haha..thx for ur post andre..im sure someone other den u in the world totally understands wad u're toking abt..
oh..and yes..st andrews are a gd team..but im proud to say we beat them in b div this year.
=P

yesterday was an interesting day.
woke up late as usual..really tired for some reason.
anw..went for soccer training from 3-5 in the afternoon.
played the semis of the tohari-cup against the c div.
they were a much stronger team this time..
1st half was very "blend"..
we dominated with more chances but they had more corners and kept shooting from far.
i hit the woodwork twice which was very sad..
haha..haven scored for sch in a tournament b4..which im sure alot of ppl from sch will gasp at.
weird..hopefully i'll break the duck nx year.(quack!)
poor duck.
cld have been 2-0 up if not for the crossbar stopping my left foot chip and the right post stopping an almost certain goal.
sian..
luckily leighland edged them out with a curler off the post(again) but this time it went in off the post unlike me. the post must be a ball magnet.

eugene and leighland went home with me and my bro to shower den we took cab to changi airport to meet up with alice, everett and ming yue.spent the whole cab ride trying to decode wad leighland and eugene were saying..gosh..
i dunno but its really not a gd thing tt many cant get along with each other..

shoban cldnt make it cos he was sick..quite disappointed..hope he gets well soon.
wad we did at changi airport was silly.
dropped off at the wrong terminal..den walk one big round to the skyline to take the skytrain over to terminal 2 where we ate burger king..
arrived there late at like 6.20..
gobbled down our food..baloy arrived..
left for expo.
the train ride was silly too..

dunno hu go suggest the idea we put our feet in a circle around the verical bar and take pic.
haha..
oh yah..it was quite sad i cldnt invite more guys cos alot of them not free or overseas..
anw..met up with cell at the foyer.
den wait for bird and kok to arrive. gals are so unpredictable..and random..

for no reason bird comes up to me and gives me a hug and says i miss u..
stunning..haha..damn awkward esp in front of my bro.den again she hugs almost everyone.lol.haven seen her for rather long..and as alice pointed out she slimmed down alot..probably as skinny as me now..lol..but still much shorter..
bird is a funny mystery..dunno if anyone understands wad goes thru her mind..
damn funny..cos later she gave me a call in mol while i was collecting money from 3 other gals and i told her to hold on..

when i was done collecting money i said hi and she asked hu i was..nvr fails to amaze me to the pt of stoning..even more funny was when she told me she was going korea today or smth den i said pierson is in korea..she was like "who's pierson?".. i almost slapped myself while kok told her tt pierson was the guy whom she asked the hp number of..

haha..so much for having alot of frens when u cant rmb one of them vividly..fortunately she rmbed..
whew..
but bird is a nice person..no wonder everyone loves her..
i sincerely admire her optimism and joy despite her probably-busier-den-me schedule.
hope to be able to follow the gd example.
=)

another time i almost slapped myself last nite was when alice told me gv shihui and zhi xian were coming late and even if they dun make it in time b4 the door closes nvm they will wait for each other to come b4 going inside..

one day i shall decide not to organize stuff and ask someone else to help me out..

pierson needs to get his legs back in spore by monday for the crunch final against bedok i tink.
lost 3-2 last time i tink..i dint play though so this time it might be a diff thing..
muahahaha..

anw..
mol was great..though we sat all the way at the back..haha..the magic was cool..so was the love..
andre's fren is the head prefect of acs(primary) can u believe tt?? and he's coming my sch nx year! yay!
omgosh lorh..i was so honoured to meet such a pro junior!!
haha..dunno y but i always seem to have a soft spot for younger acsians..
must the the pride and love for acs and its future..
ACS so rox!

anw..baloy eugene and leighland found the show nice which was a gd thing..
i find it really hard to win ppl for christ esp if they are from my sch cos we go thru devotions every morning so smth like tt wld seem ordinary to them..
alot of my frens already noe christ..but they arent christians for various reasons i still am not sure of..hope God gives me a breakthru soon..
on the brighter side i think mol touched them abit so i hope gd things will happen in the future..
was also nice to see weng yew and benedict at mol..

my life has been abit chaotic recently with all the events and wad not..so..
hmm..
maybe shall post of some of my problems and impt events in my life which happened during the hols..
just for starters..ive had alot of impt decisions to make at the same time..
was really stressed a couple of weeks ago.thank God he brought me thru it all..
10 years from now..i bet i'll find my life now very amusing..
haha..

