Wednesday, January 28, 2009 . 6:41 PM
Yesterday, I finally got myself to go out because I was feeling SUPER BORED at home with nothing to do!! Meet up with Aliff at Teck Whye LRT Station went to orchard to walk but soon realized that it was a bad day and time. Since it was still Chinese New Year, almost ALL the shops were closed!!! So we continued walking from orchard all the way to plaza singapura when we saw a very LONG QUEUE at the ISTANA and realized that it was the ISTANA OPEN HOUSE!!! I have also always wondered how was it like beyond the huge gate of the Istana so we queued up and we waited... waited... waited AND waited some more until finally we moved into the Istana but there was security checks!
Then we continued walking and walking!! Whew what a LONG Walk and it was ALSO HOT!!!
*The golf course while we are walking!*
Then I saw PRESIDENT S R NATHAN!!! Wanted to take a picture but there were too many people wanting to take pictures with him and it was too crowded surrounding him. Sigh! What a once in a lifetime shot missed!! Ha Ha! Anyway, we continued walking and took more pictures.
*What big cannons!!*
And we continued walking and walking! Man, it was such a long journey that we almost "died"!! Ha Ha!! Then we saw the Istana building!!
*THE ISTANA!!*
So we headed towards the istana and took a picture of the fountain!! Ha Ha! Amazingly, this fountain had a strong smell of chlorine and ONIONS!! Weird right?!
*The fountain!*
After that, we approached the Istana and we had to pay $2 to tour inside of Istana!! I was so excited!! But when we went inside, the tour guides said that NO CAMERAS ARE ALLOWED!! Well, too bad I could not show you all how magnificent was the Istana building!! There was even an elevator in the istana! It was like a palace!!
Well, after touring the istana, we headed back and it was indeed another LONG JOURNEY!! Before leaving, I took a last picture of the Istana and I would say that was the best picture!!
Well, we headed back and we decided to rest near the huge cannon!! Took some pictures with Aliff!
And that is the end of my post for today! Oh wait! I cannot end my post with pictures of my favorite thing - CLOUDS!!
Monday, January 26, 2009 . 8:27 PM
Well, finally dragged myself to blog!! Ha ha!! Lazy to blog but still here I am! I can't believe that Year One has ended officially on the 23rd of january and soon I am gonna be in year two!! I am gonna MISS W16G!! The BEST CLASS I have been in - full of funny and lovely people!! ha ha!!
* The awesome class - W16G(incomplete)!*
We took class photos but incomplete ones because some people were absent!! Haiz! But anyway, we at least took some!!
HOPE THAT WE ALL STAY AS FRIENDS FOREVER AND KEEP IN CONTACT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN DIFFERENT CLASSES!!
oh and it is Chinese New Year!! A season of gatherings, family reunions and MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL is receiving ANG BAOS!! Ha ha!!
TO ALL, HAVE A WONDERFUL CNY!!!
GONG XI FA CAI!!
Monday, January 19, 2009 . 9:07 PM
Yesterday was the last day of the PROJECT R.I.C.E!! Too tired to post yesterday so I blog today!! Well, I reached school at about 1030 am and we had to filter out the PACKS OF RICE!!! Filter meaning we had to filter out the weevils from the rice and repack them nicely!! I felt like those samsui women where in the olden days they filter the rice husks from the rice!! HA HA! We did that till 4 plus! I was waiting for the DISTRIBUTION PART!! But i was sad as we could not do distribution!! :( HAIZ SO SAD AR!! Could not see those HAPPY FACES when they receive the packs of rice!! oh well at least they will still be happy even though I cannot see their smiles face to face!But overall it was fun!! After the whole experience, I feel a sense of fulfillment and a sense of happiness in my heart and it felt good to DO GOOD!!
AND THAT WAS THE PROJECT R.I.C.E!!
Today was the first day of the last week of school and it was COMPUTING MATHS!!! I cannot believe that the LONG TERM HOLIDAY is NEAR!! But the first day was a stressful one!! But was glad that that was the LAST LESSON of this semester!!
countdown to the HOLIDAYS!!!
4 more days!!!
