 THE PROTOTYPE 220389 I'm just like you THE LIVE ACTION LEESWEEKEAT THE BITTERSWEET MOMENTS March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 THE REAL WORLD Aaron Cheong Adriena Amandal Annlynn Anthony Benedict Bryan Caiman Carol Chek Yeow Chi Chi Beng Dexter Dinnie Dominic Douglas Evangeline Evi Fion Furong Garrett Grismond Hong Rui Huili Iris Ivan Ivy Jamie Jaslyn Jasmine Jasmin Jeannette Jeremy Quek Jia Yang Jian Hong Jian Ming Joanna Joanne Johnny Jolie Josh Joy Keegan Kenneth Leon Lester Li Yue Liane Lucinda Mark Maryse May Melisa Melvin Miaow Guan Michelle Cheng Michelle Yao Ming Han Minting Mong Nadine Natalia Noni Peck Hoon Qi Wei Ranford Ryan Kumar Sharyl Stella Tommy Valerie Cheong Vanessa Chan Vanessa Han Weijie Wendy Lee Wendy Neo Xinjie Xueli Yan Rui Yan Yun Yassy Yechin Zhuo Xinyi Zoe
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Saturday, January 31, 2009 @ 3:47 AM
light I like what Quek said during dinner, that the bad things will be revealed in God's light. Changeling rocks, definitely better than Punisher (or at least 20 minutes of it). I hate ceilings. I think I'm growing taller. Haha, who cares. Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 1:29 AM
anfield During CNY I went to my cousins house and there were many fruits and snacks prepared on the coffee table when we reached. So I decided to make myself comfortable and popped two to three grapes into my mouth, but within half a second, I spat them out. "These grapes have turned sour!" I cried. My cousin smiled at me and said, "Welcome to Anfield." The characters in this story is completely fictional so please don't be tricked again like the incident about Quek and I failing our BTT. Of course, the point behind this story is true. Wednesday, January 28, 2009 @ 6:22 AM
i was right I am convinced and convicted of something that I am seriously disappointed with. God, help me fight. Help me see in Your perspective. God, is there anyone who has gone before me in this and can guide me? I'm fine. It's MY fight of faith. :) Anyway, had a great CNY if not for 2 groups of friends who made it great, so let's keep this blog happy by talking about them! 1) E20 Midnight movie and lepaking with them was awesome. Call us crazy to go all the way to Jurong Point, but we can't bear the thought of two poor girls rotting at home during a happening week of CNY (I wonder who they are...). Guess they are our CG's gem now, anyone dare do anything to them, TAU POK AHHHH... (Doesn't mean skinny cannot protect! If not, we still have Mark and Derry! :D) E20 is the reason why I love, other than God and other than pastors. Whether in E2 or E7 CEG next time, you guys will never leave my heart. I can't imagine myself leading any other people and not you guys, if I really have to it's going to be hard to let go. Each of you remind me of myself in many areas and situations in the past, and just so many recent incidents make me love you guys even more. You guys are the best thing that happened to me ever since I became your CGL. Keep going, you guys have a great future and destiny in God, in church and every where else in life. Keep going, we will grow SOOOO big, we will start E7, Amen!? No E7 also we will still grow big and breakthrough! 2) Jia Yang, Evi, Keegan, Wendily, Jian Hong, Li Yue Friends who value people for who they are, friends who are real, honest and trustworthy, friends who love with no strings attached. Truly, relationship is built on trust. Have my word when I say this, that you can trust me. Oh well, those are just words, aren't they? Well, I'm not as cheap as words, count on me. :) I thank God for Jia Yang especially, who has always been there for me when I needed him. A lot of people say that he influences me a lot, well in terms of lingo you can say that, because I am honestly not very charismatic. But what really makes us good friends is not how much I admire him or vice versa (and he'd probably not agree with the vice versa, haha), instead it's how our thoughts and feelings are very alike in most situations. We probably don't have the same vision or destiny, but we have the same mind and heart as we run this race together. Call us best friends, we really are :) Well I expected quite a boring CNY, but I'm happy with how it turned out to be. Thanks guys, all of you. Thank you God. Tuesday, January 27, 2009 @ 4:07 PM
