Oh Holy Night

I was searching for some Christmas carol when I chance upon this Mariah Carey's version of Oh Holy Night. Phew.. It blew me off. Here you go folks.

Oops, the embedded video function is disabled by request. Guess its due to copyright regulations. Anyway, you can still link to the video via the URL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsdthxI3wvA

When You Believe

This is the theme song from the movie "Prince of Egypt". Was so touched by the lyrics when I first heard the song.

Abundant Blessings

Thank God for His abundant blessing. This is our building fund period. Some time ago, the Lord had spoken to me and challenged me to triple the amount that I initially wanted to pledge(realistic amount). This is what I learnt to be an ideal amount some weeks later in a CGM. And the amount to pledge is somewhere between the realistic and ideal amount which is the faith amount. Sacrificial yet something that can be fulfilled.

Of course I will not be revealing how much I pledged. Just want to share that 1 week after I had pledged the amount, I received a blessing, which I shared as a testimony during CGM, of half the amount of my total pledged amount. Last night I received a red packet from my aunt, believed it's for my upcoming birthday but no idea why is it so much, but it's also half the amount of my total pledge. This is the first month of the building fund and I've yet to give to my first month pledge, yet the Lord has already blessed me a 100% increase of what I've pledged. Hallelujah!

"Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it." - Malachi 3:10

Worshipping You

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Part 2



Sang this song during CGM last night. Falling in love with the lyrics of the song. Think this should be the theme song for our Arise and Build 08.

I want to sing

Miss singing this really old song during service

I will fly

Love this praise song. Flying high with God's love

Deb Fung - Psalm 139

The first song by Deb fung that I fall in love with - Psalm 139



Lyrics of this song are the exact words from Psalm 139 - NIV version

O Lord, You have searched me and You know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
You perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
You are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue, You know it completely, O Lord.

You hem me in - behind and before;
You have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, You are there; if I make my beds in the depths, You are there.
If I rise on the wings of dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there Your hand will guide me, Your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,"
even the darkness will not be dark to You;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to You.

For You created my inmost being;
You knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
Your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.

How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of the sand.


How lovely and beautiful this song is, isn't it?

Hillsongs - Take It All Eng/Spanish

Kofta Meatball

Was chilling out on Friday night with the cg after Enriching Life Series Pt 1. Went to the nearby Coffee Club at Hotel Rendezvous and this special dish caught my attention.

Kofta Meatball

The dish: Lightly spiced morsels of ground beef covered in our fabulous Neapolitan sauce, served with a mild Greek yoghurt and Turkish bread

Can't remember much of the description but part of it says something like "one that you are not gonna share with someone else". Haha, yeah, it's true, really delicious. Thumbs up for this dish. Managed to took a picture of it. Yums...

Walau Seribu - Chinese version

This is the mandarin version of Walau Seribu sung during our chinese service in Jurong West which one of my friend in camp introduced me to. It's really touching and the lyrics is very meaningful. I think its because mandarin has a vast variety of words, thus enabling us to better express the meaning of the song.

Awesome young korean guitarist

Was browsing through guitar videos and I came upon this amazing korean guitarist who I think is about 9 - 11 years old. And found lots of video by him.

More than Words by Eric Clapton



Mission Impossible - Inspired by Tommy Emmanuel?


Africa - Tommy Emmanuel style?


Canon In D - Does it looks like the scene in the movie 10 promises to my dog


California Dreaming classics



Raindrops keep falling on my head classics


Any many many more ... Just search for Sungha Jung

SG Bay Run

Hah, this is a photo of my number tag. Lucky number, can go buy 4D for those who wants. Lol. Its gonna be my first time participating in Army Half Marathon aka Singapore Bay Run. Never in my life have I run for 21km before. And recently something is not quite right with my knees.

I know it's gonna be fun but those who manage to read this post, please keep me in your prayers too. Hope that nothing will happen to my knee after the run =)

Have an enjoyable weekend folks!

