Vote.

Hey awesome net members!,

Vote for the photos for each person for the web banner for this blog!
You can vote for yours, others, whatever.
I forgot to label them, so unless they are in 2 rows or random placement, they are labelled 1-2-3-etc. from left to right. If not, just describe.
Please vote by commenting and NOT tagging.
Format: (Name of person), (description/label)
You can email me your photos if you think yours are not nice or if yours is not here.
Those whose photos are not here, I will use the existing web banner photos.

Heehee, I think this is quite fun and also you can choose between unglam and glam and clear and unclear etc.
Ha PLEASE vote!
Or not all my effort will go to waste and it will be very paiseh also. :P

(For those whose photos are not here, who ask you nv go youth camp/take photos/pose properly! D8<)

Voting will commence next week Friday 2359.

Oh if the photo is unclear or the photo you want for the web banner is unclear bcos it's a group photo, do not lose hope! Haha, bcos we can ask the owner of the photo for the HQ one.

New Net Picture!

Hey Awesome Net Members,

I have been doing some editing to the pictures below the blog website and i finally add the new members from our net.(i think it is all of them....). Here is the picture for a better view.

180 Event Outreach!

Hello Guys,

Today was awesome! Many visitors came to our church. For me i was doing usher and i counted about 600 People attended our service today! Thanks to you guys praying for the 500 people to attend the outreach end up God gave us addition 100 people! Haha..... anyway... i got a picture of someone's hands and he is from our net Guess!

Net Outing

Today, esther and my net went to watch High School Musical 3 and it was AWESOME !! here are some pics before we went to watch movie played some games at the Kopitiam.

Smile!






Act Cute !!! =X


Smiling Face and a Sianz Look Face!








Enjoying the game Murderer

The Difference

Wah.. it's been sometime since I posted something and this blog seems to be quite dormant.. other than the occasional post. =p Come on people, those on holidays, do something! Post up all the pictures you have in your computer or something (those with our faces of cos) and keep this going k?! I so miss having one big net together, playing Jenga and what-not. SIGH. We shall hang out during hols or something.. somewhere in DEC! Ha.

Alright, I shall just blog something and study for my test tomorrow soon!
My mum placed this wooden thing on my keyboard to remind me.. and I found it cool, so thought I'd post it here too. I guess some of you might have heard it, but no harm reading it again. =) So, have a good week ahead!


The Difference

I got up early one morning and rushed right into the day;
I had so much to accomplish that I didn't have time to pray.

Problems just tumbled about me, and heavier came each task;
"Why doesn't God help me?" I wondered, He answered, "You didn't ask".

I wanted to see joy and beauty, but the day toiled on, gray and bleak;
I wondered why God didn't show me, He said, "But you didn't seek".

I tried to come into God's presence; I used all my keys at the lock.
God gently and lovingly childed, "My child, you didn't knock".

I woke up early this morning, and paused before entering they day;
I had so much to accomplish that I had to take time to pray.





So, let's all jia you together! =) I know it's hard, tell me about it. Haha. When it's so nice to sleep and all... zzzzz. -We're all in this together- Yeah!
Till the next post... TATA!



-Your crazy and not as pretty net leader (for now)

What Comes After Gold?

Just thought I will write out a newspaper reflection on one of the articles i read today. (haha, doesn't newspaper reflection sound so familiar to secondary school life?). I found it really interesting, and for those who wanna read up on it, it can be found on Life page C8, 19th August 2008.

The article is named "What comes after gold?", and it talks about Gold winners in the Olympics reaching their "ultimate" goal in life, sacrificing and giving it all that they have got, their childhood, other dreams, love, family time, and then feeling a sense of loss because all that they were living for is over. Just to quote an example,

"New york - Decathlete Bruce Jenner (above) crossed the finish line in the 1,500m final in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, arms flying above his head, knowing he had won the gold, and that he had set a world record. He just did not know what he was doing for dinner.

"I had no plans, nothing,' said Jenner in a telephone interview last Saturday.A friend lent him the use of a luxury suite in Montreal that night with sweeping views of the city where he had just been immortalised.

"So there I was in this amazing suite... and I'm looking around and the place had a grand piano, and i thought, maybe i should learn to play the piano. I mean, I was extremely satisfied but also devastated by the finality of it all.' "

According to Dr Ungerlied, many Olympians having serious problems post-Olympics as "this was the only life they knew and it was inconceivable to do anything else". He wrote in his study that was published in 1997.

Over the past few days, I kindda admired the medal winners at the Olympics, taking to note the amount of hard work they had put in to get to where they were, and wondering whether I could be in their position if I was given the right opportunity. (maybe the next Michale Phelps. haha) . But after reading this article, I realised that the few seconds of glory and the circular piece made up of goal was still not the best thing to sacrifice your "whole life" for.

