A day full of unexpected happenings! :)

Some things planned, didn’t go as planned. But if things that weren’t planned turn out better than things that were planned, wouldn’t you not mind too?

Planned : Formal Lifegroup, Gift exchange.

Not planned : Informal Lifegroup, Sharing, PIZZA HUT, Cam whoring, MAGIC! I belong to Jesus.

Yeah, we managed to finish half or at least more than half of the supposed Formal LG. Before LG, we had 1 hour of exchange-gift session. Can you believe it?! WHO EXCHANGE GIFT FOR AN HOUR?! CD4B!! I thought it would only be 5 mins, at most 15 minutes with games. We made it simple at 1st. Give to someone on your right/left. We ended up playing games to see how we can exchange. Play play play 1 hour gone. In the end, back to the original suggestion, pass to someone on your left/right -.-

Then we had games (AGAIN) because LG officially starts! Games were great & funny! It was a creative game for me. You’ll get to know what each other is thinking. As for Nat, it’s standard. (ANTM..) Then we have an unexpected testimony. Why? Apparently, there’s no one to take up testimony. So everyone shared. But.. Nat’s testimony was rather not appropriate. HAHAH. NAT REPENT NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Then it was the supposed teaching. But haha didn’t have in the end. Then Nicholas started sharing something. Then all of us started too. I think our LG very open Then we started cam whoring. Hopefully, Nat can hurry upload!! Wen min is quite fast.

OH OH before that, we were surprised by a few random magicians. YES MAGICIANS. They don’t look like.. but they definitely are! Dang cool. One of them look like Raphael from JC. The feeling was weird at 1st cos we din expect them to approach us. We saw many people walking past us, i mean, it’s Esplande, what do you expect. So we of cos din take notice of them. Their performances were AWESOME! I mean i’ve only seen magic on TV, not LIVE. At 1st i wasn’t amazed cos i thought it must be some tricks our eyes didn’t catch. But.. trust me, I’M AMAZED NOW!! It’s so cool!

Then one of them did something funny to Nat. Me and Suan Fong were laughing to each other because we saw what that guy did. Magicians are humourous peeps too. And at 1st, i thought they were baddies, want us to give $ or something. But after they performed for free, i feel lucky. It’s like our honour to let them approach us. Luckily, there aren’t much people there sitting down like us, in a circle. Maybe we caught their attention. Yay!!

Back to cam whoring, we did many silly stuff. And i laugh till my mouth sore. That day didn’t felt like a saturday at all. The day was long, but fun. And i felt like going home but don’t feel like going home early because it was a Saturday! So yay! We went for dinner tgt. 1st time Wen min and SF can stay after 6pm on a Saturday. Yay! We walked around Marina for long to find a cheap restaurant to eat Pasta. In the end, went to Pizza Hut cos we thought got student price. Well, we decided to still dine in then. Had great time though the Pastas weren’t that nice. But i love their service! Mostly malays, but so friendly!!! I like They even initiated to take photo for us. LOVE THEM LOVE THEM!!

Anyway, Bingo shall be our LG game, full time. WE CAN PLAY IT ANYTIME, ANY WHERE, with ANYONE! We played while waiting for our pastas, while waiting for LG mates to come, while on the MRT on the way home. ANYWHERE! Yay! It was our fate to meet the Bingo game at Daiso. We all din expect it to be so addictive. $2 is worth it!

As i was waiting for the lift at my block, a random guy walked past me and read out “I belong to Jesus” to me. I was stunned. I think he’s a Doverian but doesn’t live at my block, if i’m not wrong. But he’s so random! I mean why read out to me! He was looking at my shirt then read it, looking at me. I was wondering what was he thinking. But well, it made me realise that people observe and notice what you wear too. Just like one of the magician. He asked “You all are from a church right?” I’ve never regretted buying that shirt, wearing that shirt. Then my lift was here. I went to my floor and step out of the lift.

