need more time i guess? You know i really pray that this isnt just an after youth camp fever....but this is really the passion in all our hearts to see Jesus glorified.

2009-02-25T09:57:00.000-08:00

what a night it is! just me and the book "facedown"...not that i din read it during media fast but i just took it out to read it one more time through. but this time i read it like really absorbing every single word in there and i tell you, its like the most wonderful thing to be able to worship God facedown, totally surrendering into him in reverence. I wanna experience that kind of feeling once again God...when im not on duty. haha but yeah, its really a different perspective now that im reading this book not because of media fast but just really looking into it and soaking into it. haha

JAMES IS SO HEIPYYYYY NOW!!!!!

Everything starting with a J

2009-02-17T08:36:00.000-08:00

1. What is your name : James
2. A four Letter Word : Jobs
3. A boy's Name : Josh
4. A girl's Name : Jane
5. An occupation : joker
6. A color : no such word
7. Something you'll wear: jeans
9. A food : jelly
10. Something found in the bathroom: jammed toilet bowl
11. A place : jam studio
12. A reason for being late : jammed in the traffic
13. Something you'd shout : JIALAT AHH
14. A movie title : Journey to the center of the earth
15. Something you drink : Juice
16. A musical group : Joel Tan and friends
17. An animal : jellyfish
18. A street name : Jordan Road(hongkong)
19. A type of car : jaguar
20. The title of a song : Jesus Jesus, You're the answer

stupid quizzz

2009-02-14T09:08:00.000-08:00

so...this week have been rather slack-ish cos i wasnt really doing anything other than watching hk serial at home and going to band. the more so called prominent highlight's thursday's edge uc! it was really a fun time with myreallybaddate kicking off on that day. i think it was quite funny and it really spoke to the points of what it really meant. and after that was dinner at holland v with joel pam danielle joanne joy and more people...it was really a fun and relaxing time. and we headed to coffeeclub after dinner for some dessert and i ordered my all time favourite MUDDY MUD PIE. i think its really the better desserts ive eaten so far but shawn says he will let me try he's one day! haha

so the next day was spent at church office...the objective of going there was just to get yishun building keys and go home. but some confusion happened so i actually wasted my trip there! so as usual, anyone who's there will be asked to help to do work for them and i wasnt so lucky to get away too. haha so admin stuffs which was kinda hard labour too although the people there are funny and always cracking jokes...

and so...vday's ytd! its 1.15am now so its ytd! haha well nothing special about it as usual...just another day to me. hahaha so yeah...im done:D

2009-02-02T23:37:00.000-08:00

A month from 2009 has passed and its february now! Life's been a mix of ups and downs though or rather its more of downs..ha.

In the month..i've found real friends who geniunely cared for me and i've also found people who seem to be caring for you but deep down they're laughing at you. it was kinda discouraging to find out about that though..but oh well, it doesnt really matter at the end of the day i guess. And its really annoying to me listening to people crying over getting 11 points or something and saying that "ahh its not good enough for this and that" when you are clearly good enough to go to wherever you want to go and i know which course you wanna go to.

okay enough of ranting and stuff...apart from that, ive still been living as james and carrying on in life. And after a long break from playing drums, my stamina's really like decreased like tremendously cos after playing the first song at edge last saturday, ive really got no more strength left and my left arm started to have cramps alr. haha so yeah, i guess i need to get my stamina back man, if not i cant last the whole service. heh

alright thats about it! ciao

how long more man??

2009-01-01T19:34:00.000-08:00

Hi ALLLLLL....this is the very first post for 2009!!!

So yeah, 2008 really zoomed past for me and i really din expect myself to enter 2009 so quickly!! speaking of coming into 2009, im sure everyone has like new year resolutions that they wanna complete or whatsoever...but hmm, ive not done any resolution list yet! haha i think im gonna take each step as it comes but thats like kinda bad man cos it will seem as if your life has no plans at all. haha but whatever lah..i will do it when the inspiration comes. haha

so speaking of 2008, surely i have alot of memories of it but there are a few events which i really will rmb forever!

First up! Mia Musica (school concert).
This school concert got me really stressed up because of like daily band practises and the dance for THIS LOVE! i really like spent every single night with my friend brainstorming about the dance steps for everyone and injecting impromptu ones during the rehearsal.

Secondly..it will be my birthday!! This year's birthday was like the bestest birthday ive ever had and i really wanna thank a few people for really spending alot of money on me to celebrate my birthday. First up it was steak from esther which she brought from home...it was a well done steak (well done meaning the state of it..not the quality..haha) which was kinda tough but who cares! its steak man. haha. Then the net leaders wrote me a card which was very nice and a chocolate cake which is very very nice. Then the following day...joel and lynette brought me to swensens to have my birthday dinner. AND THEN....4 people that i din even catch surprised me from behind! The funny thing was that they were actually walking behind me all the while and getting everything ready but i din even notice anything! haha. And the birthday presents that joel and lynette gave me was fake... it was all those presents that were meant to tease me but i thought yeah the dinner alr so expensive, the presents alittle childish never mind lah. haha but on saturday...jason came to me and passed me a big cushion made of newspapers. And i sat there unwrapping everything....there were like 50 layers of newspapers man. And then i came to the last few layers, i kinda guessed that it was a cymbal...then i took it out...it was K HYBRID SPLASH!! but yeah...i sold it with jason's permission to save for my snare. hahaha...So this is also a very memorable "landmark" in 2008.

So yeah..haha im lazy to type alr..haha and as i look forward to to a better 2009, i pray that God will really reveal himself to me in many other ways and bless me abundantly!!

with everything with everything i'll shout forth your praise

2008-11-21T01:56:00.000-08:00

I had a great day yesterday, but i'm lazy to type out the details.

