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Loo spiritual bday celebration

2010-01-25T22:23:00.004+08:00

Enjoy!(:

2010-01-14T22:16:00.006+08:00

Hey!(: tis is some video from today lg (:

enjoy watching(: sorry cannot hear the sound

shirls!

2010-01-01T12:58:00.002+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

As the new year arrives, let us have a ready heart to face all challenges that God will place in our life, always give thanks for anything or everything that is gonna happen cause we know that its God's plan. I am very very excited for what's gonna happen in year 2010, i wanna grow i wanna grow! God will grow this group as well, both in quality and quantity. Let's really work hard in our studies too, to be the salt & light in our school, those taking the Os (like me) let us chiong all the way for Jesus as we wanna glorify His name through it, amen? And for those waiting for their results, God bless and give thanks for whatever results you get ^^ 2010 will be a tough year, but its gonna be a fun year too. Let us work hard, but play hard! :D

Jazryll here (:

2009-12-21T13:54:00.003+08:00

Hello eastayeone :)
Jazryll here !:)
I've changed the blogskin .
Hope your like it , if dont like tell me .
Than i change it again .
For the song , just make do with it for now .
& if you want to tag , one time enter is enough :)

prayer=D

2009-12-08T18:37:00.003+08:00

Hey pretties=D

If you all been to sat service,the sermon is on prayer=D and Gideon shared about his parent's story, and i was super amazed and encourage by it! And that as He prayed,God worked in his family too!=) so i been praying for my parents and wanting God to do something to their hearts.. and im also fasting for them:)
Today as i was walking back home with my mum,she suddenly talked about one of her colleague which is a christian. blah blah blah, and i managed to share with her some stuffs on christianity!:DD wee! so i believe that as we pray and fast,God will surely in work:D and really encourage all of you to continue to fast and pray for your holiday plans,cause we dont want it to be a 'wasteful' one! make your holidays count!!!:DD and continue to fast and pray for camp and your camp objectives!;D wee,im so excited for it and how God will move in my families:D
muacks!
minyi:D

2009-12-02T22:33:00.013+08:00

yenz here,i am to make the blog alive (:
this 2story i post before on ea2 blog (:,those who in ea2 ,will see this again(:
this 2story actually is @ my last year english blog , i copy and post @ here(:

TWO SEEDS
Two seeds lay side by side in the fertile soil.
The first seed said, "I want to grow! I want to send my roots deep into the soil
beneath me, and thrust my sprouts through the earth's crust above me ... I want
to unfurl my tender buds like banners to announce the arrival of spring ... I want
to feel the warmth of the sun on my face and the blessing of the morning dew on
my petals!"And so she grew...
The second seed said, "Hmmmm. If I send my roots into the ground below, I don't
know what I will encounter in the dark. If I push my way through the hard soil
above me I may damage my delicate sprouts ... what if I let my buds open and a
snail tries to eat them? And if I were to open my blossoms, a small child may pull me
from the ground. No, it is much better for me to wait until it is safe."And so she
waited...A yard hen scratching around in the early spring ground for food found the waiting seed and promptly ate it.

Live your life as a coffee bean would
No one says that life is a bed of roses. We all know that it comes with its fair share
of trials and tribulations.

However, our focus need not just be on the problems.

Solutions are at hand on most occasions, but are not necessarily always easy to
find. Tackling these situations armed with a positive mindset is by far the best
recommended course of action.
Exhibiting a dejected aura is a sure-fire path to grief - akin to admitting defeat
when the battle has not even begun

Personally,I cannot fathom why there are people out there who prefer to see the glass as half-empty rather than half-full. These are the same types who are already anxiously waiting for the worst before anything happens to them.
I am reminded a story told to me by a colleague recently about a young woman who went to her mother and told her how hard her life was and that she wasn't sure if she was going to make it through. She was tired of struggling and was on the verge of giving up. Her mother took her to the kitchen, filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fame.

She then placed carrots into the first, eggs into the second and ground coffee beans in the third. After twenty minutes of silence and just watching the contents boil, she turned off the burners.

She fished the carrots and eggs out and placed them into separate bowls. She then ladled the coffee into a large mug. The mother handed the first bowl to her daugher and asked her to feel the carrots, She did and noted they were soft. The mother then asked her daughter to take an egg and break it. She did and, after peeling off the shell, handed her mother a hard-boiled egg.

Finally, the mother then asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich flavour and then asked: "What does it mean, mother?"

Her mother explained that each of these objects had undergone the same "trial" - being boiled in water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and relenting, but come out softened and weak. The fagile egg, with its liquid interior, become hardened after the ordeal.

The ground coffee beans, however, were unique. After they were steeped in the boiling water, they started to change the consistency of the liquid. She then went on to ask her daughter: "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"

You may want to ponder these questions: Am I the carrot that seems strong, but who, with pain and affliction, wilts, becomes soft and loses my strength? Or am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart and a fluid spirit, but after a death, break-up or a financial crisis, becomes somewhat hardened? Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the boiling water, the very circumstances that bring it pain. It releases its fragrant aroma and flavour within those adverse conditions.

If you are like the bean, then when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is at its darkest, you elevate yourself positively to a whole new level.

I'd like to encourage you to take a tip from this story: go forth and live life like a coffee bean .

i wan share how great is God in my life.
think most of u all dunno , i keep skipping school for like 2term
after june untill end of year exam than i go back school
end of year results come out , i was sad abt my eoy result
but i really thank God tat i never retain , i from like in the top 10 i drop untill 27...
it can show tat my result drop alot
but my friends , my classmates is like asking me ,
why u never come school still can pass ar?, and result so good etc
bcos God is with me (: yeah

share something here from the ea traning class(:
i am in the class of SOW (:
we should always have the right attitude when we evaxing,
perseverence , ppl tend to reject you alot of time etc maybe some of us will like give up ?
we should perseverence,
and SOW there is no shortcut samething it apply to our spiritual life too, HAHA(:
just not long ago, we got evaxing right ? God bless with contact tat will reply,
even contact saying she wan to receive Jesus (: contact, who are christian even wan to visit our church (:

God's power=DD

2009-11-16T20:12:00.002+08:00

Hey eastA1=D hehe,the blog kinda dead uh,so do blog more=D

On 15 nov 09 (which is sun)
Hehe,i experienced super cool stuffs,so wanna share with all you..
1) i was trying to on a nokia hp,which has been untouched for super long! and i haven't been charging it for super long=) as i wanted to send song to my hp,but no matter how hard i tried to on it,nothing change plus i lazy to go charge it.. so i just prayed to God,took out the battery and put it back. when i want to on it, i said 'in jesus name' (subconsciencely one), and when i turn the hp over which the screen is facing me.. guess what=D the hp was on!!! i was super amazed by God!=D Whenever we pray or ask God for certain thing,we got to PRAY OUT IN FAITH!;) jas1:5-6

2) melissa and i went to pasir ris to spend time with God together=) cool uh! hahaha. we went there about 3plus,and the sun was super HOT=x somemore my whole body was black in colour (ahirt,pants and slippers) ,so i was like complaining to God and melissa! And God SEND DOWN WIND!=DD wee! but i still feel HOT.. so i just randomly say 'GOD SEND MORE WIND DOWN'! And the next moment ,the wind really GOT SUPER STRONG!=DD if you dont believe ask melissa.. hahas! the funny thing is that the wind got really strong till dark clouds come=( we were like oh no! but i dun really care much=p so i take my own sweet time,until small rain started to pour. then i start to pack my stuffs. hehehe,as we pack out stuffs,we saw a ROUND CLOUDS which are white in colour,while the surrounding CLOUDS ARE BLAKC IN COLOUR!;D hahas,at first we didnt really care much,just amazed.. but as we walked to the busstop,i looked up to the sky,the ROUND WHITE CLOUDS were still ABOVE US!=D until we walked to a part whereby there's lots of tree,the round white clouds started to get dark and went missing and rain started to pour heavily! but guess what?!:DD when i reached the busstop,i was not really wet while others were much more wetter than me:D i was telling melissa that God use the trees to act as a shelter for us,cos i admit that i walked rather slow:))) then we waited for the bus for quite some time,then i was asking melissa 'when will the bus come'. Then i started to tell myself and melissa that the bus is coming, and the bus came!!!!=DDDD weee!

3) we then procede to pasir ris mac then went to take bus5.. hehehe, i was thinking how long will the bus come,cos when we reach there there's no people in the line=x after a while,i got a sense that the bus will come,so the next moment the bus came!:DD wee!

Hehe,i was super amazed by God's power,his UNFAILING LOVE for me and ultimately GOD'S PROTECTION FOR ME=D hehehe,pray more and experience God's miracles personally! JESUS,you rocks! eastA1,you too=* see you soon! muacks muacks!:DD
MinyiHere:D

shirls here

2009-11-12T18:13:00.002+08:00

Hey babes! As you know M.A.D 09 is around the corner, or should i say 2 days away. I urge those who does not have a ministry to join one this saturday!! We ought to see the importance of being involve in a ministry..

1) God gave us individual skills.

So let's use this skills to glorify God's name thru Ministries.

2)Stepping out from your comfort zone.

3)Get yourself involve in this FAMILY! :)

Do ask your shephered regarding the ministry you wanna join asap! and if you want.. Join YDANCE!! We welcome you to the family, auditions apply. Heehee.

Do remember to reach nexus before 11am for M.A.D! Don't be late girls! I'll see you peeps down at Nexus :)

Jazryll here :D

2009-10-16T17:39:00.004+08:00

Thank god for what he has done in my life :D

Wow , i really thank god man , today's art paper was great .

Although i did not plan anything , but those pictures that are needed to draw just came out as i was daydreaming . I was already having the intention to just fail my art paper , as i did not do any prep . But really want to thank god , for helping me through this exam and my whole EOY :D

shirls here.