Guess what? A whole gang of Buddhists were having their regular gathering. Every Saturday, they have gatherings till 10pm++. I don’t know issit the random guy’s experience, i went past the gang confidently. I know they are staring at my shirt, but i took courage to walk past them. Then if i’m not wrong, some started to laugh. I don’t know why. But i continued on. I don’t know why the random guy incident gave me confidence and courage, but i feel happy inside. And i really don’t know why. It’s as though he acknowledges me being a Christian. And i’m proud of it.

When i reached home. I felt “WOW! What a day!” Soon, my parents came back from their regular Saturday couple outing. They didn’t comment on my early arrival. It was 9++pm then. Hmmm, can’t remember what i did after that. But i know i had a good sleep.

P.S. Father, i don’t mind having everyday like this day. And i love my LG! I want feeb too!

Pek Chek

A VERY POLITE AGENT: Hello, can i speak to LKN?

A VERY KPO & IRRITATING PERSON (Who is not LKN, but answered the phone): Hello, who are you?

THE VERY POLITE AGENT: I’m Maisie, can i speak to LKN?

THE VERY KPO & IRRITATING PERSON: WHO?! You find him for what?

THE VERY POLITE AGENT: I need to ask him some questions.

THE VERY KPO & IRRITATING PERSON: So, you find him for what?

THE VERY POLITE AGENT: *Explains the whole reason*

THE VERY KPO & IRRITATING PERSON: Okay, then i sell 500 flats you want?

THE VERY POLITE AGENT: 500? You? ( I know he’s fooling me, plus i know he’s not the owner of that flat. So i played along with him. )

THE VERY KPO & IRRITATING PERSON: Ya, you want? 500!

THE VERY POLITE AGENT: Yeah sure. Can you gimme your contact number so i can inform my manager.

THE VERY KPO & IRRITATING PERSON: (Somehow taken aback.) Er no luh. Don’t want sell. You got money buy meh.

THE VERY POLITE AGENT: Not me, but the company’s customers. How about you rent one of your rooms?

THE VERY KPO & IRRITATING PERSON: Okay. $5000 per room.

THE VERY POLITE AGENT: (Getting very pek chek already.) Err sure, i will still need your contact number to inform my manager about your expecting rental price.

THE VERY KPO & IRRITATING PERSON: $3000 also can la.

THE VERY POLITE AGENT: Yeah can can, IF YOU’RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS, can i have your contact number?

Soon after, he abruptly end the conversion and hangs up. Right after that, I SCOLDED HIM. Of cos he can’t hear luh. But UGH!! I talk for so long and he still didn’t let me talk to the owner. Sometimes, this kind of person should be bashed up. Seriously, he’s the worst of all. I’ve met people who say nasty things to me and stuff, but not WASTING MY TIME OMG! Then, i didn’t just cancel LKN, i put there “I’LL NEVER GIVE UP. IF I DON’T GET TO TALK TO HIM PERSONALLY, I MAKE SURE I DO!”

Chinese ah Chinese. The worst manners of all races. Yes some are really nice. To rank them, Chinese may be the top. But as for the worst, CHINESE ARE DEFINITELY THE TOP! And i hate to say my name over the phone. Most of them can’t identify my name. I don’t wanna use a fake name too. Argh, not that i hate my name. I love it because it’s quite unique in Singapore. But sometimes, unique in a disadvantage way. Oh well, who ask my name so DIFFERENT. Anyway, i still thank God for giving me so many polite customers and good commission. Nevermind if those super KPO ones make me pek chek, because if there’re those super nice ones, there’re also those super qian bian ones.

This just brings me back to my previous job. Door-to-door was worse. I’m grateful that i took up this job because at least i do not need to face them directly. And those super nice ones motivated me too Father, let me not be distracted and demoralised by those stupid ones. 好人一定会有好报的!

