Merry Christmas everyone!
after counting down and anticipating for so long, this day has finally arrived... our saviour Jesus Christ is born! yeah~
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Posted to RP at Paya Lebar Air Base
received the posting yest... got posted to Regimental Police at Paya Lebar Air Base...
dunno if it's good or not... must wait to see lor... cos some ppl say RP in Air Base is more tough... but dunno lar.. see how lor... hopefully get take it.. but may have to work on sun and PH...
dunno if it's good or not... must wait to see lor... cos some ppl say RP in Air Base is more tough... but dunno lar.. see how lor... hopefully get take it.. but may have to work on sun and PH...
Friday, December 16, 2005
9 days to Christmas!
time flies... it's 9 more days to Christmas.... hohoho... Santa clauas is coming to town...
nonono... Jesus is Born ~~~ The Reason for The Season
nonono... Jesus is Born ~~~ The Reason for The Season
Movie King Kong...
on wed night, all the new safra members are invited to watch the movie King Kong at PS... i went with my brother as there's 2 free tickets each... the movie was good but as it started only at 8.45pm and the movie was more then 3 hrs long, it ended only around midnight... by then there's no more train and we had to go home by taxi...
before that, i went to walk down the entire orchard road from after tanglin mall all the way to PS to see all the christmas decorations... they'll very nice esp the centrepoint one... yest one was all in the day but last week got walk from PS to somerset at night... will post up the photos on multiply once i compile it... hopefully got chance to go orchard at night again, esp with the christian christmas carnival outside ngee ann city from today...
and pray i'll get a good vocation when i know my posting later in the day...
before that, i went to walk down the entire orchard road from after tanglin mall all the way to PS to see all the christmas decorations... they'll very nice esp the centrepoint one... yest one was all in the day but last week got walk from PS to somerset at night... will post up the photos on multiply once i compile it... hopefully got chance to go orchard at night again, esp with the christian christmas carnival outside ngee ann city from today...
and pray i'll get a good vocation when i know my posting later in the day...
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
POP loh!
Yeah! the day has finally come... 7 dec... our POP day!
actually can't believe that i survived through the whole bmt and past 88 days there was like quite fast... and can't believe that i'm on the parade square marching and throwing the jockey cap...
i think i've learnt quite alot of things through this bmt and make alot of new friends... but i still need to train more for the ippt... still cannot pass yet... as such my bmt status is considered attended instead of completed... but thank god i didnt miss any major events and no need to go back during the next few days for re-training...
now break until 18 dec... must really spend this few days well... but still dunno if i'll go malaysia or not... see how lor...
Sunday, December 04, 2005
24km Route March
just completed my 24km route march yest night... it was quite a tiring experience as the longest march we've went through is 16km, and this is 1/3 times more...
before the march begins in the afternoon, we had rest for the whole morning and also the day before to help us replenish our energy... for the 1st 8km was marching around the school compound 4 times... the ground is more even here but after 2 rounds you would feel very sianz already... there's a 15mins break after every 4km, except for the one after 8km where we had our dinner and had 1hour break...
after our dinner, we proceed to march along tekong highway... this is the same as the 16km one, but this time the entire journey will be at night, so it add the level of difficulty... some more my spectacles always got fog at night then v diff to see...
after we reach the 16km mark, we decided to do a fast march back... although our feet are aching from muscle ache and blister, we tried to push one, for this is our graduation march, our final march in bmtc... but there's some uneven ground along the way then i almost tripped into a small step... but luckily didnt sprint the ankle and can still continue...
at the 20km mark, my leg was like totally pain but i told myself to push on... as i walk slower, my PS put me and another guy in front to set the pace... we push ourselves all the way through the upslope and downslope and before we know it, bmtc was in front of us... yeah... and it was about 2315h...
but now my blister on my both legs are very big and i could not walk very fast... but hopefully tomorrow it'll be better cos there's graduation parade rehearsal and i must attend that in order to march on the POP day... 3 more days to POP!
before the march begins in the afternoon, we had rest for the whole morning and also the day before to help us replenish our energy... for the 1st 8km was marching around the school compound 4 times... the ground is more even here but after 2 rounds you would feel very sianz already... there's a 15mins break after every 4km, except for the one after 8km where we had our dinner and had 1hour break...
after our dinner, we proceed to march along tekong highway... this is the same as the 16km one, but this time the entire journey will be at night, so it add the level of difficulty... some more my spectacles always got fog at night then v diff to see...
after we reach the 16km mark, we decided to do a fast march back... although our feet are aching from muscle ache and blister, we tried to push one, for this is our graduation march, our final march in bmtc... but there's some uneven ground along the way then i almost tripped into a small step... but luckily didnt sprint the ankle and can still continue...
at the 20km mark, my leg was like totally pain but i told myself to push on... as i walk slower, my PS put me and another guy in front to set the pace... we push ourselves all the way through the upslope and downslope and before we know it, bmtc was in front of us... yeah... and it was about 2315h...
but now my blister on my both legs are very big and i could not walk very fast... but hopefully tomorrow it'll be better cos there's graduation parade rehearsal and i must attend that in order to march on the POP day... 3 more days to POP!
Friday, November 25, 2005
12 days to POP!
finally, get to book out again after 12 days in camp... and another 12 days to POP!... yeah~ for the past 2 weeks we had 16km route march, range and hand grenade live throw...
in the 16km march, after marching 8km at the rest point for dinner, it rained and we had quite a long rest there... but becos of that by the time we end, it's already almost 2330h... then my both feet got a big patch of blister for the next few days and had to fall out for most of the leg activites like running... but i decided not to report sick as i may not be able to go for the range if i do so...
then for the range on sat and sun... it's quite fun to shoot the live round, but we spend most of the time waiting... luckily we can bring some magazine there to read... but i didnt do too well for the test... only 18 out of 32...
for the hand grenade throw this is a live time experience... we get to throw a fake one first which will only make a sound before throwing the real one... the real one at first i thought the sound will be very loud cos i can hear it quite loud from far, but luckily it's no as loud as i tot... the the most sweat thing is it rained when the detail b4 me was throwing... then have to wait for abt 15mins b4 the rain stop... thank god everything went well and there's no blind... if not got to waste 30mins...
so basically most of our major events are over, except SOC which was cancelled on thurs becos of the rain and IPPT, which i havent managed to pass yet... then next wk we'll have our GP rehearsal... the real day is coming real soon too...
in the 16km march, after marching 8km at the rest point for dinner, it rained and we had quite a long rest there... but becos of that by the time we end, it's already almost 2330h... then my both feet got a big patch of blister for the next few days and had to fall out for most of the leg activites like running... but i decided not to report sick as i may not be able to go for the range if i do so...
then for the range on sat and sun... it's quite fun to shoot the live round, but we spend most of the time waiting... luckily we can bring some magazine there to read... but i didnt do too well for the test... only 18 out of 32...
for the hand grenade throw this is a live time experience... we get to throw a fake one first which will only make a sound before throwing the real one... the real one at first i thought the sound will be very loud cos i can hear it quite loud from far, but luckily it's no as loud as i tot... the the most sweat thing is it rained when the detail b4 me was throwing... then have to wait for abt 15mins b4 the rain stop... thank god everything went well and there's no blind... if not got to waste 30mins...
so basically most of our major events are over, except SOC which was cancelled on thurs becos of the rain and IPPT, which i havent managed to pass yet... then next wk we'll have our GP rehearsal... the real day is coming real soon too...
Saturday, November 12, 2005
book out day... after SIT test
yeah... today is book out day... once again we're out of tekong... but the sad thing is next week becos of range we can't book out... so we'll be in camp for 12 days until 25 nov.. sianz...
this week we had the sit test... actually i dont think i do well in the test, cos most of the mission i didnt do much thing... but i dont want to be commander, so not so bad... the route march before each day is already like killing us...
this week we had the sit test... actually i dont think i do well in the test, cos most of the mission i didnt do much thing... but i dont want to be commander, so not so bad... the route march before each day is already like killing us...
