Cg on Wednesday

Hello people!!

I just wonder if we all can have cg this coming wednesday instead of friday? Because thursday is a holiday and I think most people would want to go back their hometown (I for one, needs to go back coz my relatives are coming over from Johore and my mother wants me to go back ).

We'll do something light together, maybe have a dinner at Talipon (yes, sarah your wish is granted...) just before Christmas?? Becoz the we'll be having holiday the following week and won't be meeting each other till next year. So this will be a good way of closing of for the year for our cg.

We'll meet at about 7pm? How about that? Or if you guys have other suggestions? Do let me know yeah... Call me if you want to know anything.

Sucessful Christmas Week Celebration

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I wanna say that our IMU Christmas week celebration was quite a success!! God has certainly bless us well! And so I wanna thank all those who help during the sales of the coupon for the reptile exhibition... And to Eugene, Lily and Chris, you guys did a great job for the Party! Lynn Xuan, you were faithful to go for the mime practices even though your exams were so near, and it's really encouraging.

As for cg this friday, I'm sorry to say that this week we won't be having a cg, but will resume next week. Since it coincides with Friday Night, and Kay Teck is not around, we won't really have a place to have cg (unless anybody wants to offer their place?)...

So that's about it for this week. We'll see each other again next week yeah!

No Cg on Friday (7/12/2007)

Hey people!! This is just to inform you guys that there will be NO CG TOMMORROW... This week is our church's christmas pruduction week, titled "LOST"... Some of us are going for tommorrow night's performance, while some of us are going on staurday. On top of that, Kay Teck is performing as a choir member for all 3 nights. So I've decided that we won't have cg for tommorrow.

Hope you guys would bring some friends to watch the production!! I'm excited for this "LOST" musical!!

CG (29/11/2007)

Hi everyone!! This week we're doing sommething different for cg... As some of you know, the Christmas celebration in IMU will take place from 11th to 13th of December. There're quite a number of activities and programmes that have been organised. One of the highlights is the reptile exhibition themed "Jingle in the Jungle" which will take place in IMU on the 11th of Dec.

We're trying to reach out to the community around here in Vista apartments to promote the reptile show, and also to sell the tickets to them. This is a fund raising event to cover the expenses for the FREE CHRISTMAS LUNCH PARTY for everyone in IMU on the 12th of Dec. Some of you might ask, what's the connection between the reptile show and the meaning of christmas? We're trying to tell people the meaning of christmas via a puzzle that visitors have to complete during the show. So we really need people to come!!

I'have decided that we could do this as a cg activity. So tomorrow we're going to promote and sell the tickets to the residents of Vista B2 apartment. We'll meet at my place first B2-9-3 by 8pm. I'll brief you all on what we're going to do then. Do come and support this event yeah!



Ps : I really need the guys to come because we're going house to house and it's safer if there's at least 1 guy in each group.

Time bomb

Hey ppl,

This week is an awful busy week for me. With SSC (student selective course) topics were out yesterday, as kia-su kampung boy from Borneo ( the ang mo peeps heard before Borneo cause apparently Orang Utans are more well known than Malaysia, yeah its true.... haha) I quickly grabbed the choices.

Other than that, I took a history from a man with chronic asthma ( type A brittle asthma) with complications of Aspergillosis and in his PMH he has testicular teratoma and had spreaded to the kidneys and lungs. PLUS he is MRSA postive. In short, hes dying. As I am reflecting back on the whole history taking session, though I was figuring out how to take a good history on his chronic asthma, he also share with me that he is dying soon. THEN I stopped from jotting things down and went straight to how he felt back then. DING! In Manchester curriculum, they follow the so called Cambrige-Calgary model in history taking and one of the components is ICE (ideas, concerns and expectations). He told me that life is like a time bomb, the clocks starts ticking with every heart beat. With every seconds, cherish it and embrace it purposefully.

Pondering upon this statement, its really easy to get off side track whenever we are busy busy busy like a bumble bee. For me, sometimes its feels like every week is a robotic routine schedule PLUS being a medical student is like down under the food chain in the hospital PLUS PLUS PLUS so much more.I do ponder why I took Medicine at the first place. It is really hard work. Hahaha, ppl said its one of the hardest course and very costly too. PLUS its a life-less career.

Hmmm, God is a creative God after all. In spite of all of it, God shows and speaks to me by the exprience when i take history from patients with many different backgrounds, by showing empathy to them. N above all knowledge that is available in the medical research world, somethings are not curable ( like this man, he went to ICU 3 days ago). God is above everything, including medicine.

So ppl, indeed life is like a time bomb. God is a detonator. N live life for the audience of one.

God bless

CG meeting 23/11/2007

Hey everyone! How's the week? As usual, we're having cg meeting tomorrow. The details are as follows:

Ice Breaker - Eugene
Worship - Kay Teck
Word - Richard

Venue - B2-9-3
Time - 8pm

Hope to see all of you then!! May God bless everyone!

*Oh yeah, do decide which day u guys prefer to go for the Church Christmas Musical "Lost" k?? Then purchase the tickets this weekend yeah*

Prayer Request

Hey everyone...

I just wanna ask all of you to keep all the sem 2 students in prayer due to the handphone incident that happened today during their OSPE... Apparently 50 people brought in their handphones while in quarantine ( not sure bout the details though)... I heard that as this is their first time having EOS, they do not know that they have to hand in their handphones even during quarantine before they have the exam.

Pray that the uni would have mercy upon them and the fact that they were caught before they enter for OSPE (according to what I heard this happened to the first group, not the 2nd so there shouldn't be any leakage of questions)... I'm not sure when would the results come out though...

Continue to pray for them yeah... I understand how frustrating it would be coz I was in the same position before...

CG meet (16/11/2007)

Because of last week's demontration, the bus is unable to come and pick most of us up for church celebration last saturday... So we were unable to meet then... Never mind this week we're having our friday cg as usual.

Ice breaker - Christine (YAY!!)
Worship - Kiryu (YAY no. 2!!)
Word - Pui Fun

Venue - B2-9-3
Time - 8pm

I have some annoucements to make during the cg so do come yeah. And please pray for the sem 2 people (Kay Teck and Michelle) since they will be having exam the following week.

See you all then!! God bless and have a nice weekend...

Bersih

As a follow up to Ken's post...

Honestly when I saw the pictures and videos online, I was intrigued.
After all, you know la we all Malaysians, we always sit around the mamak talking a lot about politics but if asked to go and berhimpun and if raining some more, we would rather check out the new Pavilion or Gardens at MidValley.

So yea, the turn out was pretty impressive for us "never mind la" Malaysians.

Is this really the start of something different?

But more importantly, am I going to be part of the new change?

I have always been fascinated by autobiographies of those who preserved under persecution. Stories like Corrie Ten Boom were full of drama. How ordinary people risk their lives to hide and save the Jews during World War 2.

