Tuesday, November 18, 2008

My first night sleeping back at my dad's place did not go very well. All it did was taking away the headache I had last night in return with a present for me, a present that ruined my whole day, a cold. Thank God that I'm all better now.

Asia Conference is tomorrow and I have chosen the Elective courses that I will be going, other than the ones which the cell group will be going, which is "Youth Ministry", "Building a Healthy Self-image", and "Effective Counseling". The courses that I will be taking will be listed below, with their reasons under it.

Social Etiquette & Personal Grooming
It was Guang Xiang that encourage me to come for this course as he said that people paid big bucks just to attend this kind of course. I am not really sure about this but I do believe that social etiquette is really important in situations where you get to meet people with different status. It helps you to interact with people in a more proper and comfortable way.

By helping you to interact with people, you may better communicate with someone with a better composure. It helps you in your business as you speak with clients, your confidence and evangelising. However, did I not learn them in school? Well, I guess it is better to learn something more.

Songwriting For Praise & Worship
This is something new to me as I have a few tunes beating in my heart for quite sometime. I have actually written a worship song and I felt the the joy and the heart of the song.

Art of Worship Leading
Singing for God has always been my passion. I believe that worshipping God is not worship the worship song, but worshipping God is to lift your heart and voices to sing for Him and to Him. It is said that music is the soul of men. It touches the heart and goes deep within. Worship allows you to open up the heavens and reach into the presence of God.

There are some other courses that I would like to take part in. These are "Effective Evangelism", "Cell Group Leadership", "Men's Ministry", "Adversity Quotient & Emotional Quotient", "Coping With Depression", "Helping Someone Break An Addiction", "Dynamics of A Contemporary Worship Band". But too bad I can only take 6 courses. I will have to wait till the next Asia Conference.

Back Again..

Hi everyone, I am back to update my blog again. I am just hoping that there will be someone viewing it. And once again, it is going to be boring.

My Time Staying Alone At My Mum's Place

It was really terrific to be living alone at my mother's place as I get to do whatever I want, having really nice meals and most importantly, smoke-free environment. I also fell in love with the bathing products that my mum uses, I mean the are seriously suitable for every part of my body. I think I might getting those products sometime.

But too bad there is no internet access at my mum's place, even though there is a laptop for me to play, but it is kinda boring. But the time I spend there is really simple and nice. I played my guitar, watch the television and the movies that my mum has, exploring her house and of course, having a good rest there like never before. Sleeping in there for an hour is as though you slept for hours, that is what I came to realize what it truly mean to rest.

Having said how great and wonderful is the house, the food around the area is also tempting. Every time I went down to get some food, I felt like buying all sorts of dishes. Not that I am so hungry that I can eat a horse burger, but it is just simply the smell, taste and the look of the food all just look so appealing. Perhaps I might exaggerate a little. By the way, my mum is living somewhere near Eunos train station and it is a one room flat, in case you thought I was living in a palace.

My Working Experience With Joshua's Dad

I was working with Joshua's father, together with Joshua, Khairul, Kevin and Daryl, as an installer of Christmas decorations for all Fairprice supermarket. I am not sure if mine is really counted as working as my task was the easiest of all. All I have to do was help carry a little garlands, writing down the amount of items we were using and speaking to the managers. My friends job is a little harder, they were suppose to carry the items, put them up(which includes climbing up the ladder and hammering) and carry them back to the lorry. I guess it is all because Joshua's family think that I am a "tau-hu"(bean curd), soft and delicate.

It was not very easy as we were running on a tight schedule and also fighting for space with the customers. But everything was still fun and all.

There was one night when Kevin brought a laughing gas and we were playing with it on our way home. Everyone was laughing their head off on the back of the lorry except me. Not that I did not try the laughing gas, but it is just that the laughing gas has simply no effect on me no matter how many times they try it on me. But the laughing gas do make me feel light-headed. I felt as though I was dreaming and your senses just tells that I am not recording anything in my memory and it is not reality. Joshua said that it is as though you are drunk and whatever you say during that time will be the truth. Thankfully that laughing gas has no effect on me and I am able to keep my mind clear after a while.