God of this City cover - Blue Tree/Chris Tomlin

Here is my latest! God of this City. Indeed there are greater things to be done in this city. When we are still alive let us all contribute to the city we live in. Patriotism is something I haven't really practiced, but actually its not about being patriotic, but how can you contribute to the city, so that you can change it!

Dental Surgery

Yesterday I went for Dental Surgery to remove my micro-implants, which are the screws at the back of my mouth, the ones that anchor the position so that my teeth can shift to the back by pulling it.

Complicated.

The good news is, its a smooth surgery, i got two lumps on each side of my mouth now. lol. Though I can't exactly laugh out loud now. Ow.... There was no post-operational bleeding, which is good news of a speedy recovery. I had to take pain-killers, of course and a mouth-wash specially prescribed. The surgery was in the afternoon and finished around 3pm? Somewhere there.

My dad was with me and we went to Sim Lim Square to check out graphic cards and games and looking for a bundle price for a fully-assembled CPU with of course the best specifications. It was expensive, and we needed a new CPU anyway. But we did not buy it on that day, there's still my mom to consider about.

After which we went home and I took a nap till Dinner time. I had to eat, steamed promfet fish, tofu and salted egg. All of them are soft food as you guessed it. After dinner, we watched the TV primere of Tuxedo. Jacky Chan and Jennifer Love-hewitt are in it. Love all the quirky accent by Jacky Chan and his choreograph skills as usual. One thing I noticed is, in every Jackie Chan film he always comment about wasting the film in his credit shots. LOL! Some may find it irritating, I call it being smart. Even in a big-budget film you still should at least try to lower cost, especially if you do not know what is going to happen on your set. Then again, I'm not Jackie Chan.

Yup, so there goes my boring day... Btw... I did a recording! Its a song by Blue Tree, covered by Chris Tomlin before and now I cover it. LOL In the next post. Chao!

Through it all...

Oh yeah, wondering why its Green theme? For some of you who know me, its because my next phase of life is Army.

So I decided to fit the theme in! Cool huh... If you can't adjust to the brightness I suggest sunglasses. XD

Besides, why through it all? Well, I was thinking that Through everything I have been through, through it all... I will still follow him. Of course I wanted to fill in the blanks myself. So its actually Through it All, I trust in Him.

No prize to guess who He is. LOL!

Besides that, I've been bugged lately by my bad habits. They seem to have return, all the laziness and procrastination as well as the lack of drive. Its like I really do not know what to do with my own life. Don't you ever feel that way sometimes?

I mean sure, I know I have a destiny in Christ. However, sometimes, as I began to go through life's motion. Life always have a tendency to bend your decisions. I know I wanted to be in the Arts area, yet which one am I suppose to be in? Music? Animation? Design?

Then again. As I look back to my achievements, my art was only so-so, I do not have music lessons before until now. Yet I do not really know if I can be successful in these areas. After all, most of my time is spent studying, slacking, playing games... the Normal stuff... Yet I love extraordinary things. I dream of myself doing extraordinary things. God even gave me dreams which are extraordinary and sometimes difficult to comprehend haha... Well, His thoughts are higher than our thoughts, sometimes his images are Higher quality then our images. Yes, God has a HDTV imaging system while we suffer with normal TV quality.

Then sometimes we just can't really see ourselves doing that. Worse, you want them ALL! I know humans have a limit they should share their abilities with one another. But my desires are out of whack! Though everything points towards the arts. I actually wanted to dance but looking at myself now, I am not even physically qualified. I love to music, especially composed by other people for soundtracks. There is an emotion tied to it that is hard to break off. Thus I start taking lessons to see if I have this ability as well... I love animation since young. Watched animation all the time, which was really very bad, do not let your children watch too much TV please!

Don't make them just dream, let them do whatever it is the job is required get them interested in that job scope...

Though I have indecision but for now, I still put my trust in the Lord. Temptations come, yet I still trust in the lord to deliver me from them. I must first of all put the effort, and confess, Faith is an action, its also a confession.

"I may not have a great feeling right now, but so long as you believe, ALL THINGS are POSSIBLE!" - Rev. Casey Treat

Love that faith guy!

Past few days....

Its been awhile since I last blogged. Too busy. Ok I admit, I'm lazy to blog.

First of all, to keep you guys up to date... I got a job at Mecomb Singapore Limited. But it was just to help them move their office from Bukit Timah to Jurong West. It was an experience to see how an office moves from one location to another. And I met a fellow temp staff there too, name was Ying Xiang. We sure did loads of packing. At first I did not really talk to him much, because the move was rather hectic. We will be packing and making boxes for the whole office to pack their stuff. I was posted to help out in the Pumps Department.

