suddenly remember some of things I like about Tokyo...

they have toilets and food stalls at the train platform! so nice! unlike ours, where our toilets are outside the gantry and "no eating" signs are everywhere...haha...oh, and their toilets are so clean, cleaner than ours! can you believe it...

then hor, their customer service is also superb..unlike our salesgirls who always give us the "buy or scram" look..and the people generally are quite polite..

and the Japanese kids are so well-behaved and cute! so adorable! I rolled my eyes when I see Singaporean kids being rowdy and noisy and whiney...another point to why I'm not thinking about having kids now...hee..

ok, having said all that, I think Singapore is not that bad LA...haha...transport and food are cheaper and shopping is excellent! most importantly, my family and friends and you guys are all here! haha...

anyway, click below to see what Francis had collated about Tokyo!

-Jocelyn-

my first post...

this is my first post. :)

bought a fruit juice press today at TPY! Shihao and James can probably re-enact the scene (how the uncle tries to promote this press). haha....

anyway we were deciding if i should get the fruit press, so we had our "AGM".haha...4 votes out of 7. majority wins and i bought the press! :)

it's not too bad and i just had two cups of orange juice for the day. it has been agreed that i'll bring the press for the retreat and u people can bring the fruits! haha...then we can all have a fruitful retreat!!

Cosette Song!!!

Just one more...takes more time. Have fun!

Yeap! Answer for the previous riddle is Peter. Ok...just one more puzzle.

Hidden Books of the Bible

The names of sixteen books of the English Bible are hidden in the text of the following paragraph. Can you find all sixteen of them?

I once made a remark about the hidden books of the Bible. It was a lulu. Kept people looking so hard for facts and for others it was a revelation. Some were in a jam, especially since the names of the books were not capitalized. But the truth finally struck home to numbers of readers. To others, it was a real job. We want it to be a most fascinating few moments for you. Yes, there will be some really easy ones to spot. Others may require judges to help them. I will quickly admit it usually takes a minister to find one of them, and there will be loud lamentations when it is found. One little lady says she brews a cup of tea, so she can concentrate better. See how well you can compete. Relax now for there are really sixteen names of books of the Bible in this story.

Have fun...
Hui Im

Bible riddle... Have a little fun! Got this off the net...

Who Was He?
There was a man who went one day
On top a Joppa house to pray,
And while he waited for his meat
He dreamed he saw a great big sheet
Let down from heaven, and inside
Fowls and creeping things did ride,
The one who prayed was told to eat,
For God had cleansed this "common" meat.
Who was he?

Fastest Fingers.. haa

Hui Im, Joy

:)

wheeeee, just got back from walk at east coast with kor. (sorry sy, sh and james nvr ask you all out, but i wanted some peace, so just ask 1 person only haha)

its nice just to escape to the seaside, drink something, munch on something and talk your life away... lie on the beach, look at stars, enjoy the breeze and just enjoy the peace at night... escape reality for a while :) yea but we escape until forgot to keep time haha... Thank God that we nice nice took the last bus back home.

but please dont do this things when you have important events coming up, like.... yea, exams. (oops)But do it when you can! something different i suppose... yay im happy and i feel blessed :)

whoo see you guys later today! war starts tmr :)

-bran

something i came acorss in the newpaper yesterday....

hi JK!


sorry been really busy... and like juz finish my good frined's wedding being best man... hha.a... realli tiring man.... some teochew traditional thingy... must pick wife up at 530 before sun can like be shone on her... for good luck ... man..... crazy stuff!


anw.... was juz reading my newpaper yesterday.. and came across an interesting article of which i tot i wld like to share with esp the gals in JK.. or in fact anyother gal ....

the article toks about a true story of a Spore gal... who went on a innocent holiday trip with a guy frined alone... n like shared room with him n like becoz of "circumstances" she had to share the same bed for 2 nites.... seeming thinking that they are normal friends.. n he is a normal guy and seems friendly and like a good friend for sometime...



and ............. at the end of the day... she was molested by him whilst she was sharing the same bed with him.... and she put in her her blog which caused some violent comments from the public.... 'she was asking for it' ....??

but yah juz a reminder for all gals to practice alittle decrenment now n then and like to know that ... good frineds.... normal natured friends .. even like friendly firneds all are sinners and have fallen short of GOd ultimate standards of glory n holiness... and there are hormones... there are moments of weakness of the flesh.. there are the lures of the devil .... n they do exists... we all need to practice safety.. and to rather not take risks ... its like in the safety industry... we always tell our ppl... u can get away with 100 or even 1000 times of unsafe acts... but all you need is that one time to fail... n that one time may be fatal......

