"minister pang"...

today is a big day for my best, best friend - carter... his graduation from the bible seminary... eventually becomes "minister pang"... =p

he must hit me (or break me into two piece) as i call him a "minister"... but i DO think it is an honour for him to receive this title... i'm so proud of him, and to be one of his best friends...

carter: it is only a beginning... and more challenges are there waiting for u... may Lord be with u and strengthen u... pray 4 u...

chek lap kok...

today i went for another "outing" to chek lap kok...

so as to resolve uplifting procedure for boat/yacht from water... we went to the marine cargo terminal MCT @ chek lap kok... and had meeting with its operator - chu kong transportation... the terminal has only been operated for 4-5 years... they have the equipment and enough space for uplifting... plus in-water display is feasible there...

after meeting with MCT, we visited the asiaworld-expo AWE as well... the newly built exhibition centre, next to the airport... construction work should be completed by next month... so they are now rushing for the final stage of renovation... to take a look of this new site of fair ground, pls check here...

china bi-week...

last two weeks has been my "china bi-week"... i have been to different parts of the guangdong province during the last two weeks...

other than the mission trip to songguang on 5-6.11... i went to dapeng (shenzhen) on 7.11 and jiangmen on 11.11... and today (18.11), i went to pingsha (zhuhai)... all these are business day trips... meetings with many government officials... and boat / motorbike investors & manufacturers in the region... really a very different kind of experience... also very tired...

may have to continue my "china tour" - as my boss & i should be going to huadu (guangzhou) as well... awaiting confirmation from huadu government... well...

sandy lam in concert...

sandy lam is just so wonderful...

i've been fan of sandy for 10 years... she is a real super star, a charming performer... she has the kind of "starness"... her concert is so amazing... i was like crazy... and kept moving my body with her music... hehe...

just to share my happiness... click here...

p.s. thx danny: helping us to get the tickets @ the 3rd row... yeah~~~

back from songgang...

back from songgang... what a wondeful trip...

it was so hot... as the churches were packed with ppl, with no good ventilation... so we sang, we sweat... we danced, we sweat... and we kept on sweating all nite...
(just reminded me the sweat we had in the brooklyn church...)

but we are, at least i do, encouraged by these "thirsty hearts" in china... they so want to receive the gospel... they so want to be taught... they so want to know more about the Bible... their hearts are so pure... their hearts are so ready for God... and there are so many of these "thirsty hearts" in china waiting to be nurtured...

more spiritual leaders are needed... just don't have enough... but they don't have the materials... and they don't have the manpower - qualified teachers... as we are in hong kong... and just a few hours of drive (or flight) apart... are u ready to serve them? they are there and waiting for u, if u wanna...

thx God for such a great, wonderful experience... hallelujah...

p.s. cheers to rm 303 combination... ivan & henry, i won't mind be the "0" (old) one... =p ur sharing does encourage and enlighten me... keep praying for u... add oil~~~

songgang...

acm will have a 2-day mission trip to china today (about 12 hr later)...

we (around 30 ppl) will be serving in songgang... 1.5 hr drive from shenzhen downtown... northwest of shenzhen city... in two days, we will have 2 praise & worship + EM gatherings... sunday service... choir training workshop...

be back on sunday late nite (11.00pm)... pray for our safety and health...

tour summary...

summary of links to my day-by-day sharings regarding the tour...

herman @ new jersey
part one: 15 & 16 . 09 - arrival & brooklyn [click]
part two: 17 & 18 . 09 - rccc, somerset [click]
part three: 19, 20 & 21 . 09 - days of relax [click]

herman @ toronto
part one: 22 & 23 . 09 - rehearsal & scarborough [click]
part two: 24 & 25 . 09 - downtown & markham [click]

herman @ visual
acm tour (new jersey & toronto) [click]
canada: revisit (toronto & montreal) [click]

toronto (part two)...

24.09.2005
we headed to downtown toronto today ... it took around half an hour driving from alfred's place to the church... we would have a seminar in the afternoon and followed by a P&W gathering...

the church was another "classical" one... it was more like a theater (phantom of the opera?) than a church... its detailed hand-craft and decoration were so amazing... a very beautiful church...

the cantonese congregation was relatively "mature"... with less teenagers or young adults... but the overall response was good...

as told by the pastor... not so many christian org would come, and held events at their church... since their congregation was not large and its location wasn't in the chinese-concenrated district... //sigh...


