Thursday, December 27, 2007
12:15 PMLA LAKERS 122 Phoenix Suns 115
Woohoo. What a game for Lakers. With the mights of Amare Stoudamire, Steve Nash and Shawn Marion wasn't enough to stop Lakers from marching towards victory. Phoenix Suns has 3 best players, good centre, point guard and power forward. Even with that, Lakers won on christmas day!
Man of the match: KOBE BRYANT. My favourite player! He's one the best basketballers i've seen in my era. He can shoot 2 pointers, 3 pointers, dribble, dunk and defend. All rounder player. He who single handledly brought his team to the playoffs last season is the youngest player in NBA history to reach 20,000 career points.
During his first few seasons in NBA, he played against Michael Jordan in a Lakers-Bulls match. Where Bryant was impressive since it's his rookie years in NBA compared to Jordan's years of experience. Last season, he scored a career high of 81 points in a game. Second to Wilt Chamberlain's 100 in the history of NBA.
Man, what a guy is Bryant. Some may say that LeBron James is better but seriously, James can't shoot as well as Bryant. James can only dunk and dribble. Just last season NBA finals, James was completedly closed up by Bruce Bowen in Cavaliers- Spurs finals. Bryant, i doubt anyone can stop him to that extent.
I think Lakers found their new Shaq O'neal. ANDREW BYNUM. 7 feet tall centre who's only 20 years old. He scored average of 20 plus points during his last few games. Season high of 28 in the Lakers- Suns match. Good good. Lakers are on a roll!
I really hope Lakers can win the NBA championship. haha.Man, such a sport freak. I love basketball and football. Football the team that i love is Manchester United. Last night, they won sunderland 4-0. Cristiano Ronaldo and Scholes as my favourite players. All the way red devils!
Look at him. HAHA. Lift the red devils to championship again! =D
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:25 AMWednesday 26 Dec'07
Have been rather packed for the past 2 days. But i enjoyed the christmas eve and christmas day alot. Firstly was the christmas eve. I had a NEB shepherd's meet. Theme was Thanksgiving. Sang the song Thank You Lord by Don Moen during worship. Great and ministering song.
Next we just share the problems we faced this year, how god help us overcome and affirmation for one another. " I wanna thank god for..". " I wanna thank my shepherd.." " I'm truely thankful to the people that.." This few phrases just kept coming out from the mouths of the NEB shepherds. it was a touching moment where some shared, teared, comfort each other and encourage each other. Serving God is not all about problems but we do have each other to rely on for encouragement and inspiration. It's His way of providing us with such comfort. Thank God for the team. =D
Carolling was fun too! Although it was kinda chaotic initially, it got better subsequently. We went house to house, knocking on the doors of people. Something really touched me was when we perform and sing for them, we're able to put a smile on their faces. When we're able to make them smile and happy, naturally it helped to lift the spirits of the carolling people. Spirit touches spirit. Some of them invited us into the house for a drink and some food. There's one of them even offered us a bottle of wine, haha.
Have been rather packed for the past 2 days. But i enjoyed the christmas eve and christmas day alot. Firstly was the christmas eve. I had a NEB shepherd's meet. Theme was Thanksgiving. Sang the song Thank You Lord by Don Moen during worship. Great and ministering song.
Next we just share the problems we faced this year, how god help us overcome and affirmation for one another. " I wanna thank god for..". " I wanna thank my shepherd.." " I'm truely thankful to the people that.." This few phrases just kept coming out from the mouths of the NEB shepherds. it was a touching moment where some shared, teared, comfort each other and encourage each other. Serving God is not all about problems but we do have each other to rely on for encouragement and inspiration. It's His way of providing us with such comfort. Thank God for the team. =D
Carolling was fun too! Although it was kinda chaotic initially, it got better subsequently. We went house to house, knocking on the doors of people. Something really touched me was when we perform and sing for them, we're able to put a smile on their faces. When we're able to make them smile and happy, naturally it helped to lift the spirits of the carolling people. Spirit touches spirit. Some of them invited us into the house for a drink and some food. There's one of them even offered us a bottle of wine, haha.
NEB carolling team. The girls are somewhere at the sides. haha.
After carolling, marcus and i went over to Donavan's house for a stay over. Fun time. We just talked, crapped and share for hours before we went to a coffee shop opposite St Andrews for supper, i mean breakfast since it's already 4am that time. haha.
Went back home the next day in the late afternoon, changed and went to meet Gideon, Freedy, Chantel and Ruiyong for christmas dinner at a Western restaurent. Nice ambience, good sharing by one another and good food. Went to catch " I am Legend" at Cathay. Good show with an absurb ending. HAHA. Will Smith rocks.
