E315 Connect Fri

Hi ppl, thank for availing urself down for yesterday makan session. We have a good time of fellowship =)

I think the prawn noodle soup was really great! I can image myself drinking 1 big bowl of it (Ops.. there goes my slimming and getting fit programs) Anyway, just to inform you all. This coming friday is our cg connect week. Below is the detail of what we will be doing.

Friday:
7am : Morning Exercise
8am : breakfast
9am : morning devotion
945am : CG meeting
11am : Lunch
1230pm : break (we are breaking down into smaller group to do visitation to our friends, activities like watching movie, shopping, ktv, badminton will be in progress)
530pm : pre-steam boat meeting @ NTUC parkway
730pm : steamboat start (pls do invite in all ur friends to join us)

*Some of us are having overnight PM @ my hse on thursday itself (please do inform me whether u able to join us)

Quote of the day

The measure you believe is the measure that you will be fill.

I leave you with this question....

How much do you really believe in Him?

Faith, Hope and Love. Let Love Abound the most...

Jesus Do take Exam

How Jesus took his exam?

To start off…

Ecclesiastes 7:2
Better to go to the house of mourning
Than to go to the house of feasting,
For that is the end of all men;
And the living will take it to heart.

Death is the end is to be taken to heart…
The end of everything is a good thing and it should be taken to heart.

Do you feel like dying each time you comes to exam period?
Is it like knowing death is near you and you can do nothing about it?
So should you also consider that to be a good thing and take it to heart?

Today, I want to share about a story of Jesus Christ going for his examination.

Matt 26;
36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.” 37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. 38 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”
39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
40 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
42 Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless[e] I drink it, Your will be done.” 43 And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.
44 So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. 45 Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.”

A few days before Jesus goes to examination, he studied very hard…
Just like everyone he feels weak, sorrowful and stressed.

But I do need you guys to take note the things he did during that period of his study – he study 1hr and then he constantly reminding himself not to fall into temptation by praying. He also found rested after an hour of study.
Then when he studies finish, he tells his disciple to go for his exam….
For all knows Jesus did went into the examination halls, and had his Death (exam) taken.
And 3days later, he had his result back….

So did Jesus pass his exam? Yes/No..
I nt sure he pass or not.. but I know he had overcomes it, and done with it already.

Matt 28
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore[c] and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

After getting the result, Jesus said that go make disciples, teach them what you have observe.
Another example, if now you have to go back to take your PSLE… will u have fear like now for your exam?

Luke 24 (NIV)
44He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms." 45Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

Just like the starting verse

Ecclesiastes 7
8 The end of a matter is better than its beginning,
and patience is better than pride.

Study is something to gain knowledge, result is second, have faith in the lord is 1st. at the end of the day you will realize all things you worry about is just like a fool chasing winds… but if you have gain patience with what God had put you through…. Rejoice coz you are ready to teach another open up their mind to understand.

Sometimes is not really about the result, of coz getting a good grade is awesome, but there also a reason why you did not get what you wanted… but you must have patient to realize and understands why this happening to you, so that one day you will also succeed.

Jiayou all students.... Wendell, Wenkai, Xiuhui, Alex Love, Cally and Agnes




Faith, Hope and Love. Let Love Abound the most...

A Close Shave

Hey still remember those day when I was still in primary school. Remember those composition title we were told to write. Some famous topics are, "It was just a dream", "When I grow up", "It was a stormy afternoon....", "A close shave"

I remember how i barely manage to pass my english. I still remember.... Under this teacher Miss Chew... I never pass my english for the entire 2 years of my sec school days... ZZzzzz.. I even got a D7 for O-Level. KOAZ!!!!!

Oh ya... Yesterday I did encounter the comp title "A close shave". It was so exciting yet scary. It all happen when some of my friends (Jianwei-driver, Margaret, Jieyi, Jiawei, me-passenger) were doing some recee for this coming sat night cycling event (Hey ppl those interest to join us can drop me a msg). We were travelling on tampines road just behind bus 12. As it was a straight road, we didnt took notice of car on the oppsite side. Then suddenly, a taxi (once again.... its the taxi driver fault again. God bless taxi driver) out of no where just suddenly turn into the yellow box, which was just 1 metre infront of us.

(white-our car, red- SBS bus 12, grey- silver cab)

Thank God.... For all the Sunday soccer training... I virtually saw Jianwei (driver) dribble pass the taxi!!!! These was even better than those side steps C.Ronaldo does. We stared at the taxi uncle (like those Ah Beng stare... "Diao Si Mi!!!!"). Then we drove off.

That was indeed a close shave.