25.09.2005
we had a busy day today... leading worship at a community church in markham... then a seminar in the afternoon... plus a gathering in the evening...

the community church had only some-30 brothers & sisters... they were quite "cold"... needed extra efforts to push, push and push them really worshipping... hopefully, some of them were willing to step up, to change and to (re)dedicate their lives to our Lord...

the seminar and P&W gathering held at HOME church - alfred's church... for the P&W gathering... the church was completely full... which was really out of our expectation...

a little story to tell...

when rev mak was calling for believing in Christ... worship team and choir were singing... alfred, who was supposed to be with his bass guitar, walked into the congregation... and we were so shocked... alfred went past the control panel... and he came to an old woman - his mum... alfred kept inviting his mum to believe in God... eventually she didn't and alfred cried...

not only alfred was crying... esther and i were crying... some others might have cried too... we felt sorry... we felt the sadness in alfred...we thought of our parents... we were touched by what alfred did...

it was the last gathering in the toronto stop... it was also my last nite with the team... so i was so energetic / hyperactive / excited during the entire gathering... indeed i knew that i would so miss the team... and i still do...

toronto (part one)...

22.09.2005
weather was changing... it was much cooler when we got to toronto... i stayed at rowena's house... just less than 5 mins walk from alfred's... this area is pretty new... it is far far north... north of 16th street... just a few block from mccowan...

it was so good to be in canada again... can't imagine that i was here 3 years ago...

esther & alfred had some admin / business stuff to finish off this morning... so rowena drove me to a western mall - markville - nearby for killing time... i did a few things - to check my cibc account... to exchange currency... to buy a phone card from fido... and i did a quick shopping as well - bought 2 casual shirts from old navy... then i joined them at market village to have lunch with alfred's parents...

the choir in toronto was hugh... they had around 50 ppl (regular + ad hoc)... and we had the first rehearsal tonite...really not bad... u can see that bro & sis are praising God from their hearts... doing their best... just the stage is bit too pack...


23.09.2005
the first gathering tonite in scarborough area...

we had problems with ppt projection... first, we only had an hour for ppt try-out since their technician could only come by 6.30pm... well... okay...but, for some unknown reasons, none of our 3 laptops worked properly with the projector in that church... the image was so dim and blur... so we tried to work on the PC system from the church... yes, the image was back to normal... but the PC re-booted itself every 5-10 mins... //sigh...

only 5 mins before the program started... and we had warned the worship leader on this situation... but we still needed to make a choice... and we chose to take the risk and use the church's PC... so we prayed, we prayed for the PC... we prayed that God would protect the PC from any attack...

thanks God... the PC worked well without rebooting itself during the entire gathering (which lasted for 2.5 hours)... hallelujah...

forgot to introduce a new teammate from hong kong - tony... deacon from rev mak church... to experience how the ACM tour would be... he worked with me on the ppt... so both of us had experienced an unforgettable God's miracle tonite...

new jersey (part three)...

19.09.2005
thomas & meggie were heading back to hongkong today... thomas was on equipment set-up / panel control / photographer... meggie was on powerpoint control... they joined the tour for second time... they really had a passion for the ministry in the states / canada... some other toronto team members had to leave as well... seeya in two days later...

only 5 of us stayed for two more days in new jersey - rev mak, alfred, michael, esther and i... we had a day of rest... just rev mak needed to give an ad hoc workshop at ita's house in the evening... around 10 bro/sis from ita's church joined this "underground" workshop...


20.09.2005
haha... we went out for shopping today~~! yeah... we went to woodbury outlet - 1.5 hours drive from ita's house...

we learnt a lesson today... don't trust the so-called "technology"... we had turned on the GPS with alfred's palm when we drove... but all the way the system gave us "alternative" direction... when we were on the highway (the easiest and most time-saving route)... it kept saying "take the next exit"... well~~~

we had our "last supper" with ita's family... finally our "new jersey" stop had came to the end... take care...


