I Am Klessis

FINALLY, WE'VE EMERGED!

After 4 solid days of powerful atmosphere & impartation, it's finally over. Very happy it's finally over, cos much as I thoroughly enjoyed the services, the competitions & the preaching, it was physically very demanding indeed.

Very very happy that I got to attend the first Emerge service in the main hall! It's been so long since I sang & clapped & jumped to my heart's content! Wahahahaha... Thursday was a public holiday but it's an official working day for our office nursery ladies, so they took care of Joey while I attended service & went for fellowship with my members without having to carry or feed joey! haha... very happy & relaxed indeed!

Friday and Saturday, I was occupied with the events in my sub committee - Beauty Pageant/ Man Hunt & Talentime. Really busy, but was so fun! On Friday, I even had a comm set with me, so that the few of us can communicate while the event is ongoing. It was really funny, cos towards the last part of the Beauty Pageant & ManHunt, we were actually gossiping about the contestants, and who deserved to win, and who should not. Haha! Could not stop laughing, until I realised one of the audience seated next to me was staring at me, laughing & talking to 'myself'.

I thoroughly enjoyed myself during this year's Emerge, cos I was involved in some of the events. Last year, I didn't have a chance to join in at all, cos when I became a staff in Oct, the Emerge Committee was already formed and everyone had gotten their responsibilities. Plus, I was pregnant, so nobody asked me to do anything. When Emerge Conference took place, I was still in my maternity leave. So, I was so happy to be part of the action this year! Fun Fun..

Sat night service was special. Seeing how Liu Geng Hong proposed to Vivi melted my heart. Hee.. and I am sure, melted the hearts of every lady present. :) It was so sweet and touching. After they got down from the stage and came back to the backstage artiste room, all of us clapped & cheered for them as they entered. Hee.. happy for them.

My personal most favorite moment was when Pst Kong shared about Sun on stage. With tears rolling down & voice trembling, he shared about how he could never boast abour his wife or gloat about her success on stage, like he could with other singers or celebrities. It was obvious how much pain he had to bear and all the hardships they went through. I have no doubt that God will honour them for their faith and obedience. Still, I pray that their hearts will be strengthened and they can go through all the difficult times feeling encouraged & supported by the church. I hope everyone in church who do not understand what they are going through and still say bad things about them, will GET IT once and for all.

Although I spent most of the emerge sessions in the nursery, I still managed to catch majority of the services cos Joey was a good girl! She played by herself and allowed any nursery worker to be with her & play with her. Once in a while, she will pop by to what I was seated & smile at me, but will shortly go back to the toys. Haha... So thank God for that! Maybe in 2 weeks' time, I can attempt going out to the main hall for service! heee... *fingers crossed*

All in all, I enjoyed this year's Emerge, even though some may have feedback that the programmes were quite boring. Having seen the backstage of it all, I know how much sweat & pain had been poured in.

Another SUPER HAPPY thing!

My boss, Pst Kong, has given us one week's off for all the hard work put into Emerge! I will go back to office only next Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Yipppppeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Bet you are GREEN with envy now. Hahahahhaaa...

I am a person of hugs. I love being hugged, and I like giving hugs. Having said that, I don't mean just ANYONE can come hug me. Must be either a family member or a girl friend.

I feel very loved when I am hugged. Isaiah can attest to the fact that I keep pestering him to hug me. I even set the rule that he should be hugging me every single day, to no avail of course.

Remember when I was a little girl, I would go to my mama and ask her to give me a hug. When she gives me a tight good hug, I would feel so happy and good. I would gain confidence immediately. Don't belittle hugs. They go a long way in boosting our self confidence nei! Too bad, my mama wasn't a person with much physical touch. She is a traditional mother who doesn't say, I Love You readily & frequently. After becoming a Christian, she got better though. But still, not the very affectionate kind. Growing up in such an environment, I also felt very embarrassed when I asked my mama to hug me. It always took a alot of time & guts to ask her to hug me. Imagine how much I wanted to be hugged. Haha!