deep in thought Just had a good talk with my Uncle Eddie... Ha! I'm referring to him because I found out that some of my relatives do read my blog! And I believe he'll read this... Thank you Uncle Eddie! I never realised how my salvation 5 years back could move my family... From everyone's perspective, it was almost impossible for my parents to ever become Christians, my mum being the strong Buddhist that she was... And when I became a Christian, slowly she followed, then my dad... And I believe my entire family were quite shocked for a while... But that was the impact... How could I miss out the point about showing God's glory to my family the past few years? All I knew was just going to church, sacrificing this, giving that, that as if I gave it all and now left with nothing in my life... All I knew was being too reckless and neglecting everything that was NOT about church... Being a Christian is really not about how often you go to church, how many services you go a week, how available you are for your ministries, how big your zone and CG grows or how many friends you bring... It is about how you walk the walk with God, good enough to just inspire people to follow... St. Francis of Assisi said, "Preach the gospel always, if necessary use words." It's not really about your charisma and how much you bug your family and friends to believe Jesus, it's about how you really love them with the love of God, and live with Christ shining in your life by being a great testimony. I've made many mistakes, fell many times... But no fall is too great that I cannot get back up from... JC... Poly... All failed, I still have PGSM... I'm going to focus and do really well, not let anything else distract me again... I'm going to be successful, not just in church, but in the world... Successful enough that all my relatives can see God's glory, not mine... Successful enough for all my relatives to know that God is real in my life, and He can be in their lives! Sustainable idealism. I will be a great pastor and a great businessman. Till then, Gab, FOCUS. Study. PGSM. Conquer. Side note, can't wait to drive. I need my license, then I need a car. Argh...... Monday, January 26, 2009 @ 6:23 PM
leader 1 Samuel 26:1-12 1 Now the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding in the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”2 Then Saul arose and went down to the Wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the Wilderness of Ziph. 3 And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is opposite Jeshimon, by the road. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had indeed come. 5 So David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped. And David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army. Now Saul lay within the camp, with the people encamped all around him. 6 Then David answered, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.” 7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and there Saul lay sleeping within the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the people lay all around him. 8 Then Abishai said to David, “God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him at once with the spear, right to the earth; and I will not have to strike him a second time!” 9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?” 10 David said furthermore, “As the LORD lives, the LORD shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go out to battle and perish. 11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. But please, take now the spear and the jug of water that are by his head, and let us go.” 12 So David took the spear and the jug of water by Saul’s head, and they got away; and no man saw or knew it or awoke. For they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them. David did not kill Saul although Saul sought to kill David, because Saul was still David's leader and God's anointed king over Jerusalem... It is easy to submit to good leadership. But tell me, how many people can submit to bad leadership like David did? No wonder God said he was a man after His heart. Not easy... God, help me to be like David... Our leaders are not perfect... I thank God for the leadership over me... Whether good and bad, I know all things work together for good to those who love Him and are called according to His purpose... I will still rise like Gideon. I know what I'm fighting for right now, and I will fight for it. Let there be justice. Fight. Forgive... Thursday, January 22, 2009 @ 4:12 AM
gu dong An interesting historical artifact found in Wendy Lee's room.  Now, I wonder who that is... Familiar handwriting though... Tuesday, January 20, 2009 @ 1:56 PM
fight  The new year which God said would be mine to fly and breakthrough in didn't begin very smoothly...Well, maybe that's part of God's plan to grow me and make me stronger, and I just didn't take things very well for a start... Yes, as much as I don't want it, or feel unprepared for it... I'm 20 this year... Maybe that's why I'm get really sensitive of the slightest things that happen to me or around me... Because honestly, I'm really very very confused about what the future holds for me... Will I get a good 8-5 posting or to go through the toughness for 2 whole years? Will I be working in church or outside after that? For how long? How will I get enough income to be able to be an honorary volunteer staff in church? What will I be doing 3 years from now? 5 years from now? 10 years from now? Who will I marry? (and NO SUGGESTIONS are welcomed =P) So many questions, so many thoughts, so many doubts, so many wonders... So much more so, that I know I need to be God-dependent... Garrett