onli 2 pics i took since coming over to perth..hehe..

Doing well in uni for Him

Ok... Tot i would only blog on sunday but cannot take it liao, especially when i just came back from "Friday Night Out" at FCC. It is equivalent to our very own Livingstone network meeting every month but this event at FCC is only on the last friday of every month. There's praise and worship and preaching by pastor.

While i was there today, during the praise and worship time, i suddenly feel at home. Suddenly feel tt i am in magic box, at livingstone network meeting...oh... how i miss tt place and every month's network meeting man... anyway, the praise and worship was very long... like 1 hr plus...

and then an invited guest... called dave ( if i remember his name correctly and i dun even noe whether he's a pastor...heez...) came and preached abt living for God and submitting myself completely to Him. and then he showed a video abt a true story of a father and his son doing a marathon. His son is brain-damage and is kind of wheel-chair bound. But his son told his dad once that he dun feel he is bounded by wheel-chair when he's being pushed on the wheelchair by his dad, thus they decided to take part in some kind of a triathlon race (swim, bike and run). So during the swim event, the son will be lying on a rubber boat which is tied by a rope to his dad's anke and he's dad would swim. Then for the bike, the son will be sitting in front of his dad while he's dad pedals and for running, he will be sitting on his wheelchair while he's dad will push the wheelchair while jogging. and they took abt 1 full day (from morning till nite) to complete the event. Kind of tiring for the dad, isn't it?

Well, our God is like the dad i mentioned above. He's the one who will push us when we have trouble, when we are caught up in a situation which is beyond our control etc until we reach the finishing line. Just like what Dave said, "When we are running a race for God, Satan will not run beside us and said, 'Come on! You can do much better than this.' Instead Satan will try to make us fall and try to demoralise us."

When i was listening to the sermon, I was thinking, "Hey, isn't that what Satan has been trying to do to me ever since uni starts?" Spirits of doubts linger within me during the first week of sch. Dunno whether what modules i enrolled in will be the path God wans me to take. Dunno whether i will fail this module or what. Hey but then God speaks to me during the sermon. Told me that He's in control and should live a life for Him. Hence i shall study well in uni not for my career in the future, not for myself or my family. It's for Him.

First service at FCC and first day at uni

Went to Faith Community Church yesterday with the help of Cherie (she drives). The church is at the south of Perth and took around 20 mins to reach there by car. It's abit far from my hostel but I will stay at FCC as long as I'm studying in Australia. The church is smaller than FCBC in terms of the building and the congre which I attended at 11.30am yesterday.

Hmm... but it's more cosy and it's like everyone knows everyone in the church and its more family-like, given that the congre is small, like 200 plus people in the service I went to. And when I stepped into the church building, it reminded me of TC becuz of the "banner" that says "Jehovah Rapha" etc being hanged at the side of the wall. After service, went for lunch with some of the church people (which I kind of forgot their names except Cherie and Daniel whom I know him thru playing soccer...heez...).

And then today is my first day and school and guess what... it rains!!! Yes! it's the blessing of God that rain down on perth and on me and assure me of my studies in UWA. Cuz before that... just feel that I dunno wat to expect when taking this path of studying in UWA and then my sis reminded me of the story of Abraham and how God asked him to go to the mountain to sacrifice his son, Isaac - the act of obedience and I obey God's command for me to come to Australia to study and I believe that God will bless me when I'm in Perth cuz I'm following God's commands.
After all, God has affirmed me 3 times on the day before I left for Australia (see the previous post). :)

our God is not only mighty, powerful but also...

Oh did i mention that our God is not only the Almighty One and powerful, He is also very cute. Y? cuz He affirmed me of my studies in aust just before i fly off on sat thru pastor yolanda, pastor seng lee and our own dearest pastor lawrence tan.

before going to changi airport, pastor yolanda msged me and then when i reached changi airport, saw pastor seng lee and his family returning from china and then of cuz pastor lawrence tan sending me off at the airport.

so ya... our God can be quite cute sometimes...always giving us surprise when we least expected it. :)

Greeting to all back in Singapore

Greeting from the Aussie land. It's been some times since I last touch my blog. Cuz I've not been able to get any internet in my hostel room. I'm using my fren's internet account now. So maybe when I got my own internet account then I will be online more often.

Anyway, just wanna share with all my frens and family back in Singapore that I'm fine over here in Australia, even though I'm still not use to the uni life and the weather over here. It's around 1 degree celsius this morning. Hehe... But thx God there's heater in my hostel room ( the pic is taken in my hostel room after some tidy up) but it will auto-off every 1 hr so its no pt...hehehe... Well, there's 3 meals a day provided and I can have 2nd serving too, without any extra charges. hehehe...

And there's around 40 singaporean staying in the same hall as me. In my floor alone (I'm staying at the ground floor), all of them are singaporean and guess what... 1 of them are Christian!!!! from AMK methodist church and he too has found a church at perth. So thx God for all these singaporean over here. I feel the singapore mood over here becuz of them. :)

Oh, this coming sun will be my first svc at FCC (Faith community church) which is pastor benny ho's church. Kind of exciting man and I'm gonna serve over there but of cuz when I graduate, I will definitely come back to FCBC and serve there. yup....

Oh, tomolo i gonna go perth city and fremantle with my hall mates. Nv been there since i touch down at perth on sat. Heard its a boring place though... hehhee... oh and the food are super ex man... one plate of chay kay teow is like AUS11.90.... hehehe...

