Monday, July 18, 2005
weekend
What an amazing weekend!
Friday. OSC's 3rd Anniversary Celebrations@Sentosa. It was alright I guess. Nothing too fancy though. After dismissal at around 1330 most of the guys went on the play soccer on the beach. I didn't join them though; trotted off with the rest to get off the island. Had a hard time deciding whether to go straight to school or head home first. In the end, decided that going home THEN going to school again was too much trouble. Reached NJ at around 3. Nobody anywhere. Couldn't find SP anywhere as well, so was a bit disappointed. Year ones chased me out of the choir store, so couldn't stay there as well. Decided on my favourite activity - went to Coffee Bean to enjoy coffee and read book.
And as luck would have been, it started to rain. And it soon got real uncomfortable sitting on those cheapskate, low quality chairs at Coffee Bean. Ahh.. missed those Starbucks sofa.. Got a bit restless. Proceeded to irritate and pester Feli to come for ESS. Haha. Went back to NJ in the rain.
The farewell program went quite well I suppose. Kudos to the year ones, even though they didn't want me there at all. The usual, speeches by pres and vice pres. Speeches by teachers [thanks to Ms Teo who advertised THE ALUMNI on my behalf]. There was a slideshow of pictures that was quite heartwarming and memory-stimulating. The A Cappella singing was the usual tip-top standard. The skit was pretty hilarious, although I was slightly peeved at the 'I'm not THAT Ms Lim, I'm C.K. Lim' thing. I know she has something against me. BAH. Don't bloody care. The Bin Nam Ma parody was a blast. Lol.
Dinner, more singing, blah blah. Angela and Liting arrives. Sang a couple of oldies with the year twos. Talked to Ms Lim about [what else?] alumni and next year. The 'prize presentation' was so super draggy. We finally left the school at around 10 I think. Headed to Coffee Bean with a few of the year twos. Left at around 2330.
Reading Ash's blog, I realised that I myself didn't really blogged/talk much about MY choir experience in NJ. But, that's another story for another time.
Saturday, woke up super early [like 6am] and debated with myself whether to trot down to popular to collect my Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince or not. In the end, the lure of my bed won over the desire to read. Slept until 11+, then went to collect the book before going off for service.
CRAVE! The singing was fantastic. The dance was not bad. The cut scenes were quite funny. The sermon was super good as usual. Nice to hear Pastor Jeff preaching again!! Quite a good harvest, praise God! Could really feel the HS working towards the end, during worship and altar call. Here's praying that the HS can work overtime next week to have an even BIGGER harvest! FELICIA is coming for service! That is, if she doesn't change her mind last minute. Haha. Pray with me people!
Got some NJ converts too yay! Hope NJ is huge =D I thought Harry's classmate looked super familiar, but I just couldn't place it. She, on the other hand, had a much better memory than me. Seems like we met in LT1 before, playing piano.
After service slacked around Starhub waiting for Dilane [I think that's how you spell it? >_<] to come. Mich almost ran away with my HBP ahh! Haha. Then went to Pizza Hut with my CG. Talked a lot, mostly about NS stuff la, which was fun, watching and hearing them grumble about staying in, doing sai4 gang1, lack of sleep, insane training programs, burning weekends, etc..., while I just nodded my head in amusement. LOL. I don't understand even half the terms they were throwing around, all those NS jargon, but nonetheless it was fun.
Poor Lincoln, I must affirm him. He is so amazing, rushing down for service every week immediately after he booked out. You should have seen his face on saturday, he looked like he was going to fall asleep right there and then. And last week during Central F outing at East Coast, he actually booked out, came straight to East Coast to meet us, then booked in again that SAME evening. Such amazing dedication. And the LOVE he pours out for Dilane. WHOA. He rocks. =D
I met up with Jiehui at AMK. I was happily reading my HBP at Mac while waiting for him. I was so nice to wait for him until 10++, and he was actually LATE, AND he still DARED to JUMP ON ME. I literally jumped up from my seat la. I was engrossed in my book ok! Then he had to appear out of nowhere and scare me. Grrr. Anyway it was so nice to meet him every week, just talking about stuff, catching up. Went for late dinner with him. After 2 bowls of noodles he ordered 20 sticks of satay. Almost couldn't finish. We ended up playing pick-up-sticks, loser eat. Imagine that. LOL. Watched Fantastic Four. Not too bad a show. I don't know why people think Jessica Alba is so hot. Let's just say I wasn't particularly "tempted". Haha. 4 stars out of 5, because of the company =]. Walked back to his place. Listened to the Hope worship CD while he was chatting randomly on MSN. I flipped through his HCJC yearbook and realise that I probably know MORE people in his school than in NJ. I mean, all those TCHS people, there was not a single class where I didn't know at least one person. Finally fell asleep at around 0230, I think.
Woke up early to go for service. Quite a good sermon, although Pastor Ben's style is radically different from Pastor Jeff. Kaiyan was at the service too, I think he came in halfway. After service walked to Istana Park for CG.
I think it was our first official CG, with Daniel as the new CL and Nick and Junyao [spelling unsure] joining us. Only person missing was Dilane. In camp, I think. It was great fun! We played a variation of pig heart attack. The worship was quite nice - Daniel plays and sings well =] We were talking about NS ministry, how it's a two year ministry just like JC, how there's such a large pool of guys to tap into, how important it is for us as pioneers of the ministry. Can see that Daniel is really convicted about this. And super excited. Haha. He's just like a little kiddo la. What a great leader. Really "Man of Miracles". Can really see God working through him.
Could tell that Jiehui was a little distracted though. I think he's going through a lot in NS. Not backsliding though, just discouraged, I think, always having to miss service and all. O God, please take care of him. Thanks! =D
Went home after CG for a while to freshen up, then left again. Mom was pretty peeved. I was like missing for the whole of Friday/Saturday/Sunday. Haha. Lucky for the straight bus [got crooked bus one meh? - Jiehui]. 1 hour plus ride, just nice for me to continue reading HBP. Finally reached Bishi's house at around 1720. If you don't know, she is my junior from PCPS choir. Sec 2. NO, I am not a pedophile. Nice house. Her 2 puppies are soooo cute. Like, I was almost tempted to just bring one of them home la. Haha. Her piano was quite nice, cured my itch. =] She grew a lot since I last saw her, which, sad to say, was what, two years ago? She's so tall already, almost reaching my height, AND she still has a couple more years of growing to do! *shudders*. Taller than Sher already, hahahah..
Went down to Esplanade, ate at this California Bistro place. Sher met us halfway through dinner. Then we went for the concert. Clare Yeo@Esplanade. Youngest ever Singaporean admitted to Julliard. In fact, the ONLY Singaporean admitted. Truly a child prodigy. Her playing was fantastic. Good technique, very musical. AND she's only 13! Amazing. So envoius la. I wish I can play like that. What a great night to end a great weekend!
I loved my weekend =] Really blessed.
In the words of Ash:
gee/oh/dee rocks!
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