Hahaha anyway I am praying hard to get my car on a Toyota Yaris.

My New Toy

"Boy!"
"What that?"
"Is that another new pair of shoes?"
"How many pair of legs do you have, are you a caterpillar?"

"No.... I am a millipedes!"

Hahahaha... Just got my new toy. "Reebok Commitment Mid"



Being eyeing for a Mid-Cut shoes for sometime. It will be added in into my shoes collection of ard 23 pairs of shoes... I soon be posting photo of all of my shoes collection.

So please stay tune...

Bird Nest

Hahaha... Time for some break. Came across this article on bird nest.
History....
Long before your time, there was a bird. Then it decide to find a place to take a rest. So it took shelther in a stadium. That how bird nest came about.....

LAME......

The nests in making bird's nest soups are exclusively those of swiflets, the birds from the family of common swallow. These highly prized nests are built and clung to the ceiling of the caves as high as 70m by the birds mostly of seaweed that is mixed by their own saliva, making the process of harvesting an ordeal and expensive. Swiflets nests are mostly found on cliffs in areas along the Southern Chinese coast and South East Asia.

Rich in protein, calcium, iron and other nutrients, bird's nest is good for all, young and old, men and women, the sick and mother-to-be. The Chinese have been relishing bird's nest as medicinal gourmet food for centuries and believe it replenishes and nourishes the internal organs, speed up recovery from illness, and boosts overall well being. Of all, the most widely known benefit of consuming bird's nest is its ability to rejuvenate, restore youthfulness and ensure glowing and wrinkle-free complexion, the one reason sufficient to explain why it is such a hot commodity and luxury to the Chinese women. Last but not least, it tastes good too!

3 Ways to have your bird nest prepared...

1)Bird's Nest with Rock Sugar

Ingredients:
•2 oz. bird's nests (approximately 6 whole nests)
•7 tbsps. crushed rock sugar, or to taste
•4 c. water

Directions:
1.Soak bird’s nests in cold water for several hours or overnight. Remove loose feathers if any. Rinse well.
2.Cover bird’s nest in water and simmer for 5 minutes. Rinse well and squeeze dry.
3.Place the bird's nests in the pot and add 4 cups of water. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to simmer until the bird's nests become soft.
4.Add rock sugar and stir to dissolve. Serve while hot.

2)Bird's Nest Soup with Mushrooms

Ingredients:
•8 oz. birds' nests
•1 tbsp. vegetable oil
•1 tbsp. fresh ginger root, chopped
•4 oz. cooked chicken, cubed
•4 oz. button mushrooms, quartered
•8 oz. canned quail eggs, drained
•7 ½ cups chicken stock

Directions:
1.Soak the birds' nest in water for 5 minutes, then drain.
2.Heat the oil in a saucepan.
3.Add the ginger and fry for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
4.Stir in the chicken, mushrooms, eggs and stock and bring to boil.
5.Reduce the heat to low and add birds' nests/ Simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6.Serve at once in bowls.

3) Bird's Nest in Bath Tub (sup. of an adult)

Ingredients:
•8 oz. birds' nests
•3 pails of warm water
•1 bath tub

Directions:
1.Soak the birds' nest in water for 5 minutes, then drain.
2.Pour in the warm water into the bath tub.
3.You are good to go.

Enjoy...

Faith, Hope and Love. Let Love Abound the most....

the past and the present

Hi people... I was really very excited seeing all my old old classmate. Those were the days when the best fare was only 25cents and my pocket money was only 50cents. Can you see how time fly.....

can you find me =)

Sweet memories... it brings such joy & happiness to one's heart.

quoted by Wendii Ken

How I wish I stay young 4eva. Looking back at all those photos really cause me to be so so so so emo........ Though things haven being too well for me. But I believe.... When Love fails... go back to the 1st work. God is bringing back to look at those happy moment, I had spend before. Those soccer, those 'Pond Ten'....

Friends.... Hahahahaha in the midst of writting this blog, guess what I am doing. Yesh! Working. Designing.... Zzzzzz....

Anyway took sometime to do out my personal trademark logo.

aik = Alvin Isaac Koh. Anyway... didnt know that I started to like pigs alot =) Maybe because of Show luo ba. Actually I think pig really represent me alot in personality. So cute and adorable. Most of all they very intelligent.

P.I.G. stand for... Pure Intelligent Guy, Pride Integrity Guts.....

Hey to all ppl reading my posts.... Really miss all those KHS ppl. Cant wait to meet up with you all. Anyway If time allow I will do out 1 KHS logo for all of us here. We need to look out for those missing in action KHS ppl.

GTG... boss coming back. See ya in the next posting.

