something we all learnt from PDa during "I have a lot" LIFE Charity Concert... "It's not over till it's over"
Now... it's over, for sure (besides the de-tiling Ignyte Construction Pte. Ltd. gotta do, without me though.. mid-yrs cannot play play).
But although this lot of my life is over, this task and service, this event of my life which has started less than a month ago for me (although it seemed much longer than that) is over, it's just the beginning of my mid-years, of which i still have to strive, still have to persevere, still have to fight, still have to overcome, still have to succeed, still have to press on, still have to rely on God and pray for a miracle. Indeed, this week miracles have happened. Now i need more miracles to happen in the next 2 weeks for my mid-yrs. I cannot afford to slacken now. I have honored God in my service to Him and my community. Now it's time to continue to honor Him in my studies. Even up to this point, mid-yrs still seem so far away. I think i might have post-production hangover. xp cant afford that with mid-yrs. Time to switch mode. Thank God that everyday i've been studying, so even with rehearsals, actual runs and all, my study mode has not been totally off. It's just time to change gear and move that full up!
Hallalujah!!! :D
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Drama Night... TIMEPIECES!!!
YEA! TIMEPIECES 1st night went splendid! not perfect, a few hiccups, but nonetheless overally splendid! one more night to go! cant wait. it all just seems to fast. at the end of the entire night yesterday, i kept asking many pple.. "we just finished one night of drama night? really? it doesnt feel like. am i dreaming? is this just another rehearsal?"
haha... i was so so hyped up just before drama night, and after my own play... i seemed to went nearly hysterical with the excitement. and praise God for that! becoz, honestly speaking i had a very very bad afternoon that put me in quite a bad mood. yes, it so seemed that though my previous post was saying so much about how the week had been good and stuff, there comes a pitfall yesterday to put me in the test, or so it seemed. and i was really tempted. It was a struggle.
i was tired. i'm in lack of sleep. so was everyone else. i spent the entire afternoon yesterday doing nothing, and with hardly anyone to spend the time with me, everyone either busy with something, of which somehow i'm not. sigh. either that or the people who were idling around were very sian, very tired, very lost in their own world or something. i couldnt really find anyone to help cheer me up, to accompany me much... and i was just restless. but i understand. everyone was just so tired. people had lots of their mind, and others have to do makeup and costume, lights, sounds, and stuffs. i'm not blaming anyone here, nor am i expecting anyone to accompany me, nor am i complaining. i am just stating how i felt here, so as an attempt for me to be more open here, and yet also for me to just voice things out and not suppress it inside. *wink* so pple who read, dont be worried, upset or take offense whatsoever. i do not and will not purposely state something that i do not mean.
anyways, too much unoccupied time for me.. is bad. being bored and restless, having nothing to do... thoughts start to wander. doubts seep in again. insecurity came. lies flooded my mind and tempted me to agree with it. i started to feel negative. and as time went by in the afternoon, as i move from one person to another, trying to get some company, i became more restless, more irritable, and more frustrated, though unseen (as usual).
and one of the thought tat came across...
maybe i should have kept quiet, maybe i should have said more.something that occurred to me thurs night. maybe i talked too much.i mean all i thot i was doing was to see something that could be improved on, then say it out just so we can have a better drama night. but apparently pple seem to receive it differently and badly.maybe it's the way i said them. i dunno. it's hard to tell. i mean i know you all are busy and stuff, so me being the very 'free' person for the fact that i dun need to change nor need to put make up, and always seem to be by myself for the fact that the active pple in my play are guys and they're always running off somewhere.. so being the bored me, i observe and comment. i just wanted to help. i just wanted to help you ensure drama night runs well, but apparently i seemed to be misunderstood. i'm not trying to act smart or bossing around or pointing out flaws to pull people down. it's just my character to point out places of improvements. i feel bad, guilty, and sometimes evil doing these.. and i wonder why. my intention is tat of helping that's all. i'm not saying you're bad at your job. No, you pple are doing a great job, seriously. i'm just picking up the scraps which some of us may have overlooked having so many other things to handle. i'm just free enough to do that i guess.
