Brenda
= blur
= slack
= impatient
= extravagant
= dependent
= slow learner
= game idiot
= computer idiot
= blogger idiot
= emotional
= workaholic
= inconsistent
Since I came Sg I discover so much more of my incapability. I have so much weakness to improve on..
"Whom I have in heaven but You. There's nothing I desire besides You. My heart and my strength many times they fail, but there is one truth that always will prevail - God is the strength of my heart...."
Just came back from NYC sub-d combine. It was a great time when all 5 cgs in NYC came together for a gathering, or rather a cg. We praised God with songs and worship God with melody. Word of God was shared by our UL Xing Ni. Before the sub-d combine started Qian Ru told me that it's an important sub-d combine. It's the first sub-d combine of this new academic yr, it's also a time of announcement of the restructure of the unit which I didn't know until we were about to end the cg.
I believe the restructure is for the benefit of all since the group has grown much in quantity. Some might feel heavy to leave pals whom they have been sticking together with over the yrs in a cg, some might feel hard to move on to other group which they, at this point of time, think it's hard to click with. But I really want to encourage those who wish the restructure has not been done.. The leaders have their reasons to split the cg and move one or two person in particular to another cg. We always have to look at the bigger pic of God's instead of just what we're facing right now at this instance. We might feel uncomfortable being surrounded with cg members whom we think it's hard to get along with but time is all it takes. In fact, God is all we need to focus on.. If you love God, your love for Him should be the driving force for you to do more and go extra mile for Him and His people.
There are 3 leaders raised up to be cgl. One of them is Qian Ru. I believe in her capability and I have faith God will definitely use her to a greater extent for His kingdom. Qian Ru, I will always support u, k!! Man mi, JIA YOU also! I believe God has entrusted more responsibility to you as you've shown your faithfulness in what He has blessed you with. Look forward to new cg. God will work greatly and we shall all look forward to experiencing God more as we grow in Him!
Thoughts:
God has taught me to sing love songs to Him during pnw. I know I do not have much to give and offer, but I know all that God desires of me is a willing heart and I pray that He will honour this heart of mine.
Yo yo!!!
Brenda is on holiday!!!!
YAY YAY YAY!!!
Finally I can make a time to post this entry on the JUMP! I didn't take much photo, but hey, I improved and due to the demand of Greg and Johnson.. and also Morgan.. haha.. I took 2 vids. I must say they were really blur but I had done my best for u guys. Be appreciative, k? =)
I must start working part time asap so that one day I can afford myself a cam and no longer need to bear with the 2.0mp SE cam phone. Well, for the time being, still thank God for what He has blessed me with. A digi cam is luxury.
Ready for JUMP! guys?? There we go!
Jesus U Must Praise!
AMEN!!!!
This is the file we got when we registered ourselves at Nexus that morning. Which was 16th Sept. There were notes inside on the teachings during the conference. Ps Prayuth was the main speaker of the day and ching ching, one of Hope Bangkok worship team support singers (and she's really good!), was his translator as he spoke in Thai. He was a humorous and very engaging speaker on stage. A godly man with unshakable faith.
He shared that worship leader is one who should lead the congregation into deep level of worship together with his/her team and musicians. They should aim to bring people to encounter with God and submission to God during worship. One testimony he shared regarding worship team in Hope Bangkok was that if either one of the members of the team has issue or conflict within the church or even cg, he/she is not allowed to perform on stage. They would rather having a guitarist/drummer/pianist in lack than to have one who is sinning performing on stage and impart bad spirit to the whole congregation. Every member in worship team is required to have right heart before God before they can serve the church.
During the conference, there were different workshops catered to members respective musical instrument. The instructors of the workshops were the Hope Bangkok worship team musicians. I play no musical instrument so I joined the teaching session for the "joyful noise makers"! LoL. Hey, joyful noise makers also need to have knowledge in worshiping God okay? lol.
Pastor Prayuth - The cry of a baby is the sign of new life. Similarly, the sign of new life of a child of God is the joyful noise one makes during worship!
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Enough of the theory and teaching, the next day 17th Sept was the actual day when we put all things that we've learned throughout in practice!
