Living For Christ

2008-03-17T06:53:00.000-07:00

EH HI! Its truly been a long time since i last blogged.

TJC has been truly fun and an uplifting experience. The bunch of fun-loving friends and classmates never fail to excite me, even when lessons are boring to the core. =P While friends are essential factor of JC life, i have managed to befriend a couple of teachers too. heh..

LETS SEE.. holidays has been fun. Heres a few resolutions.

NUMBER 1

EQ DON'T WANT TO BE A PERSON WHO DWELLS ON HIS PAST

Thats right. The past ramblings about my incapabilities and boring personality ought to be gone. ALL GONE. haha.

NUMBER 2

EQ DON'T WANT TO BE A PERSON WHO IS MOODY AND DULL

YES!. I want to be a person who is cheery! Just like this =) Optimisim!

NUMBER 3

EQ WANTS TO BE STRONG WILLED AND WELL GUARDED

HEY DEVIL and FLESH. Im going to live in holiness and righteous.

Peace to my brother peter getting baptised on friday. Rock on bro.

2008-02-08T02:35:00.000-08:00

How do you describe this feeling inside of me? Lord i pray that despite all this I'm going through, let me focus solely on you. Cause everything else will fade away but only your love remains...

2008-01-23T01:53:00.000-08:00

2008

A brand new year. Here are some events during the december holidays... I know i am a bit slow on updating my blog. Please bear with me. =]

First stop, we have dr at the emmy's a fine production by the play play fun fun ministry, backed by the undying support of the youths!

Little Jon and Me

fellowship ministry or best known as the play play fun fun ministry

... Actually thats the only few good photos i have... bummer... i didn't even take any photos from the event..
Next stop... The zoo! Which i don't have any good pictures of. Sigh...

Anyway... i would say that besides the few excursions and fun that i have, the most memorable moments were probably the church camp and the mission trip. God was moving during both occasions and it impacted me even further to give my heart to the Lord. Not just fractions of my life. Mission trip like last year was full of never ending suprises. And with every passing moment.. The God i serve continued to reveal his wonders to me..

Matthew...

Whun

My wonderful youth grp

Matthew with my jacket.. (whom some of the people at sch think its act seh...)

God had used his children to speak to me.. in great ways.. i shan't say what he told me... But act it out... For lip serviced is redundant..

Lord forgive me as i have sinned repeatedly against you. Just yesterday, the flesh took over me and pride overwhelmed me. Let me learn how to tame my tongue as you have commanded. I pray for your grace and mercy to fall over me...

Live in the righteous and all else shall be given to you.

2007-11-15T00:59:00.000-08:00

You won't see EQ san studying till his head is going to explode anymore. GOODBYE BOOKS! *tick tick tick kaboom!!!* haha

2007-11-15T00:42:00.000-08:00

Hi people! Yay! The O'levels are finally over. Joash can finally relax and slack now. Haha. Blogging and baking at Peter's house now. I have been staying at his house for 3 days, 2 nights and I have not bath. Stinky me now. I am feeling so sticky now.

I am feeling so tired cause I have been baking and baking and baking these 3 days. Thank GOD there's Belle and Christine to help. Both the girls came yesterday. And a few of us were slacking. Jerome, Belle, Jerryl (Peter's flat-mate) and me played heart-attack. The one where your objective is to get all the cards the same number. Once you get all the same number, you must shout HEART ATTACK and you get to whack the hand on the top.

Belle was so slow la. O well, that's typical of her. Once, I got all the same number and I stood up to whack because it makes me feel tall cause all of them are sitting and I used a lot of force. And guess what? Who did I whack? The table. OUCH! And everyone was laughing at me. :( Poor EQ.

Haha but baking with all of them was fun. Jerome was the joker man. Actually, I wanted to sleep when Belle and Christine came but I cannot sleep peacefully. Cause the two of them are like sotongs. So I decided to give up my beauty sleep to supervise the two of them.

Belle and I was disturbing Christine cause she was the one watching Heroes and leaving the two of us to baking and moulding the cookies so we decided to take the magnet spider from Peter's fridge and to put it on her neck but she knew it. So not fun already. And next, cause the two of us were bored to death, not understanding a single thing about heroes. We decided to take ice and put inside Christine's shirt. MISSION FAILED! :(

Okay let's make a guess. Who is the one posting? BELLE, CHRISTINE, EQ OR JEROME?

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Its BELLEY WELLEY! :)
P.S: No prizes for guessing its for fun. LOL :P

2007-10-01T05:44:00.000-07:00

Im confused. I understand that a single person is unable to change the mindset of a lot of people. By deep in my heart.. something tells me that I have to do something about the situation. I am not expecting my actions to be the turning point. I need to step out of my comfort zone and start being God- reliant instead of self- reliant. Words no longer matter now.. It all comes down to concrete actions.

2007-09-05T05:44:00.000-07:00

totalitarianism....
dictatorship.

why did hitler completely control germany by late 1934?