it's true that i may seem to critic a lot, but only so to help see improvements, that's all, nothing else really. i'm sorry if my tone was off and thus put you off. it's true that sometimes i feel unappreciated, but that's my problem so leave it to me to somehow settle it within myself. as long as improvements are made, that's half the comfort received. so when i saw the rubber stopper and the arrangement of the cast after their plays, i was quite contented. when girl and ted worked out their cue, there was just contentment. seeing JJ doing so well, and learning how to handle the mic, contentment again. i guess words arent often need to be said, sometimes actions brings comfort when words fail to come. =) at least i know i did what i can, and that's enough for me.
well... so restless ole me. i was worried about this superb restlessness i had. this restlessness and frustration and the feeling of sianness from doing nothing, and having nothing to do, and with hardly anyone's (not totally nobody) companionship. i mean, i could have find pple and stuff... believe me, i did. maybe not enough, but i did try. and an interesting thought occurred to me, how the past 2 nights provided dinner, i was eating with the J1s, or pple whom are more acquaintances than friends. interesting. esp since they're lots of friends in drama, more than 10. *shrugs* maybe that says something about the friendships i have... or maybe as usual, i'm thinking too much and analysing too much. xp but somehow i guess i feel more comfortable with acquaintances than friends nowadays. it's just light-hearted talks, which sometimes i fail to get with friends. *shrugs* i guess i'm too self-conscious. haha. no one's fault, just something i got to work out on my own, and that's tough. XD
but really thank God man! at 5.30pm with Tina getting us to do exercises and stuff, the first 'work'/thing i did the whole day... things started to shape up for me. with me going about taking photos just becoz i was bored, and just so that maybe i can 'lament' (tat's what i felt like doing then in the restlessness i had) what others are doing in groups while i'm 'alone' by myself... things started to lighten up. haha. the exercises with Tina got me going, and laughing, esp the ball game. and taking photos of my prettily made-up classmates.. haha. the atmosphere on me lightened up.
just before the start of the drama night, as we were all kept 'locked' backstage since the doors have opened and the audience were streaming in, in my excitement, i went around wishing everyone 'all the best'. that was after the lady admin and I prayed together for the event. realising how nervous pple are becoming, despite my own non-nervousness (for whatever reason... i was so hyped up and excited after the boring restless afternoon)... i decided to encourage them.. so i went about wishing everyone i can find "all the best". that put me back where i belonged on my feet again. and i 随口说说 "i'm back, and i mean not literally." not really expecting anyone to pick that up. haha. i'm back, back to my usual self. back to the self of my that's cheerful and love encouraging others, and not the dark, self-centred side of me that seemed to come out a lot nowadays. xp haha. i prayed with yt and lin, as my custom be it for last year's drama night, and during major exams, like the O-levels. this round though, i dared not extend to the whole group becoz i guess i'm self-conscious of the happenings last week and past the last weekend. xp but i'll never forget how last year's drama night, i just extended the prayer invitation to the entire cast and crew of the eunuch play, and it's surprising to see how non-christians dont mind the prayer at such nervous times. :)
i'm glad for the first prayer with lady admin. it helped me get geared back into who i am within and out. =)
and praise God, despite the few glitches like the phone went dead while i was talking... haha... it was WONDERFULLY SPLENDID!!! haha. i got so happy, hyped up and all, that after my own play, i was running, leaping and jumping outside the LT. Whhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee................
haha. i'm thankful for such a wonderful ending, that took my mind off the tempting lies and the running-off-of-my-mind in the afternoon. I praise God that i'm ending off the day yesterday on such a great tone. Hallelujah!
haha... i was so so hyped up just before drama night, and after my own play... i seemed to went nearly hysterical with the excitement. and praise God for that! becoz, honestly speaking i had a very very bad afternoon that put me in quite a bad mood. yes, it so seemed that though my previous post was saying so much about how the week had been good and stuff, there comes a pitfall yesterday to put me in the test, or so it seemed. and i was really tempted. It was a struggle.
i was tired. i'm in lack of sleep. so was everyone else. i spent the entire afternoon yesterday doing nothing, and with hardly anyone to spend the time with me, everyone either busy with something, of which somehow i'm not. sigh. either that or the people who were idling around were very sian, very tired, very lost in their own world or something. i couldnt really find anyone to help cheer me up, to accompany me much... and i was just restless. but i understand. everyone was just so tired. people had lots of their mind, and others have to do makeup and costume, lights, sounds, and stuffs. i'm not blaming anyone here, nor am i expecting anyone to accompany me, nor am i complaining. i am just stating how i felt here, so as an attempt for me to be more open here, and yet also for me to just voice things out and not suppress it inside. *wink* so pple who read, dont be worried, upset or take offense whatsoever. i do not and will not purposely state something that i do not mean.