Anyway I got to go liao... will go online more often once I have my own internet account. Currently, I'm using my fren's one...so ya..see u all then... byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee and God bless!!! :)

Last nite in Singapore before flying off to Australia

That's rite. My last nite in Singapore before going over to Australia. Spent the nite watching "Pirates of the Carribean" with Sky, Pam, ZR, Sylvia and Vivien. It was quite a long-winded show. About 2 and a half hours long. And the ending was like...lame.... So I shall wait for part 3 to come out. Hmm...maybe can watch with the same group of people again. Yup...

Went to eat supper together and chat for some times before taking cab home. Nonetheless, our friendship has grown so much stronger than when I first know them. Never forget Josh's guys, Jedrick, ZC, Kenny, Kenneth, Christian and Sky, the YA peeps, Vivien, Pam, Sylvia, Hew yenn, Winnie, Lijuan, Xiaowen, Joy, Pris, Flavian and Joyce and the rest from the livingstone family, Junming, Joycelyn, Rachel (maybe we can combine band and play together, see how does it feel...hehhe), Jennifer, the Weiling's gals, those crazy times when we combine cell together in parkway builders eh and in Expo hall 9 and of cuz my dearest cell, BB, ZR, Aaron, Reagan, Tony, Hubert aka "bird bird" and Clarence and my spiritual dad, Alvin. Let's grow together spiritually even when I'm away in Aussie. Well, I will be back in 4 months times (that's 16 weeks times, I got it rite this time round, Viv) and we shall spend the time together like we once had. :)

Few more hours and I will be in the plane to Australia. Alone and not so alone in the plane to Aussie. Becuz our God is Emmanuel. He will be with me always and forever when I'm in Australia and even when I'm in the plane.

Hmm...how shall I end this post? Hmm.... nevermind, I shall go pack my stuffs and sleep. :)

Would you buy a guitar bag for $190??

Went to Swee Lee today to get a hard cover guitar bag for my accoustic guitar. After all, I will be bringing my accoustic over to Australia rather than my bass. Hope my bass dun miss me. It has been serving me for quite sometimes liao..kind of think of it...quite sad sia... Should I sell it away and get a new and better bass or should I keep it for memory sake? Hmm...I'm in a dilemma man...

Anyway, the pic is of my new guitar bag. Quite a heavy-duty thing rite... hahaha... and I spent $190 on it...can't believe it man...

Old me or slacker me???

Went swimming with Zhengrong at Tampines swimming complex (now I know where it is...hehe). Super tiring after swimming just 3 laps...can't believe it man...

Maybe I'm too old liao (22 years btw...I'm man not boy!!!) or maybe I slack too much at home since ORD-ing in march this year. So its like slacking for 3 months plus. Never even bother to go jogging or swimming until now. Haha... Die lah!! Like that how to survive reservist next time...AH!!!! Nevermind... I shall train hard and study smart in Australia and return to singapore a macho man...hahaha...joking joking...I will still return to Singapore the same Andrew...the lame and boyish Andrew (according to sylvia and co. I'm still a boy...pls comment on it...thx...heez...).

After swimming 3 laps, we just chit-chat abit in the pool then we went to have our dinner. That's about all folks!!! Whats more you wanna know? Stay tune for the next post on channel AK84 journal. Cheers! :)

Choir!

Wah...today's service was good man. Was singing in e choir and jumping on stage for God man. Though I can't really sing well, God still puts me for choir. Isn't He just lovely when He knows that I can't really sing and yet He still wants me to sing for choir.

First time during praise song that I jumped till super tired. I never jump so much and sing so loud before during service. Well, maybe God is telling me to jump and sing for him more when I'm not doing choir duty.

Next week, last service before I fly off to Australia.

Wrong notes! Off beats! But...

Just came back from my network meeting cum youth party celebration at Magicbox. Performed in a band and sadly, my fingers don't want to listen to me. They stiffen up when it's my band to perform. What sad thing it is when I kept playing the wrong notes and I kept going off beats. Hey but wait!!! I'm doing this for God and He must be proud of me to perform for Him. Him and only Him.

Suddenly, God brought me back to this year cell retreat at Muar, Malaysia. He just reminded me of the prayer that my spiritual dad, Alvin, prayed for me. He prayed that God has given me a talent for playing bass and I should use it for His glory. And I definitely use it for Him. Still remember, last year cell retreat to Muar, every single cell member set this year resoultion. What we want to see for ourself this year. What's our aim for this year etc. And I still remember one of my resolutions for this year is to use my bass for God's glory. And God answered that and quite amazing that I have been using my bass for His glory. From playing in network meeting a couple of times to leaders' meeting, my bass has been working tirelessly for His purpose and that is to minister to fellow christian brothers and sisters.

And I will never forget how amazing my God is. Just a few years ago (think it was like 3 years plus), my sister started learning guitar. And I was quite puzzled about it so once, I was having a chat with my sister in her room until the conversation with her was quite boring until I picked up her guitar and asking her how to play. Well, since young, I hated music. Don't really get all the meanings of those music language. That's why I hated it. But the strange thing is when I picke up my sis' guitar, I felt the urge to learn guitar and when I learned a new chord, I will be so happy and excited to learn the next chord. Well, time flies and through the very first moment I picked up a guitar for the very first time until now, God continuously tell me that He has given me a skill to play guitar. From learning guitar from my JI fren, Jeff, till knowing Ivan who taught me bass when we were army mates, God constantly put in me a passion to play guitar.

And looking back at how much my dear God has been doing in my life, it's really amazing. From a so-called anti-music person to a music-lover, God has indeed changed me! :) And I'm always grateful for that becuz I can serve Him on stage with the band! And I believe that even when I'm in Australia, my passion for music and for Him will never ever dies for He will be with me always and will constantly speak to me in Australia. :)

So, this is a testimony on how I pick up music. Though not good enough, I will still continue to work hard for God. Playing for Him and only Him. Amen! :)