Lets Break The Ice

Hey all



So if some of you don't know yet, I have started my journey as a uni student . I am doing dentistry in IMU. I started my course on Monday. This whole week has been very tiring and fun



I have never woke up at 6.45 for a very long time. I think during college also I wake up at 7+am.. Well it has been a struggle this whole week. Have been sleeping through the PPDs from monday to friday. I am going to have 2 weeks of orientation. So there is only one more week left.



It has been quite an experience. It was like when I first entered college when almost everything was new. SO its all over again. So met a number of friends this week. Zhuo Wei ,Ouleep are the ones I remember other than my amazing GROUP 4!



So we're called FOURgasmic FOURgy. If you don't unerstand its ok. So we had Sheng as our fearless leader. Shaheen as our IMCC ( scapegoat)



Our Orientation officers are Razlan, Harris, Joanne and few more I forgot..deng... anyways. Had ICE BREAKERS on Tuesday. It was real fun. Went to the car park for the station games. Our group was not too bad after all. Did quite well..



Next on Thursday was DRESS CODE .So we had a movie name and a song we had to associate with. So we got X-men and Its my life by Bon Jovi. I was Wolverine so yes I was the main guy on stage for my group. In the end. Our group did really well.. Other groups put too much effort in their costumes and dance till they didn manage to act out well. So there were a lot of stone moments..



Had indoor and outdoor treasure hunt yesterday and today. It was really tiring but got to see many more of the seniors..



Overall. Thank you God for bringing me through this whole week. Being in a new plae is quite tough since you're practically starting from scratch and have to make new friends but God is good in providing nice and friendly people and also for keeping me safe this whole week.



Till den. Ill be very occupied. Hopefully can still blog much after this.. See you

Gotta read this

Florida Court Sets Atheist Holy Day!
Gotta love this Judge!
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FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY
In Florida, an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover Holy days.

He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians and Jews and observances of their holy days.

The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days.


The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring,"Case dismissed!"

The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, "Your honor, How can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays.."

The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant."

The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists..."

The judge said, "The calendar says April 1 is April Fool's Day. Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that, if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1 is his day. Court is adjourned."

You gotta love a Judge that knows his scripture!

Jeng Jeng

This is freaky! Oh, the magic of numbers!!!
This year we will experience 4 unusual dates:
1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11



NOW go figure this out....
Take the last 2 digits of the year you were born, plus the age you will be this year (only applies to pre-2000 though)

and it will be equal to 111


..... go ahead...do the math !

Mission 2011 has begun

It has been great for the first 3 weeks of the year for me. E Von have now left the building in church..haha. She has gone to college now thats why. Its been great having her and the boys around. Now the Volunteer office is so neat =)

So lets start with the first week. It has been really exciting. We had a week our annual combined meeting of Dawn Prayer.Forgot to mention the youth had a barbeque party on Friday night and some of us stayed over till the next day. The party was fun. The food was good except many of us fell sick and had sore throat after that including me. A lot of people came for it. We had our New Life Got Talent on that same night too. So all of us went downstairs to join them. Some performances were good.... Plated the drums for worship that night. Last minute call..but its good..simple songs

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Anyways combined meeting was ok. Like I said I was sick the day before . Like totally Konk out. So the next day I was so tired and blur. People said HI to me but couldn't talk with them much. Sorry Guys! I had to dance after that too. My legs were so weak man. I really wanted to fall. Thank God I didn't and thankfully He gave me all the strength I needed to stay alive up there. Went on to sell the camp shirts after that. Youth camp and Children Camp.

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Next up is DAWN PRAYER. I'm finding it very difficult to wake up at 5am for it and for the first day I was really speaking in tongues. Even when it was praying I was speaking in tongues because I could barely understand what I was saying myself but it got better after that but really I know God is going to do BIG BIG things this coming year for our church,our youth and our kids. That week working has been really tiring man. You can see it down there..

Youth Group Meeting has been really good too. We have an average of about 40 people coming in. Its not just that. We are really having a fun time and having God's presence in the worship. Hock shared on the first week to launch us into the new year. Mark Butler - a prophet- came on the following week to prophecy on some of us and to pray for us and last week we did Titus 1. There are loads coming up in the next 2 months. Like Captain Ball, Worship Party in Cheras, CNY visitation. So for those out there. do join us. If you need details please check out

www.newlife.org.my/pj

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Went out with Hock,Jinny, Ben and XY to Curve for CNY shopping .Spent about RM100 on 2 shirts and 1 tshirt. It was ok. Wasn't in the mood of buying anyways. Went to cut hair too. Judy-my usual hair cutter-came today but was too busy attending to other people so I went for the shopping first . When I came back she wasn't ther so since my hair was really thick and long I had to cut so I went to another shop and this lady cut..took her sometime though.Oh well. Went for Popeyes after that without xy =(

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Have been going to the NS camp in Banting. Jugra Camp is its name. This is my first time going for the first batch. Its been a long journey. but worth well. So what we do is practically is this course with them called Youth Alpha which is about 10 weeks long. We have a lot of Orang Asli in this camp so have to talk more Malay. Last week was really good. A lot of open sharing from all of them, and also praying for them. I can't attend this week =( Will really miss it. Next week is CNY some more.Oh well. God will still be there.