2009-10-12T09:54:00.008+08:00

Hey guys! Please take sometime to watch the above video. Thank You! :D

always having a thankful heart towards GOD:)

2009-09-26T23:21:00.005+08:00

hey people=) i think i haven't been contributing to the blog uh=x sorry! hehehehe=D but im back again! hehehe,i been wanting to blog about this but hohoho=p

i believe every single one of you sure have problems/disappointments and more! hehehe,i did have mine too! but through this period of time,be it problems with family/friends and other stuffs,God taught me a precious lesson=) hehehe,we can either face our problems by saying 'hais,another problems again' or 'yes,God can grow me during this period of time'=D is either a positve or negative thinking. i did agree that sometime i question God about certain stuffs that are happening in my life. hahaha,but i did take time to reflect through why is God doing this stuffs,do you?;) as i reflect through and see certain areas He gave me breakthrough in,i can't help but to THANK GOD!=D cos i know God have his best plan for us and to grow us!=D really encourage you all to step out of your emotions/thinking,but start thinking of those blessing and breakthroughs that God have blessed you in or helped you to grow in:D hmm,sometime when we are facing problems,take some time to think through of ALL the BLESSINGS AND PEOPLE AROUND YOU THAT GOD HAD PLACED IN YOUR LIFE=D hohoho! which are eastA1 and all the close friends and more!;D heheh,i wanna take this chance to thank God for all of you,for making my life colourful by laughing at /with me=p affirmationg time=) be patient!

- florence: thanks for your presence in my life,all the things u done for me,deep down i really love and appreciate you=D shy me! (hint: wait for my card) ;D

-yushan: thanks for giving me support whenever i needed and helping me to grow even more=D

-shir: thanks for lending my your listening ear when im facing certain things=) thanks sister,i appreciate your support too,you should know it=D

-shermaine: thanks for being obedient and accepting who i am=) thanks for being a GOOD friend to me;)

-yen: thanks for being understanding and accept certain things i done! and also giving me honest feedbacks to help me grow=D i apppreciate it sheep,muacks muacks!;)

-jaz: thanks for being being there for me=) someone whom im comfortable to play and be with;) thanks playmate=p

-angie: thanks for laughing together with me=p hehe,someone who really love her leader and giving ur all to the roles u assigned to=D

-ivy: thanks for being encouraging and supportive;) you really gives your very best to people=D

-lixuan: you likes to 'play' with me in another form of playing,but i still love you;D realy appreciate those simple things you do like 'are you okay'? awww,so sweet=D

-jiahui: heheh,you are someone i can play with,so fun=D you are really willing to do stuff and being obedient to God and people!;)

-jiamin: hehehe,oh my i didnt know i can talk to you so much uh! =D someone who is very willing,obedient and funny! we can laugh together, 'hahaha'=)

-susan: hahahas,someone i like to play with too! hehe,you are someone who really tries your best to know people better,although you might be shy or what! and really appreciate your supportive and willing spirit to lead roles and stuffs like that=D

lastly we meet not by coincident,but God has a purpose for al of us to be in easta1 together;) so last of all, i wanna thank GOD! if not God who places us together,we wont even meet or have so much things to thank God for=D yeah! in conclusion:

-always have a heart of thanks giving!

PROBLEMS COME WITH A MIRACLE AND GROWTH! keep trusting and keep a grateful heart towards GOD,GOD deserve all our praises,AMEN?!;D eastA1,i love you and i love GOD too! wee=D

byebye,pretties. minyi,ba la ba la boom=DD

Yen^^

2009-09-23T21:43:00.004+08:00

wan to share to everyone here ,
for those who miss out caregroup today also^^
as today caregroup testi i was sharing a few testi.

1)i got tis friend ,convert on jan but after tat she dun wan come ,find excuse etc so for a long time she never come and like for a period me & her start to quarrel , never to talk for months for some reason plus i also last term din really go school. just last thur we like talk so sudden , i was like suprise tat she started talk to me abt chirstian etc and just today i random pass note in class like ask her wan join me for caregroup but she got something on but i surprise like she say "i think i can go church tis sat" in my mind i was like WOW am i dreaming. Really wan to thank God ! hope she can come , bcos she need to ask her mum. by faith she can make it! and she from junyuan !

2) Wan to thank God tat i can have e time to SOW on 2 of my contacts tis week! bcos normally my week is like pack or the day i free they not free etc . one of them like say wan to meet me , yesterday i was going to offline she online and like suddenly talk to me and say when can she meet me .... i was .... and next she maybe coming! yeah!=) i hope the wan i sow 2moro she will come on sat ^^

3) today i forget to bring tie to school , for junyuan we will go tis room call RR=recovery room is like detention room and is 1-2 hours depend on teacher. thank god i never stay back if not i will late for cg or even cannot make ar. now i will tell u why i never stay back..HAHA
i actually text ys ,asking she have but she dun have=( so i was asking around my classmates
somebody say oh tat person have la.. is my classmate la but i went to ask him but he say lend to others.=(
one of my classmate , come back from recess ,hear tat i dun have tie and he say i lend u mine , but he himself dun have extra so after tat got one of e HOD teacher came our class , he say
put on ur tie and also ask who never bring tie come out but our class (having mt lesson) din not sabo him . thank god! so before going to e hall , early on say dun extra de , he say i found out tat my bag still got one more tie... thank God the guy did not stay and i have tie!

God is a creative God tat will help us on not only wan way but alot way , although u think is not impossible but with God everything is possible! if u walk right with God ,God sure will bless u
and must have faith in God ^^

Hebrews11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

shirls!

2009-09-20T23:52:00.002+08:00

Hey girls! I just wanna share my Qt here with all of you. I was reading one of the devotion from this book call "whispers of wisdom for girls" it contants 365 devotions & it definitely help you to grow and understand God's word easily.

Title:Follow the leader. When God is our leader, we can't fall.

Proverbs 4:26.

Our spiritual walk is never a smooth one, there definitely would be times when we're place in tests to grow and mould ourself from there. No one said it's gonna be easy right? But when we're surrounded by fellow believers and God himself to support us, its true that we would stumble but we'll never fall. Walking on the correct path is very important. As believers we would wanna live a righteous life with God, we wanna grow and change our character to be more like Him. Shepherds and follow uppers, we won't want to lead our sheep/follow uppie in the wrong direction, what we want is for them to realise and experience the greatness of God. Every single one of you in EA1 plays an important role in supporting each other, and i mean everyone, no one is left out. If our CG wasn't a supporting one, everyone would have left by then. We have to see the importantance of supporting each other, part of our spiritual walk depends on the atmosphere and people arnd us. If we do not put our best foot forward in serving each other, then we really got to reflect on our life. Girls, let's try to keep everyone involve, don't let anyone fall out of place, keep everyone in a conversation, we won't want any person to be left out yea? A caregroup is a group that cares for each other, if you're facing problems, share with us. At least we're able to help you :)

2009-09-20T00:18:00.004+08:00

Our wonderful careleader .
Florence chen xiao si :D

Shermaine here

2009-09-04T23:09:00.005+08:00

hello fellow EastA1s :]

i am here to update on these two videos we took during caregroup !!

we were playing INDIAN POKER as one of our caregroup games :]

As for this video, min yi and shushan had to do forfeit because they had lost the game of bulldog :D and they were made to sing a song !!

i have included some comments in between these two videos so that you can have a better understanding of the whole process, these videos are hilarious :D

I LOVE EASTA1, you guys rock ! :DDD

Jazryll ; here :D

2009-09-02T20:23:00.002+08:00

EASTAYEONE ROCKS

florence here, YAY!

2009-08-20T10:04:00.030+08:00

Was flipping the papers this morning and found 2 articles in which I believe are relevant to how we, as Christ followers, ought to live and lead our lives! (:

Article 1: Be nice to Ma - she's lonely

THE GIST: Discusses about how we as children, need to learn to appreciate our parents.

PONDER-WORTHY EXTRACTS:
1. "Sometimes, I wonder if we are fair to our elderly parents in the way we respond to them.
When our children call us umpteen times while we are at work, do we complain? Most of us are unlikely to do so.
But when our parents demand our attention, we can't be bothered to give them the time of day.
To many of us, our children come first, and our elderly parents, last."

2. "Just like our children, our parents also need a listening ear, and our time."

3. "One day, we will be like them too."

THOUGHTS:
Of course, you're not yet a parent. You have got no kids. But you do have friends, and your parents. So this applies to us as well. Especially shepherds, when our sheep are in need, we would give them our fullest attention, no matter what time it is. This is because as a shepherd, we learnt that we need to be sacrificial and be there for to meet needs of our people (under us). But, where do your parents stand in importance in your life?

Personally I feel that it is a cruel act that most people mistreat or ignore their parents' presence. They deserve much more!

Yes, true, they can be irritating to the core. Calling us every now and then, trying to strike tiny conversations which you think is wasting your time... etc. They may be doing this, maybe, because they really really really lack attention in the family? They love us. Which parent do not want to see their kids at home after work? Sometimes I feel bad also, that for the entire week I reach home after 10-11pm, which causes me to be unable to mingle around with them.

And yes, true, they may not be as hip and cool as your friends, but we cannot neglect them! They are human beings, they are YOUR parents, people who brought you up from a baby till where you are now.

In their eyes, you're probably still a baby that needs protection and lots of care. Even though you are tall, pretty and independent already. Just reflect, on how they shower you with their care and concern, in ways you do not know.

I am of course, not talking about psycho-maniacs who kills their children.

I believe that all parents, love their children. And, I can tell you, not everyone is a pro when handling a family. And, it is NOT EASY to bring up children. You will know the extreme difficulty next time, haha!

They love us, and we ought to love them back.

EA1, we do not only consume our time with friends, classmates, CCA mates, caregroup, church people, but spend deliberate time with your parents.

I'd like to challenge you to:
- Write an encouragement card to them
- Ask them out for a meal (dinner?)
- Don't always run about with friends, especially on days they are at home (Sunday)
- Watch TV with them (let them have control over the programmes)
- Play family games/activities with them (Monopoly, Risk, fishing etc)
- TALK to them (ask them how they are, how's work everything; they just want you to be there)
- Listen with loving patience
- Avoid quarrels
- Buy them gifts (elderly loves food!)

I have just got too many thoughts in my head... Basically, be nice to them.

VERSES:
Exodus 20:12 (NIV)
12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 5:16 (NIV)
16 "Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

Matthew 15:4 (NIV)
4For God said, 'Honor your father and mother'[a] and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'[b]

One day, you'll be like them too. (:

Article 2: He Saw the Light

THE GIST: Mr Mani Maran, once a drug addict, has turned over a new leaf with help of Pastor Richard Martin and Reverend Dr Edward Job from Christian Care Services Singapore.

