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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

wow it's been a very long time since i last blogged!

few things on my mind:

HOGC experience is coming up next week & it is truly an experience!! 
love the whole growing process, but really love the team as well. feel very privileged to be chosen to work it out the first time round. there are certain people that really makes me happy to work with too, i.e evonne! she is so amazing & whoever marries her will be so blessed! heh kidding! :) but really, seeing how Pastors is so personally involved in the entire process when they could so simply called garrett & yassy to run the whole thing makes me so proud. our Pastors always trains the next generation & i know it because they chose a totally new batch of people to run this whole thing. i'm glad i have Pastors who believe in me, who believe in new people, who builds people up from scratch. that is the heart of God church experience, i wished Pastor Jamaal could see all of this. THIS is the heart of heart of God church, it is the heartbeat of God, the heartbeat of Pastors.. love my Pastors :)

on the pastoral end, d1 is amazing in it's own ways & i really love the whole dynamics. there's a strength within & i can't explain why!
huishan, beryl, mabel, huimin, cherie, jerlyn, alvina, pollyna, wanting, samteo, jovina, joy wee, colin, marcus, jin kiat, cheng ming, felicia, howteng, eunice, jerome. - you guys are amazing!!! 

thank you for always holding up the people when i'm not around, thank you for your never-ending sowing into the people's lives no matter however tired you are, however broke you are, however busy you are.. d1 will never be where it is today if not for you guys.

andy kan is one person that made me really happy throughout the past week because i saw how he changed. he woke up at 5am last sunday because he had to come for the 630am BMT & he was on for projection duty. but it wasn't just about that.. it is the way i see a sparkle in his eyes once more. it is that familiarity all over again and i feel like i know him and i really really do now. there's no more holding back, constricted thoughts, tugging of feelings etc. it is all so God and i really love this clarity. i don't know if you'll ever see this but thank you andy for making the decision to fight for God :)

deborah msg-ed me the other day & asked me if i could disciple her because she was impacted by what garrett shared during BMT about discipleship.. i saw it & i was so moved. hey, when someone approaches you for discipleship, that person is serious about growing spiritually in the house of God! i'm so proud & happy :)

there's many others rising up & they all make things happen so it's all very good. sam woo has broken out of her quiet self and has been talking so much nowadays i love it! joy wee tried to master how to make a strawberry shortcake 3 times in a week so she could give it to lynette before she left for LA.. 

jovina called up her whole class one by one to ask them if she could shift the remedial day away from friday when she realised she could not make it for the leaders meeting at 730pm as she had a remedial at that time. sam teo did not ask her to do it but she took her own initiative to call them up one by one, and then told her teacher after that to move the remedial to another day when the class can make it.. SHE CAME FOR LEADERS MEETING THAT DAY!!!

the entire CEG came together to hold a bday celebration for jin kiat & he brought 13 new friends on that day! marcus planned the whole celebration despite the fact that his bday was just next to jin kiat's bday but he selflessly planned for jin kiat instead of his own! 

i love how we are one family despite being a hundred. i love how we all love God and love people. i love it how we all love Pastors and honour them. i love how at the end of the day, the people blend in so well & there's such a great culture and DNA. love God, love people!

having e odds is so cool because you get to hang out with the people & you constantly see God's hand upon their lives. just took the worship session earlier with the leaders & i teared at the very first part of the meeting because God spoke so clearly to me where all this was going. it's pure faithfulness & commitment to carry on this wednesday routine for the past 5 months at the very least, but God was building them.. & that's all that matters. i love doing the grind, i love spending time with them in God's presence, bringing them back to Him.. God moves, God really does!

& that is how i'm going to do it.. meeting the prcs group weekly to pray & seeing their lives get changed by God. i know He has a plan for this school & i'm anticipating a revival. just hearing them talk about how they secretly lay hands on their friends and pray for them silently makes me excited. prayer sparks off revivals, we just need to believe in that!

have been spending so much time with the leaders as well & just believing for them to catch the intangibles. mondays are really "spend time with people" days. daniel tay is our monday buddy because he loves late nights with garrett.. chloe, maryse, adri, jemquek comes along whenever they are free so that is really good. 

so you see, there are no secret formulas at all. it's really all about the people. when you start to live your life thinking for them, things start to change. God's heart is always for them and we just need to see it that way. i love it when there is a touch of God upon all that we do. 

