Hey guys, just realised from deb's tag that I've not been updating about everything that I've gone for through for the past 2 months.
Well, I can begin with the part2 of easter camp post that never did come to fruition. Anyways, for vic easter camp 2008, I was given the opportunity to be a group leader, which was aka for cgl. Jehovah UZZI! Co-led with Moses, the chair of Caulfield. Whoa, he led some of the best, fastest and most informative bible studies I've ever experienced. I've really learnt a lot from him, in terms of the using questions to not only reveal the answers but also to target and bring up more questions to enable a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Word. At first, I really struggled with the idea of being cgl at easter camp. It was so intimidating, seeing that I would be potentially leading members who are actually comm. members. Especially with my incredibly inferior level of bible knowledge during BS sessions. And this was not helped by the crazy week I had prior to the camp. Not only did I have to prepare the bs beforehand, I also was going to be in worship for the camp which equaled band practices which took away precious after school hours that were meant to complete engineering assignments. Wow, it was so crazy on the wednesday, I cant believed I survived it. Anyways, looking back, I'm kinda glad that I didn't listen to my inner 'evil' voice and dropped out of cg leading. Well, I guess its kinda time for me to get out of the rut that i was so comfortable in. And it also helped that I received confirmations/encouragements/reprimanding from up above of my avoidance and etc. oh well, all in all, it was a good camp. Met up with friends from other centres and caught up. :)

Well... recently, in the past month or so, I've been going for LTC and finally have graduated! Man! LTC, was like another easter camp moment. I really didn't want to do it, felt so uncomfortable all way through but I'm still glad I did it. If it wasnt for someone who pushed me to do it, I would have dropped out in the first week. Haha... it seems like everytime I'm involved OCF stuff, I always meet some goliath of a week. LTC night was THE worst form of busy I've ever experience in my life! In a week, I had to do a video for ltc night, study for a french test, learn engineering matlab stuff, prepare for bs and worship for ltc, study and complete a chem mid sems online test, sit for a mid sems calculus exams, complete my eng assignment, complete prelabs... I literally had to plan my to do list everyday by the hour, to ensure that I don't forget or spend too much time on any one of them. Yikes, my super week!
Anyways, ltc retreat was the best. Graeme and Jeremy really gave spot-on words for me and it really encouraging to hear them. I'm really glad that I've decided to be more involved in ocf this year, it seems like this is the right season and moment for me. I feel like a whole different Christian than when I was in Singapore in 07. And I'm really excited to see and experience what God has installed for me in 2008!

okay, sorry if this post was rather messy and not written properly, its just really hard to put into words. And if u know how my brain works, lets just say there's a lot going on in there.
until the next confusing post,

seeya!


"Cry In My Heart"

There's a cry in my heart
For Your glory to fall
For Your presence to fill up my senses
There's a yearning again
A thirst for discipline
A hunger for things that are deeper

Could You take me beyond?
Could You carry me through?
If I open my heart?
Could I go there with You?
(For I've been here before
But I know there's still more
Oh, Lord, I need to know You)

For what do I have
If I don't have You, Jesus?
What in this life
Could mean any more?
You are my rock
You are my glory
You are the lifter
Of my head
Lifter of this head


Hey all, been a while since my last update and much has happened in this past week. So I guess I’ll be doing a harry-potter-7 and split this week into two posts.

Ok, so this was easter weekend. But before I convey what an awesome time I had at OCF Easter Camp Victoria 08, I reckon I should start with the fantastic KT TUNSTALL concert I went to on thusday night, the eve of camp.

One word to summarize: pure AWESOME! I was so happy to know that KT has decided to add a show in Victoria. Jason and I were so psyched to hear the good news! Seeing that there was no way we could have caught the one in Singapore. Haha, but one confession to make, I don’t really follow her music… but but, I really do like her stuff. Okok, so the whole thing went down starting with a HUH?!

Ok, so the deal was, we were desperately trying to get to the venue via tram but somehow, the friggin tram went another route and we had to scurry to find a cab to drive us to St. Kilda which cost friggin 16 bucks. Yup, next is the HUH?! part. We arrived at the Princes Ballroom at 7pm sharp, expecting to see a long queue and anticipating a feeling of great remorse for not being early. But, HUH?! happened, there was no queue in sight. We even contemplating the idea that we were at the wrong place. I mean, its KT tunstall, miss suddenly-i-see. There should be a queue but here wasn’t. Anyways to skip all unnecessary details and jump to the best part, we got in really fast and guess who was so near that she sat on the speakers in front. That would be moi, we were so first-rowed that I jumped on top of the speakers in front and sat while waiting. During the first half hour of wait, there were only visibly, barely three rows. It was kinda shocking to see so little people turn up. Oh well, the smaller the better, more intimate! I was so near the stage that, if I wanted to, I could easily reach out and touch their mikes or pedal board, not to mention, grab the set list.

