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"Draw?" Kristen would say, pointing to her little crayon "art work" on the walls of my house (all below 3 feet height). "No-no" she would then say shaking her index finger, indicating her parent's constant commandments on drawing on the walls. I would then ask, what would daddy do? She will then slapped her hand with her other hand, mimicking the discipline for the cost of disobedience.Honestly,

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This weekend I had the priviledge to witness Aaron and Jaqueline's wedding ceremony. Not only to witness, but to be the officiating minister.I shared 3 building blocks that I am still learning to grow a strong, fulfilling and lasting marriage. The 3 "P"s are:1. Prioritize each other consistentlyThere will be lots of other factors involved work commitments, extended families and friends

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Just realised the last time I updated was a few days after Shane was born. Now, he's in his fifth month. Things are more settled now :)

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Well, life just got a whole lot busier past week with the arrival of our second child - Shane. Thank God for safe and normal delivery. Wife and baby boy is settling and recovering well at home. Guess it takes a while before it sinks in that now that I'm a father of two as I'm still feeling like I'm a new clueless father.Pictures to come soon.

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Life's been a bit crazy with some transitions and adjustments in life. My wife showed me a song and music video today. Thought it was a great song and it was ministering as well. Enjoy the song. (Ps : i don't usually post songs btw)Little boy, 6 years old A little too used to bein' alone. Another new mom and dad,another school, Another house that'll never be home.When people ask him how he likes

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I never imagine I would be sliding down a 6-feet high winding tube-slide in Mc Donalds' playland. But that's exactly what I, a 31 year-old 5' 10" man did last Sunday. I was holding my 18-mths old daughter little hand and watched her as she climbed up the steps in IOI mall Mc Donald's playpen last sunday during lunch. As she climbed higher, I had to remove my shoes and follow along ... planning

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I learnt a new phrase over the last weekend. Was flipping through the Time magazine and was reading an article on Facebook story; when a picture of FB's office with the banner of THE Phrase caught my attention. Go Big or Go Home! This has nothing to do with upsizing your burger, but everything to do with attitude and vision. According to urban dictionary.com, it means "an expression the speaker

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As I was driving to my weekly tennis session and with a mind just thinking about the happenings this week ... I was suddenly reminded of what Jesus said on the cross. After 3 years of faithfully and sacrificially teaching, healing and serving the people and pouring out his life to the disciples ... and all he received in return was the Cross. And some flogging, mocking and spitting on the face

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Some weekend thoughts:It's been some weekend last weekend, settling some family stuffVIBE Friday was interesting. New facilitator at new venue.It was good to have a preaching break and just received from our guest speaker on Saturday service as well as Sunday evening Global Prayer Day.It was refreshing seeing thousands of people worshipping and praying for our nation in the Shah Alam Stadium for

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Picked up a book on my shelf which an amazing couple gave me back in Nov 07 (that's for writing a note on the first page!) and just started the Introduction:"Everybody ends up somewhere in life. A few people end up somewhere on purpose. Those are the ones with vision"It's an old book and I might have read this before, but I think I'll enjoy Visioneering, by Andy Stanley.

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We all have 24 hours a day. Whether you are a college student, someone loafing by the beach all summer, an investment banker working 18 hours a day, a politician, a doctor, a businessman running a small company, a businessmen running a conglomerate of companies, the prime minister of any nation or Jack Bauer (especially if you are Jack Bauer) - you still have only 24 hours. How can someone do so

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Part of the growth of a baby is slowly introducing them to solid food, besides their milk diet. Grind various kinds of vegetables (like carrots, potatoes) as well as fish and meat to be mixed into their porridge. And also monitor to see how they react to various food. We are doing our part as new parents: Fried drumstick anyone?