PONDER-WORTHY EXTRACTS:
1. "My friends and I did drugs. I enjoyed it and didn't think I was doing anything wrong."

2. "I now regret my actions. I feel I've let many people down. I gave young people access to drugs."

3. "Sermons, cell group and prayer meetings strengthened his Christian faith."

4. "He said of the support and counselling he has received: Pastor Martin and Reverend Dr Job really motivated me to turn over a new leaf. Now that I'm here, I value my life. Before that, I couldn't care less. Because of the kindness they've shown me, I can't let them down."

5. "If you think good thoughts, you'll do good and you'll be good."

6. "Now he is determined to recover from his addiction, wants to be a counsellor and to tell youths about the dangers of drug-taking."

7. "Asked if such a moral change can stick, Dr Job said: People change when they accept who they were. We motivate them, guide them and walk the path with them. We change their lives one day at a time."

THOUGHTS:
It's a cycle. It's a planned cycle of struggles, overcoming, victories, and passing of the baton.

Personally am very encouraged when I read such an article on the newspaper. I thought it was very PRO-christianity. Always thought that news with pro-religion messages, though subtle, wouldn't be allowed to go on print. Nevertheless, I am very happy it managed to pull through!

If you had faithfully read through all the points I extracted above, I guess it's pretty obvious that knowing Jesus, doesn't stop there and then when we said the sinner's prayer, but it's got to be more than that!

Just like Mr Maran, we have all been through that stage of loneliness, uncertainty, lack of confidence, lost, insecurity etc.. The things that we do, we don't know why also, and sometimes as we look back, we regret. "I'm such a failure! Why did I do that?"

Or also, we don't realise the severity of our acts, that we keep on doing, not being aware of the future consequences we have to deal with. In Mr Maran's case, not only did he have to face much health issues and to deal with his thoughts about disappointing his loved ones, he also 'gave young people access to drugs', which means being a rather bad influence to society. He pulled many others down with him.. Not forgetting, the pain and struggle he had to go through to get out of the drug addiction! Takes only a minute or so to get addicted, but takes you 'donkey-years' to get out of it..

Thank God, God came into his life. What a timely intervention!

It's not easy, really. Like any addiction, computer games, watching unhealthy things off the internet, TV, smoking etc... there's no overnight solution to it. I'm very sure he was tempted to go back to drugs sometime or another. Do you have an addiction you need to get out of? Every sin, big or small, known or unknown, an act of disobedience. Every act of disobedience to God's Word, will lead to consequences..

"Sermons, cell group and prayer meetings strengthened his Christian faith"
Are we going to service, caregroups, prayer meeting with expectation and desire to know more of Him, to be more like Him? I want to encourage all of us, that every time we attend such activities or events, don't just seek the fun of it! Don't just seek fellowship with friends! Don't just go to fulfil CG roles! That's not enough, but build and establish a deeper fellowship with Jesus! Also, be regular. Frequency is really important! I don't think Mr Maran went once for each, and his faith went up like, till enough for eternity kinda thing.. It's so important, that we ought to be committed and try our very best to be regular in all these, and to be in the presence of God and His people whenever possible.. I'm not promoting attendance, because activities do determine our walk with God, but the essence and bring-home-pointers-and-applications, that's what will bring us forward to be more like Christ.

But of course, your daily prayer devotional time and worship, spiritual habits got to be ongoing as well. (: So, let's have a positive change in our attitude and spirit ok?

"If you think good thoughts, you'll do good and you'll be good"
Are you ready? Watch out! Because Mr S.A.Tan will come knocking on your door, very soon, or even, now! When you have decided to consecrate your life, be set apart for God's Kingdom, our relentless enemy, will try all means and ways to drag us to hell. It will invade your thoughts, probably bring people around you to influence you and tell you things of the world.

"Wow... they are indeed really attractive. Just once, it's okay, right?"

NO, it's a big NO. Reject, say: "Sorry, busy with Jesus right now. Byebye!"

It all starts with a thought. It will eventually lead to behaviour, be it in actions or speech. Keep praying for a pure heart and mind! Remember, what God places in your life, you have the potential to overcome it. Remember, your purpose in life. Remember who you are, a child of God. (:

"Now he is determined to recover from his addiction, wants to be a counsellor and to tell youths about the dangers of drug-taking"
Now that we've experienced God's faithfulness, know of His reality and goodness, tasted so many blessings of abundance... What's next?

Mr Maran is still in the midst of fully recovering - a life of consistent repentence and thanksgiving.

He wants to be a counsellor and to tell youths about dangers of drug-taking - bring the gospel to the end of the world! We got to share the good news, bring light and hope and salvation to the lost. We too, were once lost, but now found in Jesus!

The Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20)
18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Let's do this together girls!

"Asked if such a moral change can stick, Dr Job said: People change when they accept who they were. We motivate them, guide them and walk the path with them. We change their lives one day at a time"
Whether you're a shepherd or not, you are a living testimony to the people around you - friends and family members. You have the Godly authority to speak into people's lives! You can make a difference to the world. You gotta tell the world that Jesus lives and show them the truth!
Walk with them.

VERSES:
Acts 2:42-47 (The Fellowship of the Believers)
42They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Proverbs 11:21
21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free.

John 11:25-26
25Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; 26and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

1 Peter 5:8-9
8Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

Philippians 4:8
8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

1 Peter 2:9-10
9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Ephesians 5:8-9
8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)

The world shall see the light!

florence here

2009-08-19T17:17:00.002+08:00

I am not a gift-person, but I am very touched by what my caregroup members did. :) So very blessed to be among loving and generous givers like them!

On Saturday, Jazryll asked me what sushi I like. Before I come to realize the motive behind that question, without giving much thought, I replied, “Raw one. Maybe salmon?” Immediately, she left. ‘Shucks…’ I thought to myself. Only then I figured out what she wanted to do. Indeed! She came back from Cold Storage with a salmon sushi. How sweet of you, Jazryll!

After awhile… I was mingling around other caregroup/unit members, teaching Jiamin basic guitar skills. Until I saw what YenPing was holding in her hand, a sushi-ball-with-mayo-and-crabstick-filling thing. Randomly, I made a comment, “Wah, looks so nice!” And I carried on laughing away with the others. Just before I left Mcdonald’s for Cheng’s MIT6 meeting, YenPing came walking swiftly up to me, and handed over a sushi-ball-with-mayo-and-crabstick-filling thing! Oh my tian! So unexpected! I just said, it looked nice! Thanks YenPing!

Halfway through shepherding Joy, she searched through her bag and took out a box of Meiji milk chocolate coated macadamia nuts and passed it to me. Wow! I have been craving for chocolates, and she met my ‘want’!

Now I know why I’m not losing weight despite the many runs I had! :)

Thanks to all those who blessed me in one way or another, these acts of love makes a lot of difference in my life. Love you!

Jazryll ; here :D

2009-08-13T20:48:00.000+08:00

PRP-phobia

2009-08-10T20:20:00.003+08:00

I am not going back to Pasir Ris Park for the next... many many months. PRP-phobia, that's what I am suffering right now.

I should have known, not to touch the sea water, what more dip my entire thigh/legs into the surfacely-okay-but-poisonous toxicated mass of liquid. Previously, had shepherding with Joy at PRP too, and all I did was to dip my feet into the water. In just a few minutes time, my toes were red-hot, itching with annoying rashes. At once, I suspected it was the water-problem.

Today, I was naive enough to think the polluted water could have been purified (in I-don't-know-how-way), and walked all the way till thigh-length into the poison. Lo' and behold, I had rashes all over after that. My calves, thighs, forearms, arms, face... How stupid!

It was the worst itching incident I ever experienced! "So itchy so itchy!" I chanted.

Thank God, just before I left the house, I chanced upon this tiny bottle of Axe Brand Oil. Initially I didn't want to bring it, though usually I do, but I just dumped it into my already-full-of-things bag.

Axe Brand Oil: My partial-saviour of the day. Yippee! :)

However, there's this other thing that I want to thank God so much for! EAST A, thank you!
You know, throughout the entire itching period, from the beginning till the end, so many of you, came up to me and showed your concern. Some even, so unexpected. Truly a pleasant surprise!

I shan't name out all of you, but I still want to say, THANK YOU! :)
P.S. To those who massaged me randomly, after I made a comment that my back was aching after the violent sock-o-war with Melissa. HAHAHA!

Just a simple, "Florence, are you okay?" can make me so touched to the core, feeling like a toasted marshmallow. Awww..

Praise God, for my rashes have subsided!

Overall, I felt that today's Unit Outing was realllyyyy fun! I love such memorable and quality time spent together - NTUC raiding, quarrelling over Wanwan or Sour Cream and onion potato chips, mangosteen horror, centipede shock, table cover as picnic mat, running into toilet with Yenping to get rid of rashes-causing stuff, finishing a once-full Axe Brand Oil Bottle, extra-violent sock-o-war, ridiculously hilarious Devil's Man, Cally's shakeyshakey and other nonsense, and of course, the Christ warriors of EAST A!

I LOVE YOU ALL! :)

A final reminder... BEWARE THE SILENT WATERS OF PRP! :X It's a hypocrite! Double-standard body of water! AHHHHH!

Anyway, a public shout-out to Joy Tuazon Meneses Faith! HAPPY SPIRITUAL BIRTHDAY!:D

-florence

Jazryll ; here :D

2009-08-09T12:08:00.000+08:00

HAPPY NATIONAL DAY PEOPLE :D

-EAST AYE ONE ROCKS :D

no, it's not.

2009-08-05T11:29:00.004+08:00

A moment of folly, in exchange for a less fulfilling life till eternity;

Is it worth it?

-florence-

florence here

2009-08-04T10:48:00.003+08:00

Received a few really cool testimonies/ sharings, and I can't let them just be shared within the group! Readers out there, be inspired! Hehe.