Anyways, KT was absolutely charming, friggin-ass cool and a tremendously seasoned performer. She did around 18 songs, which were basically almost everything from eye to the telescope and drastic fantastic. Man, I really fell in love with her songs. So original and creative! The best thing about being first-rowed is you get to see all the weird and funny stuff they do on stage. Like the funny thing she did with her feet and like notice how she uses the pedal box that controls and replays her sounds by echos. If you don’t know how KT echos, go youtube like some video of her doing The black horse and cherry tree. Omgosh, then she played my favouritest song, suddenly I see. It was so good, her sparkly guitar and echos and etc. Pure music heaven. YEAH! And I’m super stoked to find someone on youtube who recorded the whole concert and posted it online! Whoooo for that and for the super hi def pictures Jason took with his slr. Gosh, it was such a great concert, even the opening act was crazy good. You guys should check Newton Faulkner out if you like KT Tunstall and that kinda music, a little indie, creative and acoustic style.

Although she's not really that stunningly beautiful, she was really cool, like super cool. Favourite fun song of the night was "Walk like an Egyptian" cover, I'll post the really good photo my brother snapped of her doing the egyptian walk.


But, the BEST and most memorable part of the evening that trumps first-rowed seats was KT's pick! Whoo, I managed to get hold of one! Wheet for me.
Alrighty, its getting quite late and I have a 9am lecture tomorrow, til part two
au revoir!







hey all, sorry for the lack of updates since like last year.
Alright, so the holidays was great. Really enjoyed the time i spent with my dear cousins during CNY etc. Finally, got to see them all grow up. Especially nicholas, gosh, he's towering over me now. But I glad that he's still such a sweet boy. I would really hate to see him change into some emo, attitude, uninvolved and unenthusiastic. The first thing I did when i reach home was to hug my ah ma. I miss my ah ma the most. Not really sure why.. maybe because in a way, she was more around than my folks when I was younger. And also, she looks so cute, i mean, how can you not find some old people adorable. I just wanna squish her!
okok, moving on from mentally physically abusing my 86 year old grand mama. The hols were a good time for me to rewind and be caught up with the whole life I abruptly left behind in 2007. Met up with some friends, went back to SA, said hi to old teachers and juniors and made great fellowship with my cell mates whom i treasure so dearly.
Life was sweet in Singapore, i have a new helper at home which I think she's a dream come true, had a daily routine which gave me stability and parents who made me to feel comfortable and loved. For a few weeks, I could pretend to be a kid, everything was back to the way it was, familiar and easy. There was no need to stress abt paying bills, settling school stuff, remember to go grocery shopping, planning for each meals, making sure that washed clothes are dried and ironed for school. Yikes, whole lot of responsibility there!
So my very familiar daily routine in Singapore comprised of work at 9, home by 3, gym at 4. Such a stellar routine. Healthy and relaxing. And my only hope is that I continue this habit of exercising and eating right. haha, my new year resolution...

Anyways, the life of a TKG (trinity kid graduate) has ended and now my journey as a melbourne uni student has just set-sailed.
When i reached melbourne on monday morning, I was really home-sicked. I was alone in my clean apartment, weather was crazy hot and I was dizzy with lack of sleep. All I wanted to do was to hug my mum and cry. I can't believe I managed to spend the entire of last year in aus. Now I cant wait for June to arrive!

Anyways, to cut out all melodrama, I went for my course briefing today. Wow, i feel mentally tired just thinking of what i did today. Firstly, I woke up at 6am and walked with kingsly to the Arsenal vs AC Milan champions league match. Ahhh, friggin Adebayor should have scored at the 93rd minute! bahh. AC was so lagging behind, they were outplayed by the youngsters. Even the MVP Kaka' didn't even get a shot at goal. Moving on, then after the match, I had to immediately rush to uni for my course briefing at 9am. I ran down 2 streets, carrying my laptop on one arm, my heavy CR bag in the other, handphone and orange tic tats in my right pocket which threatened to pull my shorts off. Jump and squeeze into a tram and hope the tram inspectors were not around to check our tickets. Anywyas, it was too packed, I wouldnt have been able to pay for a ticket even if i sincerely wanted too. LOL.

Okay, so when i finally reached uni grounds, who do i bump into but sze tjen. My good friend since day 1 of trinity. While walking to the venue, we were commenting how great it is that we went through trinity and now, dont feel so lonely on first day of uni. Haha, its kinda not good that trinity ppl are grouping together but oh well, who can we blame?
So when i peered into the lect room, who do i see but steven and yusoff! Yeah, people that I know! Today's briefing would have been so boring without everyone! Got to know wai han a little better, turns out he's such a funny guy and was fun having chris around, pretending to be an engineering student. Haha, oh oh btw, I'm currently doing Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne.

So after we all went home, I dropped by Andrea's place for dinner and JUNO! Omg, i need to stop watching JUNO for at least 3 months. I've seen it 7 times since late jan. I practically know every line, joke and scene that's coming up next. Ahhh, really hope, that Juno will pull an upset at the Oscars and grab some awards for direction, screenplay, picture or actress...
Ooh, speaking of movies, I caught "The Importance of Being Earnest" on youtube. My my my, I've never laughed so much during a Brit film before. Not only does my fav Reese Witherspoon appears in it, so does Colin Firth and Judi Dench. Brit acting royalties. So all of u j3s waiting for results and have super a lot of time to burn, go search TIOBE on youtube and enjoy the hilarity of this picture.