When lunch came, Ying Xiang and I would eat together and just talk. Interesting and friendly guy he was. Eats sandwich only for lunch, a person who loves most of the things I liked and I would say we can clique well. I have never met someone so alike to me then him. So I've been working with him and other colleagues to shift their stuff.

One name I will always remember during this whole shifting and that is the moving company. K. C. Dat. Truly and amazing bunch of logistic movers. Fast and efficient, they managed to shift most of tables, shelves and other hardware including computers and the numerous boxes in the office, out in just 4 days, which is actually quite fast! And that was only one floor. There was still another floor for shifting which they did it the day after. In other words the whole office shifting actually took nearly a week. A week to shift the FULL OFFICE? I can only say, amazing. One of the colleuges there complimented their efficiency to the person-in-charge. He had something to say: "So long as the attitude is right, everybody plays their part and obey, everything can be done." Which got me thinking.

We christians know that our Attitude determines your Altitude. Yet, we never really could see the result of that happening. Well, this group has just gave me an illustration for an effective force and effective systems that help them move stuff out and postitioning it in the Jurong building all in just 4 days. I overheard they have men at every station point to move the things. There will be some stationed at the Bukit Timah area, another stationed at the Jurong area. In this places they have groups of people stationed at every crucial point like the top of the lift, the bottom level where they are going to load, and for the Jurong side, there are more people as the place do not have a life they have to move it up the stairs... Wow...

Well, moving on. My job at Mecomb later came to packing the store, help unpacking the boxes as well as to do abit of filing and finally chopping letters as the address was all wrong and I had to chop the new address on nearly all the envelopes. LOL! Boring jobs, but I get to spend time with Ying Xiang which I now consider him as a buddy. He loves the anime world and other worlds which I ventured in. Games, abit of music, and he is like a big brother to me during the whole two weeks...

The bad news for me was, I was only there to help for the move and my last day of work was just yesterday... Oh well. It was a timely thing anyway. I will be going for a minor surgery for my dental implants. Yes, remove those pins in my mouth. Its happening this Monday.
Praying for a smooth operation.

Hope this keeps you guys up to date. Oh one more thing... HEROES SEASON 3 IS FINALLY OUT!!! WHOOHOO!!! SO MANY QUESTIONS TO THE NEW SEASON! The first two episodes were aired and whoa, really many things happen at one go. This season could be the best one yet!

Entering a new Destiny...

Pastor Kong shared on Sunday about having Son-ship. It has really got me thinking...

Like father like son, I started to compare myself with my Dad and see the similarities we both had. To be honest? Both of us are actually VERY similar. My Dad likes to sing, though a little bit out of tune and not at the right timing, in other words, my Dad and I love music. He plays the guitar and harmonica, I play the guitar and learning piano. LOL!

We both love service and dressing up nicely for it too. We will take the effort to dress well when needed to. Also, we have the same way of praying. We will go by a system, like putting our life before God before praying about other things. We love sports or rather, we like to have fun, played soccer until our stomach all pain, not from getting hit by the ball, but from laughing so hard because of all the funny stuns we did.

What does all this got to do with Son-ship? Likewise, our God is our Heavenly Father. What is true in the Natural is True in the Spiritual, truth is parallel. So If I am like my Dad in the Natural, shouldn't we all be like our Heavenly Father in the spiritual?
Also, we come from City Harvest Church and Pastor Kong is like a Role Model to all of us, in other words, Our spiritual mentor, which I can gladly say, he is like a Father to his church, and we are his "children". Therefore, when we go out, we know immediately who are City Harvest Members because we are somehow able to get City Harvest DNA from our very own culture in church.

Its like Singaporeans have a special language called Singlish, punctuate every sentence with a "La" or "Lo". And that defines us as Singaporeans. Its the same for City Harvest! We always clap on the 2, 4. Always, unless abit musically not so inclined then you are forgiven, but naturally we will clap on he 2, 4 beat to every song. Also, we are a church that claps alot. We will also know when to clap at the right time. Most of the time... haha...

But the point here is. We will inherit the DNA of the Church and become what the church was in the first place. We have a certain way City Harvest people will pray. We have a certain "City Harvest" style in the way we do. Sometimes I feel thats why I decided to join City Harvest because I want to adopt this way of spirituallity and not a religious relationship.