anyways, too much unoccupied time for me.. is bad. being bored and restless, having nothing to do... thoughts start to wander. doubts seep in again. insecurity came. lies flooded my mind and tempted me to agree with it. i started to feel negative. and as time went by in the afternoon, as i move from one person to another, trying to get some company, i became more restless, more irritable, and more frustrated, though unseen (as usual).
and one of the thought tat came across...
maybe i should have kept quiet, maybe i should have said more.something that occurred to me thurs night. maybe i talked too much.i mean all i thot i was doing was to see something that could be improved on, then say it out just so we can have a better drama night. but apparently pple seem to receive it differently and badly.maybe it's the way i said them. i dunno. it's hard to tell. i mean i know you all are busy and stuff, so me being the very 'free' person for the fact that i dun need to change nor need to put make up, and always seem to be by myself for the fact that the active pple in my play are guys and they're always running off somewhere.. so being the bored me, i observe and comment. i just wanted to help. i just wanted to help you ensure drama night runs well, but apparently i seemed to be misunderstood. i'm not trying to act smart or bossing around or pointing out flaws to pull people down. it's just my character to point out places of improvements. i feel bad, guilty, and sometimes evil doing these.. and i wonder why. my intention is tat of helping that's all. i'm not saying you're bad at your job. No, you pple are doing a great job, seriously. i'm just picking up the scraps which some of us may have overlooked having so many other things to handle. i'm just free enough to do that i guess.
it's true that i may seem to critic a lot, but only so to help see improvements, that's all, nothing else really. i'm sorry if my tone was off and thus put you off. it's true that sometimes i feel unappreciated, but that's my problem so leave it to me to somehow settle it within myself. as long as improvements are made, that's half the comfort received. so when i saw the rubber stopper and the arrangement of the cast after their plays, i was quite contented. when girl and ted worked out their cue, there was just contentment. seeing JJ doing so well, and learning how to handle the mic, contentment again. i guess words arent often need to be said, sometimes actions brings comfort when words fail to come. =) at least i know i did what i can, and that's enough for me.
well... so restless ole me. i was worried about this superb restlessness i had. this restlessness and frustration and the feeling of sianness from doing nothing, and having nothing to do, and with hardly anyone's (not totally nobody) companionship. i mean, i could have find pple and stuff... believe me, i did. maybe not enough, but i did try. and an interesting thought occurred to me, how the past 2 nights provided dinner, i was eating with the J1s, or pple whom are more acquaintances than friends. interesting. esp since they're lots of friends in drama, more than 10. *shrugs* maybe that says something about the friendships i have... or maybe as usual, i'm thinking too much and analysing too much. xp but somehow i guess i feel more comfortable with acquaintances than friends nowadays. it's just light-hearted talks, which sometimes i fail to get with friends. *shrugs* i guess i'm too self-conscious. haha. no one's fault, just something i got to work out on my own, and that's tough. XD
but really thank God man! at 5.30pm with Tina getting us to do exercises and stuff, the first 'work'/thing i did the whole day... things started to shape up for me. with me going about taking photos just becoz i was bored, and just so that maybe i can 'lament' (tat's what i felt like doing then in the restlessness i had) what others are doing in groups while i'm 'alone' by myself... things started to lighten up. haha. the exercises with Tina got me going, and laughing, esp the ball game. and taking photos of my prettily made-up classmates.. haha. the atmosphere on me lightened up.
just before the start of the drama night, as we were all kept 'locked' backstage since the doors have opened and the audience were streaming in, in my excitement, i went around wishing everyone 'all the best'. that was after the lady admin and I prayed together for the event. realising how nervous pple are becoming, despite my own non-nervousness (for whatever reason... i was so hyped up and excited after the boring restless afternoon)... i decided to encourage them.. so i went about wishing everyone i can find "all the best". that put me back where i belonged on my feet again. and i 随口说说 "i'm back, and i mean not literally." not really expecting anyone to pick that up. haha. i'm back, back to my usual self. back to the self of my that's cheerful and love encouraging others, and not the dark, self-centred side of me that seemed to come out a lot nowadays. xp haha. i prayed with yt and lin, as my custom be it for last year's drama night, and during major exams, like the O-levels. this round though, i dared not extend to the whole group becoz i guess i'm self-conscious of the happenings last week and past the last weekend. xp but i'll never forget how last year's drama night, i just extended the prayer invitation to the entire cast and crew of the eunuch play, and it's surprising to see how non-christians dont mind the prayer at such nervous times. :)
i'm glad for the first prayer with lady admin. it helped me get geared back into who i am within and out. =)
and praise God, despite the few glitches like the phone went dead while i was talking... haha... it was WONDERFULLY SPLENDID!!! haha. i got so happy, hyped up and all, that after my own play, i was running, leaping and jumping outside the LT. Whhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee................