Thats been it for my first 3 weeks. More to come!

Dawn Prayer

talent time-Krystal
BBQ

Yea fell asleep after work

Bday party for Lenny Chu

Bhangra Dance

Mission 2010 Accomplished

Hey guys. SO this will be my final post for the year 2010. Will be joining the youth this year for the BBQ night on Friday. It's going to be awesome
Anyways before 2010 ends, I want to share on my part . 2010 has been such a crazy year. I can't imagine that I was still in college taking my exams beginning this year and now I'm on holidays until Feb 21st. Everything happened so fast but all I can say is I managed to carry out God's plan for me this year . I managed to fulfill most of my goals this year . SO lets go through every event I went through this year....

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College-Ah My target for this was to do well for my A-levels exams and also to help out in CF this year and to leave a legacy there. Its been a great 1and half year for me in MCKL. I would always remember the dedication of my lecturers Mr John Peter, Mr Chan, Mdm Chong Moi Moi and Datin Aru. Especially for maths and chem classes, I had the most fun there. JP with all his sarcasm and jokes and annoying Datin in classes. Really bonded with my friends there. Delta class is the best class I've ever been. I believe although all of us had gone our seperate ways, we'll still be friends and forever. I learned so much about life in college. When people say peer pressure causes others to drink and what not, its so true. I met so many different people I don't usually meet and it helps me to become a better person. I really met REAL people in the sense like those you watch in tv. They exists! like those really annoying ones..haha...I learned how to still depend on God everyday when things pile up like exams and work and its really an eye opener. I always wandered how and why people stop coming to church cos of assignments or friends or latest happenings and now I know why. I'm so thankful God had been always walking with me throughout my college life. One advise I can give to those who are still in college or going into college. NEVER COMPROMISE GOD FOR ANYTHING. I'm serious about this. once you give in to work and all its the start of the end. I always remind myself this. If now my assignments can overwhelm me, what about next time when I work? Being in college its not a MUST to join CF or attend classes but I thank God that I can say I did well i college not just in academic studies.Being part of Cf also helped me in my walk with God. These are the people who are same age as you and have problems , most of which you can relate to. helping organise the EASTER and Youth Alpha events were awesome. I was games co-ordinator there. Really God has helped me progress in this area which I will explain later.

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Worship Team and Visual Ministry- I'm still part of these 2 ministry. Partly in visual still to help out with the newer ones . Might still be in this one next year if they still need me. One thing I learned about being part of the worship team is that the WE are very vulnerable . I noticed many of the church members who left church have been part of the worship team. The devil wants to always bring us down. The whole team are very sensitive people and many times can get offended easily. I myself now understand how can people being so on fire for God can just die because of small things. Few things happened this year in this ministry that made me want to take a step back and take a break from it. Thank God for people around me to support me and to encourage me to keep pushing forward ad pressing forward. I really grew a lot in this ministry. Not in terms of skills but communicating. Somethings I do may not be accepted by the worship leader sometimes but I have to learn to take it well. Playing drums for me makes me thank God I can express myself in other ways in terms of worship. Thank you God for always backing me up when things are getting down. Also since my exams ended, been always in church and been teaching drums a bit here and there so some people. taught Adam for a while but just got busy in the end. E Von is a fast learner. Can play ed.haha.. Have been learning quite a few tricks from Seah . How to practice, what to practice, different kinds of drumming drives ,etc...
Future plans- So since i finished my exams, I was quite worried about this. I kept praying to God for a direction and it took some time. I learned how to really let God flow in me and for me to focus in Him. Its easier for me to say this then to show it but really I encourage all of you , especially those who are going to college and UNI, FLOW WITH GOD.It was a real frustrating time then but things are looking good. I finally finish my IELTS with a 7.5 band and my registration is ok so far. I am going to do DENTISTRY fully locally because I do want to be here for the church at this time when things are getting good. I said this during my interview(SERIOUS) I pray that I will be always be with God throughout this time in UNI.