Christmas is now over. Back to my books. Studying, rushing to finish off my homework, revise for the common test on the 2nd week of January. Totally packed. I'm desperate for you more and more! God give me strength!
wooohoo!
Monday, December 24, 2007 9:53 AM365 days of 2007 soon becoming a history.
"One year seriously past by so fast." I told myself. Playing with the sand on the beach while the rest of the dudes were running around.
A year ago, i was celebrating christmas with the NorthEast people at a cafe near Katong. On Saturday, i was celebrating christmas this year with the youth church at Sentosa. Exactly 365 days.
I began to realize that as you get older, time starts to pass faster. Each year is like an hour, each hour is like a minute and each minute, a second to me. As i screened through several anecdotes that happened in my life this year, the humour side of me starts cracking up again. The several boos boos that i've done, jokes i've made and some really proud moments that i had.
"Will i have even more of that in 2008? Or will be another year like 2006, where everything seems to be in a mess?" I began asking myself. The adidas slogan, " Impossible is Nothing". This short phrase really reminds me of God's providance in my life. As i approach 2008 with fear and uncertainty, especially my A levels, i'm still able to rely on God's goodness and draw strength from him.
He won't promise me with a straight As. Neither 3As for my exams. But he promised me his presence and comfort that no materialistic thing can buy. It stays in your heart, and when it's in your heart, it will starts to radiate out to people around you. =D
Anyway,
" Hark the harold, Angels sing. Glory to the newborn king!" Christmas carols. Yes, i will be having christmas carols tonight. My first christmas carol was 4 years ago. HAHAHA. Everytime was fun as usual. Exciting!
Memory Lane
Friday, December 21, 2007 9:36 AMAs i click on the lists of the older posts, i began to give thanks to God for how he brought me through. " Phew, what a journey", I thought to myself. From the tWeEt fAsHionZ that i used to be, to certain "unspiritual" stuff(Donavan and Marcus, you will know what is that. HAHA) that i went through, it's a series of ups and downs. As i continue reading those older posts, i began to realize that some of the posts are from the deepest recesses of my heart, and it's still today.
I remember how i used to blog about the days when i was a Careleader. A careleader who did not know the know-how of leading a group. A young shepherd who do not know how to speak into a sheep's life. I still remember the times when the caregroup was at ground zero, everything was in a mess. People do not love each other or appreciate each other, unity was last the word to describe the group.
As i scrolled down and moved on from posts to posts, one of it strucked me. i was blogging about my friend. A close junior of mine. I still remember the times when i advised him not to join gangs and was determined to bring him to church. Apparently, he is still mixing with the wrong company. I asked 1 of my unit members today about him. It was definitely ain't a good thing to hear, which disappointed me alot.
One fact that i realized through my 2004 and 2005 posts: Faith. Even though the group was not good at period, the tone of my posts seems to bring out an element of faith. I always end a negative comment with something about trusting God and believing in God. Now i understand that with Faith, it can really move the mountains and it pleases God. Faith is a simple word but it's so deep and powerful when it's in your heart.
Something happened in my family today. " When will you ever grow up? " She said to him with a disappointed look on her face. Sometimes i wonder, does it help by being the smallest in the family. =/
Thursday, December 20, 2007 11:04 AMAlot of stuffs are going through in my mind now, like a roller coaster ride. I'm kinda scared of next year where i'll have to take my A lvls and to grow my ministry. This year was kinda easy for me but in year 2, your homework just kept on piling up.
4As for my A lvls? It's difficult to get them, especially for Econs. I admitted this year, i studied real hard, thats why i managed to attain a reasonably good grade. If i want to excel more, i gotta work harder.
Working harder means less leisure time. Also, i gotta plan my ministry really well, i must set certain days for mugging and certain days for my ministry.
Few days ago, i was watching the movie called Coach Carter by Samuel L Jackson. It's about this coach who stepped in and change the whole basketball team perspective of winning the game and EDUCATION. In America, especially those african amercians, who don't go to College( university in Amercia), goes either to jail or ended up dead. That gave him the compassion to drive all his basketballers to go and play College ball.
The society now expects so much of us. Education is just the stepping stone to earning your rice bowl. To pass all your A lvl subjects is not enough to get into University. We must at least score a B B C or BBB to enter a lousy course in University. Good courses, to be safe, we must attain at least a AAB .
God~. I really wanna excel in my studies and ministry next year. NorthEast B has been a really a good team to lead. Will God use me to bring them to greater height next year? Or will i fall in to the fallacy of the world and be so engage in my studying that i neglect them? I definitely wouldn't want the latter. God please use me to be a good salt and light. amen..
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