and guess this article is a good lesson for us all to learn n draw the mistake form... esp since its a spore gal.... n not some american story where "it-can-never-happen-to-me" tots might occur... yupz.... do be careful gals.... sometimes its not about convinence ... n not about savign moeny... got to know wat is right and what cannot be compromise... haha....

ok here is the link to the electronic website of newpaper....


http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,168150,00.html?

i do not condone or agree to any of the extreme views posted.. but juz a tot to get ppl thinking perhaps?

cheers,
jiawei

Do schools kill creativity?

This is for all the dear teachers in our midst :)
And students too la, found it quite interesting and entertaining.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/66

-Jasmine

About Disneyworld..

Finally got the time to sit down and blog my thoughts on my Tokyo trip. Landed in Singapore just last Saturday, then unpacked, then Sunday went to help mum at her coffee stall after Service...man, am i tired..

Anyway, just wanted to say, the Disney trip was wonderful! It was the highlight of our Tokyo trip. We went DisneySea on the first day and Disneyland on the second, staying overnight at one of Disney partner hotels. The room was really neat and nice and has got the Disney feel! A bit only la..cos that hotel is not one of the main hotels..haha..

DisneySea was really dreamy, like Vienna! (unlike Elizabeth who can be at the real Vienna, I can only dream at DisneySea..haha..) It's so pretty that it's beyond words. I thought, the Americans are really smart and creative to come up with this idea of a Disneyworld..the buildings and technology they use are mind-blowing..of course, they are capable of coming up with anything that's money-making..Oops anyway, the rides at DisneySea are pretty fun too. Initially when we arrived, the place is so big that we don't know where to start. Then we began to plan and strategise and make full use of the 2 days to visit both places. Disneyland was not as fun as DisneySea because the rides are more for kids ( we queued for so long only to find ourselves twirling in some machine in Winnie the Pooh's dream and flying in Peter Pan's world and shooting with Buzz LightYears) and the scenery is not as nice. But when the princes and princesses came out (during parade shows), it's still these classics that can steal your heart away.
Oh, kudos to all Japanese who are working at the Disneyworld! They are so professional. They keep smiling at you and greet you and explain to you the safety precautions even though that may be the hundredth time they are doing it. And for those who are in costumes, they still smile joyfully and cheerfully and move about actively under the hot sun, and they really look like they are enjoying it and that helps in bringing the mood in, you know! I really admire them...i mean, can you imagine doing this over and over again everyday? I can't.. *salute!*

We bought some stuff at DisneySea too and this is one of it!











Isn't it nice?! Hee...with that, I shall end my entry. In the end, only managed to talk about my Disney trip. Shall wrap up my whole Tokyo trip tomorrow! (sorry that i'm talking too much here! hee)

Oh, can view my photos here http://good-times.webshots.com/album/563797455IXcIyq

-Jocelyn-

To LCQ (all can read also la..)

JUNQUAN....i so let you down!! sigh..there was a misunderstanding and we didn't get the cake. ok, let me explain.

(for those who dunno what's going on, junquan actually helped me call SQ and requested for a honeymoon cake, a service they provide to newly-weds..)

we boarded the plane and were sitting near the window seat so getting up was a hassle. then, i don't know how to approach the air stewardess and ask them cos i shy..but i thought, cannot let junquan's effort go to waste! and also, this is meant to be a surprise for Francis! i must do it! so finally, at about 1, 2 plus in the morning (ours was an overnight flight), i got up and approached an air stewardess and told her about the cake thingy and she asked when do i want it to be served. thinking that we just had supper, i said, why don't you serve 1 hour before the plane lands. then i went back to sleep...sleep until 5plus and they came over but we didn't know! of course seeing that we're asleep, they didn't disturb us. then Francis got up before me and went to toilet and the guy actually asked him whether he wants the cake. then Francis blur and said we got married half a year ago, not really newly-wed so no need to have the cake..i found out only after i woke up which is the time about to land already...oh man..

sigh..that's the whole story lor..so sorry leh..