This brought me to the bible verse:

1 Corinthians 9: 24 - 26
24. Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?
Run in such a way as to get the prize.
25. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training.
They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
26. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly;
I do not fight like a man beating the air.

I guess this verse just says it all.

Well, one thing is for sure, tht this race (the christian race) that we are running for has a prize that will lasts forever. Don't give up all my brothers and sisters in Christ. We will def not be disappointed when we reach the finish line together!

God bless

Why God says "NO"...

And God Said, "NO."

I asked God to take away my pride,
And God said, "No."
He said it was not for Him to take away,
But for me to give up.

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole,
And God said, "No."
He said her spirit is whole.
Her body is only temporary.

I asked God to grant me patience,
And God said, "No."
He said patience is a by-product of tribulation.
It isn't granted, it is earned.

I asked God to give me happiness,
And God said, "No."
He said He gives blessings,
Happiness is up to me.

I asked God to spare me pain,
And God said, "No."
He said, "Suffering draws you apart from
Worldly cares and brings you closer to Me.

"I asked God to make my spirit grow,
And God said, "No."
He said I must grow on my own,
But he will prune me to make it fruitful.

I asked God if He loved me,
And God said, "Yes."
He gave me His only son,
who died for me.
And I will be in Heaven someday
Because... I believe.

I asked God to help me love others
As much as He loves me,
And God said,"Ah finally, you have the idea."

-By Claudia Minden Welsz

found this poem on9 while doin my lit project on poems....
found it quite meaningful so decided to post it here since its dead...

~Valerie~

Footprints in the sand

One night I dreamed a dream.I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to me and one to my Lord.When the last scene of my life shot before me I looked back at the footprints in the sand. There was only one set of footprints. I realized that this was at the lowest and saddest times of my life. This always bothered me and I questioned the Lord about my dilemma."Lord, You told me when I decided to follow You, You would walk and talk with me all the way. But I'm aware that during the most troublesome times of my life there is only one set of footprints. I just don't understand why, when I need You most, You leave me."He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you, never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you."

VALERIE =D

Mothers' Day

This is the mothers' day video we played on sunday.

American Idol Final 8 sings Shout To The Lord (Twice)

The final analysis

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
...Forgive them anyway!

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
...Be kind anyway!

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
...Succeed anyway!

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
...Be honest and frank anyway!

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
...Build anyway!

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
...Be happy anyway!

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
...Do good anyway!

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
...Give the world the best you've got anyway!

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

Testimonies!

Hey guys!

No. I haven't died.

anws, I got 2 testimonies. so here goes,

Background first:
I moved in with 2 housemates this year.
I kind of regretted it straight away cos no1, i wasn't used to staying with ppl.
no2. the best friend of one of my housemates whom i didn't like wanted to join in.

in short, that friend confirmed that she was going to stay with us.
i freaked out. basically. ran to my friend's place to panic. yup i sure did.
listened to good advice.
talked to my housemate.
made up with her friend. (we had problems with each other for the longest time)

even still, although we made up, it still wasn't healthy to stay with each other.
by the time i was already in the who-cares and the whole I'm-going-to-hole-up-in-my-room attitude.
if you get what i mean(;

in the end, when her parents heard the costs, they freaked out.
so, no. she's not staying anymore.

my whole point here is not to badmouth her but to say how amazing God works in our lives.
because if i didn't know tt we'll be staying tgt, i wouldn't have made the first initiative to make up with her. and the thing is, currently, our relationship is slowly (yes, slowly) getting better. (we're just trying to not step on each other's toes.)

i felt it was good and necessary, although it was definitely NOT FUN to go thru all tt freaking out and making up because the friction tt we had was going on for more than 6mths alr.
But, I'm glad it's over.



testimony no2:

because the place tt i moved in was a house and not student accommodation,
it was empty. yup. nothing. ko-song. no furniture. nothing.
basically, i didn't like the house at all but i didn't have control over tt area.

it was old and disgusting.
the carpets were like shit.
there's grime in what seems like everywhere in the kitchen.
it was dusty EVERYWHERE. (despite the multiple vacuuming).
a wall of bricks for one side of the kitchen, dining room and the living room
the living room freaked me out the first time i saw it. almost had a heart attack.
it was a cave!!!
cold and dark.
there's cobwebs everywhere.

yeah...as you can tell, i really didn't like the place.
it was so easy for me to find so many -ve points with the hse.
it took me quite a while to get adjusted.

but what i want to thank god for is the fact tt although it was a slow start,
(getting all the furniture and all)
I've actually been really blessed.
ppl from church have just been giving me so many things to make my room so much cosier
also, cos i didnt want to spend money buying too many stuffs

here's what I've been blessed with:
-mattress (approx. $2-300?)
-very good/ex heater
-a very^million good stereo system
-a bean bag (approx $40 for just the skin)
-a cork board

so yeah....thank god for all those. saved me sooo much money.
I'm happy!
staying with housemates still needs adjustment.
but just reflecting on what has been happening the past few months made me really thankful of what God has done.

