January is fast coming to an end[with a birthday right at the very last day:)]. I do feel sad in a sense that im getting old. Yes, i do say that a lot. haha.. but what hits me the most is that my teen years are fading fast and whatever 'great things' that im gonna do after that certain age would just be normal. Those 'great things' would be something that is expected of us, no longer the things that measure extrordinary heights. How la?


But honestly... Have we been doing greater things?

I wonder what it means to be a lover?
People say that forbidden fruits taste the sweetest.
Is it true?
Is it sweeter than pure love?
Is it sweeter than Him?


We were made to be lovers bold in broken places, pouring ourselves out again and again until we're called home. Do we dare to love out loud? Knowing that sometimes our sincere actions can cause ridicule? Perhaps, the sooner we get over the fear, the sooner we can be like Christ..

Look to the skies hope arise
See His majesty revealed
More than this life there is love
There is hope and this is real

Cause I dont need to see it to believe it
I dont need to see it to believe it
Cause I cant shake this fire burning

Deep inside my heart

I feel very shallow right now, like how everything i think and do comes straight without given second thought. I guess i've been too focused on the world recently and im not there with God as i should be. this fire burning deep inside my heart.. There's practically no fire. God, bring me back to where i should be with You.. where's my fire? where's my focus? where's You're name in my life?

Bring me back bring me back bring me back.

There is hope and this is real

about everything..

School has been crazy. On the first day itself, i've already started planning. haha.. although the truth is that i should've already started planning. I've come to realise that i have many many more areas to work on, especially when it comes to leading a big group of people. Its not always easy coz im the type where i try to avoid conflict the best i can. Im pro-peace:) In a situation where there's more than one opinion, conflict would most definately arise. Therefore, in a big group... sighs.. conflict much?

hurmm..
but actually, there isnt much of a conflict. our biggest problem is just getting the job done.

i want us to make mr koh, more than anybody else, proud of us.

New Year mou?

Hello:)

'09 has been a wonderful year to say the least. Im gonna miss it.

Thank You for the amazing year, for the friends, the food, the things, family and YC. Thanks for showing me these people that i've come to know and cherish, like really really cherish:) Thanks for showing me that there are greater things that we can do and not just sit around saying, "How I wish I could do that." I guess those days are over. Now, we can no longer say that we didnt know. Now, we can no longer say that we dont care coz You've turned our hearts. Thank You...


With all the things that i've got to know in '09, lets just give a toast to healthy relationships:)

RevAmp '09

Its 8pm and im now back at home, sitting in front of the computer. It's a very strange feeling. After the amazingly awesome 7 days of constant companionship, being alone makes me feel strange. There's huge bunch of people in church where i can freely mix around and get to know and when i go back home, there's always Sarah with the little croonies:) Like i said, constant companionship:)

About this time in conference, we'd be starting session now. sigh.. ps rose, ps guy, ps daniel.. nice:) i want more

i miss revAmp:(

I signed up for poverty and environment. I think i wouldnt wanna go anywhere else:) all the crazy stuff that we did.. haha.. We went for Alicia Loh's book launch, voter's registeration in Subang Parade, gotong royong in USJ 3 and planted trees in USJ 2.

At first, it never crossed my mind that we're actually doing something that would impact our society. Never. I just thought, "Oh, nice. Let's do it." But with everything all said and done, I really do think that we did impact our society one way or another. You see, i didnt believe that what we did was on the road to greater things but when Rose recapped all that we did, I somehow felt hopeful that we did make a difference. And now, im quite positive:) God works in mysterious ways, no?

Of all the things that we did, i think the hardest was the voters registeration.

Now i know how a salesperson feels like. The feeling of trying to sell your product but ended up with rude responses and countless rejection. There were about 70+ of us going around Subang Parade trying to get eligable voters to sign up as voters. You could see us walking around everywhere:)

Then, we got stopped by the security guards.

Quite exciting but irritated. Anyways, we had to stop for a bit, reduced the amount of people and continued working:) sad to say that im one of the courageless people. But i stayed around and helped encourage them! haha. But seriously, they were great:) candice, maka, galvin, ian, nathan, clement, mandy, adriel, cat:) good job! In the end, we got 68 people to sign up. quite a small number but im positive that we've increased awareness among the people there:)

And thank God that we had a chance to do them all.

As expected, i've learnt more about me mates. Especially about sarah, i might never knw the things i knw now if she hadn't stayed in my house.. The chance might not arise in another time. Im really glad u came, sarah:) And about Ian.. WALIAU. i never knew this guy could crack such lame jokes ok.. and to top it off, seven days with both ian and jofan.. whoaaa.. we've all been resurracted many many times. haha:P It was all good fun:)



I love worship sessions. I love it and i want more..

We look to Yahweh Yahweh
Our hope is Yahweh Yahweh

And i've found my gungho serving partners:D
sarah.ian.galvin=)
haha.. wanna serve moU? Yea, through this conference I've learnt that there's always an opportunity to serve others. You just have to always look out for it. The fact is, opportunities to serve others are always there.. Let's do it!

Lets just pray that revAmp brings us to greater things..

"I am telling you the truth: those who believe in me will do what i do -yes, they will do even greater things because I am going to the Father." -John 14:12

Amen:)

YC moU?

hello:)

how are you today?:)

weird? i knw:)

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i just came back from sel's blog and read about her mission trip blog debriefing. its always awesome to read how people felt throughout trips like that.

to sel and all you form2s that might be reading this, i love to see the fire, the eagerness in you:) im just gonna pray that you'd begin to step up in yc coz yc is our place. youth church. a congregation of youth. if we dont step up, who will?

lets rise