1: hitler made use of the ss and sa to get rid of opposing parties.

2: hilter made use of the reichstag fire to exterminate the communist party and convince the reichstag to pass the enabling act. This gave hitler dictatorial powers and he could pass laws without the approval of the reichstag. He also banned all political and civil rights.

3. by 1934, president von hindenburg had passed away. This enabled hitler to overcome his final obstacle to power. He combined the powers of chancellor and president to make him self fuhrer.

THIS IS FUN!

guess i won't be blogging for quite a while.

2007-08-23T06:35:00.000-07:00

Exams is tomorrow. Lord bless me in my writing. Bless all others who are taking exams. Lord im confident that we will be able to achieve much. Because you are our redeemer.

Lets just hope that exams will past like a breeze.

2007-08-10T07:12:00.000-07:00

Hi guys. Sorry for the extra delayed post. First of all, say hi to Mr bandage.

Ouch... thanks to a misplaced jump, Joash Seng En Quan had landed in an awkward postion and sprained his sorry leg.. Haha... Nevertheless, thank God for the treatment of the leg. A delayed treatment COULD have resulted in a massive blood cot, which results in blockages AND SUBSEQUENTLY. DEATH!! haha!. (Im just crapping)

Anyway. The week has been fine. OP night was a massive outpour of God's blessings and studying has been quite efficient. Thank God for all he has done for me. Glory to him. Festival of Praise was amazing too! Stew Smee was there! along with Martin and the delirious band. But most importantly. God was present and his word was spoken to us through Phil, funny pastor and inspiring speaker.

And lastly, this pair of lovely ear phones were from janine, belle and christine. Thank you so much girls. and I also have to thank pastor and aunty anna for the shirt, jeslin for her cd and oliver and lert for their drum sticks. Thanks so much guys. You have made my this year's birthday a very touching and memorable one.

2007-07-27T07:44:00.000-07:00

Thanks bro. Really appreciate all you have done. Cheers to all the fun and laughter we had and will be expecting! You will be reading this post one way or another won't you?

2007-07-22T05:13:00.000-07:00

Hey! Im back on the blog! The past few weeks had been hectic. The prelims are over and now is a full blast towards the 'o' lvl and prelim 2. Not the most ideal thing to look forward to. Time seems to be running short. 2 months and 3 weeks.

Lord I need you to teach me how to pioritise. Teach me your ways. But at the same time, teach me how to have fun. Because my God is fun God, and all you want for us is to let us leave a life to your fullfillment. At the same time, grant me the spirit of wisdom and rememberance. I can't accomplish this without you. Let my sole reliance be in you. Lord, must importantly, I pray that I will establish a two way communication with you. Listening and asking.

Anyway. I have officially jumped my last jump on july 7. A height of 3.4m. (I would have gotten much lower if i didn't pray) =P

Heres somethine exciting in church. (Well, at least for me)

Soccer anyone?

2007-06-30T06:37:00.000-07:00

Whoo.. prelims are over! Haha. Well, at least for prelim 1. I guess i deserve a few days break. Before i continue grounding my head into those think textbooks being fed by silverfish. (Just joking)

Have been reading the national geographic magazine these few days. Flipped through some pages and realised that reading isn't that boring afterall. My interest in marine life was suddenly revived as i scanned through the magnificent pictures shot by Brian Skeery. The images he captured just shook me off my feet as I took my first look at one of the sea's magnificent fishes, the giant bluefin tuna. (sashimi lovers, you are in for a treat)

Of course things occuring on land were not missed out. The great canyon and spotted leopards. (Stealth hunters). After reading just a couple of pages, i was literally drawn into the world of marine life. The instinct of a ecologist suddenly sprang into my mind. The fact is, our earth is dying. In a few years time, there is a high possiblity of the elimination of resources on the earth. There might be even more drastic climate changes which will bring about more disasters which bring about the loss of human life. I don't really whats going in my mind, but all of the sudden, anxiety, fear, worry just pops out. Fear of what might become of this world

But deep down inside. A voice wishpers. "God will provide.. God will provide.. Don't worry". I know life as a christian involves what one calls 'radical faith'. But.. I just don't see how is reparation of the damage we incurred going to take place. Am i doubting his ability? Am not trusting him? Definitely not. But.. If our heavenly father is going to do something... Why aren't fish stocks replinishing? Why are people still dying from natural disasters? Why are people suffering from shortage of food? I guess i have asked too many whys. Maybe its just that my heart hasn't been fully entrusted to God's magnificence. Maybe I am still drawn closer to my flesh and blood. Not living life with an eternal perspective.

Nevertheless.. I still believe we have the responsiblity of protecting the earth that God made for us to live. We need to ensure there is sustainable devlopment, for future generations to live in. (that is if there is any.. haha. The sounds of trumpets? Lol.. just joking. Its up to him really.)
The earth is after all, his. You get my point yea?

Bleaugh.. forget about the topic. Haha.

