piping hot pics!

still lingering after the long new year break? the exciting countdown RETRO party? here's the good news!

no, there's no more break i'm afraid. sigh, yes. BUT, the pictures are out! hot from the oven! (yes i can hear you say, like real, it's been like 7 days already. wahahaha)




and after that, my battery kinda went low. so there's still alot of other pics in people's phone, like mel, val, eh who else ar? better own up and post it here!!

and now, let's rewind to christmas week. here's some people caught in action.

finally~

Wah, finally I can post. Here are some of the very exciting photos I've taken with my new phone. This is taken during the retreat thingy at windsor hotel. Val~ you won't miss out on the action coz got photos..haha.

Erm. I don't know what reg is trying to do to chng here.

Why does ny have such a pained look when food is in front of her?

BWaaaahahhahHAHA. This is classic. Oh man, I can't stop laughing.

Resolution is fantastic. Haha...next time I shall try video. Look out for it!

choose your birthday gift for 2007!

it's 3 jan 2007, 9.40am. i have nothing to do for now. hehe. okay, now for the real post. as you all know, it's been hard choosing a birthday gift for each of us as some of us aren't exactly a gifts person either. so at the beginning of 2007, mel has requested for us to tell her what we would prefer for a birthday gift, BUT it's not just a gift, this birthday present is according our love language. so....(drumroll), presenting to you the 5 love languages, pick your birthday present now!!

1. words of affirmation: eg. of gifts related to this love language would be, letter, card, etc
2. quality time: eg. a day out together, eating together, etc (as i requested, for me i prefer this, but the meal must treat la, i don't want to pay myself, wahaha. and the place must a relatively nice place. heh)
3. gift: eg. no need for example right? it's what everyone is doing, buy presents.
4. acts of service: wah this one is hard. 被考倒了。why not someone give me an eg?
5. touch: hmm..(ahh the last 2 so hard!)..say, everybody give u a big hug?wahaha.

okay, so all MNG, post your choice here. also, if you can give examples for acts of service and touch, then post them too.

remembering His love this christmas

Merry Christmas people! i really thank God for this family He has given me. a place where we can have fun together, where we do not worry about how people will look at us, a community of joy and laughter, and of course, a family of love. i really enjoy all the times we spent together, and the thought of knowing you always have someone to stand by you puts a smile on my face. it's great how different people can come together to form a family in Him, how we can share our lives and encourage each other. would just like to say a BIG thank you to all of you who make up my life, thank you for being here. and now, let's look back at the fun we had from our retreat. i wish this holiday could last forever.

our little christmas party. cheers everyone!

take 1take 2take 3...we all went mad.

hahahaha. i just realised alot of us look very funny in this photo. so much for trying to act cute huh. not very cute in the end, but at least we're funny. we are not very lady-like, but appreciate our humour! haha.

now for a series of random, very random shots.
the last 2 shots are pretty scary. haha. poor regina was so sick. but nonetheless, we had fun playing that game (whatever it is called). sorry regina, this photo is quite unglam. but we're only humans. haha.
now our even bigger family. our entire subzone! the colour in the first row just looks beautiful right? just like us. hahahaha.

SHE!!! (that's ella, hebe and selina)
hahahahaha. this photo is just so funny. okay, actually it's just yvonne. there you go, appreciate our humour!

november celebration

oooh.

what a lovely cake. we've just celebrated the birthdays for the november babies, whom birthdays happen to fall within 3 days from each other. last sunday (paiseh now then write, busy ar), we bought this lovely cake for them. so who are they?
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ta da!!

nov babies.

charmaine, zhifu and charmaine, haha, happy birthday!! may God continue to bless you all and shower you with His love. =))))

this is the end of my short report. gurlfrommars reporting from singapore expo, hall 9. (brrr)

娱乐头条

秘密男生

上个星期，某某被狗仔队拍到和一位男生“约会” (since technically speaking, every meeting is a 约会 correct?)。被拍到时，两个人只是在吃饭，聊天，算是个健康的活动。哈哈哈。被问到时，当事人回答说两人只是好朋友的关系。 至于当事人是谁，本报不详透露，只能让读者猜测。 做朋友是好的，一切都从朋友开始。 而是否能在进一步，就得看上天的安排了。 所以我说，不必想太多哦， 一切顺起自然，该来的会来的。（我看我还是不要讲太多了，要不然可能会有杀身之祸。 现在已经是冒着生命危险为你们带来这则新闻了，你们要感激我哦！）

the night of greatness

the long hours of planning for night-cycling finally saw itself taking form last night. at 10.30pm, we gather at marine parade-- tc, to find so many bikes parked neatly there. honestly, i didn't expect to see so many people. don't know how the numbers actually formed, but wow, there was actually quite a crowd, haha. and i guess since i brought along a camera, it would be my duty to share the story of the night.