Today, i went out of the house, not knowing the address of the place which i'm heading to. The buildings were all too similar. So i called The smart girl to check out the address for me. Thank God, i found the place. So.. at there, i got some band stuffs to bring for the Hk trip. Talking abt HongKong, i'm really excited and definitely looking forward to it! Thinking abt the awesome food i'm gna have there, yumm! :D

Alright, gtg prepare for net. Bye! (:

2008-11-17T03:49:00.001-08:00

Os are over........but im feeling EVEN MORE BORED THAN EVER!!!!!!!

2008-10-22T09:40:00.000-07:00

The O's are here, which also means.. it's ending real soon! Can't wait to taste the freedom! :D But well, no doubt it's really stressful and, this led to the arrival of my many many pimples. Zzz. So hm, i'm finally going for youth camp this year! Haha. Didn't manage to go for last year's because my sis's wedding was on the same week. Haha and and, i'll be going to hongkong in Nov for my sch band's trip! Heh, think about the food there.... yum! Heh heh.

Ah, off to sleep! Goodnight! (:

2008-09-20T09:55:00.000-07:00

surprise! upon special request(haha).alright im back.

well... so on weds, i sacrificed my precious nap time to have my bday dinner with king joel and lynette. zzz i could have slept in! haha. Met them at northpt's swensons, i had crayfish and later on they ordered ice cream. The dinner felt a little draggy.. but i did not had any suspicion or anything at all, not at all. Then joyna, nikki and liqin popped out from nowhere, with an ice cream cake. Haha i was obviously quite shocked because i did not expect this at all lah seriously. Haha but anw, thanks guys! So we stayed there till like 10plus and i cabbed home. And up till now, i still can't quite figure out why i didn't notice the 3 of them being inside of swensens for quite awhile, BUYING THE CAKE! Tsk.

I still DREAD school....

alright goodnight.heh.

2008-08-14T07:28:00.001-07:00

JUST SHUT UP ALRIGHT??? NUISANCE

2008-08-04T05:56:00.000-07:00

i dont know what i should do now. really my mind is like so confused, thinking of whether to or not. when i tell myself i should just go off, my heart just pulls me back and makes me think again over my decision. but if i tell myself to just continue, it kinda seems endless and i do not know a definite answer. its like so much suspense and i DONT like being in a situation where by its hanging in suspense at all. i dont even know when this endless journey's gonna stop and what would the outcome be? i dont dare to say it out cos i dont know how its like at the other end and i dont really hope to know too cos its gonna be so weird for me if its a negative.

I DONT KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i really hope its a positive

2008-07-21T07:44:00.000-07:00

i dread DNT......i dread SCHOOL

imkindaupset

2008-07-17T02:29:00.000-07:00

i need strength, i need wisdom, i need Your anointing

i need YOU

i feel such as if im a failure, i fail as a student, i fail at everything i do. i cant really teach a netlesson properly, i cant pass my exams, i cant tell ***********************. in what do i succeed in?

2008-07-11T00:22:00.000-07:00

alright im back after a million years.haha.

well...ive been busy with prelims for the past three weeks or so and i can tell you that the process is torturing and the worst thing is that, im not confident of my papers la. its like sitting on the fence type and im super scared that i would flung all my papers.

well, aside from studies, life has been rather okay. haha. what does okay mean? i dont know.
and you know something, i dont know what to write alr. heh

im scared of...............................................really.

2008-06-13T08:26:00.000-07:00

HAHA im back after a million years.

Well, life's not really good with all the studying and stress revolving around my head and mind. when can all this end??

On some serious stuffs, my mood hasnt been of normal lately. it seems like everyone who is close to me doesnt really treat me seriously or something especially my parents. like for example, when i told them i need something which requires quite some money but not that ex lah, they will be like" you wont die without it what". that kind of feeling is just like irritating if u know what i mean. And i realise that at the end of the day, im just alone there with no one else beside me. And then, i have to put on a nice face in front of everyone just for the sake of it.

when will this end??

2008-06-01T08:39:00.000-07:00

HAHA alright the last time i updated was actually one month ago. ha so now here am i, ive come to thee. heh

SO yeah, church camp's on tmr and im super excited. i believe God's gonna go a great work in everyone of us whether we're going anot and so yeah, SHOPPING IN KL. heh.

Alright, im lazy to type alr. heh.

2008-05-01T22:12:00.000-07:00

ALRIGHT!! im back after a million years in the presence of God in the media fast(it sounds holy...iknow) ha so now im back into the world and getting back into life!!!!!

God has taught me alot of stuffs during this media fast and ive learned alot be it temptation or in the spriritual aspects, God has revealed to me alot of stuffs and hence, having a sprirtual breakthrough in my life, refreshed!!!!

alright, i need to catch up on survivor now. till then!!!!

2008-03-23T00:52:00.000-07:00

hahaha updating seems so foreign now lah. like almost one month never come and update. So yeah, life's not been very good or should i say OKAY in a positive mind. School has been sucky as usual cos of like tests every single week and nagging from everyone,teachers!!!!, give my ears a break can! PTC went fine with MRS CHOO talking mostly positive stuffs to my mum and not blabbering nonsense. heh.