On behalf of Ng Min Yi, the lazy bum. (:

Exact replica of the following SMSes

SMS1
"Hey Easta1(: i wants to share with u all something,wanted to blog it down, but lazy:) Yeah, today i dreamt of something weird yet cool and something we can apply in our life(: i dreamt that my brother and my mum had a bad quarrel as my mum do not allow to give my brother money. He flared up and dialed his hang to beat up my mum. My mum was so so terrified that she called me and went to find me. So i quickly brought my mum to hide. But my brother's gang caught up with us but we managed to run to the female toilet to hide. I was so scared that i hide my mum behind the 'toilet wall'. I was so so scared that i might lose her,i tried every ways to prevent her from being beat/shoot by them. But in the end, they found my mum and wanted to shoot her but i woke up :x man, its was really super extremely real! Something i learn was we might be scared that we will lose our parents, so we tired to protect them from all dangers, illnesses,etc. But we wont know when is the day they will pass away,everything are so unpredictable! Only God knows,and he is the only one who will give us eternal life(: if we really love our parent, the BEST thing that we can give to our parents were to share to them about JESUS!:) we do not have a relationship with our non-believer friends, but yet we still share to them about God. What's more our parents?! If u are the only christian in ur family, lets do something to this family!(: God place us in this family for a purpose! If u are willing, God will use u:) we only have one life, is either u wanna waste it or use it WELL for God(: seriously, lets be a salt and light wherever u go too:) live out 'God's fullest life for u'! Lets not just keep serving and forget our parents,they also need God. Fulfilling the Great Commission,includes our parents:) im in this with u all,are u?:) Hehehe, hope to hear testimony from u all including myself,im excited for this. Cos i believe God gonna use all of us big big times!(:"

SMS2
"Hey follow uppers and above.share with u all something cool! :) Hehehe, i randomly message all my nbs and sheep. And guess what, the only one who replied me was JOELLE! Man, her 1st message was 'i want go church from now onwards'! :) man, its so cool! I believe joelle's heart was being 'changed' because of our PERSEVERANCES, and God is WORKING in her heart:) Yeah, for those who have difficulties with ur sheep/follow uppee, dont give up! Keep praying for them! :D ask God to use u all, and to have a heart just like God; heart of compassion! :) feel like giving up? Turn to God's promises written in his words, 'our labour will not be in vain'! Jiayou, im trying to help her now(: lets pray and ask God to work in this spiritual realm! :D"

On behalf of Sim Yu Shan, the God-prioritiser. (:

The night before Yushan's Social Studies prelims, she was just telling me like how much she has got to do for her F&N coursework. She planned to do it on Saturday after service, but Dennis wants to meet all the MFLs and CLs for time of worship and teaching, so she went for that in the end. This caused her to be unable to finish quite alot for her coursework. Plus, she didn't have enough time to revise her Social Studies. You know that SS requires alot of memory work, right? So, it was really quite an uptight situation for Yushan. However, I still believe that when you honor God and put His Kingdom first in everything, God will bless you mountainful!

"Hey surprisingly i can do it! Thank God. I did it with God and its joyful even thou i can't do the end part. I'm happy and satisfied in the front part"

Praise God for that! Yushan was faithful, she obeyed, and prioritised God in her life, and she receives her blessing. Whatever the outcome is, her blessing of joyfulness is not something that could be bought, and a life of freedom is much more fulfilling than one of being slaved by homework/school/stress/BGR/achievements/good grades/etc - basically things of the world!

Busy-ness is an excuse; a robber of life to the fullest!

shirls here!

2009-07-26T00:50:00.004+08:00

A-MUST-READ-POST!!

Ah! I'm still so high up with Rendition today! How did you girls find it? I had lots of laughter & fun today. Alrighttttt! Just wanna post up on somethings that happened today. Yea! Firstly i think its really thank God that i could make it at the last minute, yes yes as most of you may know i actually escape the 7 days blah blah blah. Y'know as flo forward the text that dennis loh typed, I was encouraged to keep praying for the visitors & that i knew prayer is important, really important, not only did i actually prayed for Ea1, i kept all my brothers & sisters of East in prayer too + i did pray for the whole production team as well. (I know its kinda funny but.. read on) I had the urge to keep them in prayers, i can't possibly help them out physically but i'm definitely able to help them spiritually. Results were seen today, with all performers standing on stage with great faith & a heart that desire, a heart that cries "God be with us" and He really did. I'm sure if you were to go around asking anyone on stage today, their reply would be "Thank God that He was with us and that we were able to do it" This is something everyone of us should learn from. To always put God first, say if someone said you're smart, what would your reply be? Will it be like "Ohwell! Thanks" or "Yea thank God He gave me the wisdom!" you decide.

As i didn't have any visitors today i helped with minyi's. Mannnnn we both had a hard time, thru out the entire Rendition, the girls could only talk talk talk. It was pretty much irritating, but still they're our visitors. So i told God this "God! I'm doing this for you! Please keep the girl quiet, like stop her from talking!" ah! Thankfully God understands & she kept quiet for at least 5 mins. Heh!

Apart from this. I think there are a few things we really got to take note of.

1) Urgency, moving from place to place. Something can be done here, we really got to show urgency. Really, no kidding. We have been talking about urgency since unstoppable till now (Evidence: Checklist at the left side bar) I know we can do better than today. Like how we walked from somerset to nexus, we were separated.

2)Mix around & not to stick with the same people. Reminder: We're still doing it again today, ah as we had a few visitors from our group, we need everyone's help to play apart, not only the leaders but everyone else too. It was tough for me to handle 2 visitors at the start since minyi had to handle another 1, & i could really appreciate help then. I really hope to see more of us stepping out off our comfort zone. We shouldn't hear excuses like"huh? i don't know what to talk to them about" or "i'm sick" Hey! I was stuck a few times when talking to them & i was sick too!

3)We could have been more excited for today's service. Remember flo ban emo-ness the night before. I still see emo people. Ah!

I think as a group we really got to support each other, we can't rely on only the coreteam or mfls. Today was lack of support. Lack of support talking to the visitors. Yes i know you girls would wanna catch up on the week but there's always time for it after service! :) As a group, let's change together. But it starts with you, it starts with you stepping out your comfort zone! :D

Jiayou! Loves

florence here, YAY!

2009-07-20T16:32:00.013+08:00

Ephesians 6:10-19

'The Armor of God'

10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the FULL armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
19Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

RIGHT MISTAKES
Just wanna share an interesting conversation between a mom and her daughter, quoted from the movie '13 going on 30' starred by Jennifer Garner. It speaks alot!

Daughter: Do you ever have any regrets in your life?
Mom: No, not really.
Daughter: But haven’t you made mistakes before? Huge mistakes and you wish you could turn back time?
Mom: No, not at all.
Daughter: Why?
Mom: Because… I wouldn’t know how to make things right!

That's true isn't it. If we never make mistakes in life, we'll never learn something new! They are stepping stones to our growth. Whether you're a leader or not, we're all bound to make wrong decisions one way or another, but there is nothing to be ashamed and afraid of! One mistake, learn from it. Commit it again, try again! But of course, we don't take it for granted, but sincerely want to grow out of it. Sense that some of us may be 'trapped' by our past mistakes, but if you've repented, move on. God forgives! But if you haven't done so, what are you waiting for? Live a guilty-free life! :)

ONE LIFE TO GIVE
Something else I wanna share... read the following extracted partial SMSes by Shushan AKA Susan with me:

Me: Why your replies so short one... Later i sensitive and emo arh... Hahaha! Ended school?
Susan: Lols it is because my massage not long that is why my massage is short. You emo arh. That's good lei haha. Yeah ended school already. This one long enough? Hahas
Me: SUSAN! What's wrong with your ENGLISH?! It's not massage, but MESSAGE! ...
Susan: Aiya 1 letter only...

HAHAHA! Good thing she learnt from her mistake already, see, it links to the previous paragraph on 'Right Mistakes'. If she's never corrected, she'll suffer worse if she spells it this way in O'levels! Anyway, the point I want to bring across here is simple, one life means alot.
1. One letter in a word can change the entire meaning of the sentence.
2. One of you can change the eternity of your friend's/family member's life.
3. One of you can change the destiny of your school.
4. One of you can change the youth in Singapore.
5. One of you can change the world!
Do you believe, you can be that 'One'?

'OBSERVATION TEST'
Keep in mind the 'Observation Test' you girls did during your recess time?
The response came back loud and clear: Many are living life aimlessly!
With all the gossipping, loneliness, vulgarities... Definitely not living life to the fullest...

Thanks to your faithfulness, I hope it stirs burden to the lost, and inspire yourself to work hard to claim back these souls for Jesus!

RENDITION IS HEREEEEEEE!!!

Gabrielle_Yenping

2009-07-15T23:52:00.002+08:00

Hey,Ea1 babes
Wan to share abt God speak to me in my qt
is tat always
keep watch each other .
Be ready!
Be faithful in serving the kingdom of God.
And the word trust.
Jeremiah 17:7
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,whose confidence is in him.

tis video quite meaningful (=

shirls here once again. heh

2009-07-08T22:24:00.004+08:00

ILoveThisFamilyOfEast.aye

Hey hey! just wanna say some stuff! Yea yea, all sisters from easta1 are welcome to post here, it can't only be just the few of us. I bet you guys have been reading my post till you find it real boring now. I'm pretty interested in what's happening in you people's life than my own:) So start blogging. Remember WOLS? Our aim is to remove L therefore stop being lazy people! And make the word to be WOS! :D and you can start from here.

Reminder:
11th july) ugly minyi's birthday! :D
12th july) ida the "cute" birthday
12th july) yenping + joy baptism day :D We will most prob be going to support them. More info would be sent down again! :D
11th july) EastA mega event day! :D
- Pink shirt as a whole unit.
- Long pants for service.
- Long socks. Knee length or slightly shorter.
- Short pants to change after service.
- Shoes, no slippers should be seen :)
- Glue, colour pencil & scissors.

Am looking forward to it!
&&&&&
REST IN PEACE MICHAEL JACKSON! :(

shirl here!

2009-06-30T22:13:00.002+08:00

Laugh as much as you want. I thought this picture was rather coo! :) look at Minyi! and my face-.- Hohoho!