Sunday, November 06, 2005
enjoyed the 4 days break... book in for 40 hours then book out again...
one of the shortest book in time... we book in on thurs night after the 4 days break, then book out again on saturday afternoon... quite weird...
so this week we only had 1 1/2 day in camp, which we had IPPT test and SOC practice. i still fail the IPPT, then SOC there's still some obstacles which i still afraid to try... sianz... i think that would be my worse thing in BMT...
but the past 4 days was fun... i managed to go back SP for 2 days on Mon and Wed and went for the choir prac.. they preparing the concert on 23 Nov... but most of the songs i dunno how to sing... then also meet up with some crusaders... i also went for dim sum lunch on tue with my parents and NS friends for dinner...
so this week we only had 1 1/2 day in camp, which we had IPPT test and SOC practice. i still fail the IPPT, then SOC there's still some obstacles which i still afraid to try... sianz... i think that would be my worse thing in BMT...
but the past 4 days was fun... i managed to go back SP for 2 days on Mon and Wed and went for the choir prac.. they preparing the concert on 23 Nov... but most of the songs i dunno how to sing... then also meet up with some crusaders... i also went for dim sum lunch on tue with my parents and NS friends for dinner...
Saturday, November 05, 2005
50 days to Christmas!
Yeah... it's 50 days to Christmas! getting nearer and nearer... orchard road has already been decorated and soon... it will be christmas day... hohoho...
Monday, October 31, 2005
sleeping in field camp...
during the field camp we had to build our basha with our buddy and sleep in it... although the space is quite small but it's the weather condition that cause the thing to get worse...
it rained at around 2.15am on our first night and we were called to leave the basha and go to the training shed to sleep... the rain causes some water to leak into the basha and the surroudning areas was flooded.. this cause our 2nd night there to be not so comfortable... then on the last night we were suppose to sleep in trench that we dig... but it rained in the afternoon and the trench was flooded.. so we were told to cover up the trench and sleep on top of it... then it rained again at about 9pm... so the whole coy of abt 200 ppl squeeze into the training shed to sleep... it's the worse night ever that i could say, cause the training shed was so cram that we had no space to even stretch our legs, and we couldnt sleep most of the time... most of the time we just keep looking at our watching hoping morning will come faster...
it rained at around 2.15am on our first night and we were called to leave the basha and go to the training shed to sleep... the rain causes some water to leak into the basha and the surroudning areas was flooded.. this cause our 2nd night there to be not so comfortable... then on the last night we were suppose to sleep in trench that we dig... but it rained in the afternoon and the trench was flooded.. so we were told to cover up the trench and sleep on top of it... then it rained again at about 9pm... so the whole coy of abt 200 ppl squeeze into the training shed to sleep... it's the worse night ever that i could say, cause the training shed was so cram that we had no space to even stretch our legs, and we couldnt sleep most of the time... most of the time we just keep looking at our watching hoping morning will come faster...
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Finally... Field camp over & book out... 4 days break!
Finally... after 14 days in Tekong, we get to book out this afternoon... this stay in period is even 1 day longer than the first 2 weeks confinment...
during the past 14 days, 7 days was spent outfield for the field camp... honestly, i dont like to stay outfield, but no choice have to go through it and finally its over.. it's quite tough especially that it rained quite frequenly this period of time and the ground are very muddy.. it makes our shirt muddy and dirty too..
although all these are over there's still another 3 days 2 night SIT test coming next week... but for now just want to enjoy the next 4 days and to say, the Festive Season is here again! christmas... stretch all the way till chinese new year... hee...
btw, this whole week i'll only be in camp for 1 1/2 days.. cos i book it on thurs night, and will book out again on saturday afternoon as usual... only have training on fri and sat morning.. yeah... but got SOC on sat morning.. dunno wheather can do it or not...
during the past 14 days, 7 days was spent outfield for the field camp... honestly, i dont like to stay outfield, but no choice have to go through it and finally its over.. it's quite tough especially that it rained quite frequenly this period of time and the ground are very muddy.. it makes our shirt muddy and dirty too..
although all these are over there's still another 3 days 2 night SIT test coming next week... but for now just want to enjoy the next 4 days and to say, the Festive Season is here again! christmas... stretch all the way till chinese new year... hee...
btw, this whole week i'll only be in camp for 1 1/2 days.. cos i book it on thurs night, and will book out again on saturday afternoon as usual... only have training on fri and sat morning.. yeah... but got SOC on sat morning.. dunno wheather can do it or not...
Sunday, October 16, 2005
No Handphone from 22-28 Oct
Going to book in later liao... sianz...
after that i will only be able to book out on the night of 30 Oct and have 4 days break. But during 22-28 Oct for the field camp i won't be able to use the Handphone, so don't call or SMS me during these few days... If anything do it after 28 Oct...
thanks
after that i will only be able to book out on the night of 30 Oct and have 4 days break. But during 22-28 Oct for the field camp i won't be able to use the Handphone, so don't call or SMS me during these few days... If anything do it after 28 Oct...
thanks
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Field camp coming soon...
just book out of camp at 1100h... this is the last weekend booking out before the field camp... sianz... the field camp will start next saturday and will last for 1 week... so my next bookout is 30 Oct... and this is great as there'll be 4 days break due to Deepavali and Hari Raya Puasa...
for the past week we've been doing mostly BMT stuffs... there's still physical training but not so much liao... i've learnt how to handle the M16 rifle, strip and assemble it, some drills on it... being one of the armskote assistant, i have to went in to the armskote room to help to arrange the rifles before and after drawing arms.. not a good job cos will be scolded like hell if something screw up.. then the air inside the room is very bad...
then yesterday i went to report sick becos my cough is getting worst and i got a bit of flu... spent 3 hours at the MO and got 3 days ATT B, which means light duties until sunday... miss the route march and BCCT, but after that is all those not so siong activity which att B ppl still can participate like the IMT, where we practice shooting using the M16... but i will still miss the physical activities on mon as they wont allow u to participate on the day after the status ends...
for the past week we've been doing mostly BMT stuffs... there's still physical training but not so much liao... i've learnt how to handle the M16 rifle, strip and assemble it, some drills on it... being one of the armskote assistant, i have to went in to the armskote room to help to arrange the rifles before and after drawing arms.. not a good job cos will be scolded like hell if something screw up.. then the air inside the room is very bad...
then yesterday i went to report sick becos my cough is getting worst and i got a bit of flu... spent 3 hours at the MO and got 3 days ATT B, which means light duties until sunday... miss the route march and BCCT, but after that is all those not so siong activity which att B ppl still can participate like the IMT, where we practice shooting using the M16... but i will still miss the physical activities on mon as they wont allow u to participate on the day after the status ends...
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Sharing of the Australia Mission trip to my church
Booked out at 1045h yesterday...
PTP has ended on thursday and BMT has started... as such, the timetable will be more packed from now on and training will get tougher... must trust god to do it... had started on BCCT and SOC... the SOC is my worst thing for me to cope... becos i'm afraid of heights and the soc requires us to jump... so sianz... but hopefully as time goes by i can cope with it...
going for field camp in 2 weeks time.. it's 7 days in the forest... must start preparing for it liao...
then this morning, i finally shared my Australia mission trip to my church... actually suppose to share last week but becos of the gurad duty... but my voice today wasnt very good as i got cough and sore thorat... but thank god i didnt cough out loud in front and they can hear what i say... also thanks for 2 of our team member in the trip who went down to hear and support me...
PTP has ended on thursday and BMT has started... as such, the timetable will be more packed from now on and training will get tougher... must trust god to do it... had started on BCCT and SOC... the SOC is my worst thing for me to cope... becos i'm afraid of heights and the soc requires us to jump... so sianz... but hopefully as time goes by i can cope with it...
going for field camp in 2 weeks time.. it's 7 days in the forest... must start preparing for it liao...
then this morning, i finally shared my Australia mission trip to my church... actually suppose to share last week but becos of the gurad duty... but my voice today wasnt very good as i got cough and sore thorat... but thank god i didnt cough out loud in front and they can hear what i say... also thanks for 2 of our team member in the trip who went down to hear and support me...