Father, i really pray that You’ll bless those super nice ones. At least they didn’t judge one by his/her voice. And they deserve Your blessings. As for those qian bian ones, i wanna learn to have mercy on them. To think of You, the company and myself before saying any nasty things to them. I remember another guy reprimanding me for not doing my homework and calling him. Then i felt quite insulted but also reflect upon myself. Yes, i’m not suppose to do any homework in the 1st place. But if i want to humble myself down, then i need to accept others’ feedback and work hard to improve myself. So Father, wo kao ni le. Give me the courage and humility. I want people to know i can take those feedback well because I’m a Christian, not just a polite salesperson. Maisie have mercy, JIA YOU JIA YOU JIA YOU!!

Can we Level Up again? :)

Level Up is quite different from the rest of the camps i’ve been to. Like duh, Oasis is Oasis, Heroes is Heroes, Unstoppable is Unstoppable, LEVEL UP IS LEVEL UP! I think i’m refering to.. the people and God.

Day 1:

Games were great! Though the usual last game is war game, i think the station games were amusing. I mean it’s really hard for the gamemasters or those who thought of the games. Having so many station games, i don’t think my team tried all. But of all the games my team tried, i kinda love the dog-and-bone one. Probably because of the GM? I’m sure Zombies 14 can identify with me.

War game was crazy. I also duno why we lost but i wanna say I SHOT ONE IN! HAHHAHA. But i don’t know if it got piak open or not. Maybe it just landed in the pail nicely. HAHAHA. Then it was attacking-the-GM time. Honestly, i felt super super bad after hitting her. I mean yes she’s kinda bias, but well, it’s just a game. AIYA, I’M SORRY!

Oh ya, before games was Level 1. The teaching was so simple yet so crucial. Many times i forgot that outreach is a lifestyle. I used to evax evax evax, yet did not really SOW on them. I guess that’s the reason why no one comes from my side. And i’ve learnt something new!

“You cannot live as a believer without knowing a non-believer.”

Like what David Hoe said – I won’t let anyone by pass me without knowing Jesus. Or something like that. Well, i think that’s a really strong conviction. But we all know it’s not as easy as that. Then i ask myself, how about my family? It was remained unanswered, yet.

Then the 2nd part of the teaching taught me another thing. Spiritual Discipline. It was the most basic thing to have before you can build a strong foundation. Yet, i haven’t been consistent. Sometimes, i do QT for the sake of doing. Hoesntly, each time after doing QT, i felt relieved in my heart because of “Yay! I’ve done my QT for today. At least i don’t need to feel bad for not doing for the rest of the day.”

And i realised that whatever i need from God, it’s always the same thing. At least, 50% of the time. And i read through my whole QT journal, i felt so ashamed of myself. I know it’s not healthy to keep having the same sins, but i didn’t want to let go. But i thank God now, for assuring me the security i need.

Level 2: Grow in Maturity. How can anyone not have a Lifegroup? I’ve heard of people not wanting a Shepherd or a Lifegroup. I find them dumb. Pardon me for being blunt. I totally believe in “If you remove yourself from your community, you won’t last.” Even if you dislike anyone from your Lifegroup, doesn’t mean you dislike the church right? You come church for God, not to avoid certain people. Or ridiculously, the only one person that you hate. I mean it’s kinda childish.. The solution? I would talk it out with that person. It may be awkward and may turn out sour, but i rather do that than not going to church or not talking to that person at all.

“A group that plays & prays together, stays together.”

Next was Practical Mentoring. This reminds me of Shirley’s Shepherd’s Meet. A Shepherd not only draws your sheep close to you, but also to your Lifegroup and God. What’s the point of being so close with your sheep when he or she aren’t close to the community or God. If you have a choice, would you want to be a holy best friend or just a best friend for your sheep? I want to be a Holy Shepherd, a Hole Lifegroup member, a Holy best friend to my sheep.

“Earthly shepherds point to the grass; Chief Shepherd feeds us grass.”