Heres a basic freestyle that I took. Not exactly the professional ones you see on the net. Hope you guys enjoy it.
Love,
ash

2007-06-25T04:50:00.000-07:00

Okay so school officially starts today with the exams. What a great way to start to start the term. I guess its fun in a sense. Haha. SO, as usual, when a school term starts. All school boys are expected to have their hair trimmed short. I was no exception.

The Before

The After

Pretty short huh. Haha. But I guess it gives us some side effects. (hopefully its to make us more smart) haha. Ah... but i must say, being back in school is definitely has a good feeling. All the friends, the teachers... haha.

Oh my.. look at the time now. eq... you have to study... gogo..

But before I go, this is the picture of the day.

ITS.... ITS... ITS.... jieyu and me trying to look like peter parker from spidey 3. All emoed up.

Jie yu did a good job.... BUT... eq.... er... not exactly what the director was looking for... (eyes too small lar...) lol..

2007-06-22T09:16:00.000-07:00

reinigite! lol

God was moving tonight. that was definite

2007-06-16T08:35:00.000-07:00

Lol.. This is funny.

Juffri trying his best to stone. The results.. I don't need to explain. The vedio would do the talking. aha

2007-06-15T08:38:00.001-07:00

Helpless...

Yea, i guess thats the word to describe myself now. Helpless to someone in need.

It has been quite sometime since i pulled myself out the curtains of darkness. A period of time whereby I had to wear a mask wherever I go. A time when I need to face the reality. The reality that I was in the wrong.

Its always tough to admit you are in the wrong. (duh) Well... I had to. An unfortunate incident in school exposed myself to my own faults, my own vunerabilities. Thats me, being self-centered, stubborn. I still remember the words my friend told me, "You are sincere only when it comes to God. Other than that, your love for others is not wholehearted." "You care only about things which are beneficial to you." Tilll today I still don't know if thats true.. But i guess its better to believe that it is..

So now what? what what? what what what joash? what what nothing.... its just that when somebody finds fault in himself, he has to be a smart little boy and do something called 'learning from your mistakes and changing for the better!' Otherwise.. he has to prepare to face unforseen circumstances and get eaten up by a monster... (lame lame lame) So yea, its the route to learning or get defeated by the devil.

Joash's ways of winning the battle and kicking the devil in the face:

1. to overcome spirit of stubborness, you have to counter it with the spirit of teachableness... (is there such a word? my engish not very powderful ah.. my apologies)

2. overcome self-centerdness with selflessness!

3. start practising what i preach by loving others like how i love myself

4. not being indifferent to things which do not concern my intrest.

seriously.. its tougher then it looks.

Went to edwards house today... The poor guy's been down with chicken poks. Yea so aaron and me decided to pay him a visit. Taught him how to feel the "beat" while playing the guitar. (Hoped it helps you in your guitar playing buddy!)

Managed to talk to edward's mom... Shes very nice i must say. Always wanting the best for edward. Got to know so much more about edward... about how edward has changed over the past 2 years since he joined DR. However I got to hear the part of edward's sufferings.. edwards life. After hearing what she had to say, i just hope I could care for him more. Letting him know that he is being loved. And that no matter how people think of him. No matter what deficiency he has, he will always be loved by the Lord and us DR. His brothers and sisters in christ.

Sometimes, i feel so guilty, so bad... on my mind I tell myself I want to care for this brother wholeheartedly. However, at times, I give myself excuses, im feeling tired, that i find it hard to communicate with him. And then what happens.. i leave him alone and hopes that someone else from the youth group come along and keep him company.. Some wholeheartedness huh.

Is that what one as a chrisitian does? Being indifferent? Being selfish to suit one's intrest?

Heavenly father. I commit my faults and my sin onto the cross. Where Christ died for us. I pray that even though how many times i have hurt you, i ask for your forgiveness. Lord let me be able to battle stubborness with a teachable spirit. A self-centered mind with a selfless spirit. Lord i pray that your words be a living lamp upon my feet. Use me as your humble servant to bless other's in need. Lord most importantly, I pray for my precious brother edward. I commit his life into your hands. Lord even thou the world is full of standards and he may find difficulty to suit in, Lord let him know that he does not need to live up to the standards of the world. But i rather a life that is sought solely after you. Lord give him confidence in himself. Let him spill his heart out to you when he is trouble. For only you are wise enough to give him counsel. And finally, I pray for a healing Lord... Let our unwithering faith be strong pillars in the kingdom of heaven. Lord hear our cries...

Ok... I hope edward doesn't come across this blog.. He would be upset by my actions.. wait on second thoughts, I dun think anyone comes to my blog..

Lets end the post on a high note..

Heres a vedio of my polevault team.. Just for fun.

2007-06-13T06:12:00.000-07:00

a post in a... year.

alright. i guess this blog serves a purpose afterall. after the 1 year it has been stagnant, it has succesfully conveyed the message to others that i have a boring life. BUT, now its back due to popular demand! Lets start off by posting an invitation photo of myself to indicate the revival of this old rugged, mosquito infested, ...blog.

yep... thats me.. see how much i have changed over the season?

no. just joking. this is me la...

sorry this is the best picture have... haha! i still look skinny... haven grown abit. bleaugh.