Yet, when I reflect back on my life, I know deep down if I were placed in such positions, I probably wouldn't have done the same. True, I would not have supported the Germans either but I'd probably just shut up, keep quiet and be neutral.

Even now, I often just keep quiet when my friends discuss about their own contraception or when the conversation goes about Christians marrying/dating non Christians etc. And I can almost say 100% if I was in KL last Saturday, I'd probably be snoozing in Vista rather than marching.

am I going to be part of the new change?

I hope you get my drift. I end this with a quote I myself need to think about...

The opposite of love is not hate..........

............... it is indifference.




If he did it, where am I? Credits

11 November

Today, in UK and other commonwealth countries ( eg: Australia, NZ) ppl here observed this day as Remembrance day. Another name are "Poppy day" or "Armistice day". It is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and civilians in times especially since World War 1. It is recalled on 11 November to recall the end of World War 1 on the date of 1918.

Well I ask my fellow Ang Mo mates, they said its not only for the sacrifices of World War 1, but including other wars in the world where they gain liberty and freedom in the country for all the sacrifices that their forefathers. I shall not brief for more about the details of the ceremony, you could wikipedia it and check it out.

But I'm disturbed by what happening over half of the globe, Malaysia. It is a day we had a riot. A riot that our ppl are crying and urging for a clean politic and election. Eventhough after 50 years of independence, do we really gain independence? As christians, I urged you to pray for our land.

I miss everyone in VcCG~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No cg meeting tomorrow

After reading Sarah's post, I don't really feel like posting about this but I have to... Because I hope Sarah's post would be on the top of the page and not mine...

Anyway this is just to inform you all that there will be no cg meeting tomorrow. Since it's Deepavali and quite a number couldn't make it...

Happy holidays and God bless !!

Check this out! Highly inspiring

Hi guys.
This is one of our IMU seniors.

He sought to excel despite bad childhood

DAVID YEOW

Dr Vinod Laxmikanth’s fervent belief in God got him through his most painful period in his life. Now he shares his story of hope with the people he comes across.

The product of an unplanned pregnancy, he grew up to see his parents divorce at 13. By 15, he was emotionally scarred. But he persevered in his dream to become a doctor. Today, he is a first year houseman who plans to specialise in paediatrics.

UPON meeting Dr Vinod Laxmikanth, one would not hesitate to use the phrase "tall, dark and handsome".

His friends constantly tease him as being every Indian mother’s perfect son-in-law, and it’s not hard to see why.

An Asean Scholarship holder by the age of 12, he left his home in Terengganu for Singapore, where he was named best athlete and top student at Victoria School for a number of years.

He also held the Singapore national Under-14 record for discus throw.
Confident and charismatic, Vinod soon became the popular guy in school, even gaining the respect of his seniors.

"But for a while, a rumour went around that I was a ‘test-tube baby’. I didn’t get it at first but soon realised that they meant to say that I was a designer baby," said the 25-year-old with a laugh.

In fact, the truth was far from the rumour. "My mother was pregnant with me when she married my father.

"It was an uncommon thing then. So they got married out of duty."

When he learnt that his parents were getting a divorce, Vinod was devastated as he blamed himself for the failure.

"I thought things would have been better if I had not been conceived. If the reason they got together was me, then the divorce wouldn’t have happened if I didn’t exist."

About a year after the divorce, things became worse.

His father, who had remarried, was cold and detached due to marital problems.

"I was left so confused."

His grades started dropping and he became more reserved. It was not long before circumstances forced him to give up medicine in Singapore.

When he was at his lowest point, he accepted a invitation to attend a religious event at the Singapore National Stadium.

Until this day, Vinod said that he does not remember a single word preached then. But Vinod claimed he saw a vision of God being with him at every dark and painful moment in his life.

"I literally felt a heavy weight lifted off me and gained a new confidence that everything will be all right."

Vinod returned to Malaysia in 2000 to stay with his mother in Kuala Lumpur and began to get back in the groove.

He re-sat his A-levels, got straight As and enrolled in the International Medical University, graduating last year.

At the same time, he started going to the Acts church in Subang Jaya, a move he said helped tremendously in his fight to overcome the negativity and abuse he had previously been exposed to.

"I felt God was bringing the right people to me to help with my emotional healing. The right pastor, the right church and the right friends."

Nothing about the University Malaya Medical Centre doctor hints of his troubled childhood.

According to his fiancee, Dr Tan Ling Ling, he sends many a nurse’s heart aflutter and the children in the paediatrics ward love being around him.

"Besides being a people magnet, he also loves to share his story with those willing to listen," she said.

But for Vinod, his reasons for speaking out are simple.

"I can’t help it. How God transformed me from a victim to a victor is the most outstanding thing about my life and I won’t stop talking about it."
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I guess it reminds me that yea, God can transform ashes into beauty.
If I didn't know his whole story and met him somewhere I would have thought that this guy had all of life's perks...a intern job at UMMC, a beautiful fiancee, confident, articulate.

But knowing the complete picture puts things into perspective. That this is just not an inspiring guy, but someone whom God has transformed and also someone who lives out this faith.

And I pray that this would be my life. To rejoice and to give God glory despite life's circumstances.

Cg meeting (2/11/2007)

Komenazai!! Sorry for the late update for this week's cg... Now the details are as follows :


Time : 8pm
Venus : B2-9-3
Word : Richard
Ice Breaker : Pui Fun
Worship : David Goh (Yay!! First time worship in our cg!!)

Hope to see all of you tonight!! God bless...

Who knows?

Emm...this might be a little moribund and sad, so my apologies for breaking the mood in this blog.
But I guess this is something that has stuck in my mind; a reminder of how much we are not in control of our lives.

Being the crazy reader that I am, I often read other people's blogs; blogs of people I don't really know in person... :)
I regularly read Caryn (one of our senior's) brother's blog. He's quite famous in IMU cuz he's an imu super senior who made it good in the US and is now working in Mayo Clinic. (www.doctorslife.blogspot.com)
Recently he was blogging about his friend; a fellow Malaysian and ex-IMC (IMU at that time) student who was recently diagnosed with metastatic esophageal cancer.

There was a link from that blog to his friend's blog. And being the reader that I am, I went to his blog. And this guy is who we all long to be; a fellow (specialist) in oncology at age 28 at a famous teaching hospital in the US, in a great relationship, a Christian, someone who is a great example...judging from the posts his friends wrote for him.

Knowing what it's like to have a cancer diagnosis bombshell; I really do feel for this guy.
The hard work we as med students put in, to study hard, to become a specialist. To come out from a university no one has heard about, going to a far country. Furthermore this guy chose a difficult specialty, oncology. Finding the one and settling down in life. Being a good testimony to his patients/friends.