Having been deprived of hugs since young, I have decided that I would shower my daughter with lots & lots of good hugs! I want to fill up her love tank so much that she will grow up to be a self assured & confident girl. I want her to know she has the love of everyone around her and that we are always there for her. I want her to know no matter what happens, our love for her will never change. And hugging & kissing her frequently will send her that message! Hee...

Parents nowadays are so different from last time. Now, we call our babies affectionately as darling, baby, sweetheart, honey... last time?? Ah BOY ah... Ah GIRL ah... heeee.... Times change...

You won't believe this. I slept at 10pm last night! Hahahaha...

My biological clock can't get used to it, so I took a while to fall asleep. Tossed here & there before I finally fell asleep. After sleeping for what felt like a long time, I woke up to realise it's only 1am! Wahahaha! So happy!

Do you know I used to sleep at 10pm every night? Before I got married, that's the culture in my family. It's lights off at 10pm every night. Only when my brother got older, he started to develop his own habit of sleeping at 3am every night and waking up like a panda the next day. I used to chide him for doing such bad things to his health. And now, I am doing the exact same thing to myself. =P

Isaiah woke up at 5am to take care of Joey cos the little baby woke up and walked out to the living room to play. Thank God for dear dear that I can sleep till 7.30am this morning. Heee...

So I am pretty refreshed today. No pastoral meeting and no zone meeting today!! So happy! Hahaha... it's worth getting happy over this because it happens like once in a BLUE MOON. Hahaha!

Reached office today and saw that everyone's head colour looks different! Some did rebonding. Some did colouring. Some did highlights. Some cut. Some trimmed. Haha! The spirit of Emerge is in the air! Everyone's gearing up for THE EVENT of the year!

Yoo hoooooooo .... ;)

OK I finally found a flaw in this new bloggie. When I upload photos, they all get saved & uploaded into my Photo Collections. I can't delete them because the moment I do, the respective photos disappear from the entries that contain them! Oh gosh, that means my photo collection will keep growing & growing & growing?!

Then, every photo that gets used in my blog entry comes with the title of that photo below the photo. And I can't remove it! Seeing the names irritates me lah! Sigh... Looks like I wouldn't be uploading many photos in future liao. =) This might truly be a words-only bloggie!

Well, some things, Multiply is better. Some things, blogspot is better. Other things, Vox is better. So there is no one best blog provider. I guess it depends on what matters more to the individual bah. =D

Before I know it, Tuesday is on its way. Mondays always go by so quickly. Much quicker than I hope, of course. Now, it's another wait till next Monday. Haha.. But Emerge is this weekend, so it's something to look forward to!

Had lunch at Coffee Club today. The food was quite good!

Isaiah's salmon spaghetti

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My Baked macoroni with chicken & cheese! Yummy!

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Baby Joey just sitting in her pram. =)

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Can you believe how crowded Orchard Road is on a MONDAY?

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Must be the GSS. Sigh..

The only happy thing worth mentioning is .....

I FINALLY GOT MY FIRST PAIR OF BOOTS!!

yehyehyeh! so happy... heee... though I know I won't have much chances to wear them if I bring Joey out.. But I can wear them during emerge! Heee...

I've got TODAY all planned out!

Mondays are super precious because it's the only official day I don't have to on my laptop & email if I so desire, and no one will scold me. Haha. So, it's the only day I get to spend focused time with Isaiah and Joey, so I treasure it lots lots. For today, I have some things on my agenda that I need to accomplish, so no wasting time bumming around!

Emerge Conference kicks start this Thursday! And I am not done with my funky clothes shopping yet. Everyone should come in as funky attire as possible, and for church staff, even more so! I've bought only 1 funky top so far, and it's in purple colour, so not that bright. I ought to buy some bright red, yellow & green things today! Maybe get those big chunky bangles & some shimmery bracelets, chains, what-nots. Today is the only day I have to buy, so I got to make sure I can find what I want!

In the midst of the shopping, I will pop by Cineleisure to visit a dear friend. Haven't seen him in a while. and he hasn't seen Joey walking, so going to bring Joey to visit him later!