MIA MUSICA is 6 days away!!! like omg la. thinking of performing alr scares me like a hell lot and further more after the concert, need to hand the band over to the next badge, its like a big change can. HOW???? but im confident that band would perform well for our trip proposal to JAPAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So yeah, lazy to type more. hehe. SEEYA

2008-02-29T18:24:00.000-08:00

alright...this week hasnt been a very great week becos of so many unwanted stuffs that happen in school. and the most disheartening thing is that i actually failed my SS. like how did that happen la. Last year, my SS results were like at the top kind of marks, then now, crushing back down to reality. ): and band is seriously stress man. the upcoming concert and the dance for the pieces, so hard to choreograph. AHHH

on a brighter note, today is saturday!! which means weekend. weekends totally rock big time man. its the desire for every student who hates school. heh.

there is no one like our GOD
GREATER THINGS HAVE YET TO COME
GREATER THINGS ARE STILL TO BE DONE IN THIS CITY

there

2008-02-13T06:38:00.000-08:00

RUSHING HMWKS...........................................................................

why am i here

2008-02-08T08:49:00.000-08:00

hey yeah. blogging seems to be so foreign to me nowadays man. like after a thousand years, i finally updated. heh.

So, life's been good so far and no unhappy stuffs happened which is good! heh.

on wednesday, i wasnt planning to go school and i din wake up at 6. Then at 7.40 my teacher called my mom and asked if anything happened to me cos i wasnt in school. And she demanded me to go school if not it would be considered truancy. so no choice, have to go. heh.

And for the last 2 days, ive been hunting for angpaos and im kinda satisfied with the number of angpaos i've got. and ive not counted the money.heh. i hope there is "substance" is inside if not its gonna be disappointing.heh. and MORE ANGPAOS TO COME!!

2008-01-20T04:47:00.000-08:00

life is like a total mess and im like trapped in a maze, only being able to get out of it on NOV 12.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

2008-01-08T05:56:00.000-08:00

i got an LJ!!!!

http://oilyoily.livejournal.com/

and i want to eat pizza now!!

2008-01-07T05:23:00.001-08:00

All i can say that school is real tough and tiring now.....

2008-01-04T06:44:00.000-08:00

HEY PPL!!!! my first post of 2008 is kinda late, but anyways, i look forward to a GREAT year ahead!

i know this yr being my 0 level year, its gonna be super stressful for me and all the teachers that talk to us about Os are making me super scared, really. And there have been thoughts like What if i dont do well? What if something bad happens? What am i gonna do? How am i gonna face everyone if i dont do well?

Well, i just hope and pray that i would do well and at least get into a poly. Or else, money would be needed to finance my education in NAFA. And just like every other student, i want to mug but lazy lah. But still....mugging have to start anytime soon!

Okay now for some better news. IM PROMOTED TO ADM. ASSISTANT DRUM MAJOR!!! OMG! even i cant believe it myself. i have to change from my playful ways to a serious guy in band now man. CHANGE!!!! thats the hardest thing in life la.

ok, now, time for bathe. BYE!

2007-12-16T08:21:00.000-08:00

so now its 12.20am, ive just reached home from nigel v's house. MANU WON !!!!! 1-0. it was a great game and manu deserved to win okay. for those liverpool fans out there, u guys can concede the title alr la.haha. But at times, my heart somehow skipped a beat when liverpool were really attacking..heh.

okay, away from soccer..i played electric at morning service today and they told me when pastor came, the first thing he did was ask the sound guys to cut me down because i was too loud. but actually, it wasnt and it was fun okay. haha. but well, heh. and i played drums at evening, worship was really good and i was literally swept away man. heng evening not live at cck, if not i dont wanna play with pastor looking there man. haha.

so ya...thats all for today as i look forward to the last two weeks of holidays and it means time to study....not mugging.heh.

2007-12-15T06:58:00.000-08:00

so yeah, im back blogging. this past weeks were kind of interesting yet boring(contradicting huh) for me so yeah, lets start with the KOTA TINGGI trip.

its amazing that i actually finished trekking the mountain which is like 512m..5 times higher than bukit timah. And like i said, its trekking, not hiking. the difference is hiking, u walk on smooth road up but for trekking, its like walking up stairs, nature created the path i think. heh. I was kind of shocked when i got the best leader award for day 1 because i din thought i do anything tt deserve the award. but well, it was just some chocolate.haha

and moving on to tuesday where i went to tampines building to jam with lynette and co. quite fun and i shall not go into details though. haha. i really enjoyed myself though.

then come to this week, it was supposed to be youth camp for me. BUT.....my sis's wedding. but nonetheless,i had fun on tt day itself like camwhoring with my sis's friends and crapping around. And the food is not bad, shall upload photos soon.heh. but other than tt, the week was kind of the same...slacking here and there and going out. it was quite boring to be honest la, youth camp is so much more fun can.

i actually have alot more other stuffs to update, but i cant seem to remember now. so thats all for now ppl....

2007-12-13T23:15:00.001-08:00

i will update....soon. heh.

2007-11-22T06:03:00.000-08:00

and here a pic of Corrinne May

2007-11-22T05:22:00.000-08:00

and yes...ive not blogged for a super long time. i dont why but laziness rules now. heh.

I am currently working on various projects for church.
1) fusion youth's hub jamming studio.
2) region 1/2 christmas production.

i dont know how im gonna get the studio done in like 2 weeks. like getting the room sound-proofed and buying all the stuff, and i havent even got anything properly done yet. man, its tough but ive got to get it done sooner or later.and some ppl are alr wanting to go in and jam with the stuffs all not ready. i need to get something done.

Then for the christmas production, ive alr asked the dance team to perform and i have to present a band performance, which i have formed up an accoustic band. and we are gonna do Corrinne May's "Five Loaves and Two Fishes". its a pretty difficult song but fret not, we have a super good vocalist waiting to showcase her voice on christmas. And the other song, which will most probably be "World on Fire" by Trading Yesterday...unless im fast enough to write a song which is quite impossible yet possible. contradicting huh. heh. but i really hope to get my song done, it would be like super nice can. haha

so, i went out with joeltan on tues hoping to get some jamming studio stuffs done but....we did nth at all la. all we did was go to pennin and look at guitars, try guitars and go to swee lee waste time. so not productive. heh.

