Hey ya'll!!! Recently Seremban COC just sent a contingent down to the tiny island south of Malaysia (a.k.a the highly respectable country called Singapore) to participate in the Moulmein group Singspiration. You might wonder what is this singspiration???? Well this is where we sing and receive inspiration from God and His word through our singing and fellowship therefore...
Sing + Inspiration =SINGSPIRATION
It was an eventful trip where we sped by the North-South highway at breath-taking speeds in a bus, and had a brief encounter with Singaporean customs officials... (nothing much, someone just brought pepper spray which apparently is illegal in Singapore :P). We left our hometown Seremban at about one am on a cool saturday morning and reached our destination(Moulmein COC) at 6am. We reached Singapore border checkpoint at 4:30 am. To burn up the time, we were led by our old friend Uncle Edwin Choy through this awesome country. First things first breakfast..... Here we treid the world renoun Kah Hee prawn mee!!! Nom nom nom :D And then in the afternoon we took the ever efficient Singaporean MRT to Orchard station to take the girls of our contingent out shopping where the boys spent 2 hours sleeping in the hawker centre while the girls went to heaven XD. Later in the afternoon, we went back to the church compound to Bathe and prepare for the nights activities, and play some games amongst ourselves while waiting.... at last......
SINGSPIRATION!!!!!
We had a blast to start with, thanks to the leader of the singspiration Sue Ann. We enjoyed ourselves and were filled with joy as we sang praises to him and gave thanks to him for the blessings he has given us.
After singspiration, with our throats soar from the singing, the singaporeans decided to take us to their local hangout placefor ice-cream. There again we talked and sang and enjoyed ourselves in this family of Christ. This is whre we truly belonged, together.
We decided to stay through the night and join the Moulmein-eans for church service, and did not regret our choice :D We enjoyed another round of AWESOME singing, led by Don, and then enjoyed a dance performance that displays the love of Christ in us. We also learned a lot from Jordan and Uncle Mark who both shared a few scriptures and their meanings with us. We also had a wonderful lunch prepared by the Molmein-eans, which spelled heaven in every language... as the day went on, it came the time for our departure. As a last activity, some people decided to stay at church to play a dance game while others went to a LAN shop to play DOTA. LOL XD. But no matter how Man tries to slow time, it always goes faster. The time for us to leave has truly come, and we bid our last farewells. The Moulmein CoC youths were at the gates to bid us farewell as the Singaporean cabs took us to the bus station. As the church ever shrunk in the rear view mirror, I coudn't help but wonder and hope when the next fellowship with these guys will be :D As I put a close to this blog entry, I just wanna thank God for bringing us together and allowing us to know this wonderful group of people, and pray that he will bless them in all that they do for Him and His works.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
A post I saw on facebook recently. Just want to reach out to whoever reading this blog, that no matter what the situation is, there are always people there for you. Even when all seems dark, Jesus Christ, God and his children an family on earth are always there for you.
Want to kill yourself? Imagine this. You come home from school one day. You’ve had yet another horrible day. You’re just ready to give up. So you go to your room, close the door, and take out that suicide note you’ve written and rewritten over and over and over You take out those razor blades, and cut for the very last time. You grab that bottle of pills and take them all. Laying down, holding the l etter to your chest, you close your eyes for the very last time. A few hours later,your little brother knocks on your door to come tell you dinners ready. You don’t answer, so he walks in. All he sees is you laying on your bed, so he thinks you’re asleep. He tells your mom this. Your mom goes to your room to wake you up. She notices something is odd. She grabs the paper in your hand and reads it. Sobbing, she tries to wake you up. She’s screaming your name. Your brother, so confused, runs to go tell Dad that “Mummy is crying and sissy won’t wake up.” Your dad runs to your room. He looks at your mom, crying, holding the letter to her chest, sitting next to your lifeless body. It hits him, what’s going on, and he screams. He screams and throws something at the wall. And then, falling to his knees, he starts to cry. Your mom crawls over to him, and they sit there, holding each other, crying. The next day at school, there’s an announcement. The principal tells everyone about