Sports Day & Sports Club

If you could remember, we somehow like went into another "raining season" from last Friday onwards.
It was wet on Saturday as well.
When Sunday came, we were already praying very hard.
After service, the sky turned dark and it started drizzling.
Then it stopped.
As we were laying out the logistics at School of Physical Education before the event, it mizzled again!
I prayed real hard and i believed some of us were doing the same as i realised the silence.
Within minutes, the sky cleared up, followed by the whole afternoon of nice cool breeze.
Who else can we thank but Him???
Without Him, the event would not proceed as planned and all of us would not have left the place, smiling.

The games constituted of Volleyball, Captain's Ball and Street Soccer.
Played concurrently.
So you can imagine how "carnival" that portion of SPE was.
Everyone was fighting hard to gain points for their team.
Tough fight i must say.

All thanks to Carol for taking the pics as Bonny was uber busy that day.
If not, no pictures to see already!

Before the event, the helpers were busy wrapping the individual game prizes.
All thanks to Persi for the helpers and making her way to Suntec to get the t-shirts for the Comm.
With that, i appointed her as our honourary member. Hah.
Those guys below are Uncle Chua, my "boss" and Chris, my working partner in the Comm.
Awesome guys to work with!
Oh saw the t-shirts?? Nice hor!
I think the idea of a Comm t-shirt is so cool.
People thought we were sponsored by Adidas! (such a pity that we forgot to take a group pic)
I had my reason for choosing it.
If you realised, it actually compliments the figure because of the inner "cut" with a different shade. Heh.
K lah k lah it's me who needs that ok!


While waiting for the rest to arrive at their snail-pace, we had to entertain ourselves.


Poor Persi was hidden by Ah Cong's pen-kiaped-fingers.
Saw his t-shirt??? Yeah...we are 一伙儿 one! Yay!


After mass warm-up. Yes...MASS warm-up. Steady hor.
Give me a B!
Give me a L!
Give me an U!
Give me an E!
We are the BLUE TEAM!!!!
Gogogo!!! Yay!


Catch the people in action!
Bonny played Captain's Ball and i concluded that i lost my skills.
Oh no!!!! It's time to brush up!
Oh maybe i was just not used to playing "rule-less" and "goal-poles-less" netball.
Bonny was a goal-attack in my secondary school netball team ok! Don't play play.
Hmmm...I'm good if only i could stand forever at the same position to shoot lah. =p


Persi and Bonny - never fail to pose in any circumstances.


Look at our burned out look.
Due to our under-manpowered situation, a few of us had to toggle between games.
It also meant that we are 多才多艺 la. Heh.
And I was wondering what's wrong with Kaf in the pic.
Why he hold that bottle of Ice Mountain until like that??? 拍广告 ah?
He still dare to tell me that he would fall in love with himself if he's a girl in the pic.
*faint*


With the debut of Sports Day, we officially announced the launch of SPORTS CLUB!!!!!
Sports Club will be held every Wednesday starting 7 February 2007.
Venue will be at School of Physical Education, 21 Evans Road.
Games will include badminton, volleyball, captain's ball, street soccer etc...subject to availability of court.
Each person cheap cheap...4 bucks only and save you the trouble of booking the courts yourself and you'll have a variety of games to play!
Furthermore, you will not face the difficulty of not getting enough players.
If your New Year resolution is to keep fit and exercise more, this is the club for you!
So don't wait anymore, pack your sports gear and buzz Bonny!

Hope to see ya soon! =)

Wait

I am into another round of waiting game again.
Seriously i really dislike this feeling of waiting.
It slows me down and results in inefficiency.

Wait #1
It has been 8 days and i haven't receive the result of my pap smear and biopsy report of that thing.
Previously it was posted to me in like 4 days?
There is only 1 possibility that they will withhold the report i.e. when they found abnormalities and it's not very compassionate to just "inform" you in this manner.
Dr Chia said that she will call me if there's 'anything'.
I have phobia to receive calls from unfamiliar or private numbers on my mobile eversince.
This morning, i rang up the hospital as i really couldn't stand it any further.
The friendly nurse said it usually takes 3 weeks.
But why last time 4 days?? I didn't ask her.
Ok maybe i'm just being paranoid.

