yaya! so happy... like the weekend is over..i'm kinda relief.. =) but not feeling like how i expected.. haha. this morning was late for school. left uncle David's house late.. =p hmms. yesterday ran the Great Estern Womens 10 k.. came in 9th overall. 3rd in the u-19. thank GOD for seeing me through..got a glass plate? and adidas voucher. hmms.. after that chiong to chuch.. and was very tired haha.. then had lunch. Joanna came along with me. went home for while to.. er.. gtg. cher calling... tata.. takkaire!


yays. my New Zealand guest is here! her name Joanna. =) i'm in school. having Science but Mr Kowk is slacking, so is the whole class. lol. hmms.. race this weekend. GOD, your strength. =D its goanna be busy and packed for me this weekend.. okay. shhh... Mr Kowk just taught us how to use msn in school. haha. cool man! and i'm on msn.lol. when its supposed to be blocked. =D ciao.


hey hey.. been awhile since i posted. havent used the com for..lets say..tue-Sun.. abt 5 days? haha... been quite busy and just going from one thing to another..

Wed.
trained in the morning. went out with Anthea and ...eh hem.. to Vivo City.. haha. nothing much there la.. hiaz. Singapore so kan chiong, it opens offically on the 1st of Dec, why open to public so fast? then some stalls not open yet. the best part i like abt Vivo is the PLAYGROUND!! haha..lol. then chiong to church for Christmas Choir Practice.. had a packed day..

Thurs.
did intervals for training. Praise the LORD! He was there to sustain me through, and after many interval trngs, i'm finally able to smile after todays trng. thanks James for praying too. =) God is Good. He heard my crys..we did like 1km x 8.. yup. managed to hit target.. yays. so happy. after that went out with my dad. then home to sleep b4 i went for street E. was like late. woops. erm..i was paired with a guy from bfc.. shant comment.. God just taught me stuff. He's still teaching me and training me to be not so picky abt my partners. =)

Fri.
supposed to do self trng. haiz, i no disclipine.. haha.. posponed the trng to SAt..hmm..oh, i went to a christian bookstore with my mum. then chiong to National Colours at Ngee Ann.. really Thank GOD for this award..didn't really plan to get it or anything. it is really GOD's blessing..then rused down to church for our first Uth mininsty prayer! yay.. we got a name, now we need a acryonim? or synoim? haha.. i'm not sure which..its the U , t , h all stand for something.. tiring day with all the runnig ard..

Sat.
my grandma went with me to MacRitchie. i trained there while she jagar bag. =) hee hee.. thank You po po. then went home and read a very interesting book my mum bought for the Lib. =) so proud, it was 300plus pages thick and i finished it in two days! yays, claps hands.. went to church for choir prac..so fun..then went to uncles house for dinner and that was like close to 10 plus liao..

Today!
went to church, rushed home to train. rushed to coaches house to celebrate Deepavili. had a BBQ, pity i couldn't stay. rused to Victoria concert hall to meet Anne and Hui Shi for a concert.. then went home and went out to eat dinner with my mum.. oh ya, forgot to add, my dad left this morning for the Phil for 2 weeks.. continue to keep him in prayer as he teaches there.. thanks. =) what a "rushing" day.. haha.. just hope i'm in the centre of GOD's will. LORD, you are all i need. i want to love to more. i want to know you more. please grant me a heart relationship with You. Since life is all about You.. =) i love You cos You first loved me.

gtg sleep soon cos having trng tmr morning.. only need to be back in sch on tue nite. oh ya, this coming weekend, my New Zealand host is coming over.. i will be staying in my uncles house cos both parents will be overseas.. then, also having the Great Estern 10km run this Sun.. =)) GOD, help me.. dun know when will be my next post, but till then, whishing all you readers a blessed week ahead! GOD bless, and may He be so real to you this week. Keep praying. Ye have not, because ye ask not. Ask and it shall be given, seek and ye shall find, knock and the door shall be opened unto you.

Leaving a verse which i hold close to my heart:

"And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye search for me with all your heart"
Jeremiah 29:13

Wonderful promise, claim it this week! =) takkaire.


today i found it had to love..found myself rebelling so much on the inside.. all started when i came back from trng.. but first, i wanna say a huge thank you to Yvonne for waiting for me just now during the run. sorry if i slowed you down. don't know what's up with me, can you wake up, MEL! giving up is not an option. i can't commit to what i say i will do at trng. oh, Lord help. the Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. forgive me LORD, help me to love. all started when i came back from trng. got irrated with them. it's my life, it's between me and God. who are you to tell me what to do? anyway, how often do i get to do it? arghh.. then went to cut hair and i also got so angry and irrated with the hair dresser. first you get so obsessed with that stupid instrument then you use it on my hair like a thousand times.. my hair get shorter and shorter then you nicely over there using your beloved instrument. thankfully it was more of this shaver thing then a scissors if not by now i bo tak already. then really Thank GOD that my hair can still tie lor.. so short amazing can tie. i look wierd now. lols.. deciding whether to go for BS tonite.. got hw haven't done yet and i'm not sure if i can find another time to do it.. argh..