your suicide. It takes a few seconds for it to sink in, and once it does, everyone goes silent. Everyone blames themselves. Your teachers think they were too hard on you. Those mean popular girls, they think of all the things they’ve said to you. That boy that used to tease you and call you names, he can’t help but hate himself for never telling you how beautiful you really are. Your ex boyfriend, the one that you told everything to, that broke up with you.. He can’t handle it. He breaks down and starts crying, and runs out of the school. Your friends?They’re sobbing too, wondering how they could never see that anything was wrong, wishing they could have helped you before it was too late. And your best friend? She’s in shock. She can’t believe it. She knew what you were going through, but she never thought it would get that bad… Bad enough for you to end it. She can’t cry, she can’t feel anything. She stands up, walks out of the classroom, and just sinks to the floor. Shaking, screaming, but no tears coming out. It’s a few days later,at your funeral. The whole town came. Everyone knew you, that girl with the bright smile and bubbly personality. The one that was always there for them, the shoulder to cry on. Lots of people talk about all the good memories they had with you, there were a lot. Everyone’s crying, your little brother still doesn’t know you killed yourself, he’s too young. Your parents just said you died. It hurts him, a lot. You were his big sister, you were supposed to always be there for him. Your best friend, she stays strong through the entire service, but as soon as they start lowering your casket into the ground, she just loses it. She cries and cries and doesn’t stop for days. It’s two years later. The whole school talks to a counselor/therapist at least once a week. Your teachers all quit their job. Those mean girls have eating disorders now. That boy that used to tease you cuts himself. Your ex boyfriend doesn’t know how to love anymore and just sleeps around with girls. Your friends all go into depression. Your best friend? She tried to kill herself. She didn’t succeed like you did, but she tried… your brother? He finally found out the truth about your death. He self harms, he cries at night, he does exactly what you did for years leading up to your suicide. Your parents? Their marriage fell apart. Your dad became a workaholic to distract himself from your death. Your mom got diagnosed with depression and just lays in bed all day. People care. You may not think so, but they do. Your choices don’t just effect you. They effect everyone. Don’t end your life, you have so much to live for. Things can’t get better if you give up. I’m here for absolutely anyone that needs to talk, no matter who you are. Even if we’ve NEVER talked before, i’m here for you. ♥
Want to kill yourself? Imagine this. You come home from school one day. You’ve had yet another horrible day. You’re just ready to give up. So you go to your room, close the door, and take out that suicide note you’ve written and rewritten over and over and over You take out those razor blades, and cut for the very last time. You grab that bottle of pills and take them all. Laying down, holding the l etter to your chest, you close your eyes for the very last time. A few hours later,your little brother knocks on your door to come tell you dinners ready. You don’t answer, so he walks in. All he sees is you laying on your bed, so he thinks you’re asleep. He tells your mom this. Your mom goes to your room to wake you up. She notices something is odd. She grabs the paper in your hand and reads it. Sobbing, she tries to wake you up. She’s screaming your name. Your brother, so confused, runs to go tell Dad that “Mummy is crying and sissy won’t wake up.” Your dad runs to your room. He looks at your mom, crying, holding the letter to her chest, sitting next to your lifeless body. It hits him, what’s going on, and he screams. He screams and throws something at the wall. And then, falling to his knees, he starts to cry. Your mom crawls over to him, and they sit there, holding each other, crying. The next day at school, there’s an announcement. The principal tells everyone about your suicide. It takes a few seconds for it to sink in, and once it does, everyone goes silent. Everyone blames themselves. Your teachers think they were too hard on you. Those mean popular girls, they think of all the things they’ve said to you. That boy that used to tease you and call you names, he can’t help but hate himself for never telling you how beautiful you really are. Your ex boyfriend, the one that you told everything to, that broke up with you.. He can’t handle it. He breaks down and starts crying, and runs out of the school. Your friends?They’re sobbing too, wondering how they could never see that anything was wrong, wishing they could have helped you before it was too