Wait #2
By right, we should be due for the 2nd appointment at HDB next Friday and that is when the procedures will be completed and keys ready for collection.
HDB is supposed to send a letter to inform us of the time and such but till now...DON'T HAVE loh!
So what? Is it still on or not?
Last night, i received a mail from Singapore Land Authority and it says Caveat Notice.
I frightened myself (and Mum) when i saw words like "mortgagee" and "中止转手" (it was a multilingual notice).
What what what??
Couldn't be bothered by the fact that it was a few minutes before midnight, i rang my housing agent.
Later then i found out it was an usual procedure.
Ok now had to pacify the frantic Mum.
How i know?? It's my first purchase what!
Ok back to the letter...
Well, it did mention in one of the processing documents that we will get the letter around 1 week before the date of 2nd appointment.
So technically saying, this Friday will be exactly 1 week.
Ok maybe i'm just being uptight.
I'll wait for 1 more day then. =p

Some time ago, read in a brother's blog where he wrote his testimony on waiting for God and being patient.
I did place my hope on God and trust that He will be ahead of me in all circumstances.
Perhaps i misplaced some "hope" elsewhere thus causing the anxiety.
See...i asked for it.

The brother that i mentioned wrote this song....

WAIT
Verse
My soul it yearns for you at night
My spirit longs for you all day
Your love it rests upon my heart
Your Word I seek and I obey

Pre- Chorus
Humbly I come
Your will be done

Chorus
Lord I wait at Your feet
Bowing before You
Come and release
Your Truth to me
Lift me up from the pit
Take me and cleanse me
Reveal to me
And I’ll respond to You

Bridge
I will wait upon You Lord ….

Sports Day

Calling for Soccer + Volleyball + Captain's Ball players!!!!
Help needed!!!
Call Bonny yah!

不想坚强

去年的圣诞节收到一张卡片，是一位新同事送的.
卡片写着这么一段：Thank you for being strong...
让我顿了一下...strong 是要如何解释？
如果是指我的体形，也不太给面子了吧.
另一个比较有可能的意思就是坚强或是强悍.
让我不解的是，我做出了什么举动又是传达了什么讯息，能让人对我有这种印象.
话还是出自一个只相识3个月的普通同事.
她对我的了解能有多深？
百思不得其解...

我有个好朋友，常说我是她的模范.
也会不时向周围的人提起我，说我是如何坚强的面对人生.
坦白说，我真的不敢当.
不过每当有人用坚强来比喻我时，我都欣然接受.
瞄一瞄我以往的处事态度，也相信“没错...我是坚强的”.

坚强的定义是什么?
是一种行为， 一种态度，还是两者兼俱.
坚强和逞强只是一线之差.
而那条线是模糊的.

最近一个密友识破了这个谎言.
他觉得其实我只是故作坚强.
外表看起来坚定，不易被击倒.
但是内心却脆弱，需要依靠, 扶持.
每当遇到打击时，即使快要崩溃，也不愿对旁人显露出真面目.
想一想，确实如此, 但又不完全正确.

我并不想压抑自己，只是找不到适合的管道让我抒发情绪.
或许外界对我的要求，没办法允许以及接受我有任何一反常态的举动.
无法不去理会, 尤其当情况所逼.


有耐性的人是少有.
会聆听的人是稀有.
偶尔找到发泄对象, 别人只会当我在撒娇，耍小姐脾气.
既然没人理解，何必自讨没趣?
不如把情绪压下，照常过日子，坦然面对接下来的种种.
地球不会因我而停止转动.


日子久了, 也麻木了.
忘了如何释放情绪.
忘了如何在别人面前哭泣.
咳...就是所谓的逞强吧。

谁能让我卸下刚强的仪容做回自己?
我还在寻找着。


........