-tzup

MOL 15 Dec

MOL is awesome!! Ha ha really enjoyed the show tonight & very excited over the visitors. My memory lapse is back again and i find myself forgetting names. Thank God for those who responded to God's call and I believe we'll have much to consolidate but let's believe and continue to pray for a new breakthru in our spiritual family! We must make special efforts to take care of our visitors & entertain them so that its easier to engage them deeper n invite them for service. Let's continue to press in children! God sees your faithfulness and labour and desires to bless u greatly. Let's unite ourselves n make special effort (whether it be connecting w the pre-believers or praying for them) as we bring them to experience God's magical touch this weekend.

Last but not least, $$ and consent form for those who still owe me....

-ROAR

15/12/06 BTT passed

Yo.. had my basic theory test in the morning and guess wat i PASSED and i got my PDL(Provisional Driving Licence) today. Today I finally realise why i dont get nervous or stress up before skool exams! lol its because i dislike studying and nv did i care less about passing or failing the subject it doesnt matter to me at all, haha but there is 1 thing that i always wanted to do and thats driving! my heart beats faster and faster as the time for my theroy test gets nearer and nearer. I wanna give all honor to god, i wanna thank god for letting so many wonderful things to occur in my life. I managed to bring my family down for mol tonight and im glad my father enjoy the show. im sure i could someday bring my family to christ!AMEN! i enjoyed the mol this year, it has reach a level that even some world class magic show cant present. im amazed by how they managed to preach the message indirectly yet so clear.

Shaun signing Off

MOL

First of all let me ROAR first
ROAR ROAR ROAR.............................................................ROAR!!!!!

It was my first time watching it
i really felt the father's love during show.

I invited four friends today
two small kids and two girls
i belive god has touch their hearts
today even though the small kids were young
and their parents dont allow them to go church.
i Belive when they are older they will surely go.
For the two girls i want thank meishi for helping me
to look after them and talking to them for the show
the two girls will be going for services this sunday.
Thats all i have to say got to go and sleep already
two more days going overseas.
Leaving sun morning
shawn

hello ..aiyo 2day we played against st. andrews..we lost to them 4-1 but dat wasnt surprisin..cuz they are quite good(rite anthony?). our defence was very lousy but a good thing we had quite a strong attack. Wasnt THAT embarrassing to concede so many goals cuz our b div played theirs and agn lost 6-0....haiz..gd thing my coach says we stil hav hope and will be prepared to face them agn in 5 mths time..juz need to improve on our defence cuz there is no spoon...cuz the spooon is away and the spoon's mom has gone to look for it..unfortunately,the spoon's father is made of metal so it is being used for a bowl of cornflakes and somewhere in space the spoon's grandma is floating ard like a spoon..and in the "Book OF Many Spoons", it says dat very very few spoons are wooden like a wooden spoon so its not wooden, making it not metal..but wooden..and yes dats about it about spoons..forks are almost the same like spoons except dat they r forks..the also hav different races like th spoon family,wooden and non wooden-which is metal and not wooden makin them not wooden spoons but metal spoons..okay tell yall mor about spoons and forks nxt tym..may the spoon be with you..andre

andre

hello!!!1st time writin..any way school holidays r gettin borin..but tinkin of school reopenin oso makes me feel sad(???)...aya dono wat to say...havent been to vivo..sis says nothin outstandin there..but feel lyk goin...retreat was fun..learnt to play guitar..although nt dat good but stil tryin
feel lyk goin jammin mor often..taufik and i formin band..bt there's stil a long long way 2 go..write nxt tym