IT'S THE JUMP! CONCERT!!!!!!
We sang more praise songs than worship. It was really an awesome time when God's children raised their voices to The King of Kings, Lord of Lords! AMEN!
The heart of the people was prepared to receive the impartation of God's spirit during worship. God never fails to reach out when we cry out to Him. God never fails to draw us closer to Him when we seek Him with all our hearts. Let praises arise!
Vids of one of the last songs we sang... Kinda noisy. Guess what song was that?
P/s: Not my hand shaky, the ppl were cheering around and kick my slippers off and I got panicky.. I was bout to retrieve my shoe and the sister standing besides me pulled me back to avoid me being knocked down by the ppl. Suasana yang riuh-rendah, huh? INDEED. That was basically what happened as I was taking the vid =P
Cant really be very detail in describing because it's bout time for me to get ready for service! hehe.
Pics after the concert.
Brenda: "mm (our camera girl), press and hold the cam! Say 1, 2, 3, we're not ready yet!"
Mm: "It's so dark! haha!! okok."
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After few attempts we still couldn't get a decent picture.
Mm: "HAHAHA!!! ArghHHHHH....!!!"
Brenda: "We must have faith and pray!"
*Laid hand on mm and started praying in tongue while posting besides the banner*
Mm: "1, 2, 3!"
Brenda, Serence, Mm: "YAY!!!!!!! Finally!"
Brenda: "THE POWER OF PRAYER!" =)
Oh ya, if u ever wonder who the girl standing besides me is, she is Serene, my cgl. Thought I mentioned it in the last few posts? Still ask....!!
Vid of roughly how the whole concert was full with ppl. Took this after the concert.
Bought a shirt! Power of Praise Shirt. Hope Bangkok brought over 700 shirts for fund raising for the upcoming Power of Praise. A plain green one for only $9! hehe.
POP is on the 4th November!! Anyone's interested??!!!!
Happy 16th Birthday, Hope Singapore!
So blessed for being in this BIG FAMILY OF GOD! 
Read bout one of the questions of the tag in friend's blog about man who wears perfume. My body pheromone never fail to be sensitive towards fragrance. Met up with a friend today and when we sat down, our distance wasn't far enough for me not to realize that he wore perfume. The aroma aroused me.. stirred up a desire in falling in love.. =)
Hope Singapore just celebrated the 16th Anniversary last night! It was a wonderful night which God's children came together to worship the faithfulness of our Father in Heaven!
I was so blessed to be able to join in the celebration of this big day with Hope family in Singapore not long after I celebrated Hope Kuching's 15th Anniversary with my big family back there in Kuching! :) The theme of the celebration this year is TOUCHING PEOPLE, CHANGING LIVES!
As I was jotting down the sermon, I flipped few pages back and I saw this...
>>> Hope Kuching 15th Anniversary celebration on the 15/7/07
>>> Message of the day was MOVING FORWARD! By our dear Ps Simon.
>>> EXACTLY 2 months later was.... Hope Singapore 16th Anniversary celebration on the 15/9/07! AMAZING!
>>> The sermon of the night was FAITH THAT MAKES A MAXIMUM IMPACT! By Ps PN.
**** MOVE FORWARD WITH A FAITH THAT MAKES A MAXIMUM IMPACT! **** :)
Whisper: Look more pro in blogging with attachment of the pictures of my sermon notes for clearer illustration? lol!
>>> Ps Ben and his wife, Dinah were the MC of the night. Both in orange.
>>> Ps Ben.....
>>> ..... and his wife, Dinah =)
>>> Had the privilege to listen to Ps PN's sermon for the first time
>>> Ps PN
I've recorded Ps PN's sermon that night and if u guys want to listen to it, do let me know and I will upload it here =)
Hope Singapore took the lead in praise and worship, it was terrific with God's people praising The Most High God! Hope Bangkok then led the congregation into God's presence under the leading of Ps Prayuth. Ps Prayuth was the pastor to start the project of Power of Praise. He was given prophecy by Ps PN to take charge of this project with zero budget. Ps and the team trusted in The Lord so then work hard to raise fund. This year Power of Praise is going to be held on the 4th Nov!