电影散场后, 我只想嚎淘大哭.
讨厌自己在低落的时候看一部悲到不行的戏.

不明白为什么相爱的人不在一起.
不明白为什么一段爱情会被人的自信心给掩盖.
不明白为什么他们能忍受一段模糊的关系.

落泪不是因为感动.
反而有点愤怒.
气愤小米不懂得珍惜眼前所爱的人.
气愤她优柔寡断.
为她感到后悔.
为她感到心痛.

人为什么要让自己悬挂在半空中, 直到无法挽回的地步.
这是一种自虐, 一种悲剧.

Reunion with Dr Chia

How time flies, it has been 6 months and i'm back to the familiar place again.
Walking past the A&E, i was subconsciously reminded of the images that took place 3 years ago.
It was very fresh and clear.
Well some things are just hard to be forgotten.

I was thrilled to be able to see Dr Chia again.
She has been my doc-in-charge since 3 years back and i think she's really a blessing for me.
The things she had done, really changed my perception towards government doctors.
Countless things...
When i had to send my diagnosis reports to overseas uni for verification, she helped to persuade the hospital to absorb the charges.
Even when the reports came back, she offered to ring me to tell me the results so that i saved my trouble and money of fixing an appointment with the hospital.
She offered to give me her pager and mobile number, just in case i have any queries on my medical condition.
Not forgetting the boxes of medicines she gave me foc.
She couldn't bear to put me through any risk because she was afraid of "losing" me and because of that, i lived.
I'm just so thankful.

Dr Chia left for Australia to further her studies a year after operating me and returned only last June.
Immediately, she informed me of her return and asked to see me at my next appointment.
She actually remembered me after 1 over years.
Unfortunately the hospital made a mistake and argued that as a subsidized patient, i shouldn't request for a particular doctor. Win already loh.
Therefore i missed the chance of seeing her last July.

Finally, we met today!
So happy loh!
We had so much to catch up and even her assistant commented that i was there for a reunion, not check-up. Haha...
She didn't change a bit. Still so caring, so detailed.
She always wants to make sure that i am alright and wouldn't risk anything she saw/found.
And due to this meticulousness of hers, Bonny had to endure extra pain. =(
While doing the regular pap smear, she saw a "thing" she didn't like and hence there and then, she performed a mini surgery on me. Oh boy....the pain was excruciating!
Persi (my companion of the day) said that she heard me breathing uber loudly from outside the curtain. =p
Well, that's the only way i could do to distract the pain loh.

Dr Chia thinks that "thing" should be benign but it can only be confirmed after the biopsy.
Haiz...another waiting game again.
Perhaps i'm getting used to such "could be" situations. I didn't react much.
Well, it does linger in my mind. Hard not to.
So...hmm...pray with me k.

I was told by Dr Chia that i had passed my 1st risk phase.
I really hope to pass many phases ahead.
I HOPE and i WILL...

CG Desaru Retreat ~ 22-23 Dec 06

Final trip to update!

We took a ferry from a deserted terminal.
We played carom and pool.
We stayed in a dormitory-like resort with super big rooms.
We had our own bus which took us to an abandoned town for lunch.


We risked our lives at the tsunami-threatening beach!


We (i mean they) squeezed in a mpv and travelled 40min for dinner.
We had salted egg yolk crab which was uber sinful but uber yummy.
We saw the biggest chunk of keropok which we have ever seen.
We had CG from 10pm to 2am.
We were forced to play Bang! with Vinc and witnessed an child-like act of his which caught us stunned.


We go-karted before we ferried home.


So FUN!!!