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It's been an amazing weekend and Service:Had good lunch celebrating birthday of a friend on Saturday.Brought Kristen to Pet World, Ikano. She goes 'wow-wow' seeing the puppies, snakes, fishes, cats, iguanas etc. Visited Sunday service in Puchong today; am refreshed by Pastor Tim's Arise message. Prepared for evening service.Celebrated Mother's Day; the bible calls Mother's Blessed! So encouraged

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Life today is extremely busy. But we tend to equate busy-ness with fruitfulness. That’s the furthest away from the truth. We are contented with being busy, instead of being fruitful. Because it’s much easier being busy than being fruitful. We deceive ourselves, comforting ourselves, or we simply don’t know the difference- with the idea that as long as we are busy, we are fruitful. Busy-ness is

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I was putting on my hair gel while looking at the mirror of the dressing table yesterday while Kristen was just sitting on the bed next to me, playing with a comb or something that she took from the table. After a while, I noticed that she was looking at my action (of putting the hair gel) and she did the same thing! She took some 'gel' from the comb/ whatever and put it on her hair and rub it

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I was browsing at the bookstore today and quickly saw that there were so many new books on shelf. Reminded me of how long I have not been in any store. I walked passed the fiction section and saw new books from authors that I knew I would have enjoyed - Michael Crichton, John Grisham, Nelson Demille (I think I would have been in college when I last read books from any of them). I then saw

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As I was prepared for a memorial service message today, I was reminded of the brevity of life. That our life on earth is but a temporal passage that all of us are passing through. In light of eternity, life on earth is a super-duper tiny speck on that infinite line. I was reminded of Rick Warren’s famous book ‘purpose driven life’ where he mentioned that life on earth is like a dress rehearsal

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It’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog. I could be wrong but it seems like blogs could be passing trend as more and more ‘drop outs’ from the blogsphere as more and more jump on the bandwagon of replacing posts with tweets. I must admit, it takes quite a bit of work and discipline to maintain a blog. I thought about it and I think I want to maintain this simply because writing is one of

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It's been a while since I update about the books that I recently read/ or reading:A little history of the World - EH Gombrich. Bought this book in the Singapore airport while I was attending a training there. History can teach us so much, yet after many decades ... sad to say, mankind never really learn. Interesting book. Finally finished it over the lazy CNY week. My wife's reading it now. :)

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Few short lines on life in Kuching during CNY break:Sarawak Laksa, 3rd morning in a row ... i think my wife's is a believer too now!So many new places and shops here. First time going to Bing's Coffee in 101."What's the name of siblings of Transformers? - Transisters". "What's the name of the dad and mum of Transformers? - Transparent" - It's good to have my younger brother back :)A good time of

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It's been a while. Time flies. Busy. Got to slow down. Not been blogging often. I thank my 2 faithful followers of my blog - my wife and my daugther. Gen 21:Have you ever wonder why did God told Abraham to take his son, Isaac, his ONLY son to be sacrifice (during the test)? When in fact, Abraham had another son Ishmael from the maid-servant when he listened to his wife? (One reason why we need to

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It's been a while! End Jan already, time flies! Been a great weekend ... Friday was off day for me, due to Thaipusam. Ran errands while meeting up with a good friend for lunch. Had lunch at The Sisters. I found it amusing. 2 guys @ the Sisters. Attended an engagement dinner of another couple friend! Had fun. Flew to Kuching for the Change Your World Tour. 900 young people gathered to want to see

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Yesterday, the headlines in our local newspaper is that 3 churches have been attacked by molotov cocktail and one of the churches have been torched as a result. Read here for details. As i won't be repeating the facts here and that's not the reason of this post. But this post is really about how I think we need to respond to it ... and i'm glad the Pastor of the church that was torced responded

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We had our first Team Meet for 2010 today, it was good to gather again ... and we started off by hearing the high points and low points of each one. The fact is, we all go through high points and low points. The difference is how we response to the lows and how we appreciate and be gratitute for the highs. One of my high points of 2009, is the triple celebration weekend on last week of Nov.