Sunday, October 02, 2005
Guard Duty
This week, suppose to book out on Saturday... but suay suay kena guard duty on Saturday... as guard duty on weekend is 24hrs shift, i had to do it until sunday morning... just book out at 8.45am but later had to book in again at 6.45pm... sianz...
this guard duty is regemental as we had not kena any minor yet... so its like quite suay, cos usually sat guard duty they'll ask those who had serious mistake to do.. but now as we're only 3 weeks there so no minor had been given out yet...
i opt to do sentry with my buddy, which is to stand at the entrance of the ferry terminal for 2 hours each time... although we did not move about much, its still as tiring as those who do prawling where they walk around the camp... then in the early hours basically we just stare at one another as there's no body coming in...
this week basically we just had more physical training... the road march is extended to 4km liao... but we got more admin time as there's no night activities... but our muscels are aching now from all the exercises and the guard duty...
this guard duty is regemental as we had not kena any minor yet... so its like quite suay, cos usually sat guard duty they'll ask those who had serious mistake to do.. but now as we're only 3 weeks there so no minor had been given out yet...
i opt to do sentry with my buddy, which is to stand at the entrance of the ferry terminal for 2 hours each time... although we did not move about much, its still as tiring as those who do prawling where they walk around the camp... then in the early hours basically we just stare at one another as there's no body coming in...
this week basically we just had more physical training... the road march is extended to 4km liao... but we got more admin time as there's no night activities... but our muscels are aching now from all the exercises and the guard duty...
Saturday, September 24, 2005
1st Book out Weekend
Hi ppl,
I just booked out of camp yest... Finally can get back to Singapore mainland and back home... But have to book in again tomorrow at 1830h... sianz... then the journey super long sia... i book out at 1545h then only reach home at 1810h... almost 2 1/2 hours...
For the past 2 weeks it's an adjustment period for us so the training is still not so tough yet... But next week onwards maybe more tough and strict... hope i can take it... Now as i'm still in the PTP stage so mainly is physical training... train until my muscles aching all over... but still cannot do any pull up yet... and another sweat thing is i actually gain weight for the past 2 weeks instead of losing... i think becos they got give supper and also their serving is very big, so i think eat too much liao... going to be overweight soon if this continues...
I just booked out of camp yest... Finally can get back to Singapore mainland and back home... But have to book in again tomorrow at 1830h... sianz... then the journey super long sia... i book out at 1545h then only reach home at 1810h... almost 2 1/2 hours...
For the past 2 weeks it's an adjustment period for us so the training is still not so tough yet... But next week onwards maybe more tough and strict... hope i can take it... Now as i'm still in the PTP stage so mainly is physical training... train until my muscles aching all over... but still cannot do any pull up yet... and another sweat thing is i actually gain weight for the past 2 weeks instead of losing... i think becos they got give supper and also their serving is very big, so i think eat too much liao... going to be overweight soon if this continues...
Friday, September 09, 2005
Enlisting to NS...
Hi friends...
Time flies... and I'll be enlisting to NS tomorrow (10 Sep)... and my first book out date is expected to be on 23 or 24 Sep... During this period my HP will be off most of the time but you still can SMS me... I'll try to read it at night... Thanks
During this period the updates of my journel will not be regular, but i'll try to share my experience in NS here when i can...Will miss u guys there... haha..
Zheng Lin
Time flies... and I'll be enlisting to NS tomorrow (10 Sep)... and my first book out date is expected to be on 23 or 24 Sep... During this period my HP will be off most of the time but you still can SMS me... I'll try to read it at night... Thanks
During this period the updates of my journel will not be regular, but i'll try to share my experience in NS here when i can...Will miss u guys there... haha..
Zheng Lin
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Bus journey from MM to SP...
talking about the bus journey to SP... funny sia... haha
cos i got a free ride for SBS bus when a bus broke down last time... so i decided to use the free ride for this as this is the most expensive ride that i'll take i think.. cos i going ns on sat liao and the tickets expires on 13 sep... so use lor...
then i have the feeling the inspector will come out during the ride... haha.. then it really come up... whoa... then funny lor... cos since the ez-link started i've only met an inspector once when i use bus concession... but for this ride it was a ticket because i use the free ride... so from what i saw everybody give the ezlink card then only me give ticket.. haha... an another thing is i've not got a bus ticket since 21 Nov 2002.. and if the inspector check the ticket, he'll tear abit... haha.. then the ticket doesnt look so nice liao... haha
the trip also v long sia.. cos got traffic jam near sim lim square there.. so took about 1 hr to reach SP... sit until i want to sleep... haha... then actually want to go crusade room for a while b4 CLM starts but no time liao... when i reach it's already 4.50pm liao so end up going straight to the LT...
cos i got a free ride for SBS bus when a bus broke down last time... so i decided to use the free ride for this as this is the most expensive ride that i'll take i think.. cos i going ns on sat liao and the tickets expires on 13 sep... so use lor...
then i have the feeling the inspector will come out during the ride... haha.. then it really come up... whoa... then funny lor... cos since the ez-link started i've only met an inspector once when i use bus concession... but for this ride it was a ticket because i use the free ride... so from what i saw everybody give the ezlink card then only me give ticket.. haha... an another thing is i've not got a bus ticket since 21 Nov 2002.. and if the inspector check the ticket, he'll tear abit... haha.. then the ticket doesnt look so nice liao... haha
the trip also v long sia.. cos got traffic jam near sim lim square there.. so took about 1 hr to reach SP... sit until i want to sleep... haha... then actually want to go crusade room for a while b4 CLM starts but no time liao... when i reach it's already 4.50pm liao so end up going straight to the LT...
NSM and CLM... my last one before NS...
it's my last time attending the crusade staff meeting before my enlistment... actually its not compulsory for me to go as my term already end on 31 aug... but i just went to see see... haha
then during the meeting.. they give me a surprise.. haha.. they thank me for volunteering for the last 2 months and present me a gift and pray for me... abit paiseh.. haha
then after the meeting we went for lunch... there's this food center opp the mass media (MM) at the industry park.. although there's many stalls, only 2 are open... but no choice la.. cos its still early and i still want to back MM to look at books...
so i go to MM.. there got alot of christian books, so as usual i can look at them very long... so in the end overshot the timing which i schedule to stay until.. haha... then i also buy a few of the books...
then at SP... i think due to many people rushing projects, although it's the last CLM of the sem, there's not much ppl... kind of sianz la.. cos usually last one alot of ppl go one... plus this time those who went some also left early... but thank god still got others who went in later...
after that we went to staff lounge for dinner...now the food there they add more topping to it... like nasi goreng and mee goreng they add an egg... but the laksa super oily sia... can fill up one bowl... haha... luckily i didnt eat that... if not need to go extra ptp liao.. haha...
then during the meeting.. they give me a surprise.. haha.. they thank me for volunteering for the last 2 months and present me a gift and pray for me... abit paiseh.. haha
then after the meeting we went for lunch... there's this food center opp the mass media (MM) at the industry park.. although there's many stalls, only 2 are open... but no choice la.. cos its still early and i still want to back MM to look at books...
so i go to MM.. there got alot of christian books, so as usual i can look at them very long... so in the end overshot the timing which i schedule to stay until.. haha... then i also buy a few of the books...
then at SP... i think due to many people rushing projects, although it's the last CLM of the sem, there's not much ppl... kind of sianz la.. cos usually last one alot of ppl go one... plus this time those who went some also left early... but thank god still got others who went in later...
after that we went to staff lounge for dinner...now the food there they add more topping to it... like nasi goreng and mee goreng they add an egg... but the laksa super oily sia... can fill up one bowl... haha... luckily i didnt eat that... if not need to go extra ptp liao.. haha...