It's weird at times, when the most unexpected things happen to the most unlikely people.

But it also made me realize, gosh how little we can control our destinies after all.
God is good, but also to be feared.

I shouldn't be surprised. 1 of my granduncle's wife passed away this year because of pancreatic cancer. Another of my uncle's wife was diagnosed with bowel cancer (and she's below 40 years old). My own mother. (It's not hereditary as my relatives with cancer are related by marriage....I have my own family history of another cluster of illnesses).

I guess, life is unpredictable.
We better make the most of it.

...

For all folks thats stressed or sian or no mood of studying, heres something to cheer u guys up.... Though its inappopriate to put it in a CG blog, once again i apologise :>

Well, recognise this???


Well in the game, theres a little thing called the Chicken


This is what I found from a friend's blog:


This is a fried chicken shop He saw in Segamat, Johor.... wahaha!!!


Remembering the old times when I normally go play Dota after mamaking with u guys!

It's Bowling!!

Hello everyone!! It's near the end of the week again... And hence my weekly notice...

TOMORROW(26/10/2007) CG IS GOING TO HAVE FUN!!!

We are playing bowling at Endah Parade at 9pm =)

However we'll be having dinner together first as a whole cg. Thus we are to gather at Vista B guard house by 7pm...

PLEASE let me know if you're going by tonight... Ok latest by tomorrow noon... Sms me yeah...

Note : BRING YOUR OWN PAIR OF SOCKS!!! Or else you have to buy... And pls keep your nails short if you dun want to break them...

Let's all have fun bonding tomorrow!! God bless everyone...

I am

I am enourmously touched by the word of God today in church.

When we were worshipping during the praise and worship, one lady came up to the stage and speak prophetic words about trust in God.

Who is God? God is not God's name. God is I am. It says in Exodus 3:13-15

"Then Moses said to God, "Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I shall say to them, `The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, `What is His name?' What shall I say to them?"

And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, `I AM has sent me to you.'"

And God, furthermore, said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, `The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations."

So let God be what He is best for us; being the Provider, the Shelter, the Source of strength, everything... basically!

It reminds me during my days in IMU where we have our anxieties in not only passing exams but possiblys to scores s much A's s possible, trying to rely my own effort to study s my insurance in achieving the best results. N oh yeah, very tempted to skip church during exam weeks!

The thing is the answer is always in front of our face: Let God be who He is! I am blessed that often God tell me the essence of life is in believing in Him: giving me the BEST support system n friendships in KL (i mean u guys....:>) the bread and butter of learning life issues esp in church (DUMC, i miss Ps Dan sermons), and the lame jokes! :>

Peace be with u guys!

IMU

...reading this and this from IMU juniors encourages me of what's going on.
I am reminded of the things I learnt in IMU.
The great times with U guys; fun eating sprees...(SS2, Williams, Sri Petaling) but also serious discussions. I guess I really appreciate the honesty and openness of the CG.





I hope one fine day, when I'm old and wrinkly...if I have grandchildren, I'd be able to show them this video. :)
& I pray your lives would also be impacted in IMU!

Prayer Advance

Just received this messagefrom Richard this morning...

There will be a prayer advance this saturday (20/10) and Pr Daniel will be preaching and praying for impartation. They are praying for youth to raise up as prayer warriors.

Time : 8am - 12pm
Lunch provided
Venue : Dream Center

All those of you who are interested do attend it this saturday yeah...

Ps : No cg meet tomorrow...

Cg - 12/10/2007

Hello to all (including everyone who is not in Malaysia)!! Nice to hear from Kenneth all the way in Manchester!! Like Troy said, come back and visit us!!

OK as for this week's cg, the details are as follow:

Worship - Kiryu Yap
Ice breaker - Mark Saw
Word - Richard Tnew
Venue - B2-9-3
Time - 8.00pm

Let's all come together to worship God and learn more about Him through Word. See you guys then!!


Ps : There will be no cg next friday (19/10/2007)...

Greetings

Hi ppl,

The first thing I wanna say is : " What!!!! Since Sem 1, I heard about the Dream center and gave 100% support in it and its ready when I leave!" Haha, u guys are blessed to have not only a new building with bigger space, but its DREAM center where dreams come true!

Its been about 1 month plus studying here in Manchester, and I cant say how great is God for me when I have to transit in a another phase in life which normally transition sometimes takes an awful and nasty situations. Its like when u transit in Dubai International Airport and there were so many ppl that theres insufficient seats for transitting passengers that ppl have to sleep or sit on the floor!

Well, its also quite insecure when I have to leave u guys as my close and accountable mates to count on and build each other up other the umbrella of DUMC, and move to a half foreign land and start another new life, with different community and different values....

Despite of all the insecurity, the fears, the loneliness.... I'm settling well because God gave me the wisdom when I choose Manchester as 1st choice.. Manchester somewhat has a HUGE population of Asian ( particularly Chinese), so it is in relative to China Town, so I wouldnt get too home sick or craving for curries and tom yums.... Well, apart from being a vibrant modern city with its old fashioned Industrial era typed of buildings, I am glad that Manchester is a vibrant Christian city with many churches sprout like mushrooms! So within a week, I am attending King's church (http://www.kingschurch-manchester.org/)... Its a good church with strong values, and a pool of Malaysian student communities.

Well, just wanna share this: Transition in life can be quite difficult, but with God nothing is impossible... and everything is H-impossible! Well, its different now that every weekend Im not going DUMC, cause I miss it!

Cg this friday (5/10/2007)

Updates for the coming cg this friday (5/10/2007) :

Ice Breaker - Olivia
Worship - Lily
Guitarist - Kay Teck
Word - Pui Fun

Venue - B2-9-3
Time - 8pm

OK peeps, see you all this friday ya!! Please try to come on time k, coz it's not nice to let others who come on time to wait for those who are late... We need to get rid of the "Malaysian Time" mindset.

God bless!!

Next CG Meet (21/9)

Hi everyone!! It's been a great time at the party last friday!! Quite a number of people came and we were so blessed by the Lord!! Let's continue to encourage the newbies to come to our cg k... The pictures of the party are still with Sean (Can you please upload the pics on the blog?? Thank you!!).

The cg line-up for this week :

Ice breaker - Teo Eugene
Worship - Lily Chan (Kay Teck won't be around this week so can you ask Troy to play guitar?)
Word Sharing - Jui Jien
Venue - B2-9-3
Time - 8pm

See you all this friday and God bless!!

CG Welcoming Party, September 2007!

There is a problem with my connection for the past 4 days. I can't seem to upload more photos. The upload window just seizes up everytime. Will try again this evening.

Until then, enjoy these photos! So sorry for the technical mishaps.

-Sean S.