haha. i'm thankful for such a wonderful ending, that took my mind off the tempting lies and the running-off-of-my-mind in the afternoon. I praise God that i'm ending off the day yesterday on such a great tone. Hallelujah!
Maths + Magic Show
Wow. First day of my *ahem* school holidays... spent the entire day today maths - differential equations and going through the answers for the maths block test, of which i scored poorly... wanted to do complex number, but cant the ws online.
then after dinner went to watch magic show! "Singapore's 1st permanent illusion show" - ULTIMATE MAGIC! @ the ARENA, down at Clarke Quay, by Singaporean Magicians.
seriously, the show.. okay lah.. i dont know how they do it, but i was not impressed at all. No biggie. Even if the girl is the only female magician in Singapore so what? They seemed more like show-offs though, a common trait of Singaporeans.
But i gotta give them credit. The last stance completely throw me off and it's the only one that really wow-ed me, where the girl vanished from the box to instantly appear in the middle of the audience. i saw the face of the guy in the audience of whom the female magician appeared all of a sudden beside him. His face was totally shocked. He dont even know how and when that woman got there. haha.
i got the ticket free, went wif my family... but the original price was $55!!!! and it was in a pub kinda setting. *shrugs* definitely NOT WORTH in my opinion. I rather watch david copperfield on tele. It has more feel in it. haha.
Well, really thankful today for the wonderful time spent with God this morning, in my devotion. My first devotion in many days and weeks, of not rushing through my devotion (becoz of school, or i compromised my duration for devotion, or something), but enjoying the time of focusing on the Lord, learning from the Word - the Bible - and even praying for different people close to my heart, events, and stuffs. Prayer builds up intimacy with God. and the past weeks as i have mentioned in the previous (dunno which one) post, that the intimacy has been compromised as i compromised my time set aside for devotion... and there were felt changes, not obvious but felt.
There's a need for me to find time to really seek God, reflect, and re-align again. I missed that last month, i'm not going to miss that again this month. XP i shall not let myself get so distracted that i once again lose focus and go through mundanity and stuffs again. i shall avoid at all costs a repeat of last year's situation. Once is more than enough.
I was encouraged by the testimony that 'vin shared wif me today, which was actually supposed to be reserved for tmr, but since i wont be going to church tmr, he shared wif me first. How that day was bad, stressful, sad, like the dark clouds and threatening to pour weather overhead, and he trusted God to hold back the rain as he decided to walk home instead of the bus, and was worshipping God and crying out to Him, and indeed only when he got home, closed the door, that the rain started pouring.
it reminded me that God's presence is always with us, regardless of how our day has been. It encourages me that the Lord our God is never too far away, no matter what the day may have been for us.
yup yup. thank You Lord that You're always here for us, regardless of everything; thank you for this encouraging reminder, and for the wonderful time spent with You this morning; thank you for granting me the discipline to do my work, and for the relaxing evening. Indeed, you're always here for me. Thank you.
then after dinner went to watch magic show! "Singapore's 1st permanent illusion show" - ULTIMATE MAGIC! @ the ARENA, down at Clarke Quay, by Singaporean Magicians.
seriously, the show.. okay lah.. i dont know how they do it, but i was not impressed at all. No biggie. Even if the girl is the only female magician in Singapore so what? They seemed more like show-offs though, a common trait of Singaporeans.
But i gotta give them credit. The last stance completely throw me off and it's the only one that really wow-ed me, where the girl vanished from the box to instantly appear in the middle of the audience. i saw the face of the guy in the audience of whom the female magician appeared all of a sudden beside him. His face was totally shocked. He dont even know how and when that woman got there. haha.
i got the ticket free, went wif my family... but the original price was $55!!!! and it was in a pub kinda setting. *shrugs* definitely NOT WORTH in my opinion. I rather watch david copperfield on tele. It has more feel in it. haha.