GOD, please help me. i need You. Your love. Your strength. Your grace. :)


on a "high" now. lol. had a great time of prayer with GOD just now. just so nice. thank GOD for helping me to pray. yaya. so happy its the hols now and i can relax..i have trng every morning..then i think most of my nights are also taken up. :) anyway..yay..BAtam trip is coming up!

BATAM MEDICAL MISSION (M2)
The next Batam Medical Mission is scheduled to be on 11 Nov 06, with a recce and drug stock take 1 week before on 4 Nov 06. (Both are Saturdays)

Do pray with us – This time we hope to go to both Kabil near where Bro Dennis works and where the church Bro Kamal ministers in is.

Pls keep those dates free. If you are interested in the recce trip or in the actual Batam trip itself – pls drop Terence and email at terence.soo@gmail.com . Pls let us know by 1 Nov 06 if you can come.

We need about 25-30 people in all (helpers with children, games, dispensing, registering, clinics and just to befriend the people there).

Blessings,Shawn V

yup..that's also on the teenz blog.. =)
i was just thinking about the Batam trip today, wondering when would the next one be.. hmm..really miss the children there.. =D Batam rocks! wish to go again, GOD willing.


hey! realised that i act haven't post for quite a long time. just back from the Look of a Leader Camp. Thank GOD i could even make it. it was like a miracle. =DD a few weeks ago, i remember praying "GOD, please be so real to me" and HE was! GOD is good. So came the time for leadership camp and even last Sun people were asking me, are you going? the friday b4 i sent out some sms to some of the adult leaders asking them to pray for me as i ask my coach for excuse from trng. on mon, got back to sch and heard that Sat morning's trng would be an important one, so i thought, that's it. i can't go for the camp liao. but that night Ian called me and told me about the "make up camp". so it just shows how little faith i have. then came tue, i realised that we wouldn't be doing the impt trng on Sat but on thurs afternoon. so my heart was lifted abit, yet fearful as to will my coach allow? how to ask him? thank GOD he gave me the courage, wisdom and strength to ask my coach on Wed afternoon and he told me he'll tell me the answer the next afternoon. all the while i was praying, GOD please work in my coach's heart. let him allow me to go for camp. and true enough, GOD will make a way, when there seems to be no way. He works in ways we cannot see, He really made a way for me. =) my coach said i could go! and didn't have to even do self trng or anything. coach said since it'll make you happy, go. enjoy yourself. =D GOD is good, ALL the time! and ALL the time, GOD is good. thank God for all the prayers of pple ard me too. thanks to all who prayed. so down to the real stuff, the camp:

Day 1 (Friday)
met in church. took a cab down to the campsite with Christine, Bernice and Marcus. woops, just realised haven't split the cab fare yet..had 1st lesson on Concern and split into groups for discussion. in my room, my roommates were Christine, Bernice, Jessie and Daphne! all very fun and loving pple. haha. =) slept. then in the middle of the night, we played the pulling blanket game. cos i was at one end so ended up with no blanket and was freezing. i decided to mummify myself in the sleeping bag and i was warm and cozy able to sleep again.

Day 2 (Saturday)
woke up and had devotions outside. found a nice and quiet spot. then Anne found me. =) haha. she said it was a nice spot. the day went on, had a lesson on Commitment. discussion on some concerns. lunch, then another lesson on Courage. went on to play some games. must admit, i was quit irriated and angry. wasn't supposed to be. even my group members were all having a fun time and ya..there i was thinking other stuff. it's really the mindset. sorry. all the games were very revealing. went for dinner. then another lesson on Consisteny. but before that we had like discussion time and just bringing up points learnt from the game. must say i was afraid to speak up. had stuff to say, but since its over ya... was fighting sleep when learning the fourth lesson and sorry Shiekinah and Maja if i distracted u all. was like eating stuff and constanly changing seat position. felt i needed to talk that night. i knew only GOD would underdstand. but my sturbbon self wanted to talk to man, someone i could see. Ian left early. i talked to James. b4 i did i was like in a crazy mood. sorry i broke my word, said i would repent. sometimes its just so tempting to think "wai" ya.. haha. right, Bernice, u know what i mean. talked to James abt running and like how i felt i didn't know why i was in this camp.. thanks James. and after we finished, i went alone, to talk to GOD. told God how i desired to meet Him. to be able to get out of the mess i'm in. Asked GOD to be real to me. and its like i knw there's one day left and the pevious 1 and a half days nothing much happened.. went to sleep waiting on GOd, to do something in my life.

