I'm Back!

haha! A bit late.. But I'm back!
will update when i have time.. still finding time to edit the photos.
Check out my facebook for the unedited photos :)

Rome Day 1

I'm now sitting at Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 waiting for my connecting flight to Rome
Its now 6:45am in Dubai (10:45am in Singapore), my flight is only at 9:40am
At least its a 3 hour wait compared to the original 5 hour

Flight journey was alright
I had the whole row of chairs during the flight to colombo which means that i had 4 pillows and a whole row of chairs to lie on

I just went to facebook and the new look is really weird
I brought the 40D so hopefully I'll be able to take really nice pictures

I'm REALLY bored now

Losing Patience

Its either I'm getting old or there are too many things on my mind
You can be telling me one thing and 5 mins later i can totally forget about it
It must be because I have too many things to do and have too many things that are going thru my mind
That is why I have a to do list everyday infront of my table
The first thing I do everyday is to write down everything I need to do for the day
Even the smallest and most minor thing that requires my attention I write it down

I am also losing patience at almost everything
From people asking me too many questions to having to reply sms and msns that I find redundant
I'm even too lazy nowadays to hold a conversation

I'm writing this because I am still in office alone
The rendering of my video is really killing me
It has taken me 4 hours to render.... and it is still rendering
Gosh! I think 1/4 of my life is taken up rendering
the other 1/4 of my life is taken up exporting
Editing takes up another 1/4
Burning takes up my other 1/4

I really am bored.. gosh..
Thank goodness there is a tv in the office
If not.. i would really be dying in office

You are the one

You are the one - Lincoln Brewster
Yes I am being exposed to a few new songs today at worship
Indeed Lord You are the One I will worship
You are the One I will serve all my days

You Are the One - Lincoln Brewster - Amazed

You're the One Who made the heavens
You're the One Who shaped the earth
You're the One Who formed my heart
Long before my birth

I believe You'll always lead me
All my days have been ordained
All Your thoughts toward me are holy
Full of love and grace

You are the One You are holy
You are the One You are worthy
You are the One You are the One everlasting
You are the One

You are the One I will worship
You are the One I will serve all my days
You are the One You are the one everlasting

You are the One
Jesus You're the One

Made to worship

Made to worship - Chris Tomlin
I heard this song today and I felt it was so apt considering what we have been covering in youth this month
We were indeed made to worship



Before the day
Before the light
Before the world revolved around the sun
God on high
Stepped down into time
And wrote the story of His love for everyone

He has filled our hearts with wonder
So that we always remember

You and I were made to worship
You and I are called to love
You and I are forgiven and free
You and I embrace surrender
You and I choose to believe
You and I will see who we were meant to be

All we are
And all we have
Is all a gift from God that we receive
Brought to life
We open up our eyes
To see the majesty and glory of the King

And even the rocks cry out
And even the Heavens shout
At the sound of His holy name
So let every voice sing out
And let every knee bow down
He is worthy of all our praise

God's Promises

Hanging on to the promise that He has made
Reminder that He has not forgotten

Psalms 145:13b
The Lord is faithful to all His promises
and loving toward all He has made

New Year

Its 2009!
The past 2 months really passed in a flash!
Caroling was fun
I think a lot of good voices were discovered


Camp was fantastic
It was really awesome to see the youth having fun
Seeing them responding to the altar calls and seeing their lives change after having an encounter with God
I think it was a glimpse to what we are going to expect at youth services this year


I guess it is a good start for the new year, can't wait for the first youth service
The official MERGER
Rest of the photos are on facebook
Will compile one video and photomontage hopefully if time permits
But I have to gather all the photos and videos first
Shout out to all the photographers and videographers that was "working" during caroling and camp
Please please pass me all the photos and videos
Big thank you to all first :D

Nothing to do

I was so tired out this whole week or month I slept the whole of yesterday
I came back from Alvin's wedding reached home only at about 2am
Fell asleep, woke up at 9am the next morning (HAVE NO ABSOLUTE IDEA WHY)
Went to watch Oprah and fell asleep on the sofa
Only woke up at about 7pm for dinner

You know why I'm writing this post?
Cos I'm in office sitting on the sofa with nothing to do
My imac in office is down it only makes funny noises cos i think the ram is not inside
I can't digitize anything because none of the cameras are in office
I can't use the deck either cos none of the firewires are in office too

And I'm writing this to tell everyone Shann is not dead
Especially to DANIEL BOON

Cambodia Kids

These are the 2 kids my bro and I are sponsoring :D
Nhor Savlin


Nhor Chanrea

Busy busy busy

I've been terribly busy these few weeks
Haven really got time to meet up with people I'm supposed to meet long time ago

Nov 23rd - “Tell me where ah?” (Youth Bridging Event)
Nov 30th - "Meet the parents" (Meet the youth parents session)

Dec 23rd, 24th - Caroling
Dec 26th-29th - Youth Camp at St John's Island

And this is just the schedule for youth
Not counting the caroling practices and meetings required to plan for the camp

Now is the peak period for people to get married
So work is crazy too
But I'm having fun
Other than the fact that I'm hardly at home

Pure Madness
Can't wait for the year to end
Actually no, I'm not ready for next year
Yes not ready, but excited as to what next year holds
Contradiction. Ha!