told us before that real men need to be secure, and he told me that if I feel not-good-enough, instead of retreating, I should make myself become good enough! I guess that's what I'm going to do... Even if I'm going to fight for things I never thought I should fight for, I'm going to be bold and go for it... This is my future, my calling, my dream, my life... God, if so much so this is Your plan for me, I'm going to press in and overcome every battle and obstacle in the way... Because I know that every calling and vision has to be tested... Because I know that if I want it bad enough, I will work for it and fight for it... Because I know that even if I fail and fall flat on my face again, You are STILL with me... God, I'm Yours all over again. Have Your way in me... My desires, my thoughts, my emotions... My everything... All of me for all of You... @ 6:02 AM
Liverpool 1 - 1 Everton  You mean Liverpool didn't reclaim their top spot? That's great news! They'd probably need to wait till the 2019/20 season. That's another 10 years from now, and marks their 2nd decade without an EPL title. Well, I won't talk so much about them or I'll dirty my blog. My point is that Manchester United STAYS ON TOP! And they have one more game with West Brom tomorrow. Come on, look where West Brom is right now? Yes, I know they beat Boro 3-0 the last game, but that doesn't scare us when we beat Chelsea with the exact thrashing scoreline. My predicition: West Bromwich Albion 0 - 3 Manchester United. And that brings the Champions 3 points ahead of Liverpool with equal number of games played. Take that, Benitez. @ 12:18 AM
yes In exactly two months time, I'll be knowing my PES for army. Probably in another 5 months, I'll be taken in. So I have about 7 months left. And 60 is still on my mind. Or maybe 70? All I know is, I need more faith... More faith to see even more things happening... More faith to bring the CG and each person to their next point in God and in church... More faith to see dreams and visions coming to past... More faith in 4D-ing... Well if it's really 70, it means grow by 10 a month. I really need more faith! Haha... Independence to God-dependence... If only it seems as easy as drawing it on paper. I know where I am, and I know where I need to head to. What I don't know is, the route I need to take to get there. Yes God, I have to be dependent on you for this one... Yes, I am upset, but I am never ever resisting Your plans for me... I am faithless, but You remain faithful. Sunday, January 18, 2009 @ 4:13 AM
role model indeed I was about to sleep an hour ago, in fact, I was on my bed already when I felt that I couldn't because of a lot of thoughts running through my mind. Thus, I woke up and surfed the net a little, do the usual rounds in Facebook, blogs, soccernet like I always do... Then I realised I just received an email from Anthony... It was sent to Dawn and CCed to me, about his vision of rising up in Projection. And I'm VERY VERY VERY blown away. A lot of people just want to be leaders and ICs... Basically do their best and fly high in their CGs and ministries... Anthony? He wants to rise up, not just to be a leader in Projection, in such a way that he would inspire other people to not see it as a background ministry, but basically a ministry where people would be bred and raised to their significant purposes by serving God there! Anthony, just turned 15 four days ago, is a Normal Tech student studying in St. Gabriel's Secondary School... I'm not exposing his intellectual standard, I just want to show the world how greatness doesn't come with how high you fly in performance, brains or skills, but about who you truly are to the core... This is why I love E20... This is why Anthony is in E20 despite being a generation behind... Ironic as it sounds, I am so so so encouraged by all the people I'm leading... First, Kenneth doing well in Photog... Next, Yan Rui getting planted and evangelizing... Then, Miaow Guan coming on staff... Now, Anto's vision in Projection... So amazing Anto, some more no mention about his vision of being a worship leader or guitarist... Shows where his heart is, in people... Inspiring people to rise up... This church is not purpose driven... It is purpose directed, but LOVE driven... Love for people, for others... More than a vision, Anto has caught the heart. Anto, you the REAL man. Go for it. It will surely come! Oh my, now I can sleep so much more in peace. :D @ 2:42 AM
connection I no longer doubt my thought patterns in this area. I am flowing. I am just coming across people who DON'T. Well, correct me if I'm wrong, before I start to get convicted about this. Don't know, don't talk. Pharisees. Friday, January 16, 2009 @ 11:33 AM
war Satan, you will never win. @ 2:14 AM
faith This is 4D. E7 + E70 + E71 = 60!!!!!!!!!!!!! I BELIEVE! :DDD Now, E20 for 20 first lahhh, and 15 this weekend. :) Thursday, January 15, 2009 @ 3:26 PM
assurance? How can I give what I don't receive? I guess that's why I doubted and hesitated so much. Forget it. Drive. Wednesday, January 14, 2009 @ 12:43 PM
