farewell to year 2004...

it has been a year of God's grace and blessings for me in year 2004...

working full-time in a christian organisation... serving as ACM praise team (even though as a "trainee")... having group singing lessons with steven yip (with relatively little cash)... going through different challenges and difficult time in life (may not handle things well, but i am being loved by many b/s)... PLUS my church's first-ever pop music EM (we had a great team, led by GOD!)... my first-ever trips to TW (x2) and GZ (x3)... my first-ever experiencing earthquake (even though i didn't feel it at all)... many, many, many other things happened and i must have to give thanks to GOD...

i hope that urs would also be a great and enjoyable one... if not, let's look ahead for a brand new start in year 2005... coming in just 47 hours and some 20 minutes...

ooops...

again... almost forget that i have a blog... well... #_#

life is full of tension... but thx God that i'm still alive... hallelujah... yes, in case u once thought that i was disappeared (or being taken)? hehe... hopefully and unfortunately... i'm back...

wishing u an early merry christmas... and a happy year 2005...

group singing...

finally the group singing class starts in dec... the class will be taught by steven yip - a famous singing teacher in hongkong... he is also a christian dedicated in the music industry / ministry...

with the sponsorship from acm... we (the praise team) will only have to pay for half of the tuition... and this half is shared among 15 members... so u can imagine how little i need to pay, but having a singing class with a first-class teacher...

the class will begin by next thu... very nervous now...

more than conquerors...

more than conquerors - 2005 HK youth revival conference... organised by hkccc... jan 7 - 9, 2005 @ YMCA Wu Kwai Sha Youth Village...

keynote speakers: philemon choi, enoch lam, jonathan mak & more...
activities: seminars, workshops, bible study and praise & worship...

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." - Romans 8:37

for more info... pls visit http://www.hkccc.org/yrc2005...

taipei the advanture...

my trip to taipei has finally over... it was so... great~~~ went to many places, like jiufen, jinguashi, danshui... good resto... shopping... PLUS the 2 "KEY" factors - earthquake and typhoon... *_* can u believe it? //sigh...

earthquake - which we don't have it in hongkong... but this time i was in taiwan/taipei... too bad (???) that i couldn't really feel the shaking... and not even know about it until my friend told me... well... anyway it did happen... the intensity was around 4... and right in the taipei city...

typhoon Nock-ten was really strong... the whole taiwan was completely covered/eaten by it... plus the strong wind could move the taipei 101 building... many places were flooded... 3 were killed... this typhoon aslo extended my trip for a day... as many flights were cancelled or delayed...

many other interesting experiences... like rushing to the boarding gate from the check-in counter in 25mins before the flight departed... well~~~ @_@

after this trip... i was given another nickname... wanna know it? pls check my MSN/ICQ nickname... aiya~~~

thx anna (yaxin) & jack (the little gray wolf) as my tour-guides and companions... making this trip a wonderful and interesting one... thx thx thx... //kiss (haha)...

wired?

in the last three days... i eat as normal... sleep as normal... work as normal... laugh as normal... joke as normal... not to cry... cry... cry as i thought... okay, i was a little bit depressed on the first day... BUT now it seems to me that nothing have happened at all... oh, am i wired? a bit too COLD-blooded? it is PEACE from God, i would say...

thx for those who keep praying for me and for my family... thx for those who send me email/msg with comfort and strength... just wanna tell u - i am fine... yes, really really fine... life must go on... rite?

so my trip to taipei will be as scheduled... dept on 21 (after work) and back on 24 evening... shopping... sight-seeing... relaxing... and what else? em...

HOWEVER~~~ i gonna have a workshop to hold this sunday afternoon... about using internet resources for bible teaching ministry... eRRR... //blank... //pray...

passed away...

oct 10, 2004... 3.30pm... my grandma passed away in peace...

long time no blog...

haven't been blogging for a month... woh... even though i didn't blog... many things happening around: acm concerts... trip to GZ... grandma in hospital... plus endless work... oh, my goodness...

anyway... let's look ahead...

finally i have got my ticket to taiwan/taipei during chung yeung holidays... as a "free-walker" this time... haha... longing for the trip... taipei, i am coming~~~~

pls don't come...

have been longing for another typhoon... and yes, Aere is coming this friday...