WOOTS!!!!
Saturday, January 17, 2009 . 8:55 PM
Hello guys!! Today was the second part of the PROJECT R.I.C.E!! I had to reach Admiralty station 945 am. Met up with Winton, Winson, Aaron and the rest of the gang at Mac. Then headed to Greenwood Primary school for the briefing and we kicked off the event at 1030 am. We were split into teams of 3 (Winton, Winson and me) and we covered two blocks - 685B and 685C.Well, the beginning was a bad one indeed because when we went to the top floor of the first block, the doors that we knocked were all locked and no one responded. We were kind of pissed because we came last week and publicized but they seem to not care. Well, we moved on to other floors expecting people to donate but it was the same.
One incident was we approached a Chinese house and when we said that we were from Red cross, would you like to donate rice for the needy and the person said that " Oh sorry, we don't cook rice!". The ironic thing was THEY WERE EATING RICE!! We were like ARGH!! But there were still some kind souls who donated rice.
Another incident was when we approached a house, the maid opened the door and before we could say anything, she SLAMMED THE DOOR at OUR FACES!! I was shocked and dreaded at heart when I realized that they don't even care for the needy!
Then something bad happened when a malay family donated a packet of rice. I accidentally spilled the rice on the floor and I felt super guilty la!! Then THOSE TWO keep saying me until I was like tearing lor!! " Wa Joshua!! See la!! Waste the rice! Now one family go hungry because of you!!" I felt super guilty to the point of tearing! But thankfully the lady gave us another pack of rice.
So the two blocks were done and so we helped the other team in another block and we started from the 6th floor and we got LOTS of RICE including the last house that we knocked. The person gave half a pail of rice!!! Then some of the rice fell on the floor, so we were picking them up. Then the uncle wanted to give us $50 EACH but we could not accept so he bought another 5 kg pack of rice and DONATED to us!! We were SO happy!! I pray to GOD TO BLESS HIM, HIS FAMILY AND HIS LIFE!!!
Well that was the end of the PROJECT R.I.C.E! Tomorrow part 3 and it is the final one!! ha ha!
To be continued tomorrow...
Very tired now so gonna have myself a nap soon!!
Saturday, January 10, 2009 . 8:50 PM
Long time never update my blog! Just realized that I have not blogged anything for the NEW YEAR 2009!!! Well, I want to say that I cannot believe that I did community service in the beginning of 2009 but it was FUN and fulfilling knowing that what I am doing helps the needy! Today (10th january) was supposed to reach 9 am at Greenwood Primary School but I was late!! But thank God haven't started!! Ha ha!! Firstly, before I continue many of you all will be wondering what is this community service I am talking about, so I will tell you all now!! Ha ha!! This community service is PROJECT RICE which is collecting rice of any amount donated by the residents of the HDB flats and distributing them to those who are in need! OK!! Now that all of you know what is that about, back to my story!! HaHA!!
All I had to do was to publicize about the PROJECT RICE event to the residents - a door to door publicity. We went in a group of three - me, winson and Aaron and we did 4 BLOCKS which are 685B, 685C, 686A and 686B continuously, missing the break at 1pm. We had to go to every floor of every block, knocking onto every door and informing them that we will be coming to collect the rice from them on the 17th and on the 18th and also collect donations.
Every block had its funny and scary moments! ha ha!! Well, I kind of forgot which block err but one block that we went and on that particular floor, we meet up with vicious dogs that barked crazily at us when we were publicizing! Another block was when we saw children wanting to donate some money and the cutest thing that they said was "Daddy I want to donate also! I go take money from your pocket!" ha ha!! The third block we saw a scary scene where there was an indian couple walking to their house when I saw the wife crying and screaming in Tamil " I HATE YOU!! I DON'T WANT TO LIVE THIS LIFE WITH YOU AND I WANT TO DIVORCE!!! " then the husband replied " I don't care!! YOU BETTER GET IN THE HOUSE NOW!! ". As though he wanted to beat her up! We were shocked and scared that we did not want to go over to their house to ask for donation. Well, when there is a good part, there is always bad part! When we went to publicize, there are people who did not want to donate and also did not want to open the doors when we knocked!!
