:: Trends for this half of the year ::

Many of my friends got engaged this year: Jeremy, Tricia, Uncle John, Evelyn, Irene, Hiong Yee, Brenda, Hao, ... and some getting married this 2nd half of 2010, some 1st half of 2011.

Some of my friends got attached... :)

2 couples i know broke up...

I am struggling because I happened to come across a horoscope at the beginning of this year, saying those born in the year of the tiger will experience a cheating in the relationship at the 2nd half of the year. As much as I don't believe in horoscopes, such "predictions" simply stay in the minds of people and keep haunting until something happens and we will link it to what was "predicted". I'm definitely praying it won't happen to me, and that God will protect our relationship. *faith wavers*

Thai Festival @ the Royal Thai Embassy

I'm at the thai embassy now! Some carnival going on.. Bought 3 ceramic pendants and lemongrass drink! :)

:: Dad's birthday celebration ::

Had dinner at Pan Pacific Hotel Global Kitchen with mom, dad and Theodore. It's honestly not fantastic at all. We were there only because it has a 1-for-1 offer. We all felt full pretty fast ...dunno why. I'm blaming it on the carbo. heh. Especially on the dim sum... such thick skin.. disappointing.

The better stuff are the desserts. =)

But the most unique is the variety of tea they have. You can make teapots, free flow!

Other than that... it won't make me go back again.

My gift for daddy is a 2-piece anti-lost device. The receiver will beep when the transmitter is within range. So that he won't have to search high and low for his phone/keys/wallet whenever he is about to leave the house. (He did it again this morning, without using the device though.)

:: Central World Bangkok ::

I miss Bangkok totally! Really long to return there even in the midst of chaos.

Here are some of my memories of Central World.


First time I've been there was in 2007


The first cafe I ever patronised from there


Zen is a huge department store! I recycled my batteries there before


When it was still under construction


In my 3 months missions stint in 2008, I've been there a few times too.


Earth from Above Photography exhibition



LCD tvs hung up together with glass bottles! Super heavy exhibition!


Huge sushi! Ate with Guorong at Sushi Tei.

:: My Tj Balai Experience 2009 ::

ohh... here's an update about my balai experience in 2009! haha..

Persis and I wanted to visit our friends in the Balai church since the beginning of 2009, but haven't been able to find time to do so. Managed to free up one weekend in Nov, so I contacted Phei Phei, Uncle Subas, Rev Lee KK to make sure the slot is available for us to go there. We were open to serve in the Sunday School.



Persis teaching dance for the children's Christmas outreach


Surprised to see them use projector and Opensong software!

Saw uncle Daniel there, he was preaching for Sunday Service.

After service, Persis and I almost walked to the jetty, but she decided that she wanted to go shopping at the supermarket, so we took oplik to Indo A Yani to shop.

And then, tragedy happened. As we reached the jetty and almost checked in at the customs, the officers told us that the jetty has closed. The last ferry back to Singapore has been cancelled. we were as helpless as other Singaporeans. But thank God we have friends here. So we changed our ferry tickets to the next morning's first trip and called PP to inform her what has happened, and Asun gu-gu came to fetch us to his house. He came in his motorbike which can only take one other adult as pillion rider, so he actually waited to see if he could bump into a friend to give us a ride.



Watching the coast guards and the ambulances waiting at the jetty to bring survivors and dead bodies to the hospital.

Uncle Daniel was due to return to singapore the next morning, so we planned to make a trip down in the morning to try to see if we could take the first ferry back. Since we had nothing planned for the evening, we had dinner at Asun gugu's place and went to visit a church member to chitchat. That's the national pasttime for Indonesians.

While we were chitchatting at a church member's house, which is right in front of the main road, we heard ambulances driving by many times. That meant that there were still survivors found.


Aimei's now in primary school! Persis and I actually watched her grow up.

Since Persis and I didn't plan to stay overnight at all, we didn't have change of clothes, toothbrush and stuff. It was gross enough that we perspired alot in the hot Indonesian weather... we wore the same clothes for an extra day thinking we should just tahan till we get home! But thank God, Persis and I actually brought more than usual singapore dollars for other reasons, but it came in handy. So we spent our last rupiahs on gifts to thank Asun gu-gu for taking care of us the extra day.

The next morning, we boarded the first ferry. But alas, while waiting for it to leave the jetty, which was a longer wait than usual, we were told to alight. The ferry trip was cancelled again.


All the ferries lined up, none of them could leave the Indonesian waters.



All the irritating DOMs panicking, dunno how to explain to their wives about their trip to Balai. Crowded around the ferry ticketing booth.


My passport was stamped, that means we have "left" Indonesia, so our white cards were returned to us as proof.


On board the first ferry on 25 Nov, 3 days after our scheduled return. Thank God we made it back to Singapore! What an experience! I should have bought travel insurance to cover my expenses like handphone bill... :(

Now u know!

:: uninvited guest at SFC Retreat ::

5 Jan 2010
No la, i'm not referring to any of the J3s. I'm referring to this 25cm long centipede!! It invited itself to our BBQ pit and parked right there. Brave Samuel picked it up with charcoal tongs and flung it over the fence! Hopefully it didn't land on any lovebirds behind the fence.

:: deformed ball ::

2 Jan 2010
Buahaha... Matt's deformed volleyball! Kel kept it in his carboot during cell group... wanted to bring it to SFC Retreat the next day, unfortunately.... But at least it happened before it was too late and we could still arrange to bring another ball.
Brought it to the Thanksgiving BBQ at our youth camp site in the evening.
Overeat again!! (and Vurger right before the BBQ!)

:: NYE ::

31 Dec 2009
Lunch at Cathay Billy Bomber's with Kel and Matt.
Been eating lots during this festive season!! But NYE's an excuse to eat a bit more expensive ;)

:: Youth camp site ::

21 Dec 2009 3am
This is our campsite for Mustard Seed Camp 2009! Nice colours in the sky. That was taken at 3am okay! Was playing Bridge all the way until ...6am? muahahaha...

:: Peperoni Pizzeria @ Greenwood ::

16 Dec 2009
Ooh! Check out the sheer size of the pizza!
My first time here in this area.... makes me go "woah..." like a suakubao!
And Lana chocolate cake for dessert... :P

:: Ooh! Shopping on board Doulos! ::

15 Dec 2009
Wanted to look for Vincent and Clara's Christmas presents (and Vincent's belated bday present), chanced upon MV Doulos. Shopped $50 worth of items! Including... Cover to Cover (my new year's resolution), Captivating (limited edition wor!), journals, etc. Proud buy!

:: Sabo-ing the newly wed! ::

12 Dec 2009
After the guests left at Jeff & Jac's wedding dinner...

Wicked! ;)

:: Fireworks at Vivocity ::

2 Dec 2009 8pm
Pre-fireworks setup at Vivocity at the...area facing Sentosa... Played Plants Vs Zombies while waiting for Theodore to arrive. =P

:: My Murtabak! ::

Mutton Murtabak for lunch at Casuarina with Pastor Chi Shyan, Matthew, Andrea on 1st December 2009. ;)