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Happy new year ... Looking forward towards what God has in store for all of us!

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After service today, my wife and I made a trip to IJN (National Heart Institute, KL) to visit Ruth who just undergone a heart surgery yesterday. She is recovering and still under Intensive Care Unit (ICU), which looks a lot like the picture here. She's a fighter and she was already starting to talk, although still weak and in pain. Prayed for her. Today as Alex led us into worship, he asked us

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It's getting harder and harder to find time to blog these days. Just to squeeze out time. What a weekend it has been. I'm so blessed to see how God works in lives of people. Preached in 3 services in Eaglepoint over the weekend, and humbled to new faces and new people serving! Prayed for students who will be leaving us to further their studies. I enjoyed getting to know each and every one of

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Managed to browse through a bookstore in IOI mall during dinner time, in between work and my meeting at 8pm. It's been a while since i last picked up a book (and actually finish it). Quite a few books caught my eye, but i decided not to buy after thinking about the list of books that i have yet to finish at home. Life's been busy last few weeks and just trying to breathe. With the year end

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Just saw this today ... Greater things to come! :)

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It's been a while, much has happened since then. let's see if i can do a recap:Kristen's recovered from her fever rash. She's back to her cheerful self! We screened Indescribable last sunday. It was mind-blowing! We had someone song leading first time, playing guitar first time ... the church is made up of volunteers. God is looking for willing and available people. Postponed tennis for the nth

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Putting a Sunday night brain dump at half-time Arsenal 2-0 up against West Ham! :) What a weekend. Plesant drive up to Genting on Friday night. Starbucks on the mountaintop. Relaxing. Enjoyed Ps. Tim sessions at another church's Young Adults Camp. Always a joy listening to the wise man. Miss wife and Kristen in my 2 days at the camp. Encouraged to see new believers at the camp. Some were as young

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Was doing groceries with my family today after dinner with a couple. While we were about our things, I was approached by 2 'sales' person - one was rallying me to give to an established worldwide humanitarian organisation and the second one was rallying me to sign up for a credit card. The first one was an middle-age man who explained to me the cause with conviction and passion. The credit card

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Last Sunday, we had Donut Sunday - Life without God is like a Donut. We served 100 J Co Donuts - Delicious! Thanks to the volunteers who went to buy the donuts, served them and made coffee/ tea and drinks for our guests. Alex did a great job leading the band through a story describing how great is our Creator. I preached from the verse :He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they

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0 - 80 in 8 seconds. Unfortunately, that's not my RPM but the temperature of my car. The slight rattling in my car has evolved to a monterous noise just overnight. Desperately, i was trying to make it from Cyberjaya (the middle of nowhere) to my mechanic (or at least to Puchong) to check out the problem.The temperature rise and fall erratically and i had to stop by a petrol station to cool down.

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Hello. It's been a long time since i posted anything. Since we are maid-less for a short time, it's been 'interesting' to see how much extra stuff we have to do around the house. Nevertheless, things are going on ok.After our amazing church camp, I sensed a greater ownership and bonding among the people. As we journey on our Campaign 80 (a faith journey that we are taking as a church), we see

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Last weekend we had a great and awesome time in The Dream : Reloaded. I believe God did something in our midst and for the church. People were blessed and ministered. There were many personal breakthrough and encounter! The sessions by Pastor Tim was inspiring! The Award night was hilarious! We want to create a culture of honoring people.The breaking of bread together was meaningful. Who threw

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I'm so looking forward to this weekend. It's our first ever church camp! Pray for us! 52 participants. (not including the babies) 5 powerful sessions.1 inspiring open sessionsIntense worship.Games, futsal, tennis ...Food! Fellowship & Friendship builtDream ReloadedPurpose RealignedSpirit ignited.Awesome Camp committee and volunteers! See you guys up there!