ATTENTION : Dream Center Information

A. Dream Centre Guided Tour

Saturday, 15 September 2007

Please meet at Concourse 2

5 time slots available:

a. 2.30 pm

b. 3.00 pm

c. 3.30 pm

d. 4.00 pm

e. 4.30 pm


You may choose to come for any of the slots above. Each tour will last approximately 30 minutes.


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B. Parking during Sunday Celebration

Our traffic marshals will pass you a contact sheet upon entry.

1. Fill in your handphone number on the sheet given.

2. Display it on your dashboard AFTER you have filled it in.

(Please make sure that your sunshade does not cover the paper.)


If you choose to park at Jaya 33 shopping centre, the parking charges on Sunday is RM3.00 per entry. You may enter into Dream Centre (DC) via the Renault premises which leads to DC's rear pedestrian entrance.


The rear pedestrian entrance will be opened at the following times only:

8.30 - 10.30am AND

11.30am - 1.30pm


Please do not double park OUTSIDE DC grounds. Last Sunday, cars were double parked on BOTH sides of the main road which left only ONE lane for traffic flow. A reminder, if you are parking outside, please do not double park.


If you are parking INSIDE DC grounds, please be prepared to stay back at least 30 minutes after celebration ends. FYI, it was 12.40pm by the time traffic was cleared last Sunday. (2 thumbs up for our traffic marshals! They work VERY hard to serve us (rain or shine), so let's give them a pat on the back or a simple smile, or just obey what they tell us to do ;) )


Forwarded from the admin staff...

Friday's Welcoming Party

Hello peeps!!

A quick update about this coming friday's welcoming party.

Date : 14/9/2007
Time : 7.30pm - 11.00pm (we should prepare by 7pm)
Venue : B-7-3 (TAKE NOTE THAT THIS HAS CHANGED TO JUI JIEN'S PLACE!!)
Ice breakers & Games : Eugene, Chris & Troy
Food Coordinator : Jui Jien & Sing Yee
Ushers & Souvenoir : Pui Fun, Lily, Kiryu & Sean Siew
Photographer : Sean Siew

Notice that we have omitted worship. We shall make non-believers feel welcomed rather than make them feel awkward ya...

Lastly, pray for the event and let's hope that God will bring more people to the event!! See you guys this friday and let's relax!!

Why cg is important

Haha, thought might as well use my APEC holiday weekend to write this.

I guess many of you only got to know me when I was a semi-senior (sem3?) in IMU.
Let me tell you a secret.. haha.. ;)

When I was doing my SAM in Taylors, I was a really studious "kiasu" student. I was the kind of student who didn't go to church if I had a test on Monday. And I did not attend cell group at all. I felt going to church was enough, and if I was busy, as long as I prayed myself or read the bible a little it would be fine. After all God can hear us no matter where we are right?
I guess at the time, I was also practicing self serving Christianity where I would only want to hear sermons that were only relevant to me and not sermons about the church or community.

Even in my first semester in IMU/DUMC, I did not go to cell group! Haha. I only went once and then didn't go again even though Chris and Victor and some IMU seniors urged me to.
Again, I just didn't see the importance of going to cg. And frankly, during the one time that I went, I felt that we were just wasting time chatting/playing ice breakers and that I didn't really connect well with the people there. I had better things to do; namely..study for EOS 1 (nerd!)

I don't know what came over me in Sem2 but I started going regularly. And from then I got to know people better and started to be more involved. One of the turning points for me was going to Jackie Pullinger's Mission Conference; it changed my outlook...my selfishness and my purpose in life. It's from that conference that I told myself I didn't want to just hear a conference and not do anything..so I randomly (I have a tendency to email/call/sms randomly) called up Pastor Margaret and asked her where I could go and serve the underprivileged. That's when I started going down to Petaling Street on Saturdays.

Looking back, I can't believe I was so stupid to not go for cg earlier. How foolish I was to think that I did not need the support of people. I am also amazed at how God changed me; now I feel that cg cannot be divorced from Christianity. A person can only grow if he/she has the avenue to serve and more importantly, fellow Christians to cry, laugh and share with. Especially in DUMC, if one doesn't go to cg, he/she will be lost in the crowd of 2000+! :)

Of course I'm human too. There were times where I rushed to get word prepared on Friday afternoon or complained when I had to do last minute worship song sheets on Thursday night. Lots of times where I felt anxious and unsatisfied with the word that I was sharing because it was not impactful. Even more times where I felt I wasn't qualified to share because I myself was still struggling and fighting through the battles; eg: how to share about prayer when I myself don't understand or apply prayer properly in my life.

But I do want to say good work to all of you who have taken up the responsibility in running & being part of cg. I've learnt a lot from my failures, and those are lessons I'm thankful God taught me. I hope those who are new will be able to fit in and grow in cg. Don't be a nerd like me, because I really can't remember what I scored for exams but I still remember the experiences God taught me in IMU.

:)

Dream Centre

-where dreams become reality-

i know..

wowz.

dats how i felt too when i first step into DC.
i'm still wowing..



The Move
-senior pastor Daniel Ho

Firstly, there is a need to focus upon God always, to be ever grateful and thankful to Him because of His gracious and wonderful provision for us as a church. Out of His abundant goodness He has entrusted us to be a steward for the place. What a great priviledge and a grave responsibility! If this first focus upon Him is shifted away, it would be a matter of time before we become enamoured with the place instead of the Person, the Lord Himself, and we would soon degenerate into something unhealthy.

Secondly, we must always keep in mind the purpose for which God has given us the Dream Centre. It is meant to be a platform to reach out, serve the community and to extend the Kingdom of God. The place is meant to be centred on others and God's Kingdom rather than ourselves. As a people of God, we exist for the community and for mission. Once we have lost the right focus, we would have lost the reason for our existence and that of the Dream Centre. May God forbid that this should ever happen.

Thirdly, it requires us to work together in unity; this is what Scripture underlines to us as "make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace" (Ephesians 4:3). Inspite of this wonderful Centre that God is providing for us, we may have differences over all kinds of things; from the carpets to the chairs and the toilets to the temperature. Sometimes these differences can trip us over and we lose sight of the big picture. We must always keep in mind the purpose for which God has given us the Dream Centre and to constantly keep the main thing as the main thing. Otherwise we can get tangled up in our relationships and become useless for God. We must always be aware of the evil one who will always try to divide the Body of Christ and subvert the work of God so that the blessing of a good gift can later become a burden. We must all guard against the deceitefulness of the human heart. (cf. Jeremiah 17:9, 10). Not only must we be right-hearted and pure-hearted to overlook offences and to pull our weight so that we are contributing positively and effectively.