How's school coming along girls? Well if you ask me, its rather okay, we have been slacking pretty much now! Hahaha anyway that's not the point. The point is, are you managing your time well? Spending time with God? Remember girls, whatever promises we made, whatever statements we agree on starts now. Like NOW! The real test would be coming along, there would definitely be lots of highs & lows, so prepare your heart strong and walk right with God! :)

Just wanna share with you "ThePowerOfHisWords"
What happened today was i woke up at 6.26 when i was suppose to leave house at 6.35. I woke up half asleep still and carried heavy eyes to school. My silent reading started at 7.30pm, and i think its really God's plan that my friend forgotten to bring his book so i had to lend him. Guess what i read? Yes, TheBible. I just wanted to close my eyes and sleeeeeep! But after reading like 4 chapters of the bible, i felt refresh! Very very refresh! I forgotten about those tiredness and began thanking God for giving me the strength through His words! Awesome? Indeed it is! :D

Shermaine here :]

2009-06-28T22:30:00.004+08:00

helllooooo everyone, its my first time posting, hohoho :DDD i have this amazing and encouraging video to show you guys !! :]

As school holidays are coming to an end and school is starting again tomorrow, we should really be the ones who SHINE for Jesus, and that is exactly how Christ wants us to live in the world ! let salvation pour in :DDD

SALVATION IS HERE ! :]]]

JAZRYLL HERE {:

2009-06-27T23:11:00.002+08:00

Hello people !
It's my first time here !
Haha , i just wanna share a short testimony [:
I think god is really moving in my life / my school .
Just today after sharing my testimony .
When i reached home , online msn .
Joelle actually talked to me and told me that she's coming next week!
God is faithful , AMEN ? :D
Jiayou easta1!!!

Ps:can we have songs in the blog ? [:

shirl..

2009-06-25T16:42:00.003+08:00

Let me tell you smth..

1) I almost fell 3 times on sat. 1 on the way to dance meeting & twice while jumping on the steps.
2) I spell saliva as sliver (OMG!!)
3) I mistaken my phone to be a snickers bar & actually bite it. (WHAT THE !!)
4) My cousin & i sat in the wrong seats at the cinema which made the people chase us off -.-

AWESOMEEEEEEEEE..

If any of this happened to you, i think you'll be feeling like this..

But i'm always reminded how much i so don't have to care what others think :D:D why make yourself insecure when people laugh at you? People judge but God doesn't! heehee! EA1 should have the habit of laughing things off when we did something stupid, its the best trust me. All human make mistakes, so girls! Do not be pai seh when you did something that made many laugh, take it as a form of joke & laugh together with them!! :D

florence here!

2009-06-23T21:35:00.007+08:00

Wow! So many cool posts from Shirlene and Yushan! Thank God for youuu :)

Keep them rolling in!

I just want to share an interesting personna that I saw on the bus just now!

I was really physically drained on my way home on Bus 139, but I think God wants to help me wake up so he planned for me to witness this interesting man... God, you're so cute!

I shall just name this man 'Uncle A'! :)

A kind Indian man offered his seat: Hey uncle, you want to sit?

Uncle A: No thank you, I do not need to sit! When it was 1899 I was made to walk 40 miles!

The Indian man smiled and just gave slight nods.

There was silence, and I took some time to observe this man. He looks like he is in his 80s, formally dressed, speaks really fluent English, holds a dictionary and 2 small bibles in his left hand. Not long after, the silence was broken by Uncle A...

Uncle A: You know, I was born in 1894! That makes me the fourth oldest man in Singapore!

The Indian man smiled and nodded again.

Uncle A continues: I am a retired pastor, but now I'm giving free English tuition to the poor. There are many poor people.. let's say in Bendemeer, thousands of poor people!

At this time, I was partly wondering why is he sharing all these, and felt touched to see that the Indian man was still listening so attentively and being so.. nice!

Uncle A continues: I have worked since 1911. I started my first job as a watch repairman. If I still had the watches I repaired then, they would be so rusty! My pay was only $2 a month then.

WHAT?! $2?! Okay, that can't even last me for a day! Not even a day, a proper meal!

Uncle A continues: You know what, I am only 38KG now. I'm even lighter than a high school girl! But my doctor says, that at my age, I shall just have to remain underweight... (laughs)

I'm envious of people who are light, but.. not to that extent! I'm amazed, at his age, with his weight, the amount of things he was holding on to, and the jerky bus, he could still stand strong and refuse to sit down! Whoa!

Uncle A continues: You know in the past, fathers were all really strict! In school, whenever we get beaten or caned, we would just pretend that nothing happened...

And then I got off the bus. HAHA!

GOODNESS. He is the oldest man I have ever met - 115 YEARS OLD! I'm seriously amused..

Besides this short sharing, hehe, two thoughts came to mind.

1) The Indian man is really nice, for others probably they would be thinking, 'Why is this old man talking non-stop? So irritating!' However, this indian man is different, he was at all ears, and being really friendly by responding with smiles and nods consistently to the old man. Maybe some of our sheep are like this, talking non-stop about themselves, we may get irritated and all, yet on the other hand, maybe what they need was just a listening ear?

2) Uncle A seems to be living life to the fullest. So joyful, strong, and positive. Once a pastor, carrying bibles around, teaching the needy, WOW. A few questions to ponder, 'What would I be doing 50 years down the road? Will I still be serving the Lord? How different would it be?' For me, I would want to be seen jumping and praising God, I would still want to serve God, even more!

What about you?

No matter where we are, same or different ministries, starting our own families, but I really do want to see all of us, still serving our mighty awesome God 10 years, 30 years, 50 years down the road till we go heaven!

Cheers!

yushan.

2009-06-22T00:22:00.002+08:00

Hey, i believe all of you knows that today is father's day right! Yknow i had a great day with my family and of course my dad! HAHAHAHA. What i wna say here is that, you know other than our physical daddy, it's a DAY FOR OUR SPIRITUAL DADDY TOO! He longs for us to tell him " i love you and thank you daddy " All in all, i just worship and spent time with God. I told God how much i adore him! It's greattttttt~ wheeeeeee. I wanna encourage you girls out there to really take some time this week to spend your day with God as well. God longs for you to go near him! HAHAHAHA. K LOVE YOU GIRLS.

ciaos

yushan here!

2009-06-21T23:12:00.008+08:00

Finally i find time to blog this down. It's been long since i wanted to post this up but apparently caught up with camp and other stuff. HAHAHA. Remember the other time the shepherds went for shepherd meet. Yeah, that very saturday florence chen treated the shepherds which are Minyi,shermaine and me(yushan) to BEN AND JERRY! - say WOAH! HAHAHAHA. I'm posting this not to make you girls out there to be jealous over the shepherds or what. But seriously i want to encourage you girls out there to rise up to God's calling and take care of his flock! I know many of you all been telling God you want to be a shepherd etc. But you know, other than just telling God, we got to make the effort to find our own sheep. It's not easy, i know but yes WITH GOD EVERYTHING'S POSSIBLE! I know camp ended not long ago, and i believe during camp some of you girls responded saying you want to be a shepherd! The chance is here, school is starting! Let's really find our 1 sheeeeeep! HAHAHA. But first of all, we got to really grow ourself and be ready for this harvest! Always remember and know that God's timing is right. Don't blame God if he never give you a sheep or whatsoever. But let's continue to trust in him. AMEN?! It's your own choice, nobody can force you. Girls, your one sheeep is waiting for you to go and find her! Jia you easta1 pretty babes! God is with us amen! Easta1 will grow, We need more shepherds to rise up! YAY :D So i wanna end this post with some awesome pictures we took at ben and jerry!Plus some unglams! :D here it goes

Yeah, so if you wna have such a good deal. Let's really Give our best and really look for your lost sheep out there. JIA YOU GIRLS! :D Don't ever give up k! We're all in this together! wheeee.

shirl here once again. Heh!

2009-06-21T14:05:00.003+08:00

Heyyyyyyy~ *Yawns!* Guess what? I just woke up! :D :D :D
Wow! Give me an amen if you think yesterday's sermon was really good! And how abt WOS teaching?! WOWOWOW! Even if sermon yesterday was pointing towards more to the guys, bet it still had some impact on us girls yea? We can still be a role model to many young girls out there too! Whether you're a brother or a sister, it doesn't matter, cos you're still God's child! :D

Awesome! How's father's day coming along? Anyone heading to nexus today? :) Man oh man, i did ask my dad yesterday night and he gave a straight No! righttttt.. i felt really upset and started tearing, but once again i was encourage by what Dennis said during the sermon which was "It takes more than 1 time to ask your dad to service, even when you failed at the first." I can't really expect my dad to come for service at the first time i asked, i takes time & this is for sure, i would never give me! How about you? :)

shirl here:)

2009-06-18T00:21:00.000+08:00

Life's like roller coaster, the higher it gets, the more its value/colour is visible. But the lower it gets, it turns dull :( BUT! WITH GOD'S LOVE AND AWESOMENESS! We can change our lives to be colourful! :D

Well hellooooo there! Hi hi hi hi hi hi! I'm taking a step to blog before this gets closed down & i'm blogging in the dark with my green jacket on \m/
Anw anw! Camp was a great time of fun & laughter, not forgetting the times we spent with God. Just wanna share with you something that happened during the 1st night of worship..
When i was praying half way, i felt that my right ear was block like as if there was someone standing really close to me, & i started feeling a presence of something. I'm sure it was no human, cos i did turn alittle to see the person behind me was 2 steps away, then my i could feel my heartbeat at my arm. OMG LIKE HELLO?! HEARTBEAT ON MY ARM?! Who thinks its crazy?! But the truth is that you're able to feel the heartbeat only at a time when a person squeeze you. In conclusion, i think that was really God's presence, God made it known to me that He is really there. I chose to believe it, of cos.
Coooool huh? Its my first time experiencing such thing :)

Today was East training day, (not for the entire East). Just wanna thank God for the grp of people who planned this entire day. We all had lots of fun, going through the "hard times " like doing 200 jumping jacks etc. I once again felt the sense of belonging in East, & i really really thank God that i was placed in East! :D They're my big big spiritual family!! :D Woohoo

Caregroup tomorrow would be at WWW! :) I hope the entire place is flooded with Yhope people! :D

shirl.

2009-06-12T08:33:00.003+08:00

HALLELUJAH! THE TIME I HAVE WAITED IS FINALLY HERE! OMG OMG OMG OMG!