DAy 3(Sunday, TODAY!)
woke up at 7. was supposed to wake up at 630 with Bernice to put toothpaste on Jessie, but hai, plan failed cos i didn't wake up. showered, took my stuff and went out for quiet time. to my suprise, someone was already at the spot, it was Anne. =) i shared the space with her. and we each did our own quiet time. then suddenly she ask me what are the words of don't forget and then i say, let's sing. so we sang, tears rolled down my cheeks, i think hers too. the song, when we thought of the words were so true. "How the time has gone by, and the memories have died. I've forgotten the joy when in Him i abide." and we went on to sing My God is Near. i thought about the first few times Anne, Ian and me sang it.. in the santuary, usually b4 the wed bs. Anne would play it on the piano, i would sing softly and Ian would just sing along at parts he knew the lyrics.. then suddenly Anne said, Let's pray. i wasn't quite prepared but, ok. so she suggested i start first, which i did. i prayed, and the Holy Spirit really led. it was just, i was broken if you may say.. i just told God everything on my heart. nothing to hide from Him cos He is GOD and He knows. and when i did that, i just felt GOD's presence so real. I knew He was there cos its a promise in Matthew. i could have gone on forever and wanted to. but ya, Anne prayed afer me. and we two were just broken. Anne closed in prayer, we finished with singing a Passion for Thee. then i hugged her, we knew what had just happened was from GOD and something only GOD can do. we went in, back to the bungalo, with swollen eyes but happy hearts, glowing faces. WE HAD JUST MET WITH GOD, ALMIGHTY! =D and to think of it, who am I, that GOD should show Himself to me? am i worthy? just Thank GOD. my heart overflows with praise to the LORD. and ya, after that ate breakfast. worship. worship was GREAT. lesson on Character. discussion on Samson. lunch. wrap up lesson. testimonies and thanks giving. =) home sweet home though i didn't really want to leave. its like there i'm not even concious of the day or date. going back is like going back to reality but its still something i must do. thanks Maverivck for the ride to Jurong East. Thanks Shawn for kindly giving up your seat on thecar for me. =) appreciate that.

overall, i would say the camp was GREAT, AWESOME, FANTASTIC - cos i met with my GOD. through it all, i see that HE's REAL and HE answers prayers! Jeremish 29:13. When you seek for Him with all your heat, you'll find Him. Amen to that! Thank God too for the oranising committe, Ian, James, Melvin, Sister Annie (plus Edmund) . Seto and Sister Abigal too.

May we go back, with the song Keep Your Heart in our hearts. may this Passion go on and on and not just a one time thing.

Thank YOU, dear God for everything thats happening. Please send a revival. may the truths learnt be kept in our hearts. =) GOD, i love You. Continue to be so real to me. Thank You Lord.


feel like blogging but supposed to be doing science project now. it's goanna be a busy weekend. man. i need to get up, and fight on. training has been tough and i don't wanna keep giving up. LORD, help. give me the strength.


HELLO MELODYYYYYY! GOD LOV3S YOU! SO DO I! ((:

that was Anthea. :)

We're now in Maths class and Miss Kelly is not here yet so i can blog. yays..erm.. things are looking better now. got my perspective right.
Yesterday morning trained at Pandan, met up with coach. had a discussion after that rushed down to church. Attented the Chinese service and i totally enjoyed myself. :D loved the Chinese songs they were singing. Ian preached a powerful message thank God. It was about Knowing God. :) my and James were like writing our notes in ENGLISH? lol. haha. and when i did understand, i would just peek over at James very legible handwriting. =)) in the afternoon had a chat with my parents about running, God and my future and everything. Thank God for such Godly paretns with great advice. For now, i'll do my best in everything for the glory of GOD. and to give less then my best is to have failed Him. =) oh.. ms Kelly's here liao. gtg. ciaoz. takkarie all. have a great week with our LORD. read the Bible, pray and keep looking up! yupz.. =) smile, it's goanna be a GREAT week ahead..

I Love You, LORD.
Jeremiah 29:13

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