Finally, the pre-move, the move and the post-move and settling-in would require the whole church to be involved. Besides the crutial element of team unity, it requires great teamwork to ensure that the Centre would be set up and maintained well to fulfil its dream. What a joy and priviledge to have our footprints in the preparation of the place. May "The Move" be a God-exalting and faith-building experience for every one of us. May that place be one where multitudes of people in the nation and beyond discover their purpose for living and the incredible destiny that the wonderful Creator God has designed for them. May the Dream Centre be a place where dreams come alive to the glory of God and where shattered dreams can be rebuilt to the honour of His name! Hallelujah!

AMEN!!!


words to ponder: we are the church, not the building..

credits : pictures by Grace Tan

Updates (7/9/2007)

Hey people!! Now for some updates for this coming cg on friday (7/9/2007)...

Ice breaker - Chris Poi
Worship - Sean Siew, guitarist - Kay Teck
Word Sharing - Pui Fun

Venue : B2-9-3
Time : 8pm

We are going to have a few new comers so do open up and be nice to them k??...=)
See you guys on friday and God bless!!

*Ps : Please pay up the RM5 to me this friday k... Thanks*

IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!

HELLO PEEPS!! Once again it's me!! Hahaha... (Ok this is super syok sendiri... Still haven't cool down from the M2/07 orientation fever...) I was requested to post a notice about the bus service to Dream Center for the month of SEPTEMBER ONLY.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE :

For the month of SEPTEMBER ONLY, there'll be only ONE CELEBRTION per weekend, which is EVERY SUNDAY 10am at DREAM CENTER. Those of you who are taking the bus service please kindly wait IN FRONT OF IMU by 8.30am EVERY SUNDAY for the month of SEPTEMBER.

In OCTOBER, there'll be 2 celebrations per weekend, one on SATURDAY EVENING, and one on SUNDAY MORNING. By then, the bus will be ferrying students for the SATURDAY celebrations only. Will put up more details later.

I'm so excited about having our very first celebration in DREAM CENTER!! I've seen pictures of the auditorium and only 1 word - AMAZING!!! Indeed, God has provided amazingly for our church. So please invite your friends and family to come this sunday!! Do come early by 9.30am because we're expecting more than 3000 people this sunday. Come early to get seats yeah!!

God bless everybody!!

CG Potbless Welcoming Party (14/9/2007)

As you all know we're having a CG potbless Welcoming Party for the new intake of students. It'll be tentatively held on 14th of September (Friday) at my place (B2-9-3). The following is a summary of what we've discussed last week regarding this party.

Ice Breaker And Games : Troy, Chris & Eugene
Worship Coordinator : Kay Teck
Food Coordinator : Jui Jien & Sing Yee
Publicity : Richard, Lynn Xuan & Michelle
Ushers & Souvenirs : Pui Fun, Sean, Kiryu & Lily
Photographer : Sean


Events Line Up

7.00pm - All cg members are to come early and start preparing
7.30pm - Arrival and ushering of guests
8.00pm - Icer Breakers
8.15pm - Games
9.00pm - Dinner and interaction (annoucements)
11.00pm - End of party


The purpose of this party is to get to know the new students and also for them to know us better. This would be an opportunity for them to know more about our cg, what we usually do and also about DUMC. Evangelism is not our main priority here but please do so if you find the opportunity arises as you interact with the newbies.

Please pray over this event and ask God to speak to us what He wants us to achieve through this party. Pray that all the planning would go on smoothly and the party would be a success. I shall update further when I have more details.

Please remember to coordinate with Jui Jien and Sing Yee about the food that you want to bring. We don't want to waste food but we have to ensure there's enough too.

That's all for this update. On another note, there'll be no cg meeting next friday (31/8/2007) as it is the National Day and we're planning to go for morning prayer as a whole cg and also the prayer drive to Dream Center.

Do pay up RM5 on the next meeting for the cg fund. Thanks.

Till then, God bless.

Mission rocks

Hello people!! hows life? really long time never come cg n talk to all of u liao (trust me i really do wanted to come last fri =P chris told me you're gonna celebrate my birthday somemore)

Life for me has been really great, mission trip in cambodia is one of the best times in my life, the experience is truly unforgettable!! i do have so many things to share! let me start 1st with a funny incident in cambodia...

i was riding on a motorcycle driven by my interpretor as we were going to a church to preach, suddenly i was thristy, i reached for the bottle in my bag, opened the lid and was about to drink it. then... PAK! i forgot that i was wearing helmet! lol

ok there are many more funny incidents like dat (i hoped u laughed, when i told my team the loudest one laughing is aunty esther, our very own missionary)

This is a pic of me eating some cow dung, tastes good =)

here is a picture of my missionary team + aunty esther.. we really grew close to one another.. 9 days together ler...

What did i do over there u might ask? Well let me 1st say again that the experience of being used by God directly so so amazing, every morning i would thank God during our group devotion for such an exciting time for such an opportunity to impact lives.

Unlike the other mission teams that went to cambodia, we didn't have any children ministry (which is such a shame cause i do love kids, they taste good =P), home outreach or open preaching. Our goal was mainly to reach out to the youths in baray (where aunty esther stays) and kampot (where Ps kenneth and Yin Meng stays) by conducting the teachings in their youth camp. Let me start 1st with Kampot...

This is their 1st youth camp in Kampot, the youths actually didn't know what it means, they thought its like scouts camping thingy untill Yin Meng had to explain to them. So since its their 1st time, they wasn't as responsive to the teachings we had with them. Around 40 people came and at the end 3 people gave their lives to Jesus, i expected more but Praise God because to God these 3 lives turned to God is worth all our time there!

btw i really adore Kenneth's 2 son - jonathan and daniel. They think i'm troy volten lol

After 2 days we then travelled to Baray through Phnom Penh, straight away that night we had a revival meeting about having a passion for God preached by my team leader. Immediately i see the total change in spiritual atmosphere than that of in Kampot, these 100 youths that came were really hungry for God and the things of God. When the preaching starts all of them were so attentive, the way they listened and responded to the teaching truly put all of us to shame. At the end everyone responded to having a passion for Jesus. Praise God

After the revival meeting, our team had a debriefing, my team leader stressed again that now its time to step up and really be serious about our teaching, because this youths are really receptive they are really like good soil, and if we allow God to use us, the word of God will come and be multiplied 40 50 folds. At this i straight when back and looked through my teaching, i was suppose to pakat with my team leader and do a 2-part teaching of Serving one another in Love which is the theme of the camp. Thank God through His strength and power i believe that the teachings did leave a difference in their lives.

Youth camp in Baray

The camp lasted around 4 days.. seriously i super enjoyed the camp, the youths are so enthu for God but too bad i can't communicate with them =( The major highlight was the last day where they had a youth rally, 100 youth campers actually brought 400 friends to come for it. On that day trucks after trucks, filled with people came into the camp site, it was truly an amazing sight. Btw i dunno y but my team leader placed me in charge of the evangelistic messenge (whats wrong with her man lol), so u can imagine since the night before i was kan chiong spidering, i never felt so nervous before especially when th people start coming in and in and in.