of course, the good old times with jiayi, yolanda, samteo, felicia are the best. hung out with them at holland v's crystal jade that day and we just talked and talked about everything in our lives. i love jiayi so much & i always get excited when i see her, like literally i get excited, i jump up, & i run towards her! ha ha ha. love hanging out with these people because they are long time friends man! 5 years!!! can't believe jiayi is leaving for london again soon.. :( somehow this time round when she came back, i felt so much closer to her.. so that means i'm really going to miss her when she is gone.. ahhh. can't wait for end of year when she is back again!! :)

last but definitely not the least.. i've often told people that there are 2 G's in my life that i cannot live without - God & Garrett. it has always been this way & it will stay the same. i'm really so glad for garrett because he gives the best advice all the time. i'm so glad for him because he is the only one who is so brutally honest with me.. i'm so glad for him because he will pray with me, inspire me about reading.. i'm so glad for him because he is the only one who'll eat supper with me at 3am, go for breakfast at 9am, surprise me with salads etc. :) also very proud of him because he has changed so much from the person he was last year to the person he is right now.. still can recall all those noob moments we had last year HAHAHAHA seriously funny :) but anyway, he's the best of the best! righto! now i just need to psycho him to go exercise with me more often!!! he has this secret plan to make me lose weight by reaching church at 1055am every morning so i have to run up & clock in by 11am!! evil evil plan!! ha ha ha!

but seriously speaking, i'm so glad for garrett because he is the only one who will go crazy with me in the morning to buy balloons to surprise people. he's the only one who will travel with me to one end of singapore to buy food to surprise other people. ah, it's this whole surprising thing which many people cannot catch up with, BUT HE CAN! :) YEAH. so that's a bonus plus plus point :) love God, love Garrett! 

so that's all the things that's going on in my life right now! tried to summarize it as close to my heart as possible, alright gonna read "chasing the dragon" now! BYE!

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Sunday, July 05, 2009

i just had my most amazing discipleship class i just had to blog about it.

Jinyi
Cheryl Yeo
Debbie pang
Bong Tingli
Yong An
Christina Chan
Wei Cheng
Pansiri
Mel Wong
Sok Min
YY
Dilan

thank you for being the best people ever. 
it's inspiring to inspire you guys! i love it!
you guys were so hungry you drew everything out of me, so amazing..

alright, now i'm excited to see these batch of ppl go out to love psts & their ldrs..

heart impartation heart impartation... wooooo :)

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

love is a decision, it's not just a feeling or an emotion.

when you make up your mind that you're going to live a life for others, that decision moves from your head, to your heart.

it's almost as though your heart hooks up & makes a pinky promise to stay on, to keep doing the things that you are doing despite doing it for months or even years.

there is such sweetness when you love others, i cannot begin to describe enough. you feel satisfied, fulfilled, & it's an unexplainable joy. every time i push myself to love selflessly, i feel a breakthrough inside. when i do it all over, it becomes a recurring breakthrough. it's amazing, & yet very addictive. that's why i keep doing the things i'm doing, it's a cycle that i can't get enough of. 

anyhow, just wanted to say that Pastors are amazing, i could go on and on but here's one that happened to me recently. 

last sunday, despite Pst How being so busy, he texted me in the morning to encourage me about a couple of things, then asked me for samteo's hp no so that he could text her to encourage her. later on i found out that he even twittered about us going to malaysia to visit our people! how cool is that? :)

today, garrett & i brought albert & iris to eat tian tian huo guo at bugis. i love bringing people out for meals because i recalled how in the past, Pastors would often bring us out for meals & it all meant so much to me :) it's always nice passing down Pastors DNA.

anyhow, albert & iris are such awesome people to hang around with. just being with them makes everything worthwhile. just thinking about them brings a smile to my face.. albert is going to become a leader one day, iris as well. i see so much potential in them, they are the hope of the next generation!

haven't had the time to go out with every other person, but i sure do hope i can do so every now and then when i have the time. it's very special how all these meals work out to be so much more than just food. it's the bonding & connection, i absolutely love it!

alright it's getting late. i'm going to disappear to appear before God. He loves me so much that's why i wanna love Him back right now! such awesome life to be living in, keep loving your life guys!