oh then hor! i'm so sad! cos A380 wasn't that fantastic..the economy class looks the same as 777 lor (or was it 747 that we took? aiya..one of it la..)! i thought maybe the business class and first class then got big difference..but you know what's the saddest thing? Paul Chow said I should have explored cos there're 2 levels (there's a staircase somewhere for you to go up and down) and a snack bar at the back! i did try to explore! but as i was walking, everyone's looking at me as if i were a terrorist then i don't dare to walk and just went back to my seat...argh!! i'm so sad!! i miss the real A380 experience!! (ok..hmm..sounds like the A380 experience is climbing stairs and visiting a snack bar..but the difference is, it's in a plane!) so guys, if anyone of you is taking A380, remember to climb stairs and visit the bar! and maybe you can dash into the business and first class and check it out when no one's looking..we peeped through the curtains..they looked like they're sleeping in capsules..haha..

ok, adios! i'm gonna blog about my Tokyo trip now!


-Jocelyn-

CHRONICLES OF NARNIA

HAHA~ I felt like I just went into another world just like Narnia la~ all of u wrote sooo much~~ haha~ yeah~ Think this a nice place to knit everyones' live together : ) WELL DONE UG.., I mean, PRETTY JOCELYN~~~ : D..

To eliz, wat is h&m huh?

that chicken chop reali looks GOOD from the pic la~~~~~! lol~

eh~ den we reali having cell retreat on 080808???

So sorry, I don haf the habbit of checking my mail~ so bear with my time lag~~

JUN QUANNNNN~~~~~ SEE YOU SOON~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!

Yours la,
Terry Theodore

P.S i tot Chris chan sermon on prayer was pretty radical~ any school of thoughts? haha~

.LCQ.is.here.again.

hi all,

i just cut and pasted from the shoutbox on the left.

<LCQ>: mrs chong! so it was a great way to fly, huh? hahaha... so, how? did you get the cake onboard? you said you would tell me via this channel. just read your greetings from japan almost a week ago! hahaha... "ni men hao" from japan, osaka too! i am here till monday. just saw cnn news... didnt know there was an earthquake here in northern japan today. dun worry, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, big-eaters or small-eaters alike, taiwan-wannabes, honey-mooning madam, holidaying students and teachers, working adults, new boys on the block, LCQ is fine! food in japan is super nice too! hahaha... gg shopping tomorrow! cos it is a sunday! ha. but nothing beats home-my humble red spot, my dear singapore! wear red... be proud of being a singaporean! take care, jks! and to liz... happy exam-ing! jia wei misses you loads! he must be, right? see all of you soon... in church, i hope. wont be able to attend till mid-july, i think.

cheering quietly,
chun quan

tell me more about the personality tests (like who has what personality) hahah =) jw said is was interesting too

just got back to reality and life in vienna.. went to travel with my parents to switz and after that played tour guide for them when they came to vienna..tiring but it was nice having them over.. my sis just went erhms h&m crazy..shop and shop (erhms i think we visited 6 h&m in vienna) hahahha..yepps hahha h&m is like my most favourite shop here in vienna and europe.. i think in every city i visit i'll head over to check out the h&m.. bleghhh ehhhs tt's coz here in vienna i'm pretty shopping deprived..there's not many nice shops to shop from and h&m is like more reasonable..

my exam is tmr!!!!!ughhhh entrepreneurship..it's like essay form exam and i din really study since my parents just left today and i've been travelling with them for the past week..bleghh but then again i just need to pass... yeppps there's this other prj due in like 2wks too..and we just started last wk..(or rather my frens haf started on it last wk but i haven...)

sighs life is back to reality..the usual routinues and getting readjusted to life in vienna again..

to those in taiwan: oooh man u all haf nice chinese fooood! i want also! hahah mango ice (to elisa: tt's like reliving of our hongkong days uh hahaha)

okay back to studying for tmr's exam..blegh

-liz

Cell group on friday the thirteen...

We had some personality test today during cell group and I guess we all enjoyed it very much! Lots of laughter...

This week it's school holiday for me till 23rd June. Suppose to work on my project but I am kinda lost, don't know where I should start. Pray for wisdom in my projects and studies k...

Looks like the people in Taiwan are enjoying themselves very muchhhh, I also want the mee suan and XXL Chicken chop! Ta bao from Taiwan for me ok?! *kidding*

Projects always drive me crazy =(

-Serene-

Sorry

Sorry for spamming man. But ya check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrgXxS3GOE4&feature=related something nice remember your fathers!! Especially your Godly one.