As nervous as i am i prayed to God and said "Lord more than anything, more than praying for good english or fluent speech or good explaination, I pray that you'll use me as Your humble vessel, as Your mouth piece." And although i was still nervous, when i started my sermon i immediately felt the peace of God coming to me, i was able to interact with all of them like i was interacting with a group of friends. And at the end, around 200 people gave their lives to Christ! Praise God!! Looking back, i know that it is not anything that i've done or how good i am, but i'm so priveledge tat God in His mercy chose to use me to bring the good news to the non christians, therefore i really cannot boast about myself, but to boast about how great this God really is!!

After that we had R & R (rest and recreation) and we came back on the 14/8.

I still remember on th 15/8, when i was worshipping God at home and thinking about my experience in cambodia.. tears start flowing down my eyes, i really cannot imagine tat God not only chose all of us to be His children, but trusts us, sinful and stiffed neck people to carry out His will on earth, truly God's love is amazing.

One thing among many things i've learnt through this camp is by looking at the lives of these cambodian youths. Most of us (if not all of us) cannot even imagine what they're going through, i never had to worry about whether there was food to eat tomoro, or that i wouldn't have enough money to further my education, yet from their lives i see the joy of the Lord, i still see totally devotion and submission to Him. And i start to look at our lives, we become bitter and blame God even when facing the smallest inconvenience.

Not only did i see the love of God in their lives, i noticed their deep desire in spite of their hard circumstances, to stand and make a difference for God wherever they are. It causes me to look at myself and ask, am i making a difference in the area God has placed me in? And i've learnt through the teaching i've prepared that to make a difference, it is to start serving and loving the people around you, transforming them 1 by 1 by the love of God.

i believe tat in the same way God sent me to cambodia to reach out to the youths, He sends all of us to our family, to DUMC, to IMU to make a difference for Him. i can still remember the youths singing the song "making a difference" in the cambodia language, such a passion for God and people. Lets catch that passion! start looking for needs of people around You, and start to reach out and share the love of Christ to them today! And we'll make a difference 4 God!

i was the first aider there, openning ceremony. Yin Meng was in pain while i pose 4 tis pic =P

Cg for tommorrow (24/8/02007)

Hello peeps!!

How's all of you? Tommorrow there'll be cg at my place (B2-9-3) at 8pm as usual. Those who are in charge of ice breakers and worship, please please get ready everything you need. I do not know who is on duty for tommorrow, because the list is with Richard. However I'm sure he would have sms you guys or something to let you know. And those who are on duty (aka worship leader, ice breaker and Word) I suggest that you guys come earlier to my place to prepare (maybe by 7.45pm).

Ok another annoucement : This was sent by Vera (our zone leader)

Dear All,

There will be no CG on 31Aug. All of you are encouraged to attend the 5.30am prayer meeting followed by a drive to Dream Centre (DC) and a drive to the other Campuses to pray for them. Its going to be very Exciting.. I strongly encourge you all to come and sit together as a CG (since there is not cg). I also sugget we sit right in front on the left hand side. That area has been designated for CYZ and XYZ. I know more often than not the XYZ takes up the whole place ... but hey don't give up sp easily. Morn Payer is different. Come and sit there with me.. somehow there is a special anointing you can catch when you sit there.

Please make this announce at CG this Friday. I hope to have your commitment at CG Leaders, Assistant Leaders and Interns to be at the 530am Prayer Session on Aug 31. I also hope to sit together with all of you.

After all the "Hard Work" I'm opening up my Condo for all of you who come for the Prayer session / Drive to Chill out. For those who are not fasting...Lunch will be provided. I am hoping that we will use this time to get to know each other better. IF you want to go for a swim or play basketball .. bring the necessary equipment and appropriate clothing ya... Let's have some FUN together.

In Life we always want to move forward not backwards... ya...

CGL Pls confirm numbers for the lunch at my condo and reply via email or sms.


I'll bring this up again tommorrow in cg and we'll discuss how our cg's gonna go about this ya... See you all tommorrow.



*Ps : If you haven't read the Bible today, go pick a verse and meditate on it. Or at least read the verse that's on the sidebar of this blog... We need to be firmly rooted in the Word if we were to withstand the challenging times ahead.

This is good

One thing I really miss about DUMC is the balance the church has; charismatic yet also word based. Not perfect of course; yet learning together in mistakes.

A big church, yet utilizing the size not merely for big buildings, but to set up a drug rehab, a handicapped training centre and most recently, a drop in centre for the underprivileged.
A church that sends & encourages its members to go for missions; Cambodia, Nepal, Thailand & not merely short term missions, but long term workers.

The church is having a 3 week fast and daily 530 am prayer meetings.
Am encouraged my sister is going!

I really miss church back home.

Have a listen to this http://www.filefactory.com/file/dbeaeb/ if you are free.
My sister specially bought the cd, downloaded it over the web so that I can get my dose of sermon from Malaysia.

Really encourage you all to have listen even if u have listened to it in church cuz it is so true.

Traffic Ministry, anyone??

Hello peeps!! It's the weekend again and how's everyone doing? Hope you all had a great week and let's look forward to the new week.

As you all know, we're moving into Dream Center by 2nd of September. Dream center is a much bigger place, and that means we need more effort to maintain the place. All the ministries are definitely growing bigger because of the move.

Currently the one affected almost immediately is the Traffic Ministry. The need for traffic marshals has increased 4 fold. From the current 12 traffic marshals or so the need for traffic marshals has SHOT UP to 60 due to the nature of Dream Center aka DC(to quote Pr Mike). This is a great opportunity to serve if you're not already in any ministries.

An excerpt from Pr Mike's email :

What is involved in this ministry?

* Time commitment: Approximately 1 hour before and after celebration, on Saturday or Sunday, per fortnight. Usually this would mean that you attend the other celebration, and not the one you serve at.

* Christ-like attitude: Willingness to obey team leader's instructions and to firmly and cheerfully direct drivers to park in the appropriate spots.

* All-weather hardiness: Able to operate in drenching rain or scorching heat. Unafraid to tan a few shades darker.

* Cool gear involved: Get to use genuine walkies, light-stick and other stuff that might be deemed necessary. Here's your chance to wear those knock-out sunglasses you bought (or been wanting to buy)! Sorry...no standard issue sunglasses handed out. You get a chance to indulge yourself (with your own $$) a cool pair of shades of your own choosing and taste! : ) OK, I am looking out for a cool hat to beat the sun. Maybe, a Matrix-trench coat for the cold wintry nights. : ) OK. No trench coats. Maybe a full body Police-grade raincoat. ...maybe.... ..Umbrellas will definitely be provided.