UNSTOPPABLE! HERE I COMEEEEEE! :D Wheeeee~

Let's all prepare our hearts before attending this camp, i'm so excited to receive from God yo! :D Jiayou guys for the superband! :D

shirl here, with more pics! :D

2009-06-08T21:38:00.003+08:00

A true christian stands out in the darkest period that lights up the entire atmosphere. Even you may feel that you're just a normal kid, but God thinks you're always beautiful and outstanding in His eyes :D

shirl! :D

2009-06-07T19:16:00.004+08:00

The colours of our life, is just like what God blessed us with, everytime when blessings come along, colours would just fill your life :D

I'm back from my famine camp! God is definitely very faithful! Even at that period of time, i could receive so much from Him, i have a lot to share! :D Hopefully i could come up with something to do during camp before sharing! :D

2009-06-05T22:56:00.002+08:00

Heyhey im so proud cos this is my second post=D kidding! yeah. hehe,those who went for ruth,it rocks right!=D other courses are cool-dy too right?:D yeah,many things hitted me so so hard,and i didnt regret going=D
1st thing: Dont put a cap to limit urself and ask GOD why he dont want to use us/move! (faith)
2nd thing: Are we willing to humble ourself down to hear advises from people or when people bring up our mistakes,are we willing to listen and change it for the better?=D (humility)
3rd thing: normally we dont wait for God to work before we act. we should wait patiently for God's perfect timing before we start acting=D (trust and faith)
still got more,look for me for sharing time=p kidding! hehe=D
and have u ever wonder why we got spiritual family,because God knows that our physical family cant give us the sense of 'completeness' that is why we have spiritual family to be there for one another!=D wow,new insight:DD yeah! hahaha,lets apply what we learn and really put it into practise,dont let it be a wasted course!=D eastA1,lets grow together and im glad to have u all in this family=D muacksssss,i loveee you:DDD
minyi the glam:DD

shirl!

2009-06-04T22:31:00.002+08:00

Hey all just wanna thank you for the sms prayer or even just a simple jiayou that i received. I really need the prayer badly and it came in at the right time, thank you brolly! :D heehee, well i'm really glad we're all starting to open up even more, God's moving in this caregroup and i can feel that. Thank God for Ah jiamin ah! Cos i think she's been giving her best to open up even more now! :D kay right, i'm off to do my devotions!

LOVE YOU EA1 PIMPLES! :D i'm gonna pray and starve for 30 hours tmr! Keep me in prayers kay? (: (:

shirl! :D

2009-06-03T12:18:00.002+08:00

I'm sure everyone of us here loves sweets or anything that taste sweet. Well how about God's love? if sugar can make one smile and be happy over again, i'm sure God's love can double the happiness! :D
I won't deny that i ever thought of leaving God for once, yes indeed there were many times. Sometimes its really irritating to know that things are not going how it suppose to be, and whenever i pray, God doesn't answer it, i feel useless and pissed, but this sentence kept me thinking again "God will answer your prayers at the right time" Well, this explain why i'm still serving God.

Serving God in many other ways.
Ministry in our church allow us to serve God even more with whatever talent God may have gave us. I'm currently serving in Dance ministry and i'm so glad i joined it last year. There's so much more to learn and more areas i could serve in. I come to a point to know that Dance ministry is not just a group that dances every saturday and dance even more every other day, but we together as a ministry combine our talents to send a stronger message to those out there that God placed us all under the same roof to shine brightly for Him!

So for those who have not join any yet, strongly encourage you to bug your shepherd to see which area/ministry you're able to serve God in!:D

come come little children, come join YDANCE NOWWWWW!

florence here

2009-06-03T10:40:00.003+08:00

Salt and light in public

As I flipped through the recent newspapers, there has been an uproar about public transport commuters. How uncivilised, inconsiderate and unhygienic they can be! By the way, I am not generalising Singapoeans, I am still proud to be one.

Let's talk about giving up seats to the needy..

I would say that the new signage the LTA came up with that goes something like, "Reserved for the needy" with 4 pictures of needy categories, does stand out. The message is loud and clear, that we ought to offer these special seats to the needy.

Come to think of it, it's funny isn't it? Quite an irony, that we tend to think that we're almighty, smart and all, but we lack basic manners and courtesies! Oh oh.. something's wrong, right? How bad it is, to a point that we need such signs and special seats, to educate and remind us of how to be considerate.

To some, 'What? Considerate? What's that?'

Oh gosh! Now, where has all the CME (Civics and Moral Education) in primary and secondary school gone to? People just don't take it seriously yea? Then they have just killed two birds with a stone - wasting time and money!

Or to some, probably those who pretend to be sleeping, busy cuddling with their partners, fiddling with their fingers, "Aiyah, so paiseh! Never mind, someone will offer them their seats!"

What?! What's so embarassing? You're doing a good deed, nothing to be ashamed of! In fact, I think those people around should be ashamed, especially if they are the ones sitting on the special seats. HAHA! And too, be proud of doing so, because you are - being salt and light :)

Man, I've seen pregnant ladies clinging on to handrails just beside the green seats on jerky buses. This should not be tolerated! Is that pair of lovey-dovey couple hogging the green seats blind?! Tsk, wait till they grow old. 'Karma.. karma..' Heh, just kidding. I'll choose to believe there will be a turn of improvement!

C'mon girls! Being salt and light doesn't stop in schools, doesn't stop at home, but it goes beyond. Wherever you are, don't forget our identities! Christ ambassadors, God's children. Let's be the ones that truly shine bright like stars in the dark sky, be that spark. We ought to lift God's name high! :)

All the unglam pics(part2)

2009-06-01T23:08:00.000+08:00

All the unglam pics (part1)

2009-06-01T22:38:00.001+08:00

Take by the cute jaz(=

YenPing here(=

today wfl is really cool

soon i post again bcos now i very tired.haha

Take by yenping(=

2009-05-31T18:35:00.000+08:00

MASQUERADE

Testimony(=

2009-05-31T18:01:00.005+08:00

i have a few testimony to share abt my mid-year exam(=

1)Computer Applications(CPA) Paper 2
paper2 is abt doing Microsoft Word,Excel&Coral draw
i only have 1hour30mins to do.
usually i do microsoft word very fast&is easy to do
so i start with microsoft word,u know what i use more than 1hour 2 do it!
i dunno why,just redo&redo.i left around 25-30mins to do the excel&coral draw
coral draw usually need around 1 hour to finish it &excel need arond5-10mins.
my paper 2 result:
Microsft Word:15/20
Excel:5/10
Coral Draw:1/20
Total is 21/50
i fail but thank God tat my paper 1 i get 33/50
so total i get 54/100
Overall: 54.6(=

2)math paper
i improve by few marks(=
i pass my math i get 2nd or 3rd in class
tis time around the paper is difficult.
esp paper 2,my class have 33, 7pass.
Paper 1:40/50
Paper 234/50
total 74/100
overall:73.5
last year overall:67

3)i pass all subject!
although some improve&some not
My class position is 9(=
My mother brought me a camera bcos of my result.

4)thank God tat my grandmother is back safe from hospital(=

sMs Girl_Yenping

florence here

2009-05-29T16:28:00.000+08:00

I thank God,
that God is God,
and I am not.

shirl here! :D

2009-05-26T20:51:00.007+08:00

Just some pictures to entertain you girls! :D

LET US SET THE RIGHT HEART CONDITION TOWARDS EVAXING FOR THE UPCOMING ESS, it wasn't a very good thing to see only 2 people evaxing on monday :(

Yushan got high and decided to turn herself into a malay looking somewhat lady?!

And her cheese tofu.

With yenping's prawn ball.

Floreo's awesome amazing super cute and cool sheep!

With spastic and retard EA1

Along with her spoon?!?!?

And shirl/yushan CHEESE TOFU!

With the joker minyi's taiwan sausage

And lixuan yummy yummy cheese hotdog!

And more of jiamin/lixuan's CHEESE HOTDOG.

And lasttttttt floreo/yenping's prawn ball!

mmmmmm rightttttttt..

Still remember the time when we had the bbq steamboat together? Heehee! Glad we had a fun time tho some couldn't make it, maybe we should do it again BUT nooooooot my housey now! :D Let's go SEOUL GARDEN! LOLOLOLOL

shirl here!

2009-05-24T23:36:00.007+08:00

Andddddd...

The Mask Has Been Painted Gold!

OUR God is a faithful God=D

2009-05-22T22:57:00.004+08:00

hey pretty eastA1=D the prettiest here=DD weee! hehe,kidding=) anyway as u all know we are getting our results soon or even got back every single results! yeah,as for me i got every single papers on thursday=D for ur beauty info,i always fail my pure chem!argh=( and i did badly for my common tests!
english f9
emath c5
amath E8
combine sc E8
pure chem E8
chinese C6
combine humanities C6
i was super stress while studying for my MYEs,hahas! as i always get F9 for my chem class tests,E8 for my english,and for my emath,worst! i got less than 5 mark for ALL my class tests,and more=x and everytime i was told to stay back for different retests and remedials! and my form teacher met me and told me to work harder if not i will RETAIN=( many things happened and i feel like not going for CG and meeting people etc,but in the end,i still met them=D during my last paper,my form teacher which is my emath teacher told the whole class that there were quite a number of failures for emath p2,and she stared at me!=x i was thinking,am i going to fail badly again? and i can say that i cant really do emath p2,amath,chinese,pre chem,etc=x i was expecting to fail my most of my subjects! but guess what..
english overall D7
amath 51/80
emath 75/100
chinese 108/180
combine humanities C6
pure chem 53.3/100
combine sc (bio 51/100),(phy 48/85)
although it is not so well done,but in every single of my subjects i did improve! and my friends were impressed by my results.and i heard from my friend that a lot of my chers were very amazed by my marks! yay, so wanna encourage all of u all to really give your best to God,because God WILL NEVER short change us!=D amen?=D yay,i love GOD and u all =DD lets now jiayou for ESS,the same God who helped us through our toughest paper,will be the same GOd who helps us through this ESS=) keep asking and asking!
GALATIONS 6:9,lets claim it by FAITH=)

minyi the prettiest=D (whole world agrees)

peekabooooo!

2009-05-22T21:02:00.004+08:00

Hi all. Its me again yoo! :D Just here to update on things!

We'll be having a "art lesson" tomorrow to prepare our masks for the upcoming ESS! :D

Things to bring:

1) Newspaper

2) Paintbrush

3) old plastic waterbottle to hold water.

4) Whatever decorative things!

Yea that's abt it, i'll bring the masks which i have bought beforehand! Kekeke!