Faith, Hope and Love. Let Love Abound the most...

Nothing is Impossible, Just Do it.

Hi... Last week sermon was awesome sia... See how Pst bring two sport brand coming together. When you believe.... Nothing is impossible. That the 1st step of our Christian walk.... But when we want to grow into maturity.... We just need to "Just Do It"....

When God is with you, Nothing else matter!!!! Let really see we ending with God well in 2009 and 2010 will be a year of breakthru!


"When we believe, Nothing is impossible, Just do it!"
Quoted by Alvin Isaac Koh

Anyway Tx Kai... For the good encouragement.... Being trying very hard to improve my Ang Mo.. So please talk with me more...

What is the future?

Story 1 (The boy and the rabbit)
Have you even came across this experience? Once there was a young guy. He was being given to him a rabbit as a birthday gift. At first, he was think.... Why did he receive this gift as a present? He totally not a very animal person. (He used to own a pet hamster for a long period of time, but due to some mishap the hamster die)

So he didnt really care about the rabbit much. Just provide it with his necessarity. Occassionally he will play with the rabbit. And soon, the relationship between this too became cold. "The rabbit was so cold that it die..." The young guy was deeply in pain and sad... Now he understand what had he done.

3 yrs later.....

His dad brought him to the same old pet shop. This time his dad as him to pick a new pet. He saw a cute white rabbit looking at him...

"WILL HE CHOOSE THAT RABBIT AGAIN"?

Sometime the past cannot be rewritten... It can either be an excuse or be a learning experience for you to decide your future...

People... we can either let our past hurt become an excuse for us not to face it again, or we can make it as a learning experience to make our future better.

2000 yrs ago, He die for us, so that today we can make this decision....

In the end, the boy choose the rabbit and left the place.......

Story 2 (6 x 6 = 18)
Is 6 x 6 = 18?

To a normal person, 6 x 6 is 36 never 18. But if you really go and think hard and look at it hard. 6 x 6 is 18.....

flip the equation up side down....

81 = 9 x 9

Sometime things cant be look at 1 perspective... but you must look it from another person point of view.. This is the world we live in....


Till next time... Gonna carry on with my designing of the new HDB project... Wish me luck =)

Faith, Hope and Love. Let Love Abound the most.....

FAT MAN vs SLIM MAN

ELI vs ELIJAH

So what is the main different between this 2 guys. Both are anointed servant of God. Both are male, both serve God.

"ITS THEIR SIZE!!!!!"

ELI ==> FAT and Lazy

ELIJAH ==> SLIM and hardworking

Before we get any further.... let me tell you what is FAT and SLIM

When will one really get FAT? Not by the type of food you eat.... But you get Fat when you eat and eat and eat... and you don't exercise!!!!!

That when you get FAT and unhealthy! I do know some slim guy that eat alot, but yet they are so slim!!!!! the key is to have a balance lifestyle. if you eat and eat and eat, you need to exercise and exercise and exercise.

That bring us back to ELI and ELIJAH.

some of us here are like ELI, we are alway being fed with Good revelation.... every time after a good feeding of the word, we are so pumped out, with great dream and vision. But when it come to working... we are lay back.. we are tired.. we are lazy.. we are lukewarm.. we are "Bo Chup".. In the end you know what will happen to us... we will become LIKE THIS

Simply too lazy to do anything....

Remember, it is one things to get pumped up and is another things to work toward it. Ultimately we all want to find a balance in life and look just like him....

Think about it ppl... its one things to be fed with good food, is another things for us to act upon it and exercise....

Hope that this posting will really help some of us out there. Let be slim and health in the sight of our heavenly father.

Faith, Hope and Love. Let Love Abound the most...

Shopping for the Future

Last Sunday went shopping with my best bro... Adrian and Bum. He was looking for a bed frame at IKEA. Seem like most people like to go to IKEA to get their stuff.

Anyway, I came out with a theory, buying your bed is like choosing the right partner. Haha.. If you buy something too hard, you get a hard time with her. And if you buy something too expensive, you will have a hard time trying to let it acustom to your humble surrounding.

Take a look at what Adrian choose...

Look pretty cool right? And it pretty cheap, $249 only. This bed is "power", it too me only a spilt sec and I am gone. lying down thinking of "WaWa" Land.

Thinking about bed frame, I think its time for me to showcase some of my proud collection, that i had alway dream of having it.

1. My all time favourite (Solid Bed: Cfm no back ache)



2. My Crush (Yo-Na)


















3. My Dream



That all people. Hope you have find yourself a right partner too....

Faith Hope and Love, Let Love Abound the Most....