Friday, 17 June 2011

inciting!

recording of 4th june svc is out! i was juz watching it cuz i couldnt get into d hall dat week.. was standing outside d auditorium due to ppl-overload! LOL. 

anyway d WoG delivered by Pst Kong was simply inciting! it's very true that members shud desire to achieve a balance of spirituality, success in life n love for ppl(not juz in church). n i daresay i'm one of whom still very much in need of such equilibrium. 

i can still rmb d first few yrs of my walk w/ God.. it was so "exciting", full of events to go and juz have loads of fun etc until ard 2005 when i was hit w/ a revelation, tks to d guy who brought me to chc who was also my first cgl. last i heard he left full-time ministry to go into property. so Eric expounded dat i've been so caught up w/ enjoying God's salvation n blessing dat i failed to spread it to others. it was time to step out of my comfort zone & mature in my faith by learning how to serve Jesus to others through my daily life. it wasn't juz abt fellowshiping in d chartered bus to lavender n kallang every week. it wasn't juz abt making so many frens in church etc(yes i still rmb them Su Wee, Shawn Paul Tan, Sky n many more from Bravo n Charlie zone lol). it was time to grow up n bring dis piece of gd news to frens ard me. it's very easy to sing & worship, to give offerings n go for svc/cgm but soul-winning is smth i've been struggling w/ tremendously. i tink this is d next level n i tk God for reminding me of His grace in helping me bring a fren for Easter this yr n seeing him accept Christ for himself. 

it's been a great form of encouragement to me to know dat in spite of d many, many, many stupid mistakes i've made in life, God is still so faithful to me =)

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Junior Dos Santos dominated Shane Carwin in UFC 131 in a Heavyweight Fight(30-27, 30-27 & 30-26) to determine who will face Cain Velásquez for d belt. once again it is proven true, speed wins stand ups(even better if added w/ vicious accuracy n incredible stamina). it's wad one of my ex classmates said.. is wad Mike Tyson said.. is wad Bruce Lee confounded too. 

aside from dat, i tink a lot of credit goes to Heavyweight division fighters who can be so quick n yet versatile. cuz it takes more effort to be as fast - in terms of ratio or percentage if there's such a measurement - as a Light/Welterweight. cuz d world in societies as we know is pretty much standard. a cup is a cup.. a chair is a chair.. there is no such thing as bigger cup for bigger ppl n bigger sized food for bigger ppl(which i wont explain further since i dun wanna start gg into economics bla bla). so a person who's much taller or larger than d usual estimate takes less effort in his/her daily life to do stuff. dis translates to d fact dat their body becomes accustomed to such minimal effort dat they hit higher heart rates n use more energy juz by achieving d same strength/stamina/speed/conditioning standards as an average person.



sry if u find it profound but it's juz really basic analysis. i like finding d root reason behind stuff dat happens n it's been like a hobby to me since young. like how u can tell one part of a person's character by knowing which finger he uses to dig his nose. pinky or index? hehe.. altho knowing so much n not being able to disseminate it is useless. which is y we go thru PSLE/O'Level/A'Level/Diploma/Nitec/ Degree/Masters etc. it's NOT d information being processed dat's impt. dat's nt wad d system is for. it's d skills u acquire from processing d intel dat will help u in ur life till u die. it's as true as water quenches thirst & dats juz d way it is. 

Sunday, 12 June 2011

Over So Soon . Impacted

my very first outta 10 In-Camp Trainings(ICTs) is now over.. BOOOOO. kinda sad dat it went by so soon tho but dat's cool =) it was a low-key five-&-a-half day thinggy' which ended w/ a mock activation/mobilization, which also ended REALLLY quickly lol. kinda made me feel like i wasted 2 hrs of my time packing my field pack d nite b4, but then again i'm thankful for d trust d inspectors have for us. well wad can i say, we came from a 2-yr-consecutive best battalion 42 Singapore Armoured Regiment, so higher expectations n leniency comes along w/ it even after entering "reservist mode" haha.

well it really did turn out to be loads of freedom in camp, especially for us men as most of d officers n sergeants had slightly more duties to be done(planning/checking equipment/paperwork etc). kudos to them man. we pretty much visited d canteen EVERY DAY n could walk anywhere we wish during admin time as long as we have our headdress on, when not under shelter dat is =P of course, we had to be on time for any training we had like section & vehicle drills, grenade throwing(which i completely suck at sadly), breaching n my own weapon familiarization(M203 as usual). it's a weird feeling knowing that i'll be d first to die in a real war considering I have to be in front bashing thru jungles w/ my parang for my section or simply die from exhaustion of carrying d bangalor torpedo & HE/Illum rounds etc. but it's alright cuz we all have our individual duties so i juz need to focus on being d best 1M203 i can be =) 

i felt happy dat my platoon had a much better bonding this time round n dat i could open up a lil more to ppl i didn't expect to haha. we did several more things together especially when we all went to "lim kopi" on d final nite spending some quality time haha. anyway my current goal for d next 9 yrs till MR is simply to be able to contribute to my platoon, coy or battalion as much as i can whilst not causing any trouble for anyone. it's a realistic dream for me atm n i'm juz glad to know dat my presence dun bring any air of contempt anymore but true delight/comfort. 

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so tk God ICT ended in time for me to make it for my allocated 1530 hrs svc at JW earlier on. these past few mths have seen a string of powerful n anointed speakers visiting but somehow, Mike Connell's Word stood out to me this season. 
  • u may come from a lousy background but it's ur future dat's of greater concern.
  • God has amazing plans in store for ur future even when others despise d current u. 
  • dun let bitterness toward insensible crowd stop u from achieving ur dreams, release n become great.
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aite so i juz finished watching d finale of The Ultimate Fighter Season 13. nth spectacular except dat Tony Ferguson won d six-figure UFC contract as 170lbs welterweight =) cant wait to watch UFC 131 soon when i have d time to spare yup.