And!!!...im going off to kota tinggi tmr morning for a 3 day 2 night trip with the band which tt means im gonna miss the outreach!!! no!!! so dance team...JIAYOU MAN!

im off to pack my stuff...bye ppl

2007-11-11T06:55:00.000-08:00

ok..im updating this stagnant blog. again, im lazy to update.

So, from this week on, i will only have school on wednesdays which is good! bcos i can sleep late everyday and wake up late. and i went back to woodlands pri last friday. mdm mariani dont seem to recognise me any more until like she looked at me for like 10 times. however, presentation was like rather bad because the first guy kind of screw the whole thing up and the students arent in the mood to listen anymore. but well, its over.

i broke two more of my drumsticks and now, i have to go buy again. but i just dont know why take break so easily. its not that im whacking too hard cos ive been moderating my volume nowadays and im using thicker and heavier sticks. so i suppose they dont have a reason to break? eh why am i talking abt this! i dont think anyone talks about their drumstick being broken on their blog. (not the chicken drumstick okay). ok im being lame.heh.

today pastor randy hurse or hurst(whatever his name is) talked about "not only are we ready to go to heaven, but are we ready to leave this earth?" this is because we need to account what we did in our body WILL be accounted for in heaven. come to think of it, its quite scary u see. bcos if u are saved, u are assured a place in heaven. but are we ready to face death or leave earth with a good record? God...

2007-11-06T06:54:00.000-08:00

okay im updating now. heh. im just lazy to update.

so, holidays have just started after tt stupid extended curriculum and i somehow irritated my english teacher when i corrected her of her wrong answers in grammar. and she complained to miss ong, my band teacher, that i was trying to be clever. rubbish right, her english lousy still say bad things abt me...crazy.

im not happy tt i will be missing to major events that are the youth outreach on 24 nov and YOUTH CAMP!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARGHH. they postponed the stupid band trip to 23rd to 25th instead of the 21st-23rd. thats all because miss ong is on course on the earlier date so she postponed the trip two days later...ARGH. And of all dates, my sis' wedding is on 12/12. What a nice date right?...i know. but its not a very nice when it falls on youth camp week. and camp is not in sg but at rompin. SO FAR AWAY!!! So im actually giving up the thought of going in on thursday morning because no one with car would ever go in so late. unless a miracle happens. (God please do a miracle...pleaseeee)

i bought a few long sleeved shirts today and now there is like a big hole in my pocket alr. and i now seriously declare bankcruptcy. ive got no extra money left and there is this stupid class chalet and we have to pay like $20 bucks each. the malays say its a must to pay, but u see, if u are not going...pay for what? ive got no money for them man. And im still gonna buy a jacket to wear during my sis' wedding...sure not cheap one but its worth the money, not like some stupid last min planned chalet, dont even know if can book anot. So, im going shopping tmr...anyone?heh.

okay...more to come tmr. i promise.heh

there sings my soul
my saviour God to thee
how great thou art
how great thou art

2007-10-29T06:29:00.000-07:00

im back after a super long break!...haha. im just lazy.

MUSIC CAMP

thursday night,friday and saturday morning....i didnt want to go for this camp actually but this worship camp being the first in VFC, i went for it and i ended up going for the whole camp. i couldnt eat the ice cream on thursday night as i was recovering from a high fever but on friday, i was like ice cream crazy and i ate like 5 cups of ice cream in the afternoon. the jamming sessions were super shiok and ive never jammed for so long and so many sessions before....how i wish we have this every now and then. on friday night...i played for worship and elvin foong led "how great thou art"...rock version. so fun but its a super nice song. the whole camp was just so good tt it cant be expressed by words(im just lazy to write..oops).

THE EDGE

i was playing for worship and i felt the after-effects of too much drumming for the past 2 days. i did not have alot of energy but nonetheless, it was still okay.heh. jason drove me home to take my keyboard to lend yixian as the crappy keyboard at yishun is finally down.haha.

so now, i gtg sleep...heh. bye ppl

2007-10-17T04:33:00.000-07:00

haha...long time no update due to my lazyness. heh.

my results are back and ive only failed one but all are like border line results and there is a chance that i might be retained!...oh God, help me. And like only 9 students passed math in the whole level la, which means the paper is crazily difficult! and there is like 28 f9s in my class. and and and and..heh, there are 50 students in the whole level who are gonna be discussed by teachers whether to retain or promote this friday! so friday is kind of stressful as i need to aniticipate if i get promoted anot.darn...

so bye ppl...im lazy to write more. heh

2007-10-11T07:36:00.000-07:00

AND WE'LL GO.....SHOUT SHOUT IT OUT!!! SHOUT SHOUT SHOUT IT OUT!!!!!

phew...exams are finally over and now i can relax for awhile before the results come back(OH NO!). exams were kind of tough for me as i dont like to study but i forced myself to study...a miracle huh. i just wanna hope for decent results...

so basically...im just gonna relax and slack all day long and EXERCISE!!!!..heh. my physical training starts tmr and im going to run with nigel chua and co. tmr night! and im maybe gonna go buy my clothes for my sis wedding which falls in the middle of youth camp...AH! But its okay, there is still gonna be youth camp next yr and the next yr and the following and the following following...heh. I AM FREE!!!!

i am free to run
i am free to dance
i am free to live for you
i am free

2007-09-16T06:23:00.000-07:00

it was a happy day for me.....but it din last the whole day. till 8.30pm,it was .......

2007-09-15T09:06:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JAMESMO,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

(p.s, this is james.)

2007-09-11T01:40:00.000-07:00

life's not been nice these past few days...so stressful la. wa biang eh, exams so near and still got so many stuff to study....