I WISH TO GO!!!! 
>>> Jesus' worshipers. Let Jesus be enthroned!
>>> The closing - Hope Bangkok + Hope Singapore worship team! =D
Indeed, God honors the hearts of His servants and has blessed His church so much. My heart is moved by the zeal of the bros and sis who are willing to sacrifice for the expansion of God's kingdom. I will grow under the leading of these godly leaders!
LAST SHOT... 
>>> NYC A1!!! My cg! From left, Serene (my cgl), Si Hui (girl down), Aaron (guy up), Jing Ting, Kelvin, Qian Ru (my shepherd), Qi Ming (guy up)& ME!
Attended the JUMP! Worship conference today from morning 830am-4.15pm. Learned a lot from Hope Bangkok worship team especially Ps Prayuth. They are people chosen by God to shine forth for His glory. Ps Prayuth told us a lot about great things God had done through his life despite his inadequacy.
I was reminded that God's heart is ever desire me to be WHO He wants me to be. Willing, Humble and Obedient.
I am glad to be part of the big family of God! I am grateful for this life that He has given that I may serve Him!
Next up:
JUMP! - Jesus U Must Praise! worship conference + concert by Hope Bangkok (tml night 8pm at Touch Community Theater) Stay tune! :)
There is a longing only You can fill
A raging tempest only You can still
My soul is thirsty Lord
To know You as I'm known
Drink from the river
That flows before your throne
Take me deeper
Deeper in love with You
Jesus hold me close in Your embrace
Take me deeper
Deeper than I've ever been before
I just want to love You more and more
How I long to be deeper in love
Sunrise to sunrise
I will seek Your face
Drawn by the Spirit
To the promise of Your grace
My heart has found in You
A hope that will abide
Here in Your presence
Forever satisfied
Ok, since I'm waiting for my movie to load, I might as well do something to entertain myself and u guys.. lol
1. Where is your cell phone? Bag
2. Relationship? Single
3. Your hair? Smooth =P
4. Study? Steady (Wahsehhh)
5. Your sister? Bernadelt
6. Your favorite thing? Numerous
7. Your dream last night? Nope
8. Your favorite drink? MILO! (YeahhHH!)
9. Your dream car? BMW
10. The room you're in? Cozy
11. Your shoes? Comfy
12. Your fears? (The) Undefined
13. What do you want to be in 10 years? Godly
14. Who did you hang out with this weekend? CuzzZZ
15. What are you not good at? Cycling
16. One of your wish list items? Converts!
17. Where you grew up? Kuching
18. Last thing u did? Project
19. What are u wearing? Casual
20. What aren't you wearing? Specs (AHA! lol)
21. Your pet? NaahH
22. Your computer? Macbook (LOVE IT! =D)
23. Your life? Unpredictable
24. Your mood? Relaxed
25. What are you thinking about right now? Sleeepp
26. Your car? NopeeE
27. Your kitchen? Shared
28. Your summer? Singapore! (Summer thruout the year!)
29. Your favourite color? GREEN!
30. Last time you laughed? Forgot
31. Last time you cried? Saturday
32. School? NTU
33. Love? God =D
**** The End ****
Thoughts: Do not feel well. Sore throat makes me loss appetite. I need to slim down and save up!
Sunday, September 02, 2007
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Hey hey, this is the NIGHT SAFARI TRIP entry as promised! :)
Last night went to the night safari with Xing Ni (NYC-Nanyang Campus UL) and her sis, Xing Ling. Yeaps Johnson, the Xing Ni you asked me to contact when I first reached here :)
Have been looking forward to go to Night Safari and the zoo and I finally had the chance last night.
THANKS TO XING NI! She treated me for the trip.
SO BLESSED! :)
The admission fee for adult is S$22 without tram and S$32 with tram. Expensive right? VERY!
Actually Xing Ni had the privilege to get 50% discount for 5 person as a Starhub (like Digi/Hotlink in Msia) subscriber but the promotion only starts in Sept and yesterday was the last day of Aug! lol! I thought it was more worth it to go some other time but the rest thought since we're there already, might as well just be extravagant for a night... lol! nolah, might as well just go in lohh..