Either lunch or tea time will be at Coffee Club. Got a voucher I need to make sure of, so today is dee day! =D

If I can finish my shopping earlier and reach home by evening time, I will bring Joey swimming. Cross my fingers, it's a bit hard, but I'll try!

The problem with shopping is you can never find what you want when you have the money. And when you are broke, everything is nice at every corner you turn. Sigh!

Guess why I am so excited at the Emerge Conference?!

Apart from the fact that I know Pastor will preach a series of messages that will take the entire church to the next level, I am soooooo happy cos I will be attending the Thur & Fri morning sessions in the main hall instead of the nursery!!! Cos our office nursery staff will be at Expo to help us look after our kids. It's like an official working day for them, so from 10am to 6pm, I will be free to roam around & attend service! I am soooo elated! What better time to attend service than Emerge Conference?!! I will jump & shout & sing till I go crazy!!! eeee ha!

Those who think that the Emerge Conference is only for the young people don't really get it. I say the Emerge Conference is for those EXCITED in the Lord!!!! Heee....

Ah Hahahaha! I caught the blogging bug! Simply because Vox is so super user-friendly & easy to post new entries! The only lack in this blog provider is that it doesn't have a summary page like Multiply does, so I got to go to all my friends' blogs to check out new entries everyday, instead of being spoonfed. Hahaha..

Guess what? Something funny happened during my bible study duty today. There was this member who came to take attendance for the bible study class, and asked me, 'Where's your baby?' I replied, 'Oh, with my husband.' Then she said, 'Oh so disappointing. I was hoping to see her.' The funny thing was she really looked very disappointed. Haha. Looks like my baby has got a fan. :)

In a span of 3 days, 2 people complimented me for my effort in upkeeping Joey's blog. Actually, there are many many many blogs out there kept by parents, mostly mummies, for their babies. But what people are amazed about me is that I can still manage to maintain my blog inspite of my busy schedule. Most of the mummies who maintain their babies' blogs regularly are SAHM. But of course, there're many who are working mums as well. But to update a blog regularly in the midst of a hectic work schedule is really not easy. It takes alot of passion & motivation. For me, like I've shared with many people before, is that I want to show Joey her blog one day, and surprise her with loads and loads of entries I've written about her. I mean, if my mum did that for me, I would cry buckets!! Hahaha... Well, I cannot guarantee I would really succeed. I mean, anything could happen right? I may get sick of blogging one day. Or Multiply may breakdown & disappear into cyberspace (CHOY!!!!!!). Haha... but whatever it takes, I will try my best to keep going! =D

I am happy to say that my passion for blogging has rubbed off on many of my friends, who started blogging because they read my blogs. I am also happy that I created more blogs for my reading pleasure. I love to read blogs, because I always feel they're so real. Bloggers usually just write what's on their minds, without thinking through too much or trying to package it in another way. So, it's a good way of reading the thoughts of my friends. I like that kind of interaction. :)

Frankly speaking, I am just as surprised as you that I managed to keep my blogging interest going for so long. Since young, I've always been someone who loves to write. I kept a journal which I write in occasionally when I was young. I only write when I had to vent some frustrations or had some nagging thoughts & feelings that I needed getting rid of. Now on my hindsight, that should be the starting point of my desire to keep a record of my life. :)

I am blogging myself happy writing about nothings and everythings! Hope you are happy reading this too.

Cheerios! =D

Told Isaiah at the start of the Sermon on the Mount series that it's been so long since we've had sermons like these. For quite a while and of course, to flow with the season in time, Pastor has been talking about very macro stuffs. Things like shining in the Marketplace, fulfilling the Cultural Mandate, etc etc. Those were great sermons which propelled the church to the next level. Yet, when I heard that Pastor is going to start this series of the Sermon on the Mount, I was elated!