SUCKS TOTALLY

2007-09-10T07:38:00.001-07:00

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2007-09-05T07:45:00.000-07:00

hey ppl, its been long since i updated man. life's been great so far, except that its kind of boring everyday...heh

went to buy french horn quartet scores yesterday. the place is like in a hdb flat and guess what?...its actually the biggest score selling place in asia!!!...the whole house is filled with like scores. i wonder what he would do with the scores when he leaves this earth...heh.:p

and i finally got the dvd for GREASE!!!..thanks nigel v. i watched it like 4 times alr.heh. classic movie....

2007-08-31T08:30:00.000-07:00

OMGOSH!!!!.....JOHN TRAVOLTA IN THE MAKING

today was tcher's day concert and i danced.heh. i really felt the enjoyment and i had fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

once again....JOHN TRAVOLTA..heh

2007-08-30T05:54:00.000-07:00

ok...im back to blogging. this week has been okay for me, not tt stress but very tired. And tmr's teacher's day and band is putting up a performance. GUESS WHAT? we are DANCING!!!heh. we dancing to the song GREASE, which is a classic song. they all sabo-ed me and my partner to stand in front....which is super scary la. but i can imagine myself being JOHN TRAVOLTA. heh.im far from him la.

i got back my report slip today...it was satisfactory is guess. and i finally got an A1 for my math. WOO!! perhaps the test was easy or i was very well prepared. but anyways..im still happy.heh.

im done now....heh. bye ppl.

our God is an awesome God
He reigns, from heaven above

2007-08-25T08:05:00.000-07:00

im really not in a good mmod now....i lost my wallet.horrible feeling man. So now, im not in a mood to blog....ARGHHH

2007-08-22T04:59:00.001-07:00

this week's been tiring for me...but the greatest news of all is I GOT A1 FOR MY MATH THIS TERM!!!! isnt it miraculous? for someone who is like failing math all the time,erm...not all the time but most of the time.heh.

but im super pissed now....i forgot to bring home my chem txtbk. so i cant study for tmr's test...oh God!! and what am i doing here? i should be doing my ten year series thing now....

2007-08-17T08:10:00.001-07:00

AHHH...crazy week for me la. So many tests, so many stuffs to rush....STRESS!!! life's been sucky this week and i really dont feel like blogging now,but...nth to do. so i blog..heh. Sometimes, i wonder why singapore government emphasize so much on education....after u graduate and work,u vomit everything out!

Tmr is the musical day!...my class have this learning journey to esplanade to watch the musical " the king and i". And so, we need to dress up smart casual....doesnt it contradict? after that, i have my grandma's birthday to attend and so,i would miss edge....NO!!!! heh. I really dont wanna miss the series of messages that pastor has been preaching! but my grandma's bdae....have to go la.

i gonna go off to eat my dinner now....at 11.10pm.haha

bye world!!!

2007-08-13T02:06:00.001-07:00

MY LUNG INFECTION HAS RECOVERED!!!! but the doctor said i have to wait for two more weeks before my condition is stable..gah. Then the doctor dont allow me to go for band for one week because my lungs not completely healed yet...sian man, no band.

And i have alot of tests coming up this week and next....CHIONGGG ah.

AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-08-10T07:31:00.000-07:00

NATIONAL DAY!!! me and youths went down to watch fireworks which we walked and squeezed for a long time before we found a nice spot.heh. but before we were at marina. We went shopping...oops, its window shopping. We stopped by ngee ann city to have some water and food. and i ate this...

its nice and the first time ive ever eaten it was like 8yrs old?.heh. and its still as great as ever. after that, we went heeren to window shop(like what i said) and being not able to buy what i want sucks...really. so, after window shopping, we went to arcade at cineleisure. the arcade was kind of "out of fashion"..the games there are like so old but they had table soccer there!!! jaime's friend came down to meet us and we went to city hall to meet alvin. And in the midst of meeting alvin, we lost each other due to the crowd which was alr there when it was only like 5.30pm.

We ate at marina quare foodcourt and continued our arcade games there...in which i lost to jaime's friend.haha. because of what?...spoiled gear.heh. And from there, we headed to watch the parade where we had difficulties finding a nice spot and smelling people's sweat, which isnt a very nice thing to do. And so, we walked all the way and found a spot where no trees were blocking our view.

photos of fireworks...just a few...

Then from there..we did some lame stuffs which i dont want to mention.heh. and we took a few photos along the way, shall post them at the end...
Raffles shopping centre was crowded and they had to shut down the entrance for the mrt as it was too packed and there was one guy RA RA-ing the crowd to keep them "excited"?..haha. and there was one uncivilised guy cursing and swearing because he was unhappy about the crowded situation... stupid right?

And so, we went to HONG KONG CAFE to have our dinner while waiting for J Y KER.(issac). haha. Food was nice..DUH and we went to board the mrt after that. and this are the photos that sum up my post..

can u see the tired smile?

2007-08-08T09:55:00.001-07:00

DOHP was awesome..worship was fanstastic. DARRYL!!!!!!! heh. its been long since i heard his drumming and now finally, i could steal some of his licks within like 4 hrs.haha. That worship leader is super zai and her voice is one of the nicest ive ever heard la.heh. i got to know one guy from pasir ris while praying with him... kind man. aiyah, on a whole note...DOHP was wonderful la.

i din go school today because the doctor,my mum and my teacher dont allow me to go. so, i missed my ndp performance which is my last yr performing alr because sec 4s dont get to perform for ndp.sad sad sad. i slacked the whole day and i excitedly picked up my snare from sembawang..but it turned out to be a big piece of crap when i brought it home. the whole thing is so dead and hopeless, i really have the temptation to throw it away since its free of charge. and im really frustrated after taking like hrs to work on the snare but it couldnt be tuned to what i want. ARGHH!

i dont know why im starting to wonder...what makes the world go round?...i know its kind of random,but really..what is it that makes this world go round? Some would say its money, some would say its love. YES, its love. but not normally love...GOD'S love is what makes the world go round. I dont know why..but this random thought came to me when i was slacking...haha.