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

just a short post before i rush off to shower & change & get to church.

so tempted to blog because of the many thoughts i have in my mind..

garrett's really amazing!! i guess i don't have to say this many times, but he really never fails to amaze me.. i rushed down to hear him preach at zone G & E revival svc last night & he just totally blew me away with his preaching.. 

what blew me away was not just abt him being super duper anointed, but the way he still gave his 200% despite his flu & cough.. throughout his preaching he was coughing away, but he did not complain one bit.. he just went on & delivered a v powerful sermon on the solomon generation.. 

it's so impt to be with someone who inspires you daily!!! :)

now, who are the people who inspires you daily? 

that being said, i really miss psts & lynette!! gosh, i've been following their twitter everyday & the more i read their twitter, the more i miss them!!! can't wait for them to come back soon!

life without psts & lynette pushes me to a whole new level of carrying the burden.. taking responsibility, taking ownership.. like what garrett mentioned in his sermon, it's not just Pastors' church or Pastors' responsibility but ours!! :) don't just wait for your Pastors or leaders to push you, but carry it on your hearts.. heart of God church is OUR church!!!!

man, so excited to go to church now! we're changing the world..

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

The study of our character is the study of our patterns & habits.
- A.R Bernard

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Monday, May 25, 2009

loving the team i am in..
the past two days of red rain was rocking!!!

seeing how the ops & events team do it together makes everything a lot more special.
it feels very sweet to have garrett around & i learn abit every time he works. woooo :)

all ready to chiong for the pastoral side now!!
seed sowing, lives changing..

met the d1 rangers just now & it's all v good.. we laughed alot & everyone was happy :)
we also realised huishan has a new boyfriend (tsktsk) & samteo can give an altar call in hokkien!! (she calls God her LIM BEI!!!)
what a funny group of people when everyone comes together.. no one makes sense anymore.
there's such uniqueness in all of you & i'm happy to be in a funny family of friends.
just thinking of yolanda + viknesh + samteo = classic!

on a side note, ezone leaders are so cool, so proud of them :)
just went out with adri, jemquek, wendyneo to surprise gab at his house w geylang beef hor fun.
they are the best people to be around with, super good team of leaders we have :)

despite wendy having bible sch the next morning, or adri having sch, jemquek having work.. they all just decided to surprise gab because they knew he was v hungry!

love seeing them love one another. 
the bond is getting stronger & unbreakable..
nothing can come between anyone anymore! (stupid devil)

anyway, how can we forget maryC right! i just went to check out her blog & her latest blog post abt idealism vs realism is very cool.. pls go check it out if you have the time!!! 


zhuoxinyi, your team is growing like maximum too & i'm so happy for you :D :D :D

this is a dream team man. i can't wait. ezone is going to grow & nothing is going to stop us.

p.s// very happy to see alan lee zhuolun, desmond woo, clara wong, & roy the past two days.. it's unexplainable.

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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

haven't been blogging for abit but decided to come back alive since i've just had my last huddle for the day & i'm feeling all accomplished & happy :)

waiting for garrett to finish his last meeting of the day & then we'll be munching on the sushi pieces that felicia bought for us, v v sweet of her really. (garrett says thank you too... )

just been feeling such a strong burden for the finances of our church.. knowing that this is OUR church, & taking full ownership of the $70,000 every mth becuz we know it is not pastors' responsibility or the adults' responsibility all the time, but we the youths got to rise up to be givers in this house.

love my Pastors so much because of how much they have sowed into this church. they literally gave up everything to build this church. EVERYTHING. right up till today, they are still giving so much just to build this church. it's so amazing how Pastors never ever grumbled about giving to this church. never. you never hear them complain about them sowing their whole lives to building this church.. for us. 

breaks my heart when some people don't treasure Pastors. 

sometimes it's so funny how we ask God to build this house for us, if not we'll labour in vain. it's funny because sometimes people are not even willing to labour, & it makes me wonder why would God build the house if we do not even labour :S

argh! we just got to go through the hard work and just WORK!!!

(Garrett says: AMEN!)

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

had CG with E3 CEG today & it was so good :)
the girls are really great.

sokmin's game was v messy & v fun & we all laughed our lungs out.
wendylee couldn't take over announcements properly becuz she was trying to catch her breath, but she was v cool.. i laughed abt it w the CEG & we all turned to our neigbours to imitate her.
mel was superb w her offering & she shared out of all her revelation of her heart.
peckhoon was v v anointed while worship leading, it was so easy to get into His presence.
wendyneo helps to arrange everything nicely for you so you can go in & be v comfortable with everything running by itself.
a super good team. the power of teamwork!

