~~~~~WHY??~~~~~

Well, not every week would turn out the way you planned it to be... Not every week can be fun and joyous all day... When more important things come into your life, the choice is yours to neglect or pursue... For me, I pursued it... Those of you who know what I'm talking about, I thank you for showing your care and concern... I just hate the feeling of being hanged in between, whether there's really a problem or not... What else can I do to ease your pain?? O Lord, please bless her and grant her the strength she used to have as You can see now that she's suffering... I hate feeling so helpless and the most I can do for her is to only cheer her up and help her with what she could do on her own previously...

Well, school is starting tomorrow and I hope that I could keep my mind off on what I'm worried about... But for now... This is JoNaThAn... signing out*...

~~~~~Fun and Tired Week!!~~~~~

WOW!! I just came back from greatest youth concert I ever been to at the Singapore Expo... Before I elaborate more on that; let me tell you where I was at the past two days...

Yesterday, Thursday, I went back to school although it's my holiday week... What's the reason I went back for?? Well, I went back for my school camp... To be exact, it's a leadership training camp called "ACE"... To be honest, I regretted going for it at first but I was wrong in the end... As we got into our groups, we had to appoint a team leader and come out with a team name and cheer... Let me tell you what we called ourselves... We were called "The Cougars"... Our group consisted 14 of us in all... Anyway, after that, we had to come out with a theme for our lunch before we could even dine in... We thought of a jungle theme... Finally, when the judges commented on our theme, we could actually get our hands on the food... After lunch, we played 5 or 6 games and it was a team challenge... The games I enjoyed the most were, the tossing of the bouncing ball into a cup, the tossing of the water bombs using trash bags and "body surf"... For the first two games, the lesson learnt from it was, working together as a team and learning how to synchronise our movements... We had dinner after that... As for the "body surf", we had to carry one person as a team and answer questions while we were at it... It was so exhausting as if whenever we got the answer wrong, we had to carry two persons... The lesson that we learnt from this game was that we win together, we die together... At the end of the day, all of us were longing for a bath... At 9:30pm, it was finally home sweet home for us but the following day, we had to report at 9am... Great work team... I enjoyed myself very much and I hope you all do too... GO COUGARS!!

This morning, Friday, we started off with the famous game every game will have... It was the bombing game... After that, our instructor combined us with another team for the next game... So it was originally 6 teams and now there were 3 teams and the game was, finding 3 packs of poker cards around the school... Well, of course not the entire school but only three blocks in the school... We then set off finding the cards... When we assembled back, our instructor questioned us, "Was it a competition?" We were all ashamed as all of us assumed it was a competition... We all should create a win-win situation and not "sabo", meaning doing something that will do harm to that individual, people... So after that, we had our lunch... Soon after that, we had our last game of the day... A battleship game in which when the opponent's boat had been shot, three of their team members had to come to the front and they'll be filled with an ice cube each and when their boat sank, they would be drenched with ice water... Well, but whenever our team shot their mines, we would suffer the same fate but 5 of us would be drenched with ice water and not 3... What a way to end off the entire camp... I was supposed to stay back for a few minutes for debriefing but I rushed off for home first...

Now for the Planetshakers Concert... It was hosted by New Creation Church by the way... Anyway, Planetshakers were awesome... Thanks to Jeremy; Lester, Jocey and I could go... Thanks dude... This was my first time seeing them live in action... Senior Pastor Joseph Prince was the preacher for the evening... His sermon was on receiving abundance of grace and gifts of righteousness... He gave his sermon in a very strong impacted manner that even non-believers and even believers, like us, would be touched and inspired... After that, Jeremy, Lester, Jocey and I went Simpang Bedok to have our dinner, prata... What a great ending to my two strenuous days at ACE camp... Thanks Lester for coming... Thank You Jocey for coming, even though it was kind of last minute... THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS!! =D

Well, this is a long post readers so do take your time to read it... But for now... This is JoNaThAn... signing out*...

~Planetshakers~


~Planetshakers~


~Senior Pastor Joseph Prince~

~~~~~DRIFT TIME!!~~~~~

This morning turned out to not what I had in mind... Since today we had no Small Group session, I planned on going to Downtown East NTUC Resort to play pool with them but in the end they had other plans... I still ate lunch with them but that was it...

After that I decided to call Randy to check whether he was free and guess what, he was free... So I went back home to grab my bike to meet him... When he arrived, we went to a nearby bicycle shop as I wanted to check my bike first before riding all the way there... We tried riding the longer way and that was a really bad idea of mine...

Anyway, we didn't have a hard time getting a table as there weren't many people around... It was one exciting match and the final score was 13 - 3... It was a good game and no doubt about it but no matter how many times I played with Randy, I'm still not up to his level yet... Well, the important thing was that we had lots of fun and not the score... Later on; we rode, the shorter way, back to Tampines Mall to eat our dinner at Burger King... We made our way home after that... Thanks dude for today and for accompanying me back too...

Well that's about it readers... Hope that you enjoyed your weekends and to all those who are having their holidays, do enjoy them as much as you can... But for now... This is JoNaThAn... signing out*...

~~~~~ALPHA GRADUATION!!~~~~~

It's been 6 weeks of great time studying more into the word of God... Every Saturday spent in church at the Alpha Course was memorable but all has to come to an end... I just came back from the Alpha Course Graduation Dinner and I got to say this, I'll definitely miss those sharing sessions we had... Although the group I was in was the smallest but we grew closer week by week... I really have to mention about the video they showed to us every week... It was inspiring and meaningful as the way he projects it to us, it was easy to understand and he gave very down to earth logical examples which can be related to our daily lives...

I would like to thank my group members and I would really like to thank my Mum for asking me along for Alpha Course as if it wasn't for that first step I took, I wouldn't know the Lord this deep... Thank You All!!

Finally, I would like to thank the Lord for being eternally patient with me and always there for me wherever I am... THANK YOU LORD!!

Well, that's about it readers... My school holidays just started today, officially, and it'll be two weeks time from now till school reopens... As for Monday, I still have to go back to school for a make-up lesson, 2 hours, on C#... What a wonderful night to celebrate the start of the holidays... But for now... This is JoNaThAn... signing out*...