Well, really thankful today for the wonderful time spent with God this morning, in my devotion. My first devotion in many days and weeks, of not rushing through my devotion (becoz of school, or i compromised my duration for devotion, or something), but enjoying the time of focusing on the Lord, learning from the Word - the Bible - and even praying for different people close to my heart, events, and stuffs. Prayer builds up intimacy with God. and the past weeks as i have mentioned in the previous (dunno which one) post, that the intimacy has been compromised as i compromised my time set aside for devotion... and there were felt changes, not obvious but felt.
There's a need for me to find time to really seek God, reflect, and re-align again. I missed that last month, i'm not going to miss that again this month. XP i shall not let myself get so distracted that i once again lose focus and go through mundanity and stuffs again. i shall avoid at all costs a repeat of last year's situation. Once is more than enough.
I was encouraged by the testimony that 'vin shared wif me today, which was actually supposed to be reserved for tmr, but since i wont be going to church tmr, he shared wif me first. How that day was bad, stressful, sad, like the dark clouds and threatening to pour weather overhead, and he trusted God to hold back the rain as he decided to walk home instead of the bus, and was worshipping God and crying out to Him, and indeed only when he got home, closed the door, that the rain started pouring.
it reminded me that God's presence is always with us, regardless of how our day has been. It encourages me that the Lord our God is never too far away, no matter what the day may have been for us.
yup yup. thank You Lord that You're always here for us, regardless of everything; thank you for this encouraging reminder, and for the wonderful time spent with You this morning; thank you for granting me the discipline to do my work, and for the relaxing evening. Indeed, you're always here for me. Thank you.
Friday...free periods, CHEM, Sneak Preview of INSIDE OUT!!!!
Yesterday was a great day!!! The 5 periods before recess were all FREE PERIODS!!!! yEaH! Because two of my teachers didnt come. So get to revise more for my chemistry paper in the afternoon. Then the period after recess, SS, my teacher got come but we asked to revise for Chemistry and she agreed... YEAH! No lessons throughout the whole day... haha....coz after SS is assembly then school dismissed. so no lessons throughout the whole day!!!!!!! yEa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But although spent the whole day studying for Chemistry, it was such a killer paper that i felt as if i had studied for nothing. It was very difficult and most of the questions i dont understand or dunno how to do. I have a bad feeling that i will be struggling to pass this paper.
Anyway, yesterday was also the RELEASE OF THE 'O' LEVEL RESULTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My seniors came back to school for their results, and me and my friends went to talk to them, chat with them, and find out how did they do so we can congratulate them. There were smiles, laughter, and much joy. However, there were tears of sadness and regret too. The senior which i am closest to and really liked, she was very disappointed with her results because her marks did not qualify her to get into the institute she wanted and she was crying. Our hearts went out to her, for we love her dearly as a friend and want to comfort her yet not knowing how. We wish her all the best in life's journey, that it will be filled with much joy, fun, and fulfillment. We are there for you!!!!
Talking with my different seniors and witnessing both joy and tears lead me to wonder... In a year's time, it will be me, sitting there waiting for my results. What will my reaction be??? How would i be feeling??? Would I be rejoicing, jumping and screaming with joy, happiness and satisfaction??? Or would i be tear-ing, bloated up with regret and disappointment with my results???? Where would i be???? What will the situation be???? What will my reaction be????
Well, in the evening, the Ignyte SPs went down to PL for a sneak preview of .........*drumroll*.......................... InSiDe OuT..........................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The drama is very very good, the storyline touches your heart and makes you think... who really know me Inside Out? The MCs are great and i know that everyone who comes and is coming will indeed have a great and enjoyable time. So if you have time, come on down tmr, it is 1.30pm and 4pm... take your pick... (refer to previous post for the details).
But more than that... as we were praying and dedicating this event to the Lord, we felt that God is indeed going to do a great and greater work in out midst, like never before... Lives is going to be touched, broken hearts are going to be restored, lost children are going to return to their Father's side, love is going to be poured out, and God is going to visit the hearts of every person in the house, whether be it the First Time Visitors, or the ignyte youths themselves. God is going to move the house!!!