Ministry Involvement. 1 Corinthians 12:12 reminds me of the-eye story. Right eye hasn’t seen Left eye before. Yet they work together faithfully. They look to the right at the same time, look to the left at the same time. Same for up and down. They sleep together, shit together, see together. They aren’t seeing each other, they’re not lovers, they’re just friends. Friends of different ends of the world. Yet they still do things together. Shouldn’t we be like them? Do not know each other, never even see each other before. Yet trust each other so much. Many parts, one body. We’re the many parts that form 1 body. Central D4b, Central, Youth, Hope, Hope church Singapore.

Then it was Alter Call. At 1st, i didn’t have any camp objectives. Because i really don’t know what camp objectives i should have for this camp besides “knowing more people”. But just 2 teachings, God revealed so much to me. I didn’t give myself any camp objectives. It is God who gave me all the objectives i need. Afterall, it’s about what i’m gonna do after camp right? Alter Call time, i seriously one to one with God. And He revealed what i should do with my sins. This is quite personal so i won’t reveal much.

Central’s meeting. It gave me a new conviction. All i wanna say is “BREAK IT! I WANNA BE THE 1ST TO BREAK THE CULTURE, if i’m supposed to.” Active Spiritual Hunger. I guess that was what lasted Daniel, and his DL Lifegroup for so long. Why do people backslide? I’m sure everyone got ask themselves this question before – “Will i ever backslide?” Why? Probably because we’re not hungry as much as 100% for God, at least for my case. And it’s all back to spiritual discipline. Which i really need to grow in that.

Day 2:

Had QT with CD. Level 3 was the biggest Topic. I don’t know why. Let’s cut short and jump quick into the point i wanna magnify. Compassion & Mercy. We have compassion to start doing something. But what if we don’t? We don’t lose out. But it’s those we give up that lose out. Maisie mercy Maisie mercy Maisie mercy Maisie mercy Maisie mercy. Nononono Maisie is not merciful at all. From the attacking-GM thingy, i’m not merciful at all. But i’ve learnt something.

“Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence or learning.” – Fredrick William Faber.

EL Talento was great! Esp CC! Zuo En really dang funny. They really deserve the $100 voucher! Free time.. We played Netball. And i bring shoes for nothing -.- Don’t know why there’s no Level 4. But well, everyone’s looking forward to Regeneration! The funniest thing is we copied JC/ North actions. REALLY VERY FUNNNNNNNNNNNN!

Then after everything was Central D’s meeting. The letter was a meaningful one. Hope when i receive the letter 2 years later, i’m still fulfiling what i wrote in the letter Then it was Hope Fairfield Farewell sharing. It was quite touching. Oh! I REALISED! Me, shreedhee, wen min, jon liu etc are the youngest there! How i wish i was older. So i can join them with the events like the steamboat, camps, outings, Central F etc. I mean the process of seeing one another grow is the most memorable thing.

The games was quite fun and SUPER FUNNY! Hope the photographer can hurry upload the pictures on facebook! Then it was CAPTAIN’S BALL overnight! My 2nd time. To compare, the 1st time was better because of the team. Yeah, i realised it’s not how long you play, it’s who you play with. Probably this time i mixed with JC group some times, so it wasn’t that fun as there’s no chemistry. But i love the last game. The people in my team are from Central. Naturally, you’ll wanna give your best and stuff. So yeah, overall, CAPTAIN’S BALL ROCKS!!!

Then i went to bathe and took a nap. I unknowingly slept. I thought i wouldn’t.. Well, afterall being tired means i had fun! XD

Day 3:

Breakfast came, then High praise. By then, i lost my voice. Then it was phototaking. One of the most important part of the camp. And i made friends with twins! I really think they are very amazing. Or rather, God is very amazing. To create someone so alike with another. And this is my 1st time seeing a twin sticking to each other willingly, most of the time. I mean of all the twins i’ve known, they don’t like to be seen as one. They either argue or stay away from each other. But this pair is totally the opposite. Honestly, i couldn’t differentiate them individually. Only when they’re together side by side then i will know who is who.