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Been away and been busy. Hence the absence. I'll do a brain dump to summarise the last 2 weeks. Attended training in Singapore last week. It was quite enlightening. Was sick the first 2 days, was popping panadols all day. Made a round trip to Ipoh and back in 4 1/2 hours the night before. Back at 1am. So tired and so sick by then. Met up with a young graduate, a couple who's embarking on

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Many friends, colleagues, ex-colleagues, high school and college friends been asking me how's the journey of being a fatherhood. Well, it's by far the biggest transition of my life (perhaps more than all transition combined even). Overall, it's been a joy. And i'm learning to enjoy every moments as she grows.This video was captured last night at our kitchen table. One of those moments of joy of

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The Dream : ReloadedYup, that's right. That's the theme of our first ever church camp. We are excited about what God is going to do in this retreat. We are 2 1/2 years since the birthing of the Dream to plant a church in this community. And what a journey it has been.The committee are working hard to put this together - what a team, lead by this lady. Thanks in advance guys/ gals. The poster is

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What a week ... The weeks just whizzed by so fast: Finally linked the blog to my new domain name (after a year). I absent-mindedly asked 2 friends to help me buy the domain name, Friend A came back saying it's already taken. Reluctantly, I chose another one close to it and paid the money. Few weeks later, I told Friend B that someone has taken my domain name and so i bought another one ...

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Recently, a good friend of mine gave me this ...Yup, an Arsenal T-Shirt merchandise signed personally by the man himself ... Arsene Wenger. Considered one of the top managers in the English premier league (behind Sir Alex, or course). Wenger was in Malaysia (without the team) for a marketing roadshow.I was excited when i received the email that he has got that T-shirt for me. Makes me feel

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Today was doing groceries with the whole family, a lady came up to us and asked how old Kristen was. 7 months, my wife replied. To which the lady asked, 'How's her English language? Would you like to improve her English?'?????

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Last weekend was slightly relaxing for me, mainly i didn't have much meetings scheduled and I get a preaching break (Pastor Tim ministered a powerful word last sunday service).So, it was pretty much a family weekend for me. Started of with the Parenting Class organised by Community @ Heart on Saturday morning. Thought the 6 handles roadmap was pretty helpful - from Relating as husband and wife to

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Last Sunday, 8 of us from the Working Adult Life Group went for a MANLY hike at Broga Hill. I read somewhere that men bond via activities and stupid jokes. To a certain extent, this is true. We woke up before 6am and were at the foothill at 730am to start our hike. The view from one of the 3 peaksIt was a man-ly hike ... till we saw aunties and uncles with kids hiking along. But not many groups

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I was having breakfast in the chinese kopitiam last week when i noticed a guy in his 30s was so engrossed in the front page newspaper about the political drama in our country. As i walked on to another table, i saw an old man reading the same morning paper and his attention was also fixed on it ... not on the political news, but on the obituary section.Life is kinda like a newspaper. When we were

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Haven't find time to write a post but there's so much to say.Received an sms from a brother today asking how was my weekend. It has been a great weekend - best sums it up. It was so great that it left me in a dazed on Monday.I took off on Thursday and had a replacement public holiday on Friday, so i had a 4-day-weekend: 2-Days-in-the-House with some of the people who were on holidays (

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I visited the dentist today for a check up.I forgot how scary it was to be at the mercy of the dentist. I was busy thinking about things, making calls and doing sms-es until the very moment i sat onto THE CHAIR. When the drilling and the whirling starts, i cringed. I wasn't prepared - emotionally and mentality for the 800 Watt heavy machinery that the dentist stuck into my mouth.At times, the

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Quick Life Updates: Kristen just turned 6 months 2 days ago! Just started on solid food - porridge with mashed carrots and stuff. Can't wait to start her on TOM YAM! We need to get her a new bed. The crib is getting too small for her and her 'caterpillar' moves. And she's sleeping through most of the nights YEAH! The only TV she's allowed other than Hillsongs kids are American

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I recently came across a real estate agent and started talking to him. At first, he did not seem like he could handle his job well. But he came across honest and sincere. After talking to him for a while, I realised that he has been working in that industry for 10 years and has been pretty successful. Somewhere along that decent conversation, i realised that perhaps ... perhaps ... 1 of the main

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What would you be willing to attempt for God if you knew you could not fail? (Other motivational books paraphrase this question like - what would you be doing if you have no limitation in finance and time and abilities? or What would you be doing if when you look back at your life and you will say to yourself - i've lived a full life). But reading this post today ... challenges me ... Read this

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Saw this on Facebook.