A VALUABLE LESSON

ok ppl..i noe this is gonna sound chim and really irrelevant to many so only if ur ready for chimness pls continue reading..

a valuable lesson i learnt today was abt soccer tactics..
i played a match against some sp boys who was my fren's bro's frens..
haha..the line-up for my team was quite strong..
eugene as keeper, bryan and leighland as centre backs..which is like sch team defence.
shoban went right defence and prasad left.
mj and shafiq were in the centre, me on the right wing and jerome on the left side.
esmond and jon ong up front.
formation? 4-4-2

ah wells..im glad someone realized the mistake as half time cos in the 1st half we were owned like mad and cldnt string more den 2 passes together..
losing 2-0 without a single shot on target..
enough to make me puke(ps.i really almost did..but bcos i was feeling sick)

errors in the 4-4-2 system..
1) we cldnt even get a proper pass to the forwards.long balls were all we cld manage and even when they did have the ball, they lost it within 5 secs.
2)shafiq attacked alot leaving mj against 3 opponents whenever he lost the ball.
3)once mj was beaten, the defence was unprotected and vulnerable.
4) our wingers(me and jerome) cld not get involved due to the strength of the opponent's in the centre which cut off passes to the wings.
5) poly boys are naturally faster and stronger. playing an exact 4-4-2 formation against their 4-4-2 would nvr work cos they wld beat us in every area of the pitch, esp in our attack and midfield.

haha..2-0..
respectable u say?

half time was a breather..a really needed one..
we were running like headless chickens after them while they passed the ball around and used it intelligently..
to be honest i was dead tired with only 10 mins gone..
overheated..

tactical switch was obviously needed..
the formation went to 4-1-2-1-2
diamond formation with me as the attacking mid behind the forwards..
elijah came on as defensive mid in place of mj.
we played better for starters..(all in the formation!)
but our midfield was still being overrun occasionally.
2 stupid goals made it 4-0 though..
and when i say stupid..it really is stupid.
haha..a sweet strike from way out dipped into the goal..leaving everyone helpless..
eugene thought it was going out..wad a pity.
3-0 and the same was seemingly over..
the uneven and terrible ground betrayed us again.
ball bounced weirdly into leighland's arm.
handball.superb penalty.
4-0?

game over? well..not if 4-5-1 can help it..
u wldnt need a rocket scientist to figure out tt the formation turned the game around.
-pause-
"if only everyone listened to me and went with 4-5-1 from the start"
haha..
with esmond going off and mj coming back on..the game swung our way.

our 5-man mid totally suppressed their 4-man mid. 5 vs 4 in midfield.
we took more control of the game with more cover for the defence and more options to pass to in midfield. the 2nd part of the 2nd half was filled with passes from left to right and right to left outside the opponent's penalty area.
from jerome to shafiq to mj to elijah to me.
elijah became the anchor man in the 5 giving mj and me more space in the centre to create opportunities for ourselves.
the midfield certainly enjoyed the game more and its not surprising the breakthru came from a stroke of midfield penetration.
with our mid in full posession of the ball, i found jerome with a thru pass on the left. he managed to get the ball under control and hold off the central defender. i darted into the penalty box from the right as he suddenly found space to drill in a low cross.
perfect.
i cut in past the defender to reach the ball 1st at the far post.controlling it with my 1st touch and flicking it past the onrushing keeper with the 2nd.
superb but all credit goes to tt stunning cross by jerome..
istanbul by dear shoban?
not really..4-1 is still incredibly difficult.

within mins the 2nd goal arrived and it came from our liveliest source of the day..shafiq..
jerome once again came up with a superb assist as his thru ball found shafiq on the left.he took abit too long on the ball but typically flicked the ball into the far post over the keeper.