late. And your best friend? She’s in shock. She can’t believe it. She knew what you were going through, but she never thought it would get that bad… Bad enough for you to end it. She can’t cry, she can’t feel anything. She stands up, walks out of the classroom, and just sinks to the floor. Shaking, screaming, but no tears coming out. It’s a few days later,at your funeral. The whole town came. Everyone knew you, that girl with the bright smile and bubbly personality. The one that was always there for them, the shoulder to cry on. Lots of people talk about all the good memories they had with you, there were a lot. Everyone’s crying, your little brother still doesn’t know you killed yourself, he’s too young. Your parents just said you died. It hurts him, a lot. You were his big sister, you were supposed to always be there for him. Your best friend, she stays strong through the entire service, but as soon as they start lowering your casket into the ground, she just loses it. She cries and cries and doesn’t stop for days. It’s two years later. The whole school talks to a counselor/therapist at least once a week. Your teachers all quit their job. Those mean girls have eating disorders now. That boy that used to tease you cuts himself. Your ex boyfriend doesn’t know how to love anymore and just sleeps around with girls. Your friends all go into depression. Your best friend? She tried to kill herself. She didn’t succeed like you did, but she tried… your brother? He finally found out the truth about your death. He self harms, he cries at night, he does exactly what you did for years leading up to your suicide. Your parents? Their marriage fell apart. Your dad became a workaholic to distract himself from your death. Your mom got diagnosed with depression and just lays in bed all day. People care. You may not think so, but they do. Your choices don’t just effect you. They effect everyone. Don’t end your life, you have so much to live for. Things can’t get better if you give up. I’m here for absolutely anyone that needs to talk, no matter who you are. Even if we’ve NEVER talked before, i’m here for you. ♥
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
It's here!!
It's the time of the year again!!!
Yeps, it's LOCK-IN period!!!
Happen on 30 Dec 2010-2 Jan 2011
Venue?
S'ban COC buliding, of coz..
There's where we get locked up every year!!
It would be tons of fun again like the previous years.
These few days would be the cleaning of the church building before everyone's being locked-in.
Great job guys!
Make sure that everything's squeaky clean!
God bless everyone!
p.s.: We just ended our last Bible class for this year 2 days ago. Next year will be a new batch of youths. All the oldies will be proceeding to the adult's class... You're all promoted!!
Yeps, it's LOCK-IN period!!!
Happen on 30 Dec 2010-2 Jan 2011
Venue?
S'ban COC buliding, of coz..
There's where we get locked up every year!!
It would be tons of fun again like the previous years.
These few days would be the cleaning of the church building before everyone's being locked-in.
Great job guys!
Make sure that everything's squeaky clean!
God bless everyone!
p.s.: We just ended our last Bible class for this year 2 days ago. Next year will be a new batch of youths. All the oldies will be proceeding to the adult's class... You're all promoted!!
Graduated:
George
Soong Sern
Zhong Zhen
Jia Ying
Naveen
Mithi
Mi Chelle
Beverlyn
Chye Mei
Ariel
Beng
Ai Ting
.... Or not?
George
Soong Sern
Zhong Zhen
Jia Ying
Naveen
Mithi
Mi Chelle
Beverlyn
Chye Mei
Ariel
Beng
Ai Ting
.... Or not?
Anyway, Congrats!!! =)
Monday, August 9, 2010
BBQ, steamboat
For our July activity, we had a steamboat, BBQ session at the Templer restaurant (Opposite OK fish ball)
Mel and Emily each brought their friends to join us and all of them were the shy shy type.
The lil' gals (Emily and friends and Angel) kept saying they are very full but yet have space for ice-creams...
While Mel and his friends, who all resembles his young and cute characters kept eating and eating..
And the 'gor gor' and 'jie jie-s' just stopped eating after 2 hours of munching.
After, all of us headed to the church building to do some ice-breaking.
We began with our tradition: the WHO? WHAT? HUH? game
where Mel's friends got the chance to perform butt writing for us.
<<>
^ Butt Writing
It was continued by the self-intro sessions, the chopstick game and Simon says...
An enjoyable night for all of us.
The whole activity ended at about 10.30pm and we were all dismissed.
Mel and Emily each brought their friends to join us and all of them were the shy shy type.
The lil' gals (Emily and friends and Angel) kept saying they are very full but yet have space for ice-creams...
While Mel and his friends, who all resembles his young and cute characters kept eating and eating..
And the 'gor gor' and 'jie jie-s' just stopped eating after 2 hours of munching.