God came, i'm so addicted.

nowadays i'm just all over the place but God just leads the way. i love it!

maryse, zhuo xinyi, adriena makes me smile all the time.
seeing them the way they are now, bit by bit, slowly slowly i get so excited.

COOL. life can be so great with all these people around!
what more can you ask for? :)

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Wednesday, April 08, 2009

few things to update.

#1
last sat we had re-meeting for the pastoral meeting &. charleston was leading. he was qt thirsty so he asked me for water. when i stepped out of the room, i saw yao hui outside so i asked him if any of them had prepared water for charleston, but the next thing i knew, a cup of water popped out from the corner of my eye. they brought it into the mpr2 for charleston.

the sweetest thing was when i walked downstairs, yao hui came up to me and asked me what was charleston's favourite drink. when i asked him why, he said it's because charleston is thirsty and he wanted to buy for him a drink. he then proceeded to take out all the coins in his pocket and counted them on his hand and then said that it was enough to buy charleston a drink, and whether it's okay to buy 100plus for him, whether charleston will like it. i was so touched by this incident. yao hui is cool man.

#2
e zone planned a welcome party for charleston & myself on sunday, it was v sweet. i guess i felt it was just gd to see all the different CGs come together & have fun & hang out together. it was a gd switch in the atmosphere. the food was good, the emcees were funny, the games were cool, the people were spontaneous, the gifts were sweet.. i really enjoyed myself thoroughly. thank you guys :)

#3
sat next to nelia on sat & held her hand & jumped with her during praise. can't remember when was the last time i did that but it was pretty long ago, feels so good all over again. she made my night, totally!

#5
sat next to ee chan on sunday. so happened to pray for her during altar call, v v touching i felt. God really spoke to her. :) cool stuff.

#6
monday was well-spent with my favourite people on planet earth. i can't believe myself too but monday was real cool. i love admiralty! anyway, i cut my hair short!!! can't convince myself till today, but yes, i did. come for easter service if you want to see it HAHAHA.

#7 
i love my Pastors!!!!!!!!! they are the coolest people on planet earth. cooler than any prince or princesses wooo!!!


that's all!

love your life guys! 

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Saturday, April 04, 2009

peeks from mum's bday! :>



we went to the line @ shangrila woo~
v awesome food, v awesome service..
spent the entire night with my family!

love your family, be a gd testimony!

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Saturday, March 28, 2009

my life is greattt! how about yours? :)

yest morn i met the girl power leaders in ezone!
they are all very cool. ha ha.
got to know them alot, it was pretty hilarious.
zhuo xinyi is scared of tortoises, do you know?!
maryse has this signature :> pose that is duper hilarious.
oh & welcome home adriena!
she came back from the dusty land of HK, very very dusty!!!

this week i pretty much chiong-ed outings.
next week shouldn't be very much different, but i like! :)
i like being on the ground, knowing about the people!
be interested about people's lives! it's sweet :)

so that's that!

saw Pastors in the office yest and was so happy :)
texted Pst How to tell him that we all missed him, ha ha.
i think i'm so used to having my Pastors around all the time that when they go overseas, i feel a little funny on the inside. (miss them a lot la)

COOL! E'odds is gonna grow! i feel the buzz! E'evens also! woo!
d1 let's grow and breakthrough too! 

this week's service is gonna be great!
jeremy quek's bday is tmr, go wish him happy bday if you see him!!!

have the best life on planet earth, 
have the best people around me!

BYE!

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Monday, March 23, 2009

i had a REALLY exciting day today! :)

sent my beetle for repair in the morning & headed to raffles city to meet maryse!
we chatted abit & she found out alot!!! cool cool..
then headed to cathay to find wendyneo!

in the middle of everything i msg-ed alot of people.. OH MAN.
i sms-ed so much until i lost track of the people i was msging..
so if you get late replies from me, i'm very very sorry!
was busy multi-tasking.. so yeapp! :)
i know i've also asked many people out.. ha ha ha.. hot dates 1 2 3!!
so geh kiang.. i asked finish already then realised this week i'm qt packed h ah aha.