1st Anniversary

Haha, well its being so long since I last updated my blog. And yes I've been super busy for the past few weeks, some of which my friends and even colleagues at work can get to see. So what am I sooo busy with? Well... It's going to be unveil really soon. Something that I had started working on, towards my first anniversary with my lovely gf, even before I went into OCS. Phew... Taking far too long to do up something like this? You rate it urself =)

Took me 9 months during my OCS time, working only during weekends to get to this far

Working extra hard at the last days, to finally achieved this. Not completed though. It may look small but its A4 in size. Haha, probably the biggest achievement I had so far? =)

Lovely precious moment cross-stitch that comes in a precious moment box and a card. Hehe

My lovely gf with her surprise baby breath flower of only she knows why

ahhh.. Our cute Jojo, looking curiously at us when we were busy taking photos

Truffle made from 70% chocolate - Dark chocolate mousse cake served with raspberry sauce, seasonal fruits and ice cream @ Chocolate by the Bald man Max Brenner. A MUST Try!

Look how happy we were after tasting the heavily chocolate truffle. Hahs..

Ministry

The foundation of ministry is character
The nature of ministry is service
The motive of ministry is love
The measure of ministry is sacrifice
The authority of ministry is submission
The purpose of ministry is the glory of God
The tools of ministry are the Word of God and prayer
The privilege of ministry is personal growth
The power of ministry is the Holy Spirit
The model for ministry is Jesus Christ

Life as a Commissioned Officer

Yeah, finally commissioned last Sat as a 2LT, being waiting for this moment for 9 months. Frankly speaking, its kind of weird because ironically it seems like all of us have been waiting for this day to arrived. But the moment we were commissioned, we felt so sian, due to all the heavy responsibilities that we will soon have to take up upon our shoulders. It's not something to kid about especially when you have lives under your charge. Well, I will say that its a life-changing experience and a very good opportunity to learn many stuffs.

I will really like to thank God for placing me in a "8 to 5" job with such a nice upper-study (Senior) guiding me. He prayed for me while we were talking in my room. He also told me that there will be a weekly Christian Fellowship during lunch time. He's really a cool and nice dude who's been very hospitable to me. Together, we shall shine for Christ our Lord

7 days to Commission!

Hey folks, I can't imagine that I will be commissioning in 7 days time. Time seems to fly pass so fast. From the day I entered in BMTC to 7 days later, I have been serving my NS for a year already. Sad that I don't know my posting yet. Wondering what's in store for me after I commission. Heavy responsibility upon my shoulders. How's life like being an officer? dots dots dots..

Quote of the week: "If you think like you always thought, you will get what you always got"

To live in God's abundance blessings and to be who He intended you to be, you will have to change the way you think and think like how God sees and thinks. Amen

Taiwan here I come

Will be flying off for Taiwan for 3 weeks later tonight. Will be missing lots of you big time. Please do keep me in prayers for journey mercy. Thanks folks. Love you guys

Musselicious

Had dinner with Dew at this restaurant, The Mussel Guys Seafood and Steak Restaurant at Vivocity. The food was amazingly good. I had seafood baked rice while Dew had her medium done sirloin steak with king prawn. They are very generous with their mussels in their baked rice. Its very fresh and taste very good partly due to its melted cheese and mayo underneath I guess. And as for the medium done sirloin steak, its sooooooo tender.. Gosh, I never had eaten such nice piece of beef. I'm not exaggerating. Too bad couldn't take a photo of it. Folks, you have to go and try to know it. It's something that you can't miss. Their seafood platter is like wooo hoo, seen people ordering it. Its like whoa... when it's serve. They have interesting beverages too, one of which is King Durian.

A good place to catch up with friends in a nice setting air-conditioned room or can choose to have a romantic dinner with your date next to the sea. Here's their website: www.musselguys.com.sg

Movies Reviews

Lately, I've been watching quite a few movies and there's 2 that really touches my heart: The Leap Years and The Water Horse.