So life has been quite intresting for me. going to start updating this online journal from now. it seems quite fun after all. not that boring as i thought it was. Its holidays now. Im forcing myself to finish my revisions for the mid years. However, im sad to say that half the time, my willpower fails me. Tsk tsk... eq... eq... Well, but you know, there is always more to look forward to in the school holidays. Yes! Church!!!! lol. So many events lined up. Its so motivating to see everyone so involved in church. Yea.. and im really greatful for the church itself. Thank God..

It just excites me to have the thought of the reunification of DR under christ. I truly believe that we will achieve what we set out for. And soon, we will have enough workers for the upcoming harvest that is installed for us.

Heavenly father, we commit our investment into the Kingdom of God into your hands. Lord even thou we know in our hearts that we want to see results from our investments, Lord i pray that we will not invest because we want to see results, but because we want to show our love for others and bless them like how you blessed us. Lord let us be your servents, and i pray that we will overcome blockades that the devil place to stop us from fulfilling our tasks and mission.

Let your kingdom come, your will be done.

2007-02-28T07:35:00.000-08:00

Things have been bad. Well not for me. But for others, stuck in sitcky situations which cannot be unsolved. Believing that they can resolve it themselves. But in actual fact, their frail human heart are no match fot the overwhelming feelings of depression. When they start telling others about their feelings. They must understand that we are humans too. We have faults at hand like everyone else. I may be an unfeeling brat with a self-centered mind. But i do have a mighty God whom i can lean on. Whom i know will always be there for me. Hes my rock, my fortress. And i shall strive for my very best to bring glory to him. Not for myself.

2006-12-21T07:43:00.000-08:00

Homework done.. mission trip ended.. theres nothing left except for the awaiting of the fun filled christmas. Currently.. i have a total of 178 cookies packed in air tight containers in my house. 3 each to the youths. I've given up on card making cause everything made by my 2 hands seemed to be a disaster.. I just pray God will annoit my hands while im wrapping the cookies.. Let everything be given out in love and for the glory of Christ..

2006-12-15T07:31:00.000-08:00

Hah! A new post finally! After... 2 weeks. I proved you wrong janine. I do keep this blog updated. Haha. Okok.. Today was very cool.. A day of many firsts for me.. went out with ken, aaron, christine and janine.. to do some shopping for gifts.. we talked a lot.. believe me it was fun. heh.
however i keep feeling very intrigued. Its like i just came back from thailand.. And im missing the lifestyle there.. i don't know if its just me, but i yearn to go back there.. for missions to bring glory to Christ's name.. Am i weird or what.. but i can't really adjust back to the singaporean lifestyle.. all the comforts... blah blah.. you name it.
Anyway.. lets jump straight to the point.. christmas is coming! Everyone seems to be like on a christmas mood now. And im busy rushing through this chinese story book that im suppose to do an innovative review on.
Life nvr seem to be stale for me huh? always finding a couple of stuff to keep myself occupied..

2006-11-30T07:13:00.000-08:00

Okok.. I know my blog has been dead for several seasons... Nevertheless.. I'll try to update more often. I promise. Man the week has been a tiring one. The 2c 2005 class chalet and final preperations for the mission trip. The word 'final' do mean final as the days to missions 2006 near up. Lets just hope that God will use us as his tools to win the hearts of the thai children to him. Lets make ourselves available to him and abide his orders with everlasting faithfulness

"Lord. If you want me to do anything, tell me, and i'll do it."

Anyway.. guess i'll be doing this for most of the trip in thailand...

*praying great prays..

2006-09-11T07:25:00.000-07:00

'3 cheers for the reopening of school, hip hip, hooray... bleaugh' i'm just crapping. So please don't make yourself believe that school is fun. lol. So yea.. school reopens. With the announcement of this fateful news [fateful and sad news to be precise] 'examinations will arrive in a matter of 3 weeks' and i could actually see the traces of smirks hanging on every teacher's face as they told the class about it. Lert, was kind of... er.. shocked to hear about the news. So he was like 'hey eq! you must help me with revisions ok? ok?!?' well... being the usual me.. how could i say no to his generous offer of accompanying me while doing my boring revisions.. [actually i treat revisions as having a date with my school work I know it sounds wrong.. but, i keeps me motivated :p] ok... so everything seems to be going cool... school.. church... family.. friends... haha haven't experience so much peace for so long.. im just glad that God delievered me from my chaotic week.. the last week. And.. before i know it, i'm kinda addicted to subway [very expensive!!!] and chinese!! [people find it a bore]. oh well.. thats life.. just gotta drag along with it. This brings me to the point that pastor shared about this sun. 'strive to be a Brother, a Soldier, a Worker, a Messanger, and a Minister just like Epaphroditus.. a man of God. Maybe i should start to cultivate myself... to achieve this five goals.. yea especially being a worker... i must be skilled in what i do. Being a student. :)