Alright, bloggers.. Need not be jealous.. I took some photos using my 2.0mp SE camera phone (suddenly feel so pitiful compare to those who just got their N series 3.0mp MUSIC EDITION Nokia phone.. lol!)
There you go...
>>> The Night Safari Singapore!
>>> "World's greatest Night Safari". A plane model hang not far from the entrance.
Upcoming are photos of SOME nocturnal animals. Not very clear.. but enough to satisfy u guys right? haha..
>>> The..... ermmMM... barking deer! Interesting right? haha.. The deer is so named because of its deer alarm call sounds like the bark of a dog. It usually stamps its hoofs when barking. Didn't hear it bark though. :P
>>> Description board which they displayed for visitors' info regarding the animal. There's verbal description in Mandarin, Malay, English and Japanese. See the four buttons there. They are the ones.
>>> Next up is the..... see anything? Small creature "above" the leaf.. They are in the water lah not on the leaves.
>>> Yeaps. Do read the description.
A funny story when we were looking at the otter. The otters are making noise and there was the English child passing by and commented that they were noisy, then I heard the parent replied, "Not as u are!" lol!
>>> This might be really blurr.. The top left hand corner.. see a creature with spots on its body? Guess what it is...
>>> It's the leopard cat! It's like a leopard in a cat size loh! Cool lerhh.. hehe..
>>> The picture of a leopard cat
There are many more animals there lah.. I didn't get to take the pictures of all. There was the spotted hyena which "laughs" like human beings! lol! Really! It was really amusing. That's the logic behind the proverb of "Laugh like a hyena" which literally means your laugh scares people off. haha!
>>> After the long walk seeing the animals, we then watched the performance of the homo sapiens playing around with fire. lol!
>>> Then we went shopping! Xing Ling was captivated with a belt which cost S$23. She was undecided whether to get it or not. Eventually she left with a heavy heart without the belt. lol. She MIGHT be dragging me there again to get it in the near future. lol!
>>> Xing Ni and I =)
>>> Xing Ling and I =)
>>> The sisters and I =D See the word "SAFARI" behind? Haha we tried so hard to get it into the pic. lol.
>>> Another shot of Xing Ling and I.
>>> One more. SMILE~ =)
We went McD for supper after that. Student price for a set of Mc Chicken+drink+fries for S$4.50. Quite a good deal.
Had great time going to another interesting place in Singapore. I have list of places to visit in near future! haha.. Under water world, zoo, east coast, west coast....................
I have 3 more years. WAY TO GO! =)
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Just attended church service. It was terrific with God's presence. In fact, nowhere is comparable to the place with God's presence. Ps Ben preached about "The endangered species". The endangered species is referred as godly people/righteous Christians. We, as disciples of Christ, are expected to be the minority in the world and should always stand firm and hold on to God's word and live out His truth despite the misleading world with so much temptation.
After service and dinner the sisters in NYC had an outing together at Coffee Club. Had fruitful time fellowship with one another and look forward to the next sisters outing! =)
An amazing testimony to share. God has been speaking to me through His word nearly every service. It is not mere coincidence. The verses that I read through the night before during QT or morning devotion have always been one of the verses the preacher mentions. I was really amazed. The verse which I read this morning turned out to be one of the verses Ps Ben mentioned.
Psalms 31:4-5
Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge. Into your hand I commit my spirit; redeem me, O Lord, the God of truth.
When we seek the Lord with all our hearts and strive to please Him and not ourselves, He never fail to show us His faithfulness.
This verse touched my heart.
Psalms 31:24
Be strong and take heart, all of you who hope in the Lord.
AMEN! =D
Friends, let us be encouraged!
"When others disappoint u, God never does!"
-Ps Ben KC Lee-
Thoughts:
I miss Ps Denis and Sis Hai Eng... Melvin just told me that Ps Denis is in Miri. Someone please help to get me their email add so that I can mail them... THANKS A LOT!!! :)