Sunshine After The Rain

Whatever your cross,
whatever your pain,
there will always be sunshine,
after the rain ....

Perhaps you may stumble,
perhaps even fall,
But God's always ready,
To answer your call ...

He knows every heartache,
sees every tear,
A word from His lips,
can calm every fear ...

Your sorrows may linger,
throughout the night,
But suddenly vanish,
in dawn's early light ...

The Savior is waiting,
somewhere above,
To give you His grace,
and send you His love...

Whatever your cross,
whatever your pain,
"God always sends rainbows ....
after the rain ... "







To get out of difficulty, one must usually go through it!





I got that from an email quite a long time ago, not sure if you guys have seen it. But thought I'd share this with all of you cos it speaks to me quite abit, I hope this sheds some light on you too. And be encouraged by it!

On a VERY happy note! WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS for inter-region captains' ball game. A very last minute put together team, thanks to various reasons, but WE DID IT! =)
Thank God we were not the first few teams that hadta play, if not we would have gotta play on the grass, which was VERY muddy and dirty.
After the heavy rain, we shifted to the badminton court area, which was MUCH better. And when we were playing, the rain wasn't that heavy.
Thank God too that I didn't fell 'sicker' than I was even after being in the cold rain for a long time.
The most fun game was the finals, which was played against region 5/6. More like a friendly match than a competition. Ha. Totally cool!
But yeap, I actually did enjoy myself even though I kinda refused to play in the rain at first. Haha.
Alrightttt.. signing off, cos Valerie the Ah Ma keeps nagging at me to finish this update quick cos she wants to read.
If you think I'm naggy, you havent meet Valerie yet. =p


Tata!!
-Pretty Crazy Net Leader *grin*

ENCOUNTER !!!!

photos taken during encounter =D

hehe...yupp...encounter was GREAT!...
tough it was only a short period of 2days 1night,
I could see that the gals that went for the encounter has indeed encountered God and all of us has been touched by him.

so here are testimonies and by Marcia,Esther Lye,Jacinda,Dayna and me =D (in no particular order)

1) I really enjoyed it! woohoo! haha.erm before the encounter, i prayed to God that during the encounter, hopefully i will be able to learn more about God forgiving our sins and i really leanrned about it. it's like God answered my prayer, i am really happy =) i learnt to forgive people for what they did in the past that hurt us and also really encountered and felt God's presence and the holy spirit.

2)i really enjoyed myself throughout this encountered and i also have learnt a lot from this camp. i learnt more bout the cross, sins and forgiving.the presence and of God and the Holy Spirit could be felt in every session without fail. yea...i also thank God for the rest for the girls who went to the encounter with me to witness the encounter with God. it was really cool!...woohoo! I AM FREE! ~I LOVE ENCOUNTER...I LOVE YOUTH CAMP...I LOVE MY YOUTH!~(sounds familiar? xp)

3)God really helped me in the encounter. i really learnt a lot of things and is really happy. i learnt how to forgive people who annoyed me. my sins are now forgiven and i am very relief now.the sleeping part was quite ok la... overall very nice!!

4)i felt that this youth encounter is very meaningful.they tought us about vision for success, the joy of forgiveness, self-hatred and unforgiveness ect. during the time of prayer, the Lord touched my heart and i could feel that he loves and and he cares for me. i hope that i can go to the youth encounter again.

5)God has really changed my life.it was really cool feeling so close to God! i could really feel God's presence in the room! the feeling was cool and nice to know that God is with us all the while. i have learn to forgive and forget those things people said or do to me last time. and I'M FREE NOW! woah!

yupp...so these are it!...cool testimonies huh?...hehe...yupp...so thats about it for now... =D

*for the girls that went for the encounter ~God's Princesses...R3/4 rocks!~ muahah~
hehe

tata!
VALERIE!
aka
WHEREWEREWE!

Congrats to all ppl went to Encounter

Congratulations to Marcia, Dayna, Valerie, Esther Lye, Jacinda, Joel and JJ for having a life-altering experience with God! For me i go to encounter to listen the 1st day message and on the 2nd day went to babysit the little children haha!

From Left Caleb, Ashton, Vanessa


Done By: Brother Bear

gals power =D

those previous photos was taken by John..."candid phtots"
yea...and therefore its kinda unglam...
so this is a nicer photo taken...
not that ungalm...and much nicer =D
yupp...
net was crazy as uaual xp

valerie =D

Another Day In Net

Haha Today in crazy net as we know it is combine net. During the dvd lessons everyone were very quiet haha first time sia.... so quiet in the crazy net but after that noisy again haha... and we have a new member in our net today PETER !!! and also i today said, "Lets split in to two person" wa lao ... my english very powderful..... any way

Heres the picture of the so called girl power ....




Done By: Brother Bear