Friday, September 02, 2005
COMEX 2005...
yest was the 1st day of the COMEX 2005... as i was not working yesterday already, i decided to go there to buy somethings...
after eating a 'Eat all you can' Dim-Sum buffet (seems like i've been eating buffets before my NS..), we headed to suntec city... i think maybe becos yest was teacher's day and most students don't have school, the place was quite crowded... only abit better than weekends... actually tot weekdays will have fewer ppl, then i think some ppl also take leave to go for that...
as usual, when going for those IT show will have a tendency to buy new things... the previous IT show in march, i bought a bigger capacity CF card and card reader, then in june i bought a Wireless router... yest i bought a DVD recorder which can record shows from TV... hopefully in the future will not need to so many VCR tapes liao as they're big and cannot keep for long... also bought some DVD+RW for recording...
tired sia.. after walking around... esp at suntec where it's so big...
after eating a 'Eat all you can' Dim-Sum buffet (seems like i've been eating buffets before my NS..), we headed to suntec city... i think maybe becos yest was teacher's day and most students don't have school, the place was quite crowded... only abit better than weekends... actually tot weekdays will have fewer ppl, then i think some ppl also take leave to go for that...
as usual, when going for those IT show will have a tendency to buy new things... the previous IT show in march, i bought a bigger capacity CF card and card reader, then in june i bought a Wireless router... yest i bought a DVD recorder which can record shows from TV... hopefully in the future will not need to so many VCR tapes liao as they're big and cannot keep for long... also bought some DVD+RW for recording...
tired sia.. after walking around... esp at suntec where it's so big...
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Last Day of work at CCC HQ...
Time really flies man! today is my last day of my 2 months volunteer with CCC... but quite werid things have been happening in the office for the past few days... haha
for the past few days, i've been installing Linux on 2 PCs and to RAID 1 of them... the thing is that for one of the PC, it always hang when installing halfway, and the other one after installing it hang when booting up... we keep thinking it's either the CD or selection problem and keep retrying for more than 1 day, but still couldn't work... after searching the net, we found that the first problem was because one of the RAM is faulty and the second one is because of the network cable which cause the system to hang...
then today got 3 person in the ministry not feeling well and took MC and for the past 2 days also got ppl take leave, so for the past 3 days the office looks a bit dull and from tmr i'll not be there anymore... :( hope they'll go back tmr if not will also kind of short of manpower liao...
we also had our badminton time today... but with those ppl not feeling well, we ended up with only 5 ppl playing instead of the usual 9... but it's still fun, and i get some tips for training for NS from my fellow brothers... great! also a conicidence is that we had Badminton on my offical first and last day (1 July & 31 Aug) with CCC HQ, and there's none in between... haha...
really enjoyed working there, and thanks for those who supported and prayed for me during this period... will miss the time there man, esp after i go NS...
Monday, August 29, 2005
Aussie Team meeting... and after that...
saturday, we had our 3rd offical team meeting after the trip... me and june were helping to organise this meeting... at 1st when we ask a week ago, everybody can make it except 1 person... so we tot that we could have 11 ppl making it...
then 2 days before the meeting 1 person said she cannot... this one still nvm... but the most sweat thing is that 3 person last min cannot make it.. and another sweat thing is that the person who at 1st say cannot one came... haha.. so we got 8 ppl...
we went to suntec's city Joaquim Buffet Restaurant there to have our lunch and meeting... the buffet is quite cheap, only $9.80 nett, even on weekends...the name is actually porridge buffet but there's many other things to eat too, like kua chap, rice... the most famous one is the duck, where the chef just keep chopping and we just take.. haha... the restaurant didn't provide drinks, and if we want must buy... but there's dessert which has the syrup which we can drink la.. so we took a big bowl meant for porridge to fill the desert.. .sweat man.. the bowl so big sia... too bad i didnt take photo.. then nobody use the small bowls which was supposely meant for desert...
after that we share with one another and pray for each other and our aussie contacts... which is quite meaninful esp that we havent met for 49 days...
after the meeting, we went to marina square to shop for a while.. wow.. that place has change alot after the renovation.. cant even regonise it and almost got lost inside... hehe.. but should get use to it after a few more visits... after that me and kitty went to suntec to buy something before she went to meet her friend
as it was still early, i went to the new national library which i havent been there before since it open... nice man.. the building is high... 16 storey and it's mainly made of glass, so can see very far.. very good scenery... and seldom see escalator at 14 storey.. can take escalator all the way to 14 storey... there's also glass lift, which is quite scary sia as it's 14 storey... and the speed is very fast too, esp when going down.. like you're dropping down like that... the faith hearted should take the other lift or not look outside... haha
then 2 days before the meeting 1 person said she cannot... this one still nvm... but the most sweat thing is that 3 person last min cannot make it.. and another sweat thing is that the person who at 1st say cannot one came... haha.. so we got 8 ppl...
we went to suntec's city Joaquim Buffet Restaurant there to have our lunch and meeting... the buffet is quite cheap, only $9.80 nett, even on weekends...the name is actually porridge buffet but there's many other things to eat too, like kua chap, rice... the most famous one is the duck, where the chef just keep chopping and we just take.. haha... the restaurant didn't provide drinks, and if we want must buy... but there's dessert which has the syrup which we can drink la.. so we took a big bowl meant for porridge to fill the desert.. .sweat man.. the bowl so big sia... too bad i didnt take photo.. then nobody use the small bowls which was supposely meant for desert...
after that we share with one another and pray for each other and our aussie contacts... which is quite meaninful esp that we havent met for 49 days...
after the meeting, we went to marina square to shop for a while.. wow.. that place has change alot after the renovation.. cant even regonise it and almost got lost inside... hehe.. but should get use to it after a few more visits... after that me and kitty went to suntec to buy something before she went to meet her friend
as it was still early, i went to the new national library which i havent been there before since it open... nice man.. the building is high... 16 storey and it's mainly made of glass, so can see very far.. very good scenery... and seldom see escalator at 14 storey.. can take escalator all the way to 14 storey... there's also glass lift, which is quite scary sia as it's 14 storey... and the speed is very fast too, esp when going down.. like you're dropping down like that... the faith hearted should take the other lift or not look outside... haha
Thursday, August 25, 2005
time is really fast... my final week working in CCC
wow... time is really fast... and i've come to my last week of work in CCC... i'll be working until 31 Aug which is next wed, so it's less than 5 more work days liao... will miss all the time here man, esp after i go NS...
after that it'll be just another 9 days and i'll be in NS liao... hope the 700+ days will fly by too... haha... then i'll be back to study in ntu... haha
after that it'll be just another 9 days and i'll be in NS liao... hope the 700+ days will fly by too... haha... then i'll be back to study in ntu... haha
Monday, August 22, 2005
watching Batman 1... the 1966 one... and playing RISK... me like very blur sia...
yest before the dinner in the afternoon, we actually watch a DVD called Batman 1... this was the first batman series ever...the one with the potbellied adam west in his leotards running around biff bamming villans, the one with the *excellent* props and the one with one of the coolest batmobiles ever designed...
we watched it at the chuch lounge, which has a good sound system but is kind of cramp... but ok lar, cos we focusing on the show... throughout the show we were all laughing like crazy... we laugh so loud that even those 50 meters away can hear our laughter... oh no... hope we didnt disturb anyone...
then during the show we ate ice cream.. is like in between all those big buffet i still eating ice cream... no wonder why the pants is also so tight today... but as the room is not air-con, the ice-cream melt quite fast... so after a while we like 'drinking' the ice cream instead...
after the show, we went on to play this game called RISK while waiting to go for the dinner... it's my first time playing this game cos i dun usually play games.. so i like very blur... keep asking my friends which one means what... we are suppose to complete at least one mission given to you... like conquering a land or kill your enemy (ie your opponent).. but i not use to the game so like lost a few army for nothing...
the game will take quite long to complete so like before we get to finish the game, it's time to go for the dinner... but is a good experince so that next time i wont be so blur when playing this type of games liao...
we watched it at the chuch lounge, which has a good sound system but is kind of cramp... but ok lar, cos we focusing on the show... throughout the show we were all laughing like crazy... we laugh so loud that even those 50 meters away can hear our laughter... oh no... hope we didnt disturb anyone...
