Stuck in the Jam

Yesterday I was rushing for care group after work. I purposely asked permission from my manager to dismiss me earlier by 15 minutes. So that I can reach Cuppage (Asia Room) early and can make it for my worship practice. However all my planned is ruined because of the jam that happen at orchard road. Normally it takes only 10 minutes to reach cuppage from Newton bus stop. But yesterday it took me 40 minutes just to reach Tangs. And I decided to alight at Tangs and walked all the way to cuppage. Here you go, yesterday our care group started really late. I think we start at 8 plus and we end the care group at 10 p.m..

Well, before the care group I was informed that few people can’t make it for the care group due to exam. And one of the sisters who supposed to lead praise for the first time was stuck in the office. Here you go I’ve got to get myself ready to lead the whole praise and worship session...while getting myself ready and prepared for leading the praise and worship session, there is a SURPRISE!! This sister manages to come for the cg even though she was late. But because we started late..Thus it became in time for her to lead praise.

I would said yesterday care group was refreshing..it was full of laughter during the sharing session. Our sister who gave the sharing has a unique way in delivering the Word of God. Thus I personally enjoy the sharing time and we learned about “The Servant Hood Spirit”. There are 6 six criteria’s of a servant hood. And one of the criterias that spoke to me is that "Real Servant Do Every Tasks With Equal Dedication". Many times if I have many tasks to do, certain tasks I will just do it fast and it does affect the effort and the concentration that i put in. It actually can be better perform if i do it with full dedication.

I prayed that God will continue to mould me to become a real servant for Him. Just as He has given me the example; to be real servant by coming down to this world to die on the cross for us, by washing His disciples feet, by serving the poor and the sick. So may everyone of us take the example of Christ to be the real servant. GBU.

Let's Race Together

Yesterday, 28 Oct 2009 has marked the beginning of running the new race.

Now the care group has officially birthed.  We start running our own care group yesterday. The team of leader has done our very best in coming out with a new group and in talking to different kind of people about the new grouping.

I started the new care group with a lot of fear in me. I have many pesimistic thought, doubt and lack of faith.
But God has reminded me about FAITH from times to times. This reminder from God has caused me to flip on the bible and meditate on the verse Hebrew 11:1 "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see". When i meditate on the verse it caused me to think what am I hoping for and what do I really want to see in this new care group.

I HOPE THAT:
1. The care group will have more new friend to join (especially guys..we only have 2-3 guys in the group)
2. Each people will grow in term of their stature with God (daily walk with God, commiting to the local church, start to take caring n follow upping people)
3. To see 10 regular people in the group by end of Jan 2010
4. To relate well with the new core team
5. To have a guitarist in the group

Being sure of what i do not see - is really refering to the area that I am pesimistic about. I thought that this new group, the people are a bit quite; not as bubbly and lively. We do not have guitarist; will this affect the atmosphere of the cg? I actually question all these to God, and God answer me with the verse "to be certain of what i do not see. To put my certainty in Him rather than in the situation". It will be my choice to stay pesimistic with the situation that I'm in now or i choose to face it with FAITH - to be sure of what i hope for and to be certain of what I do not see.

Yesterday care group which is our first care group is very encouraging. And it ups my confident and my courage to run the group. We are not that quite after all...People are very supportive and they make the group become lively. I enjoyed yesterday care group. There was 7 of us yesterday who turn up for the care group. It is a small group which makes us to feel closer to one another as each of us get the attention from everybody. I shared with them about running the race together from the book of 1 Cor 9:24-27:

24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

What i can picturize about this passage is everyone in the group is running in the racing field. All of us start the race together and we are aiming the same finishing line. The end objective is for us to end the race together as one group. As the times goes, some of us may start looking tired, losing out our stamina, feel like giving up, feel frustrated..but there will be some people that are still feel excited, still full of energy to run the race till the end. And as one group we want to cheer and encourage one another in the racing field to keep running. Keep pressing on to reach the finishing line together without leaving anyone behind...