CAREGROUP IDENTITY: WHITE OUTFIT!

Let's prepare to seek God tomorrow! Get ready a whole lot of fun! :D attendence to flo by 9.30 :D

2009-05-21T22:30:00.002+08:00

Sup easta1! Why isn't there anyone posting :( No dead blogggg please! :D

How have you guys been? I'm starting to miss all of you already..(not) LOL!

OUR EXAMS ARE OVER RIGHT?! ISN'T THAT A GOOD THING? Well we don't have to mug on saturdays anymore! We can use this time to hang around with easta and our cg as well! Hahaha! So how were your results? Mine was rather expected, but still thank God he passed most of my paper! He gave me a score of 50/100 for chinese & 50.5/100 for poa! I was pretty amaze to obtain this marks as its just so close to failing but really thank God that He took control of everything and passed me for these 2 subs! :D

I really believe in doing my best for my exams and i know that God will do the rest. If you guys remembered, i shared once on how God actually gave me an answer which i needed for 1 of my geog question, i prayed and ask Him for 1 point that i missed out & God showed me a picture of what i learnt the day before, what's so real is that it was the point i needed to get the 2 marks! God's amazing! What's better is that, i studied together with God for my geog paper and of cos for the rest as well, and i actually fair an A2 for geog! :D

I actually failed my ss mid year which will pull down my marks for combine humans (geog+ss) but thank God my friend manage to dig out that 2 marks for me and I PASS in the end! Cool thing that she's a sister too! :D wow!!

I think God really blessed me a lot in this exam and i'm sure He blessed all of you too! :D

Dear yushan! GOOD LUCK FOR THE PRACTICAL EXAM! GOD IS ALWAYS ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU! :D

ya love me not?

2009-05-18T21:40:00.003+08:00

Heyyo! I think camp devotion is really cool ya know? I'm super encourage after reading the devotion and i wanna share this with you guys. Why not let us be faithful in doing our camp devotion? Why not let God touch our hearts before unstoppable camp and we can expect more for the upcoming camp so that we'll be refresh and gain so much for it as well? :D heehee.

On friday's prayer meet as pastor jeff asked us to gather in our CG and pray for different things that the youth should grow in, God gave me this word and its "discipline" (woohoo! i got it right now) i didn't have time to share with the group so i decided to post it here. We got to discipline ourselves first before we can head out to evax, we got to set the right motive and the goal we wanna walk towards. We should not be evaxing for the sick of doing it but instead we should be doing for God's kingdom!

I sense that there are some of us here in EA1 is not walking on the path we should be walking, instead some of us are coming here just to show your appearence and building only a friendship with one another. Just wanna remind you all that we're not just here to build friendship and leave when you feel like it, but we're here to know more about God through our sisters tgt as one. So let us set the right motive in our heart before attending any CG :D

A PREVIEW ON WHAT WE'LL BE DOING FOR MASQUERADE..

SPOOKY? love it.

florence here

2009-05-18T10:22:00.002+08:00

HELLO HELLO!:)

THE DANGER OF PROCRASTINATION!

I'm as normal as can be. Like every average teenage girl, I do not like pimples, but I do get them. Maybe because of my oily skin, fringe covering forehead, ladie's special periods, or.. scratching my face with dirty hands.

I am not blessed in the area of skin complexion. So, in order to prevent breeding a pimple farm, I had to have extra protection. I wash my face twice daily, apply basic skin care such as toner and moisturizer. Of course, pimple cream as well!

As usual, as I was putting on all these stuff, and it dawned upon me. Those few times I ignored this routine, I really did have extra pimples growing out from everywhere. I was either too tired to do anything, or being plain lazy, thus skipped it.

Man, once is bad enough. One pimple could multiply to three, imagine the consequence I would face, if I skip the skin care routine for the next 3 days, the next week... You'll say HELLO to a healthy growing pimple farm! "Hooray!" :S

Moral of story: DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!

I am not holy-holy, I admit I am unfaithful at times, I greet my dreams just after skimming through my Bible. Or sometimes, I don't even open it! Laziness..laziness..laziness. I need to overcome. I cannot afford to procrastinate!

Procrastination will multiply if we allow it to grow. We'll end up becoming more lazy, lack of desire of God's Word, and eventually lose our spiritual hunger... I don't want to starve my spritual soul.

If I am so uptight about pimples, all the more I should be consistent with spending time with God and reading the Word of life!

Adding on, I would liken this principle to washing dishes as well. Every time we use a utensil, let's say, a mixer spoon to prepare a nice cup of coffee, we think, "Aiyah, it's just a small spoon, just leave it here. I will come back later to wash it." If everyone in the office/family thinks like this, I can predict the last person present is going to go through hell-washing.

The suffering of clearing up the mess at the end is totally unnecessary.

Girls, let's grow in consistency with our walk with God, together:) Love.

florence here

2009-05-17T17:26:00.008+08:00

I hope the following testimony will encourage those who have problems in going for camp, to really put their trust, faith and hope in God, knowing that He will always always make a way out for us :)

1. THE APPROVAL

In case you still do not know, I'm currently in my 2nd month of poly internship, which will last for 6 months. There are many rules that I have to follow, but one rule, I disliked the most was - 'No leaves allowed'.

"HOW. I can't make it for camp!" How frustrating.

I prayed a simple prayer.
'Dear God, I really want to go for camp. I'm gonna ask my supervisor to allow me to apply for leave. I cannot miss out on this camp! Help me to find the right timing and say the right words. Give me the extra courage that I need. Thank you in advance, in Jesus name, Amen!'

Of course, still with a slight nervousness, I tried to pop the question a few times to my supervisor. One whole day passed, and guess what? I still haven't asked.

That night, Cheng asked me, "Eh, how ah, can you go for camp?"

"No, I haven't asked yet."

"What?! You better ask by this week!" roared Cheng.

Okayyy.. I had to ask, SOON.

I did :)

Once again, I really thank God for technology - MSN. Thank God for that, thank God my office can use MSN everytime, thank God my supervisor was online during work, thank God for giving me courage to ask (though online), and lastly, thank God He made a way!!

Though I cannot apply for leave, and that I have to work OT tp gain back the 16 hours I will be missing from work, it is truly a blessing that I can go for full camp! I don't think there are many other interns who will receive such privileges:)

2. FINANCE, NOT A PROBLEM TOO BIG FOR GOD!

A week left to end of early bird registration. Not only do I have to pay for camp fees myself, I don't have enough cash on hand.

Again, I prayed a simple prayer.
'Dear God, help. What a miracle you did in helping me get approval to go for camp, I pray for another miracle so as to be able to pay for early bird camp fee! Thank you Lord, Amen.'

You know what, just before Saturday (supposedly last day of early bird regsitration), I got part of my salary! Though my supervisor forgot to fill in cheque for my salary, he didn't forget my pay day, and gave me $200 first. Thank God!! I can pay for camp! :D

3. WHEN GOD BLESS, HE WILL DO IT ALL THE WAY!

YES! So excited to pay for camp! Got the approval, money, and last thing to do is to submit the money!:)

I had such a good night's sleep. Wake up early in the morning, all ready to go for singer's. Smiles were plastered all over my face. Only until, I received an sms from Shirlene Loo.

Here it goes something like this: Hey easta1 girls! Today is last day of early bird registration! Please remember to bring $140 and the camp form ok? See you, love you girls! :)

I'm stunned for a moment. SHUCKS. I FORGOT TO BRING MY CASH OUT. IT'S IN MY RED BAG!
I felt totally stupid and frantic. Early in the morning, Jeslin told me that she has to reach somewhere by 10am. At that point of time, it was around 9.55am. I knew I still had to give it a try to call home to check if Jes is still there.

Again, I prayed a simple prayer.
'Dear God, I know you will make a way. In Jesus name, Amen.'

I dialled my home number immediately.

"Hello, is ah en home?" said me.
"Ah en? Wait ah," said Vivi (my maid), "Ah si is not home."
"Eh.. I'm Ah si, is ah en at home?" I asked.
"Oh ah en ah, you wait ah..." Vivi replied.
"Hello, what?" said Jes.

THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER! I'm uberly amazed at what You can do. You showed me once and again of your perfect, heavenly timing in all things. Your ways, always higher and better than our ways. I know this happened for a reason.

4. IT DOESN'T END THERE.

If you read closely, I have to work 16 hours OT right? That is actually quite alot, my supervisor even asked me to stay overnight at the work place - even though I don't have to work proper 'work'. I can just, be there. For now, I'm down of 3 hours of OT!

Recently, he offered me something better. For two Saturdays, I can just go for 3 hours of work (9am to 12pm) each, and the hours I work is considered double! Means in total, though I work for only 6 hours, I'm credited working for 12 hours! How cool is cool!

If you're thinking, "Eh, 12PM LEH", read on.

Each time I work on Saturday, I'm entitled to $10 transportation fee from my company. Plus, the distance from my work place to Nexus is so near, that I can walk there within 15-20 minutes! With that free $10, I will take a cab down instead!:) I can go for prayer meet. Yay!

Dear girls, don't panic, don't fret if you still can't make it for camp. Keep desiring, pray by faith, our God is good!

See you in camp, love! :)

florence here

2009-05-17T16:12:00.005+08:00

Dear Lovely Eastayeone babes!

Remember the recent Mother's Day/ Family sermon Pastor Jeff taught? How is it being followed up? Are our attitudes/ actions different towards our parents?

I just want to remind us, that it is very important to appreciate our family members, and this includes your siblings as well. It is a biblical thing to do!:)

Below are some thoughts that I noted down, hope it triggers some reflection:

1) When we were young, we tend to hold our mom's hands wherever we go. It gives us a sense of security, belonging, protection... Whenever something bad happens, we will run to our parents and cry/ hug. We never want to let go. Remember the times you had to go onto the kindergarten school bus, did you cry when you had to leave your mom or dad? I did.

Something I realised about people these days is that they seldom hold their parents' hands anymore.. Is it something embarassing? Afraid that people will say things like 'Wah, mommy's girl/boy..'? Well, if you think that way, I'm so... I shan't continue my sentence, it's too mean. You get my point.

2) Mother's/ Father's Day is too commercialised! Probably the only reason why florists and jewellers are so happy is because business thrive on these 'special' days. However, what do parents really want? Expensive flowers or gifts? I don't think so. They work, it's not as if they can't buy them themselves! How much quality time or appreciation are we giving them?