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To Kiss or Not to Kiss ... that is not the question. Thought this is a good article about saving your first kiss with each other on the wedding day. It really can happen. This is a balanced view about this. If you fight the battle of passion, you will win the battle of purity. Something for people to think about. I had no regrets saving our first kiss for one another for our wedding day. And

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This weekend is a long weekend with Friday a public holiday - a mixture of rest, exercise (& pain), catching up with people, house work, family time, fellowship, errands, preparing Sermon for Sunday and reading.Also managed to catch X-Men Origins movie with my wife. I forgot that it's really cheap to catch a movie before 12pm. But not too romantic. But we enjoyed the show. Stay back for 2 more

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It's been a while since I put up any pictures ... well, Kristen is going on her 6th months and I'm glad things are more settled. My friend so rightly put it when they said it's the biggest adjustment in life - more than getting married, getting the first job, moving down in KL from another CITY Kuching ... It's been a challenge the first 3 months ... but God has been gracious and also friends,

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Long time didn't blog. Time is precious. Trying not to let the urgent crowd out the important. Need wisdom. What's running in my thoughts:How do we raise more leaders?How do we reach more working adults?How do we pioneering teens ministryHow am i doing as a father and husband?When can i finish the 3 books that i started?How do i go about my next message series?How do I inspire people to dream

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Yesterday during the Working Adults discipleship, the 5 of us were sharing about how busy our lives can get and how demanding and frantic work can be. This is so different from one of our church guy who flew back from Aussie for a visit - he said over breakfast that there in Gold Coast, working late means staying 10 minutes after 5pm. Wow ... makes you wonder. At the end of the day, you have to

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A few good posts:Put up your dukesSomething local yet inspiring. Running uphill - FearWhy church leadership sucks.

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Are You Thirsty? That was the topic of our Easter Service today. Few random thoughts:The drama team put up by the campus was just great. It was powerful and brought tears to many people. I didn't know we have such talented people in our midst :) Some of them looked natural in their role ... :) Great job!The other teams played their role too - the ushers, the adminstrative team, the worship team,

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Continued from previous ...Shared in our monthly team meeting a leadership devotion from the life of David:When it comes to serving God, the question is not whether or not we will face rejections, accusations, discouragement, disappointments … we will. I prophesy in advance :) If you have not face all those, it simply means you have not been serving God long enough yet. The question is what do

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After sunday service, my wife and I had an unplanned dinner date and did some groceries. On the way out of the check out counter in the groceries, we were met by a young guy trying to sell us credit card of an established foreign bank. He was energetic, lively and looked determined and driven. From the way he sells, he seems experienced. However, his friendliness and smile couldn't hide his tired

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This is continuation from part 1 and part 2 :Smart debt is the kind of debt that furthers you financially, while dumb debt is a way to pay for things you can’t really afford.Dumb debt often comes as a result of trying to keep up with others. It’s the kind of debt incurred from the instant gratification of making excessive and unnecessary purchases. It only sets you further back financially and

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Continuation from part 1 ...Lifestyle is:In sociology, a lifestyle is the way a person lives.A lifestyle is a characteristic bundle of behaviors that makes sense to both others and oneself in a given time and place, including social relations, consumption, entertainment, and dress (from the car you drive to the place you dine). A lifestyle typically also reflects an individual's attitudes,