Really hope the photographer can hurry upload the most important pictures of all. Though i didn’t take with some people, but i didn’t have a feeling of missing out on something. If you get what i mean. Normally, each camp, i would find EVERY SINGLE person i know in Yhope to take photo with, at least most. But this camp, i feel satisfied just taking with certain peeps. And i’ve made several friends, build stronger friendships. Level Up is a camp of discovering new things around you. I’ll explain more in next post or next next post. Right now, i just wanna SHOW OFF my twins photo. HAHAHAHHAHA. Feel so shiok now.

Spot the difference! xD

See! Even the fringe also same side. Aiya, everything is a mirror image!

P.S. Definitely, there’s no regrets in this camp! Can we Level Up again??

LEVEL UP!

Oh man, i’ve got a feeling that this camp (which will be the last) will be the same as Oasis or even better & will be the touchiest camp ever. I’m not even sure myself what i’m expecting of this camp.

Father, 11 more hours & I’ll be there. But tell me what to expect from you because i’m lost. I’m lost in whatever i’m busying and worrying now. Just talked to my friend & knowing that he got to stay back in J1, it makes me think twice again. Father, i really am afraid now. I’m afraid to think for the worst. I’m afraid to be separated from Central. I’m afraid to get into JC. I’m afraid that this camp would end soon. I don’t want the camp to end at all. Nevermind if it’s not 4 days 3 nights, but i really wish that time would just stop on the 2nd night. I know it won’t be the end. But i just hate nearing the end. I’m afraid to move on. Father, give me the heart to purely just want to learn and not to worry so much. Give me a heart of worship and not be distracted. I want to learn to control, learn when to hold on, learn when to let go. God, I JUST WANT YOU TMR TMR AND TMR!

Level Up shall be a camp of no regrets..

Sorethroat & MuscleAche

Since Sunday’s District Event, i had a sexy voice and muscle aches and sometimes, a sorethroat. Having a sorethroat is like having a headache. It sucks. I don’t mind having a spoilt voice than getting a sorethroat. You can’t swallow or cough.

When you’re having a cough, you’ll try to avoid those nasty food that will worsen your condition right? But i just kept eating. Cookies, chocolate, biscuits, cold drinks.

Just when my fridge is refilled with chocolates, sweets, cookies, i’m having cough. -.- After i recover, after i’ve earnt some bucks, i’ll buy 10 kinder bueno and FAMOUS AMOS DOUBLE CHOCOLATE COOKIE!! I just realised that whatever flavour for which ever choice food, i’ll choose chocolate. I duno why but i always feel that white chocolate/milk chocolate are dang cool. Chocolate chip is common but i’ll still choose it for an ice cream flavour. I love Subway’s double chocolate cookie!! WOAH feel like eating now man. But i don’t want my sorethroat to worsen!!

Did i mention muscle aches? It sucks but quite shiok. And what did i do to get those aches? I merely play a 10 minutes Tug-O-War, ran some chocolate race, piggy-backed Xue Ting, did some turtle moves only. I HAD MUSCLE ACHES ON MY THIGHS AND ARMS! That shows how long i haven’t exercised.

The next day also continued. Then on the 3rd day, only my right thigh and red arm can feel the aches. Guessed i used more of my right limbs. Quite weird the feeling because i can’t bend my right leg and can’t raise my right arm. HAHAHA. I pity Lizhen now. The way she walk up the slope of Liyi’s place, DANG FUNNY!!! Look like Liang Popo. Should have video-ed it. Anyway muscle aches sometimes are my gravings when i’m not exercising. Because having muscle aches tells me i’ve exercised.

For the 1st 2-3 weeks of my Holiday, i set my alarm set 8am so i can jog at 8.30-9.30am. But i failed. EVERY SINGLE DAY! Can you believe it? On the 1st Monday, i was dang dang persistent to jog. As in really! I really really have the mood to jog for the 1st time, but duno why, i lay on my bed till 9plus. Then seeing the heat getting hotter, i kick off that idea. I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF. Since then, i couldn’t get the mood back. Now muscle aches are my excuses to set my alarm at 8am. Can someone please help me? I need a jogging partner badly. Or else i’ll skip prom and CNY. LOL.