And a cute baby photo brightens up my day...

2007-08-07T07:25:00.001-07:00

LUNG INFECTION!!!!!!!! the doctor told me that i have lung infection and did not allow me to go to school tmr. so that means, im not gonna perform in ndp tmr! arghhhhhhhh... the doctor even asked me to go to the polyclinic to do a x-ray. is it so serious?...i dont think it is.heh

i have one great news....*drumroll* i got A1 for my recent emath test!!!heh. thats my first time in sec three getting A1 for emath and im super happy. but to be honest, the test was easy, close one eye also can manage a pass one.heh but nevertheless, im still happy! haha.

and i broke my drumsticks again during evening service last sunday...ouch$$$. so now, i have to spend money to buy another pair...ouch$$$.heh. and DOHP(DayOfHisPower) is tmr! super excited...why? because DARRYL ONG IS PLAYING DRUMS!! haha...its been a long time since i heard his drumming and im so gonna steal some of licks man.haha.

i stand i stand in awe of you
i stand i stand in awe of you
holy God to whom
all praise is due
i stand in awe of you

BORING<<<

2007-08-02T07:33:00.001-07:00

ok ppl...math test tmr. its about circles and graphs and i hate graphs. i can honestly tell u that i can understand nothing from my school teacher and plus the fact that she is always reluctant to repeat her explanation again. So, that equals to a lousy teacher!

i got my new haircut last friday and its not nice at all. everything's wrong and i dont know what got into my hairdresser's mind when she cut my hair.And she charged me $10 for that lousy haircut! normally..she only charges me like $5 or $8.

this days, i feel kind of lost. Its like only simple routines of going to school,lessons,band and coming back home. there isnt anything to shout about and i feel heavy...really. Alot of stuffs' been on my back, be it ministry stuff or like studies...its like immense pressure. and when im in school,i dont know what im doing also. So...im like lost in a crossroad. Jesus...you are the way...

you are the way the truth and the life
we live by faith and not by sight for you

AHHHHHHHHHHHH

2007-08-01T05:08:00.001-07:00

Well, im just dropping by "oilyoily" because ive not done that in like a few days. school has been taxing for me recently with so many other stuffs on my shoulder. and next up is chem test...i hope i can pass though.

So, im off to study now!!

Simpsons!!!!

2007-07-28T07:34:00.001-07:00

anyone who have not watched simpsons-the movie..........YOU NEED TO WATCH IT!!! Its so lame but yet, entertaining. It was needed after one whole week of tiredness.

I cant believe that i finished my trigonometry worksheet so relaxed and fast. i dint really have to do alot of thinking and i just did it so smoothly. Of course with the help of alex and jennifer.

I taught the drum class at corporate rehearsal this afternoon,i hope they understand my teachings but i thought i did a fairly good la. And i played for joel during worship...made a few mistakes though.heh.

okay, good bye people...time for game!! heh

AHHHHHHH

2007-07-26T05:46:00.001-07:00

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH............school totally sucks man. All the lesson contents are so heavy and the teachers are like so boring! And band is really getting nowwhere near fun after the sec 4s left. ARGH...everything seems to be boring to me..

I dont know what to blog. got so many stuffs to in my heart,but just cant say it out

repost....

2007-07-23T06:54:00.001-07:00

this is the url for the video...i dont why i cant get in on this post..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bibg44BKnh8

there you go

reflection

2007-07-21T06:15:00.001-07:00

I was thinking about some stuff and i suddenly had this thought:

Who are we exactly standing for? If we know who we are standing for, why arent we following His commandments and rules?
Just like if u have a girlfriend/boyfriend,i am sure you would do whatever he/she tells you to. How about God? He's our father,our friend...Why wont we just obey him and lead a righteous life which will then be our armour from God, RIGHTEOUSNESS.

And i dont know know how i came to this video...watch it and reflect on ourselves together with me.

night cycling...

2007-07-21T03:43:00.001-07:00

Woohoo...friday night was night cycling! I was surprised that i was made group leader together with nigel chua. i led the way for group one and i can tell that its super fun riding down mandai road,all the up and down slopes and all the occasional accidents. And considering that i have a wedding to attend just now,i was half dead when i went to the wedding. The wedding was simple,nothing complicated and on another note, nothing to shout about also. But i thought that i dressed up well today...heh. All i can say that is...im alr too tired to do anything alr and mark just asked me to help him play tmr as he is injured and cant play. So, that is another factor to add on to my tiredness. Oh God.

Pastor from Youth Alive australia came to preach at net rally and the statement that he said was very simple. "Its not about who you are,but its WHOSE you are."

Jesus i believe in you
Jesus i belong to you
You're the reason that i live
the reason that i breathe
With all i am

thursday...

2007-07-19T04:25:00.001-07:00

My fever is finally over and i do not need to take those stinking medicine that makes me drowsy during school again..heh. School was as usual boring today...i have no idea where all the teachers went too. not a single one of them came into my class today. So, i slept through the entire day. I dont know if boredom can be cured anot, seriously.

i thought my physics test was like gone...so difficult.i had no idea what they were asking about la.sucky la. And today was racial harmony day. "SAY NO TO RACISM". heh

Everyday seems to be passing by very fast...its alr like how many weeks after school reopened. And tests and exams are coming soon..like really soon. So, i have to really buck up man. If not, my grades are gonna be like lousy.