best Torres: United "clear favourites" for title  Fernando Torres has admitted Manchester United are now "clear favourites" to retain their Premier League crown following their demolition of Chelsea and Liverpool's stalemate at Stoke City.Speaking after being voted into third place behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in FIFA's World Player of the Year poll, the 24-year-old insisted Liverpool still have a great chance to win the title for the first time since 1990 despite handing an advantage to United in poll position. The Old Trafford club will go to the top of the table for the first time this season if they win at home to Wigan Athletic on Wednesday night and also beat West Bromwich Albion at the weekend. Liverpool can wait another 2 decades, by then I'll be telling my children how great Man Utd was at my time. Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 2:25 AM
let's believe Chinese songs aren't my thing, but this one rocks. Named my secular song of the season. I dedicate this song to all those who got back their O Level results yesterday. Good or bad, believe. :) Play and enjoy. 我相信 Verse: 想 飞 上 天 xiang fei shang tian 和 太 阳 肩 并 肩 he tai yang jian bing jian 世 界 等 著 我 去 改 变 shi jie deng zhu wo qu gai bian 想 做 的 梦 xiang zuo de meng 从 不 怕 别 人 看 见 cong bu pa bie ren kan jian 在 这 里 我 都 能 实 现 zai zhe li wo dou neng shi xian 大 声 欢 笑 让 你 我 肩 并 肩 da sheng huan xiao rang ni wo jian bing jian 何 处 不 能 欢 乐 无 限 he chu bu neng huan le wu xian 抛 开 烦 恼 pao kai fan nao 勇 敢 的 大 步 向 前 yong gan de da bu xiang qian 我 就 站 在 舞 台 中 间 wo jiu zhan zai wu tai zhong jian Chorus: 我 相 信 我 就 是 我 wo xiang xin wo jiu shi wo 我 相 信 明 天 wo xiang xin ming tian 我 相 信 青 春 没 有 地 平 线 wo xiang xin qing chun mei you di ping xian 在 日 落 的 海 边 zai ri luo de hai bian 在 热 闹 的 大 街 zai re nao de da jie 都 是 我 心 中 最 美 的 乐 园 dou shi wo xin zhong zui mei de le yuan 我 相 信 自 由 自 在 wo xiang xin zi you zi zai 我 相 信 希 望 wo xiang xin xi wang 我 相 信 伸 手 就 能 碰 到 天 wo xiang xin shen shou jiu neng peng dao tian 有 你 在 我 身 边 you ni zai wo shen bian 让 生 活 更 新 鲜 rang sheng huo geng xin xian 每 一 刻 都 精 采 万 分 mei yi ke dou jing cai wan fen I do believe Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 4:24 AM
black or white? I guess the ugly truth is that... I have to choose one and not have the other. Thus far, this is the toughest decision I have ever needed to make. Saturday, January 10, 2009 @ 10:01 PM
bridging connections My mum recently learnt how to use MSN. I'm her first contact. Thus, I saw her online and decided to try chatting with her. Here is how it went. Gabriel - Grown in love: hi Gabriel - Grown in love: ma Gabriel - Grown in love: haha May: 在干嘛，生日会呵:P Gabriel - Grown in love: not so fast lah Gabriel - Grown in love: march Gabriel - Grown in love: at home got food to eat? May: 有猪脚，有HAM Gabriel - Grown in love: haha ok May: 几点回？ Gabriel - Grown in love: soon Gabriel - Grown in love: today early Gabriel - Grown in love: tomorrow need to go out early May: 嗯 Gabriel - Grown in love: going home already Gabriel - Grown in love: see you soon May: 发娇呵！你的侄女问你有女朋友吗？(MY NIECE ASKING ME IF I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND!) Gabriel - Grown in love: tell her dont have lah! Gabriel - Grown in love: not so fast Gabriel - Grown in love: ok going already, bye bye May: bye c u Pretty cool, now I don't need to call my mum to let her know I'll be out late or staying over at a friend's place... I can just go online and tell her. Awesome! Now I'm heading home for some 猪脚 and HAM before I hit the bed. Oh! Alvin came today! Was great to have you join us again... See you soon! Doing recording for YSC service tomorrow! :) Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 3:56 PM
ethos  Greater things have yet to come. Greater things are still to be done. This was 2008. Now is 2009. 60 is possible, I'm still keeping it. E20 will grow grow grow! (E7 sounds good too... HAHA) Stay faithful. Stay faithfilled. Stay in it no matter what. Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 5:06 AM
to you It happened to you, but I feel it too. I wished I could just call you at that time and be there for you too. In both ways, here, and there. Help out with all we can here. Take charge as much as possible there. Both places, we will be there for you. God is always here with you and with us. We are all praying for you. We are all here for you. :) Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 3:01 AM
