Saturday, September 24, 2005

Time for another dose of jess's borriinng life. Haha..not this time though. This wk was a grt one or shall i say, an awesome one. [Warning: Long entry!!!] Just came back frm TP&RP Campus Crusade combined chalet at Aloha Loyang yesterday. It lasted for 3 days and this is one chalet i will always remember. Why? Read on.

I shall not tok about everything or else this entry will be super duper long. So i will write down the stuffs that had a greater impact on me. On the first day while all of us gathered at macs before heading down to the chalet, irene suddenly asked me to lead worship before the messgae she was going to give that night. I was surprised. What makes it even more surprising was that when phyllis told me she saw my name on the list of ppl leading worship. Alamak!! How come i dunno one? But it turned out grt. Though i only led two songs due to lack of time for preparation, God provided a guit for one song and it was somemore a praise song. Cool right? And i was saboed by amos to use the mic. Argh!! I did use it in the end cuz everyone was like so supporting so how can i reject? Haiz..Haha ;)

Another thing that i will never forget on the first day is when we broke into grps for a time of sharing and prayer. The gals were all together as there were not many of us as compared to the guys. This is the first and only time i ever shared my struggles and burdens in a group. And i was glad i did. The sharings, encouragements and prayers frm the others deeply encouraged me. I felt really comforted by them. Actually in the end was only 4 of us. Yup. O then when yap min and me were resting on the bed, phyllis read her QT material to us. It was like a mother reading bedtime story to her children. So in the end, she became our "mummy" and wan ting our "dajie". I am "ermei" to them cuz yap min was younger than me. Wahaha..it's so seldom that i'm not the youngest. ;p It was only tha first day and so fast we formed a family.

On the second day, dajie told me that while she was doing her quiet time, God revealed to her a verse. And the moment she read the verse, she knew that the verse was meant for me and it really was when i read it. How amazing was that? Woohoo.. There was also a message in the morning by kailin. The message that was brought forth really spoke a lot to me. It toked about barrier(s), unity and so on. O..when she introduced herself at the beginning and she said that she was from NP, i was thinking whether she knew cheryl jie. I did not know her age but yeah la, i still went to ask her and surprise surprise, she knew cheryl jie. Haha..what a concidence. So yeah. Hehe.. As we were going to have bbq that night plus we were allowed to invite our frenz, we prayed for fine weather. At first we were quite worried when we saw a heavy rain coming in the afternoon. But by God's grace, the rain juzt passed by and then, the sky became clear. God is at work manz!! The bbq was wonderful. That's all i can say. Haha..

After the bbq, li huan (godmother), mummy, joel and myself went to the swimming pool to play. We ended getting wet though we only walked in the pool as we splashed each other. Heh..it was fun. Then after bathe, we played "Polar Bear, Hunter and Villagers" together with the rest. I kana 'polar bear' on the first round and i was gd. Haha ;p Joel came out with many variations and somehow 'polar bear' became 'panda'. Haha..funny sia. Then ard 5am, 'my family' decided it's time we hit out beds.

On the last day, it was sharing,thanksgivings and appreciations. It was encouraging and touching to hear what the others felt and learnt. I will never forget the challenge joel set: RP Campus Crusade will become bigger than TP's. And another one by irene: To fill up 2 bungalows nexr time we have another chalet. I am so looking forward to see these 2 challenges being fulfilled. O yeah and before i forget, the 'family' big hug before we departed after having lunch at white sands. Aww..so sad..

To sum it all up, the one thing that sets this chalet apart frm the others is everyone working together in one Spirit. Everybody was helping one another out with the preparation of the bbq, clearing up and even worship. This is one thing i truely feel what is missing in churches nowadays.

Anyway to end it, i really want to thank God that i joined Campus Crusade and got to know all my fellow brothers and sisters-in-Christ, especially mummy and dajie for all their encouragements. Also, i really want to thank God as well that i went for this chalet where my spiritual life felt refreshed, where i see unity and God's power at work. Indeed this chalet would not have been a success without Him. Thank you Lord.

Okie..shall end off here. Cya guys!! :)

Dre@my JeSs Life Written @ 5:30 PM

Monday, September 19, 2005

Time for a dose of updates on my life. Hehe.. A week of my hols has juz flew passed and the release of my exam results are in a few days time. Hopefully i do not have to take any supp paper. The tot of it juz scares me.

This wk nothing much in particular. Been staying at home most of the time as my stomach wasn't feeling tat well for quite a few days. Sickening. So yeah..i ended up either slping, watching vcds or online. I juz found out thah i have vcds that i bought but hvn't watch yet. Haha.

Then also there was PAF briefing cum training. It was ok but what happened at the end can only be described in one word: avoidance. I dun regret what i said. It was the person's own dose of medicine. If this is the way things are going to me, it's fine by me. I dun give a damn.

Yup..aft tat, went for dinner with my family at CAFE CARTEL. Yum!! Delicious. Hee.. Aft filling our stomachs, we went to shop ard at tm and there are so many things i wanna get. I saw the shoe, bag and the vcds i want to get. Hmm..maybe i will get it hhis wk but see how first if have time. This wk i have lotsa stuffs on already. So fun. Haha ;P

As for today, didn't really wanna go for ym since it was classes. But i didn't regret going in the end. Ps Aaron speaker session on tithing was grt. The words he said made an impact to me. And i was happy that all of sg members who were present filled up the pledge cards. It's a wonderfuly feeling isn't it? It's all for God's glory.

i think i have said enuf and i have nothing else to tok abt anyway. Haha.. K..gg off and cheers.

Jess..lyn: I can't tag my blog gal when i'm using my home com. Dunno why aso.

Dre@my JeSs Life Written @ 4:15 PM

Sunday, September 11, 2005

Before i start, it's someone's b'dae and i wld like to wish her a happy birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISTA TASHA!! Continue to rock and dance on ya sis!! ;)

Yup..i'm back and blogging again. Didn't come online much recently as i was busy studying for my exams. But now, exams are over. Yippee!! Hopefully i dun have to take any sup paper and of course i dun intend too. Heh..

My class had a bbq yesterday. And o my, for the first time in my entire bbq i ever went, there were a lot of food. When i a lot, i really mean a lot. There were pizzas, fried rice, pasta, cookies and bags of titbits besides the normal usual bbq food. It was so much that quite an amt was thrown away except for the titbits. My goodness.

But the bbq was fun. Played cards while drinking beer. What's the difference between the different kinds of beer? I can't find any difference at all. All beer tastes the same to me. Hmm.. Then kenneth, thian leng, daryl, corinn and myself went to climb the 'spider web' at ard 11 plus. Heh..no kids so easier to climb. Plus there was this spinning disc thingie and it was super fun but dizzy. Haha.. Howvever, a container of cookies was broken inside it. How? Guess urself. Crazy guys. Heh ;p

As for today, nothing much besides e-games, x-b0x party. I won a competition surprisingly. Yeah..then headed for dinner before visiting my qiu qiu and qiu ma. It's been quite a long while since i saw them. Quite miss the time when i stayed with them when i was a baby and a kid as my parents were busy.

K..life has been fun so far. Wondering what i will be doing during my hols. I wanna work but who wld want to hire someone for 1 n a half mth plus cannot work on sundays? Hiaz..shall see how. Okie..time to go. Smile always ;)

Dre@my JeSs Life Written @ 2:50 PM