Drama Ministry!

My Mr Snowman!

I took charge and create him...isn't he the cutest guy ever? *grinz* :POur mini stage! Every bits of it is made by us...love it! :)) The artiste room!

I made those hangers and the paper clothes while Zhi Fang, our team leader, made the chairs and the tables. Everything looks pretty perfect here...don't you think so? :DChristmas trees! Christmas is certainly around the corner...are you ready for it? *wink* The theme given to us is 'Modern Christmas'. One of the group here is renacting the story of the little matchstick girl who sells the matchsticks during winter in the modern society...

The 'box' theatre is really stylish and they make snow blowing inside by placing a hairdyer from the hole below...smart manz...hahaha...lol Christmas rock band!Snowman looks cool while playing the piano!I brought this reindeer with its drum set back home as I like it lots! The reindeer and the santa claus is made by one of the other team leader all by herself! So zai! :D

A special Xmas tree that resembles the candy floss. But Xmas is sure a festive that is adored much ever since our childhood...I am so looking forward to it! :D

I enjoy myself much being in the backstage crew of the drama ministry so far. In a way, it fits me perfectly as I love arts and craft and certainly I would want to use my talent in arts and crafts to serve Him. Being here gives me a sense of belonging to the church as well as knowing people who has the same desire to do the things we do and enjoy doing it together. :)

Our 4 weeks of training workshop has finally come to an end on last Sunday and we made our final presentation at the end of it. Acting wise we are not the experts but props wise we really got to see each other groups' capability of making great things out from scratch. A simple cardboard box that turns into a mini town; paper that can be folded into furnitures, clothes and even food! Amazing guys! *grinz* :D

After this, we can only wait for the phone calls to come to tell us when we are needed for the back stage. Well, it is a time to rest now. This year, I am looking forward to Xmas, mainly because of all these new changes that are happening in my life.

I believe and hope that this Xmas is gonna be a special one for me... :)

Happy Birthday Mummy! :)

Dinner with mummy @ Tony Roma Steakhouse!The house famous's Rib & Steak Combo set juz for mummy! :DThe food here is super delicious!

You can test the steak before you start and the salad and bread is fresh and crispy! Now I understand why people wouldn't mind the long queue of waiting to get a seat in this fantastic restaurant on the weekends! :)) The pond outside beautifies Tony Roma as well. Glad that we can have the window seat to enjoy this nice view while dining away...

Mummy LOVES ribs and steak so I guess I succeed in choosing this place for her! Hee...lol

This is my first time at Tony Roma and it was such a great dining experience for me. Though the price is not cheap but it is worth every penny to dine here with that high quality of food, service and the cosy ambience.

Give it a try if you are looking for somewhere to have your special date with that someone special ya? :P

Prawn Fishing!

Me & my prize for the night! *bleam*

I don't mean to boast but it was a wonderful day for me as this is the very first time I went for prawn fishing. Being the first and also the fastest person to catch a prawn sounds honoured! :DD

My rewards --> 3 PRAWNS!!! *yeah* One of them comes with a tag on its body. Frequent fishers say they are rare and hard to catch as you can bring the tag to the counter and exchange for cash ranging from $2, $5, $10 or free 3 hours of prawn fishing worth $39! Woohooo!!! lolWe went to prawn fishing only after our Botak Jones dinner, drinking session at Coffee Club, and a round of supper (chicken wings, fried bee hoon) at Holland Village. By the time we reached Taman Jurong, it was closed to 1am! But gosh....look at the crowd!

There were so many people crowding around the pond that we can only manage to find a small area available to squeeze in the 6 of us there. I feel like a village pumpkin that this can be such a popular sports here (opening 24 hours). This is a much more healthier and fun outing for the late night sleepless crowd isn't it? :PThey have all sorts of fishing activities here, starting with the prawn fishing as the cheapest and the most easiest. The price shown includes the rod, the bait, as well as the net for you to put your catch. It will be much cheaper to go in groups so you can share the package with a few people (can rotate to hold the rod to fish)!We are all first-timers here and we are getting so excited about it! :DThere are small paths around the pond and you can choose your place to fish according to your likings! Sometimes it takes a long to fish, sometimes you don't...so you can find people who are bored walking around this whole area...hahaha...lolWe rent 3 rods in total so there will be 3 of us fishing at the same time! There are quite some work to do before you fish too like cutting the clam into tiny pieces and hooked them onto the fishing line as bait for the prawns. After that it is just waiting, and waiting, and waiting...My prawn with the tag!!! :DD

We only know about the tag thing because I attracted quite a lot of attention from people around me when I got hold of the moving and flipping prawn! Hahaha...it was my first time catchin something so alive...and well...ya you know what girls will do right? :P