sik, mabel & gwen

so we were there waiting, and waiting for the long ride to start. there was all the self-introduction, but at least not ice-breaker games. (heng ar.)

ready to ride into the darkness.

so we dragged, yes dragged, our bikes across to the starting point in east coast. it wasn't easy, we had to check our gears, chains and erm, height of the seat. oh, and i almost forgot, our delightful shining lights at the front and back of our bikes, the WHITE one in front and RED one behind. both BLINKING. yes, it better be blinking. it looked rather cool though, and cuz later i found this lights really useful to recognise each other and which way to go.

still awake and energised.

go, go, go!

2 warriors fighting to the end!

so then, we were off again into the night, well not really, more like into the lights. i mean the street lamps along east coast. definitely no malaysia. luckily we didn't bring torchlights lor. oops. okaay, let's move on. it was just a short short stretch, so i shall not describe so much. haa.

the invisible horizon

my models! to test the ability of the cam in taking such 'dark' photos

and this was our last stop in east coast. phew. beautiful horizons, right opposite the toilet. yeah, toilet break before we ride for a longer distance. so, we were warned that we were going to ride on the roads. and after some mini debate about riding on the left or right side of the road, with or against the traffic, conclusion? left, with the traffic. so we went single file, which means, cannot talk liao. and at the traffic light, i don't know why, i really don't know why, they cannot press for the green light. have to be so kan chiong and try to beat the traffic oncoming on our left and right, though not much. but still? deserve to go back to the road traffic park at east coast man.

on a lonely road such as this, He is there beside you

as we rode on, the journey somehow felt lonelier. perhaps it's because of the road. it was empty and quiet. the only sound was the sound of the wind blowing against me and the occasional car. we didn't talk much, but just cycled onwards. i can't remember to which point, we began to see the light. oh, the airport lights that is. from the planes we saw previously, we've moved on to the place where they were heading. unfortunately, that was not our destination yet. the airport felt quiet from the back. you could almost feel the stillness of the night. as i rode, i tried to imagine what it was like inside the airport. how bright it is, how empty and quiet it might be?

outside the big big airport

i'm leaving on a jet plane.

that's just me day-dreaming. wanted to take a shot of the majestic airport at its quietest time and from a view not many would often see. but, we didn't stop this time, didn't want to stop suddenly cuz i felt like a machine riding on then. yeah, so i missed the chance, but i told myself to remember it all in my mind.

ready for the camera anytime!

oh, there was this other group of teenagers, really huge group, walking along the road. likeso poor thing, no bikes. BUT, they actually overtook us when we stopped for a break la. WHAT? yes, paiseh ar. their bus 11 also faster than our 2 wheels. 怎么可能？

anyway, we decided to overtake them in front. must ar! haha. after somemore riding and of course, sik peng's la la la aiya incident, we reached changi village to see another group of night-riders there (not the bus, ya?). so many people waiting to go across the tiny bridge in a single file. *faint*

caught eating! hor!

He is watching from above

we took a break, eating, sleeping, while the morning dew formed on our bicycle seats. and from this point onwards, i'm going to fast-forward, because.. okay, we just left like one hour later and cycled back to east coast, at fast speed. honestly i don't think much happened? or maybe i was too zoned out from my sleepiness, stomachache and fast speed with the desire to be back at east coast, so fast forward okay?

anyway, the only interesting thing that i remember was that, while we were opposite the airport again, a plane was landing and it flew right above and i mean right above my head. wah, i almost thought it was going to crash into me man, scary. okay la, SK. sorry. so for the record, we took like 3.5 hours to reach changi village and 1+ hour to go back?! shouldn't have stopped so many times in the first place right. okay oops, i shouldn't complain. but can i? hee.

when we finally reached east coast, it was like no more rules. everyone chionged past me, i guess to catch the sunrise, the break of dawn! i tried too, but i was like slow compared to them. but guess what? the sunrise, not very nice. it was just according to regina, the sun came out. anyway, i managed to get a photo of that too! slow but still made it okay.

morning has broken.

amazing sight: the right side of bedok jetty (it's clear)

amazing sight part 2: the left side of the jetty (it's blur)

累死了

and then, we saw this!!!

i'm an L-plate. STAY AWAY!

she didn't know i took this. shhh.

no need for words, this is perhaps how we all felt. the end.