then during the show we ate ice cream.. is like in between all those big buffet i still eating ice cream... no wonder why the pants is also so tight today... but as the room is not air-con, the ice-cream melt quite fast... so after a while we like 'drinking' the ice cream instead...
after the show, we went on to play this game called RISK while waiting to go for the dinner... it's my first time playing this game cos i dun usually play games.. so i like very blur... keep asking my friends which one means what... we are suppose to complete at least one mission given to you... like conquering a land or kill your enemy (ie your opponent).. but i not use to the game so like lost a few army for nothing...
the game will take quite long to complete so like before we get to finish the game, it's time to go for the dinner... but is a good experince so that next time i wont be so blur when playing this type of games liao...
whoa... eat sooooo much... gonna be like a pig... haha
Throughout the weekend, which is the past 2 days.. i have been eating like mad... cos i went to those 'Eat all You can' A-la Crate buffet for 2 days dinner in a row... wow..
on saturday i went with my parents to a restaurant call River City restaurant at Excelsior hotel... there we ordered like 20 over dishes.. with prawn, fish, crabs.. etc...then eat until like the stomach totally full to the brim... haha
then on sunday.. i know the church is going for a thanksgiving dinner for the concert last week, but i din know that we'll be having the 'Eat all you can' style... so is like.. whoa.. going to eat other load of food again...
the restaurant is called Lotus Garden... at the old Jurong town swimming pool there... from our table can see the swimming pool without the water.. then it's a diving pool so it's a deep one and we can see the bottom... like 4.5m deep.. scary sia.. if stand beside it and sure die if not kena cripple one if u fell in without the water... haha
now back to the restaurant and the food.. some ppl there got allergy to seafood so they can't eat prawns... so in the end like i ended up eating almost half the plate of the prawns.. abt 10.. i think gonna get high cholesterol if i continue eating... then some of the sisters at our table can't eat very much.. then after the 1st round they're full liao... so they want to eat dessert... so i tot maybe have the dessert first then later call for some more... but this one after calling the dessert cannot order other food liao... sweat! i dunno abt other places cause i dont usually do that... cos this type of buffet i always want to try as many as possible one... like very 'tan xin' hor... haha
but then after walking a while and wanting to try more food.. so feel hungry liao... luckily we got another 3 tables cos we have abt 40 ppl there so got 4 tables ma... so those from our table who still want to eat go to another table... actually abit paiseh but they keep passing me the food... so in the end keep eating non stop again... feel so bad... hee~... but one of the table with all brothers one they ordered like 31 out of the 46 dishes there... order until i think the waitress and cook got angry... haha..
i think gonna control my diet this wk... cos like going to have buffet again this and next saturday... really like enjoying myself b4 the NS... but if like that go in sure die one.. then i enlisting the following saturday liao... siao liao... must loosen the belt by one button today... think gonna eat little or fast when possible this wk... haha...
on saturday i went with my parents to a restaurant call River City restaurant at Excelsior hotel... there we ordered like 20 over dishes.. with prawn, fish, crabs.. etc...then eat until like the stomach totally full to the brim... haha
then on sunday.. i know the church is going for a thanksgiving dinner for the concert last week, but i din know that we'll be having the 'Eat all you can' style... so is like.. whoa.. going to eat other load of food again...
the restaurant is called Lotus Garden... at the old Jurong town swimming pool there... from our table can see the swimming pool without the water.. then it's a diving pool so it's a deep one and we can see the bottom... like 4.5m deep.. scary sia.. if stand beside it and sure die if not kena cripple one if u fell in without the water... haha
now back to the restaurant and the food.. some ppl there got allergy to seafood so they can't eat prawns... so in the end like i ended up eating almost half the plate of the prawns.. abt 10.. i think gonna get high cholesterol if i continue eating... then some of the sisters at our table can't eat very much.. then after the 1st round they're full liao... so they want to eat dessert... so i tot maybe have the dessert first then later call for some more... but this one after calling the dessert cannot order other food liao... sweat! i dunno abt other places cause i dont usually do that... cos this type of buffet i always want to try as many as possible one... like very 'tan xin' hor... haha
but then after walking a while and wanting to try more food.. so feel hungry liao... luckily we got another 3 tables cos we have abt 40 ppl there so got 4 tables ma... so those from our table who still want to eat go to another table... actually abit paiseh but they keep passing me the food... so in the end keep eating non stop again... feel so bad... hee~... but one of the table with all brothers one they ordered like 31 out of the 46 dishes there... order until i think the waitress and cook got angry... haha..
i think gonna control my diet this wk... cos like going to have buffet again this and next saturday... really like enjoying myself b4 the NS... but if like that go in sure die one.. then i enlisting the following saturday liao... siao liao... must loosen the belt by one button today... think gonna eat little or fast when possible this wk... haha...
Monday, August 15, 2005
Festival of Praise (FOP)
the annual festival of praise which was held at the indoor staduim had just ended last wk... this is the biggest worship event of the year, and this year with Hillsong Australia and Delirious.. no doubt it will be great...
i went for the sat and sun one... me and some of my friend reach around 4pm and the queue is already like so long... but luckily some of my cruasade friends went there earlier so we just join them in the queue below the bridge... haha.. sound so bad.. cut queue..
at 6pm when the doors open, everybody gets so excited and push one another to try to enter the staduim fast.. whoa.. looks like abit out of control.. we were at the east gate which has a overhead bridge which we had to go through.. when i was at the top and look down.. couldn't believe it.. there were sooo many ppl and i couldn't see the queue end.. i think those ppl who came at this time wont have place to get in, esp on sat..
then in the staduim, we try to book seats for our friends as they're behind in the queue.. thank god most of them managed to came in on time, but got a few they got stuck outside becos the staduim is full already.. our group is like really big as since there are alot of crusaders in my church JCC, we queue up and sit together.. think we took up almost 4 rows of seats.. abt 40 ppl like that.. but good i managed to meet up with some ex-crusaders..
the whole event was great, esp the worship with hillsongs around.. all the great and powerful songs.. and some of us started jumping to praise god.. esp the song 'One Way'.. haha.. nv jump so great b4.. hehe.. the speaker Rev Colin Dye so called sermon, or the word of god, was great too..
for both days some of us had to the cab home.. on sat we went for dinner and then there was long queue at the kfc, so by the time we get our food it's too late to catch the train liao.. so had to take cab.. luckily got share cab, if not $22.. siao liao.. then on sun the fop only ended past 11pm.. some ppl went off earlier but i still want to praise, sing and jump to praise and worship.. so me, zq and a few of us stay till the end.. then also too late to catch the train as we went to look at the cds.. so we took bus to clementi to take cab.. it's cheaper this way, but i only reach home at 1am..
overall the FOP was super great! the feeling there is so great and rox.. but have to tahan the before and after show 'drama'.. that is squeezing through all the ppl, queue up under the hot sun, for bus, etc... but i think it's worth it, for such a famous band here.. looking forward to next year's.. hope i can make it..