After, all of us headed to the church building to do some ice-breaking.
We began with our tradition: the WHO? WHAT? HUH? game
where Mel's friends got the chance to perform butt writing for us.
<<>
^ Butt Writing
It was continued by the self-intro sessions, the chopstick game and Simon says...
Simon Says >>
An enjoyable night for all of us.
The whole activity ended at about 10.30pm and we were all dismissed.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Happy Mother's Day
Hey guys! It's Mother's day!!!
Wishing all mothers in the world a Happy Merry Mother's Day!!!
You are the greatest, moms!
Any plans for mothers day?
How do you wanna thank you mum for everything she had offered for you??
Here's some last week's news.
Soong Sern came back last week for service.
Heard that he's having holidays.
It had been some time since we last saw him and here's a pic of the recent him:
Oh ya, Calvin is also back for his holidays.
It seems that he will be having his holidays until July,
so we'll get to see plenty of him. ^^
Here's a snap shot of the blur-blur him...
Ben and Mithi became stars.
They were in the newspaper, Ben was sooooo proud!
Take a look at this.
Can you spot them?
It's a news about the Cambodia trip they went on March.
And this is the latest pic of all of us.. ^^
Our Youth activities of this year:
(** Acivities are subjected to change)
Feb-Chinese New Year Gathering (Uncle Kenneth)
March- Badminton (Wei Sern)
April - Badminton Outreach
May - Visit Rhema Home (Mithiran)
June - Youth Camp (Naveen)
July - Steamboat （Zhong Zhen)
August - Hill hiking (Calvin)
September - Family Camp
October - Singspiration (Mithiran)
November - Medical Check-up (Jia Ying &Naveen)
December - Lock-in
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God will give you.
Wishing all mothers in the world a Happy Merry Mother's Day!!!
You are the greatest, moms!
Any plans for mothers day?
How do you wanna thank you mum for everything she had offered for you??
Here's some last week's news.
Soong Sern came back last week for service.
Heard that he's having holidays.
It had been some time since we last saw him and here's a pic of the recent him:
Oh ya, Calvin is also back for his holidays.
It seems that he will be having his holidays until July,
so we'll get to see plenty of him. ^^
Here's a snap shot of the blur-blur him...
Ben and Mithi became stars.
They were in the newspaper, Ben was sooooo proud!
Take a look at this.
Can you spot them?
It's a news about the Cambodia trip they went on March.
And this is the latest pic of all of us.. ^^
Our Youth activities of this year:
(** Acivities are subjected to change)
Feb-Chinese New Year Gathering (Uncle Kenneth)
March- Badminton (Wei Sern)
April - Badminton Outreach
May - Visit Rhema Home (Mithiran)
June - Youth Camp (Naveen)
July - Steamboat （Zhong Zhen)
August - Hill hiking (Calvin)
September - Family Camp
October - Singspiration (Mithiran)
November - Medical Check-up (Jia Ying &Naveen)
December - Lock-in
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God will give you.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Choir Audition
Youth's Choir Audition is on this Sunday!
Have you practiced enough to pass strict Uncle Kenneth's high expectations?
Do you have what it takes to be chosen one of the four COC Youth choir member?
A word of of advice: Do not take any chocolate and drink loads of honey the day before. Oh ya, do consult Tim if you think that your 'audio' is not load enough... XD
p.s: Sing and Be Happy~~~
Have you practiced enough to pass strict Uncle Kenneth's high expectations?
Do you have what it takes to be chosen one of the four COC Youth choir member?
All the best to all of you then!
A word of of advice: Do not take any chocolate and drink loads of honey the day before. Oh ya, do consult Tim if you think that your 'audio' is not load enough... XD
p.s: Sing and Be Happy~~~
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Mission Trip
14 March 2010
Some of us went to the Mission trip in Cambodia on this day.
Do keep all of them in your prayers everyday.
Wishing all of them to have a great time there and a safe trip back!
See you guys in a few weeks time!
Wondering how's George's hand now?
Some of us went to the Mission trip in Cambodia on this day.
Do keep all of them in your prayers everyday.
Wishing all of them to have a great time there and a safe trip back!
See you guys in a few weeks time!
Wondering how's George's hand now?
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