Hi all!

You'd have seen the advertisement in papers BUT you'd not know that ELVIN is in it! muahaha.. =)

Anyway, Jasmine Trias (American Idol second runner up) will be starring in drama, Asian Superstar this SATURDAY (15th July) in EXPO 3, 4pm!

AND elvin is acting as one of the finalist hence he'll be singing WITH Jasmine Trias. Heh..
AND I've got TICKETS for you guys. =) I've got a few 10s. Please ask ur frens or teammates and email me before friday. =) SUPPORT YOUR FRIEND'S BOYFRIEND/HUSBAND TO BE!!
Pls come k? Support support support! =)

Jasmine Trias is touching down in Spore tmr and she just released her debut album! =)
http://www.jasminetrias.net/

Love,
Lixin

A youth's tears on Sunday touched my heart.
I never knew I could be an impact.
I never knew the youths love me that much.
I never knew I'd be noticed if I'm not in service or activities.
I dun even know when I became the information centre for church's stuff.
I never knew a hug, a pat on the shoulder or a small note can make such a difference.
All I knew was I need to be at services and activities cos that's what God likes and i like it too. =)
All I knew was everyone loves to be appreciated and just like I love it, I do it too.
All I knew was every single one of the youths are precious to me.
All I knew was I want to see each one of them mature beautifully in the Lord, grow up, graduate, get married, continue to care even for their children.
I dream of when elvin and I are 70years old and still in the youth.
As I typed, I teared.
God said this is my ministry.
For LIFE.
Lost confidence recently but her tears showed that what I have done in the youth ministry, which to me is my duty n i hold great priority, was important to her.
Her tears told me.
His concern showed me.
Her prayers warm my heart.
Every single one of them are like my younger siblings.
Love every single one of them.
No bidding of goodbyes.
Forever.

I love ALL of u.

Wilson
Wenqi
Wendy
Callista
Fabian
Jason Oon
Matthew Wee
Yvonne
Eileen
Jonathan Ang
Weiling
Kelly Lim
Sheena
Colleen
Rhoda
Elvin
Qiuxia
Evangeline
Michelle
Minlun
Esther Foong
Dawn Martin
Sophia Chong
Joy Cheng
Esther Chong
Elijah
Dorothy
Bao Ying
Debbie
Eden
Qian Hui
Janice
Jocelyn
Rachel Ng
Xin Miao
Weisiang
Samuel
Gerald
Jason Tan
Jason Loy
Liwen
John Tan
Tierra
Wei En
Ruixiong
Tasha
Declan
Caleb Seah
Joshua
Gabriel
Ian
Abram
Alexius
Ryan
Yikuan
Meijing
Jone
Jason Cheong
Grace Low
Randall
Beng Kiat
Joash
Nicholas
Justin
Joel
Silas
Clarence
Brian
Clara
Belinda
Samuel
Jerina
Charissa Tham
Joalyn
Jonathan Tham
Charis Wong
Jadon
Samuel Ho
Desmond
Angel

Region F rocks.

Ok.. Everyone is blogging so frequently now! Was reading es.foong's blog and it's really an inspiration sia! =) Anyway, too many things happened these weeks and months so let's just settle for a photo blog k? haha.. =)

KUANTAN TRIP -my family and uncle Ku's family

1. Setting off

In kuantan, even the tea got sizes la! lowest right corner, dad's is regular and kor's large.

And john owns a vegetarian restaurant! XIN YI!

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE! =) hehe.. this is in the car. =)

Day1: Beach, Seafood dinner and SLEEP!

Top left corner- My sis say john and i looked like couple! haha.. =)

At the beach, we played volley and caught many mini crabs!! =)

Middle left: John's eating honey stars. Can u see all those in his mouth?

Day 2: Salted fish factory, beach, MORE seafood!

Bottom right corner: John's and my paparazzi shot! =)

Middle right: the buffalo was HUGE! haha..

STILL DAY2

Sunglasses combined! (top right)

bottom middle: SNOW CRAB!

STILL STILL Day2

Note the scary pic on the right!