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General- Its been a great year in terms of friendships . Finally understand the BRO CODE. haha. Its been great having great friends in college and church. People who are real and not ashame to of you. that will support you whenever. Jeremy, Ivan, Hsien, Kai, Anthony, Dik you guys are the best. Catch up with all of you soon yea..Also in church got the chance to talk with the staff here and there. Its been a great time learning few things from them. Especially Seah when sometimes we have dinner and lunch together. We will talk about a lof of things and not only drums . These things really can't find anywhere else but through experiences . Thank you all of you. You know who you are. All the best in future plans. Also to Yu Wern! Of course I have not forgotten you. This year we had a lot of ups and downs together. Its really a long and wonderful journey being your friend this year. We may have our seperate opinions and many get into arguments but its all good. haha.. I really enjoyed the times we go out for movies and meals. Although we don't really talk much but I know you still care for me and I want you to know I also care for you although I don't show it much. I really cherish times with you and of course YOU. See you real soon =D

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Youth Ministry- This i got a lot to share about. haha..Well the first event of the year was Hock and Jinny's New Life wedding ceremony. Although I didn't participate in the dance presentation, I still managed to make it(came back from S'pore). Nothing much really happened for the first half of the year so I'll just fast forward up till the point when I came back from my Europe Trip. I told myself this year that I will come help out in the church and also to be in at least a mission trip. 1st thing before I left for my trip I told Hock to sign me up for the Cambodia Mission trip. Since I was overseas , meeting up was a bit of a problem(DUH!) . I came back and had like a week to do my sharing on PRAYER AND HUMILITY. My 2 favourite topic. haha.. I did prepare my sharing only 2 days before my trip! I did learn a lot from my first mission trip. I will not explain much because I did before... Also in my heart I wanted the Youth to be on the mission field and Hock told me he and Jinny were actually planning to do one Orang Asli Mission trip in Sept. How amazing is that? God read my mind!... Moving on....Me, Hock,Ling and E Von went to STM to check out the place for camp. I had that feeling that this camp would be focusing on LEGACY-1 of the area that Pr. Jeremiah had for the church this year and yet again before I told Hock anything , he also wanted the camp to be focusing in this area. Amazing again isn't it. See what happens when you follow God always and listen to Him. I didn’t actually want to do anything big for the camp but to just help out but that night as I was doing my devotion, the topic so happen was about take up the responsibility and don't worry. What coincidence. So since then, I never looked back. Preperations for camp were really challenging and new to me. I told God I wanted a new journey with Him and to really GROW. He gave me so many challenges throughout this time and I really thank Him that I have the chance to grow in capacity.... Not just in the area of serving but much more, self control etc...Just like for my Phillipines Mission trip. I didn't wanna go actually but I can say I'm thankful I went. All was in God's plan for camp. Found a new sense of worship there and got to see another side of the world there.....

Not forgetting Pyjamas Prayer. For those who didn't manage to come for both times. The reason for this is that I want US,Youth to have a meaningful event where we can actually bring something back. not just in youth camps, or other presentations. Prayer for me is really how I survived. Its something we can always do anytime and anywhere. Next year it will be done on a more regular basis during school holidays so do take note.. The times we had praying were just beyond words. I can't really explain how it went but I can say its worth it.
SO thats my story of 2010. 2011 will be a very exciting year for me and for you. AJA AJA fighting!

with Love James.....

1 Malaysia

This for you, E Von ..muahaha .i'll say this once so yea

You're truly a blessing to me throughout my time helping out in the church. You bring a new excitement to the office with your originality and fun. You may not know it but really you have been there for me to hear me out(sometimes at least!) haha. Thank you so much for camp preperations. I know you had a lot in your hands like Children Camp but you always still give your remaining time to help plan for Youth camp. We really knew each other more this time and I do cherish those times when we mamak together when our bosses left us. haha.. Its nice to know that people like you still have a heart for God. You're not the one who will point out my errors when I do somethings wrong ( except when it comes to eating...) It encourages me to push myself knowing I do make a difference in other lives. We had a lot of things to say and in the coming year I know we will serve together for the church and the Youth Group. You have a lot of great ideas and have been very supportive . Every event we had me and you were there.. haha...good thing not sien of each other ..haha...Its great having you as a colleague and although I know you're still worried about the future I hope what ever I have shared with you, you'll remember.

Youth camp!!!

Phillipines Mission trip in November

Leader's retreat in November

Captain Ball in December

Orang Asli Mission Trip in Sept

Children's Leaders and teachers retreat in October

bOwling competition in Sept

Cambodia Mission Trip in August

A-levels results day ! =D

Europe journey

MCKL SUIT UP DAY

Youth Bowling Day

Easter day. haha...

Ivan's hoody day

Hock and Jinny's Wedding in Jan

Dawn Prayer in January

Welcoming the Juniors to CF in January

Orientation Ball in Feb

Mission Initiated

Hey guys and girls. So I'm finally back from the most awesomest/bestest/God filled camp ever so far. The camp has been really just great. If there is one thing to sum up camp is that we showed the true identity of NEW LIFE.