Thus, Let's continue to press on, keep going, keep running and never give up till you finish the race for Him.

Phil 1:6
Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus

CL Outing - Bowling

Our first CL outing is on 11 Oct..We are going to take this time to celebrate Goto and Jorry's Bday. At the same time we also want to welcome the new CL...WHO ARE THEY????? They are none other than VELLY, NIA & YULI!!! WELCOME ON BOARD FOR THREE OF THEM!!

Where did we go????Wellllll....This was the challenging part because the activity and the venue keep on changing...starting from wanting to go karaoke, then change to ice skating...And finally we decided to go for bowling. Actually i wanted so much to go for karaoke..i thought this would be the good idea coz most of the people in the team is from worship ministry..thought this could be a fun activity for us...buttttt too bad at the end we did not go for karaoke..we went for bowling instead..anywei we still have fun there...

Let me share the photo...

Gaya "peace" kebangaan ming2...nih 2 cowo juga ngikut deh ama gayanya...haha

para cewe juga nga mo ketinggalan buat di photo donk ^^...adu si ming peacenya kemana mana

Quizzz: Siapakah Dia???? He is Mr. V

Can see that we love to take picture...peaceee ^^

2 cowok yang nga jelas lagi ngapain..si goto horor banget deh tampangnya...hiiiii

N activity kita di akhiri dengan dinner di one dollar sushi at Kallang Leisure park...I would say the sushi there is of lesser choice as compare with the one at The Cathay..hiks. mengecewakan...

Well I look forward for another gathering and another fun time together! Will share with ya again...Peace^^

It's good to wake up earlier!

This week is another hectic week for me....Almost everyday i have something on which caused me not able to go for my exercise. I've been wanting to go for gym in the morning since i start working at 10 a.m and most of the nights i will be occupied with something. I thought i can just wake up earlier and go for my exercise. And this week i have determined to do so...AND GUESS WHAT??? I MADE IT TODAY!! HAHAHA!!

Today i manage to wake up at 6.45 a.m...getting myself ready and set off to gym at 7 a.m... the journey from my home to the gym was quite long..and i forgotten to bring something and to buy something...sigh..n that's cause me to reach the gym place late..and i can only do my workout for 50 minutes and i was late for work for about 10-15 minutess...hmmmm...i guess i've got to be slightly earlier next time..And i planned to go for morning exercise again this Friday!

Good to wake up earlier becauseeeee:

• I can have the time to do more things (like going for gym in the morning and at night i can still do other things)
• I feel more energize after my exercise and proceed to my work place with an energized body
• It helps to discipline myself (to sleep earlier so that i can wake up the next morning for my exercise. coz if not i will have the habit to browse internet n do this n that which at the end cause me to sleep late...sleep early can be for beauty purpose too...hehehe..i think i have a dark circle around my eyes oledyy...so sad..)

Soooo...Hope that i can continue to discipline myself to wake up early..hehehe

Slept for 8 hours last night!

Wow, it's been quite sometimes that i did not sleep for 8 hours..most of the time is about 6 hours or at time is 7 hours...

This weekend is quite a tiring weekend for me! On Saturday my cg and I went to Keppel Bay. We have a great time together. Though the games that we played is quite simple but we enjoyed playing the games together and the games also made us to know one another better..hahaha...

The games that i enjoyed the most is about "to know ur friend better". There is this question "If you are lost in a deserted island, who will be the 5 person from this group that you'd want to bring along?" haha..i thought this is interesting...my answer is:
I need guys who can help me to find the best spot for us to rest since my sense of direction is quite bad. Thus i chosed Joseph & Donny
I think we need some entertainment so that we will not feel bored. Thus i chosed Uci..i find her quite entertaining..hehehe
I think we might feel discouraged n might be losing hope while finding the way out from this island...Thus I chosed ming2 who will encourage us with God's word..hahaha...
Lastly, we might feel bored and need some story telling..hehehe...hm..who is the person that fit into this?AHAAA..It's Kiki..hehehe

That's is my answer..hohoho...