I pray indeed that God will reveal himself to us throughout the whole event, be it through the songs, the drama, the characters, the different scenarios, the speaker, the people around us, that no one will leave LT1 without first receiving a special touch from God. "For the latter will be greater, yes the latter will be greater, the latter will be greater than the rest."
But although spent the whole day studying for Chemistry, it was such a killer paper that i felt as if i had studied for nothing. It was very difficult and most of the questions i dont understand or dunno how to do. I have a bad feeling that i will be struggling to pass this paper.
Anyway, yesterday was also the RELEASE OF THE 'O' LEVEL RESULTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My seniors came back to school for their results, and me and my friends went to talk to them, chat with them, and find out how did they do so we can congratulate them. There were smiles, laughter, and much joy. However, there were tears of sadness and regret too. The senior which i am closest to and really liked, she was very disappointed with her results because her marks did not qualify her to get into the institute she wanted and she was crying. Our hearts went out to her, for we love her dearly as a friend and want to comfort her yet not knowing how. We wish her all the best in life's journey, that it will be filled with much joy, fun, and fulfillment. We are there for you!!!!
Talking with my different seniors and witnessing both joy and tears lead me to wonder... In a year's time, it will be me, sitting there waiting for my results. What will my reaction be??? How would i be feeling??? Would I be rejoicing, jumping and screaming with joy, happiness and satisfaction??? Or would i be tear-ing, bloated up with regret and disappointment with my results???? Where would i be???? What will the situation be???? What will my reaction be????
Well, in the evening, the Ignyte SPs went down to PL for a sneak preview of .........*drumroll*.......................... InSiDe OuT..........................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The drama is very very good, the storyline touches your heart and makes you think... who really know me Inside Out? The MCs are great and i know that everyone who comes and is coming will indeed have a great and enjoyable time. So if you have time, come on down tmr, it is 1.30pm and 4pm... take your pick... (refer to previous post for the details).
But more than that... as we were praying and dedicating this event to the Lord, we felt that God is indeed going to do a great and greater work in out midst, like never before... Lives is going to be touched, broken hearts are going to be restored, lost children are going to return to their Father's side, love is going to be poured out, and God is going to visit the hearts of every person in the house, whether be it the First Time Visitors, or the ignyte youths themselves. God is going to move the house!!!
I pray indeed that God will reveal himself to us throughout the whole event, be it through the songs, the drama, the characters, the different scenarios, the speaker, the people around us, that no one will leave LT1 without first receiving a special touch from God. "For the latter will be greater, yes the latter will be greater, the latter will be greater than the rest."
"God is moving,
God is moving,
Can you hear the sound of revivial."
ENCORE!!! ENCORE!!!
ZHANG HAN LIN'S 21st ANNIVERSARY THANKSGIVING CONCERT!!!
Last night, i went for a concert... Zhang Han Lin 21st Anniversary Thanksgiving Concert... it was fantastical!!!
Zhang Han Lin is a Chinese singer in his 40s, yet he looked like a young guy in his 20s. Right now, even as i write, i am listening to his songs. His singing is really superb and he is so natural and at home even on the stage... You can really see that singing is his thing and is his life... besides God that is.
I am very inspired and amazed last night. You can really see his emotions as he sings... i tell you, it is better than any Singapore Idol, etc. His actions just totally flows with his songs. His energetic self that cant be still. His engaging spirit as he engages and interacts with his audience. He chats and shares his life story as he sings, as if we were all his close friends. His openness and sincerity... you just flow together with the whole concert. I regret not inviting anyone...
ok... let's start from the very beginning... ...
To be frank, i dont really know this person very well... i am not one of his fans and have never heard any of his CDs... never even heard of his name until one day...
I accompanied my dad and my grandma to my gran's church. As my gran is now staying with my uncle, she goes to a different church and every Sunday, my dad will fetch her there. That day, i accompanied him.. hmmm.... that was like 2weeks, 19thNov2006.
It was a Chinese service and i extremely seldom go to Chinese services yet alone to this church, which was new to me.