ANYWAY!!
highlight of the day was definitely playing L4D with maryse, fion, garrett, keith, pak cheong!!!
we played 3 VS 3 so we kept switching ard from zombie to survivor mode, v v fun!

also SUPER fun cuz keith keeps saving us when we kena attacked.
maryse & fion kept killing me, they are crazy serial killers man..
poor pak cheong always get bullied by us.. haha.
& i've come to realise that maryse's CG owns the game man.
like srsly, OWNAGE.
they are all super good players ha ha ha..

tmr's gonna be good as well!!!
i've been thinking alot, praying alot, planning alot.
just so excited looking at the things i've penned down..
alot alot of anticipation & expectancy, can't wait!!!
shall keep you all in suspense.. ha ha ha..

there's going to be CG this week!!! woooo!!!
YES SOKMIN I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE CG WITH YOU GUYS TOO :) :) :)
it's going to be great!!!

.. & just so you know, you are dearly missed, d1 dazzlers :)
seeing you do your cheer for lynette on sunday cracked me up totally. ha ha!
once a d'wonder, always a d'wonder!! :D

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Sunday, March 01, 2009

introducing to you..
the adventures of skinny girl and muscular guy.
so yes! this was what happened.
on a bright & sunny wednesday morning,
i couldn't take it anymore & founded jamie's sports & wellness club!
specially invited yo & colin into it & they agreed! :) :) :)
COOL!
we had our first outing to ngee ann poly the next day & ran like nobody's business.
yolanda ran till she fainted.but.. colin was still fit & funny.
of cuz i must have been pretty alive to take all these pics of them ha ha.
running w them is the best thing on planet earth :)
i'm so glad we ran; i'm so glad we ran together.

we took 154 back to church together & talked abt some stuff.. ha ha.
got to church, bathed, then we all had lunch together!
colin went to parkway to get us koi bubble tea so we were all v happy !!!
mannn, being on staff, having them on staff, is awesome :)

i love my healthy life!
i love my healthy friends!

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Friday, February 27, 2009

“Sometimes, fate has a cruel way of putting things together. Maybe it’s better if people just give up when there’s no point in fighting for something anymore. When the ship has finally sailed, only a fool would go after it when it’s already miles away. But sometimes it’s a lot better to be a fool to go after what we want and need, rather than to regret everything in the end because we never even tried.”
— Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean

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Thursday, February 26, 2009

see, there are some things in your life that you've got to fight for yourself.
today was just one example of that one thing i never knew how to fight.

it was a battle that was torn in between myself but more than that,
i genuinely felt broken on the inside.

fight for me as i've fought for You.

jealousy & insecurity are two very powerful words.
honestly it can cause one to do very crazy stupid things without much careful thought.

blindfolded not in the eyes but in the heart,
we end up hurting the very people who once loved us & cared for us.

without the bad, you don't see the good.
without the sweet, you don't taste the bitter.

it's so much harder than i had thought.
but once i pull through this i know i can tell the world a story.

there are some things you just never ever do,
there are some things you just never ever let go of.

just because.

so at the end of the day,
it really pays to be idealistic.

& to even start guessing what i'm talking about is minimally impossible,
except the one who knows all things.

hang on.

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Saturday, February 21, 2009

how to make twins!! :>

stayed over in church last night,
Pastoral AMT @ 8am this morning,
preaching in CCH later,
prep w charleston before that,
dzone leaders meeting at night.

felicia came to church today w a bag of old chang kee in her hands & exclaimed "jamie i bought you a chicken wing!!!"

i was SO happy :>
im in love w OCK's chicken wing :>

on a slightly similar note,
the CEG bought 2 kong ba paus for me yest 2gether w a tube of chocolates,
saying that it is to replace my kong ba pau car, & the chocolates were the wheels -,-
srsly, they are the sweetest people alive :>
out of this world, this universe.
u guys r aww-some.
so glad to be in d1, yay.

anyhow, i'm back to my sermon already.
4 languages of love.

have a rockin' weekend guys :>

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

exactly three days ago...

hi dominic, thank you for taking this picture w us although you were busy running ard talking to ppl, but cheng ming still pulled u along because we really love our zone leader & this means alot to us, three cheers for you!!! :>

alright! let me talk abt my super zone leader now.. ha ha!
i'm so impressed & amazed & in awe of him becuz last week, he was just chionging on outings, being at zone D's meeting, helping me with my sermon, preparing zone F sermon, preparing his sermon for Pastoral AMT (b) & being in church on sunday @ 730am for it etc.
we were joking tht he can be a sermon producing machine alrdy ha ha.
anw, all this is in addition to him having sch every morning @ 830am!!!!
& rushing all his sch projects as well!!!
pure madness man, no joke at all.

i'm so inspired...
so that's my zone leader for you! :>
my very anointed & super zai zone leader!!!
he doesn't carry his blackberry ard w him just becuz it's a cool statement,
but he replies all our emails to him almost on the spot!
yesterday he was just sharing w me abt my pt B & what i shld focus on in this season..
wht i can do w my ppl & abt the sec 2 boy who gave $500 for heart fest!

so you see, that's a week in the life of a zone leader for you! :>
be inspired.