The two families. =)

Day 3: Going back to Kota Tinggi

No more petrol!! we were so worried we'll be stranded somewhere in the jungle~! haha.. thank God after it hit ZERO, we reached the Kiosk. =)

Ok.. Gotta go out now. Will add more later. =)

dunno what's wrong with my laptop.. hai.. Really need to send it for repair.. =(

Anyway, my contract with W.o.o.d.l.a.n.d.s R.i.n.g S.e.c. has ended. Really gonna miss them so much.. Last two weeks i sent so much time with them, going for competition together, trainings, striving to win,... Seriously, if one asks me what is the most important thing I taught them this near one year, I would say, mental strength. Of course I taught them basics, strategies, runs, court work, etc BUT what touches me the most is how they improved in their mental strength.. From easily giving up if losing in first quarter until now, even if it's the LAST 2 min, they never gave up! That's how we got our wins with PLMGS draw-down1-draw-win2 or temasek sec when it was draw-draw-draw-win3. it's the fighting spirit, the never-say-die attitude. I was taught when I was a player to play each match with a no regrets attitude.. As long as we played our best, even if we lost, we can come out of the court with no regrets and pride. =) I taught them the same thing.. and we came a long way from a nothing school since the school started years back until now when we got THIRD in the second tier school challenge..
I'm very proud of them.. Surely gonna miss them so much.. At least I left the school leaving not just the first medal in their netball history but an attitude that will follow them for life..

My girls...

The trophy. =)

Thank God for the opportunity to have W.R.S.S as the first school I coached. =)

Have been such a long while since i blogged. Very busy and tiring. As every uni student would know, this is the peak period which presentations and essays are due. For me, I've worked till 1-3am for a few times just trying to finish everything before deadline. Now, two more to go! One of which is due tmr morning. Haha.. dead. =)

Although we are bored in class, we do silly stuff and this is what suping did to the children cancer ribbon.




Anyhow, still coaching and giving tuition. Very glad that my netball girls are improving not just on the technical side but mentally. The game that we played on monday was a tough one but they held on and pushed themselves and really had the desire to win. Stronger mentally now. I'm contented that with my contract ending in April, I am able to see them come to this stage and this mental strength can follow them in other things they do. Thank God for helping me with them all these while. =)

Have been spending quite some time with esther recently and I really liked it! =) All the times we chatted, shared about what God has done, how good He is, what we can do for Him, etc, lift my spirit up! It is really important to have Christian friends to share and they can be fun to hang out with! haha.. at least i think esther has never really bored me before! haha.. Though uncle William said she's crazy. (I think maybe the other way round more true..haha.. =))
Last night, esther, wendy and i went to coffeebean to eat and chat! though it was nearly for near 2hrs, it was really enjoyable.. It has been so long since I get to sit down, relax, hang out and chill.. Busy schedule shall not consume me!! grr.. =) Then Wilson and elvin joined us. Also fun! =)
Elvin has a cat now!! His name is jack jack. He is reaaaaally cute. only 3mths old. This is the second wk since we brought it back from S-P-C-A. We had net at elvin's place last wk and everyone liked it! =) Qian Hui even requested to have net at elvin's again cos she misses jack jack! haha... It's really different to have a cat in the house. Each time I visit, I can just cuddle it on my lap while i watch tv or read my notes. Even when I cooked in the kitchen, it will just walk between my legs or rub its face on my ankle. Super cute.. =)

JAck jack sleeping...

K la.. i think i should really go back to my essay.. i only left with less than 1hr 30min.. dead.. still got a test tmr la. =(

I'm in NUS Chinese library now. I'm so sleepy! =( It is really hard to understand those dusty language discussion books. Seriously, I'm totally clueless as to how to write this 3000word chinese essay. It is about 从修辞角度探讨欧化。Frankly, what is it? Struggling so much.. not much resources also.. =(

Really need God's help...

Anyway, have been really busy and exhausted but i'm enjoying it! I'm really glad to be in the planning committee for the youth centre.. It is a great thing to serve the Lord.. Although we have to do a lot of things (even spring cleaning!) like tend booths, make posters, proposals, I'm VERY happy! Angie or BOSSALINA has been a committed leader. Admire her efficiency and her heart for the youths and our centre. I surely enjoy "dreaming" with her. It is the season for our youths. So excited!

As for our region, we played basketball ytd and it was fun! Got to know more 13yr olds. They are really cute! hahaha.. I like Jadon esp. =) HAhaha.. Charis! tell ur brother! hahaha.. =)
This one year I really got to know many passionate pple, Matt Wee, Jonathan, Fabian, Wilson, Sheena, Elvin, etc.. A heart to want to see our region grow healthily and leading by example. =) Not forgetting my lovely net members, eden, weisiang, dorothy, jocelyn, rachel, qian hui, min lun, jason tan, rhoda, who also faithfully attend activities, serve and at service. Praise God for favour and that they are open and teachable. Like I always say, prayer WORKS. =)

Anyway, just thought of youth camp 2003. The region's dynamic was so mind-blowing and we were so united. This year is the year sia! =) Region F having our own youth camp. We tabulated our list of pple, we have 91 youths~! KOME ON!

p/s: Thanks to Matt for loading the song. =)

Matthew just uploaded a song for Esther =)