Make Mother's Day and Father's Day every Day.

3) Time spent at home: With family VS with computer. What's the ratio?

Sometimes, all we need is to offer our presence. We may not need to talk alot, but we can just take out some time off from the computer and join your dad in watching TV - whether we like the show or not. I'm sure it makes a difference!

4) I'm not excluding the fact that some of us here really do care for our parents, but is it that hard to just ask a simple, 'How are you?' It's the same to our friends, people whom we love and show concern to. When we genuinely want to know how someone is doing, we will ask, right?

5) '$$$' Home is not hotel, neither is it a self-automated bank. Don't take our parents for granted!

6) People needs to be encouraged and appreciated. If we're able to write countless encouragement cards to each other, and we know it DOES encourage and make someone feel loved, I'd strongly suggest we start writing to our parents as well!

They are human beings, they have feelings too :) As much as you need emotional support, they need it too. Be the best daughters/sons we can be!

7) Respect.

I love 'Children's Day'! I remember the school will always give out adorable gifts to us kids, and we'll go 'ooo..yay!' kinda thing. Do you know that our parents work their heart and lungs out, so that we can live everyday like 'Children's Day'? The fact that we don't have bones sticking out of our bodies, we don't leave the house naked, and that we don't sleep on streets at night, that's our unspoken gift from our lovely parents. How sacrifical!

8) It is not a MUST to slog their guts out, it's a choice.

My parents, at such an age, didn't even have the chance to go overseas as much as I do! They face stress all day long, earn money, and willingly give the money to us for us to enjoy; be happy. Imagine the fun/ money/ time they can have for themselves without the kids, but they still chose to love us and provide for us.

9) Sometimes we as children complain about our parents, 'Where are you when I need you? You are always not there for me!'

Well... are we there for them?

10) I love the way how Pastor Jeff relates our parents as the 'Fever Fairy'. True, when I'm sick my mom will make sure I've got my blanket on, check the fan power, remind me to have my medicine etc. How sweet! Of course, so many more incidents, I'm sure you have yours too :)

Thank them. They deserve every bit of it :)

11) Greet our parents. Let them know we know and still acknowledge of their presence.

12) Yes! We love our spiritual family, but don't forget our physical family too! No excuses!

13) "I don't know how to communicate with my child, they seem so far away," said Mom/Dad.

If they don't make the first move, YOU MAKE IT! It's not too hard to give a call or an sms, right?

14) Organize family outings! FUN FUN FUN!:D

15) Don't be irritated when your parents ask you to do simple things like.. "Can you pass me the phone? Get tissue for me? Get a cup of water for me." Just do it. As compared to the bucket of blood they poured out for you, this is nothing.

Girls, if we truly want a revival to happen in the family, we have to have personal revival first! Be the salt and light, the brightest star at home, a living testimony of life transformation, the best child, the obedient one - Be faithful Christ ambassadors!

Your one life count, you're there for a reason!!

florence here

2009-05-15T13:40:00.005+08:00

Shirlene, you don't laugh.

People! How do you spell DISCIPLE? D-I-S-C-I-P-L-E right?
Our dear Shirlene Loo spells it as D-I-S-C-I-P-L-I-N-E.
Related words, but totally different meaning!

HAHAHAHA, I've got a testimony to share too!

Yesterday, on my way to meet Shirlene for shepherding, I slept on bus 32 for a very very long time.. Suddenly, I felt an indescribable urge to wake up, so I did. I was still in a daze, until I saw two feared people - bus ticket officers. One was checking from the front door, the other from the back. I'm directly in the middle.

"I want to get off the bus. NOW! They can't find out that I'm using Sirui's card!" I thought to myself, but it's impossible to escape because the bus was not only far away from the next stop, it was stopped by the red traffic lights.

I wanted to jump down. But, I prayed, "Dear God, I don't know how, but I really really need some intervension NOW."

Just for your information, in case you don't know the complications you might face if you're found out with a card that doesn't belong to you, you will:
1) Get fined
2) Card most likely will get confiscated
3) Throw your face to Dead Sea

As the two officers drew nearer and nearer, I guess I acted well. I looked the least nervous, still in my dazy-sleepy look, but deep down, I'm screaming my lungs out!

Finally, the time has come, for my card to be checked. I took out my black wallet, unclipped the button, shoved my whole wallet to male ticket officer (keeping in mind I don't want to take out the card myself), and looked out of the window with crossed fingers...

God is AWESOME!!

Not only did the ticket officer NOT take out the card, which usually they require you to do so to check the face-match, he also DIDN'T realise the fee I'm paying is student's price!! :D

Miracle after miracle! Who can deny about His reality?

God is really good. He always work something out, in His perfect plan and perfect timing. He is never late, never early, and I'll trust that my future is safe in His hands! Praise GOD! :)

:D

2009-05-14T22:46:00.000+08:00

When everything seems down and everything remains dark, there's always a person who would stand out in your life the most and its only Him who would bring in light and happiness into your life again!

I'm so amaze by what God has done in our walk with Him! Praise God in all situations :)

LATEST NEW.

I'm sure all of you know how to spell F.L.A.G right? Let's take a look at this really unique spelling by none other then our Ng Min Yi!
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F.L.A.T! :) awesome?

Ps, do not add this in your eng exams! :)

ATTENTION!

WHO NEEDS EXCUSE LETTER FOR UNSTOPPABLE CAMP? LATEST DAY AND TIME TO INFORM ME IS..

16 MAY 09

SATURDAY

latest by 2359

Let's get our hearts ready for prayer meet tomorrow! Prepare to be touch and to receive! :)

Pictures(=

2009-05-14T21:33:00.000+08:00

FORMAL EA1

INFORMAL EA1

SHERPHERD &SHEEP

NG MINYI&SHERMAINE

GAN JIA MIN

SHERPHERD&SHEEP

FLORENCE CHEN-ACT CUTE

GROUP PHOTO?

FLORENCE&JAZRYLL

SIM YUSHAN

Cool Testimony

2009-05-14T20:29:00.000+08:00

Hello Human(=
hahas
i wan share something cool!

Last friday i think,
i lost my $10 i not sure
is i really lost or people steal
and recess i though i have no money to eat
but wallet still left 1.20.so i still can buy food(=
afternoon i still need to meet angie&jiamin to
evax so lunch i have no money to eat
so i went home check my mother got leave any extra money
but she never so i went to my grandma i ask her she got money
at first she say dun have le than she check her wallet she have
i so happy.haha
i was late so i faster rush out of the house
when i reach the busstop,the bus left and is the bus i wan to take
the bus like need 10-15mins than have,so i pray than when i say amen
one bus arrive and is the bus i wan to take
get into the bus,i realised tat my ez-link have no money
than i only have $10 in my wallet,no coins
so i asking around people to change
but no one have=( than i search my bag for coins
but dun have,than i keep search&search.
suddenly got a lady call me
and she give me 55/50 cents free(=

God is awesome!

the cute yenping!!!haha

2009-05-14T13:13:00.000+08:00

More pictures to comeeeeee! :D hahah! :D

lovely florence here

2009-05-14T12:55:00.000+08:00

Title: Guess Who?

The following 3 words are wrongly written/ typed by two of our dear EA1 girls. Guess who is the culprit!

1) SMILE written as SLIME --- ___?___
2) SCROLL typed as SCROW --- ___?___
3) LEAK written as LICK --- ___?___

MORE JUICY STUFF COMING UP!:)

ANSWERS:
1) IYNIM GN
2) NAHSUY MIS
3) IYNIM GN

thanksgiving!

2009-05-14T11:10:00.000+08:00

HELLO ALL.
I'M SO EXCITED TO BLOG. WEEEEEHEEEEEEE~~~
k i shall learn to be faithful and update this blog yeah. But, i believe its our part as an easta1 member to blog as well.

K today's caregroup was awesome!
For those who missed out, toooo bad. But nevermind, i'll update you all k.
Easta1 SHARED MANY MANY TESTIMONIES TODAY. (credits goes to GOD!)
The theme for today's caregroup is " THANKSGIVING "
Just to update, today's memory verse is from :
1THESSALONIANS 5:18. - " Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in christ jesus "

I believe everyone is going through Midyear examinations now. It's a good time whereby we really go through this time with God. We definately can't do it with our own ability or whatsoever. But with God, everything's POSSIBLE amen! God can make the blind see, God definately can make our FAILURE GRADE TO A PASSING GRADE, and PASSING GRADE TO A HIGHER GRADE. Let's really commit to God our studies and really trust that as we give our best, God will do the rest. Nothing is too small for God to handle. Our God is an super-awesome God!!!!!!!!
Let's Give thanks to God in advance yeah. Having faith is believing in the unseen!

Way to Go!!! Study hard for Exams my dear EASTA1. Though it's midyear, but it's equally important as well. Let's really Glorify God with our results and do well in all our tests/exams. Let's just aim to share our testimony on stage in Nexus one day! && win the bursury award! YAY. hahahahaha.

Anyways i want to share another testimony as well! Didnt get to share during caregroup, so i'll share here. K today's my maths paper2. I browse through the whole paper, and prayed through. Yeah, though i left some blanks and everything. But i really want to thank God that he gave me sufficient time to complete most of the questions. Amazingly teacher said that we left 2 minutes, so I started re-checking my paper. && I realised i forgot to transfer the answers for the last question on the question paper to the foolscape. So i panicked. I prayyyyyyed and ask God to allow the time to pass slowly. The whole question consisted of drawing some boxes and filling up the blanks. And it's like 3 marks. Thank God for God that the last 2 minutes seems like 5 minutes, because i managed to draw up the boxes and fill it up. YAY :D

K, i'll continue updating this blog. HAHAHA. Off to study nowwwwwww~
Byeeeeeee. Looking forward to camp with you girls!!!!

with love,
yushan :D

2009-05-14T10:26:00.000+08:00

Hello dear ea1 sisters! :) Yea finally an offical blog for this caregroup! :D Heehee! Let us be faithful in keeping this blog alive! Flood it with testimonies and what so ever you need everyone to know! :D Get from me the details needed for this blog! :D Thank God for each and everyone of you! :D

2009-05-13T19:10:00.000+08:00

Testinggggg! :D