Monday, January 14, 2008

Continued birthday celebrations Part 3 - Saturday

haha God realli blessed my birthday with lots of happenings! i broke it down to 3 posts LOL.(two previous posts and this current one). if only i cud write these much for my reports etc haha! =P

i was supposed to wake up at 9am and ask my brother to help me with editting the "la pi xiao xin" video i found on youtube. i lazed.. thank God i din laze in my bed for very long time(it happens quite often if i laze.) i woke up at arnd 9.30am instead! showed yingjie the video and discussed on which parts to have. then i asked my brother to help me finish up the video. i had a y-comm meeting 11am at isle cafe, bt i woke up late and took quite sometime to finish up the video and prepare. by the time i got on the mrt train. it was arnd 11.10am! ahhh! felt realli super bad since the meeting would only last 1hour and looking at hw late i am, i wud onli go for the meeting for 15mins. oh i met wilfred at the platform and went with him. i read abit of the "Lead like Jesus" book, that i got as a gift. its realli nice tho i onli had time to read abit!

i rushed to isle cafe quickly and when i got der, they told me i had to do a forfeit since i was super late! i was like "can!" i was prepared to do any forfeit haha.. and then they told me to take off my specs and close my eyes while they think of the forfeit. and so i did, but i felt weird to close my eyes while they think of the forfeit as in who noes when they will manage to think of the forfeit rite? so i opened my eyes and wanted to suggest to my ministry leader that maybe they think finish forfeit ler then i close back my eyes. and i saw her preparing to take out the cake hahaha! din expect a celebration so i was realli surprised! thanks alot! and they made a card for me. it is realli veri veri nice! the cake is super nice as well! thanks alot!

we went back to what we were gathered for haha. and we shared testimonies of our district. and after that my ministry leader explained to us what Regional Correspondents of the districts realli serve as. and i was strucked by what she said cos one of the purpose is to encourage the congregation and everywhere around the world where there are hope churches. i was realli shocked tho i already knew but it onli struck me hard jus then. realli thank God for entrusting me with such a role to serve Him! to represent East in encouraging other districts and congregations. and its something that has to do with encouraging !

i joined the others in nexus. even the service was special for me! since my new believers and people under me all came for service! yeah! God spoke greatly to me and reminded me about having great expectations to receive a word from Him during services. and i saw a few problems with my brother and my sheep during the teaching. i sensed a wrong spirit frm my brother and God reminded me to apply what i learned during the sermons at church office. being engaged/ involved with people. talk to them about the problems and solve it with them and not just stop at talking bout the problems. and so i decided to ask yiqin after service with me to talk to the both of them

so after that during the lunch at S11 when we were about to go and buy food. my brother and joseph started pushing each other. then me, yiqin and star intervened and stop the both of them and dragged them aside to talk individually. i spoke to joseph to know about what happened and just advise him using what he has learnt during the sermon at church office. forgiving. after awhile we went up to starhub centre rooftop to settle things between him and my brother, yiqin was already there. then we waited for winstar to bring my brother to the rooftop. and when they reached and sat down. we were about to start talking about it and then..
the whole caregroup appeared and sang birthday song for us! I SHOCKED! me and star was pranked throughout! starting from even before the service. cos yiqin told me on friday night that when they were having lunch(me and star was at the project room) my brother and joseph had conflicts and problems with each other.

i completely fell into it!=_= nice one guys. looks like after a failed attempt last year, you guys grew this year haha! thanks for the cards, cake and the planning of the whole celebration! and as they affirmed us, i realised. the one who pranked me most was God!!!!!!!!!!! normally i dont fall for pranks haha if u noe me. rmb during the service? i actualli sensed a wrong spirit from my brother?! and God reminded me to apply what i learn?! if not for that, maybe i wudnt have fell completely into the prank.

Guys u are so blessed this time round to have God on ur side! grrrr. but haha tis was realli the best for me. i realli enjoyed the celebration! hahaha. tho i felt realli dumb! HAHAHAHA! niceee oneeee! this should be the standard for birthday celebrations. i truly enjoyed it=)

we ended quite late. arnd 8pm+, went to centrepoint mac as some of them wanted to eat. after eating most of them left, leaving a few of us behind and we went to rochor to eat! had a great time der, we waited for chua and liang cos they had CLM earlier on. after eating , i accompanied yiqin to esplanade to retrieve his file that was left at the bar haha! the file has important stuffs inside, project etc. when we reached, we were joking about his file being thrown away or no longer der. and i watched yiqin approached the waiter at the counter to ask about his file, and i saw the waited searching for it. but he couldnt find the file! hahaha! yiqin was in shock after that haha. til the manager i think asked what was happening and then "gave" yiqin hope cos he seemed to have another place to keep lost & found items haha. this time he went in and came out with his file! i bet yiqin was super relieved haha!

bing liang and star called qin after that to ask us if we want to watch late-night movie. (it was already 11pm+ by then), i okay-ed it cos i wanted to spend the time with star as well before his birthday. yiqin had to go home to do project, but he travelled back to cathay with me. thanks!=) i sent him to the traffic light and saw alvin and chua walking over. so the 3 of us went to find star and liang at cathay. sat down and talked awhile then liang said qin was coming over. i went "huh?" cos he told me he had to finish his projects. then liang said qin called him and asked him "wo ying gai lai mah ah?"(in a very confused and duno what to do tone)[ in chinese if he shud come.] hahahahaha! it was super hilarious if you noe qin enough u wud get what i mean haha!

we decided to watch body 19 at 2.15am! we have 2 hrs to use before the movie LOL! the 6 of us share and updates bout ourselves. we all had a freaking good time laughing hahahaha! mostly at the stupid things qin has done recently.( qin : be secure haha! its a gift to be able to be a joke, not everyone has it =x) then we went to 7-11 at plaza sing to buy food and drinks to eat in the cinema haha. and when we returned.. we saw a 7-11 store RIGHT AT the other entrance of cathay! WE FELT SUPER STUPID!! we didnt noe that there is 7-11 store as well! and we walked the distance for nth! argh! but we had fun lah so haha din matter much =P.

body 19 is a freaking good show with a very nice twist. the director is also the director of shutter and alone. watch it for urself=) quite scary at certain points haha. its a horror show.

we had even more fun after the show! scaring someone among us haha! shan't say who it is. cos he had "childhood trauma" of horror shows haha thats why. and the reactions that came out from him were realli funny haha.

thats all for what has happened. shan't blog bout sunday haha!



this year's birthday celebration is realli special! God was involved in everything!(other years as well. but this year i realised hw God was involved realli.) i spent the 1st few moments of my birthday and last few moments of my birthday with people who serve and commit to God with their lives! i was pranked so crazily like never before in my life! it feels like my birthday celebrations lasted realli long with so many tings happening. and all this is definitely better than parachuting or whatsoever that can be gotten with money! time spent with close friends and ppl who follow after that God crazily and God Himself IS SO MUCH BETTER! i really enjoyed every single moment that God has planned for my birthday!


My birthday wishes for tis year:
-for my parents to know God!
-to know God alot more myself and experience Him like never before, to the point of being realli spiritually sensitive to God's movement and words. more than a friend, more than a close friend but my bestest best friend!
-for the guys' group to have men and warriors of God that bases their life on the word of God, joining the current group of men and warriors of East D that has been called to lead and make differences!
-and lastly, for CG08 to be completed!!!


God! thanks for the birthday celebration that You and Your people that has planned for me. thank You for using me to serve and bless Your people as well! God grow me much much more this year and use me much much more as well! AMEN!

aloy; 2:50 AM