Friday, April 22, 2005
Day 4: Campus Ministry and visiting our host’s house
It’s Friday liao, and weekend is approaching… we’ll only have 3 hours of ministry time on Friday as most student there don’t have lessons on Friday… we can see the difference the moment we enter the campus.. there’s lesser students walking around…
Since there’s fewer students walking around, it means there’s a even lesser chance of meeting a contact… so we decided to go to the dinning area at the campus centre to do our survey… there’s still some students there having lunch or resting… most people also pack their lunch from home as the food there, esp Asian food are really expensive… the only thing that’s cheap is pizza.. but cant eat that everyday la…
We sat there and met a group of students.. they’re from Singapore and Malaysia… we did the survey with them and start a conversation with them… they also told us more about Melbourne… but we did not managed to share the full 4SL with them as they prefer to read it themselves… but most of them took home the booklet and said they’ll try to come down to our booth next tue…
As we talk for more than 1hr, it’s already pass 1300hr and there’s not much student left in the dining area…most of them are eating or are locals… so we decided to go to the grass patch near the religious centre to rest as we’re suppose to meet there at 1400hr for a training session…
We had our training on Lordship of Christ at the main chapel of the religious centre… it’s a good environment as the place is quiet… but halfway through our session, we were informed that some ppl had booked the place so we had to leave… thank god we found another smaller chapel but this one has direct sunlight coming in so it’s abit hot…
After the training, as it was only 1630hr, we had some time to spare.. so we walk around the campus and take photos… at this time on fri there’s actually not much ppl left on the campus… looks like a holiday instead… it looks really deserted from far and its totally opposite to Singapore… in the campus there’s specific location where student clubs can paste their poster or flyer there.. the place is full of poster and there’s no guarantee that the poster will stay till the event date.. but we still decide to paste some of our poster there to ‘advertise’ our events next week: The High Visibility event and Student Life LIVE meeting…
We then proceed to the bus stop to take a bus to Wailing house… we are to take 738 but we forgot that in Melbourne they have the same service no. but will travel in different direction… so when we see the bus there as we walk to the stop, we just ran there and board the bus… it’s only after the bus left that we found out that it’s traveling in the other direction… actually this won’t happen to 737 that we usually take as it’s the terminal stop, but 738 is not…. So we had no choice but to alight and take the one from the opposite stop… while waiting we saw a 2nd hand car dealer and the 2nd hand car in melbourne can cost as little as $3499… that’s probably one of the cheaper things there compare to Singapore, but we cant bring back… haha… although the next bus is coming in 5mins but it’s terminating at monash uni… so we took that bus back and here we are… back at monash uni bus stop… we decided to wait there as there got another bus… luckily the Met card there allows unlimited rides within the period so don’t have to pay extra… we waited there for almost 25mins before the bus come… it took only 5 mins before the bus reach the place but we spend almost 1hr on it…
Wailing house is also a single storey house… in Australia as the land is big so there’s seldom multi storey apartment like our HDB… most ppl house are either terrace or bungalows… can affort that as the land is cheap… haha… we had our dinner and sharing there.. the spaghetti cooked by the Australia staffs are really good… the house is also very neat and tidy too…
We left the house at around 2030hr… the 3 Australian staff send us home in their cars as it’s inconvenient for us to take bus home… we also did not have our worship and devotion but we planned to start tomorrow…
Since there’s fewer students walking around, it means there’s a even lesser chance of meeting a contact… so we decided to go to the dinning area at the campus centre to do our survey… there’s still some students there having lunch or resting… most people also pack their lunch from home as the food there, esp Asian food are really expensive… the only thing that’s cheap is pizza.. but cant eat that everyday la…
We sat there and met a group of students.. they’re from Singapore and Malaysia… we did the survey with them and start a conversation with them… they also told us more about Melbourne… but we did not managed to share the full 4SL with them as they prefer to read it themselves… but most of them took home the booklet and said they’ll try to come down to our booth next tue…
As we talk for more than 1hr, it’s already pass 1300hr and there’s not much student left in the dining area…most of them are eating or are locals… so we decided to go to the grass patch near the religious centre to rest as we’re suppose to meet there at 1400hr for a training session…
We had our training on Lordship of Christ at the main chapel of the religious centre… it’s a good environment as the place is quiet… but halfway through our session, we were informed that some ppl had booked the place so we had to leave… thank god we found another smaller chapel but this one has direct sunlight coming in so it’s abit hot…
After the training, as it was only 1630hr, we had some time to spare.. so we walk around the campus and take photos… at this time on fri there’s actually not much ppl left on the campus… looks like a holiday instead… it looks really deserted from far and its totally opposite to Singapore… in the campus there’s specific location where student clubs can paste their poster or flyer there.. the place is full of poster and there’s no guarantee that the poster will stay till the event date.. but we still decide to paste some of our poster there to ‘advertise’ our events next week: The High Visibility event and Student Life LIVE meeting…
We then proceed to the bus stop to take a bus to Wailing house… we are to take 738 but we forgot that in Melbourne they have the same service no. but will travel in different direction… so when we see the bus there as we walk to the stop, we just ran there and board the bus… it’s only after the bus left that we found out that it’s traveling in the other direction… actually this won’t happen to 737 that we usually take as it’s the terminal stop, but 738 is not…. So we had no choice but to alight and take the one from the opposite stop… while waiting we saw a 2nd hand car dealer and the 2nd hand car in melbourne can cost as little as $3499… that’s probably one of the cheaper things there compare to Singapore, but we cant bring back… haha… although the next bus is coming in 5mins but it’s terminating at monash uni… so we took that bus back and here we are… back at monash uni bus stop… we decided to wait there as there got another bus… luckily the Met card there allows unlimited rides within the period so don’t have to pay extra… we waited there for almost 25mins before the bus come… it took only 5 mins before the bus reach the place but we spend almost 1hr on it…
Wailing house is also a single storey house… in Australia as the land is big so there’s seldom multi storey apartment like our HDB… most ppl house are either terrace or bungalows… can affort that as the land is cheap… haha… we had our dinner and sharing there.. the spaghetti cooked by the Australia staffs are really good… the house is also very neat and tidy too…
We left the house at around 2030hr… the 3 Australian staff send us home in their cars as it’s inconvenient for us to take bus home… we also did not have our worship and devotion but we planned to start tomorrow…
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Day 3: 1st Ministry day in Campus
Today is our first ministry day in campus… but before we could leave our apartment the ppl from NP are getting very anxious as there results are coming out… as they got this SMS system which will send the results to them via SMS, so they’ll receive the result at 0830hr SGT which is 1030hr here… SP doesn’t have this system so still have to ‘hunt’ for a computer to check for ours in the later part of the trip…
Unfortunately one of them did not do very well and had to repeat a module… we had to comfort her and this has affected some of us for the first part of the day… also the rest they were excited that they pass… so we also leave later than what we suppose to.. as such, we miss our bus that we planned to take, the 1050hr one, so we had to take the 1120hr one… actually the ministry time in campus is from 1100h to 1600h, so we’re late in the sense…
When we reached the campus, most of us are quite anxious as it’s our first time doing street evangelism in another country… Moreover, many of us have not done it for very long… luckily, we have survey forms to help us to start our initial conversation with the students… As our focus is on international students, we should try to approach them… They can be distinguished quite easily from the locals, from their hair can already… each of us will pair up with another person and try to stick together on campus… I’m partnered with Jack…
As this’s our first day and not very familiar with the campus yet, for most of the time we just stayed outside along the pave way leading to campus centre doing surveys with the students… but we did not get to share any 4SL as the students are all busy rushing for class but could not stop to listen… still got some contacts though.. and passed them the poster of our events next week… We pack bread from our apartment for our lunch… but that’s not really enough, so we go to the campus centre to buy fries to eat…
After ministry time, we went to The Glen shopping centre for our grocery shopping… we had to buy our things like bread and food for us to last through the entire week… as we walk around we keep adding things to our trolley and at the end of it, we had 2 big trolley full of things… some more the thing is that the trolley here is larger then those in Singapore.. also lar, some of the things there are not very cheap, although some things like fruits are cheaper than s’pore they’re produced in Australia… I think we bought about 110 items and cost more than A$300… each of us had to hug several bags of things back to our apartment… luckily it’s only a 10mins walk and the weather is cooling… actually quite cold as the sun has set already… it’s only 1830hr here…
We took for our dinner tonight… as we’ll be cooking dinner at home most of the time on weekdays, we had a duty roaster and each of us will take turns to cook and wash dishes… as this is our first time cooking for the team, I think somehow we under estimated the size of the dishes and each of us only had a small portion of each of the dishes… it’s like food rationing… haha.. most of us are still hungry after that and open up the biscuits that we’ve just bought…
As most of us are still very tired, we decided not to have our worship again, and just have a debriefing before going to rest… think it’s becos our body are still not adjusted to the weather here, even thought we had a good sleep last night… we also decided to postpone our Great Ocean Road tour to next Saturday so that we’ll have time to rest over the weekend and plan for next week 3 major events…