On tat day i reached home at 12.30 midnight...by taxi from Vivo to Sembawang..the charges is S$30!!! my goodness so expensiveeee....

The next day, i have shepherd training at 10 a.m at Joo Chiat office..Jorry n I will be teaching on that day. And i have not finished preparing for the shephered training..hoooooo....by the time i finished preparing it was already 2 a.m...n I slept around 2.30 in the morning...having difficulties to wake up the next day at 7.50 a.m...hooooo....And Sunday it's a long day for me..coz full of activity...and by the time i reached home it was already 10.30 p.m...i quickly took bath and tidied up necessary things and slept at 11.30...haha..that's how i get my 8 hours sleep...one of the personal trainer at the gym that i go to, advise me to have enough sleep meaning 8 hours sleep...hoooo how i wish i can do that everyday...i only manage to do it yesterday....hahaha....

My Bday Celebration

I would say i do not really enjoy birthday celebration as compared with before...hehehe...maybe it's because everytime when you blow the candle, the candle is getting more and more..wahaha...the things that i still enjoy the most during bday is the bday's gift..wahahaha....

 

On my bday date; 11 September, my mentor Yen Nee, has already booked appointment with me. hehe...we went for manicure and pedicure together at Plaza Singapura; Jean Yip. I like the result of my manicure. My nail looks very pretty. I like the colour of my nail and the shape of my nail..hihihi...it make myself happy whenever i look at my finger.

 

After mani pedi session, we went on eating our dinner at about 9 p.m plus...we went to chinese restaurant. The food was not really nice yet very expensive...not so satisfied with the dinner at that night...

 

I went home on that day and my housemates celebrated my birthday..hehehe...they kind of want to give me surprise..but actually i was not really surprise..wahahaha...When i was on the way back from Sembawang MRT, my housemate ai ai called me and asked me to buy drink for her from the vending machine at my block. She asked me to call her when I reached there so that i can let her know what are the drink that is available...hm..im already quite suspicious at that time...and true enough when i open my house door...SUDDENLY...TARA!!!! DORRRR!!!Ai ai was trying to shock me with her shout and they began singing bday song for me...hahaha..n as usual blow candle, make wish, share wish and they prayed for me....Thank you housemates for the effort and sincerity in celebrating my bday. It was so sweet.

 

The next one who celebrated my bday is Shine 2, our beloved care group people. It was after saturday service on 12 September at Warung 613 near our church "Concorde Hotel". I am also quite suspicious...i have already guessed that most probably the celebration was going to be on that day...

 

Let me share with you some of the picture:

They are preparing while I was not there yet..^0^

 

Kiki make sure you write nicely for me..hehehe

Oh..i am going to receive love letter from someone..hohoho

Ow..who draw that smile?? A rabbit smile

Here you go the "Love Letter"

Finally I reached and they surprised me with cake and many rose flower...such a romantic atmoshpere...they should dim the light though to make it more romantic..hehehe

 

Making my wishes...

My Colorful Baloon, Rose and Stawberry Bday Cake

It's Me ^^

And Finally, I put the flower in my bedroom. It looked very pretty..I loved it. Thanks all for the memorable bday.

At this celebration, each of the people shared their appriciation to me..Thanks for the PIC (Nia) who made this celebration happen for me.

 

The last celebration that i had is with the CLDMM team..hehe...we went to have dinner at peranakan restaurant. The food there was REALLY REALLY GOOD!!!...I regreted that i did not take the picture of the food...let me just name it for you all..we ate Babi Ponteh, Rendang, Sambal petai, Ngo Hiang, Asam Pedas Fish, Kangkung Belacan, Nyonya and XO Rice dumpling..Really YUMMYYY!!! you guys should try it. it is located at Joo Chiat...After the dinner, we had a session of answering question that has been thrown to Yen Nee and I (The Birthday Gal). We have a great time of sharing and knowing each other better from the question...The dinner end around 9 p.m and my housemate and I went back home by taxi...

