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2007:D

hahas well, it's been more than 2 weeks since my last entry and quite alot of ppl have been telling me to update soon, so here it is wif a long entry about what i have done for the month of dec for the past two weeks!!:D

hahas but before i begin, juz wanna wish Phoebe a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U!!!!!!wahahas, she is really a wonderful, fantastic, amazing, anointed, caring, friendly, helpful, committed or whatever adjectives u have to describe; in summary, she is the best cgl!!:D thanks for always inspiring me through the way u lead the cg and the words u speak into my life for u never fail to encourage and motivate me to use my talents for the marketplace!!:D

the song that u hear now is written by phoebe; the lyrics are really really very meangingful and it always touches my heart whenever i hear this song over and over again, and i really feel so honoured to help her arrange and record this song!!:D XIE XIE NI LIXIN!!::D:D

hahas the month of dec have truly been a busy and hectic month; at times feeling really tired and frustrated over the many things that i need to do, but as i begin to approach the end of the month and look back, all the activities have truly been enriching and also challenged me to move up another level of greater capacity!!:D

First up, right after the breakaway camp, was carolling wif the njchoir at raffles city on 20,22 and 23 dec. It was really fun getting back to sing carols wif them again after one long year and i really miss singing wif them alot!!:D also had various acapella grp singing the different carols and they really make the whole carolling session more exciting and unique. After carol sessions were followed by the traditional makaning session tgt to eat and catch up. Here r some of the photos!!:D

the njcarolling choir!!:D

my acapella carol grp singing Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer!!:D

Second up, the christmas service!!:D well this year round, the svc was really great, the whole atmosphere was really heartwarming wif the candle light svc, the halirious yet touching drama, the convicting Word and of cos, the wonderful fellowship wif the cg after the whole events!!:D Din managed to get the fotos yet from the ppl, but here r some of them!!:D

heartwraming candle light service!!:D

hahas the triplet wif me!!:D

And third up, was the thanksgiving part held on friday 2 daes ago!!:D well, coming tgt as a cg to celebrate the end of year and appreciate one another is always a great feeling. Watched a very heartwarming vid made by Maria of the journey of w325 for the past one year, each of us showing thanksgiving to one another, playing games, taking grp foto, fellowshipping wif the wonderful food made by Jingwei Marcus Huiyun Melina made the whole part a great success!!:D And not forgetting celebrating Lixin Bd as well!! really hope that w325 will move on strongly tgt and go on for greater achievements in the coming 2008!!:D

my wonderful cg w325!!:D thanks for always being there for me!!:D:D

looking back in the year 2007, it has been a journey of ups and downs but nevertheless, it has really make me grow up alot and realise the goodness of God in all this events that have happened. esp in the area of cell group, after being reshuffled to a totally new environment of w325, i have experienced a total new culutre and frens. but they always make me feel belonged to the cg.

And a big thanks to Maria for being alongside wif me to help out tgt wif lixin. believed that the past year of working tgt have forged a great frenship tgt and thanks for helpign me when i have trouble and i hope that 2008 we will work even better and closer tgt for w325!!:D

excited for the new year ahead, been thinking about the goals i wannaa achieve in the upcoming year and i will post up an entry soon!!:D for those hu is reading this entry, enjoy the last daes of 2007 and move on to 2008 wif greater expectancy and goals!!:D:D

9:43 PM

Sunday, December 30, 2007

royston!!

fellowship:D

hahas yest went wif adeline n elicia to go geylang eat good food!!:D everytime heard frm tv n frens that geylang got reali nice food, btu oh wells, yest was the first time i been there reali to eat lo!!:D hahas n thanks to the 2 cousins, that i get to try frog leg porridge aka tian ji zou for the first time in my 19yrs of existence!!:D initally was disgusted of eating a frog and somemore heard frm ppl tat they actualli beat th frogs to death wif the stick. but when i tasted it, it realli tasted great, almost similarly to prawn n crab meat!:D and eating it wif porridge, really is lyk oh mans ohmans!!:D nv regret trying it mans!!:D:D

After that we went to eat thefamous youtiao wif soya bean milk n beancurd!!:D sat there for lyk v v long time, chatting and toking abt old stuff n present stuff!!:D n the most interesting thing is that we currently have one v interesting common topic to talk about!!:D:D bt wells,been grt eating wif them,they reali make a real bunch of nice frens lo!!:D:D

hahas and todae, jianhui suddenly called me in de afternoon inviting me to the mini bbq help at chit huat hse tgt wif marquez and junwei!!:D also, nv regretted going though, spend alot of time eating good food, chatting, playing uno and receiving pumping as punishments and taking fotos!!:D always been a grt feeling to hang out tgt as bros and big thanks to jianhui n chithuat for buying the food and organising the whole thing!!here some fotos taken todae.....

12:15 AM

Saturday, December 15, 2007

royston!!

Breakaway Camp:D

Breakaway camp is indeed like what phoebe says; life changing camp and an awesome camp!!:D In this 3D2N camp, i can say for certian that this is the best ever camp that i have ever attended in my whole life!!