Gary the Superman

好久没金曲介绍了。
坦白说，最近也没什么金曲能让我有如此大的推动力来介绍。
可是几天前看《娱乐百分百》的时候，这位仁兄真的让我佩服得五体投地。
Gary 曹格。。。认识吗？
他是个来自大马的歌手，从小在纽西兰接受教育。
去年发了第一张专辑 - Superwoman 后，名声大造。
不久前刚发了他的第二张专辑 - Superman （有点 lame hor?）
打从他发第一张专辑的时候，我就对他刮目相看。
还曾经扮成“小歌迷”去看他表演呢！ =p
他飙高音和假音的功力。。。哇！！！ 从没听过他破音或走音。音准一流！
有许多女歌手都得甘拜下风。
他可是从来没有接受过任何正规歌唱训练的喔。
噢。。。扯太远了。。。之前是在说《娱乐百分百》！

在这个《曹格 VS 卓文萱 百分百大對抗》里，其中一个环节，卓文萱和Gary 必须互唱彼此的歌。
Gary选的那首卓文萱的歌，老实说，对我而言是个大挑战。
如果没有那种台湾女生嗲嗲的声音，最好不要尝试。会弄巧反作的！=p
Okok...事不宜迟。。。让你们看看他的功力。

(专注在前两分钟就行了。我不会剪接leh。）


厉害hor??
虽然他好像唱到很辛苦，可是他是厉害的咯！
谦虚罢了啦！

我觉得他还蛮cute的。。。 =p
但这不是重点！

J Project

Background:
After more than 30 years of bachelorhood, Caleb made the greatest decision in his life i.e. to propose to his girlfriend, Jacq (aka THE TARGET). The proposal, named J Project, took place at Hotel Selesa, JB where the Chinese Minstry was having their retreat and Jacq is in the Chinese Ministry of course lah! Much preparation (an understatement) was done prior to the proposal day and numerous manpower (an understatement again) were involved in this Project.

On 30 December, the execution of J Project...

Time check: 1030hr ~
Bonny and Lucia had our breakfast at MacDees at Hougang before we met Ricky.
He would be driving us into Johor Bahru and of course, drive us home at the end of the day.

Time check: 1200hr ~
Set off to the Causeway!

Time check: 1300hr ~
Arrival at Hotel Selesa - THE HOTEL.
Parked our car and headed for lunch and shopping.
Ricky claimed that Caleb had asked him to bring us to City Plaza which indeed we saw a City Plaza just next to the hotel.
But as we entered into the building, we were greeted with a gynaecology clinic and a ulu furniture shop. Where got food??
In the end, we concluded that it should be City Square instead. 摆乌龙 Hahaha!!!
We shopped a bit and ate a lot because by the time we lunched, it was already 3pm!
Just as we were going to hail a cab back to THE HOTEL, at the tip of my small eyes, Bonny saw someone waving frantically from a distance.
OH NOOOOOO!!!!! Kenna spotted by THE TARGET!!!!
TAKE COVER!!!!! But it was too late. So Lucia, Ricky and Bonny had to act surprise and wave back.
We rang up Koko (currently at THE HOTEL) and seek contingency plans.
Surprisingly, she seemed pretty cool about it and said that she would fetch us at the lobby.

Time check: 1600hr ~
Back at THE HOTEL and went straight up to Koko's room (THE ROOM), just in case we bump into THE TARGET again.
That was when our main task began i.e. to decorate THE ROOM for SURPRISE 2 of the Project.

Time check: 1730hr ~
In order to 将错就错, it was decided that Lucia and i would pose as game coordinators and pretend that our intention for the trip was to help Koko with the games. Yah like real! =p
So Lucia and Bonny made our guest appearance and revealed ourselves in front of the Chinese Ministry and THE TARGET totally believed that we were called in just to coordinate games.
On the other scene (in THE ROOM), Caleb finally smuggled into THE ROOM after a mad rush across the Causeway.

Time check: 1830hr ~
After the game, Lucia and Bonny went back to THE ROOM to meet up with Caleb and the rest.
While the Ministry proceeded for dinner at the in-house restaurant.
By that time, Caleb was already dressed and we relaxed a bit before THE TIME comes.
Talk talk talk, laugh laugh laugh...not knowing that THE TARGET was changing in her room which was just next to us!!!
Before that, Caleb had already made himself very obvious with his signature laughter loh.
Thank God, her room-mate who was also our accomplice turned up the tv volume when she heard the signature laughter. So clever hor!
When we thought everything was back to normal, we heard that Caleb's CG (who also came to support) was also spotted by THE TARGET in the lift!
You see...the CG was in the lift and she was at the lift lobby lah. So when the lift door opened...oops..
But heard that she still didn't find anything amiss.