P.S. Got 2 jobs!! Means my kinder buenos & famous amos cookies are coming soon!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MUMMY! (:

Happy birthday MUMMY! Hmmm, didn’t have the courage to say it in your face. This morning saw you on the bed, knowing that you’re looking at me, i couldn’t give you a smile. Probably it’s because of my pride. Had spent the whole day with you. Bad moments & great moments.

Bad moments are the 45 minutes waiting time in the bank and 15 minutes waiting time at the bustop. Thinking about it, it’s not that bad. Though waiting is dang boring, but it’s not that bad that it spoils your mood.

Great moments are the job interview, the HK wanton noodle at Central & the dinner/supper with whole family. Job interview seems alright. I used to hate job interviews because they only need to speak to you for 5 minutes, but the traveling time is dang long. It’s like a waste of time. Traveling so far just to meet someone for 5minutes. Stupid. Today’s interview turned out to be a surprise to me. I just step in and the lady signal me to write the application form. I don’t even know if it’s the right company. What i see there is many many teenagers sitting down writing the form. WOAH! I kinda knew the job would be popular since it’s a great deal, but i din expect it to be so popular. When i step in, all were staring at me. Then we were ushered to the room. The talk is truly 5 minutes. But i realised that i’m one of the most experienced there. Probably because most of them are 16? WHEW! Thought they would be some experienced freaks. Next, HK wanton noodle was DELICIOUS! The wanton rocks!! THE NOODLES TOO! The soup was average. The staff quite sucky. Okay luh maybe only 1. Dinner/Supper was the best of today’s. It has really been a longggggggg time since we eat dinner as a family, adding one new person. Too bad Happy can’t share the joy. Stingray, Chilli Crab, Satay, Some kangkong + squid dish. BBQ chicken wings which i’m excused The “hum” & LALA. LALA ROCKS!!

I hate it when i’m sick during the holidays. Sorethroat & cough. Sorethroat dang painful! It got worse after eating dinner/supper. Because of those sickness, I CAN’T GET TO EAT DIM SUM TODAY! I CAN’T EAT CHICKEN TODAY! :@ Hopefully next week i’ll squeeze out some time to eat with my mum. The good thing about eating with adults is they treat! HAHAHHA. $97 ++ for today’s dinner/supper. My mum said it was cheap. If i’m an adult, i would say that too. The crab was $60 ++? *So worth it!* is the adult’s view. Well, if they say so, we just do the eating! Was dang full after that. Didn’t know that when you eat a little bit of everything, your stomach can explodeeeeee.

CAN’T WAIT FOR THE DIM SUM BUFFET NEXT WEEK! FORGET ABOUT JOGGING EVERYDAY. It won’t help anyway. BUFFET BUFFET FTWWWW!

P.S. Can’t wait for tmr’s match, job training, After-o-level party part II, thursday’s buffet and maybe work!! i pray that i can really get that job man!

Paranormal Activity

The day i watch paranormal activity, i got a nightmare that night. The nightmare wasn’t ghostly, it was gore..

Hmmm, have you every wonder in your nightmare, why your phone is not your 1st escaping solution but your legs? When i dreamt that i have my phone with me, guess what did i do? Nope, i didn’t call 999. I SMSED! I smsed someone and said “See you next life, bye.” HAHAHA. Can’t believe i’m so stupid. Probably because you know that police is kinda useless when it’s gore. HAHAHA. Handphone seems to be the last thing in your dreams.

That nightmare felt more than a day. No matter how i escape, i just fail. That’s why it’s a dream.. Finally, i woke up & realised it was just a dream. Seeing that it’s still early, I wanna go back to sleep with a happy ending. So i “dream” myself escaping. Somehow.

I wanna watch the cinema version.. PA was quite okay, the scary part is that we may think that we experienced things that happened in there. I mean the ghostly parts are quite realistic. But HAHA, it’s a demon, not a ghost. But i’m sure the cinema version is scarier.

P.S. Case 39 up next! :)