tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57160512011-12-31T01:24:03.698+08:00counting on god.we will overcome
by the blood of the lamb
and the word of our testimony.Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-42239258172018207152008-09-23T23:43:00.002+08:002008-09-24T00:08:52.537+08:00Back, finally (for good?)Hello everyone!Well, at the insistence... I mean encouragement of my wife, and my own gian-ness, I have decided to start blogging again. I know I know, you probably think that this is going to be my only post in the next 5 years. But I believe that with my wife's continued insis... I mean encouragement! I'll *hopefully* be posting more frequently than I used to. =) Haha.We finally made it to the Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-11343837085014355272007-09-22T22:39:00.000+08:002007-09-22T23:39:12.825+08:00Maria's Wedding (a photoblog)These photos were taken when we were on our way to and at Maria Ng's wedding at Raffles Marina. Enjoy! =)Beautiful sunset vista at the marina...And then she arrives with her dad (Uncle Dennys) on a yacht! (pronounced yaught, people). Hahaha... my sis caught the bouquet!!!!This is my sis trying her hand out at one of her possible future career possibilities: wedding Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-25461504726984249902007-09-02T01:06:00.000+08:002007-09-02T01:09:54.161+08:00BLOOD!You HAVE to watch this. There is no way this cannot cheer you up, no matter how grouchy you're feeling. I've watched this almost 10 times now, and I still collapse in a hysterical, giddy, asphyxiated fit on the floor every time.Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-89743744500108601322007-08-24T21:37:00.000+08:002007-08-24T21:45:16.332+08:00I was just looking around Youtube for nice videos and remembered this one by SCC. It's a beautiful song and an equally beautiful video to boot... I remember listening to the song for the first time and tears streaming down my face. Yeah I know, I always cry. =)But this is one song that holds so much meaning for all of us, don't you think? SCC wrote it for his adopted daughter from China, Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-61107893376333341992007-08-11T13:47:00.000+08:002007-08-11T22:41:49.483+08:00She said YES!!! =)It's kinda hard to surprise Lixin cos she has this knack for pre-empting whatever surprise I plan for her. However, I am most happy to report that this one caught her (almost) completely off-guard. Hahahaha.So, on National Day, being the patriotic Singaporean that I was, I took Lixin out to this really nice French restaurant at Dempsey. It's called Au Petit Salut. I know, even Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-25255715869368639222007-04-26T21:40:00.000+08:002007-04-27T00:00:33.404+08:00My Complaint / God's Reply.Part I - My ComplaintJob 211 Then Job replied:2 "Listen carefully to my words;let this be the consolation you give me.3 Bear with me while I speak,and after I have spoken, mock on.4 "Is my complaint directed to man?Why should I not be impatient?5 Look at me and be astonished;clap your hand over your mouth.6 When I think about this, I am terrified;trembling seizes my Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1154796473756747162006-08-06T00:12:00.000+08:002006-08-06T00:47:53.813+08:00Back.Well, it's been a long time coming, but at least I finally got down to it. Shout it out from the rooftops! Elvin BLOGGED! I think my last post was like, millenia ago?! Something about Weilian winning Project Superstar. That's how long ago my last post was.Have been wanting to blog for quite a while but like they always say, the spirit is willing but the bed is calling. Or something like thatElvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1125590017787778702005-09-01T23:30:00.000+08:002005-09-01T23:53:37.806+08:00A Star is BornMy house was the site of pure pandemonium barely half and hour ago. All because one Kelvin Tan (Chen Wei Lian) won a local reality singing competition on Ch U called Project Superstar. There was screaming, jumping, crying (almost... and yes you guessed it, it would be me) and the exchanging of hugs. I think the whole block (and the next block) could hear our screams of joy and Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1124211926533576612005-08-17T00:34:00.000+08:002005-08-17T01:05:26.596+08:00The Call of NatureAmazing stuff... it's been EIGHT MONTHS since I last blogged. Hahaha... how does anyone not blog for such an extended period of time?! It's just... WRONG!!! Heh. Seriously though. I've resolved to blog regularly from now on... and not as many sermons. Just wanna blog everyday stuff, especially if something funny's happened (preferably not involving me as the butt of the joke) Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1102956451449997892004-12-14T00:22:00.000+08:002004-12-14T00:47:31.450+08:00The Return of the King (the extended version)... out now on DVD!
