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so much to share!

tue after work went for prayer meeting. there were lotsa times when i had mind blank while Canon John Benson was talking. looked thru his ppt slides before the prayer started, but couldn't remember a thing. so had to depend on his "next slide please" to get the cue. hehe knowing esther, i had to be on the alert doing projection ;)

wed went to church after work again. there was a projection training. after that went to the hall to help guorong see how to improve the layout of the ppt slides for the songs. i was supposed to do flashy stuff for the 1st song, but i could only do up text on blank background, with Worship Assistant functions. (using flash to program)

hmm.. felt that this week passed very quickly. monday we received call from client for a meeting on thurs, n thurs came very quickly! that morning met my colleague at toa payoh, to go straight to our client's office. had burger king breakfast. regret not getting the meal. cheaper than the burger itself man! discussed the revamp of a website. yay yay yay!

after that went back to tpy central to take train back. saw this stall selling nice bags n clothes.. wanted to shop but not nice to take my time during working hours la. went back to office, thought that time would pass v fast, but seemed quite slow. my life is really shortened by this client i have been complaining about. still getting comments on the design when it should be finalised. *screams n vomits blood*

went to church after work again, no purpose actually, just to help out lor. thought i could go home early. but guorong's laptop keep hanging, n he kept restarting it i felt so pek cek. went back home to bia the flash. actually hor, i do until 2am leh, but i really couldn't think of how to do the flashy stuff. was so stressed about it that night that during my sleep i felt that i was clenching my jaws very tight. on friday i felt like i couldn't chew cuz my jaws were aching. time past very fast at work n i felt a bit more joyful.

after work rushed to church. joined in the time of prayer n then guorong said we're using ppt for the first song instead. the flash i did was not used, i was a bit disappointed because afterall i spent time on it when i should be resting. but i was also relieved cuz i think wad i did was not suitable for the song.

if u ask me what i think about the worship conference, now that it's over, i would say that, i think the flow was not smooth, but it's okay, because God's presence was there. i felt it very strongly. i was also praying that God will help me to get over the disappointment, of cuz although i'm not very disappointed, still gotta pray that i WILL NOT be. this kinda thoughts must guard one.

went to set up the PRC booth when i got the cue, Tell the World. but seemed like inside still got a lot of encores. the sajc students left soon. sold a cd. felt super tired but i just gotta hang on for a few more hours!! we had to wrap up super quickly cuz the place gotta be locked up soon, n pple only came out last min. so we didn't get to promote the items to the majority. but it's okay, can't be helped.

after that i got my cell group jersey from xiao quan who ran away from me so i had to chase her. had to get it to wear on sat cuz my cell grp is wearing on sat for bball! got a ride from kelvin to the mrt. went home to sleep! gotta pack my bag for tanjung balai before that.

(though this entry is long, i still gotta share about the balai trip!! i dun wanna break it into 2 entries or else it will lose the flow!)

morning woke up early THEN told my mom i was going tj balai. haha. she gave me (LOTSA) rupiah for shopping for things for her. went to HBF to meet agape n persis at mac. had breakfast then went to Cruise Centre upstairs to check in at 9.25am. met suzanne. jianxiong was also there, to sent his parents. rushed in n boarded the ferry. saw uncle Colin too. saw more chinese cong pple. everyone seems to be going to tj balai.

went up to the top deck cuz faith was sea sick n needed a breather. in the end the whole of agape came up to take photos. tricia n vincent r the best. *winks* after 1hr 45 min of ride, we reached. phei phei n uncle Asun were there to fetch us. after some waiting, we bought tempe (winks), took the oplik to uncle asun's house to put down our stuff. played with Aimei. woohoo~! she showed me the stickers she pasted on her hand! i'm so easily elated when i see her. played with her n Weiwei her cousin cum neighbour. then we went to Indo to eat lunch at Es Teler. i was like jaw-dropping amazed at how much tj balai's standard has upped. it was renovated till like a high class cafe man! they were also playing high class songs like Fixing A Broken Heart, A Shoulder to Cry On etc... i mean, elsewhere they would be playing low class techno la. ordered Mie Ayam, very nice! n Jus Apukat (avacado juice) nice!