Here's something from Taipei for you

Really wanna testify that God is good. Though it was raining when we got here, in the evening when we went to shilin, rain stopped. It was a breezy walk through the night market of shilin. Also thank God that he restored my tastebuds and ability to smell so that I can sniff out the delicious food! The XXL chicken really good, the girls wanted to buy more and dabao... guess what we couldnt even finish one piece per person. The mango snow ice was really good!!! Lastly Huiim bought duck tongue and rebekah and me tried it... absolutely gross cos it is so chewy and you know it is the tongue!!!! yucks! U dun believe it? Try chewing ya tongue!

- O Carol :)

Greetings from Taipei!!!

Hi everyone...

We are just back from shilin night market. Haha guess what we had? Lots of good food.Mango ices.. qi pa(XL chicken cutlet) Wah.. that's was fantastic.Should see elisa's expression when she took the first bite.I bought duck toungue too. taste weird. We are now back at the hostel. It's really fun and exciting here. Looking forward to tomorrow....

See ya soon.

Hui Im ..Joy

Back from family camp!

Hi knights!

Elisa , carol and me are back from family camp. Heading to taipei tomorrow!
It's quite a fun and relaxing time at the family camp. Something that touched me alot during the camp. I saw old uncles and grandmas.. responding to altar calls (chinese cong) I am humbled by their respond towards God. God spoke to me about my attitudes towards my family... How have I been a testimony at home? Not really good I guess... got whacked by God.. haiz... Nevertheless, God assures me that He is with me and will never leave me. Yeah...

Hope to see all of you soon....

Hui Im ...Joy

Hello... anyone got miss me?

Hello JK,
Got miss me, elisa, hui im and terry and of course LCQ and Elizabeth? Better say you all do... or else!!!! haha... soon we will be gone again... so i must drop you all a note!

Aiyo! Brandon!!!! Jiawei will get jealous wan.... cos his girl friend also called Elizabeth too! You haven't met her, she's overseas for exchange programme now in Vienna! Glad you enjoyed your camp and you are still in one piece!

Wah... all of you ate so much when we are away during the family camp... not fair man! But don't worry during family camp, the food was quite good too! I think I will have trouble losing weight after eating so much in BKK, family camp and soon to be eating in Taiwan. Wah... when I checked out what to eat in Shilin, Taipei, can really drool man!

Sigh... but i am sick and i cant seem to taste or smell anything! That's why i left my Jco donut in the oven too long and didnt know it was burning already. Sigh... then my mom kept scolding me and saying i was stupid not to smell the burning smell... Sigh she smelt it but didnt tell me! Kinda stormed off in the morning. Have been reading about having difficult conversations with people so that the relationship can be restored.... so i decided to giving her some pocket money, watch tv with her and buy her nice cakes.

Anyway... Family camp was good! Aunty grace prayed for me to have God's vision and direction...when she finished praying, the speaker said pray for Singapore and Malaysia but I heard him say pray for Nepal. I guess maybe I was hearing audible voice from God? Still praying.

The bus driver on the way back kept getting lost. Vincent said he got bus phobia. At night I actually dreamt that I was back in Nepal but keep getting lost and not reaching the kathmandu square! sigh... i also have bus phobia.

Well didn't regret going for the camp but regret eating too much chips, durian and stuff... sore throat! Elisa is so fun to be with in the same room... playing with Noah and Naomi is also such a joy! In all the combi of people i hang out with is awesome. God's word was really powerful and spoke into my heart about my calling and also about how i treat my family members. Must really learn to love them with God's love!

That's all.... keep missing us... that's right! Pray for us too!

Oh Carol :)

wheeee

i love Elizabeth!

Na its just my group name =P my group have little girls anyway hehe...

So i was back from a wierd/special 3 day OBS course.. wierd/special cos its requested by MHA or something, as part of a 6 day attachment... yes my group of 10 was called Elizabeth. in some way the course is really designed for us haha, and most of the activities we did it by ourselves without help from instructors... And we this 3 days, we did things that some 5 day courses wont get to do. cool huh! Also special, cos no one knew one another at all... There were students from every JC and NUS high. and i've nvr met someone for talk so fast and much (guy) and someone who is so blur but tolerant (girl) (90% of the time the group is laughing, we're laughing at her oops hehe) oh ya my group almost late all the time =P

Guess what was the first activity we had? BIG SPLASH!! The boat anchored a distance away from Ubin and we had to swim across wahahah... really suprising. Later on we went for cross expedition and had to navigate around with maps and compasses to find certain stuff. Sadly my group didnt find anything, but bashing through vegetation and spiderwebs is fun =) they expected us not to be "childish" to compare results and everyone somehow knew that teamwork was more important.