but NOW i wish that Aere will NOT be here... as friday will be the *** first *** show for this year's acm summer concerts... so pls pls pls don't come...

ywc - day 5...

the finale... the conference comes to an end...

with unending praises... with a very powerful sermon... giving a challenge to all Christ followers - to live out our faith... to live out our Christ-like lives... no more talking but act it out... show our faith in action!

wanna take a look and get the feel of the conference... here is my online album: http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4285979093

ywc - day 4...

meeting ppl is always exciting... meeting ppl with the same vision as u do is a real blessing... coz we can share and pray for each other... but u will find that our situations and needs may be just exactly the same... so bro/sis from all over the world: let's live out our lives... coz Jesus Christ is the life - LIVE!

here is a story i wanna share with u... this is a testimony of a pastor in india... he comes from a little village in india... they are not rich and have a very very very tight budget (no $$$) indeed... but why and how he can have enough $$$ for attending the conference, esp $$$ for flight ticket... bro/sis from his church raised fund for him so that he can come... wah... isn't it amazing... Hallelujah~~~

have learnt so many things in these few days... will take me some times to sit down, think and re-think... may the Lord give me insight... give me vision... give me faith and courage to take up the challenge... and be His REAL disciple...

tmr will be the closing celebration... the last 2.5 hours for "charging the battery"... thx God...

ywc - day 3...

my list of new friends is getting longer and longer... more from the united states, australia, india... and more from taiwan (taipei and taitung as well)... will soon be running out of memory for all these new names... =p i have also met some old, old friends there...

back to the conference itself... the whole thing is just like a party... all the time praise the Lord... by all means... in different languages... we party... party and party... but we are NOT party-ing for ourselves... we party for Jesus... Hallelujah...

woh... have to sleep now... otherwise will not have enough energy for tmr's challenges... yeah~!

ywc - day 2...

meeting, meeting and meeting so many ppl today... from uk, norway, danmark, united states, bahamas, india, china, taiwan and hongkong... wooooooooh... dunno how many ppl i would know after the conference...

we shared our difficulties in mobilising youth ministry in our countries... and we prayed for each other... what a wonderful fellowship time we have had... thank you Jesus... thank you, thank you so much... ^^

p.s. there should be about 3,000-something attendees... rather than 2,000 i reported yesterday...

ywc - day 1...

the opening ceremony / celebration is great... there are about 2000 christians from different parts of the world praising God together... the REAL worship is over there... all the seminars and workshops will start tmr... so let's see what's going on next...

ooops... have i introduced the theme of the conference so far... sorry i missed that... this year's theme is "Jesus Christ is the life... LIVE!"

cas x ywc...

back from the cas 2004 music camp...

last year i visited... but it was just a one-day camp (coz of sars)... this time it is a really "camp" - from friday nite to sunday nite... a total of 2 days and 4 hours: full of music-related matters...

have met so many talented christian musicians: many are famous in the industry indeed... learnt so much from different workshops: from conducting to church music history, from leading worship to group singing... thx God for having dr martin chien (from taiwan) as the keynote speaker: what a genius scholar, pastor, composer, musician...

so i will keep on dreaming... but finding the way leading to "dream come true"...

keep on the momentum as more is coming...

ywc - 14th baptist youth world conference... starting from wed evening till sun morning... a conference of youth, for youth, and about youth... longing for that... meeting ppl from all over the world... with the vision and mission for youth ministry... yeah yeah yeah~~~

kompasu...

the first typhoon signal #8 of the year...

enjoying an extra half-day off... yeah yeah yeah~~~
take care...

days without boss...

my boss is back... he was in canada for the last two and a half weeks... since my another colleague was on leave for 10 days as well... so i had been "office alone" for quite some time... but now they are all back (ooops)...

many follow-ups... new projects to start (woh, can u imagine that we have around 6-7 projects happening co-currently?)... may (actually quite sure) have a trip to GZ later in this month... when my colleague and i heard of all these... we both **sigh** (haha)...

thx God that we can participate in so many of His works... meanwhile, may we don't be off-track from the vision / mission He's given to us...

kidult...