2006-09-09T06:56:00.000-07:00

Sat... a day that never fails to amaze me. Im so thankful of the annoiting i received from chinese service today. I fulfilled my goal. I actually managed to play for service. I thank God for the sweet annoiting that the chinese group received as a whole.. And.. you must understand that the chinese service started out only about 7 months ago. I also admit that the worship team is not very musically incline. But, i can see the little things that God has done to each and everyone of us. We will improve. The mulitplication our talents, the spirit of worship. The movement of God is undeniable. Its something that is definitely worthwhile.. It can't be described by words. I believe that with this strong essence of faith that we have for u Lord Jesus, We Will Grow In You. :)

2006-09-08T08:14:00.000-07:00

sometimes... it sets me wondering.. have changed at all since i committed my life to Christ through the holy spirit and the salvation prayer? Well in actual fact i did.. i can see the miracles of God changing me in major parts of my life. But... sometimes.. i feel that i have not changed at all. The truth is, i feel very at lost sometimes. Im still imperfect and will always be. And im very aware that i have this particular problem, that.. i don't know how to present myself before strangers. I can tell you very confidently that if you don't know me well enough, one look at me and you will think im someone with an attitude problem.. that, im someone who is not the perfect friend for anyone of you. I got that alot of times.. infact, people from sch think of me as an arrogent freak. The worse thing is that, i ball.. YES, i ball.. infact, not just balling, i play streetball.. something which people in singapore don't appreciate its art. "its flashy! Arrogent people play it, they are for DOGS. YES! they taint the beautiful game itself." I got that serveral times... the greatest insult i ever got was today. i got spat on. i admit i did make a couple of embarrasing moves on them after they critized me. I didn't know what to do. I.. i was just a show off.. yes...
Lord u gave me the body that im in, u gave me the talents that i bore. u gave me the attitude that i adopt. Most importantly, u presented me with the Holy Spirit.. which lingers inside me. Lord.. all i ask for is you to fulfill just one promise.. that is you will provide if we ask. Lord protect my family members. Protect my loved ones.. Protect everyone that was every close to me. My church family, my sch mates.. Whatever happens to me, i don't care... i only care about their safety..

2006-09-05T07:54:00.000-07:00

Hey, wad up. This past week has been kinda cool. It was the 'and 1'(brands name) 3 on 3 competition on saturday. Something which i really looked forward to. (actually it is spalding(also brands name), but i dislike the name spalding so yea =p). Hmm.. i thought the competition was quite cool at first, cause they were featuring tricks and stuff. From streetball. Something which i think im quite good at. heh. So ya.. i started featuring a couple of tricks and freestyles myself, cause i was getting into a groovy mood. Did some crossovers which were smooth and flowy.. and some competitors started staring at me looking at my moves. Now, i was beginning to wonder, is that a good thing or a bad thing. Guess what? I got my answer. This group of guys were being sarcastic and said out loud.. er smt like that,'wow look at that guy! hes dancing with the ball! hahahahaha' I felt really insulted.. When the competition started, things didn't turned out to be nice either. These self proclaimed 'pro ballers' didn't play nice. they have foul tricks up their sleeves. they don't give u a damn. all they want is to win. sigh.. looks like there is not going to be any room for my fancy styles. =s haha.. guess i was wrong. we got kicked out during the qualifying round. (as expected) well.. at least we won one match ( saying this just to make myself happy) and especially when we are participating in the under 18 catergory, and me and oliver are only 14. (can u see what i getting at???). So yea we remained in the compounds during the competition break. Me and oliver started freestyling, grooming our dribbles.(AGAIN) kinda draw much more attention thou. I ate back my words when this group of girls tried to get my number.(they didn't in the end) guess they were too shy? lol. Must have been my dribbles that drew them and my looks that chased them. haha. Nevertheless, i learnt an important value throughout this competition. Whenever u feel like expressing ur anger, always calm down and think about Jesus.. I dunno bout u, but this thought helped me throughout the matches.. yea, like when i was squashed by 2 big guys, struck on the face.. blah blah. always keep your cool yea? I was more excited bout the second part of the day.
Finally, my streetball team, 'ballasville' met up. as a team. Great acomplishment! lol
heres our team again(for the 3rd time on this blog)

Brandon aka 'the holy cross' aka 'the one & only' aka 'dim sum' aka 'no miss' aka 'fun fair'

Fei Hong aka 'the alt f4' aka 'game over'

Oliver aka 'the outta control'

Mu Ye aka 'the boss' aka 'bad frankinstien'

& of course me lah! =D

Joash aka 'the lil one' aka 'short & sweet?'