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Wednesday, February 04, 2009








monday's leaders meeting was transformed into a bowling outing!!! :)
we had so much fun it was unbelievable!
huishan was the top scorer & she plays it stylo-milo way.
alan & colin & i shld just play our own game & we won't look too bad, ha ha!
andy almost threw himself into the lane together with the ball.. we were so worried.
mabel turns ard & sweeps her hair when she scores a strike!
we all tried to pose like the other bowlers before throwing the ball, but failed miserably..
some dropped the ball even before throwing it into the lane..
it was plenty of laughing at each other, but no bad intentions, just really really funny.
you shld have seen how we cheered for each other whenever someone scored!
we were practically like lil bowling fanatics in our own worlds,
everyone else there was curious why we were having so much fun ha ha hahaha.

i love spending time with you all!!!
let's throw money away again soon!!!

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Monday, February 02, 2009


last night, sunday night out = gd food, gd company !!!
had 2 follow-ups in church & drove down to newton circus with valtock, samteo & denghuimin to feast!!!
ha ha ha! the food was BAGUS! :) :) :)
all of us shared the OH LUA (oyster omelette), SAMBAL STINGRAY, BBQ CHICKEN WINGS, CHICKEN & BEEF SATAY, CHAR KWAY TEOW, BLACK CARROT CAKE, ACCOMPANIED BY MY FAVE FRESHLY SQUEEZED LIME JUICE !!!

in true s'porean language.. best bester BESTEST!!! :)
ha ha ha.

anw, don't think all the d'zone leaders all come together just to eat man!
we had a v v serious talk as well on the zone & came up w many ideas on bringing it to another level!
gotta carry the zone in your heart wherever you go!
it was v v exciting & thrilling & we're all anticipating for this thurs cuz its gonna be v v awesome! :)
if you're going, expect your life to be changed!

internship has finally come to a close & there's just a whole line of events & things i wanna do!

im finally FINALLY able to meet the leaders earlier on mondays!
no more monday night meetings!!!
now its early like 330!!! woo~
really excited to come back into the CG to work things out.
entangle knots, solve problems, spend time with the people..
i'm back to ZHNG the CG!!! :)

tmr there's gonna be meeting w charleston from 630 to 8, 8 to 10 & then 10 to 12 whoopedoo!

gotta rush out now! fish in water always feels better than ever!!!

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Sunday, February 01, 2009


aww u all really live up to ur name, CEG of love! :)
thx for all the sneaking ard to try & surprise me,
really made my last day of internship end on a sweet sweet note! :) :) :)

YEA!!!
IT IS FINISHED !!! :)

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Monday, January 26, 2009

i was contemplating doing a CNY post but since everyone else is doing it, i shall not! ha ha! who needs to know how many pineapple tarts you've eaten & how many KG of bak kuas you've gobbled down right!

this CNY, aside from all the food & catching up w relatives, i managed to catch up w God too :) more than just the BRP, i think it was a gd time for me to prep myself before i ended my internship & start on w a new phase of my life.. working for my dad part-time & volunteering in church part-time.

so many thoughts have whizzed past my head the past few mths of how i'm going to walk through this mountain & valley & know that i'm walking in the will of God & not walking in my own ways of what I want to do, but God, what do You want me to do?

to actually know that this is really going to be me stepping out of the comfort of sch & earning my own money & saving it, & trying to be more independent w every single part of my life scares me a little. my parents have asked if i would be able to support myself w the little they are going to give me, & i struggled a yes. i guess, it's really quite a big step for me, but i'll try. i know if i want it bad enough, i'll definitely find a way to make it happen.

tht aside, i'm very, very excited abt this next part of my life. being 21 is one thing, but doing great things when i'm 21 is another. i'm really glad for my life, it's like no other :) be happy for your life, it's such a pain nitpicking at all the things you are unhappy about. i think sometimes we fail to see all the gd things, & we end up forcing ourselves to be happy with the little we think we have. looking back at my life, i think God has blessed me with much, in fact sometimes i think too much, ha ha, so i choose to be very happy with all of tht :) :) :)

so happy now.. but i know tmr is gonna be an even better day! :) :) :) :) :)

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Friday, January 23, 2009

part & parcel of growing up 1 2 3 .

thank God for technology... for skype, for webcams, for handphones.