Then we set up tents and stayed there for the night. I have no idea what was in my mess tin for dinner. ( probably got mud and insects) but i just ate all the maggi noodles up hehe... After that we were made to navigate in rows in big tubes which were pitch black... literally cant see anything... we were randomly shuffled into 3 diff groups which start at diff points, and gather back into our own groups at a room where we can stand... not easy but we made it woo! feels quite helpless though :S

The next day we had sea expedition in kayaks! row row row, and we had salted food during our breaks! not that they're salted before, but ya wahahaha... i ate a salted prune, but it was quite disgusting :S On our way back, many started to become tired, and we started switching boats here and there so that everyone can progress! nice isnt it? everyone cared for one another =)

3rd day was climbing, where i knocked a little. but im fine, no needa bomb me with questions. I'll freak out >.> oh ya it was funny when we went to the souvenir shop. The girls waited for the guys while we shopped, instead of the other way round. They all didnt buy anything >.>

Overall learnt alot ba. Got to know new people and you realise the world seem so small haha. Its so interconnected. Some people are really really up there one, capable and stuff.. to call all 29 of usthey sometiems use the terms "scholars to be" funny man... anyway 1 guy was confident enough to say im eyeing for ____ scholarship haha... and he isnt a geek! hes a breakdancer from tj IP. (im surprised many of them arent hahahahaha) And his portfolio is kinda prepared since sec 3 in TJ, while commoners like a few of us start at J2 haha... Not directly saying sajc is bad la, but other school seems to have alot of opportunities open to them. many many attachments and competitions and programs lined up for them, until can reject some de...

But anyway after knowing them, im stil and even more thankful for getting the bookprize from SPF, even though its month ago. So many other capable people there, but some forgot, or wasnt really eligible. If everyone did sign up, chances of me getting is almost none haha... wa, thank God.

Good learning exp, would be good if the church send people down =P Can really bond people together!

Anyway today continued the 4th day with the Home Affairs department... went to visit the Traffic police, Secret Operation thing, and the Security Command. I get to hold a gun and fire a water cannon today! haha. oh ya traffic police dont have a quota to summon people and sometimes they summon their own people hehe... Real gunshots are really loud and you can feel it somehow. man, i miss tmr's prison visiting cos of NS check... zzz...

OBS felt like a fantasy island, and coming back was like... back to reality haha... besides chionging to wash all the "heavenly" smelling laundry, have to study... im not whining lol... And i'll stick to the phrase terry korkor gave me " I LOVE TO STUDY" yea whoo! i cant seem to attach the banana he gave me soo, nvm! back to reality!!!!!! (oh ya pray for him, i think he not well again!)

edit: and ill miss the food a OBS. buffet style and ITS GOOD!

bran

Dearest Serene

Hey dear,
About your question, just a quick reply. I don't think the passage means we should always be covering our heads when we pray or we should be punishing women who don't by shaving their heads. Paul was giving instructions on public worship in that chapter and specifically addressing the issue of the posture of women in worship. Background: The city of Corinth is a wealthy trading center and it was known throughout the Roman world as a wicked city. Because the church in Corinth was new, it was hard for the Christians there not to act like their neighbours; consequently the church was having some problems.
Hence, paul wrote this reply to rectify some erroneous thinking in the church. In this case is the women in the church of Corinth was possibly taking over the role of men in church leadership and reversing God's order of the men as the head of household and as leaders in the church. It is possible to assume too that given this culture in the Corinthian church, the women maybe putting down the men in the community and not supporting them or raising them to take on the role God has given them.
Therefore Paul had to lay down clear rules for the women to cultivate a culture of gentleness and submissiveness to the men in their midst, so that they will be a people who will honour God and be a light to the warped culture in their city.

There maybe other views to this issue so I encourage you to read up since you are really interested. And listen to the Holy Spirit as you read so you will know and understand God's heart and intention behind Paul's writings.
I think I will read up in my life application and see if I can also give you a more eloquent answer to your question.
Anyway, found this on the net: http://christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-f003.html
Hope this is helpful for you :)

Jasmine :D