4-2..
game on..

they got 2 players injured so played with 10 men..
still they were more experienced,stronger and faster.

free kick to us.
i tell jerome its all his.
he lobs in the free kick and i anticipate to make a run towards the far post esmond and another teammate go up with 2 defenders.esmond manages to flick it on slightly with his head and i run in to steal the ball poking it towards goal. unfortunately, the keeper managed to get the slightest touch to it and the chance went begging.
the resulting corner was silly so i shall not tok abt it..

esmond had another 1 on 1 chance but keeper saved again..
shafiq cld have edged us closer but his chip just went over the far post.
mj managed to get a shot in but straight at the keeper.
jerome cld have easily stealed man of the match had he scored 1 in addition to his 2 assists.

elijah played just as well as anchor for our "all star midfield"

the defence was solid other den the 4 goals conceded.
eugene made some excellent stops to contribute whenever he could.

and so the 4-5-1 has done it again.
tts wad u call "midfield supremacy".

its ok if u dun understand all of the above..
cos if u do..
u arent human..
ur me.
=)

hope to post more interesting stuff for public viewing in the future..
LOL..

-tzup(ps.thx for reminding me. =P)

* Strange Happenings In A Hospital*

Thought of sharing everyone
this joke hope u will be laughing
enjoy.
There was this case in this hospital's Intensive Care ward where patients always died in the same bed on Friday mornings around 9am regardless of their age, gender, medical history or medical condition.

This puzzled the doctors and some even thought that it had to do with the supernatural: Why did death occur at that same bed around the same time every Friday?

So the doctors decided to go down to that particular ward to investigate the cause of the deaths.

Come Friday morning, everyone at the hospital ward nervously waited for the terrible phenomenon to occur again. The new (unknowing) patient laid there.

Some doctors held wooden crosses, prayer books and other holy objects to ward off evil...and they waited.

8am, the patient was still alive...

8.30am...still breathing...

Just before the 'cursed' time, the door to the ward swung
open...

Then Ah Soh, the part-time Friday cleaner, comes in and unplugs the life support system so that she can use the vacuum cleaner!

Haha i really had a good laugh at the joke.

bb
shawn

Let me roar first before i start
ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR

Entering to next year
will be busy year for almost everyone
from our cell is the o and n level's
for me i still dont really know where to go after i finished my
n level's course?

I want thank god for blessing me with
my studies for this year.
I am going to get $500 soon
cause i got five in level
god has help me greatly.
When i was in my pri school i always was the last in my class
but today i could scored five is really a breakthrough for me i hope
next year i can get second i will work hard.
gtg bye
shawn roar

Waiting at tables...

"In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Grecian Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, "It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word."

This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith." (Acts 6:1-7)

Today I read this interesting account and discovered that the widows' food was so important to the church that they actually appointed men full of the Spirit and wisdom to take care of it. As I read this exciting account, what came to my heart was a prayer to the Lord, "Make me a man like Stephen, Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, who are full of faith and the Holy Spirit and do signs n wonders although their job is just to take care of widows. Amen."

-ROAR

Finally got back from malaysia, got back like 4 hours ago, unpacked my stuffs and brought barnet's shirt to his out and went for supper. Feels great to be at home. haha. missed my com so much.
Well, the trip was a fun one and guess who i met at KL just an hour before i was leaving for SG. Joel! haha, he was there with his family. The trip back was horrible as there was a mistake from the staff at the hotel saying tat we gotta wait for the bus at another hotel and we only had 15 mins to get there. But the truth is tat its alright to wait for the bus at our own hotel as it would be coming here too, well we ended up running to and fro the hotels before we all got pissed off and settled down to wait for the bus. Well so much for our last day. Brought some stuffs back with me as well, a new pair of bb shoe, a baby milo sweater, 2 shirt and a levi jeans. haha. Could have brought 2 more shirts but the shop did not accept any card. haha did not have enough cash on hand, and did not have the time to change currency either. The bus was coming. It was a 5 hour ride back. The bus was great, watched a few movies in there. Personal tv screens as well haha. watched seven swords and elektra. And before i knew it i was back in singapore. haha. Well its 4 am in the mornin now and i think i had better get to sleep. I am not really tired actually. Well thats all for todae. Ben