Anyway, happened to that day had a special speaker... or should i say singer... he preached through songs... it was quite interesting and nice, and he had a very good voice. Initially i thought he was in his 20s because he looked very young, looked even younger than my unmarried youth pastor. Well, anyway, after the service, they were selling his concert tickets outside the chapel. My dad said that earning as a Christian singer aint easy, and was thinking of supporting him. I happily agreed as he sang really really very well... first time someone's voice captured me. What's more, he was singing Chinese Christian songs... and somehow my mother tongue always catch my attention, especially after i went to China.
i realised that i actually loved my mother tongue, it's just that i hear it too seldom... i wish my Chinese was better... i have indeed learnt to appreciate anything to do with my mother tongue.
Well, as my family of 5 is no small number, we cant buy very expensive tickets though we sincerely wish to support him, so we bought the cheapest ones, $15 each/
So last night, 30thNov2006, i went for my very first singing concert. It was fun, wonderful, exciting, lovely, captivating...well, words just cant describe the lovely time i had. He sang many songs that either describe our Jehovah or described what he did and can do... he also sang a few olden songs that he used to sing in his youth days. His singing career started when he was 17 or 18, where he joined Singapore's Chinese singing competition (cant remember the name) and got top!
Well, throughout the whole concert, he shared his life story, he joked, he engaged us, he sang... Before each song, he would explain how this song has actually touched him, and the meaning behind it, so that when he sang the songs, the songs suddenly became so in depth and you actually feel with the song... oh indeed, how great is the love of our Lord, the Jehovah.
By the end of the concert, everyone was practically shouting "ENCORE! ENCORE!" though those words were not really spoken coz i think there is no Chinese words for it but we showed it by applauding crazily non-stop, and the band got the hint, and 'helped' us.
It was a great night and i loved the songs so much that i bought 2 of his CDs, and 1 CD of his younger partner singer. It was a great night, and it was all over too soon, i wish it was longer...
All i wanted to say was...
"ENCORE!!!ENCORE!!!ENCORE!!!"
So so wished that he will have more concerts, then i can go again... but then like that, i will be broke =D
$15 was so so so worth it!!! i enjoyed it as much as the concert - "The Forbidden City", and the cheapest ticket for Forbidden City will be much more expensive than this concert... though at least i had lots of school subsidy for The Forbidden City...I regret not asking my cousins and friends along for ....
ZHANG HAN LIN'S 21st ANNIVERSARY THANKSGIVING CONCERT!!!
God is Good!
Hi everyone, just to share how God has been so great to me, as He always was.
Remembering the Faith Promise two Saturdays back, we were told that as we give
God will provide. Maybe for us students who don’t earn, this is harder for us to comprehend, well… at least for me.
Well, God reminded me that He blesses His children who are faithful, who obeys Him. On that very Saturday itself, it was the first week of Trinity’s Bazaar. Initially, my siblings and I wanted to go back for dinner, but in the end decided to join my uncle at the Meeting Place. Well we were making our way out of church, when we caught sight of the games stall “Marble Madness”. For fun and to contribute, after some practices I decided to play, meaning I pay to play… I tied with the top scorer for that day.
I was elated. It isn’t easy picking marbles with chopsticks. Praise the Lord, He blessed me with the second prize, a remote controlled sports car, I think.
The next day, I came back to help out at the Bazaar. I tried just one game at the same stall and got the top score for that day, but even better, I topped for that entire weekend, beating my own previous score and the previous day top scorer too. But since I already took home a prize on Saturday, I felt that I should leave the prize to someone else, after all the 1st prize that day was quite similar to the 2nd prize which I won the day before. So I told the gamekeeper that I am giving up the 1st prize. One thing that I admired at their stall was the 1st prize on Saturday, a Galileo Thermometer, which they were selling on Sunday and was not up as a prize.
On Monday, two days after Vision Rally, I came home after school and my sister told me that the Marble Madness committee called and said they wanted to give me the Galileo Thermometer, as a reward for my determination and enthusiasm in patronizing their stall. Indeed God knows the desire of His people… I didn’t even ask Him for it yet I really receive it last Saturday. If it is not from God then where did this miracle come from? Who would give an item that cost about $75 to someone who came to your stall to play a game, a stranger whom you met at a game???
At that time, God spoke to me saying that when waiting to see God’s blessings fulfil as I pledge/promise to give unto the Lord, don’t just look for financial blessings in money form. God can and does bless us though different ways too, like the car and the thermometer for example.
Just to proclaim God’s goodness a little more, I was greatly blessed this week, twice! My teacher treated my whole class to Swenson’s on Tuesday, and I actually supposed to have lessons after school. I would definitely go for my lessons and skip the treat, though I would really really wished to go. Well, Praise the Lord, in the end, the lesson was cancelled and I could go for the treat, and at the same time had a great time of fellowship with my classmates.