* Opportunity to serve Jesus. OK, Jesus may not have driven a car (He DID drive ... demons out from man and animals, but ....sorry, corny joke!) but He did say, that if you do something to serve even the least, you would have done it to Him (Mt 25:40). So there, ...you can direct Jesus to a parking spot. : )

Peeps if you're not serving in any ministries yet I encourage you to join this. Even if you're in a ministry already you can still serve in this if you have the time. Do go and talk to the members of this ministry eg. Emmanuel, Reuben, Jason, Jun Hwei or Chen Lei about it and find out more. According to Pr Mike both guys and gals can apply. Please let Pr Mike know asap if you're interested. If you need his number sms me. Thanks.

Gift of Pain

My former roommate in college introduced this book Gift Of Pain to me a couple of years back. She mentioned some snippets from the chapters she read. She told me that every medical student should read this book.

I only got to read the book after I completed my A Levels. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It depicts the experiences of Dr Paul Brand in his life journey from a child of a missionary in India to becoming a renowned hand surgeon and leprosy expert. He relates many challenges while practising in the poor regions of India.

Read the book review here.

After reading this book, I came to realise the importance of pain in our lives. How ignorant some of us are when we just take pain killers to forget about the pain. Read the book yourself to find out the true gift of pain.

I recommend everyone to read this book. I have the book with me in Vista. I don't mind lending it to anyone. Just alert me. Even my former Malay housemate read that book out of interest. She was actually reading it during our A Levels exam period some more.

Title: Gift of Pain
Author: Dr Paul Brand, Philip Yancey
Publisher: Zondervan

A WORLD WITHOUT PAIN?

Can such a place exist? It not only can—it does. But it’s no utopia. It’s a colony for leprosy patients: a world where people literally feel no pain, and reap horrifying consequences.

His work with leprosy patients in India and the United States convinced Dr. Paul Brand that pain truly is one of God’s great gifts to us. In this inspiring story of his fifty-year career as a healer, Dr. Brand probes the mystery of pain and reveals its importance. As an indicator that lets us know something is wrong, pain has a value that becomes clearest in its absence.

The Gift of Pain looks at what pain is and why we need it. Together, the renowned surgeon and award-winning writer Philip Yancey shed fresh light on a gift that none of us want and none of us can do without.

Reminder!!

Ok people...
Just a reminder that we're having CG MEETING (friday 17/8) at Kay teck's place (B-13-4) at 8pm!!!
Whoever wants to join us feel free to come!!

Worship : Kay Teck
Ice Breaker : Troy

So be prepared and remember to bring whatever you need for ice breaker and Worship yeah!!See you all!!!

As a cg, let us come before God in fasting and praying for the nation and also for the transition to Dream Centre.

God Bless!!

Facts of the Matter

Following is this week's Facts of the Matter

Five Defining Disciplines Of Growing Followers Of Christ

1) Consistent Quiet Time: "After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountain side by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone..." (Matthew 14:23) (See Joshua 1:8)

If you don't already have a consistent time alone with God, ("Quiet Time") set aside a few minutes each day and ponder your way through a few verses in the Bible and then say a prayer. Start with a small portion in the New Testament. Underline passages or verses that capture your attention. Memorize verses for strength, courage, usability and faith. One Christian leader suggests that we pray backwards through yesterday step by step, and forward through today. Praying backwards will lead to prayers of thanksgiving and confession, while praying forward will lead to prayers of supplication.


2) Organized Bible Study: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly." (2 Timothy 2:15, 16) (See Proverbs 4:23)

Someone once asked Billy Graham, "If you were a pastor of a large church in a principle city what would be your plan of action. To which Graham responded, "One of the first things I would do would be to get a small group of eight or ten or twelve men around me that would meet a few hours a week and pay the price. It would cost them something in time and effort. I would share with them everything I have learned, over a period of years. Then I would actually have twelve ministers who in turn could take eight or ten or twelve more and teach them." (I wonder where he got that idea?) In my years of discipling I have never known a man whose life has been significantly changed apart from regular Bible study.


3) Accountability Group: ".Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." (James 5:16a) (See Galatians 6:1,2)

Most of our conversation is at the news, sports, and weather level. Few men are accountable. Accountability has the idea of being regularly answerable for the key areas of our lives to responsible people. Here are four areas of accountability:

1) Answerable: To be willing to give an account for the goals you have set and the standards of God's word in your life.
2) Regularly: Consistently examining the different areas of our lives, lest they deteriorate (like an un-kept car).
3) "Key Areas" Include relationships with God, spouse, children, financial decision, career, integrity, and temptation.
4) Qualified People: Look for people who will be transparent, vulnerable, and confidential. Find people of spiritual wisdom and skill.


4) Active Church Involvement: "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching." (Hebrews 10:24, 25) (See Matthew 18:20)

We're talking here not about church attendance, but church involvement, which translates into fellowship, encouragement, and mutual worship of God in a local church.


5) Personal Ministry: "You have heard me teach many things that have been confirmed by many reliable witnesses. Teach these great truths to trustworthy people who are able to pass them on to others." (2 Timothy 2:2) (See I Peter 4:11)

As you practice the four spiritual disciplines above, you will begin to experience a closer, personal love relationship with Christ. It will be out of that overflow that you will naturally want to reach out to others in helping them discover Christ and grow in that relationship with him.



Key ideas drawn from "A Look in the Mirror" by Patrick M. Morley

Facts of the Matter © 2000 - 2006 R. Dwight Hill, author. Unlimited permission to copy without altering text or profiteering is hereby granted subject to inclusion of this copyright notice.

Kenneth's Farewell Part 3 (Final)

The restaurant... Victor came and joined us much later...


Sing Yee looks cool here... And Kay Teck was.. erm... Dunno...


Totally no comments for this pose...


The main character that night... Take care man in UK!!


Cg picture after the dinner...

There you go... The last bit of the pictures... Enjoy!!

Negaraku

Well, Im not talking about the youtube scandal "negarakuku".

I cant believe I cried when my flight left the soil of Malaysia when taking off. It's my home and always be my home.

Have you wonder why MAS has always had their airline code as MH? What does it signifies? There isnt any H word written in MALAYSIA, or AIRLINES, or MALAY? hahaaha.... so what does it signify? It had always been a BIG QUESTION mark whenever I travel with MH....

Well, Mr. Idris, the director of MAS ( I must said He had lead MAS to greater heights, a home grown world renowned company) said this: MH = Malaysian Hospitality. It is not merely an airline with a cool airline code, with beautiful young stewardress, But the beauty is this: Its a company that employs 18,000 hosts ( get it, not employees, but hosts) Each one of them: from ground staff, steward, pilot, the engineers and yada yada are trained as hosts.