:)

Pastors are away together w garrett & the rest of their family.
the leaders & staff are all at KL happily eating away.
fifi has flown off as well together w 2 others.

i think it felt really unusual yest morning,
was trying to find names of people to ring up but mostly they aren't around, v v strange.

CG was great tho, v ministering, v inspiring :)
its gd to pray, i love praying, i love seeing God move in His mighty ways.
we dwelled just tht lil bit more in His presence to soak it all in.
i love it when smth so intangible becomes so tangible.

internship is ending soon, lets celebrate together.
God encouraged me this morning, i had a gd talk w Him :)
patience is a gd virtue, in any & every area of your life.

happy CNY y'all :)

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

hello, its 6am.
& i just got back home from a duper long meeting with dom & the other CGLs @ pgsm.
mama, its sucha crazy lifestyle we're living.
okie right now,
i will look through all the plans & programmes for tmr's reunion dinner,
then sleep and wake up in an hr's time to get ready for work,
then rush down for the zone reunion dinner as soon as work ends!
okay all that is gd & it shall be gd, cuz i said so.
everything is falling into place so nicely.. cool stuff :)

shuyi & jieru was in my kong ba pau car when i was telling them how this lifestyle is smth i'm gonna train myself to get used to.
really want to push myself to another level now, so yknow what that means.
meanwhile, im really sleepy & tired right now so i better catch a wink before chionging all over again..

a night in the life of jamie, ha ha ha.

see you guys, hope you have a great day!

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009


we took these minutes before stepping into 2009! everywhere was so chaotic but we still managed to gather everyone together in a few secs, grab a camera from don't know whose hands, & quickly snapped the last shot of 2008.



it was so much mad fun, everyone was screaming into everyone's face & whoever was holding on to the clapper became slightly high & overly excited... look at the first pic! our mouths are all open, so super hilarious cuz we were in the midst of joining the rest & screaming away. :)


i love the CG, really! :) you guys make everything awesome.


i love my church! i'm so going to grow up in this place for the rest of my life!


p.s/ hello LUCY, if you're reading this.. do you see yourself?? hehehe.


GOODBYE NEW YEAR, HELLO CHINESE NEW YEAR!!! :)

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

so excited for CG to be starting all over again.
the first CG of the year, it's gonna be great! :)
lynette will also be doing a short sharing in all our CGs, can't wait to hear that!

i went to TCC with yolanda last night & we were supposed to be doing our own work.
but guess what?! we ended up eating !!! :<
i ordered this vege extravanganza nonsense & it made my tummy feel funny.
there were pumpkins (loads & loads of them!) as well as chick peas as well as brocolli.
of course i was more interested in the mozarella cheese topping !!!
yo ordered a salmon pasta & she said the sauce tasted funny.
aww man, not a very nice meal afterall >:(

k, i really REALLY can't wait for attachment to end!
12 more working days, HIP HIP HURRAY!!!
i'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel..
God is the epicenter in the midst of this horrible earthquake.

i don't think there are any limits to how exciting we can make life seem.
each day brings about a new anticipation & understanding.
more than just wanting to do life, you want to attack it, conquer it & taste that sweet victory.
it's always drawing you into the whole cycle of life, but you just never ever get tired of it.

last but definitely not the least,
what's on your heart right now??
take a step back & think about it,
always good to have insights about yourself ;)

back 2 work nw! :>

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Wednesday, January 07, 2009

my zone, my family of friends.

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Friday, January 02, 2009

those who think their chinese is bad, you ain't seen nothing.

1. 题目 : .. 一边 ........... 一边 ............ ..
小朋友写 : 他一边脱衣服 , 一边穿裤子 .
老师评语 : 他到底要脱还是要穿啊 ~~

2. 題目 : 你看
小朋友写 : 你看什么看 ! 没看过啊

3. 照样造句 例题 : 你 ( 唱歌 ) 我 (跳舞 )
小朋友写 : 你 ( 好吗 ) 我 ( 很好 )
老师评语 : 你在写英文翻译吗 ??