 

Last but not least let me just share my bday wishes:

• True Salvation (life transformation) for my family member - mom, dad, and two of my brothers
• God will guide me and open the path for my career
• The growth for each of the people in Shine 2 ( I did share to them one by one my wishes for their growth)
• Greater annointing in doing God's work
• Pssttt..my last wish is about LP - this i will just keep it to myself. Only between God and I  

 Luv you all ^0^

What did God speak to me at the meeting on last sunday?

Last Sunday 27 September, we have a meeting at Joo Chiat. We spent time to pray for one another. One of the things that we did is to recall how God has brought us from the time we have not has the personal relationship with Him until now whereby we serve Him in this capacity.

At that moment i recalled back, the very first time i was touched by God's presence. At that time i was still in my secondary. I was from a Christian school since kindergarden. In my secondary school it was compulsory for all student to attend church every monday and to jot down sermon. We'll be getting mark by doing so and will receive penalty for not doing so. Besides, we have this subject called Christian Religious subject that is compulsory for us to take. That is how i know the knowledge about christianity. But back then i have not had personal encounter and personal relationship with God. Until one day during one of the service that i attended at church i was touched by God's presence. I was crying and one of the sister at church brought me to one room to pray for me. At that i time i still cant figure out what caused me to cry but one thing for sure i was touched by Him.

On year 1998, when riot happened in Jakarta, my mom asked me and my brother to further my study at Sarawak, Malaysia. At first i refused and objected the idea of studying oversea. But my mom was worried due to the riot and it was very dangerous especially for chinese female. Furthermore I am the only daughter in the family..hmmmm...After many "bujukan" from different people, i decided to go to Sarawak with my brother.


That mark the beginning of my journey with Him. I found a church through my housemates cousin. I called the church and told them i want to join their service. One brother picked me and my brother. The church i attended "Hope Church" is full of many friendly and sincere people where they really have the heart and willingness to be used by God. And it caused my brother and I to stay on and to serve in this church.

I never thought that i will go far in serving Him. Starting from a simple ministry like ushering and i began to find out talent that God has deposited in me. I started to be part of the worship ministry. And God has enlarged my capacity in serving Him in take caring care group and dealing with people life. I will say this church has play a part in developing my understanding about Him and in laying a foundation about Christian life. Another good thing, Hope is not only at one country, thus when i moved to KL, Singapore and back to Jakarta for holiday; these countries also have Hope Church which allow me to serve Him wherever i go and have a church covering as well.


I really thank God on how he has laid the path for my journey with Him. Up to today, it is still a journey that i want to go through with Him; The perfector of my soul.


I was reminded by God as well during the prayer time, about the struggle that i faced when i serve Him at Hope Singapore. The moment when i felt not convicted about being a leader. He spoke to me many time at Leadership conference at Kuching and when Bro Peter Truong (The evangelist from Australia) prophesied on me; both occassion spoke to me that God has chosed me and when He chosed me He will also equip me. That has gained a confident in me to serve Him.


And very soon, the care group that i lead, is going to birth. It is exactly one year when i first take up the challenge to be the cg leader. I remembered the last time when i became care leader back in Kuching, Sarawak. The group did not really grow in term of quantity. I was very disappointed coz it has been sometimes that the group did not really grow. It consisted of the same person everytime we come together for care group. Somehow i have this fear that the group that im going to lead in the future will have the same problem. But it's not!! The group has multiply! Thank God for the growth! All glory goes to Him!


Here is the picture of the beloved care group

Shine 2 "Melissa Bday Celebration at Vivo City

Shine 2 Pretty Ladies..hohoho

Chin's Birthday Celebration at Iin's House

Last but not least "Shine Unit"....Yeah we have won for the "Stomp Performance"

After the prayer, we have a simple activity. It may not sound new to many of you especially who are from Hope too...hehehe..each of us is given a blank paper, we wrote our own name on the paper..and the paper will be passed down and each of us need to write the transformation that we observe in each of the person in the team....