The nice uncle besides me saw what I got there and tell us about the tag. So we claimed from the counter a $2 cash with the tag! That's just so simple manz...hahaha...thank God for the uncle or else I would juz throwed the tag away like any other garbage on the table...oh well... :))Terry was the third to catch a prawn and his was the biggest among us all with a super-sized pincer! Glad that he let go of a few before he manage to get this big prawny here! :DVincent, who initiated this event, caught 2 prawns too!Joe and Yee Sin caught a prawn too. He took a short time of about 5 minutes to get it, which matches so well with what he is trying to 'promise' us on before he went for fishing...hahaha...so truly a man who keep to his words ya? :P

But sadly his 5 minutes is broken by me later on when I caught a prawn in LESS THAN A MINUTE!!! :D I can't believe it myself at first too because it was just THAT fast:

1. Throw the bait into the river,
2. Wait for the indicator to go upright and being pulled down,
3. Wait for the right depth where the indicator is being pulled to,
4. Pulled the rod towars the back!

3 prawns, $2 tag and fastest timing...I guess it was my lucky day that day and the unlucky day for the prawns! :P

Our catch for the day!!! *grinz* :DDIt was all worth the 2 hours of fun!

Well, thank God that I came! :p Hahaha...thanks for the persuading manz...lolThe prawns can be barbecque immediately as there are BBQ pits around. It was a cruel scene though coz the prawns will jump off the grill because of the heat if you didn't hold them firmly. Well, so much so for the fun, there are always some sacrifices to be done as well... :S

The prawn meat is crunchy and fresh with a natural salted favour. It wasn't that hygenic to eat them but it was a good experience to me. Well, my sleep is lost...but for a good reason this time.

Fishing is fun especially you are on the verge of getting the prawn hooked up and yet it went off, probably the movement to your rod alert them about some danger. Sometimes, you can feel the prawn slowly nibbling away your food and yet it is not enough to hook them up and let them run away. You can feel quite fed up with that but you will also be wiser. There are some skill to be picked up here if you want a quick catch. I have seen a few of the experts around who can hook up a few prawns in juz a few minutes! Coolz...lol

Initially, I don't have much likings to fishing as I heard how cruel it is to hook the fish up and eat them. Or worse you let them go, they will still suffer a slow death because when you took off the bait from their mouth, the hook would have designed in the way that it will cut their throat and die slowly to remain its freshness. So eating the prawns at that time I don't feel that good too...but then they were already cooked so not eating them will be such a waste too right? :/

I wouldn't mind going there again. This is so much more fun and healthier compared to pubbing or clubbing at night ya? :P Hahaha...something to keep the sleepless people busy...or even just to make them fall asleep while waiting for the prawn to be hooked...and juz wait...and wait....and.... *zzzZZZ* :P

Little secrets of me =)

Dinner @ Bosses with Yingz, Steph and her boyfriend, KevinMy fried garlic pork rib rice taste wonderful...YUMMY! *thumbs up* Kevin and Steph are a very compatible couple...I am juz happy for my very good friend here...lol My bestest friend Yingz...miss you so much gal! *hugz*

Glad to meet up with my two closest friends at last after weeks and weeks of all these hectic workloads, games, trips, and job deadlines to meet! :P It always feel so good to be around them and juz talk about everything that is going on in our lives. I really miss you guys so so much!!! :DD

Today, on my way home, I finally tell Yingz the very issue that has been bothering me for all these weeks. I feel happy after I told her, in a way it was more of a sign of confirmation to me that indeed it existed and it is for real. She is SO right about me -- I am serious about it this time. If I were to keep it in my mind, then I would be denying its presence. Though there is nothing I can do about it, I thank God for this peace and joy in my heart. Right now, I can only pray about it and see what will happen next... :)

And at the same time, I can sense those signs of worries and alarms from the other event. It was all meant good to me but I feel so guilty about it. It sort of put me into a dilemma somehow. I can understand it is normal for us to feel that way but yet wouldn't it sounds like a discrimination? Trust is a big issue here...can we do it? Like Yingz suggest, I have to really handle this matter with extra cautious as it can lead to serious consequences -- to maintain the same situation now and yet to keep a distance away. Irony and contradicting, but that is probably the best solution we could have...for now...sigh...