2006-08-30T04:57:00.000-07:00

back... after quite a while. Im kind of nervous now... cause sat will be the spalding 3 on 3 competition.. while others stick to organised ball, im just determinded to give it all i got.. to show my own stlye.. 'streetball, or and 1' others may discriminate.. but i'll put that off my mind just for this once.. cause not only im playing hard, i bear the mark of Christ on and off the court.. nth can hold me down.
ash aka the lil one
oliver aka outta control
special thanks to brandon aka the holy cross for being there for us as a bro

Lord im determinded to magnify you and tell others bout ur love.

2006-08-21T04:48:00.000-07:00

I noticed some thing magnificent today. As i was walking through the Tampines MRT station, there was this two blind man who were strumming this tune on their guitars. One an acoustic, the other an electric.. It sounded great.. took me quite a while that they were playing the same tune which harmonised with each other! I was like going 'wow'.. imagine, both of them are blind.. But they are able to feel each other.. and build up such a great piece of work.

I can only meet you in my dreams..
nowhere else..
you must be tired
cause u have been running through my mind.

2006-08-17T05:52:00.000-07:00

Wow! The past few days have been awesome! Thank you Jesus for blessing me for the events. Hmm.. i met Peter yesterday for dinner. Guessed it was something that you needed a lot didn't you bro. I must say i had a satisfied dinner, it was something that was quite new to me. Fish and Co! Its not any normal fish and chip thingy okay, its good stuff. We kinda chatted to, things that both of us experienced the past mnth.
Peter: EQ, your hair grew for the past mnth!
EQ: ya! better than that clump of unkept hair..
Haha... well im kinda happy that my hair grew.. guess it was about time. And peter, see you next sunday in church yea!
Today was kinda a down moment for me.. about homework.. Lol.. who in the right mind would be troubled over homework?!?! Well i do. =S I was like spending half an hr thinking on how to solve that molecular equation.. moles and stuffss.. grr.. makes me mad. haha.. but i taught yono some basketball stuffs in the afternoon.. "we did hw before we played okay. we are good boys." man i must say hes a fast learner.. he got a couple of goals right after i taught him a shooting techinque. Yono remember the word BEEF okay? lol if u happen to come by my blog
B = Balance
E = Elbow
E = Eye
F = Follow through
kkae.. thats about all for today yea.. im tired.. from all that hw and stuff... cya.

2006-08-13T07:17:00.000-07:00

Hi.. today, i have a psalm to share.. Its pslam23. Chin asked me to memorise it. And it spoke to me. It told me how the LORD leads me through my life. That he provids me with all my needs.
He is my saviour, the rock which i secure on.. nothing will seperate me from him, and i shall fear nth with him by my side. He annoits me with such overwhelming love and blessings that i can't contain it. And this brings out the goodness and love that he entrusted me with through the spirit. And because of this, i shall never leave him. But praise and worship him forever. Well.. thats my translation.. in my mind at least. BUT, i would also encourage you to memorise this special chapter.. =)

2006-08-12T06:48:00.000-07:00

Whats up yo, today's a sat. Doesn't that mean i have drum lessons yea? lol. Much thanks to Wendy cause she managed to bring her mp3 for the lessons. Taizi did a great job there teaching us the bass pulse of songs and the way these songs can be brought out alive. Good job there! Hm.. after lessons, i managed to find my way to shaw tower.. hidden some where in beach road? I think. Word 's' reminds me of... er 'subway'! Yep, my first choice for lunch. Healty.. ymm.. did some work there. Managed to complete quite a handful fo work thou. Thats good thats good. Gezz.. self praise.. Well next up was church. I attended chinese service for the first time.. it was.. different from normal serivces. The atmosphere i would say. However.. the presence of God is undeniable.. 'can't wait for the next mth so that i can start playing for chinese service' meanwhile.. its just my job to brush up my skills.. have more confidence.. Exactly, confidence aye?

2006-08-11T08:28:00.000-07:00

Today was yet another awesome day that i did not thought would turn out so great. It kind of started out moody thou. However, i can say that Jesus annoited it. School, started off with the old usuall stuff. For the first time in my life, i actually felt that i was not studying enough! Wow... I am usually really lazy when it comes to completeing my assignments, not until the moment when a small distinctive thought popped out in my head during the MRT ride home. 'You gotta study more Ash... never be contented with what you have achieved. Cause what you have obtained, you can get even more. When you get a 100 marks for your test, strive for a 110. When you finished your homework, try out extra assignments.' It is the word 'more' that struck me. because life wishes will never be fufilled. Well, the later part of the day was all hyped out. I MANAGED TO CANCEL SOMETHING, SO THAT I CAN GET TO THE PLANETSHAKERS. Now isn't that good news? Haha, well at least to me it is. Praise the LORD, planetshakers was a first time for me, trying experiencing it yourself someday. Words can't describe the spirit of God flooding over you.

The Lord our God, makes everything in its most aweful state,
till it is beautiful.