Alrighty then, so I'm gonna go take my student id tomorrow, hope my picture turns out decent. haha..

btw, just to comment, this year's grammys sucked. I was so bored. Only thing that I enjoyed was Beyonce and Tina Turner. I cant believe she's 68, still dancing and singing and leaving B in the dust. Gotta give props to the Queen! and paramore didn't
win, yeah yeah, expected that but its ok. at least I got to see hayley rocking out a intensely red hair and ridiculous grey socks.

Hope everyone enjoys their day 15 of Chinese New Year 08 and I miss ya all lots!





In light of the celebration of word of the year, w00t! w00t! w00t!

OMgosh, holy mac! Grammy's have nominated Paramore for Best New Artist Category! Stunner! I can't believe the tiny/young band I stumbled upon in '05 has actually achieved the epitome of success! Yeah, yeah, I know, they probably won't get it, competing with Amy crack-house and Feist. But it's still quite an honour, and there's still a chance.
It's all about timing, if RIOT! came out last year, they would have been fighting with this year's sure bet for BEST NEW ARTIST. They definitely wont stand a chance standing beside Carrie Underwood who has been receiving immense success.

Seeing that Grammy's is going to be so much boring next year, no dixie chicks sweeping the stakes and all, I guess I'll be grabbing more ZzZ's and tune in to see the result of this award and Song of The Year.

omgosh, this is so friggin cool. Now I think I should go on a new band hunt.


hey all. Been a while since I last posted. Well these few month have been quite hectic and fun.
Its been almost 2 weeks since my last Trinity paper and results are apparently already out. I'm pretty nervous and decided to postponed the act of result viewing for at least 24 hours. Hmm, I'm not sure why I wasn't prepared for this exam. Pretty mad with myself. I mean, i started studying on week 2 of term 4. Thats like 6 weeks before the exams, and yet I was same 'ole, scrambling around, looking for notes, extra time. Although preparations were pretty stressful, I'm glad I spent it with good OCF friends. The library buds were so great, we would reserve seats for one another at Bailieu and Law Lib, much to librarians dislike. Spend the whole day there and then go for a really late dinner. Haha. So unhealthy man, all that munching and absence of sunlight, excercise. Hahaha. But it was great fun. Really kept each other going and in sight of the goal at hand. Just wanna say thanks to Tracy, Tiffany, Christine Lim, Mandy and the 2 docs, Nick for driving me around and Jerica for providing much needed entertainment! Not forgetting the wonderful smarty Mel Chu, for being my tuition teacher. :)

Then it had been all about the HOLIDAYS! Had a cg roadtrip to TORQUAY! Where the sun is shining, beach is sandy, flies being uttermost vile pests and bbq smokin'. Oh my, the house we rented was rad. It had like a pool table, poker counter, george foreman-ish grill, etc. Suffice to say, we had a smashing time there.
Valedictory was more fun than I anticipated, downside was the friggin killer heels that threatened to distort my feet and end my walking career. During the ceremony, really felt that the whole year had passed really fast and that uni was fast approaching. It also meant that I was no longer allowed to be a teen but now, an adult, a young adult. The idea of growing up has been something I've been afraid of acknowledging. But, since spending almost a year here away from home, I guess I'm now better equipped in a sense to deal with this.



Next, Convention 07 was the most enriching camps I've ever been to. Although I was there for only 1 day and 1/2, in 2 bible studies, I've so much. I guess all credit goes to Vashti and Arthur, for being such solid BS leaders, you guys really know your stuff! And you really inspire me to be better in mine. The campsite was so farm-y. There were gooses, ducks, a bazillion flies and a goat roaming around the compound. Group phototaking was the worst thing to do during spring/summer. We were all swatting, jumping and spraying insect repellent hoping to repel those irritating flies. Seriously, the ratio was 10 flies to 1 person. It was so gross. Nightmare...

Finally, countdown begins with a week til I fly back home to Singapore, I guess I'm kinda afraid to go back. Nervous to see everyone, how they have changed and wonder if I'll still be able to maintain all the relationships, after being so far away for such a long time. Most of all, I'm terrified of the weather and humidity! urgh, stick me in an icebox already!

'k guys, I'm gonna go see my results after I say goodbye, wish me luck!
SEEYA SOON! :)


HEH HEH, finally uploaded some pictures from the paramore concert. Erm, most of them are really bad, these are a few clearer ones. ENJOY and don't hate me... :)




The first opening act - Mayday Parade



Second opening act - Hot Rod Circuit



Josh, Jeremy and Zac at the balcony watching Hayley perform on a Hot Rod Circuit song

Fav blackout






Clearest picture of the night!



Paramore performing Emergency! whoo.. love the person who video-ed this at the concert!


The cheeseball song "whoa", still love it though, crazy crowd participation