Thank GOD its friday!

hey fiona here! even thou i am so tired after a long day of running around n indulging in the sin of gluttonly...felt so prompted to blog this coz i am so excited until i cannot sleep. my team was kind of weird n didnt start off on a right note....make up of 3 thirteen year olds n the rest are 19 yr olds plus me the lao cha bo. at first the 19yr olds are like watever just follow the enthu 3 can liao but they were running like crazy. the spirit of coming in first slowly infected the rest of us....we all ran bcoz we dun want to be the lao one walking behind. we didnt really introduce our girls to the rest of the team but our 13yr olds initiate conversations with them. that was amazing. plus pulling out the encounter weekend camp forms got them excited n enthusiastic abt going n abt who will be sleeping with who. let's claim that they will be going with full parental consent. i am truly amazed by the work of his hand. got me all excited abt GOD again n serving him.

seeing the video of the passion of CHRIST nv fails to bring tears to my eyes. really too painful to watch as if i was there at the scene...wondering how could anyone watch it n walkaway without feeling the pain n suffering he had done thru.

steamboat @ marina bay

look at the steaming hot soup! and the crab that regina took pains to wash...
von peeling prawns for ny to eat...! :)other prawn peeler of the night was charm..but she was sitting in the shadows..no picture of the pretty girl



does regina look tired after all the washing?some say she is ready to be married off... hmmm.what do u think? :p

peng was in almost every pic!she will miss us when she goes to Milan eh?
no idea what peng was doing...!

reponsiveness

dear gers...

can i ask that you all be more responsive to my smses? these are really the little things that addon to my burden. maybe to u all it's jus replying to one more sms.. but to me on the waiting side waiting for a group of pple to get back to me to make decisions and stuff is really tiring and frustrating. It makes me wonder if u all even care abt the sms.. i tink i have been saying this issue over and over again.. at least show that u bother by responding.. please put urselves in my shoes...

For the parents' apppreciation dinner.. only jennifer responded to me.. and for the rest.. it requires me to go up to u all.. if today u really desire to see ur family save.. y let opportunites like tis slip?? I used to bring my parents to rallies.. not that they enjoyed and not that it was easy to convince them to go.. but really it is the desire to see the word planted..

P.S.please pray for me.. i have been tired lately.

-ur spiritual mother

words can never be enough.

Indecisive me
mel ask me to blog about the career path i want to take so that everyone can pray specifically. Sigh...i feel depressed thinking about this. I feel like Alice in wonderland coming to a fork in the road and asking GOD aka the chesire cat which road to take. i really dun knoe. i really wish i can hv more passion, aim n direction in life. but it really doesnt matter which road i take as I knoe he is at the end of it.

Expected salary: $1800 ( i prefer to work bcoz i enjoy not bcoz of pay)
Jobs that I am praying for in order of preference:
1) teaching related ( i really do enjoy teaching but the door of opportunity is not open n i do doubt if i am cut up for it a not)
2) admin related ( even thou i really dun like but i see myself more suited to it)
3) marketing communications/ promotions related ( for the sake of my degree but i m not really suited to it)

I pray for more doors of job opportunities to be opened and for the LORD to show me some direction of the career path i should take.

believing in his hope everyday

hey fiona here! got sth to share with u all. been reading the bible from cover to cover since last year...havent made much progress thou. so this year i have decided to wake up early every morning to read at least a few chapters. anyway i have to wake up really early to expect the phone call to do relief teaching for the morning session. but it has really been disheartening for me not to receive any assignments in the first week of Jan.....have been bumping around at home...slacking for more than one month. no interviews either.

10th Jan, I was reading all about Habakkuk. how the prophet question GOD directly about the injustice of his own ppl n ask for help. But GOD seem to remain silent for a time but not forever. i was then thinking abt my unanswered prayers to open doors of opportunity and to give me some direction and hope regarding my future. The student bible that i hv been reading assured me that my future belongs to GOD, that as a believer i should cling on to the truth embodied in 2:4. The righteous will live by his faith ---- meaning that righteous ppl must patiently trust GOD in a difficult time. which brings to mind what PD said abt patience - waiting patiently for the Lord. Habakkuk ended the book rejoicing and finding strength in the Lord no matter how hard life have become.