no time to shop so we went to church to do wad we were there for. Beauty session for the ladies' ministry! we did facial for them n massage too! before they arrived, i became a "customer" n i got high because there were a lot of agape girls waiting on me! all massaging me.. made me laugh like mad, cannot stop! then uncle asun's wife came n became the first real customer. n then another lady. n another. n another. total i think got 10? i tried to massage this really thin lady, but i really dunno how. end up just squeezing her arm. :P after persis led a short time of bible study with them (i think sharing with them the purpose of the session n what God intends for them) then the agape guys took over with fruit juice n sharing with them about nuitritions in food.

had prayer session after that. n then the team came together to share. went out for prayer walk with phei phei n paul. went out in pairs, with everyone within close distance. shared with evelyn about the background of the place as we prayed. she could feel the dispair in the pple. n she felt that the terrible physical state in the land of rubbish also shows the emotional state of their lives - rubbish. walked thru places i've never walked before. felt that this was something different. something that reminded me of what i learnt thru the Campus Crusade gen12ii thanksgiving message. if u didn't get out of ur comfort zone, if u had stayed in the comforts of sitting down n chatting, u wouldn't see what's out there in the spiritual realm. u wouldn't catch the vision.

went to visit a lady who came just now for the facial, n she asked us to pray for her daughter-in-law's father, who would be going to Medan soon. he was receptive to the prayers we said for him. =D after that we went back to the church. walked to a Nasi Uduk stall for dinner. had lotsa chicken =P my table had tricia n vincent, the best, Posers. wahaha. i did a pendulum thing with faith n evelyn, n when andrielle was about to take video of us doing that i started laughing n couldn't stop cuz i was losing the momentum. LOL. hmm.. must have been a long time since i had such a good laugh. till tears.

took the oplik back to uncle asun's house nearby. stopped to go Indo for shopping. spent a long time there n i was super stoned. was waiting for them at the entrance n i suddenly remembered one more thing my mom asked me to buy for her. so i went back to buy it. after we were all done we walked back. saw a monkey performing by the roadside. so cruel! crossed the road cuz some of them wanted to buy teh botol. then an uncle came to talk to us. he came from singapore many yrs ago, disappointed in the high cost of living n so migrated to tj balai. learnt that he's attending a catholic church in tj balai.

when we reached uncle asun's place we saw that there was a blackout. was told that electricity would be resumed soon. asked to go to the rooftop to see stars. remember pastor chi shyan's message at A Glimpse of Heaven? so sad tj balai no more stars. celebrated athe's birthday there. with Hiro cake n Go-Go drink. had a sharing session about the trip so far. n then we broke up into pairs to pray. prayed with jayne. got to know her better thru this trip. =) n everyone else too. this was my first trip as a MCG member.

paul joined us during our session though he doesn't understand 99% of wad we were talking about, but i think he wants to be part of the fun. i still remember there was once he went out late for ktv. so happening sia. i quite admire his spirit, cuz he did not leave us all the while, though he dunno wad we were talking about. but he was just observing us. n gabriel shared with us n with him that he admires him cuz he saw him fall down today n picked himself up. u may think that what's the big deal? but he's a handicapped. he gets around by using crutches, n crawling whenever crutches were inconvenient. so think back about what i mentioned about him staying out late for ktv.

electricity was still not restored, so most of us were unwilling to bathe, in the dark. i bathed with a candle. o.0 uncle asun received an emergency call. cailing's sister-in-law had fainted, so he went over to pray for her. so while i was bathing i heard someone banging on the door of the house n i felt quite afraid. there was a sense of urgency n fear at the banging of the door. it was cailing, with news that her sister-in-law had not woken yet. we told her that uncle asun had gone over to her place to pray for her sister-in-law. it was 10+pm.