Yeah yeah, I know it's been eons since my last blog (and it wasn't technically a post from me either, it was my sister testing out this new hello! software thingie using my blog)... I'm so gonna totally stop making excuses about why I haven't blogged in millenia - but I was busy! - because if anything at all I think I was just - soElvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1100102385426009372004-11-10T23:59:00.000+08:002004-11-10T23:59:45.426+08:00. Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1094413015912226472004-09-06T03:36:00.000+08:002004-09-06T03:36:55.913+08:00Us taking a break from helping out at a funfair organised for the kids in a village called Vemasse, in Baucau, East Timor. Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1094412443069850252004-09-06T02:40:00.000+08:002004-09-06T03:27:23.070+08:00Memo
Dear Sis. Angeline Ng,
Hey there. Ok, I know you don't know me, maybe you've seen me around (or maybe not), and to be completely honest, I don't really know you either, though I've definitely seen you around. But I wanna thank you for the profound impact you've made in my life.
What's that you did you ask? Well, here's a hint. You did it in 1981. Now, that's just strange. A guy born in Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1081531258646643642004-04-10T01:20:00.000+08:002004-04-10T01:23:44.716+08:00The Return of the King (of procrastinators)
Watched The Passion of The Christ 2 times today (don't ask me why, because I'll have to kill you if I tell you). It's really such a powerful movie. Cried pretty badly both times (ok everyone remember this as the first time Elvin's openly and publicly admitting that he cries at movies!) but strangely, cried a lot more the second time I watched it...
Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1079713842565290512004-03-20T00:30:00.000+08:002004-03-20T00:33:07.436+08:00This Is Where #1 Went
Quotable Quote #1:
"Prayer is the occupation of the soul with needs.
Praise is the occupation of the soul with blessing.
Worship is the occupation of the soul with God Himself."
- As quoted by Bro. Oon in his sermon on worshipElvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1079372258673198522004-03-16T01:37:00.000+08:002004-03-16T01:39:59.640+08:00Planetshakers Rock!
'Nuff said.
Well.
For now at least...
Ok what am I doing here in the first place! Supposed to be finishing up my presentation on Shakespeare's use of English in A Midsummer Night's Dream...
Man.
No WONDER I'm here.
Quotable quote #2 (where did #1 go? I have no idea): "If you want to find utopia, go to Ethiopia."
Courtesy of our Regional Pastor, Bro. Andrew Chay.
And Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1076258955284045602004-02-09T00:49:00.000+08:002004-02-09T00:50:59.840+08:00I Think I'm Being Watched...
Isn't it funny that once you start, you just can't stop and once you stop, you just can't start?
Haha ok that was for free. Was mulling over whether to drop in lyrics from a song for my second post since my return to BlogLand but then I just watched the Truman Show with my dad on Ch5 and as I was sitting here mulling like I was he just said something that just made Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1076089520624075502004-02-07T01:45:00.000+08:002004-02-07T01:47:03.420+08:00The Return
Heya people.
I'm BAAAACK... hahaha. Ok. Yes, yes, I know it's been a long time but... yes? You over there with your hand raised? You have a question? Sure, go ahead! Can you throw rotten tomatoes at me? Errr... ah I see someone else in the back there has his hand raised. Yes sir, your question? Can you throw week old socks... Yes, you, young lady over there. I see you have your hand Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1070561741320180252003-12-05T02:15:00.000+08:002003-12-05T02:16:20.966+08:00Fever!
Finally finished packing (well, whatever I could at least) so thought I'd update before I leave.
In less than 16 hours, I'll be headed for East Timor as part of a Fever100 team under the auspices of LoveSingapore's youth arm, Joshua21.
Am I excited?
You bet.
The events and days leading up to today and to this trip have been nothing but the most awesome testimony of God's faithfulness.Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1070209230064237282003-12-01T00:20:00.000+08:002003-12-01T00:21:05.716+08:00Burn, baby, burn!
Don't you just love it when God shows up and totally surprises you?
That's what happened this Youth Camp. God totally blew my mind.
He showed up in ways I'd never have expected (the blackout on the last night, fellow campers?) and truly, truly manifested His glory.
One word. WOW.