Back in my old church, FGA, we listen to 'solid solid' sermons week after week. Every week, the sermons are based fully on the bible, and we would be flipping from bible reference to reference. Most of the messages would use bible characters as examples and talk about principles that we should follow in life. When I came over to City Harvest Church, I was thrilled to hear messages that were so very relevant to the world that I live in. Every week. Pastor will be teaching us practical principles that we should apply at our school, our workplace and in our family. I love how practical our bible is, even in this contemporary age.

The Sermon on the Mount is a series on something that we Christians have always been familiar with. The things that Jesus spoke about are great biblical truths and 'good advices' that we should follow. The 'do-good-and-you-will-be-rewarded' syndrome. Yet, how Pastor was able to make it so relevant to our lives today totally amazes me.

Like a spiritual X-ray, the Sermon on the Mount searches deep into our hearts for the basic of a Christian - to love and to accept. Week after week, I hear about one of the Beattitudes and I think to myself, 'Oh gosh. I am so far off from what God is looking for.' A good kind of pressure & stress, I guess. It makes us want to become more and more of what God desires. Simply because we want to be blessed.

I've always thought that I am a person with a great attitude. I have a can-do attitude and I smile alot and accede to requests and commands. But after hearing what Pastor has to say, I realised that what I have is only an easy going personality. As for my attitude, I still have a long way to go.

Thank God for such a wonderful series that serves like a wake-up call for everyone of us. We cannot remain stagnant in our Walk with God. And sometimes, it is just so easy to become complacent after a while, and think that we have arrived. The truth is, we need to keep moving forward. We need to keep evaluating our motives and thoughts. Are they inline with God's? Will God be pleased with me and my intentions?

Oh, I so love this series! It makes me want to love God more & more!!!! Thank you Jesus and Thank God for Pastor Kong! =D

It's Sunday evening again, my favorite time of the week. There is a tranquility associated with this time of the week. Makes me feel relaxed and happy. The usual we will do every week is to go back to my parents' house & meet them for dinner. The main thing is of course to let my parents have some time with Joey. Before I had Joey, I go back only once in a month or even less. =P Now, I feel I have the responsibility to bring Joey home to spend time with her grandparents. You ought to see their faces. They light up immediately when she appears. :)

It felt like the only thing I could do to make my parents happy. I am not a rich fellow, so I can't give them loads of money every month. In fact, my dad still pays for all our dinners when we dine out together. He is the traditional kind of man who believes that the head of the household should pay for everything when we go out. I insisted to pay a few times, but got scolded badly. Hee.. That's my daddy's style. I am not complaining though.

Oh, I feel so happy & relaxed now. :) Love this feeling.

Just now at expo before we left for my parents' house, I was in a total mess. Slept late last night and woke up early this morning, so I was very tired & grouchy. While Isaiah was giving BS, I took Joey with me & she just kept fussing & fussing the whole time. Gosh, my patience wore off and I felt really frustrated & impatient.

Thank God the frustrations are gone now as I am waiting for dinner. Indeed, pure bliss is when we spend time with our family and loved ones. That's when we bond & feel most at ease with each other, soaked in each other's love. I absolutely love that feeling. =D

Suddenly felt like having a change. And thus I decided to shift my personal blog over.

I am quite a fickle person by nature. By that, I mean, I change my likes & dislikes rather frequently. When I was in Primary School, I would change my pencil case without fail every other 3 months. I get sick of my stuffs pretty easily, and having new stuffs brightens my day. It would be my motivation to go to school. I would be so excited to use my new pencil cases. It's nothing bad, I guess. I just like changes and hate monotony.

As an adult now, I hate to see my house's decor remaining the same, and I crave for changes. I can't buy new furnitures as often as I like, obviously, so the only way is to change the arrangements of them. It makes me happy just to see a small change.

Hmm.. why did I go on and on about my fickle personality. Haha!

Don't worry lah, I am basically still a pretty stable person by nature. Especially when it comes to relationships. Friends are friends forever. If you are my friend, you will be my friend forever.

I don't think this new blog will have many photos. It's just a place for me to rant & rant & rant. Serious stuffs and thoughts. Hopefully in the midst of reading my entries, some thoughts may be triggered within you. =)

Catch ya later!