"There is a time for everything, and everything is beautiful in His time...Amen! :)"

Happy Belated Birthday Daph! :D

Celebrating Daph's birthday @ Sakae Sushi Century Square It meant to be a surprise for the girl...and we did it well! Hee... :P Make a wish...make a wish... *shhhh* Got this bag (chosen by me!) for the girl...and by God's grace it's actually what she wanted without having to ask her myself! Glad she likes it manz...hahaha...lol

Although only the 5 of us can make it tonight for the celebration, it was a great time of laughter and joy together. May God bless our cell group and bring all of us much closer together... :)

Frankly speaking, I was a little disappointed today as the small number of people who can make it for the celebration tonight. We had already postponed it from Saturday as that night service attendance was very low as well. Since Daph has courses on Fridays for this coming week as well as the next two weeks, there is no chance we can celebrate it during cell group and so I had to carry on with my plan. Thankfully, maybe the group of us is not big, we get to talk and chit chat lots more than we would be in a large group. And with everyone high on the spirits, we have a hard time laughing our heads off. Well...what do you think with Weng and Daph's presence?? :P

Sometimes, I wish there are things to be done in my cell group, to change the way we relate to one another in terms of the quality time we can have to sit down and have a heart-to-heart talk. Coz most of the time, we are like acquaintances who see each other only during cell groups and services and the kind of a hi-bye friendship. In fact, the members who attend regularly for the meetings and services are shrinking. Is it because we are all busy working and tired after that, or we are all simply too self-focused to come together? I don't mean to make comparisons but I do envy how the other cell group manage to grow and bond so much closer to one another...is there anything I can do for mine as well?

Currently, I am considering to taking the bible study lessons in school as Shu Hui and I are both too busy to come up with a time we can meet up anymore. Well, I still miss those fellowships at the cafes, fast food outlets and even TCC for those wonderful sessions. But I realise I cannot stop here because we are busy. Or else, my Christian Lifestyle will just be stuck there forever. Oh wells... :P

Right now, I wanna grow towards Him, hunger for his words and to see breakthroughs in my life. I doesn't want to stay at one place because I realise I have been there for way too long. This week I finally get to do the actual audit instead of the audit reviews. It was really lots of things to do even for this small company I am working on. And my senior is expecting us to finish it within this week...oh manz how to do it?! :S

Yet at this moment, I am actually a little excited about the work too, thinking in my heart: So is this what auditor is like? Meeting deadlines that seems so near and yet so far? And imagine such work is gonna be double or triple the challenges when you are facing a larger IPO firms or during the peak period when you could have to handle more than one company? I really don't know what is going through my mind but I can feel in the midst of this busy tiring work, I can manage to find the joy of it too...which I thank God for that positive thinking in me! :D

Well time to rest for now and do some of my work at home (no claim for OT though...*sadz*). This week is packed for me but I believe it is gonna be a great week again...praise God! :D

Mon: Dinner with Daryl and Huiling.

Tue: Daph's birthday surprise celebration.

Wed: Dinner with Yingz and shopping for her anniversary persent. :)

Thu: Dinner with Junhui (hopefully she is available) before the girl flies back to London.

Fri: CG meeting! :D

Sat: Cycling trip with hall friends to Pulau Ubin and dinner...sounds like a preparation for me for the Malaysia cycling trip next week! :P

Sun: Drama training workshop final session with the presentation of our work and props (See the picture of the stage for my team's puppet show on the right? *wink*). Hope my team will put up a great performance ya? Drum roll for our Romantic Christmas puppet show! :))

Time to plan for my mum's birthday celebration too next week (26th Sep!!!)...and guess what I got for her this year? One session of spa massage at Citispa! :) Geez...I just hope she'll like it manz...oh well... *cross fingers* :P

Paintball = Pain ball?

TAG Paintball @ Singapore Orchid Country ClubSumed, Seasons and Clement

Vicky and Me!

There are only the two of us here today...next week may have more girls...but then I won't be able to make it le...haiz... :S

The contradicting poster that I found here...but I like that...do they sell it here?! :P

We are divided into two groups to play against each other.
Group 1: Seasons, Sumed, Vicky, Clement

Group 2: Me, Bernard, Wei Jin, Darren

The person in charge of the range gave us a detailed briefing on the safety measures and the rules of the game before we head on to the battlefield. He advice us higly on wearing jeans as in case you were shot by the paintball, it's got to be quite painful. His words kinda scare Vicky who changes back to her jeans immediately after seeing the demonstration of the shooting of the paintball gun. But again, I guess that's depends on far you are from the rifle as well right? :)

We are divided into two teams to play the game against each other. There are also different ways to play the game as well. For the first three games, we were required to shoot down two targets on the opposite team, snatch a box in front on our own base and carry it back without being shot by the opponent. Once shot, we are required to drop the box and went to the so-called first aid shelter to touch the shelter before heading back to the battlefield. My team won the first round and lost to the second and the third round.