I love City Harvest atmosphere created during Jurong West. It was so City Harvest at that time. But somehow, I've begin to feel that CHC all of a sudden did not become what it used to be. It was rather saddening and I think Pastor Kong was a little sad too... Where was the church that will jump at every praise song? Where was the church that was discipline in the church service, not moving around all the time, ready to listen to the word, ready to say "Yes" when a scripture was told to turn to. All this was the City Harvest I knew off... Yet it is sad to see, that the enthusiasm to even attend cell group... was also gone. We have to motivate others to scream and yell when we wanted to, but back then it was all automatic, the fire was wearing out... Sure we are a young adult cell group but I've been to adult cellgroups who seem to be more on fire then the youths! The adult camp has already proven that to me.

I am thoroughly disappointed in City Harvest at some time. But still, we serve One God. Lets not look on the left or the right, look at yourself in your heart. Ask yourself, am I really a City Harvest Memeber... A person who follows a church has to bear the values and the habits of that church, good habits. I once learned that to attain success, we can't just sit on the sidelines, we have to PARTICIPATE. I do not know if I'm putting my point across well enough, but I really want to see the City Harvest I once knew, ever since we moved to Expo, everything's way too different. I mean, we should not stay the same, but that does not mean we lose the personality of who we are. City Harvest is just the same, after all the church is people. You make the decision, whether to join in or not, whether if you want to be a son.

A Son will always build up God's purpose for his life, because not only is he a Servant, but he wanted to be LIKE God, just like how we sometimes are Like our Father. Its the same. What is true in the Natural it is True in the Spiritual...

God Bless and Good Night people...

Army men...

Today I went out with my best bud along with my other secondary school friends.

We decided to hang out for dinner and chit-chat over dinner. This is because, my friend Kean, has just POP, in short for Pass Out Parade. In other words, Basic Military Training (BMT) is over for him.

He had some stories to tell of life in the army and one of my friends joining us, named Stedson, was a 3rd Sergent and both of them began to share about army stuff and me and my myanmar friend, Thit Lwin, sat there and listen and laugh along with them.

Occasionally they will turn to Thit and go on saying about the IPPT or Army's NAPFA I sometimes call it. Then they will say he is able to make it to Command School. Then when they turn to me, they will always sarcastically doubt me and say that I won't make it big or I won't make the cut.

It has been like this for years... They still like to talk me down. In fact, it seems that everywhere I go, I have been talked down. Whether is it Strikeforce, in my own cell-group(rarely happens but sometimes) and most of the time with my outside friends, all of them like to "suan" me hokkien for "disturb" or "talk down".

I sometimes feel why am I a male. I mean, I have been made fun when my friends would talk dirty and I do not talk dirty they will start to disturb me. When I laugh along with them, they always ask me why do I laugh. I don't get it? Is it just my lack of communication? Or is it because I am not Man Enough. What exactly is the world's vision of being a man? That I have to talk dirty and speak vulgarities like nobodies business? Those every verb have to be replaced with an f word?

Why is it so hard to communicate openly with them. I mean Kean will sometimes talk to me seriously, but he is the one that doubted me the most. He was the one who say that if I stayed like this, I could not make it. What am I suppose to do? Prove myself? Yea, maybe I will. But what I really dislike was that the fact that I have not went through it and immediately they say that I cannot make it, saying I won't be alert and may get the whole platoon into trouble if I ever enlist.

I was so frustrated at their words, but I did not show it. Instead, I put on a smiling face and never talked back. Because if I did talk back, Kean has a way to counter the words I say.

Yet, I still consider him as my best buddy. He is my music confident, my "teacher" in music and i definately admire his musical prowess. He is also the first guy I have been friends with a long time. He is my only friend that gives me a Reality Check and I need him to be those kind of guy, because without him, I would've probably lived in a Fantasy World of my Own and not do something about the dire situation I was in before.

I guess, the army is really tough if he say that I could not make it, I'll PROVE it. In the name of Jesus I will prove him wrong. God I ask for your strength and discipline, an annointing of being alert at all times. I have to exercise more in order to build up my strength, especially arm strength. I need to get 20 pull ups. Thats my current goal. I need to start training leg power for running and Standing Board Jump. I have to be able to prove, that i can do all things, through Christ who strengthens me...

Urge for a Merge? Or just your Flesh talking...

Many a times I walk along the streets, on the MRT and on the bus. All I see are couples, couples and more couples. Sometimes when you just stand in the middle of all these couples, immediately your concious starts to hypnotise you, "Time to get a girl-friend." And it will swirl in the depths of your thoughts over and over again.

Its the agony of single and available people. Bachelors and Bachelorettes are all considered DESPERATE!

HOWEVER!

I have a question to post, "Is it really time yet?" Most of us will reach to this question when you see someone you really liked and you say, "thats the right partner for me!" But is it really?