I've been thinking about stuffs these few days and those thoughts spoil my mood man. I found that i've been not leading a really righteous life..because by being righteous,thats my armor from God, not anything else!!

i'll stand,with arms high and heart abandoned
in awe,of the one who made it all
i'll stand,my soul Lord to you surrended
ALL I AM IS YOURS

crazy....

2007-07-17T02:07:00.001-07:00

This weekend was crazy for me man....Playing drums in all services.I thought it was too much for my body liao as i had fever on sunday night and my thumb hurts alot. So, next time cannot like tt liao,too much la.

I dont want to comment on sunday morning's service alr...haha. SCARY MAN!! However, edge and evening was great(i thought). i could see God moving through everyone and even myself. So after morning service...i felt alittle sick here and there but i didnt swap duty with anyone at evening. And i broke another drumstick at evening.... $$ ouch.

i shouldnt be online now!!...i should be resting on my bed because of my fever! BYE PPL!!

reflection....

2007-07-13T07:42:00.001-07:00

net was superb today...excluding the emo atmosphere.heh. Ming Wei shared something which i thought it was quite cliche...but IMPORTANT!!

How many years have i been a christian? Ans: about 5 years?
So,five years ago..i received Christ with my family and 2 years later,i started to join the youth ministry. That was when i considered myself as really commited to Christ. So 3 years before and now, did grow spiritually or physically?...Of course i grew physically lah!!heh. And how much was the growth of my spiritual status?
And 5 years from now....what am i going to become?Someone who is still passionately burning for God? or someone who doesnt seem to care about church anymore. Everyone would definitely say that we will still be burning for God passionately,but you cant predict the future.you dont know what happens next man. But, if i want to run after Jesus in the next five years,it starts like now!! this minute!. Its not like...aiya,later la , no hurry.But its that crucial!

Tmr is the edge!!..and im playing drums!!!heh

2007-07-09T06:57:00.001-07:00

it was a crazy weekend for me man. Saturday: Band then rushed for corporate prayer then edge... Sunday: service then Band Fiesta!! Band Fiesta was super fun dude!!!
We danced,we rocked...but lynette says that her friends said their school were better than ours. heh. I dont believe....:p

there will be no more sec 4s in band until the end of their exams..which will be like super long. Band's gonna be boring dude...

Im gonna sleep alr...dont know what to blog..heh

A story....

2007-07-03T03:53:00.001-07:00

here's a story:

I knelt to pray but not for long,
I had too much to do.
I had to hurry and get to work
For bills would soon be due.
So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,
And jumped up off my knees.
My Christian duty was now done
My soul could rest at ease.
All day long I had no time
To spread a word of cheer.
No time to speak of Christ to friends,
They'd laugh at me I'd fear.....................
No time, no time, too much to do,
That was my constant cry,
No time to give to souls in need
But at last the time, the time to die.
I went before the Lord,
I came, I stood with downcast eyes.
For in his hands God held a book;
It was the book of life.
God looked into his book and said
'Your name I cannot find .
I once was going to write it down...
But never found the time'

Easy vs. Hard
Why is it so hard to tell the truth but Yet so easy to tell a lie? Why are
we so sleepy in church but Right when the sermon is over we suddenly wake
up? Why is it so hard to talk about God but yet so easy to talk about nasty
stuff? Why is it so boring to look at a Christian magazine, but yet so easy
to look at a nasty one? Why is it so easy to delete a Godly e-mail, but yet
we forward all of the nasty ones? Why are the churches getting smaller but
yet the bars and dance clubs are getting larger?

May God keep you and bless you. If this doesn't give you chills, nothing
will...this message is very true.

There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New
Englandtown. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying
a rusty,
bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and, as
if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak...
'I was walking through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward
me swinging this bird cage. On the bottom of the cage were three little wild
birds, shivering with cold and fright. I stopped the lad and asked, 'What
you got there, son?' 'Just some old birds,' came the reply. 'What are you
gonna do with them?' I asked. 'Take 'em home and have fun with 'em,' he
answered. 'I'm gonna tease 'em and pull out their feathers to make 'em
fight. I'm gonna have a real good time' 'But you'll get tired of those birds
sooner or later. What will you do?' 'Oh, I got some cats,' said the little
boy. 'They like birds. I'll take 'em to them.' The pastor was silent for a
moment. 'How much do you want for those birds, son?' 'Huh?? !!! Why, you
don't want them birds, mister. They're just plain old field birds. They
don't sing. They ain't even pretty!' 'How much?' the pastor asked again. The
boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, '$10?' The pastor
reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He placed it in the
boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone. The pastor picked up the cage and
gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a tree and a
grassy spot. Setting the cage down, he opened the door, and by softly
tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free.
Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then the pastor
began to tell this story.
One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come from
the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. 'Yes, sir, I just
caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew
they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!' 'What are you going to do with them?'
Jesus asked. Satan replied, 'Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them
how to marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how
to drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and
bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!'
'And what will you do when you get done with them?' Jesus asked. 'Oh, I'll
kill 'em,' Satan glared proudly. 'How much do you want for them?' Jesus
asked 'Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take
them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you.
You don't want those people!!' 'How much?' He asked again. Satan looked at
Jesus and sneered, 'All your blood, tears and your life.' Jesus said,
'DONE!' Then He paid the price.
The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from the
pulpit.
Notes: Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then
wonder why the world's going to hell. Isn't it funny how someone can say 'I
believe in God' but still follow
Satan (who, by the way, also 'believes' in God). Isn't it funny how you can
send a thousand jokes through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when
you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about
sharing?

Think twice guys....

YOUTH DAY...

2007-07-02T06:51:00.001-07:00

YOUTH DAY is such a waste of time to me man. no school,slacking at home...i would seriously rather go to school man,so much more fun la.

