And I'm Back!

ahaha! well... im back from shepherd's retreat and i tell you its one of the most interesting retreats i've been to lar...
okay erm... maybe cos ive only like gone to 2 or 3? but hahah! this was fun! different! much less tiring! and time flew so fast!

i'm kinda shagged so... hahah! dont feel like blogging but i must!
okay... so... left home bout 12 yesterday with MJ and Shaun!
Mj came in the morning so yup...
then when on the way to MRT, Bertram called! he was on the way home too!
so ahah met at farrer park MRT and trained to the east!

then while waiting for bertram! Gab called! hahaha!
he said he was feeling kinda paiseh cos people were staring at him cos he was holding 3 boxes of crickets hahaha! joke!
like that also paiseh right? hahah!
anywasy yeah so he came to farrer park!
at first i didnt think it was loud cos like we were in an open area but once we got on the train to meet Bertram! hahaha everything changed!
the sound was obvious and it was coming from us! hahahah! damn joke! we looked around to scan if anybody was looking at us but haha thank God no one was at least we think so! hahah
so yup!

okay so yeah then we changed train and all! some stupid things happened along the way but damn funny lar! anyways yeah!

then.... reached tanah merah! i tell you taht was the longest MRT ride i had sia! hahah!
we went down and saw dylan and enting playing guitar! AT THE STAIRCASE! so yup!
oh yeah aaron met us on the East-West Line Train!

so yup after that! something damn dumb happened! Cheehwee who was on the phone asked Mj whther he bought the cake yet... and well... Mj forgot! the cake was for Davis cos we wanted to celebrate at 12am on the dot! hahaha and we succeeded! hahaha!

anyways yeah! moving on! me and Mj had to go get the cake and as usual rush! hahah so went to bedok central to get the cake! i cant believe that there is only one cake shop in bedok and its like so hidden lar! hahaha anywasy yeah! cost 20 bucks sia! HEART PAIN! hahaha erm... then yeah! left there in a cab for NSRCC! the uncle didnt know how to go but luckily i new some landmarks around there!

so yeah! erm... reached there to find out we rushed for no reason! they had free time till 3 and we reached at 2... can you imagine? 1 hour?!?!
hahaha but at least had sometime to sit back relax and enjoy lar! although i was carrying somestuff for the retreat team but yeah! nothing that i cant handle!
so yup! then....

waited for the rest to come so that can proceed to the chalet!

got into our teams and programme started!
i was in a team consisting of:
-Wenzhen(leader)
-Wanyi
-Sharlene
-Ruijun
-Dominique
-Guowei
-Kurt
-Wenxiong

haha had games which we werent really successful with but yeah its all in good fun!

then washed up for DINNER! hahaha
CAN YOU SAY BUFFET!?
hahahaha it was awesome lar! hahahaha we had so much then we even have left overs hahah!
(tell you wad we did with the leftovers later!)

then had relax time where we were suppose to play games with our groups and yeah! get to know each other better!
so yup... haha had forfeits here and there and suddenly the front lawn became a stage and a dance contest!
hahaha and im the host! damn stupid! hahaha
anyways yeah we danced and sang and Jerome played guitar! hahaha LOVE STORY!
yup then had praise and worship!

TEACHING! was AWESOME!!!

then APPRECIATION! and then NIGHT GAMES!

NIGHT GAMES the plot was cool! interesting and mysterious!
it was like cluedo but yeah! hahaha!

then went back to the chalet to take a bath! i tell you the bath was the energy booster! hahah! i felt so refreshed after finishing my bath! hahah

and so guess wad! i Dai di the whole night away! hahahaha we reached back chalet at 430 445
then i take my stuff bath come out already 530 like that!

so hahah! play dai di lor! hahahah! we played till 730 leh! hahaha can you imagine? hahaha cool right? hhaha anyways coming back to the food! our personal Northeast Chef YOLEE wipped up some delights for us with all the left over food! damn nice i tell you! hahha

okay so yup! hahaha helped clean the house up and left! hahaha
had a few complaints from the neighbours but its our fault lar hahah!
then went to the relax corner where we continued our dai di! hhaha!
i played like 3-4 hours straight sia! hahaha back pain and all! hahahahaha!
anyways yup! hahahaha had lots of fun!

Dai di crew:
-Gabriel
-Huixuan
-Eline
-Shaun
-Weiting
-Dylan
-Donavan
-Aaron
-Yolee
-Kenny
and
-ME!

hahah these are the coolest people i tell you! hahaha tankers of Shepherd's Retreat Sept 2009!
hahahah!
this one wasnt as tiring! and learnt lots from it!
so yup thats bout it bused and MRT home! hahaha it was a long way but we survived with wadever energy we had hahahH!

okay thats bout it! hahahah
CYA!

wah! its been a long long time since i blogged so i shall now!
anyways these few days have been a real learning and growing experience for me...
i really think i have grown so much in God! Thank God!

well... erm... i made some changes to my life and really prayed thru my life and man oh man!

I'M GOING TO SHEPHERD'S RETREAT!

i know that my dad's going to be disappointed with my decision! but... i feel this is gonna be a experience not to be missed!

so really thank God for softening the hearts of my parents the nights of praying and working hard finally paid OFF! yay!

yup yup gtg now! hehe THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING!

Metamorphosis was great too! hahaha! yay!

CYA people!

My Life Would Be So Much Better If I Hadn't Met You...

