Singapore Ho!

Good morning everyone!

I’m writing this whilst I’m on the bus to Singapore. It’s 8.51am now and I’m about 2 hours away from Singapore. Just discovered to my horror that not all the seats on Aeroliner have plug points. Thankfully the seat in front of me was empty so I swapped seats! Bwa ha ha ha ha! I’m really looking forward to Singapore. Here’s what I have planned for the next 3 days:

1. Fireworks & countdown at Marina Bay tonight
2. Sentosa Island tomorrow
3. Jurong Birdpark and the Singapore Zoo (maybe)
4. The much heard about Night Safari
5. Shopping on Saturday (Funan IT and maybe Orchard for some clothing)

After I drop off my luggage at Hotel 81 Bencoolen, the day starts and I daresay it’s gonna be fun. I hope I can get data access with the Singtel Prepaid SIM that I’ll be purchasing when I get in to Singapore.

Anyways, it’s been a good year overall. Work’s been a blast especially my experiences working with Microsoft on launching Windows 7. Did I mention I love Windows 7 even though I have a Mac? Anyways here are some things that I’m thankful for as I close 2009 and enter 2010:

1. A tonne of movies with UP, Star Trek & Sherlock Holmes being the most notable
2. The great friends I have especially my buddies J-son and Roland
3. My matte black DSi and Metroid Prime Pinball
4. Windows 7 & Snow Leopard
5. The Windows 7 experience at work
6. Blu-rays!
7. Better performance at work and great colleagues – am definitely much better at delegation and am more confident now in the things I can contribute at the office
8. Cluster leadership
9. Finally getting up the 440 Records website with the help of WordPress
10. My HTC Touch Pro and Unlimited Mobile Internet with Maxis

It’s been an awesome year but it’s been also a challenging one. The one thing I look forward to in 2010 is more restedness in God. Of everything in life; I guess that’s what I find lacking in my life.

Here’s to a good new year’s eve to all of ya, don’t drink too much and don’t strain those necks staring at fireworks in the sky … Happy New Year and I’ll see ya’ll in 2010!

Hectic-ity, Guitar Hero II & Relationships?

It’s been a pretty hectic few weeks and almost all of us were busy helping out Jac & Shawn on their big day. It was a beautiful wedding and even though all of us were so busy it was a joyous event. I must say that even though I was helping out a lot I felt super loved by my cell members. It was an honour really to be given a seat at the main table and I felt that my life does make a difference in the lives of others. I do so want to get out of this emotional rut I’m in and once again God reminded me that I have so much to live for. Check out what few pix I took at the wedding here.

Go go! Go Johnny Go Go!

That’s what LY was looking at as he played.

Oi! Aren’t you supposed to be working on Jac & Shawn’s slideshow?

The innards of my Panasonic TV.

The innards of my TV being placed back in.

We did a whole bunch of things for the wedding and it really was a blessing to be able to be there for the couple. We even managed to squeeze in a small photo slideshow with 2 days worth of effort. While we were at it Nataly & Ling Yew managed to give Guitar Hero II a whirl in between our slideshow creation. Check out these pix of Ling Yew getting a few notes off on the guitar controller!

Plus my TV has been fixed! Hooray!

A whole bunch of us also celebrated my best friend J-son’s birthday with an awesome awesome BBQ. It’s a good thing those of us who got dunked in the pool didn’t fall sick. I didn’t bring a change of clothes and so ended up driving home quite wet … ha ha! Thank God air-conditioning in cars can be switched off!

I’ve been wondering some though … how does one bridge the gap between being friends and something more? My greatest fear is that things get messed up and the friendship doesn’t remain the same. There is someone I’ve known for a few years now and I have always been very attracted but I just can’t shake the feeling that I’m not the kind of guy she’s looking for. We’re comfortable around each other though but for some reason (I guess due to my own insecurity also & lack of confidence) … I think we’ve just not bothered giving each other a chance. It’d be nice to give things a try and find out more in a healthy way. I honestly don’t know how to figure relationships out anymore and after my last painful experience I am so afraid of being hurt deeply again. It is scary no? Especially when you’ve known that person for quite a long time already. Any thoughts on this anyone?

Multiplication & the Start of Something New

We just had our multiplication party last night and the Salt Shakers are officially retired. Two new cells now exist in its stead:

• The Faith Healers led by my buddy J-son

J-son getting his feet washed by Choon Ean.

• The Star Blazers led by Daphne

It's Daphne's turn now.

It was a wonderful evening filled with food, chatter & laughter. We had a great encounter with God in worship and it was a humbling experience to have our feet washed by our leaders. It is a true mark of Christian leadership that we are servants first rather than the head of anything.

New pathways & adventure awaits both cells and I can’t wait to see where it’ll all lead to. I’ve just set up a new Multiply account for the new cell and hopefully I’ll be able to manage both accounts (mine & the Faith Healers) properly. My idea is that we do it together at cell to share a bit of our lives to everyone we come in contact with. I think it’d be a wonderful way to connect to people. Won’t you come join us on this ride?

Check out the brand new Faith Healers Multiply site at http://faithhealers.multiply.com for more pix of our multiplication and also to keep updated on our going-ons & activities!

Cheers!

Early Morning Airport Drive & Spidey 3!

It’s 9:30am and I’ve been awake for 5 hours! I had the opportunity to bless J-son and accompanied him to the airport this morning so I could drive his car back. J has been such a great friend to me and I recall all the different things he’s helped me out with in our friendship. He’s such a great support to me and definitely a great encourager.

I’m sitting here in McDonald’s Centrepoint now and will be dropping by OCBC to bank-in some cheques and cash for my start-up, Four Forty Records. Then it’s home sweet home to catch up on some zzz’s followed by some catch up on work & looking up chords for worship tonight at cell group.

Spidey 3 on DVD! Coming REAL soon!

On a lighter note, the Spider-Man 3 DVD is hitting stores October 30th and I can’t wait to pick up a copy for myself to complete the trilogy on DVD. Maybe I should pre-order it with that DVD store I frequent in Cineleisure.

Cheers and have a great rest of the week to everyone who is reading this. I just heard on the radio that some people hate Wednesdays cos’ they feel it’s neither here nor there so here’s a big big shout out to everyone to smile & be grateful for all the good things you have in your lives now; both big & small.

Adios.