Coffee Club

I have been going to coffee club almost every night! haha
With Elaine at coffee club, Siglap last night

Thanks mummy

Hee.. I had the car for 3 whole days cos mum was in Macau
Awesome feeling to be able to drive to work and being able to sleep a bit longer
Thanks mum! Looking forward to your next travel. Haha

The piggies in my car
Credits - Ran ran

Youth service 111008

God is indeed awesome
I am amazed at how he moves
I'm thanking God at what He did today and at the same time what He has spoken to me
I'm thankful, scared and excited all at the same time
2009 is indeed going to be exciting
But till then, prayer, prayer prayer is very much needed :D
EXCITING

We have all released our potential!
Lets go for it! :D

Speakers block

I'm speaking on Sat at youth
It's friday today
Which means I'm speaking tom
I have exactly 24 hours to come out with a message
All I have now is bits and pieces
What God is telling me cannot be put together in a 3 or 4 point message
We shall see tom
God, You be the one that speak!

Horn

I finally used the horn today while i was driving
I got my license on the 14th of May and for about 5 months, i didn't meet a situation that pissed me off and having enough time to sound the horn until today
And why?
This very smart driver braked very suddenly why? because he wanted to turn left into another road
But what was even smarter was that he was on the extreme right lane
So can you imagine him braking suddenly and wanting to filter from the extreme left lane to the extreme right lane
Result? Many many many drivers sounding their horn at him. Including me who used it for the first time :D
Shann is such a courteous and polite driver :)

Pastor Andrew and Lynette's Wedding

Attended Pastor Andrew's wedding that day
First wedding I'm attending on my own without my family or not for work
And its been a long time since I've attended a wedding that is not work related
Wedding was awesome
First wedding I've seen that an altar call was given and people actually responded to receive christ
He had about 1000 plus guests
Photos credits to Randi!



Wedding dinner was very simple and nice
There wasn't any cutting of cake or popping of champagne
The couple actually went around mingling with the guests which I seldom see at wedding dinners other than photo taking
Forgot to bring my camera to the dinner so there isn't any photos of the dinner. Heh

Wii

My brother bought a Wii
But the thing is that he is in army
so that means he's hardly around to play with it
I am at work half the time and haven't touched it since he bought it
and so that means..... the Wii is hardly used
Don't ask me why he bought it.
I suspect he has too much money :p

Everything to me

Awesome song and vocals


I grew up in sunday school
I memorized the Golden rule
And how Jesus came to set the sinner free
I know the story inside out
I can tell you all about
The path that led Him up to Calvary
But ask me why He loves me
And I don't know what to say
But i'll never be the same
Because he changed my life when He became

Everything to me
He's more than a story
more than words on a page of history
He's the air that I breath
The water I thirst for
And the ground beneath my feet
He's everything, everything to me

We're living in uncertain times
And more and more I find that i'm aware
Of just how fragile life can be
I want to tell the world I found
A love that turned my life around
They need to know that they can taste and see
Now everyday I'm praying
Just to give my heart away
I want live for Jesus
So that someone else might see that he is...

Everything to me
He's more than a story
more than words on a page of history
He's the air that I breath
The water I thirst for
And the ground beneath my feet
He's everything
And looking back over my life at the end
I'll go to meet you saying you've been...

You're everything to me
You're more than a story
More than words on a page of history
You're everything to me
You're more than a story
More than words on a page of history
You're the air that I breath
The water I thirst for
And the ground beneath my feet
You're everything to me
Lord, you're everything to me

Cambodia

Cambodia was awesome
It was a camp for 7 orphanages
All in all there were about 300 kids
Kids were UBER cute
What I really went there to do was just to play with them at the beach and hug them


It was really awesome to see the kids really singing at the top of their lungs and worshiping
This boy, he's only 3 years old, but he was just sitting at the beach playing, wearing his hello kitty G-string reciting verses
The encouragement that they give to each other and to people from the other orphanages was mind blowing
The enthusiasm that they have for every single thing, to games to worship to saying hello, to hugging you was something that I have never seen before
It really makes me question, if they could worship and praise God with everything they have and live life with such enthusiasm despite all that they have gone thru, what more us
It is really something that I wish to see
i really really enjoyed the trip and mostly the kids!

Beijing trip

I'm back from Cambodia
Photos are up in facebook
I just realized I haven updated on my Beijing trip
So here goes, short and simple
Beijing was awesome
Stayed at Peninsula Plaza
Had tickets to watch Weight Lifting, Volleyball, Table Tennis and Athletics
Managed to catch Li Jia Wei, Feng Tian Wei, Zhang Yining, Wang Nan, Guo Yue play live at the Peking University
Got to watch Usain Bolt run live at the Birds nest
All in all, it was a once in a live time experiece