Well,i played percussion yesterday at corporate combined. it was very fun,playing with all the pro ppl....good experience.heh.Now, my fingers are like swollen and i cant do alot of writing the next few days...all 10 fingers got bruise, i dont know why i cant see the bruise, i can really feel the pain when i press it. i stayed overnight at joeltan's house on saturday night. i could not catch the last train home after saturday's soundcheck at expo. We jammed until 12+ then we went to sleep...heh.

Okay...tmr got school. Must sleep early.....GOOD BOY.heh

blah blah....

2007-06-27T23:01:00.001-07:00

3 days of school now...im actually liking school now.My school friends are there to keep me awake in class,and having fun and jokes together. But i would really prefer slacking at home!heh. At home,u can do whatever you want and no one stops you. but in school,u cant eat in class, no walking around,etc....But the good thing that is happening to me is that im starting to really study,not like last term, it was not paying attention in class and other sutffs.heh. GOOD BOY.....haha

First day of the new term....

2007-06-25T07:11:00.001-07:00

Guys...its the first day of school for this term. My class practically did nothing in class as we dint bring any books. No timetable yet...my school is so 'organized" la. I tried my best not to sleep in class today, but i failed....heh.

Bro Willy preached on Sunday and i believe that what he's trying to say that our mentality should be right. Its like we living in whatever mentality that we think we are. Example..." Am I a sinner saved by grace? ".... The answer should be no!! I WAS a sinner saved by grace, but now,no more!! We cant have this mentality all the time. if not, we will keep thinking that we are like that. So, i learnt alot of new stuffs this week....thats good!

And people..... James is playing @ this sunday's corporate combined service!!!!!! Make sure come ah....

busy day....

2007-06-23T07:54:00.001-07:00

Phew....Today was a super long day for me man. I woke up at 10+ and bathed and did everything i need to do. I dragged myself to my grandma house of breakfast...heh. So tired la.After breakfast, i spent some time with grandma. So i left at about 12.55pm,to be exact.heh. And before i left.......she gave $10!!. Its not alot, but its love from her.lol

When i was on the bus to tampines to teach the keyboard class, alot of thoughts went through my mind....i also reflected on my bad habits. So, i reached there super early and i wondered ard the neighbourhood. One thing i discover about tampines, there are so many bubble tea stores!!!...How do every stall earn money like this?? Today's class was heavy, i mean the contents were heavy.And i rushed to take 969 to yishun and i wasnt late for edge..by God's grace. Worship was great, i felt such a wonderful atmosphere of the holy spirit. So now,after listening to the sermon...i fear nothing and i will have no motivation by fear.

Okay guys...i have to practise the new song that Bro Derek wants to sing tmr. See ya!!

something fruitful....

2007-06-22T08:37:00.000-07:00

COME ON GUYS!!!!...THIS IS BLOG IS 2 DAYS OLD!!!. EXCITING HUH??

Today has been great, went out with isaac ker(my friday partner)..heh.We went to our usual chicken rice and beancurd...good food!!!:D And i bought a new pair of sticks as mine broke last sunday during morning service.

Now for the "daily bread" from my blog:

Net was on today and i led worship. I just felt such a strong presence of God when we were worshiping and God just gave me 2 songs to sing and worship with my fellow net members.I just felt the holy spirit coming and doing something in us,letting us experiencing a divine exchange with God. I, myself felt that. As Ming Wei taught the lesson, "BECOMING A FAMILY PT19." Can u believe it?... 19 parts alr. Its about valuing one another in the church and between our friend because everyone is equally important. WHY??. Because God created them! Ming Wei gave everyone of us a gift and gave us a card(not christmas).heh.Its quite touching actually...haha.

As i was scanning through my handphone messages randomly, i found something i saved during church camp. It was a quote by Ken Blanchard, 'Everyone is a potential performer, some people just need some help along the way.' This quote was given by one of the pastors, i forgot who. This quote was running through my mind after i saw it and i began to reflect on myself. Honestly, i know i can perform well in whatever i do. For me, its actually a want or dont-want thing. God gave me a talent in performing and in especially music. I can perform with whatever instruments that i know,seriously. But....sometimes, pride creeps in and overtakes the God-given-talent. I remember in one of the verses, God said the humble one will be the one that he blesses. And sometimes, i actually look down on ppl who din know alot of music and i always look down on them. But now having had an exchange with God, i will not be so prideful again, but instead, help those who wants to learn music.

Bye!!!

First entry...heh

2007-06-21T17:53:00.000-07:00

come one ppl!!!...james's first blog entry!! BE EXCITED!!!
Heh.Special thanks to lynette and francel(she did not know how to help me),and lynette again.haha. I dont know why but im super excited about this blog. oilyoily.blogspot.com. See, even the name is such a wonderful name!!!heh..
okay, enough of crapping...This holiday is quite fruitful for me i guess,other than the slacking days.First up was church camp!! I sacrificed my fun and went to camp 1 to serve God, which is GREAT!!. Everyone felt that the worship was good and the sermons were wonderful. And next, its opening up the study centre when everyone is in camp 2. Joanna came down and accompanied me. Liqin came down to...and that was when i got the free tickets for the planetshakers concert by new creation.Ps Joseph Prince was good, but our pastors are better.heh. jkjk. Their messages were somehow linked,i dont know why.So, that summed up the 2 weeks for me. Other than that, i was slacking everyday...seriously.

And i was reading 1 Cor 13...i was wondering if i really have love in my life. God said anything without love ,is nothing. So like sometimes,i dont really like to care about other people,not loving and caring about them as i should, i need to start doing that! And i believe the first step is to start encouraging them, affirming them.

nice pictures...

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Isnt this dude good looking..heh...just kidding

isnt this kid cute???