(This here is taken from my blog, cant think of anything to write here so i thought i'll jus use this post for now. haha hope u guys dont mind, miss u guys lots looking forward to meet u guys on sun during service, o yea and i cant make it on thursday for the rolling blading. I already got something on sorry!.)

grandma went into hospital

Sat 9 dec 2006

haha today went shopping with mum at J8 haha then at night suppose to hv dinner with family, big aunt, small aunt and grandparents de then when dad was driving towards the place where we are suppose to hv out dinner, he recieved a phone call and my aunt they say tt my grandma was not feeling well very giddy so my dad fetch my grandma to the TTS hospital. he drop my, my mum and my bro at tpy interchange coz car not enuff place then we had dinner there then went home

Sunday 10 dec 2006

Today went to service then pastor khong was preaching on "when the spirit comes in power" then duno why today hor today time pass so fast its like i went to expo and the next thing i noe is we going home liao.

duno why somehow i have lot of friends but no good friend frankly speaking its so suck man in sec skool and in ITE ppl there think so damn different its like they only think of themself like wanan watch a movie then they will choose like cinema nearest to their house not once but always want sian~.

Shaun sign Off

A long conversation

I once told pple that I don't like becoming a teacher. Not that I detest the job - in fact, I quite enjoy teaching - I just don't like marking scripts & looking at undecipherable handwritings. I left CRush wanting to be in animation. I thot it was easy for me to finish a 3D animation project in one month. But I realised I don't have the luxury of time for that. And of course, I have a lot of things on my mind. I thot I could cope; but I couldn't. My first project was rejected. I didn't like it; my reviewers didn't like it. I had no inspiration. What followed was a period of unemployment, searching and exploration. I spent 3 months doing my SOL 3 project, another few months toiling at You Deide while trying to date a lady and grow my cell gp at the same time. Life was really tough. I discovered that if I don't find a job, very soon I'll become a financial burden to my family. That was one aspect I didn't consider very carefully while pursuing my dream. I attended some interviews and finally a door to teaching was opened for me. I was thankful for it; and it did give me some break from the frustration i was in. So i spent a couple of months at Catholic High while waiting for news from NIE. Not that I plan to forsake my dream, but since I've been well trained and experienced and wanted to continue engaging the youth, I thot that was something I can take up (for a season?) so that I have financial stability before I plan further. There were, of course, issues to deal with and I was greatly disturbed by some unexpected confrontation yesterday. I wanted to say I had a bad experience, becus I was completely unprepared for some questions that I don't really want to answer. I don't want to answer becuz there're issues I still haven resolve, and its very irritating to talk abt things when u're in the process of making up ur mind. It's like, you know, someone pressing u for an answer when you're on your way to getting the answer but the irritating voice doesn't go away. Anyway, after that confrontation, I learnt that I wouldn't do the same thing to someone else. And I decided to talk to ah-pa to help me sort thru the confusion. Trust me, I was deeply confused. But thank God for ah-pa, I feel much better now that he's given me assurance. He taught me that pursuing our dreams doesn't necessarily mean we had to be in that line or in that job. It doesn't mean that we completely ignore logic and wisdom in the process. There are ways to achieve things we want in life and use them for God's glory. I was very comforted. I was comforted becuz I know forsaking NIE & going back to insecurity is something that doesn't sound right at all at this point of time. And I learnt to give thanks - for the confrontation, the frustration, and the screw-up along the way - as it proves to me the concern God has on my life and my dream. Thank you Lord.

-ROAR