Though this camp has been my busiest ever, and I rarely went down for altar calls (only twice, Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1069086497608480212003-11-18T00:28:00.000+08:002003-11-18T00:28:40.200+08:00Headache
Yes people, it is a miracle. Two blogs in the span of two days.
Except this one's really born out of desperation.
Since so many people have been asking for it, here's my exam timetable. Heh. Seriously now, thanks for offering to pray, people. It's an encouragement.
18th November Southeast Asian Studies
19th November English Language
24th November Intro to Chinese LanguageElvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1068913692577560812003-11-16T00:28:00.000+08:002003-11-16T00:28:33.343+08:00Truth AND Dare
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before.
- Switchfoot, "Dare You To Move"
Where am I today?
We're often so caught up in our busy lives that we forget to stop for a moment (thanks, Sharon) and just reflect and take stock of our lives: where we Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1066599047899685012003-10-20T05:30:00.000+08:002003-10-20T05:30:47.650+08:00The 5.30 a.m. Post
Ok ok. I know this is so not me (Blog-wise, anyway) but it's just such a landmark that I just HAVE to announce it.
I just finished my stinking essay. At 5.15 a.m. After slogging since 10 p.m.
Haha, first I slog, then I blog...
Alright like I said, it's 5.30 a.m. in the morning and I haven't slept a wink, been staring at my comp (and I'm sure it was glaring malevolently Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1066120507451376452003-10-14T16:35:00.000+08:002003-10-14T16:35:07.133+08:00Whose Battle Are You Fighting?
Last week at The Edge, Jeremy shared a great sermon titled 'When Faith Gets Tired'.
With the story of Gideon and his army of 300 pursuing the Midianite kings Zebah and Zalmunnah (Judges 8:4-12), Jeremy shared about how at times we can get so spiritually exhausted fighting the battles of God, we're tempted to just sit back and take a rest; or we start relying on Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1064677242391839602003-09-27T23:40:00.000+08:002003-09-27T23:40:41.973+08:00Worship Amidst Adversity
"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks."
John 4:23
Have you ever wondered what it means to worship God in spirit and truth?
I mean, it's not very fun to know what God wants and yet NOT know what He wants.
It's kinda like your good friend saying,Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1063556669966056152003-09-15T00:24:00.000+08:002003-09-15T00:24:30.006+08:00Romans 8:35, 37-39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
neither height nor depth,
nor Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1062599653167507692003-09-03T22:34:00.000+08:002003-09-03T22:34:13.246+08:00TV Mobile Makes Me Sick
Ok. I'd be biased if I just said TV Mobile makes me sick.
Bus 96 does too. A crowded bus 96.
Heck, ANY crowded bus makes me sick.
Put these 2 factors (in any permutation or combination you like) and what you get is a sick Elvin.
You see, I have 2 chronic ailments (as all my friends can attest too, once I've listed them out.)
Number one, I get car-sick really easily. Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1062483527326253832003-09-02T14:18:00.000+08:002003-09-02T14:18:47.370+08:00The Prodigal
His voice rang out bright and clear amidst the haze of his shapeless dreams, crashing into unseen walls and echoing back, eerie reminders of his foolishness.
Dad, I want my share of the inheritance.
He turned, grimaced unconsciously as his mind's eye saw the look on his father's face.
A look of grief.
You do not understand what you ask for, son.
Another grimace as he heard Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1062000619108722062003-08-28T00:10:00.000+08:002003-08-28T00:10:19.183+08:00Biblical Blogging
I think if King David had internet access back in those days, he'd have made one heck of a blogger.
I mean, look at the Psalms. What is it if not an olden-day blog? (albeit a whole lot more lyrical).
Every Psalm is a post. Here's David running for his life from the man whose life and kigdom he helped saved when he slew Goliath. He blogs.
Here's David surrounded by his Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716051.post-1061631879326856132003-08-23T17:44:00.000+08:002003-08-23T17:44:39.393+08:00"One small step for the swakoo... the hare is far far away in front already lah!" - Anon.
Alright... my first foray into the world of blogging... and I have to go already! Actually typed out a whole bunch of stuff but stupidly clicked something (I have NO IDEA what) and everything disappeared... hmmm...
Will be back soon to update... off to live out my dream of being a 4-star General! Thanks Elvin and Lixinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850751424796497095noreply@blogger.com0