Went on sunday night around 10pm to KCPSS to prac for the Praise and Worship. Upon reaching there, i am already filled with excitement for the programmes that are lined up for the camp. The committee members were really hardworking and committed to the camp, throughout the whole night, they did not have a wink and stayed up the whole night to prepare for the games. We started the prac at around 1030 and time passed so fast that when we finished the prac, the time was around 1!!:D After that, went to do the hse banner wif the other team leaders and stayed till about 330 the time we finished the banner!!:D

The next morning, that's where the fun begins. Basically had ice breaker games, cheering session and of cos the human monopoly where the teams have to go thru each station to break the record to accuquire money and build houses there!!:D was proud of my whale team cos we almost broke every of the record and managed to found 6 community chests cds!!:D every station we went, we encouraged each other and had cheer every station.

On tuesday was the sentosa dae and even though the weathjer was not really favourable, but we really enjoyed ourselves to the fullest!!:D

To me, the breakaway camp was really awesome, esp the night sessions; for each session never fail to challenge my mindset to live my life fullest for God to be a blessing to others. It was esp the first night session where all the ppl's hearts were stirred; where B.Darren tok abt the hand of God and how each of us have a purpose in life that God has placed in us. No matter how old we are as a Chrisitian, God always move in us constantly.

In here,i feel so blessed to be able to play in the praise and worship team alongside wif faji,andy,michelle,ian. Playing tgt wif them is the greatest honour and privilege that i have from God and i really learn alot out of the many prac we have and the sessions that we play tgt. In the first night, as the ppl was being ministered, we ourselves too were ministerd in another way on the stage. They r one the greatest bunch of ppl to play wif and out of it also forge good frenships!!:D

Also, a big thanks to my whale team!!:D its been a grt honour to be the team leader of the grp!! stil rem carrying the big float whale everywhere we go, playing games, eating meals, cheering, and having rehearsals for the talentime!!N so proud that we r the best team in the tsunami house and the best camper (Jingwei) comes from our group too!!:D

Also proud to be in the tsunami house!!:D though in the first day we were the last in de medal tally board, but we went on to strive for better results ad became the 2nd overall house!!:D Just lyk wad B.Gabriel says, its not the quantity that matter for we are the smallest house, but the quality that matters!!:D The team leaders of tsunami was also v motivated and committed, losing our voices on cheering and that proves a fact when we won the best cheer award!!:D

This breakaway camp has really been a life changing one for me; for it breaks away my old mindset and challenge me to put on a totally new mindset. Indeed, breakaway is awesome!!:D

the best team in tsunami; whacky whale aka w325!!:D

the tsunami hse!!ni xi guo le ma?pssssssssss!!:D

the TLs and ATLs of tsunami, u all simply the best!!:D:D

me wif faji!!:D thanks for being such an inspiration!!:D

11:09 PM

Thursday, December 13, 2007

royston!!

Had a very fruitful guitar lesson today, went through the song we learnt 2 weeks ago, teaching them abt the theory of capo and finally plucking. Well, it's been almost 1 mnth since the lesson started, and i can say that they are really enthusiasitc about learnign and one of the evidence is through the vast progress and improvements they have made!!:D still remember when i frist learn guitar, it took me reali a long time to learn what they have learnt right now, so guys if u r reading this, keep up the good work and keep on practising what u have learnt so far!!:D

Thanks to jun gang for blessing me with the sugary donut!!:D rem telling him yest tat i esp love sugar donut in bakery cos i lyk traditional taste and he reali got me tat!!:D thanks so much bro!!:D

30 more days to the end of 2007, like wad pst says yest, it does not matter what we have done for the past 11 mnths, cos its over already, but wad is most impt is the remaining 30 days that we can use so that we can rem that 2007 is a great yr!!:D

so gotta make full use of my dec this yr!!:D

11:30 PM

Sunday, December 2, 2007

royston!!

hahas this song is one of the signature song for TTBB--my acapella group!!:D suddenly got a chance to browse thru all the songs n chanced upon this song. When i hear it, it really brings back alotof beautiful memories of singing tgt even when we r busy studying in jc!!

I rem this song was arranged by our master composer,De Wei, as a performance for our seniors farewell night. At tat time, TTBB was just an unknown singing force, yet v passionate in singing tgt. This song was so special in a way because this was combined with 3 diffrernt songs and each of the 3 songs have the word "leaving" in them.

First song is leaving on a jet plane, 2nd song easy term, 3rd song leaving's not the only to go, with solo louis, haoguang and me respectively!!:D

Stil rem the times where after lessons or even after choirs, we will prac this song till as late as 10 plus, often reaching home at 11 plus or 12, tired but feeling v satisfied!!it is this passion for singing and frenship that always keep us going on admist of all the homeworks that we have.

This song was recorded on 930pm at the sch atrium becos of its grt acoustic, and it was the time when the sch practically had nobody, and we just immesed ourselves; enjoying every bit of singing this song, closing our eyes, standing in a circle, singing to the center. The feeling was really great, as it really makes us liberated and having the feeling of singing over and over again. Altough the sound quality recorded is not superb, but whenever we hear it, it really touches our heart!:D

Stil rem the times where we went all out to write more songs, arrange more songs, take part in performcaes, talentime, charity concerts and all this hav not come easy!!Really hope to cont singing wif this grt bunch of wonderful ppl!!thanks so much ttbb!!:D

12:21 AM

Saturday, December 1, 2007

royston!!