Unfortunately one of them did not do very well and had to repeat a module… we had to comfort her and this has affected some of us for the first part of the day… also the rest they were excited that they pass… so we also leave later than what we suppose to.. as such, we miss our bus that we planned to take, the 1050hr one, so we had to take the 1120hr one… actually the ministry time in campus is from 1100h to 1600h, so we’re late in the sense…
When we reached the campus, most of us are quite anxious as it’s our first time doing street evangelism in another country… Moreover, many of us have not done it for very long… luckily, we have survey forms to help us to start our initial conversation with the students… As our focus is on international students, we should try to approach them… They can be distinguished quite easily from the locals, from their hair can already… each of us will pair up with another person and try to stick together on campus… I’m partnered with Jack…
As this’s our first day and not very familiar with the campus yet, for most of the time we just stayed outside along the pave way leading to campus centre doing surveys with the students… but we did not get to share any 4SL as the students are all busy rushing for class but could not stop to listen… still got some contacts though.. and passed them the poster of our events next week… We pack bread from our apartment for our lunch… but that’s not really enough, so we go to the campus centre to buy fries to eat…
After ministry time, we went to The Glen shopping centre for our grocery shopping… we had to buy our things like bread and food for us to last through the entire week… as we walk around we keep adding things to our trolley and at the end of it, we had 2 big trolley full of things… some more the thing is that the trolley here is larger then those in Singapore.. also lar, some of the things there are not very cheap, although some things like fruits are cheaper than s’pore they’re produced in Australia… I think we bought about 110 items and cost more than A$300… each of us had to hug several bags of things back to our apartment… luckily it’s only a 10mins walk and the weather is cooling… actually quite cold as the sun has set already… it’s only 1830hr here…
We took for our dinner tonight… as we’ll be cooking dinner at home most of the time on weekdays, we had a duty roaster and each of us will take turns to cook and wash dishes… as this is our first time cooking for the team, I think somehow we under estimated the size of the dishes and each of us only had a small portion of each of the dishes… it’s like food rationing… haha.. most of us are still hungry after that and open up the biscuits that we’ve just bought…
As most of us are still very tired, we decided not to have our worship again, and just have a debriefing before going to rest… think it’s becos our body are still not adjusted to the weather here, even thought we had a good sleep last night… we also decided to postpone our Great Ocean Road tour to next Saturday so that we’ll have time to rest over the weekend and plan for next week 3 major events…
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Day 2: Orientation and Prayer Walk around the Campus
We wake up at around 10am MEL time… (8am SIN time, so still ok)… then we had our brunch (meaning eating breakfast and lunch together) as it was quite ‘late’ liao, before we move over to have our training session on ‘Living with Harmony’… this is quite important as we’ll be living with each other for the next 19 days, and we have to learn to understand and give in to one another to prevent mis-communication or quarrels… we were also briefed on the Australia lifestyle and climate…
The session lasted for about 2hrs… after that, we got more excited as we prepare to go to campus, which is Monash University… to get there, we had to walk abt 10mins to the bus terminal to take a direct bus there… the bus no. is 737… along the way to the bus stop, we try to familiarise ourselves with the route to the bus stop as we’ll be using this road everyday…
Whoa… the bus intervals there are really long… about 20-30mins… cant afford to miss the bus if not have to wait for that long… we reached there at 2.35pm, just in time to catch the 2.40pm bus.. if not must wait till 3.15 then sweat liao… the bus ride took about 20mins, and along the way we get to see more of Melbourne… one of the most ‘funny’ thing is the traffic light… in Singapore at the traffic light predestrian crossing the green man will flash at the last few seconds but here it was the red man that flash… at first we thought there’s something wrong wit the traffic light…
After we reach monash uni, we went for a prayer walk around the campus… we also were brief for what we’ll be expecting for the next 10 ministry days in campus, and also to pray for it… we also went around exploring the campus like their canteen and religious centre… as we were hungry by then, we decided to buy somethings to eat… the food there also quite expensive, even on campus… I bought a fries for A$3…
Soon it was 4.30pm and we head to the cellar room to attend their live meeting, which is like our CLM… but theirs is only 1 hr long… we had worship and then a speaker will speak… but I think we were too tired and still not use to the weather that some of us fall asleep during the session…
After the meeting ended, it was 6pm and the sun has already set and the sky was dark outside liao… this is total opposite to Singapore… it’s still 4pm back home and the sun is still shining brightly… we talk with the aussies for a while before heading to the bus stop to go back to glen waverly fpr dinner…
We had our dinner at Grand Tofu, which is a Chinese restaurant… there’s a few other Chinese restaurant at glen waverly, like Bob’s kitchen… I had chicken rice… the serving of the food here is really big sia… for those small eater can actually share with another person… the price is like value for money, cos it cost $8 and got a serving about twice as big as in Singapore where it cost $4…
After dinner, we head back to our apartment… as many of us are very tired already, we just had a short briefing before going for our rest and sleep to prepare for tomorrow…
The session lasted for about 2hrs… after that, we got more excited as we prepare to go to campus, which is Monash University… to get there, we had to walk abt 10mins to the bus terminal to take a direct bus there… the bus no. is 737… along the way to the bus stop, we try to familiarise ourselves with the route to the bus stop as we’ll be using this road everyday…
Whoa… the bus intervals there are really long… about 20-30mins… cant afford to miss the bus if not have to wait for that long… we reached there at 2.35pm, just in time to catch the 2.40pm bus.. if not must wait till 3.15 then sweat liao… the bus ride took about 20mins, and along the way we get to see more of Melbourne… one of the most ‘funny’ thing is the traffic light… in Singapore at the traffic light predestrian crossing the green man will flash at the last few seconds but here it was the red man that flash… at first we thought there’s something wrong wit the traffic light…
After we reach monash uni, we went for a prayer walk around the campus… we also were brief for what we’ll be expecting for the next 10 ministry days in campus, and also to pray for it… we also went around exploring the campus like their canteen and religious centre… as we were hungry by then, we decided to buy somethings to eat… the food there also quite expensive, even on campus… I bought a fries for A$3…
Soon it was 4.30pm and we head to the cellar room to attend their live meeting, which is like our CLM… but theirs is only 1 hr long… we had worship and then a speaker will speak… but I think we were too tired and still not use to the weather that some of us fall asleep during the session…
After the meeting ended, it was 6pm and the sun has already set and the sky was dark outside liao… this is total opposite to Singapore… it’s still 4pm back home and the sun is still shining brightly… we talk with the aussies for a while before heading to the bus stop to go back to glen waverly fpr dinner…
We had our dinner at Grand Tofu, which is a Chinese restaurant… there’s a few other Chinese restaurant at glen waverly, like Bob’s kitchen… I had chicken rice… the serving of the food here is really big sia… for those small eater can actually share with another person… the price is like value for money, cos it cost $8 and got a serving about twice as big as in Singapore where it cost $4…
After dinner, we head back to our apartment… as many of us are very tired already, we just had a short briefing before going for our rest and sleep to prepare for tomorrow…
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Day 1: The Mission Begins… Flying off to Melbourne…
We assembled at Singapore Changi Airport at 1320h for our check-in process and to talk to our family members, friends and supporters who came to send us off… it is quite emotional for some of us as it’s the 1st time going for mission trip and be away from home for so long… we’ll be spending the next 20 days among the 12 of us…
All too soon it’s 1430h and it’s time for us to enter the departure gates… one of our team member’s pastor said a prayer for all of us before we bid goodbye and enter the gates…
By the time all of us enter the gates, it’s already 1450h, ½ hour before the plane takeoff… as such, we did not have time to look around those shop there and proceed to the plane at Gate 34… The airline that we took was Emirates… It’s my first time taking this airline and flying out of SE Asia, so I’m quite excited… there’s no queue outside the boarding gate… I think this is because the plane came from Dubai to transit here and most ppl are already in the plane…
A short while after we enter the plane… the pilot said we’re preparing to taxi out the runway for take off… quite surprise as it’s still 1510h and I think we’re one of the last few to board the plane… We take off at 1530h and start our 7 hr flight to Melbourne… it has a front view camera and we can see the runway clearly from our seats…
Inside the plane, we had our dinner and watch some movies… the in-flight system is not as good as the SQ one and we can only watch the movie when it’s play, and we cant forward or rewind it ourselves… the sun set about 3hrs into the flight and some of us starts to sleep while some of us and me continue to watch the movie…
Time flies even when we flies… haha… we started to descend to Melbourne airport and started to see the Melbourne night view… the plane landed at 0011h Melbourne time (Singapore time 2211h)… as MEL is 2hrs faster than SIN from Apr to Oct… between Nov to Mar, it’s 3hrs faster as they have daylight savings…
The checks at the airport is quite strict and it took quite long for us to clear the immigration… after that, ask we walk down to the exit, we keep thinking how cold is the weather outside, as we were told it’s 10 degree… yup, it’s really cold… don’t think we can survive without the jackets…
As it’s already 1am, two of the Australian staff came to pick us up and some of us take a cab down to our apartment at Glen Waverly. I was in the cab and the way the meter jumps is very scary sia… it jump 10 cents every second… we started at A$2.40 and when we reach Glen Waverly abt 40km away, the meter reads A$125 (which is abt S$160)… in Singapore this would cost only abt $40 with midnight charge… so expensive le…
Finally, we reach our apartment... it’s 0159h (2359h in SIN)… wow… look nice le… we just had our hot shower and had a light supper… going to sleep liao for tmr.. (today actually cos its 3am there liao..)