2006-08-10T06:36:00.000-07:00

You know, sometimes i think im really a mountain tortise. I wonder if thats a good or a bad thing? lol. Prehapes its bad? Well you see today i found myself lost in City Hall.. My destination, marina square. Which seems so... er, yea you know. lol Lets just put in this way.. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. =S And when i finally met up with my friends, they were going 'you don't know where marina square is?' and i went 'ya'. We had fun I guess... drowning ourselves with music and ice lemon tea in K box. Oliver's idea. Thanks bro for everything. Yea.. but currently.. i dont' think im in the most cheerful state. Actually.. i think i brought it upon myself.. 'sorry... its all my fault'

2006-08-09T09:38:00.000-07:00

One word for the performance tonight... AWESOME. Lets just hope that Singapore will posper.. under the guidiance of our everlasting God. Speaking of Singapore, it reminds me of my social studies... dreads. Deterance and Diplomacy... 'er.. job well done there Singapore in keeping our country safe'. 'And if other countries dare to attack us, we will show em what we are made of yea?'

Im Living For...

2006-08-09T01:05:00.000-07:00

Yo! Its national day, and im quite happy! Cause... i got a hair cut!! Lol.. Isn't that cool? And now kind to think about it, i think it won't be long till i get back my old hairstyle. BUT! getting back that old hair of mine will mean more mantaining. maintaing = more hair cuts, more washing, er more... lol i dunno. Gee.. Hm.. i am starting to wonder what kind of performance will there be for Singapore later on? Happy Birthday! Okay... before i go, heres something.

romans 5:3-5
I happened to come across this passage of scripture... In it, it explains that not only should we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God, we should ALSO rejoice in our sufferings because we know that suffering produces perseverance... and this produces character.. and in turn hope which does not dissapoint us, because God has poured out his love unto us through the gift of the holy spirit. How true is it.. just like what my blog name implies, hopeful for tomorrow.. =)

2006-08-07T08:37:00.000-07:00

its been a long day i guess... my legs are withering.. from the x-country race.. anyway.. i have to say to ben and marcus.. good job! haha yep.. somehow... i feel that something is missing right now in my life. i dunno wad is it. Is it because im not attached to my true vine that is the only way im able to bear good fruit??

2006-07-31T07:00:00.000-07:00

great... a long day of studying.. simply austounding... haha well i did had a great time of fellowship with lert.. yono yea.. and i would rather put it in a way that.. our efforts being put into studying weren't fruitless at all!
well... at least i get to spend a couple of mins on this 'fun' stuff... haha specially requested by two of my dearest frens haha.

6 weird truths about me
1. i often feel that something is missing.
2. my eyes are very small... especially when i smile..
3. i like to play with my hair in the classroom
4. i have very very soft hair.. trust me on that
5. i like to be alone
6. i fancy lego models

firsts..
best friend: jun yang
crush: my pillow
movie: mu lan
lie: i have, no idea

when was the last time u:
had a cigarette: never had one
had a drink: at macs.. i had large coke..
got a ride: from my dearest cell group leader, ben
watched a movie: the lake house.. u gotta watch it man
used the phone: at hm... a comversation with yono
bought a cd: disney music... still my personal fav next to christian music
dated one of ur best fren: yea guess so...
been arrested: thats so lame...[lert]
skinny dipped: wads that?
been on tv: i so ugly.. tv screen will crack de loh...
missed someone u don't noe: actually no.

4 things u did today
a. school
b. sleep in class
c. study at macs.. lol
d. ride my bike home..

4 sounds u hear at this very moment..
a.overwhelmed by planetshakers
b. my fingers slapping on the keyboard
c. my brain cells dying
d. a special voice in my heart..

people to do this...
okay, my turn,
a. oliver
b. barloony
c. jerome
d. jana
e. lert, lol if he has one

2006-06-21T08:45:00.000-07:00

'chips... ymm.. i fell in love with chips...' LOL. isn't that wad u see whenever you take a look at my account! But! Today, i am going to start on a new post.. Haha.. Yea first of all.. i have a streetball team now.. we have a brazilian guy, a china guy, a malay, and a korean. cool huh... speaking of multi racial..
brazilian - brandon aka no miss
china - fei hong aka game over?
malay - oliver aka outta control
korean -ash aka lil eq
well.. er... many of u thought i was the lil one.. but my team mates.. have decided to call me lil eq.. because... aheM... shan't say...
THANK U OLIVER... lol
Went town today... and explored the skate park.. man it was awesome... simply astounding.. jaw dropping! lol even kids as small as 10 were displaying their set of skills to the crowd of 'audience' lol who filled the concret steps... 'speaking of bo liao...' hehehe. then! peter was all excited bout telling him his new sport.. ice skating... weeee lol sounded exciting.. 'okay peter i promise u one day.. i'll skate.. lol!' oh yea.. if u ever drop by a mcdonal's restaurant... please tell me how the crowd reacts the... a GOAL in the world cup broadcast thank u.

with much love and much peace,
if i wanna play just let me play,
i ain't afraid of nobody in anybody's hood

ps: except for my dad.