Well, even though there were these type of people, there are also good hearted people who donated $10, $5, $2!! They are all so good and I pray that they would be blessed!! Ha ha! Well, the whole event ended around 5 - 6 plus!! Can't wait for the 17th and the 18th!!
But the sad thing is I missed church service today (10th January) which I heard was AWESOME!!! Thankfully, I can go on sunday!!! I can't wait!!!
I got to go now. Time to sleep! Bye Bye!!
Thursday, January 1, 2009 . 8:58 PM
Yesterday on the 31st December 2008 was W459 Cell Group Appreciation!! The Appreciation started off first with GAMES brought to us by Xinying and Valerie! The games were fun indeed!
Then it was Praise and Worship! While we were singing My Life is Your Song, I began to see flashbacks of The YEAR 2008 like a movie screening - all the past SINS, DEFEATS, CONFLICTS and HURTS including the PAST VICTORIES and the GOOD TIMES all flashed in front of me as I was singing the song.
AWARDS TIME!!! I got nominated for the LONG SERVICE award and I was awarded COURAGE UNDER FIRE!!! I was actually surprised that I was gonna win that award! Well, I want to thank EVERY SINGLE one in the cell group! I would also want to thank My EX CGC, the famous Shirley koh!!! I liked her positive and smiley attitude even in the face of troubles and trials. Thanks to her, whenever I face trials, I always face it with a smile and with a positive mindset! I would also want to thank my current CGC Sian Gouwei!! He is the encouraging one. Always encouraging the Connect group with the Word of God and lifting tup the spirit.
LASTLY, I would like to thank RAE MOMMY!!! Hahaha!! I still remembered the first time I saw you, despite what I heard from people saying that you have "scary" attitude, I was still excited and wanted to serve you - always carrying your stuffs and buying you bubble tea!! Hahaha!! Although I was still closed to sharing what I was going through but I plucked up the courage and finally shared! Thanks to your constant prayers and those encouraging words, Rae!! I have learnt alot from you too and wish to learn even more!!
Well, after that was Gift exchange and sad to say I did not know who my angel was but my mortal was Stanley and I did not get any gift! :( But anyway, with that Appreciation was over and some of us including me went to Lot 1 to eat and later went to Boon's house for countdown and tonning!!
Countdown-ed, played guitar, went 7 eleven and to the playground, more computer, CS-ing and Dota-ing!!
AND GOUWEI WAS LIKE SERIOUSLY SUPER SUPER SUPER HIGH!!! haha!! and I did not know that Boon, you would be HIGH when you are tired!! Haha!!
Tonning was crazy but fun and we were noisy!!
Thanks to Aunty Sarah and Jeremiah for opening up their house for Countdown even though it was sooo late!!
Pictures:
*GAMES TIME!!*
*FORFEIT!!*
*WATCHING THE VIDEO!!*
*Pinde kor kor!!*
*valerie!*
*Newcomer's Award - xinying!*
*Early bird award - JY & Chris!*
*JY the nominated winner!*
*Barnabas award!*
*Scholars of W459!*
*Daniel award!*
*Esther award!*
*Transformer award!*
*Long service award!*
*The winner - Valerie!*
*Servanthood award!*
*The winner - Pinde!*
*Courage under fire award!*
*THE WINNER - me!*
*Prayer warrior! - Gouwei!*
*AWAESOME CGCs!*
*The Best CGC award - Isaac Boss!*
*Rae "mommy"!*
*Er, What is SHIRLEY doing there?!*
*Rae and her gift!*
*Sec One GANG!*
*Er, What is Gouwei doing there?!*
*W459 cell group!*
*Countdown Party at Boon's house!*
*Gouwei posing with an insect?*
*NEW YEAR 2009!!*
Both Gouwei and Dylan are still awake and HIGH!!
Well, that is about it but before I end! Here is the video of the AWESOME CELL GROUP W459!!! Oh well, I guess I can't upload the video! But nonetheless I hope to all reading this blog and to all out there, MAY THIS NEW YEAR 2009 BE A WONDERFUL YEAR!!!
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