(ki.DULT or KID.ult) n. a middle-aged person who continues to participate in and enjoy youth culture... adj. relating to something, particularly a form of media, that appeals to both children and adults...
--- source: http://www.wordspy.com

by searching the word "kidult", u will get 4,500+ results from google.com... and 8,700+ from yahoo.com... all sorts of discussion... from business to academia... all over the world... from english to italian, from korean to chinese...

just wondering who creates the term "kidult"... cheers to the father of "kidult"... can someone tells me... hahaha... =p

karen & calvin...

have been told how great their wedding: "this is the best wedding i have ever been to"... ooops, too bad that i wasn't there (maybe it gonna be a mess if i were there, haha)...

anyway... here comes a few pic... thx raymond...

karen is so beautiful and elegant, as she always be... and her attractive simile... oh!

calvin? em... handsome? smart? errr... =X anyway... what a blessing for him to have karen as his wife (eventually)... hehe...

all the best... and wish that u guys would enjoy ur new life in the state... may God be with u...

thinking of you...

music & lyric by lois kwok

thinking of you, thinking of you,
wondering what you might be doing,
if you are sleeping, if you are dreaming,
please find me in your dreams...

thinking of me, thinking of me,
wondering what you might be doing,
if you are crying, if you are smiling,
i'll always be with you...

tonight, there are no miracles,
tonight, we have to find our own roads,
tomorrow, life might be difficult,
tomorrow, you'll have to go...

someday , or maybe somewhere,
we will somehow meet again.
someday or maybe somewhere,
we will somehow meet again...
maybe someday, somewhere, somehow...

thinking of me, Thinking of me,
wondering what you might be doing,
if you are crying, if you are smiling,
i'll always be with you... tonight~~~

mcdull, prince de la bun...

what an amazing and crazy movie... haha... really funny...

here comes the most impressive dialogue...
made by mcdull the youth:
dad was living in the past, while mum is in the future...
but i am the only one struggling in the present...

two years ago...

two years ago... it was my last day / morning in montreal... on my way to the dorval airport...

saying goodbye... hugging with friends... a moment that u would not know what to say... but i thought: it must be short... coz don't wanna cry...

then i was alone... with my luggage... sitting in the restricted area... looking at the signed CANADA hockey jersey... tears running down my face... i asked some silly questions - why i was here in last two years... why not staying one more day... why i should leave... why... why... why... so many "why"s...

anyway...

now two years have gone... thx God... i am now happy... i think i've got the answers to those questions... just wondering what's next... what i gonna be two years later... let's see...

p.s. happy wedding to karen & calvin the doc...

mamma mia...

the one and only one feeling - it is so wonderful... ^_^

haven't been to a "musical" like this... so yeah~~~ so pop~~~ so high~~~ becoz it is mamma mia...

woh... busy like a bee...

not a joke... have been being so busy (non-stop) after the TW trip... =p

my first-ever trip to TW was great... coz my boss has so many old friends there... we were so well taken care... haha... thank you so much, b/s in TW... even though no much time for sight-seeing... so what did i buy myself... a total of 9 CDs - christian music of all kinds... haha... anyway... this trip is really a good present for my 26th bday... and i would say - i will be there again, for sure~~~

my mum went to the ACM concert (on june 11)... even though she didn't accept Christ in the event... but she is still open to it... at least, she said that the concert was so nice... thx God... will definitely invite her to come to concerts at QE stadium in aug (aug 27-29)... "be with u, everyday"...

upcoming schedule, starting from late july, will be a tight one...

july 30-aug 1 @ CAS : christian music camp
aug 4-8 @ World Baptist Youth Conference : international conference on youth ministry
aug 27-29 @ ACM "be with u, everyday" concerts
sept 4-5 @ ACM retreat camp

have to stop here... enough "snake" and gonna start bee-ing again... *_*

taiwan...

gonna be in taiwan this weekend for 4 days... not for sight-seeing... but it is a "business" trip... with my boss...

since we (CCCon) do have a very tight budget... so my boss couldn't make up his mind - whether to go... finally his decision was made on last thu... i have to go... and my first time being to taiwan...

we gonna have meetings with CCL-TW office... with some local Christian organisations (Seewant, Far East)... with audio-visual production house... and with some bro & sis in taiwan as well (having fellowship time on may 29 afternoon)...

leaving on may 29... be back on june 1... let u know more after the trip...

p.s. heard from my boss that we will be staying in an apartment located in Danshui... with beautiful scenery... a place for vacation rather than for work... haha... =p

p.p.s. so thxful for the ACM concerts... more than 50 ppl dedicate themselves to full-time serving... may Lord guide them and lead them... show them Your will... be with them... gonna have one more concert in Shatin on june 11... and i have asked my mum to come... pray for her heart and soul...