2006-06-02T21:47:00.000-07:00

chips... ymm.. i just found out that i love chips haha. okay fine. i guess everybody loves chips. hmm its so fast! 3 days have just past by. holidays are boomm.. like dashing past. haha so gotta do my hw.. and not forgetting being with frens.. man. can't wait for mon.. goin to acs again. haha hope the whites don mind me doing some fancy tricks on them. opps..

ash aka the small
brendon aka license to drive
oliver aka the outta control

2006-05-29T08:20:00.000-07:00

new post new post new post.. guys i got smt to anounce.. i hv a boring life.. lol now im serious. i have a boring life. and im using this as an excuse not to blog. haha now im just kidding.. i just came back frm acs baker man.. and left an impression on the blacks.. yea raised my game to a higher level. man i can be running and u can't catch me. heh. but the fact is im a student and i got hw to do. sharks. ain't that great. awesome

2006-05-18T04:41:00.000-07:00

yoyo... wads up dawgs.. here to improve my writing skills. lol joking.. now have been balling recently.. its like.. streetball to the highest level. me my bro oliver... and a raw talent brendon. we went down town and balled on the streets! like no one ever seen before! now this is a great starting of brother hood between the 3 of us.. still recruiting more members into our crew.. i'll strive to make a difference in this corrupted world. the imposibble ~ nothing.

2006-05-03T05:57:00.000-07:00

u shld be always hopeful for tmr.. the days past.. and we shld forget the stuffs that happened... yea at least keep the nice stuffs in ur heart... but just throw away the hurting and unwanted feelings... yea? okay so i have finally updated. its an accomplishment i suppose.. haha exams are like 2 days away... and boy is 3B studying man.. haha and yono! u can do it! study hard! okay okay... things are turning out great in school... seems that lessons aren't so boring after all yea? haha anyway.. u can always sleep in class can't u... hehe... rite... me and my imaginative mind... must be because of that bald head of mine... man.. grow grow hair grow! lol kkae.. i think i better get back to my studdies...
peace to my brothers.
and bringing glory to u always.
eq aka en quan

2006-02-11T07:39:00.000-08:00

HOLLA.. been like quite a while... haha wait been one mnth.. i was busy with other stuff.. so yea... hmm.. what to post.. OH OH GOD BLESS U PEOPLE OUT THERE.. i really appreciate ur accompaniance... and tim cheer up! if u remain depressed.. i'll dao u. lol wth. okay im done and to my brothers out there, +peace+

2006-01-01T06:05:00.000-08:00

hey guys.. back from the music retreat! yea... and.. learnt loads of things... and i actually have a christian name now... its called joash... i means... the fire of God...i really like it... and with this name... i wish i can be a whole new person... ready to serve God.., and today! i have a verse to share! er... here goesmany of us... think that God is not blessing us enough... and we pray and pray for blessings... but they do not come.... and u eventually think that God is not of any purpose of ur life... u dun know that the key to unlocking the blessings to God is releasing his blessings!

2005-12-25T04:42:00.000-08:00

heya guys! and girls.. lol yea its christmas!! woo hoo.... and im so happy... not because of gifts but God... jesus himself... emmanual... lol touching speech made by pastor.. yep... and im kinda thinking bout havin a christmas like life... everyday... giving to ppl... yea... so happy.. yea and today i actually went dota... its making me sick... haha and i was so shocked when.. er i got 'dominating' 3 times in the game.. incredible.. haha. and pam was being killed like countless of times by me.. man, is she mad... haha yea i guess the girls had fun with dota.. lol we boys should be havin fun haha. okay... its been great today.. and to those out there who are savouring me and peter's cookies! God bless u

2005-12-21T19:54:00.000-08:00

heya peeps... haha changed my blog skin! thanks to jeslin and jont... haha. thank you guys... hm.. and christmas is comin... hope u guys out there have a merry christmas... haha and now.. back to hw.... and i know there is a certain someone out there who is very very upset because of me... sorry....

2005-12-10T02:43:00.000-08:00

okay.. the days been fine.. AND i have decided not to keep this blog deserted.. heh. haha this is so cool. me and oliver has boon working out on style lately..i still have the problem of been unatural.. haha. kkae forget bout that... i guess ballers out there are in for a big suprise.. heh.. and i fo have to thank God for putting me in this position. ola

2005-11-04T03:33:00.000-08:00

woah... today.. i went training.. and got.. scolded.. lols. well nvm. u see i was wearing an outdside t - shirt. so i got scolded by mr tan and principle i tink. cause he stared at me.. haha well its okay. and i feel so pumped up now.. ready for more weight action. haha jkjkjk

2005-11-03T04:41:00.000-08:00

hey guys.. its me lols.. yea.. well. today went quite okay yea? im sure olive wld agree wif that... we balled... lol. and it so awesome. can't explain.. but u have to experience it yaself.. watching regin of fire.. whoo.. dragons.. remindes me of dragon heart... yea. anyway.. God bless those whom i noe eh..
*this, is how ya play it...*

2005-11-02T20:32:00.000-08:00

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