As I have said before. Just because a small group of people that came and believe in a common thing in God everything changed. Prayer works YET AGAIN.

We showed people how to pray, worship, speak in tongues, minister and how to have FUN doing it!

So this camp is so personal to me. From day one until now, God planned this so long ahead. He had the theme and idea for this camp frm the start. All the campers, visitors and committee He called by name!

Initially my idea for camp was for the next 30 years. Hock had the same thing on his mind . The only way to carry on NEW LIFE'S LEGACY was to know its history. We had PR J, PR RON,SIS GRACE, PR LAWRENCE to share with us. About 6 ppl accepted Christ while loads learned how to speak in tongues.

During the firs session when I had to chair, I was nervous man but God had trained me well to handle things like this and I can say for myself I'm impressed on how God used me that night.

Worship sessions are just the bomb. First night session already same intensity with other camp's last night's session( where its usually the best) and our last night worship session....all I can say is God brought us to a whole new level of worship. everyone jumping here and there and not just in 1 spot! There were just so many breakthroughs in camp la. I saw so many people speaking in tongues and crying out to the Lord. Walls were broken. I'm sure all the visitors and many first-timers enjoyed themselves because I certainly did.

We always prayed before every session and that really made a difference. the whole atmoshpere just got turned on!

During each session, the flow of the message was great. Pr J shared a bit of the history of New life and what he learned from that. Also taught us about being a COOL CHRISTIAN( being steady, seeing the big picture and so on. Pr Ron also shared a similar message the very next session although they didn't meet up.

Games was fun. Thank You Nevina and the whole team - Mun Hong. Elicia, Rebecca, Abigail and Poh Yi for doing such an awesome job carrying things around and making games work. My team is just awesome la. So many young ones taking up roles and although we didn't win, we had fun more importantly.

Thank you Joshua for taking care of the worship team. Being there early and going for meals late cos of the worship team and making sure everyone prays before they start.

Thanks to Xuan Yun for the booklets, name tags . You 've been such a testimony to me and see you soon bro.

Thank you also to Krystal for being the commander! You bring such positive energy to the camp. Very enlightened by you.

And also to E Von for helping me SO SO MUCH during the camp preps. and chilling me down when things started to pile up and taking over when I was in Phillipines, helping me make some decisions with everything.

BIGGEST THANK YO IS TO GOD. WITHOUT YOU ALL THESE WILL BE NOTHING. THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR SPECIAL GUEST.

Like it or not WE YOUTH ARE AT A NEW LEVEL AND GOD IS GOING TO CHANGE US FROM GLORY TO GLORY. AMEN

So with this, this doesn't just stop here. I want everyone to continue praying even if you don't know how. Ask God how to pray and He'll teach you. Read the bible to understand Him. The great work and plan from God for you has just started. It's Time

It's Time

Hey everyone.SO i better update before I got loads.

First things first. Youth camp is coming in a days time!!

REally excoted for this and also in the same time not excited.lol..still got things to settle before it starts but all I know is God is in control and He is part of this camp.

so here are the things to bring

Bible
Notebook
Pen
......Sportswear( tshirts,socks,pants,shoes)
Dirty/old worn shirts for 2 days
Toiletries
Personal medication
Torch light
Gifts for Guardian Angel
Forks and spoons for supper
Own junk food

So for the past 2 weeks. I attended the children camp appreciation dinner. I did help with the newspaper and other small things so I just find an excuse to tag along. It was good. Went to this restaurant at my place called Kimmies I think. Its a bakery shop. The owner's daughter and son are coming for camp!

Other than that attended Xuan Yun's wedding with Jyn Ee..woohoo. haha it was a children church play actually. True Love. First time being part of it although its the last segment =O.

Went for Calvin's wedding last weekend. Saturday's was a garden wedding in Cyberjaya. It was good just that it was hot la. Food was good. Sunday's was in Muar so drove down. Was the usher for the wedding with the other cousins. Almost lost my laptop man. One of Calvin's friend accidentally took it. Dunno how that happened. Brought it along to the Phillipines video but didn't even touched it -___-

last tuesday was an eventful day. Went to help Sri Eden move all their things to another house together with Hock,Josh, Alex, Melvin, Xuan Yun, Evon, Angel, Vicky and Ben 10. It was a fun day together with everyone. Time for bonding. It was good. Although I can't say the same when we had to move the photostat machine =(

Had a sleepover at Hock's place with Xuan Yun,ALex, Ryan,Ben 10 and Mel. Played games all night long .Of course after we had a dinner birthday celebration for Ryan and after throwing him into the pool! haha.. It was good stuffs la. Will cherish it these times for life =D

thats it from me. Till then.Byes