vulnerable Yes, I am willing to be vulnerable again. I've learnt that it is so much more tiring to be selfish than to be selfless... To dislike than to love... To resist than to obey... To run away than to confront... In every situation the latter may make us weary, but it takes a lot more to do otherwise, especially mentally and spiritually. Today's meeting with Garrett was awesome... Personally, I felt touched. More than just a point proven, it totally impacted me... Many reasons, many thoughts... That feeling is back... The feeling of how urgent we should be about people... The feeling of how tight and faithful we must be in the things we do... The feeling of reinforcement in every small detail... I don't know why, but I haven't felt that in a long time. Now I do, and I don't feel pressured by it... Instead, I feel more encouraged to go for it... Like Pastor Lia said, it's the Ethos... This is the Ethos of being hardworking and detailed again... More than that, I feel inspired to just lay aside those little irritating and frustrating thoughts I've been having... "Teeth gritted, hands on the plough." That's what I've been trying to do, and I just got the motivation to do it. No longer about how I feel, what I think, what about me... No longer I, but Christ in me... Even if I feel disrespected, mistreated, neglected, out of favour, out of place, out of reach, out of sight, out of whatever... I will remember Garrett telling us that "if we feel we aren't good enough, instead of retreating and accepting it, we make ourselves good enough"! I felt so this way when problems came... When I got chucked out of JC and Poly, when nobody seemed to be there when it happened... I'm still going to be a real man and overcome my fears and discouragements... I'm going to be big. I'm going to be a real man. I'm going to be bigger than every single problem that used to bother and irritate me... Well, in some ways these problems have grown me, but now it's time to grow bigger than them and get rid of them. I can. Change is possible. I can change. I can make things happen. I will grow stronger. I will be reinforced by God. I will grow. I will breakthrough. I will arise. The old Gabriel is back. (probably, just the good parts, hehe) 2009. Year of breakthroughs. Role models. Arise. Burden. Bold. Blameless. Breakthrough. Ten times better. Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 10:48 AM
what!? I'm starting to feel that it isn't that bad any more. Maybe it's really about just moving on with it, teeth gritted, plough held tight... Things are so getting better these days... Things are getting even better as we move on this new year... Seriously, I don't know how... I was just telling Miaow Guan... It's like this year where I've failed to finish either JC or Poly, where I'll be enlisted in army, where I'm not at my highest in my walk with God... Yet God says, "This is YOUR year." How? Well, only one way to find out! :) Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 5:36 PM
gabriel Not me, but Gabriel Sin. I just realised that he had a very meaningful personal message on his MSN. You can tell whether you're becoming a servant by how you act when being treated like one. How true. Hmm. @ 2:09 PM
different What a difference in feeling. It used to be so bad until I lost track and wasn't aware of how bad things was or could get. Now... It's so good until I didn't even know how good things is and are getting. This is OUR year. God has planned :) @ 2:39 AM
dream My plan for the first of January was to stay at home, rest, pack my room and prepare for a meeting tomorrow. My plan was changed when Leon SMSed me and asked if I wanted to cut hair. So we met 7pm @ Orchard together with Maryse, Quek, Bryan and Maverick. On the way, Leon said, "I think we will end up watching movie." "I think so too," I replied. When we reached Gataomo, we met Charleston who was also cutting hair. Thus, we chatted a while with him while standing up. I could feel Charleston felt a bit stressed when he asked us twice, "So you all going to walk around?" However, we were still standing there. Only when he said, "you all don't have to stand here lah" that we said bye and left. Oh, and Leon and I couldn't have our haircuts because the place was too full in the end. Charleston even called me to inform us about it. Goodness. Haha. We ended up going to Cineleisure to eat Pastamania, which already marks a double confirmation of Leon's prophesy. When we reached, we bumped into more church people like Nicholas, Zachary, Elgin, Fleee, Huimin, Joyce, Amelia and even Sky and Evie! Small world, tell me about it... Thus after our meal, we went to buy movie tickets for Seven Pounds. Before watching, Maryse, Quek and I made sure we sent our YAs first so that we won't get fined. HAHA. Hence, Zhuo and Han would receive E1, E20 and E5's YAs in one email. LOL. After watching movie, we walked all the way to Rochor to eat tau huay, chatted a while, then cabbed back while Bryan and Maverick went somewhere else as they felt like tonning out tonight. I jokingly complained to Leon about today. Me: Leon! Our plan was supposed to be cut hair, not movie! Leon: I know! But movie was our dream! (Laughters in the cab) Maryse: Leon 4D-ed the movie happening, no wonder E6 can grow so fast because all the leaders can 4D! Me: Some more Leon got faith and speak it out, call forth the movie plan which didn't exist as though it did. Leon: Yah but you were the one who agreed! Me: Yalor! Two or more agree so it happened! (More laughters) This is what happens when leaders go high. Don't leave out Quek, he did the best part. He sang this song according to the tune Last Christmas. Last week's Christmas, and this week's New Year And three weeks later, it's Chinese New Year Have the freedom to help him complete the song until he finds the inspiration to think of more words and rhymes. Oh well, that's my New Year's Day. Time for backup plan. Happy New Year guys! (At least I didn't start this entry with "Today, I woke up, brushed my teeth..." so if this entry sounds boring, I'm just tired haha.) Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 3:26 PM