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I'm looking forward to this evening service. Preaching on a series - One Life to Live, Make it Count. – we are looking at an aspect of life which is so important and plays a big part of our lives that it has direct impact on how we live our life and it will determine if we can or cannot make our life count. You cannot make your life count if you don’t have financial peace The opposite of

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Recently, my wife and I celebrated our 2nd year anniversary. Well, not on the actual date as it was a working day and we had prayer meeting at night too. So, we decided to make time this week to spend time together. Well, part of the lesson of the Preparation for Marriage course which i'm now facilitating for 3 couples mentioned that as marriage couples - we need to prioritize, plan and protect

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Just managed to catch 'Slumdog Millionaire' the movie with my wife in the cinema recently. It's been a while since i watched a good movie with my wife ... so we made plans to spend some time together. Thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Thought it captured some of the scenes and lifestyle of India that we don't see in our everyday lives. The other movie which we watched recently on DVD is this. It is

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Just random thoughts on a Saturday afternoon:Congrats to my friend's baby arrival ... Really happy for them that all is well. Will see him (the baby) soon. Champions League draw - Arsenal vs. Villareal. Should be interesting. My predictions for the finals in May - Arsenal vs. Liverpool. :) Enjoyed noodles in Taman Tun this morning with my wife and baby. It's been a while since we go there for

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Continued from previous I couldn’t help but to feel sorry for them. After all, they were trying to work and earn a living. They probably needed the money to support themselves or their families. That made the rejections after rejections harder to take.The truth is life will be full of rejections. From credit card sales to proposals in business meetings and from relational rejections to ministry

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Nobody likes being rejected.I was having lunch today in a coffee shop and 2 young guys walked up to me and introduced themselves, saying there are from a particular bank. I could see they were trying to promote their credit card. I politely declined and thanked them for their time.Immediately one of them said, “There’s free gift, if you sign up”. I thanked them again politely with a smile. The

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These are the 2 books that I am currently reading :The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Leocioni. This was recommended to me when i was in Manila last week. In fact, 2 pastors recommended it to me on separate occasions. I am currently reading it and in the first sitting, i'm already at page 100! This is a great book for those who needs to build strong teams. I'm already thinking of people

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I just realised that KL is a 'boss-boss' culture. We get mixed up who's the boss. I had a tyre puncture few weeks ago as i was on my way to pick up my daugther from her day care which is situated just 5 minutes away. (she's still too young to walk home). I drove into a petrol station with a mechanic 'hut'. I asked the Indian worker there 'Boss, Boss ... boleh tolong tukar?' (meaning, boss boss

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This past week i had the priviledge to attend Ruth's graduation in Manila ... upon her completion of her School of World Mission, Campus Ministry and Church Planting. I believe it has been an amazing 10 months for her. I'm proud of her and her faith. Below are some pictures taken in her graduation. Pictures with Pastor Manny Carlos and Jun Escosar The class of School of World mission giving

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It's been a while since i last updated this blog. So, thought i'll drop a few lines. We had our monthly team meet tonight and traffic was horrible due to flash floods and broken down LRT. Those who managed to make it, we had good dinner at my place before starting the meeting. More and more, i'm beginning to realise the important of Rest. I also shared this to the team that life in KL is busy -

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We kinda of enter into our 3rd year of our church planting journey, and what a journey it has been. We are currently on a series - Kingdom Living and this sunday will be the last part of this series. I'm just so excited in what God will do through us this sunday. Praying that more people will be mobilised and released to serve Him in a mighty way. The World at its worst needs the Church at its

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We had an awesome prayer meeting tonight. As we started the night with a familiar song 'I could sing of your love' ... it is refreshing to sing of His great love. And i was reminded of the very scene that took place just 3 hours before the meet:As usual, I went to pick up Kristen from the Daycare after work. After strapping her into the car seat, i would hope and pray that she will stay calm in