4. 照样造句 例题 : 别人都夸我 ( ) ,其实我 ( )
小朋友写 : 别人都夸我 ( 很帅 ) ,其实我 ( 是戴面具的 ) 。
老师评语 : 什么面具这么好用 ???

5. 题目 : 陆陆续续
小朋友写 : 下班了,爸爸陆陆续续的回来。
老师评语 : 你到底有几个爸爸呀 ?

6. 题目 : 欣欣向荣 - 比喻生长美好的样子。
小朋友写 : 我的弟弟长得欣欣向荣。
老师评语 : 孩子,你弟弟是植物人吗 ...


还有一个更瞎的 …
小朋友写 : 欣欣向荣荣告白。
老师评语 : 连续剧不要看太多 ~~

7. 题目 : 谢谢 .... 因为 ......
小朋友写 : 我要谢谢妈妈 , 因为她每天都帮我写作业 ......
老师评语 : 原来你的作业是妈妈写的 !!!!!!!

8. 题目 : 难过
小朋友写 : 我家门前有条水沟很难过。
老师评语 : 老师更难过 ......

9. 题目 : 天才
小朋友写 : 我3天才洗一次澡。
老师评语: 要每天洗才干净 ~~

10. 題目 : 又..... 又 .....
小朋友寫 : 我的妈妈又矮又高又瘦又肥。
老师评语 : 你妈妈...... 是怪物吗 ?

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

i've always enjoyed the teamwork in d1,
be it the way we grow & grow but we're still so close,
or the way we always help each other out with each other's pple despite being madly busy with our own schedule.

there's something to say about every CGL, every TL, every PTL - they all love teamwork, they all have the "let's do it together!" mentality, they all go through thick & thin, blood sweat & tears to make it through for a breakthrough.


you see, at the end of the day, it's not so much of whose team grows faster, whose team is the most spiritual, whose team is the most happening.

if one falls, the other supports.
if one drops, the other covers.

we all make up for each other : d1, d10, d11, d12.
take away one CG & it's never gonna be the same.

i'm happy with the way things are right now,
but i'm not satisfied.
let's grow BIGGER & s t r o n g e r !!!
the ties that bind will still be so very special.

2009 is gonna be super duper crazy.. let's raise up more leaders, let's birth forth more connect groups!!!

in anticipation.

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

fight for the things you love
& love the things worth fighting for


last night was qt a different night.

spending time with Pastors always makes everything else amazing.
the food was fantastic, the show was hilarious, the company made everything worthwhile.

we went back at 2am & i was in my night-time reflecting mode again..
it's really such a privilege, how far we've made it through.
being right where i was, meant the world to me.

before i went to sleep, i sat on my bed looking out of the window.
i looked at the entire night view outside & thought abt the magnificence of God.
it was beautiful.. the way everything came together.

i stared up the sky, telling Him all tht He ever needed to know.
it so happened i was at my tipping pt, so i spilled the beans.
there's no pretense before God.

it wasn't planned, the way the tears just flowed.
then, it was then, i felt a great gush of His presence.
i reasoned it out within myself.. the air was still, the air-con was off, the trees were not blowing,
yet there was such an immense surrounding air tht came ard me & comforted me.

lost for words.
i questioned aloud if it was God, knowing alrdy it was Him for sure.

glorious Jesus, so intimately personal & near to me.

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Monday, December 29, 2008

i know God is bringing me through more than just one level of testing,
He must have known my limits before bringing me through all of this.

it can only get better.
look at how far we've come,
we can't give up now.

work in a few hours,
i'll wake up earlier to run,
& talk to God while running.
haven't done that in a long, long while.. miss it.

103 guys, let's march into the hundreds together forever.

ps. thk u to all those who made me happier w all the chocolates, ramly burger, banana, cards, sweets, cookies, cakes, cushion, what not. merry belated xmas, it was sweet & definitely v special.

pps. ure welcome jiayi, it's so much fun sending u home! daytona is my fave game don't u know? when ive got no time to go to the arcade, i usually use my beetle as a sub! D; D; D;

ppps. sis's bday was qt a blast, will post pics up when im free! (mission impossible part 10) happy 24th sis, yknow i luv u so much even tho im hardly ard to say so!


MAN, i wish my holiday will never end. ok bye!

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