Good evening people!
I had a sudden impulse to type this post as I listen to this song Neverending Story (Techno version man!).
I remembered the last time I heard this song was back in my secondary school days, in 2002, when I was graduating from my NPCC with my batch’s squad.
I still remember that day man, as the entire squad’s well wishes for everyone was played as a Powerpoint slide and this music was playing.
I don’t remembered crying, but it definitely touched my heart.
To the Express students, they are leaving that year after finishing their O Levels.
To the Normal Technical students, they are leaving after taking their N Levels.
To some of us Normal Academics, we just might leave after taking our N Levels.
Our time there in
Our time in NPCC is ending.
Everyone will go their separate ways to pursue their dreams.
Everyone has started to move on with life.
However, as this song continues to play, and as the lyric says, our friendship will never end.
The story of our friendship that we build during our 4 years of serving in NPCC will never end.
It will continue and continue till the day we passed on I guess.
The bonds, the unity, the passion, the craps and the friendship that we had during NPCC will be with us forever.
If our lives are like a novel, I pray the chapter on friendship will never end.
Same goes for you guys and gals that I’ve known outside the circle of my NPCC.
The first day I’ve known you guys/gals, the conversation we have, the fun we have, whatever we have together, will always live on.
Each and everyone of you guys has made an impact on my lives directly or indirectly, yes it’s true I assure you lol.
I sincerely pray to the Lord that the chapter on friendship with you guys and gals, will last till the day we passed on.
All the best in life man!
Thanks for reading, God bless!
Good evening!
Just came back from church.
I went to church early in the morning despite many incidents (I couldn’t find my toothbrush and underwear!) to book seats for the cell group.
Yao Zhong was there before me as he came directly from his family’s chalet.
I happened to carry a huge tumbler to return Sister Wendy, and it was a bit awkward to carry it to church (Clarence even wondered whether there was curry inside!), but manage to deliver it back to Sister Wendy.
Service was great! There was a drama for Father’s Day and it was quite hilarious.
N314 and N238 almost had full member attendance today, praise God.
And praise God! I did not fall asleep during Bible Study!
Halleluyah!
Usually I’ll be either half-awake or almost asleep during Bible Study.
Breakthrough man!
And oh yeah my sub-zone chalet ended yesterday.
It was organized by my church’s sub-zone leaders and I spend 3 days and 2 nights there.
The chalet was located at one of Changi’s Aloha chalet located at
The chalet was freaking big and was freaking fun!!!!!!
The things that I learn and the interactions with various brothers and sisters was fantastic man!
And we celebrated quite a number of birthdays at the chalet LOL.
Praise and worship there was awesome! Presence of God was so heavy and my faith was renewed!
Thank you Lord.
Gosh, as I type this post out, I’m starting to miss the chalet man.
I’ve never had a chalet with my church friends before, so this chalet will kind of stick with me for some time yeah.
Oh yeah my ex-cell group members were there too!
I had fun with them, although I didn’t have much time to talk to them.
Sigh, miss those days that I had with them.
Anyway I spent most of the day playing Magic with my cell group members!
MAN IT IS FUNNNN!
My interest for Magic never really took place ever since they came into existence, but after the chalet, my interest for Magic took off like crazy!
LOL, didn’t know I missed out on such a great strategy game.
Thanks Gabriel and Ernest for helping me getting oriented with Magic LOL.
Thank you Lord for Magic. It’s a great game.
And also, the drama that my group performed was insanely funny man, thanks to Gabriel.
It’s great having him around to spice things up LOL.
I’ve created a blog for me to place any pictures that I’ve taken, so here’s the URL:
http://ericyamphotos.blogspot.com
Yeah enjoy the pictures that I’ve uploaded currently, there will be videos to come soon.
Well I’m going off to do other stuff now.
Thanks for reading and God bless!
Good morning!
I’m back from the 3rd session of Emerge!
Man each meeting just gets better and better!
My pastor just keeps throwing surprises after surprises at us!
Friday night it was those stars from Project Superstar and Singapore Idol and on Saturday, Pastor Sun came back and performed for us!
OH MY GOD!!!
Oh yeah, she’s ex-pastor Sun now. I’ve forgot.
She left her pastoral duties to work in the entertainment line full time.
You go Sun!
You rock!
Pastor Kong once again shared with us another powerful message.
It’s about how we should be in the world, but not of the world.
We should be contemporary, not like some religious freaks.
We ought to be a Daniel for society!
Thank You Lord! It pumps up my faith even more!