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Last weekend was a great weekend! 13 of us went to Kajang Country Heights for a short 2 Days 1 night Team Retreat. It's a great time of bonding, fun, re-aligning, re-charging and re-visioning towards what we felt God wants to do this year. We just entered the 3rd year of our church planting journey. Few thoughts from the retreat:The steam fish during lunch was great. Was bit warm but it's worth

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It's 1.30am so my brains are not really working (that's what makes it funnier) ... here goes: Excuse me, i think one of your ribs belongs to meThe name's Will ... God's willi went on a beach mission but all I ended up doing was mission you.i can be your Boazi sacrifice my sunday mornings to look after the creche group. its tough... but i love childrenmark driscoll takes up 35% of my ipod

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Last weekend, I managed to catch lunch with 2 students who were studying overseas. Both of the guys accepted Christ while they were studying in IMU, KL and i got to know them when i was organising a camp in Broga. After months of getting to know them, having drinks and inviting for our service ... they finally came up to me and said they are ready to receive Christ (after answering lots of

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In my previous post, i wrote a little bit about communication. I managed to catch a bit of Oprah Winfrey Show these 2 days (what else do you do when you try to rock the baby to sleep?). They were talking about 'How to Affair Proof your Marriage' and they mentioned about the importance of communication. According to the talk show: Average married couple in America spend only 12 minutes a day

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Happy Chinense New Year. A friend of mine recently asked another friend and myself that what is the most important factor that a person should consider when it comes to choosing the person to consider marriage (apart from love God, which the 3 of us unanimously agreed that, that's the most important thing). Both of us (who have only 2 years and 9 months experience respectively) thought for a

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Today my daugther turned 9 weeks old and we took her for her vaccination jabs (6 thingy in 1 shot - good thing it's not 6 shots for 1 vaccination). She gave a cry when the doctor jabbed her with the injection, which is good and needed for her. I'm sure she's thinking - how could mummy and daddy allowed this lady to inflict pain to me? She didn't understand. We did it because we knew it was best

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This year would be the first year that i'm spending Chinese New Year in KL, second time away from Kuching (first one in 2004 when i was in Manila). It will be a quiet one with reunion dinner at my in-laws'. We'll see what happens. My daughter, currently 9 weeks old may be a little bit too young to fly. Well, looking forward to a good break over the weekend. Happy New Year!

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Well, how time flies ... it's been a while since i last posted. Not sure how much longer i can keep up posting regularly :) But what a week we had during the prayer and fasting. We had easily the largest group of people turning up for the Power Prayer Nite during the Prayer and Fasting week. I'm sure all of us were blessed just waiting upon God and praying for Breakthrough. Victory Weekend

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Started the day to Prayer and Fast a little late today. But nevertheless, managed to get my mind to seeking God, amidst of the slight headache and dizziness towards late evening. Read Day 1 readings on the Breakthrough prayer and fasting booklet. Somehow the thought of catching up with different people over nice meals ... and bringing my wife out for Japanese Food kept surfacing in my mind! :)The

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Baby fed. Finally slept. So pretty when asleep. Left hand numb. 2 hours carry. Right hand sms-ed. Midnight now. Peace. Tired. Long week. At work, home church. God's grace sufficient. Really need to Seek God. 7 Days Prayer & Fasting. This Sat. Breakthrough - fun. Hunger and headache - no fun. But i need it. Breakthrough 2009. Bed, very soon. Night.

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It's a new year and i'm always excited on what the new year would bring. Just few random thoughts for this past weekend and for this new year:I'm still learning to adjust to being a new dad, i must say i have improved (since 4 weeks ago!:) A friend told us, there are good days and there are bad days. It's ok! :)It used to take me 5 minutes to get ready to go church. Today, i was leaving at 345pm

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If there's one thing which i desire is to have this year is more time to read - on wider topics and various writings. These are the notable books that i read in 2008 (no particular order):The Starbucks experience - Joseph Michelli. I enjoyed this book that speaks about the DNA of this coffee chain. The Dip - Seth Godin. This book helped me to make few decisions. First book by this author. Making

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Merry Christmas. This article in the star captured really the reason why we celebrate Christmas - that we are given this magnificent gift of life through our Lord Jesus Christ. Although our national papers published these stories maybe once a year (maybe a few times), it's a common testimonies that we hear as we pour our lives into lives of others ... to see changed lives by touch of God.