first Not the best New Years' Day I've had because I'm not feeling the best. Nah, it's nothing. I'm not physically well, that's all. I think I didn't get enough rest. Probably other things I'm disappointed about are the same old things which I've sadly brought along to 2009... Well, that's where I'm going to end every one of them. Let's talk about things that I'm happy about. Kenneth's Classmates + 2 other guys - After 6 long months, Kenneth finally managed to bring them with the help of Jian Han, and 2 others tagged along... They came for Friends' Night! Although we didn't LAN after that, I believe they enjoyed themselves. Personally, I enjoyed hanging out with them and laughing with them at all the stupidest things during supper. We clicked well man, maybe one day I should crash their class outing. HAHA. I can't wait to see them in service! Yan Rui - You came for Friends' Night! I thought you didn't want to come already?? Haha, but really happy you came. I was shocked when I received the call from you and you said you were already in church. I'm glad you got to know more people like Maryse, Joy and many other girls in the zone... Most of all, you got to talk to Garrett! 2009 cannot get any better than you being with us! HAHA! Kenneth - It has been a roller-coaster year for both of us, and I think through it we've grown a lot. It doesn't feel the same now... I look at you, I look at the CG, I look at myself, I look at us... It looks different, It seems different. You are so much more mature, humble and bold. To see you shoot on Christmas Day and hearing how well you're doing in the ministry is probably the best Christmas gift I can ever receive this year, what more from God. Keep running this race! You have a long way ahead before your great destiny in Him! :) Stephen - You're the other surprise I got! Great to have you spend New Years' Eve with us. Home is where the heart is... Can see where your heart is! Haha. I believe God is going to raise you to greater heights this 2009! E20 - Biased as you may call me, in my eyes E20 is the best CG I've ever come across in my entire walk as a Christian. I'm proud to be your leader. 2009 is going to be a great year for us. Never look back and think that we've wasted 2008, because it has prepared us for this stage. Things are going to change so much this year that you'll never imagine it happening... But it will, because all things are possible with God. Revival :) Jeremy Quek - My tag team partner. HAHA. Similarities and differences, it was the last part of this year where we got to know each other more. I really thank God for such a friend like you. Thanks for being there for me, thanks for understanding many things. You rock lah! :) Bryan - Angel from Australia. I seriously can't wait for you to graduate and come back for good. You're a true asset to our church, to our zone (though technically you're not in our zone but whatever, haha), and most of all a great friend to all of us. Thanks for the stayovers and the talks. You made everything look more real again. Haha. Mong - It's great to see you doing so well now. I look back at the days where we were still in the same CG, and now, how much you've grown. I believe we'll find ourselves working together again, in more ways than just being in the same team in AMT(A). Looking forward to that! Let's continue running this race together! KS - How can I forget? If you didn't bring me to church, I don't know what would have happen to me. As much as our dreams and goals were so idealistic, it was so fickle, but God had great plans for each of us. Now, let's rise up together. SCGLs :) Adriena - You'd probably least expected this, but I want to thank you for your concern and encouragement that night. I admit I wasn't that keen on talking because of what was happening to me that week, but I saw that you tried really hard. Besides that, you really inspire me to grow my CG the same way. Thanks for going before us and setting this benchmark. Well, E6 will not be the only CG growing this way, we'll see more in the zone ;). Fastest growing zone, let's make it happen together. That's all for my first entry of the new year. Kind of late but... Oh what the heck... Haha. Guess I'll take the next hour to rest and munch on some snacks in the fridge, then back to life... That sounded so life-sucks! Haha. Oh well, let's do life together. :) |