1. Chinese New Year
I tried my best to really enjoy this year's Chinese New Year as i may not be here anymore(studies). For the first time, we had the most junk food (chocolates cookies...etc). If i have too count the biscuit one by one it would have exceed a 1000. Haha. We had a lot of leftovers too. A piece of food to the lip, goes to the hip. I gained some weight (who doesn't) due to the excessive drinking(shandy, cola,etc) and consumption of radically free foods. Haha. EXCEPT Ahma of course who claims that she loses weight during Chinese New Year.
On the fourth day, Daniel, Caleb, Kelvin, Loung Huey, Qadya, Min Zhi and Andeline came by my house to savour some of my cheesecakes and sushi. Haha. Loung Huey ate the most. This year was the first time i decided to make my own sushi vinegar. Not bad despite the lack of sugar. Haha. First stop, we went to Min Zhi's famous LONGKANG(apartment). Had overdose on seaweed chips. After that, we went to Colin's house and charged on to the computer. Haha. His streamyx speed is so fast. UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was a fun time too. A sincere sorry to Daniel and Caleb for "you know lah". Haha.
Inside Out Sushi. Haha. Donno the name.
Normal sushi roll.
Clockwise from Top Left: Marbled Chocolate Cheese Cake, Cocktail Cheese Cake with Walnuts, Kek Bumi Lapis OR Happy Day Cake. The cheesecake wasn't cheesy enough for some "animal"
Min Zhi dubbed the "driver from hell" driving us to our destination. She almost langger a lorry and she went over to the other land (cars coming from opposite direction) when she say ALex's house while speeding at 80kmph when its RAINING. WE SURVIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We forgot to kiss the ground. Haha
From Left: Loung Huey aka Nichol, Me, Kelvin the monkey, Qadya aka Long Bean coz she's tall(red shirt), The one behind her (white shirt) is Andeline aka Ahma, Min Zhi.
Additional guy: Colin aka the ass(from the derivation of assistant monitor or ASS.Monitor)
Oh well. This year was the first time i also joined the rest of the gang to go Chinese New Year visiting on the FIFTH DAY. My mom was surprised because not many people open their house on the fifth day. Haha. It was really fun going around kuching despite the "accidents" along the way. I get to know the 5I people better too. Go to Kelvin's , Ahma's andMin Zhi's blog for details of the trip. Haha.
2. 潘秀琼 Concert (Canto Name: Poon Sow Keng)
To be volunteering and meeting her up close less than 3 meters away is quite an experience. Haha. I was selling DVD's and CD's of her songs despite my lack of vocabulary in mandarin. YES, i manage to converse in mandarin and sell the dvd's and cd's. Haha. Togther with several aunties we manage to sell quite a lot of disc.
Anyway, i really admire her voice because she has really such a low voice She was known as the "low-note queen" during the sixties. I can't sing as low as her. Some of her songs that she sang that night i can recognize them. Haha. I think those age 50 and above would know her well. Anyway, she's a Christian and she shared in the concert how she was healed of eye cancer i think(my mandarin not that good mar). She told us the time when everything was dark and she couldn't see anything. Some people shared the gospel with her and i think she prayed and she was healed. That was some 30-40 years ago. She is actually best friends with Teresa Teng OR Deng Li Jun. They were together in Japan for a few years and they always shared about their life together. The only regret 潘秀琼 made was that she didn't share about Christ with Teresa before she died although they met daily. In remembrance of her, she sang "the moon represents my heart"(月亮代表我的心) which is Teresa's famous song while shedding a few tears.
Teresa Teng
The following day, i went for the voice workshop. Most of the things i had already learnt except from pronunciation. Quite good. I was surprised as i fully understand the whole workshop depsite my terrible mandarin. haha. I'll let the pictures do the talking.
Performing her first few solos in the concert at the Kenyalang Theater
Audience in awe of her singing.
Belting out solos such as : 情人的眼泪, 月亮代表我的心, 梭罗河之恋....
The volunteers taking photos with Poon Sow Keng
The CD and DVD's aunties. Haha
An Old picture of her record.
Some videos of the concert
One video of her singing in my church.
3. The Saturday Night Service
This coming Saturday(1st March) is first time we gonna start the Saturday Night English Service. For about a year plus, the main English service on Sunday has been packed with people weekly. So now, after a series of meetings we're gonna start the 2nd service so that we can accommodate more people and have more room for growth(as in number of church members). The 2nd service will be generally aimed at young people namely students, youths, college students, and young working adults although there is no age limit. We would have more hyped up music and fun . Who says being a Christian is boring? If you still think so, come and join us and you'll see the difference. With more freedom we can sing "louder" songs such as rock and pop songs from Planetshakers and Hillsongs. As we are just starting out, things might go a little bumpy at first but things will go smoothly sooner or later. ITS so EXCITING! I really need God's supernatural energy to play the piano as i still have to play for both Saturday and Sunday. Haha. A lot of youth-based ministries are gonna open up soon such as the multimedia ministry which makes videos, graphic designs etc....(so gonna love this). Hopefully creative arts (soon) which are dance, drama, skits, mime, sign language, black theater productions, puppets....etc. Most of all is that we use whatever talent we have and share the love of God and the gospel AND TO ROCK KUCHING!!!!!!!
As we need not to join the Main Sunday Service, this will open up doors for us to conduct more youth activities. Coming this March holidays, we would have the music camp . We would teach people to play instruments and sing if they're interested in serving God. We are gonna do hiking too (hopefully) at Matang Wildlife Centre. Every Sunday Afternoon starting in March, we're gonna have Hip Hop lessons none other than "The Mole". Finally can reduce the size of those CNY hips? Haha. We would also have free tutoring to those students who need guidance in their coming public exams(UPSR,PMR, SPM). I have to teach....Haha I think I'll be teaching Biology and some other subjects. Hehe. Anyway these are just some of the activities that are gonna happen. There are also sport activities such as like badminton and basketball. Not forgetting bible studies too. Overall, is gonna be a fun year developing spiritually ,physically, and socially . Being a Christian ain't too bad right?
If you have nothing better to do, or just feeling bored, not having many friends, feeling lonely, or just want to know more about Christianity
Come and Join EMBACY(Emmanuel Baptist Church Youths) this Saturday , 7.30pm to meet other youths and most of all kickstart the Saturday Night Service. Our Church is at Hui Sing Commercial centre. Join in the FUN!!!!!!
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