Many fall into the trap of the outward looks and never looked on the inside of the person. I too am a victim of such, honestly speaking, for guys especially. Who won't stare at a girl dressed in a speghetti strap, black silky sexy dress? or even a girl with a bikini on at the beach? If a guy says that he has never took a glance at a girl dressed like that, they are most probably lying. Either that, or theres something wrong with them biologically... Lets not get there.

The point I want to make is Character Triumphs Looks. I actually found that to be VERY true... I have seen some of the girls in my school who were sexy, good-looking and being just how sexy girls are, yet, they are lousy when it comes to helping people, to serving people. Some will whine and even spoke the beautiful language know as "Vulgarity".

Seriously, I have an issue with girls swearing all those profanities. It just seem... Wrong to me. I mean, sure they have been influenced but its just one of the things that I really dislike a girl immediately. Another issue is referring to girls who smoke. Girls, why would you want to have your teeth yellow, or to have breathe that smells like cigerette? Its really something I do not understand. You want to look beautiful but in the end, you destroy your teeth, lungs and eyes will be bloodshot. Whats the point in looking beautiful when you are destroying your insides.
I would gladly throw a listerine water bomb into your mouths.

Don't think I bomb the girls the guys go scott-free. What in the world are guys doing these days? I have extreme issues with guys who always think about sex sex and just sex. I do have friends like that, and I really pity the dude. I mean sure, guys WILL think about sex, but its how you control the thoughts that make you accountable for it. It was preached during FOP when Mark Conner came he said that thoughts are swimming around and you are RESPONSIBLE as well as you HAVE CONTROL to sipphon out the thoughts that were not applicable to lead a righteous path. The thought will come but its your choice whether you want to go along with that thought.

I find that if guys cannot control themselves, it is an excuse for not taking responsibilities over their own life. Understandable that some really could not control themselves. If thats the case they can still choose to go for Counseling and that in itself shows that you need help and you are taking responsibility over it. Overall, as you can see the problem with most guys is taking responsibility.
Yep, me too, I'm struggling in that area too, but I make to choice to give it a shot again. I may fail but I try again to be responsible. The spirit of Resilience is in all of us, women and men. We can change! Theres no such thing as "I can't, I just can't control-" Do yourself a favour, SHUT UP and go and PLAN! Think! What can I do to stop this. If you put the effort, I'm sure you will think of something.

So I've side-tracked again. But yes, how do you know if its the one. Honestly speaking? Its all based on effort. For Christians, we have God's guidelines on choosing the right partner, and its up to you to follow. However, I know we have preference in our partner. Example, I like girls who dress well, physically well proportioned and love arts and performing arts.

So what to do? I am not physically proportioned yet, I have a zero on my tummy for goodness sake and arms like jelly. I always dress in bermudas and t-shirt. If you were like that and lets say you meet a girl who really was super-stunning in a very beautiful dress and you just walk up to her to talk to you. She's not going to pay any attention to you. Come on, I mean, in the end we need to put effort as such that it can meet your requirements in a girl. I mean, you want to have a girl that dress well? Then Start dressing well! You want a well-toned girl? Please do yourself a favour and go and exercise.

I'm not saying this is a SURE-GET thing. Its just a way to heightened your chance. Also since you like this kind of people with arts? Go and mix around with people like that! I believe if you put in the effort, if you seek God and God is the centre of your life, your partner will eventually come.

God Bless! =)

Strikeforce, Drumfest 2008 Coming soon!

Alright folks! I shall just get to the point.

I'm going to perform for Strikeforce! Woo hoo! FINALLY! I wanted it to be my last performance actually. I have always wanted to serve in Choir ministry. After the revelation that God has a dream for every one of us and it so happens that one of them is singing and leading praise and worship. So i was planning how am i going to attain that goal. Indeed I want to lead praise and worship in future, whatever platform may be. Whether in cell group, or, in my dream, in my future studio office. That's why I picked up guitar, thats why I made the decision to serve.

Anyway, Strikeforce! Yep, I'm going to play in the Singapore Drumfest 2008! Its going to be big! All the HUGE drummers of this age are going to be there as well as aspiring drummers and musicians are all going to be there! To watch us perform an item on the concert. Wow...

Of course the practice time was a killer. I mean, its on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night, 8pm to 10pm at Joo Chiat. And this week, we have rehearsal on Friday night, venue not confirmed yet. However, we know its going to be a blast!

I'll be playing for 2 parts of the Gig. The intro and middle part. The final part is for our UDM drummers! I want to give my very best for this performance, take it as the last one and after this, I will be heading on to newer heights, challenges and even new goals.

The performance date is on a Saturday13 September 2008 at Fort Canning Park.

DUFFY- MERCY (ACOUSTIC - HQ SOUND)

OMygoodness... Great voice and I really like this song! It really has the groove to it, but really her voice is simply stupendous!