God with us - Emmanuel...

in last than 24 hours... the first concert of "God with us - Emmanuel" gonna be held in saiwanho civic centre... a new series of praise and worship produced by ACM...

so tired after today's 3-hour rehearsal... had to pay great attention to all the details... transition of songs... actions / swings... and also to memorize all those lyrics as well...

u may imagine how tough it gonna be for the singers, the praise team, the band and the dancers as well... esp for the singers... as they will be leading the flow of the programme... i know that they have been so busy and worked so hard for this set in the past months...

brothers and sisters... ADD OIL~~~ we gonna make it... it is worthy... coz it is more than a concert... it is a battle for the Almighty... to win the lost souls... to spread the good news...

the upcoming concerts will be held on tomorrow (may 10) @ saiwanho... may 14 & 15 @ yuenlong... one more on june 11 @ shatin... if u have time pls come (starts at 7.30pm, lasts for about 1.5 hrs) and let's praise together... if not... pls do pray for us and pray for the newcomers... hallelujah~~~

forever and ever...

filmed in 2000... it is a story about a hemophilia & HIV+ son - siu fu (a.k.a. chi mo) and his mother...

"though born with the potentially deadly disease of hemophilia, siu fu (chris lee) is determined to make his name as a writer... he faces the challenges of his life with the loving support of his mother (sylvia chang)... just as his career gathers momentum... siu fu learns that he has contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion... with his days now numbered, siu fu must come to terms with his own fate... and in so doing... find inspiration for his greatest work..."

siu fu: "i have been waiting a miracle from God... to heal me... to recover me... but now i know... the miracle has happened... not that He heals me... but He makes use of my writings to change people's lives... and many have been changed..."

my choice...

have u taken a look at the description of my blog... it starts with "the choice has been made... there is no looking back"... yes - being a christian is the point of no return... maybe it sounds a little bit too serious... but somehow, i think, it is really the case...

in the past two weeks... i receive two calls...

ONE - a call from a local television station... the tv station invited me for an interview as they are looking for a corporate communication person... actually i hadn't sent any application since last nov... but they called... and it is my dream job - being a PR person in a media company... even though i know it gonna be a tough one...

TWO - my previous boss called... the german exhibition company... she asked if i would like to work with her again... as she need someone to help her in developing the new market... she tried very hard to persuade me... and said that i did have great protential (wah!)... disregard what she said... i was just too surprised to receive her call... and really dunno how to react at that particular moment... esp i only worked with her for just 4 weeks...

anyway... my answer to both calls - rejecting both invitations... really COOL, isn't it??? hahahaha...

yup - both jobs are so attractive... and both are the jobs which i have been longing for... some ppl may think that it is NOT a wise decision to reject both offers... BUT i have made my choice... at least i won't feel regret after i had just said "NO" in the phone... and no regret until now... i believe that it is NOT a "silly" decision...

COZ - my focus is clear... my path straight... my GOD reliable...

i trust that He will be with me... as long as it is His will... His plan... He will be responsible... so why i should fear...

summer is coming to town...

it's getting hotter and hotter in hong kong... temp goes up to 29C... and it is only mid april...

i HATE it... i don't hate the sun and sunshine is really nice... but the heat plus it's so humid in hong kong...

hopefully i have air-con... otherwise, 100% sure, i will die very very soon...

back to normal (?!)...

the "passion" is over... the music EM is over... all these come to an end? not really the case...

busy catching up work which i have missed out in past few weeks... and some new tasks have just started... restructuring of singspiration team for the fellowship... organising / preparing the 3rd joint-cell gathering at church... practising new set of praise and worship music at ACM... revamping some of the ministry websites at work... haha... seems quite a lot of things... rite?