Time check: 1930hr ~
THE TIME!!! SURPRISE 1
Here comes the climax!
Caleb and us started to make our way down to the resturant (everybody had already finished their dinner, including THE TARGET).
At the restaurant, they played a video (prepared beforehand) about how the Chinese Ministry committee organised the retreat, found the place bla bla bla....not important.
Somewhere in the middle, the video had a 360 degree change. It featured Caleb in a jewellery shop, buying THE RING!
On the other scene, the real Caleb was already on standby at the lift lobby outside the restaurant.
Back on the video, Caleb was talking, expressing his love to THE TARGET. *shiver*
By this time, THE TARGET was super confused and all of a sudden when Caleb was about to blurt THE QUESTION in the video!!!!!!!!
The video HANGED!!!
Aiya...gei-gei one lah so that Koko can ring Caleb mah. Otherwise how he appear?
When the line got through to Caleb, Koko passed the phone to THE TARGET and she was like "你在哪里? 你在哪里?" Hahaha...
Just when she was still 你在哪里-ing, Caleb suavely appeared behind her with a bouquet of lilies.
As she turned and saw him, i could see like a thousand question marks on her face.
The rest...you should know lah.
The result...of course "and they lived happily everafter" loh! Yeah!
But...it's not the end yet!

Time check: 2030hr
We took a 30min walk and finally reached our dinner place.
By then, i thought i could swallow a cow. =p
The dinner proved to that our walk was all worthwhile. Heh.

Time check: 2230hr
Caleb and a few of us went back to THE HOTEL again.
You see...after SURPRISE 1, Caleb bluffed Jacq (previously known as THE TARGET) that he was heading back to Singapore already. Obviously she was uber disappointed loh. That was when SURPRISE 2 would take place to make her happy again. Steady right?
SURPRISE 2 would take place at THE ROOM (remember we decorated earlier?).
The idea was to ask Jacq to open the connecting door from her side and ta-da there stood Caleb with a lookalike bear...when she thought he had already gone home.
The details...please see the slide show below.

Time check: 2330hr
We were finally going home.
In the end, reached home only at 0100hrs after trapping in the jam at the Causeway.
Lucia, Ricky and Bonny were dead beat (an understatement).
But i thought it was such a meaningful day.
CONGRATULATIONS Caleb and Jacq! =)


Create Your Own

If you are lost at any point of my above illustration, please clarify with Bonny personally.
I did my best already. =p

小彬彬长大了!

Calling out those who are of my age and started watching Chinese movies in late 80s!

Do you remember 小彬彬??

I'm sure you do!

Goodness!!! He is already a 28-yr-old married man with 2 kids!

And his son looks exactly like him when he was young!!!!!

I love him when we were young.

He was uber cute lor and he sure can act pretty well.

I remembered this show when he purposely made himself ill by wetting himself and standing in front of the blowing fan just to bring his parents together.

Very poor thing and very touching leh.

According to the report, he is a property agent now.

I wonder if his clients call him 小彬彬 hor?

Hey good marketing technique leh. "Buy Your House With 小彬彬"!

Kekeke...

Hey Persi...he's NOT 小叮当's friend hor... =p

Leaping into 2007

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Yes i know i'm late.
Well, unfortunately, Bonny fell ill on the 3rd day of the New Year and was bedriddened for 2 days.
It was terrible man.
Feeling hot all over the body, bones were like "hammered" and had to breathe through my mouth because both of my nostrils were blocked.
Heard that many people were infected with this virus that was going around.
But anyway, am feeling better now so God is good.

