RLs' Chill Out Session One - Michael's Birthday.

Today, we had lunch at Joe's kitchen to celebrate Michael's birthday. All of us then adjourned to The Turqoise Room at Gillman Village for tea. Joe's Kitchen sells yummy Thai food which are reasonably priced and importantly there are no dogs.... cos its air-conditioned! *grins* All are nice except for the Tom Yum soup I guess..

@ The Turqoise Room, I tried this orange tea crush today which tasted a little farnie... the probably cos its mixed with my mucus and all hahahahaha... YIKES. But its such a lovely place. Quiet and serene. Nice!Thanks Lionel for being such a resourceful Birthday I/C.

@ Joe's Kitchen-Alexander Village

Look @ how happy Michael was with the Birthday Muffin....

Happy pic of happy people @ The Turqoise Room #1
Lionel, Cheryl, Kenneth and Mic - the Birthday boy.

Happy pic of happy people @ The Turqoise Room #2
The background looks so homely eh?
Suhui with Esther

Happy pic of happy people @ The Turqoise Room #3
Esther with Jeanie

Chileli Junior

Chileli died quite some time back. Though it really took me some weeks to come to terms with the fact that no matter how much water I give, the 101 varied positions I tried to place it so that it will get the most sun, it will still not grow. Cos its dead. *mourns* How could it possibly die when it was sprouting so beautifully the first time? I guess, this young life must have battled to survive but in the end still lost out to that incredulous amount of soil my mum drowned it with. Come to think of it, its just soil. How come it din survive?

Anyway, I decided to try again. "THIS CAN"T BE IT". I went to my fridge, cut open another chilli padi and drop the seed into the same soil again. I waited and waited...nearly disappointed as I shared with Esther yesterday cos it was still not sprouting. But today, I saw a tiny, winy green sprout. It takes good eyes to discover I guess. *grins* haa Cos its so small. It was bended with its leaves cuddling together, trying to emerge out of that thick layer of soil. HEAR ME SHOUT ---> GROWTH! WOooo HOO!. Happy. Will show you Chileli Junior when it gets a little more visible to my nearly breakdown Sony Ericcson 3.2 Megapixel Phone and of course not to mention my Canon, should-soon-be-sent-for-repair Ixus 6.0 too. Haha.

Was just sharing with Esther yesterday that when I looked at my Chileli Jr who was not growing, I can't help but to feel a little disappointed cos I really put in effort to care and look after it. I water, talk to it, change it's position and checked to see if the draining holes were good enough. Apparently these daily efforts din seem to reap much results. As a gardener myself, I can't help but to relate to how God must have felt when some of us don't grow though the environment seemed so right. How He would have felt when some of us growing ones died when just some "soil" piled on us. Like how I feel for Chileli? How does God work through disappointments?

Make a call.... open a window.

Is there someone in church whom we have missed out? Someone who used to sit on the same row of chairs as you during service? Someone who used to serve in the same events/ministries as you? Someone who used to share in cell or even lead but no longer there? Probably, we need to take some time this week and ask the Lord to bring to our remembrance... in fact, I am sure He would. Then its time to make a call or open an MSN window and ask them "how are you?"

The tendency to forget someone who is not physically there is so high but we must choose to remember cos they are the Lord's sheep too.

Indecent Proposal

14th February 2008 - Valentine's Day.

Soo Wei: Children, do you know what day is it today?

Class: 14th February

Soo Wei: Yes! Do you know what is so special about today?

Some: Valentine's Day.

Kelly: Valentine's Day... Mummy and Daddy Smuack Smuack Smuack.

Soo Wei: Er... yes, today is a day where you should love to people who are dear to you,
like you mummy, daddy and siblings...

and suddenly..... Zheng Da's hand shot up.

Zheng Da: Miss Sim, I want to marry you.

Soo Wei: Er... do you know what is the meaning of "marry"?

Zheng Da: Yes... JIE HUN (repeated it in mandarin)

Soo Wei: *laughs* ok. Do you have a ring?