the team gathered to pray for her, cuz we learnt that she was actually under spiritual attack. i felt that i could do nothing but keep praying in tongues. dun ask me y i mention this, but i just really felt helpless at that time. could only pray for God to do something. while we were praying, around 12+am, electricity came back n we had the comfort of having the fan blowing at us. we continued to pray cuz we know that the battle was not over yet. then electricity went off again. we prayed even harder. after a while we started to give thanks n celebrated God's victory over the evil spirits. we sang Shine Jesus Shine n then electricity came back again!! WOW! we received news that the lady has been sent to hospital safely. we shared about what we sensed during the prayer. some of them sensed that there could be spiritual attacks on our families while we were waging war in prayer. i had also suddenly thought about my sister during the prayer. uncle asun came back from the hospital n told us that the lady was demon-possessed, n scratched him n Tai-cek. but she's fine now. YAY! during this time of intense prayer with agape i felt that this is a really prayerful cell grp. the evil spirits of tj balai must have been afraid of God's holiness in them that they stirred up trouble during their stay here.

soon we turned in. wiky came home quite late. learnt that he's working now. didn't get to talk to him. i fell asleep v quickly.

next morning first thing i woke up n thanked God i didn't get any mosquito bites this time!! washed up.. packed up n went out for breakfast near the market. faith told me that i was grinding my teeth soon after i fell asleep. haha.. i thought i stopped doing that. hmm~ (stress??) jayne was so touched when tricia bought her soya bean milk n you tiao. ate carrot cake n martabak too. the pple there very nice, allow us to bring "Outside food" into their coffeeshops one! n i was really impressed by their creativity of converting an old unused television into a fish tank!! andrielle sweet-talked the coffeeshop aunty into taking photo with us n giving us discount the next time we come. =P

faith was telling me about Ragdoll while we walked thru the market after breakfast. faith n jayne bought slippers. i also wanted to buy, but dun have my size. very nice lor the slippers there. went back to the house to prepare to go church for sunday school. Adeline (my zoe tay) reached last min, we were worried n wondering if anything cropped up. she n phei phei led the children in worship. i joined in too. saw some new faces. sigh... have been going often, but i can't remember most of their names. can only remember bena, elisa, timotius, matius, ah heng, ah qing, ah yan, shanti, ezekiel, daniel..

went upstairs to join agape lead teaching session for the younger kids. they were doing noah's ark. gabriel n vincent n persis left first. we did a colouring session. the children coloured pictures of animals cut out n pasted on a paper plate to act as a mask. we were asking for a volunteer to ask as Noah, but none of the boys were willing. finally a handsome young man volunteered. we were all very happy. after acting out the children lost their attention on the story. so we ended it by giving goodie bags to them n dismissed them with a prayer by Ibu Aniong.

waited for the bus to come fetch us. stopped at phei phei's house to pick up kites for persis. really cheap man!! hahaa.. went to a bak kut teh shop near the jetty for lunch. it was a good meal! but didn't have time to finish all the food. haiz. boarded the ferry, didn't get to find a whole row of seats so we were all split up. fell asleep on the ferry. hmm.. faith was seasick but this time i didn't go out to pei her. feel a bit bad.. hope she's ok... bought a lot of fried stuff but didn't get to eat them on the ferry.

asked my dad to fetch me home. it was pouring heavily so when he came he wanted to sit down for a cup of tea first. then i felt FoS. wanted to go home. my dad drove past Marina south, saw this newly opened golf club. my dad said there's gonna be a disneyland there. i was like, how can singapore open disneyland when hongkong is already struggling with the number of expected customers? drove past ECP, thought of the recent night i was there. drove past bedok south. remembered that kelvin mentioned the bah chor mee there v nice. then i realised he was referring to Chai Chee. then i kept praying that God will help me keep the shit in till i reach home. =P

thank God!

had spaghetti for dinner. so Expo is having food fest. my parents bought stuff from expo. just now my dad was complaining about the gorengan i bought back. haiyo.