Here is what they wrote for me:
Ming2:
I can see that you've grown in your heart for the people, you decrease and God increase in your life. You 've grown in your conviction in what you are doing and your walk with God is getting stronger. It can be seen by the fruits you've resulted =)

Cece:
Grow in the area of peseverence. Even though you struggle in taking care of people, challenge people, you still persevere on it. Keep it up! ^-^

Yen Nee:
Grow in your leadership to speak into your CG's lives - Amazing changes
Grow in your love for your ppl
Grow in your courage and confident in worship leading, speaking into ppl's lives
Have greater sense on what you do & Conviction

Yin San:
You used to shy away, entertain negative thoughts. Still do..but you have grown in your knowlegde of who God is in you & you have grown in your self-esteem & Confidence. You are a gem =).

Hari:
Sy, I see you've grown in bold and courage. You've been fearful previously, afraid of this and that (perhaps consequences) but I see how you've grown sis. You've been growing in faith as well (Jesus walk on water) yeah!

Goto:
CinCin!! you have grown in speaking to people life & discipling people and in your confidence in God

Jorry:
Si, gw really can see how you've grown in your leadership & willingness to step out of your comfort zone. You've also grown in your courage =). Hope is always there.

Ufong:
Sisy, you have grown in your love towards people. Grow in your courage to speak to other people life

Suryani:
She has grown in her conviction and confidence that God is the one who chose her.
God has enlarged her territory to serve God
She has grown in the area of speaking into ppl's life even to the point to confront them
She has grown in her patience and courage and wisdom
She has clearer understanding about what God wants to do in her life

Han Han:
Sisy, area that i can see you grow is in term of worship ministry, really can see you grow in term of leading people to praise and worship God. Being blessed by your leading. Bless by your word and excitement in leading. Continue grow! ^_^

I was truly blessed by the word and the encouragement writen on the paper...Let's together we keep growing in Him!!

God Bless You

Addiction to watching Taiwan series movie "Why why love"

Recently i watched Taiwan movie "Why Why Love". This movie is really good and addictive! it caused me to keep watching from one episode to another..there are few times i watched till early morning..hehehe...I have lost my self control in watching this movie.

Now let me just shared how i bumped into this movie..Everytime i reach home, i have this habit "sit on the sofa and watch movie". I on the TV and happen to watch this movie. The movie attracted me coz of the stories line and most importantly the actor who acted on the movie...This guy called Kingone Wang Chuan Yi acted as Huo Yan...So handsomeeeeeeee....Gud lookinggg and his character is what most of the girls wish to have.

Let me just list down the character that i like the most about him:
1. The way he brings himself whenever he is in the challenging position. He remain clam in his attitude and not rushing into decision but think of the best way of doing it.

2. The way he run the company as a general manager. He is very "tabah" and did his very best for the success of the company. This also mean in term of career, future, financial...all are stable. GREAT!

3. He might not be so talk-active and entertaining...but he is very caring towards the girl that he like and will go all the way for the girl. eventhough the girl is just an ordinary girl n from a poor family background but he can accept her as she is..

4. He can accept the fact that the girl actually love his brother not him...And he actually did not force the girl to accept him but he go for the fair way of challenge in getting the love of the girl..waow...what a gentlemen!!hehehe...

Now let me show a few picture of this handsome guy!

Kingone Wang with Jiadi at Why Why love

Kingone Wang Chuan Yi.."Mr. Charming"


Another pic of Kingone Wang

Kingone Wang at "Huan Huan Ai" (WhyWhy Love)

HANDSOMEEE righttttt n charmingggg...i like his facial expression n "bentuk mukanya"...i have watched a few of his interview...can see that he is not as fluent n natural as Mike He (acted as Huo Da) and Chen Ling (acted as Jiadi) during the interview...i think is because he is still quite new as compared with Chen Ling n Mike He...but anyway i still prefer him that Mike He in this movieeee....i'm waiting for the new movie acted by him..Jia Yo Kingone!

That's all my sharing for today...time to sleep liaw...gud nitezzz