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This past 2 days, my wife and i have been trying to implement a fixed routine for Kristen. It has been a challenging task ... especially when it's 3am in the morning! :) We have to help her unlearn the habits (sleeping, waking, feeding) that we want her to unlearn and learn the habits and routines that we wanted her to learn. Hopefully, she'll learn fast :) With a routine, it'll help us as

Shawn Konghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18159316186936209216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20978684.post-59921925011893050462008-12-21T22:53:00.004+08:002008-12-21T23:04:53.579+08:00

It's been a long awaited weekend, the confinement lady for my baby has completed her 1 month stint at our place. It's rubber meets the road for my wife and I. Our first task is to help our baby get over her 'jet-lag' - she sleeps like a log the whole day and would be awake at night seeking attention and all. Friday night, the working adults gathered for a good time of fun, food and faith. There

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Wow. So much work this past week, at work, at home, for christmas buzz ... tired. Need sleep :)Haven't update in a while ... but here's what's going on this weekend: Friday, Working Adults RED-HOT Christmas Party! :) This Sunday Christmas Service - We have having the Heavenly Gift production: (i can't get a bigger pic)! And a great weekend ending with Arsenal beating Liverpool 2-0. What a

Shawn Konghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18159316186936209216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20978684.post-6749633764765107692008-12-09T22:51:00.003+08:002008-12-09T23:12:29.877+08:00

I picked up this book from Borders about a week ago and this would be the second book that I read from Seth Godin. This 147-page little book is really about thought leaderhip and it's as good as the previous book that i read from the same author. It's only my second seating on this book over breakfast today, and i'm already halfway through it. Few statements:+ A tribe is a group of people

Shawn Konghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18159316186936209216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20978684.post-52804293144510946972008-12-07T23:08:00.004+08:002008-12-07T23:18:10.071+08:00

I must say, i'm enjoying the holidays that December brings! Just resting after a great service and had a few people over here visiting Kristen. Few random thoughts this weekend:The campus group did a great job last friday for Christmas Vibe. I think there was almost 50 of them and we had more than 20 friends in our midst! Pictures here. My saturday was spent running errands and doing marketing

Shawn Konghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18159316186936209216noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20978684.post-35752130499677339402008-12-06T00:16:00.004+08:002008-12-06T00:22:17.011+08:00

2 nights ago, i managed to have a drink with my brother at Taman Tun - Roti John's place (after Kristen and my wife have gone to sleep of course!, i think :)) I have not been there for years and i'm glad it's still around and still tastes as good. It's so good to just catch up with him and hearing how he has grown and matured. I remembered sending him off to NZ almost 2 years ago. Over the years

Shawn Konghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18159316186936209216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20978684.post-80389647759951661652008-12-03T03:40:00.002+08:002008-12-03T03:58:12.404+08:00

We had our monthly leadership today and started with a great time of hearing testimonies of what God is doing in our midst. Friends visiting our services, new believers signing up for victory weekend, those who walked away from God coming back to Him, seekers asking questions about faith - we are encouraged. We had a breakthrough in our service attendance last Sunday. Looking back this 1 year,

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This is continuation of previous post - 10 things to do in a delivery ward.5. Hold your wife’s hands. Your wife’s hands may be cold and turn blue. I helped by holding and rubbing her hands and making sure she was properly and adequately covered. Remember to remove rings on your fingers. One pastor with 3 kids actually sms-ed me to remind me to take off my ring. 4. Make necessary arrangements. I

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