Additionally, Yesterday, I went to watch the musical “The Forbidden City” at the Esplanade at a very very cheap price and moreover, get to sit at the stall, quite a good seating. It was like more than 90% subsidised. Praise the Lord. We got the news that school is subsiding for this musical last Wednesday, and were told to give our replies by Friday. 17 from my class confirmed on that day, while more confirmed on Thursday and I was one of them. To our utmost horror, my teacher handed the list late and those who confirmed on Thursday had no tickets. Only the 17 who said they wanted to go on Wednesday got it. Praise the Lord. Some of them were willing to give up their tickets and in the end, I was able to go for my 1st musical and enjoyed it tremendously. Praise the Lord how He knows our hearts and desires and bless us abundantly.
Never be discouraged, for God indeed will bless you. You just have to wait and open your eyes AND heart to see His richness pouring into your life.
wont be blogging for some time becoz of coming exams.... see ya after the exams! =D
Remembering the Faith Promise two Saturdays back, we were told that as we give
God will provide. Maybe for us students who don’t earn, this is harder for us to comprehend, well… at least for me.
Well, God reminded me that He blesses His children who are faithful, who obeys Him. On that very Saturday itself, it was the first week of Trinity’s Bazaar. Initially, my siblings and I wanted to go back for dinner, but in the end decided to join my uncle at the Meeting Place. Well we were making our way out of church, when we caught sight of the games stall “Marble Madness”. For fun and to contribute, after some practices I decided to play, meaning I pay to play… I tied with the top scorer for that day.
I was elated. It isn’t easy picking marbles with chopsticks. Praise the Lord, He blessed me with the second prize, a remote controlled sports car, I think.
The next day, I came back to help out at the Bazaar. I tried just one game at the same stall and got the top score for that day, but even better, I topped for that entire weekend, beating my own previous score and the previous day top scorer too. But since I already took home a prize on Saturday, I felt that I should leave the prize to someone else, after all the 1st prize that day was quite similar to the 2nd prize which I won the day before. So I told the gamekeeper that I am giving up the 1st prize. One thing that I admired at their stall was the 1st prize on Saturday, a Galileo Thermometer, which they were selling on Sunday and was not up as a prize.
On Monday, two days after Vision Rally, I came home after school and my sister told me that the Marble Madness committee called and said they wanted to give me the Galileo Thermometer, as a reward for my determination and enthusiasm in patronizing their stall. Indeed God knows the desire of His people… I didn’t even ask Him for it yet I really receive it last Saturday. If it is not from God then where did this miracle come from? Who would give an item that cost about $75 to someone who came to your stall to play a game, a stranger whom you met at a game???
At that time, God spoke to me saying that when waiting to see God’s blessings fulfil as I pledge/promise to give unto the Lord, don’t just look for financial blessings in money form. God can and does bless us though different ways too, like the car and the thermometer for example.
Just to proclaim God’s goodness a little more, I was greatly blessed this week, twice! My teacher treated my whole class to Swenson’s on Tuesday, and I actually supposed to have lessons after school. I would definitely go for my lessons and skip the treat, though I would really really wished to go. Well, Praise the Lord, in the end, the lesson was cancelled and I could go for the treat, and at the same time had a great time of fellowship with my classmates.
Additionally, Yesterday, I went to watch the musical “The Forbidden City” at the Esplanade at a very very cheap price and moreover, get to sit at the stall, quite a good seating. It was like more than 90% subsidised. Praise the Lord. We got the news that school is subsiding for this musical last Wednesday, and were told to give our replies by Friday. 17 from my class confirmed on that day, while more confirmed on Thursday and I was one of them. To our utmost horror, my teacher handed the list late and those who confirmed on Thursday had no tickets. Only the 17 who said they wanted to go on Wednesday got it. Praise the Lord. Some of them were willing to give up their tickets and in the end, I was able to go for my 1st musical and enjoyed it tremendously. Praise the Lord how He knows our hearts and desires and bless us abundantly.
Never be discouraged, for God indeed will bless you. You just have to wait and open your eyes AND heart to see His richness pouring into your life.
wont be blogging for some time becoz of coming exams.... see ya after the exams! =D
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