Genre: Romance/Drama
Director: Jean Yeo Lay Kuan
Cast: Wong Li Lin, Ananda Everingham, Joan Chen, Qi Yu Wu, Tracy Tan, Sylvester Loo, Vernetta Lopez, Nadya Hutagalung, Paula Malai Ali, Allan Wu, Jason Chan Keng-Kwin
Runtime: 1 hr 30 mins
Released By: GV/Mediacorp Raintree Pictures
Rating: PG

Synopsis:

Inspiration from the author- Dr. Catherine Lim
Some years ago, while conducting an English language workshop on a hot, dreary afternoon for a large group of students in Singapore, I suddenly felt sorry for them, and decided to tell them a story. It was a romantic love story calculated to make any sixteen-year-old sit up and listen with full attention. I told them about a young Singaporean girl who unexpectedly meets her dream man on a special day - 29 February 1988 - when a quaint old Leap Year custom allows women to make the first move in a romantic encounter. Our heroine does precisely that. Hereafter she and the dream man, both exceptionally attractive and brimming with life’s hopes and dreams, are caught in a dizzying spin of events that Fate seems to like visiting upon young lovers. “You will come together at last. But not yet, not yet,” says Fate mischievously.

The lovers meet every 29 February over 12 years, in breathless negotiations of the many pitfalls along the path of true love which has never run smooth anyway, before their hopes are finally fulfilled in a spectacular millennial culmination worthy of love’s loftiest dreams.

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This romance story really touches my heart deeply about how a girl took a leap of faith and holds on strongly unto something which seems so impossible and crazy to many others. Can you imagine waiting for someone who appears only once every 4 years, stay for only a night and he's gone like a wind. And this goes on for 6 cycles which is 24 years? I think its probably the best local production I've seen so far. Very localize, with lots of dialogues in cantonese, scenes from the temple near my house, Chinatown and etc.. Even the songs in it is mostly from Corrine May! One thing I can tell you guys is that don't expect what you seen in the trailer to be the same as what you get in the show. Everything is a twist and you will be surprised how well the various scenes in the trailers unfolds itself and blends into the whole movie. Go catch it! Its a sin to miss it! Muhahaha


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The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

Starring: Alex Etel,
David Morrissey,
Emily Watson
Geraldine Brophy,
Ben Chaplin

Directed by: Jay Russell

Snippets: Angus, a young Scottish boy, finds an unusual egg on the beach. He takes it home and cares for it until it hatches, revealing a creature unlike anything he's ever seen. With elements of a turtle, horse, frog, and alligator, could this be the mythical Water Horse of Scottish lore? Angus raises the creature as his pet and the family does its best to keep its existence a secret. But that gets more and more difficult as it grows and grows. Soon Angus and his family must find a place for their water horse -- somewhere secluded and safe. Somewhere, perhaps, like nearby Loch Ness.

Its a story based on the famous Loch Ness Monster Legend. The scottish story has lots of beautiful scenery of the Loch Ness. A wonderful story of how a boy found this egg, hatch it and the water-horse "monster" thought that he is its father. Was aggressive to others except for this boy, Augus. The legend of this water horse is as follows, that there can only be 1 water horse living on earth at any one time. Its both a female and male mammal. Before it dies, it will lay a egg, dies before the egg hatches. Its amazing how this water horse can grow like 10 feet overnight? My favourite scene is where its been chased by this bulldog, and it hides on a pond statue, acting like part of the statue itself and then show that "smurk" face after the dog couldn't find it. It's so cute! What's more interesting is that it seems to understand human language as Augus talks to it. Its a very clever mammal and emotional one too. As for the rest, I'll leave it for the story to unfold to you folks. I was told that the story wasn't nice, but I find it touching except that it contains certain military elements in it. I heard sobbings here and there in the cinema.

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Will be posting up several songs from movies such as Juno, P.S I Love You and The Leap Years. Enjoy =)