Bonny had her 1st Watch Night Service on New Year's Eve.
The service started at 830pm with our everbest praise and worship.
In this service, we wanted to give thanks to our Lord for bringing us through the year.
Be it happiness or hardship, He was always there to guide us through.
I am thankful that God has never foresaken me even at time of rebellious.
I am thankful for the way He taught me and guided me when i was forced into some experiences.
I am thankful for His abundant blessings which made me feel very loved.

On the last day of the year, the church wanted to show its appreciation to several individuals with the Model Brightonites Award.
Fwah! Really looked like Star Awards leh!
Just that they didn't have the nominees projected only. Hah.
Before every awardees, Ps LY would give a short illustration on how this person had contributed to the church in their own ways.
And that was when the audiences started to whisper names. Making gueses. Haha...
When it came to the 9th and final awardee, Ps LY was as usual introducing and as usual we were speculating.
But just when she commented suddenly..."even Chin Teck was afraid of her!", Persi turned and pointed at me..."it's YOU Bonny!!!"
Alamak...it's really Bonny wor. Heh.
I really didn't expect that at all wor but i was really thankful for the recognition.
God's recognition. =)
Later Ps LY told me that i really had the "oscar-winning" expression. Hee...
It also sets me thinking...am i really that fierce???
I don't think Tecky is afraid of me lah. He gei-gei only. =p
Then we had games and Ps Tiak shared with us our vision for the new year.
Followed by worship after worship which we wished it would never end.
Super duper high and Bonny kinda hurt my ribcage because i over-jumped. =p
It was just sooooo good that we overrun.
In the end, we left SPC at 1am.
Didn't we expect that at 1am of New Year, 永和豆浆 can be that packed!
We had to settle at Bah Kut Teh at Balestier.

New Year's Day was spent at Orchid Country Club.
Our annual Celebration Ministry gathering.
I was amazed that a small lil suite can actually accommodate 30ish people.
And we could even play Pirates on the Deck with that space limitation!
It's refreshing when we gather and refocus after a year's of hard work and set new goals and new covenants.

Dinner was with all my good brothers and sisters at a fantastic claypot rice stall at Ang Mo Kio.

Nice and cosy. No boundaries of CG or ministries.

Just then Bonny realised there is a secluded McCafe opposite the stall!

Out of no where, it emerged from the land like that.

Furnished in a simple manner yet keeping the natural atmosphere.

Perfect place for a cuppa and sundaes to complete the day.

On the 2nd day of New Year, Bonny decided to slow down.

And..ahem...stay healthy.

So when Xf asked if i was keen to play badminton, i agreed without any hesitation.

Other than the both of us, she invited a fellow ex-PS who used to be her classmate.

Initially i was pretty neutral about it but later felt a lil awkward.
Well, we didn't know each other personally though we were from the same school.

But all thanks to him, i was made a legacy in school.

You see...i was a righteous prefect in school right? There would bound to have the mischievious pai-kias. Most of the time, the pai-kias would intentionally irritate righteous prefect at their best abilities. Well for me, i was given a nickname which tagged me through the 4 years and beyond.

And this nickname was bestowed none other than this guy whom i was going to play badminton with.

Yah lah, it was 10 years ago but still.....weird leh. Heh.

Nevertheless, it was fun lah and a great workout.

Just that the game caused me to be bedriddened for 2 days loh. [see above]

Come, see the pics i've taken over the New Year!

Our "annual" must-do pose!

Carol! Our new addition to the CG! =)

Kaf, Cong and Bonny...reflecting on 2006.


The Vocalists with our new "boss" Tecky! Yah the church is that small lah. =p

Bonny and dear Persi in our favourite pose.

Persi said she prefer this profile of hers. Ok loh. =p

Bonny and Tecky with his fake smile. Duh...

We took this along the expressway on our way to dinner!!

It was a DOUBLE rainbow leh!!! Look closely!

Persi said it was reported in the papers!

Mcdees x 3!

Mr Cappucino

Outside Mcdees...nice hor??

One more trip to blog about!

Stay tune!