some bro / sis have asked if it is too much for me... yes or no... i would say it is just a matter of priority... for the time being... it is still managable... BUT the more importance is to understand His will and His plan... in case it's time for me going ahead... then i must have to leave my present duties and pass to someone else... which is good for me and for my "successor"... as both of us can learn more in our new positions... and to grow in His mercy...

on top of all these re serving... *** prayer *** is important... we can do nothing without Him... prayers can help us to recharge our "batteries" through prayer... so as to serve Him better... to serve Him in His will... so remember to pray... may God be with you always...

praise to the Lord...

thx God... thx God... thx God...

it was such a wonderful nite... i have never experienced so much God's grace and mercy... without a formal counting, we do believe that some 20 ppl becomes christians tonite...

thx for ur prayer... may God strengthen all those new bro/sis in Lord...

Hallelujah!!!

my wonderful time...

PRAYER request!!!

my church will have a music EM on this thu (april 8) nite... title - my wonderful time music nite... we gonna have bandsound... pop christian music... dance... searching 4 a true happiness - the happiness in / with / from God...

we are expecting a FULL house... which is about 300 seats... with at least 100 newcomers / non-christians...

so pls do pray pray pray - pray that God bless this concert... and make this "His" concert... thx...

life's a struggle...

"life's a struggle" is about the story of a young guy - shawn song...

shawn song = 23, died... bone tumour...
"life's a struggle" = hip hop... it's all about him... a painful and lonely life...

to shawn song and his music - life's a struggle
(sorry, chinese only)...

the passion of the christ...

not only longing to watch the movie... i have been busy with the translation / publication work for a set of BS materials related to the movie - that's about the story of Jesus Christ... the "passion" of Jesus Christ...

the materials are prepared by Rick Warren... the author of Purpose Driven Life... he writes this set of small group BS materials (with sermons in DVD) to further the thoughts - why there are so many blood... why Jesus had to die for us... the English version have already been published... and my team is now translating the text... and later on doing the voice dubbing for the video (Cantonese / Mandarin)...

it isn't easy... as time is tight... the movie will be showing on april 1 (HK)... even though we need not catch up with the showing day... we can't delay too much as well... wish and pray that the movie, and the BS materials, would be helpful in spreading His great message - the Salvation...

actually what's happening...

some of u may wonder what's happening about / around me lately... esp for those who don't receive my updates thru emails... maybe i should "briefly" explain a little bit...

working @ CCCon...
u may refer to my previous post... i have been serving at CCCon since last dec... but it is a long, long story... which starts from last summer... in sept, i quit my TDC job... then i worked in a german exhibition company in nov... and not more than a month... i quit again... and i joined this christian organisation without knowing if i could be offered a perm post... and if i could be paid as well (coz the organisation is indeed $$$less)... but it has already been 3 months... what an amazing experience...

singing @ ACM...
it is my second year being in ACM... last year was a tough one for ACM... coz of the economic downturn... coz of SARS... all these made it even more difficult for them... even though they are now in the search of a new executive director (again)... God's grace is always more than enough... so this year... also a new challenge for me... not only singing in the choir... i have started a series of training as a praise team member... practice once every two weeks...

serving @ church...
we gonna have a pop / band sound EM on the april 8 nite... right before the easter weekend... it is my church's first ever EM with pop / band sound elements... i am in charge of the stage arrangement and co-ordination... or simply the SM (stage manager)... this would also be my time being a SM... so i rather prefer being called a co-ordinator... coz i really don't have much experience as a SM... so really need to pray for God's wisdom... to handle all the upcoming problems... =p

okay... some of ur mind may have already gone somewhere else... so i stop here... hope that my next post wouldn't be some months later... hehe... see you online soon... take care...

a belated second post...

after almost a month... here comes my second post... =p

just wanna say... my temp job status has come to an end... coz... not being fired... but i've finally got the perm offer from CCCon (as my temp contract is supposed to end by the coming monday, i.e. march 15)... rejoice in the Lord... Hallelujah...

more challenge is coming... and more grace (from Him) will be add onto me... yeah~~~

thx for ur prayer... and pls keep praying...

p.s. CCCon is a christian organisation... working on internet ministry... for more info... pls go to http://www.ccconnected.org/...

hi there...

dear friends... hopefully i will post my latest updates @ this blog...

see u later...