Enough of promoting MAS, hahaa.... Main point is: we should not only extend our hospitality to foreign tourist, but to our all fellow mates. Black or white. Muslim or non-muslim. Tall or short. Fat or thin.

TO cut it short, this coming 2 weeks is National Day, a day which we commemorate not only independence from colonisation, but we enjoy the previlege of religion independence under the Malaysian Constitution.

PS: CRZ, u look a bit of the thais due to your dark skin, and small eyes. :>

dedications

feeling a little sentimental this rainy morning..
here's a dedication to those who have left deep footprints in my life..


Sarah Ong
i've never got the opportunity to know you as much as i would like to say i had.. but from the little that i know of you, you've thought me so much.. your life has taught me integrity, to walk the talk and practice what we preach.. you've taught me the meaning of faith.. to leave everything in God's hands and make the best of everything that we have.. to rejoice thru all toils n trials for we know we have the victory in Him who is in us...

Philip Ong
Bro, you were always there with us through it all.. thru fun times, and thru the not so fun times.. you were always there to guide us, to lead us, and to lend a helping hand.. you've always got the right answers and solutions to everything.. i admire your wisdom and your passion for God.. despite it being your final year in uni loaded with assignments, attachments and exams, the CG can always rest assured that you've prepared word and know that it's prepared well with much effort.. you're very much a people person, you speak to the "highs" and stoop to the "lows" ranging from corporate CEOs in suits and mercs to medical students wit weird jargons to the little children running around in church banging into things... but you never lose sense of who you are.. you have taught me responsibility and determination..

Yi Jie
hope you're enjoyin yourself there in kilt'land =) i'm still keeping ur cute little easter egg with me.. thanks for all the jokes and laughters u've brought into our lives.. it is NEVER boring with you around!!how much u've blessed us with the little things dat u've done.. and at the end of it all.. the little deeds are the ones dat matters most..

Joan Gan
hey sis, we're all missing u already... i still look for you everytime we board de bus to church.. i'm too used to having you around ady.. haha.. but guess we cant keep all good things to ourselves huh.. so its time for you to move on n bless other people's lives there in seremban as u've blessed ours.. joan, just wanna say thank you for always being there for us when we needed you.. ur always there to celebrate with us as a friend, to pray with us as a sister, and to teach us as a teacher.. u even made time to teach us CSU in de midst of ur preparations for EoS5.. you always give 110% to all that you do, be it praying, studying or even making sandwiches.. btw.. ur sandwiches were good!! hope to see you round in a years time.. n in de meanwhile.. do visit us from time to time yea... miss ya!!

Kenneth Hiew
sending you back yesterday knowing it might be de last time i'll be seeing you was reli hard for me.. i didn't know how to say goodbye.. i wasnt redy to say goodbye yet.. just wanna say thanks for being a big bro to us all... you were with us all the way and u were always there to encourage us when we're down, to rebuke us when we're wrong and to have fun with us and share lame jokes wit us... you are selfless and always willing to sacrifice and offer a helping hand to all those around you.. you may not remember this.. but during our flood relieve trip to johor, my back was aching from all the shoveling we've done.. and that night u offered me your sleeping bag so that i can use it as a pillow for my back even tho it was freezing cold.. it reli meant a lot to me.. and i will forever remember dat selfless offer and i too wanna do de same for others.. thanks bro..


no matter how far away we're seperated
we can always rejoice in the fact that we've got an eternity to spend as a family in Christ
i thank all of you from the bottom of my heart..
i pray that you'll continue to shine for Jesus and grow in His light..
thank you once again..
for being you..

Updates!!

Hello people!! Wonder how are all of you doing... Having a nice week?

Just a gentle reminder that this week's cg would be at KAY TECK's place rather than my place. It's at B-13-4. Take note of the change of venue.

Same time (8pm).

Oh yeah, next week monday will be the start of 21-day Fast and Prayer. Starting on 13th of August and ending on 2nd of September, which will be the day we have our 1st celebration in Dream Center.(Praise God!! The place is seriously huge and awesome!!)

I encourage you guys to go for the fast and prayer. It's not going to be easy (Food is part of Malaysian gene!!) but I believe we'll experience a breakthrough in our spiritual walk with God. This will also be my first time fasting (very challenging for me) so it'll be more encouraging if we are able to keep each other accountable. Let us try to do this together as a cg!!

Will tell you guys more this friday when we meet!! God bless...

Kenneth's Farewell Part 2

The continuation of previous pics...

Land Garel had great fun meddling with chopsticks even though he didn't know how to use it... (notice how he holds them...)

Steamboat in the centre and grilling at the sides... For a moment it looked like intestines in the bowl...

This is what happen when you don't behave yourself in a public area... Someone accidentally overturn the whole bowl of hot soup onto the table... *tsk tsk*

The culprit was either HIM or him... Blaming each other now... Hahaha sometimes they're just like kids...

Unhappy with his own "overturned" grilling set, Chris came and conquered our set instead...

There's more in part 3...

Kenneth's Farewell Dinner, Part 1

Below are some of the pics we took during cg just now. Decided to upload it asap so all of you can see the pics...

Playing cards while waiting for cg to start. Most of the guys were hiding in my room putting up the farewell gift. Kenneth wasn't supposed to know about the plan to celebrate for him (but I think he did...)

Look at his happy face!! The cake must have looked good... Yummy!!

Kenneth : I'm warning you to stay away from me!!
Richard : Let me give you a goodbye kiss lar...

The whole cg taking a pic together... So family-like...

The whole cg went to "Restoran Talipon" in Kuchai Lama after that...

There's more pics... I'll upload in the next post!!

The Secret

Hey ppl, I got this mail which is written by Pr. Mike. Do take your time to read it and give it a thought or two...

Dear all,

Lies are lies and are especially dangerous and destructive when they have to do with the very nature of Reality. "The Secret", a 'NYT best-selling' book has been promoted by celebrities (e.g. Oprah Winfrey in her show), and is in our bookstores. If you have not heard or seen it, you definitely will. This book does not "attack" the basis of faith in the way The DaVinci Code does, but its deceptively attractive nature of its message is FAR MORE dangerous.

If I were to be kind about it, I would describe it as a re-packaging of the old "positive thinking" success literature. If I were less kind, I would describe it as 21st century Dummies' introduction to the Occult, courtesy of the formerly in-vogue New Age movement. (BTW, the Church has also gotten confused about these things over the last 20 years with the "name-it-and- claim-it- in-Jesus- name" lies-masquerading- as-Bible- teaching. )

Pass this attachment around to your cellies. We MUST teach ourselves that the ONLY REALITY is what God's Word says it is. The Bible MUST be our Truth-measuring- stick.

Do not be misled by nice-sounding and comforting words. Always check it and the very idea of it, against Scripture.

Shalom
Pr Mike

So yeah, always check with the Bible.