Oh yessssssss not forgetting Saturday was my birthday!
Chui Lan, Yong Lan,
Not only that, they gave me a shirt and a birthday card!
Wah! I never did expect them to remember my birthday, yeah cause we multiplied and went to different cell groups.
But what touches me most was the card that Kristine made.
Seriously, the message she wrote on the card came so timely that I almost shed a tear while reading it.
God never cease to use anointed people to reach out to me.
Thank You Lord.
Thank you Kristine!
And thank you Chui Lan, Yong Lan,
Thanks for remembering my birthday!
And oh yes my cell group also celebrated my birthday right after Saturday’s session.
One of my birthday wish was to really create a game that shows the glory of Jesus.
Games can be a very powerful tool to reach out to the lost.
I do not know how I am going to create it or what the content or gameplay will be like.
But I know that the Lord will be with me.
I pray Lord, You’ll guide me and be with me as I embark on this path to create a powerful and high impact game for You.
I pray Lord that this will be one of the tools to reach out to the lost.
I pray that whoever plays the game will be blessed!
LOL.
Alright it’s late I need to sleep to go for the final session later in the morning.
Thanks for reading and God bless!
Good morning people!
This is Eric reporting from the aftermath of the second day of Emerge 2006!
Emerge is an annual youth conference organized by my church, and it is a freaking huge event with delegates from around the world attending it!
My God, the first day of Emerge was nerve wrecking and earth shattering!
I queued like crazy wearing my formal attire totally out of place and was sweating like a fountain before I even entered the great auditorium in my church!
Had a small battle with some cell group over seats.
Man the cell group leader even threatens to call security!
Of course I raise my hand showing her the way to security!
It’s ridiculous giving up my seats when my cell group members are right outside the doors just a few meters from coming in!
SO WHAT IF YOUR CELL GROUP IS BIG AND CAME FIRST!
I mean too bad if the place that you choose couldn’t accommodate your size man, don’t come poaching from others!
Anyway my cell group leader intervened and the matter was resolved, I came hungering for God’s Word not for a verbal war.
The whole meeting was excellent I can say!
With the parades of schools and all the fancy fire-works, my eyes were getting dazzled by the effects and bodies being thrown around.
Pastor Kong preached about the importance of reaching out to schools, and I got on fire to reach out to those in my school!
I mean, what Pastor Kong said was true, the youths are going to be the next generation of leaders, and getting them grounded in God’s Word and experiencing Him will change their life forever.
For the better in fact.
I sat at my seat listening very attentively to what Pastor said and the keys to reach out to the youths.
Thank you Lord, for prompting me to come for the opening night, the message truly blessed me.
Alright here comes the report for the second night!
It was even crazier!
First the amazing dance by O School and followed by raw muscle power in an arm wrestling match!
Even the pastors came for a match in arm wrestling!
Wow!
And it doesn’t even end there!
My church, listen, MY CHURCH, invited the winners from Campus Superstar to sing for us!
OH MY GOD!
I’ve never expected my church to do that!
It was amazing!
And my Pastor Aries acting as emcee told us after their performance, “After the Chinese singers, how can we not have the English side too!”
And GUESS WHAT!
That Singapore Idol guy Taufiq came on stage to sing!
OH WOW!
We cheered like crazy I tell you!
Those stars shared how they accomplished their dream and it really inspired me, especially Taufiq’s.
Don’t bother what others said, if you have a dream, run for it till you accomplishes it!
Praise God for inviting them to church.
Sometimes I as an individual need others to show me the correct way and attitude to a fulfilling life in Christ.
Praise God for using every single person to teach me be it directly or indirectly.
After those crazy stuff and surprising appearances Pastor Kong got us into the Word.
The presence of the Holy Spirit was so thick!
The message Pastor shared was on Spiritual Hunger.
This message touched my soul like never before.
These past few months of dryness makes me realize that my hunger for the Lord has dimmed a little.
Thank you Lord, for this timely message.
Now my spiritual hunger has kicked into overflow, and I thank You that I am able to walk even closer to you again.
OH YES I JUST TURNED TWENTY!
Praise God for this wonderful 20 years on earth.
All the things You’ve done for me, Lord I thank You from the bottom of my heart.
Thank You for all the wonderful friends I’ve made from church, school, work and play.
Thank You for blessing me with a good family!
Thank You for your amazing grace.
Can’t wait for the next 20, 40, 80, 100, 200 years of walking with You Lord!
Alright, I need to stop here now.
I need to go do some work now!
Thanks for reading and God bless!