Hi blog, I'm back here after 4mths of vacation. But I did change songs occasionally and tag at times, so hey I'm still around. ^_^
From May till nowadays I have had many different events and activities going on. Every single day was just so exciting and fruitful.
At the end of May which was last month we had our Emerge. Although I didn't go for all these 9 sessions, (out of which I could only manage to go for session 5 and 8), I had a tremedous time. On the finale night, all the balloons were released into the air. It was a satisfying close. Although on that day I was at door 2 during the conference, what Pastor preached had impacted me just as much. We also helped out on that day, sisters to take out the chairs links and brothers to stack up the chairs. Weicheng, Rena and myself stayed till 11.30pm and decided to make a move first due to examinations on the following Monday. We managed to catch the last train to Tanah Merah station but the last train to Boon Lay was gone so I boarded a cab home.
The week after Emerge I had my exams in the beginning of the week. When it came to Thursday, I had my company dinner at Teochew Seafood Restuarant at Centrepoint. It was an awesome time at the restuarant and usually after our meal we would have our 'second round', that is to go for Karaoke at Cineleisure K box.
The following day after Thursday we had our Gatsby event! That was the day we were all waiting for! I can see how much hard work and effort my marketing colleagues had put in to run this event. The saying is so true 'tai shang yi fen zhong, tai xia shi ni gong' (for one minute of performance on stage, it is equivalent to ten years of preparation).
On that day itself, we were given half day leave. Thanks to my director, he was so sweet to give us half day leave as he knew that we had a long day on Thurs night. I went to Republic Plaza with Agnes to have lunch before going back home. Although I didn't take a nap, I had a good rest (sometimes to just sit down with a cup of drink and listen to music is considered good rest). I reached Zouk at 4.30pm and not long after I saw my colleagues and we sat there to enjoy the rehersal. It was at that time that I was told to help out in the reception instead of giving out the goody bag. I was quite surprised that they had given me this role as we were briefed during the meeting that that role was important and as there would be huge crowds. Agnes was in charge of that in the beginning but later she was asked to help to bring the VIPs to their seats so I took up the role instead.
At 6plus we decided to go for dinner so we went to a Japanese restuarant at Great World City to eat sushi. When we came back to Zouk, it was 7plus, the reception table was already laid outside the entrance. I saw a few people waiting at the entrance as well. I was briefed of the things I should do and a short while later, crowds of people started gathering around the Zouk entrance. I was in charge of the VIP guests and many came to me to make enquiries. I looked through the namelist and ticked their names, stamp the round chop on their right hands, give them the Gatsby phone straps as well as the drinks coupons. Kelly helped as well to give out the goody bags. All guests were allowed entry at 9pm sharp. Within a short while, the goody bags and drink coupons for the public were all given out. After that the public were still given free entry until they were told that the place was full and they would need to buy tickets to get in. The whole event was overwhelming. When it was close to ending time at 11pm, people were still buying the tickets to get in!
Jolin brought along four of her colleagues. I met up with her after the event and both of us together with my Accounts manager went to the hotel near there to board a cab. Jolin went off first as she stays further and we soon boarded another cab as well.
On Sat, I reached church at 12.45pm for the meeting at Hall 1. That was our first service at Hall 1 after some time. During the meeting, we were informed that Ivory and Juan Juan would be transferring to serve on Sunday service. They made a slideshow for Ivory which was so touching. At the end of it they also made the slideshow into a CD for her. We also welcome Meizhen into our service.
For that service I was given the role to be bravo 2. That was my second time holding on to the com set. The first time I was Echo 2 which required me to listen more.
Bravo 1 was Youmei and we ran the service together. On a few occasions I was asked for the number of rows left at terrace 4,5,6. I was glad that I was around there to be able to reply fast. When everyone settled down I looked through the arena area and began to fill out some seats. Most of the things went out well.
On Sunday it was prayer meeting. After the prayer meeting, I went to Coffeebean with Tizane because I had missed out the cgm for that week due to company dinner and event. We shared a lot of things and discussed many things together. After that I went to Simei to go to Weicheng's house. There were a total of 15 people who went to his house: Cass, Singyee, Jolin, Alvin, Erin, Gerald, Rena, Biondi, Meijing, Yunru, Wyelin, Jonathan, Michelle, Gordon and myself! Wow a group of united 1s1 ushers, hee. When I reached there, Jonathan, Gerald and Michelle were playing guitar while the rest were playing the murderer game, I also joined in the game not long after. We continued that game for a while until they decided to eat their food. After that we played the 'zhong ji mi ma (guess the number)' game. Wyelin had her secret receipt (consisting of tom yam and whatever ba la chang). Jon, Wyelin and Alvin got sabo and they tasted the goodness of the new sauce (yum yum?) We finally got on to the sharing of our first impression for one another. At first some were asked to say out the impression while the rest guess who that person was. Then we decided to let 5 of us (Cass, Weicheng, Singyee, Michelle and I) share our first impression all the rest. Good sharing, with laughter, hugs and tears. We shall continue our second round this Sunday at Cass' house. =)
I am grateful to God for the opportunities which were given to me in my workplace as well as in my ministry. In my workplace, I have such a great Japanese boss. He is the best boss I even had, I mean it. He will often cheer up the atmosphere with his contagious laughter. Whenever he says hi, good morning, thank you or bye bye, it is always filled with sincerity. My director is also very humorous and understanding. My accounts manager and HR manager are also the ones who will shower me with love, care and concern.
As for ministry wise, I really thank all the SLs and TLs especially Beatrice, Pengboon and Youmei for entrusting me to take up new roles and for believing in me. Not to forget all the ushers in this impactful ministry.
It is an honor when someone believes in you. But at the same time, we need to believe in ourselves that we can be good finishers as well. There is someone who will believe in us no matter what, He is Jesus Christ, our Lord!