Sick!

well kinda feeling sick this weekend!
its been really tiring and taxing being sick! haiz...
anywasy yeah...

yesterday was combined service!
not bad ah! hahaah besides the fact that i was sick and was running a temperature! i think i was quite okay! hahaha
so it was breakfast with bertram in the morning!
then lunch with the usher team!
then duty!

hahaha i really felt the impact of being sick and it really sucked!
moving on...
went to just acia for dinner with the guys! this is really the first time i had dinner with NEB so yay! hahah!
really enjoyed my time although didnt do much...
but then again... sometimes i just dont like the things some people say man!

dont you see the expression on my face when you say the things you say?
are you like jealous or something? seriously man if you have a problem i get it but you must be retarded not to see the expression on my face huh? dont make me do something you never thought i would do man.... haiz....

anyways gtg now.... hehe ciao!

God USE ME MORE!!!

Man, I'm Suffocating!

Okay so well today marks the start of the 7 month hungry ghost festival...
its really jialat lar the smoke coming from the burning of the incense paper is really getting to my lungs and nose!
im short of breathe and also feeling kinda uncomfortable!
wahhh.... im gonnna die soon seriously!

anyways today's stepping stone is really bout giving up all your worries and troubles to God!
and looking to him for strength!

Like in Philippians 4:13
- I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

i really feel this has been the key for me today! like cos of wad happened and all i started today with a prayer and also claimed his promise!
and God really blessed i guess he really gave me the strength to really look forward and do my oral well! so yeah!
THANK YOU GOD!!!!

I never thought after writing out something bout my stepping stones would i feel this way the next day...
its frustrating when you get the kinda results that really makes you wanna cry but at the same time you wanna use it as one of your stepping stones...
its really difficult...

today started out not so good first with me losing my bottle on the train...
then when i got to class...
it was alright i guess... sitting there listening to the teacher teach...
then came 220...
my heart started pounding...
then it raced and then the results came out...
one by one everybody saw their results...
and it came down to my turn...
this was havoc...
i couldnt take it...
all it said was
Law Zhi Kang Scott 6(U)
at first i was in shock...
then it struck me.... U... UNGRADED!
are you freaking serious?
thats it... can say bye bye to the B3 i was hoping for...
that was it... haiz... i just dunno wad to say or do...
i just sat right at the back of class and started to tear...
hearing screams of joy from some classmates and even the people outside my class...
i really couldnt hold my tears back... i tried and tried but eventually i started pouring...
people tried to comfort me i really thank you guys!
but man! i just couldnt take it....
a FREAKING UNGRADED!!!

did so much to take it to the next level but well... look where i am...
in UNGRADED LAND!
haiz...

God i just wanna pray that you really help me to see wads ahead and help me forget bout the things that have just happen! give me the strength to really get up on my feet and really take this experience as a learning point for me to know that even though i fail you are there for me... and that using this experience i know how failure taste and i nvr wanna be here again! so Lord i Pray you bless me... allow me to let go of everything that i feel onto yoU! and just give me peace of mind!
All this i pray in Jesus' Name!

AMEN!

Stepping Stone 1!

First entry into my new blog...
hmmm... well just wanted to start this up cos i just think i need to express my feelings more especially since exams are around the corner and plus bottling up will just make me feel really really uncomfortable!
so yeah!

well... this blog i wanna make it special! in a sense that i will update this everytime i feel that there is a need...
such as: when i learn new lessons in my spiritual walk with God! thus the name "stepping stone..."
yeah really sometimes its good to share this especially for me... i dunno how to be kinda verbal with wad i have on my mind so i think this medium would help me greatly! like seriously...

okay so this is lesson 1! everybody say yay!
hahaha!
okay okay lets start!

well today had shepherding with marcus!
well it was kinda refreshing at the same time interesting!
we have so many things in common yet we are so different in so many levels!
but most of the time we think the same thing...

anyways yeah! so we were at vivo ate LJS then went to pacific coffee or something like that!
really interesting place drank milk outside and stuffs! haha

so this is where the learning somes in!
marcus was telling me bout using each and every failure not as a discouragement but a stepping stone!
stepping stone to get closer to success and God
and as he said that! really i was thinking of the things that have failed miserably in my ministry and pastoral sides...
like the time where the people under me just backslided just like that!
or when my usher group was facing some problems that as a young leader i didnt know how to handle!
all these are really examples of how i really used the failure as a stepping stone to trust God more? to think bout more risky and outrageous things that i can do to get to my goal!

this really got me thinking like a lot...

then he also mention bout...
whenever we feel stress or troubled bout something, that is the time where we will grow the most!

but we really have to think in what areas do we wanna see growth in...
in my case recently im becoming more and more troubled and burden because the exams are round the corner and well i dont think i have been studying enough and when marcus told me that...
it really got me going like why am i so stress? i have a Big God and he is great! i should know better! as long as i do my best and try to study my hardest God will do the rest!
cos God wants us to glorify his name!
so i gotta learn to sometimes take a risk or 2 not just small little risk but risk that are major risk that will make you depend on God... Risk that will make me so use to failure that we will not take it as something that discourages us but something that encourages us motivates us to do better and greater things for the BIG MAN!

so yup thatsbout it! this is just a summary i guess quite a long one but yeaH!
i think this would help people who are in the same situation as me!
hahah!
alright thats bout it!

PEACE!
SCOTT!