Next, since we only bought 1000 over shots for everyone to share and we don't want to replenish the gun as the shots are quite expensive (1000 shots = S$250), we continue to our final game which is called Shooting the Zombie. That means there is no targets for us to shoot now but the people from the opposite team. We are either to shoot till only the last person is left 'alive', or till we ran out of amunition. If we were being shot once, we would have to head back to the first aid shelter before continuing the game. If we were being shot again, we would be out of the game. Our game ended with Sumed and Vicky running out of amunition. And in this round I finally got shot as well at my shoulder. Well...it was not as painful as I thought it would be. Or, maybe I am lucky it could have been fired from afar...oh well...*grinz* :)

Well, after today session, I think I will still like paintball shooting. I guess it is just in my blood that I like all these shooting and aiming target stuffs since I have bee an air rifle shooter after a decade...oh manz I MISS SHOOTING!!! :P

Anyone interested in paintball shooting or want to organise it below are the details:

Venue: TAG Paintball, Singapore Orchid Country Club

Cost: Depends on the number of shots you choose to play. Charges will also include the entry fee to the place.

Packages are available for groups, starting from as low as $35 for day games with a minimum of 20 players, with free shuttle bus services provided from Yishun MRT Station to the Club. Free parking at OCC will also be given to players who are driving there.

Opening hours: Open only for pre-reserved groups / parties and by appointments only. Groups of six or more players with a minimum purchase of 1000 paintball are accepted. Reservation must be made at least 2 days in advance. The first time slot starts from 9am and the last time slot is at 10pm.

What to bring: All players are advised to come with long sleeve T-shirt, jeans/pants, cap, socks & shoes with ankel support, and a set of clothes & towel for changing.

You can also check out their website at http://www.paintball.com.sg/.

"Are you game for it? *wink*"

How to end the week...

#1: By playing some pool games with your colleagues after work...

Fun time of pool game together! :DWho says girls can't play pool? *hur hur*Last day at SAFRA Mount Faber for the CPA pool game...good game gals! :))Don't I look cool? *bleah* :P

I know we didn't win the game...so what?! *bleah*

#2: By watching some live variety show in a shopping mall...

Pop by Suntec after work and guess what I come across...The finale of the Citispa Big Challenge! Geez...I finally get to see the filming of a variety show at a public place...coolz...lolThe workers of the show are trying to gather the public to vote for the contestants based on how much they have changed by comparing the photos taken when they just entered the show and the person they are right now in front of the stage. Manz...they look REALLY different! :)Since there is still time for me to spare, I consent to vote too.

No harm trying out things ya? Hahaha...lolThe winner is finally out and she is presented with a bouquet of flowers and a tiara by Bryan Wong is humourous in front and behind the stage. Xie Yun Yi is stunningly gorgeous in her photo shoot as well as the real person with a brilliant smile.

#3: By going to a great cell group meeting of fun and new revelations...

The contest for the Most Sunshine Guy in our combined cg meeting...

Contestant #1: Bernard!

This brother can cheer up without any effort at all! Hahaha...lolContestant #2: Javis!

The newly wed sure will shine with the smile of love from his marriage...

Contestant #3: Jason Liew!

He is certainly the winner...I mean who can beat him! :D He is always so full of humours and daring to show funny faces around...hahaha...you know you will always have a great time with this guy as he will not only give you his sunshine smile but to influence you to put on yours as well...lol But hey this is not the Cutest Guy Contest ya? Hahaha...lol *bleah*

I like last Friday CG session as Bro Darren talks to us about the importance of relating to one another and even have those little practical lessons there. No matter how smart or brilliant we are, what really affects us in our work and lives are not just the qualities of the job we are working on or our standard of living, BUT the people around us. If our relationships with our fellow colleagues and managers are good, we will still be satisfied and find joy in our work. If our relationships with our friends are good, we will never feel lonely. If our relationships with our family members are good, we will feel warmth at home no matter how tough our life outside have been and we will find the strength to carry on with our life from this resting place.

The practical session we had was divided into 3 little parts:

1. Relate to another person face-to-face by giving positive comments about him/her.
2. Relate to a small group of people by giving positive comments about a person who is also in the group.
3. Relate to many others with your friend by getting your friend to talk about him/her to the rest of the group.

Most of the time we feel awkward by commenting about others in front of them or even talking about them to others in their presence. Yet, when you give those positive comments about the person, you increase their values in your heart...as well as yours in their hearts. It is the same thing as you talk to the rest of the group. And when that value is being raised, you will feel good about each other and relationship is created or bonded closer. Won't you agree? :)