11th Jan, the next book was Zephaniah where the prophet unlike the previous prophets predicted a remade world that is learning to worship the Lord...a very positive outlook despite the bleak circumstances. Haggai spoke to me alot where the prophet urge everyone to give careful thought to their situation as they need to put GOD first n rebuild his temple. 2: 1-9 shows how GOD had glorious plans for Israel n that his presence will be with them in their prosperity. i felt assured of the glorious plans he had for me, telling me not to fear and that he is with me. by faith in 2: 19 where he said from this day on i will bless you. i copied the verse in my journal n put the date 11th Jan.

Little did i knoe that day, i received two contacts for tuition...never mind that its not really confirmed. n that evening while attending the council meeting at HQ, i received a call for the key contact person fr unity primary to confirm that i am doing relief teaching. i was really surprised it was after school hours n she used her handphone. Oh man the next day i had the assignment and then she decide to book me for the whole of next week or even longer for afternoon session. i am keeping my fingers crossed, she will call to confirm on monday. i hope she dun give the assignment away to someone else coz of recruitment i miss friday session n also coz i hv claimed it liao. downside is i can say bye bye to GB every friday. then also next day receive a call for an interview on monday. public liaison officer at URA. not really keen on handling summonses n traffic offenses stuff. but i will try.....i really dread interviews. probably fall to pieces in front of 3 interviewers...pls pray dat i wont. I thank GOD for the unexpected change in the situation but all is not well as i kana rejected a second time for teaching...quite disappointed. still stumbling along n wondering what is in store as my future career but at least i knoe he is in control.

subzone outing.

hey all,

didn't get a chance to say. please spread the word that Mel's goal for the new year is to build the bigger family. thus, we'll have subzone outings monthly :) when she's back it will start!

entering a new year with God

happy new year to all my sisters! i just realised i haven't had the time to check out the blog and wow, got so many new updates already. i've missed out on so many things. anyway, it was really fun counting down and celebrating the new year in church even though i thought the counting down part might not be fun. but i would like to correct it, because after the experience, it was fun because God was there and i believe we all learnt something from ps william's message. also, from ps khong's message. but one thing they had in similar was about not being late and it really spoke to me. i will try to be early for service from now on (i don't want to be locked out,haha). and i will pay more attention during the word. i will be serious about God. and really, it's all about God so let's just check out hearts if we are there for Him. and then, let's party hard and celebrate Him every week! wah, got so many things to change in this new year. haha. but i believe, when we have done all these, people will see that we are serious about God and why He is so important.

yup, and from the celebration, the songs are really a source of inspiration as well. i really like the lyrics of the songs. and they've been playing in my head since last night. let me just write here, hahaa.

and even though sometimes your ways i cannot understand
i'll never walk away because my future's in your hands
i don't care what people will say. i'm running after you!
i won't turn back and go their way. i'm running after you!
no matter what may come my way. i'm running after you!
it's you i'm following today! i'm running after you!

i wonder if everyone has new year resolutions, but one of mine is to keep running after Him. honestly, i am very afraid of the year that is coming as well because i don't know what is ahead (like anyone knows), but ya. i am afraid of drifting away, so do remind me to run after Him! and here, thank you for your christmas cards because they really encourage me to run this race.

tell the world that Jesus lives
tell the world that, tell the world that
tell the world that He died for them
tell the world that He lives again
c'mon c'mon let's tell the world about You
c'mon c'mon let's tell the world about You

and as i sang this song, i felt that i haven't been telling the world about Him enough. i think God has presented chances where people i just know in the past year has talked to me about Christianity. but i've always lacked the courage to talk to them more about it. i don't know if i've let chances go by or if i should wait for a better time, like until i know them better. sometimes i really want to tell them about God but i don't know where to start and i don't know how to say. tongue-tied is the word. so i hope this year, God can give me the courage and the words to tell the world about Him. i remember talking to someone about feeling disappointed when we see salvations from other subzones but not our own. but this year, i want to not feel disappointed when the people we bring or talk to do not have any reaction. i pray that this year i can just go out and talk to them about God no matter what their reaction might be. at least, i told them there's someone called Jesus who died for them and the joy He can give. and i just felt the prompting to tell 12 people about Him this year. and when i reached home, after some calculations, i realised i got 1 month to tell one person about Him. haha. but i realised it's all guy friends. i don't really like, but blah, i will try to tell them about Jesus, cuz God is not sexist. haha.