Zheng Da: *blurrly replied* No.

Soo Wei: Do you have money?

Zheng Da: *replied excitedly* YES! TWO DOLLARS.

Soo Wei: *laughs*

Chia Ee's first shot with a nearly breakdown sony ericsson.

Not bad eh? Of course with aunty soowei's help the picture can't be more than this perfect. :)

Chia Ee

He wanted my phone.

Chia Ee

Saw this boy during CNY. So cute right? But you shld all See his shocked face when rach lim stole a kiss from him. Ha.

Ride to Salvation.

"Dear God, I pray that you will send people
to share the gospel with my dad when he is driving his taxi..."

I prayed this very often when I was young but not till couple of years back that I decided to be one of those "people" sent. Often than not, I would challenge Dad to believe in Jesus and question his belief in the traditions which he has no answers for me, most of the time.

This morning, I shared with him the relevance of the bible as I was so stirred by what Xiao Wei shared regarding her Israel trip. "The bible is real!" "Jesus is really coming back!" these thoughts lingered in my head as I hear her speak of the trip; the evidences she saw and how she links them back to the word of God.

Dad listened on as I shared with him but he gave no room to Jesus even though he was left speechless each time I questioned and as I defend for the gospel. Later, Jie hopped on the car and joined forces with me but to no avail... I was a little disheartened but I know that salvations belong to the Lord. Each time I pray for Dad and Mum, I will see a vision of worship; Dad would prostrate before the Lord in worship and Mum lifting hands. Its my prayer really that they will come to know Jesus soon and serve Him wholeheartedly and not just be believers at their deathbeds. As I walked into church, it was really encouraging singing ".... my God is mighty to save, He is mighty to save...." what is impossible for God who can even move the mountains? Amen?

Talking about salvations, grandma has been on my mind since she had her stroke couple of months back. I was reminded of my prayer as I told the Lord to preserve her life that she might come to know Jesus. God did! So what should I do?

Just last friday, I mused up my courage intending to bring the gospel to her. I brought an evangelistic VCD with me. It talks about a girl with cerebral palsy and how she outgrew that low self esteem and became a very successful DJ in Taiwan now. With all anticipation and slight nervousness, I played the VCD . She watched attentively as the film rolled on. So far so good... but just about 7 mins of the show, grand started crying when she saw the protagonist's mother crying to a doctor calling for help. Probably she could identify with the mother's love for her child. I am not too sure but she was really crying badly. Immediately, I had to stop the VCD and calmed grandma down. I was shocked. I felt so bad making her cry. There was an instantaneous guilt stricken in me as I held her hands to comfort her. After she was calmed and all, I summarised the show and I asked if she would like to come church with me. She just smiled and looked away.

I went home feeling rather defeated and upset with myself cos instead of bringing joy to grandma, I brought tears. I was fearful of trying again. Cos I do not know what might hurt her and I love her too much to want to hurt her. Then, I was reminded of how real hell is and the scripture that says ".....so that by all possible means I might save some." 1 Cor 9:22 I would rather her cry now than in hell forever.

Lord, let salvation be near.

Zhen's Birthday.

Dear Zhen,

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to Zhen Zhen...
Happy Birthday to you!

Last week, we celebrated Zhen's 18th (*clears throat) Birthday. We brought her 2 elmo balloons, a bottle of wine, a bouquet of flowers and how could I not mention... our guest appearance. *TADAH* SURPRISE!!!

Liqin and Zhen

Meiyi and Zhen. *GOSH* What a similar outfit!! haha

They din plan it by the way. Latest Trend? :) I shall name it the Penguin Suit. KEke

Soo Wei and Zhen and our Elmo friends. How cutsie right?

Liqin, Zhen and I - the TRIOs Officers (though I am no longer in GB but well... )

The mastermind behind the surprise - Brandon.
Zhen and Brandon -->Picture Perfect!

The Surprizo Team (missing Peiyun) with Suprisee - Zhen.