All too soon it’s 1430h and it’s time for us to enter the departure gates… one of our team member’s pastor said a prayer for all of us before we bid goodbye and enter the gates…
By the time all of us enter the gates, it’s already 1450h, ½ hour before the plane takeoff… as such, we did not have time to look around those shop there and proceed to the plane at Gate 34… The airline that we took was Emirates… It’s my first time taking this airline and flying out of SE Asia, so I’m quite excited… there’s no queue outside the boarding gate… I think this is because the plane came from Dubai to transit here and most ppl are already in the plane…
A short while after we enter the plane… the pilot said we’re preparing to taxi out the runway for take off… quite surprise as it’s still 1510h and I think we’re one of the last few to board the plane… We take off at 1530h and start our 7 hr flight to Melbourne… it has a front view camera and we can see the runway clearly from our seats…
Inside the plane, we had our dinner and watch some movies… the in-flight system is not as good as the SQ one and we can only watch the movie when it’s play, and we cant forward or rewind it ourselves… the sun set about 3hrs into the flight and some of us starts to sleep while some of us and me continue to watch the movie…
Time flies even when we flies… haha… we started to descend to Melbourne airport and started to see the Melbourne night view… the plane landed at 0011h Melbourne time (Singapore time 2211h)… as MEL is 2hrs faster than SIN from Apr to Oct… between Nov to Mar, it’s 3hrs faster as they have daylight savings…
The checks at the airport is quite strict and it took quite long for us to clear the immigration… after that, ask we walk down to the exit, we keep thinking how cold is the weather outside, as we were told it’s 10 degree… yup, it’s really cold… don’t think we can survive without the jackets…
As it’s already 1am, two of the Australian staff came to pick us up and some of us take a cab down to our apartment at Glen Waverly. I was in the cab and the way the meter jumps is very scary sia… it jump 10 cents every second… we started at A$2.40 and when we reach Glen Waverly abt 40km away, the meter reads A$125 (which is abt S$160)… in Singapore this would cost only abt $40 with midnight charge… so expensive le…
Finally, we reach our apartment... it’s 0159h (2359h in SIN)… wow… look nice le… we just had our hot shower and had a light supper… going to sleep liao for tmr.. (today actually cos its 3am there liao..)
Monday, April 18, 2005
Gen12ii Commissioning
Time is really fast... today is the Gen12ii Commissioning night liao.. and in less than 24 hours, we'll be on the plane flying to Melbourne to begin our 19 days missioin trip there...
we had our team retreat today, to set our target and goals for the mission trip... it's more than 5 weeks since our whole team last meet, and it's really great to see each other again 1 day before starting the trip... and to have a symbolic send off at the commissioning...
i also went for a photography workshop as i'll be helping the photographer to take photos... hope we can take lots of good photos during the trip... hee~
we had our team retreat today, to set our target and goals for the mission trip... it's more than 5 weeks since our whole team last meet, and it's really great to see each other again 1 day before starting the trip... and to have a symbolic send off at the commissioning...
i also went for a photography workshop as i'll be helping the photographer to take photos... hope we can take lots of good photos during the trip... hee~
Monday, March 28, 2005
Easter Sunday / Australia Mission trip
Yesterday was Easter Sunday, the day Christ raised from the death.
This year, my church don't have any special event for easter so the service is like quite normal. The only thing is there's some food provided.
By the way, if you'll have not known, I'll be going for a Gen12 Mission trip with Campus Crusade for Christ to Melbourne, Australia (Monash University). The trip is from 19 April to 9 May 2005. We'll be reaching to the International Students there, who come from all over the world like China, India, Africa, etc...
I need to raise $1,800 to go for this trip, and currently I only raised $735. If you're willing to support me, you can reply to this message or call me at 98356856.
Thanks.
This year, my church don't have any special event for easter so the service is like quite normal. The only thing is there's some food provided.
By the way, if you'll have not known, I'll be going for a Gen12 Mission trip with Campus Crusade for Christ to Melbourne, Australia (Monash University). The trip is from 19 April to 9 May 2005. We'll be reaching to the International Students there, who come from all over the world like China, India, Africa, etc...
I need to raise $1,800 to go for this trip, and currently I only raised $735. If you're willing to support me, you can reply to this message or call me at 98356856.
Thanks.
Saturday, March 26, 2005
Good Friday
Finally, a break from the project work... Yesterday nite do project until 9.30pm then go dinner with my classmate... it's one of those rare chances where we get to go out together haha...
after that eat until 11pm cos we waited for the indian mutabak... somehow the store yesterday was also the first day of operation... so we were one of the 1st few customers...hehe
then this morning when to church for good friday service to commerate Jesus's death on the cross... but i think the service is too tradition liao, cos they keep meditating, and might not be good for visitors... i also got abit sian and tiring towards the end...
btw, this year is one of those rare occasion where both major christian event (christmas and good friday, ie the birth and death of jesus) both falls on 25th... the 1st criteria of this is that 25th march must be on fri... dont tink good friday will fall on 25 apr...
although now i understand more of the christian calender but i still dunno how they calculate when is good friday, it is like chinese new year where it will fall within the specific period of about 1 mth but keep going forward and backward within it... haha... but christmas falls on a standard date... also for the seasons like Ephipany and Pentecost the lenght of them will depend on when is Good Friday, but Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter always have standard length... still dont really understand why is like this...
after that eat until 11pm cos we waited for the indian mutabak... somehow the store yesterday was also the first day of operation... so we were one of the 1st few customers...hehe
then this morning when to church for good friday service to commerate Jesus's death on the cross... but i think the service is too tradition liao, cos they keep meditating, and might not be good for visitors... i also got abit sian and tiring towards the end...
btw, this year is one of those rare occasion where both major christian event (christmas and good friday, ie the birth and death of jesus) both falls on 25th... the 1st criteria of this is that 25th march must be on fri... dont tink good friday will fall on 25 apr...
although now i understand more of the christian calender but i still dunno how they calculate when is good friday, it is like chinese new year where it will fall within the specific period of about 1 mth but keep going forward and backward within it... haha... but christmas falls on a standard date... also for the seasons like Ephipany and Pentecost the lenght of them will depend on when is Good Friday, but Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter always have standard length... still dont really understand why is like this...
Friday, March 25, 2005
Maundy Thursday
Today is eve of Good Friday, also known as Maundy Thursday. This is the last night where Jesus had his last supper before being crucified on the cross the following day.
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