21.09.2005
we took the flight to toronto today... after having viet food for lunch... we headed to newark airport...

praised God that no much trouble with the custom... just we needed to wait for an extra hour at newark airportl as our flight was delayed... and it took us another 45 mins for taxing, queuing and really taking off... //sigh...

new jersey (part two)...

17.09.2005
the second morning but my jet lag seemed gone... so good, yeah~~~

we had gathering at ita's church RCCC tonite... and i needed to follow through the powerpoint...since i would be playing the ppt in toronto... in this program, we had a total of some 240 slides to play... plus the rundown had been changing since the first day... so every time was new and never be the same... really cool?!

tonite's program was much smoother... rev mak's message was more complete... musicians and worship leaders were more familiar with the rundown... since i was having jet lag last nite... i couldn't really enjoy the program that much... but today i was so touched and moved by the message... some newcomers accepted Christ, and a few committed themselves full-time serving God... hallelujah...


18.09.2005
we held the sunday service at ita's church this morning... rev mak used the google earth to demonstrate some historical incidents in OT time... which was so fantastic... by the end of the message... all the congregation raised their hands, and hands-in-hands praised the Lord... ita told us that it never happened in their church before... woh~~~

the toronto choir left after sunday service... they needed to drive another 10 hours back to canada... but we would be meeting again in a few days, rite?! drive safe...

we had a choir sharing gathering in this afternoon... we did have a really good sharing among the team... rev mak had called for full-time serving for ACM ministry in north america... 5-6 of us responded to God's calling... pray that God would prepare them for the future use... amen...

let me introduce ita's parent - ester & paul... they were both christians and really committed... they were so supportive to ACM ministry...during the evening, they held a mid-autumn festival BBQ at their backyard... and they had been organising this for years...

new jersey (part one)...

15.09.2005
after 17/18 hours of flight... i finally got to JFK new york...

this was my first time taking KE... and their service was really good... for seoul-new york leg, they used 777 equipped with personal VOD system for economic class as well... its korean dish was so yummy yummy...

thx to jackson... who drove me from JFK to their church in new jersey... it took almost 2 hours of driving, one way...i.e. it took him a total of 4 hours driving back and forth...

i was so surprised to know that ita was just a U3 student... but she had to arrange all the stuff for the gatherings here...


16.09.2005
got up quite early this morning... coz of jet lag... but hopefully i could still manage to get some rest after the long flight...

bro/sis from various places gathered at ita's house this morning... halo elaine - who drove 2 hours from maryland to new jersey... some 13/14 choir members from toronto also arrived by 9... they had been driving overnite...around 10-hour drive all the way from toronto to new jersey... i was so touched by how they devoted themselves in serving God...esp driving such a long way to the states and serving the community here...

we departed from ita's home by around 11am... and we drove another hour to a chinese church in brooklyn... the church, and its building, was old... no, i should say the church was so "classical" with beautiful glass pictures on the windows... and today was just a bit too hot... the church had no air conditioning... well... #_#

let me introduce our special guest - mr boomjiu... he was our ad hoc helper on the lighting... when the program had just started for a few minutes...all of a sudden, the screen had no projection... instruments had no sound, no power... we had no electricity... em... mr boomjiu turned the MAIN power OFF... em... it took us some time to reset all the things... thanks to mr boomjiu...

little boy...

細路哥 (little boy)
作曲：陳奐仁@theinvisibleman
填詞：林海峰

細路哥　你得到什麼　你失去什麼
你知道　what are u looking for

herman, u know "what are u looking for"?

temple worship...

this morning, we have the "temple worship & temple prophecy" P&W gathering held at rev mak's church retreat camp...

this theme originates from the ACM P&W gatherings at hong kong coliseum, back in 2002... the idea is then developed into a more detailed program... we just have this program in our last ACM tour - "temple worship & temple prophecy" P&W gathering...

[yes, i promise to post my recap on the tour... i've been working on this... so be patient...]

since we don't have much time to prepare the full program for this camp... so we just do a shortened verison, the miniture one... but it does create the same impact on bro/sis... hallelujah...

10 days...

after working 10 successive days since last monday... i finally take ONE day leave today... sleep is what i need... yeah, yeah, yeah~~~

A-Z of God...

Although things are not perfect
Because of trial or pain
Continue in thanksgiving
Do not begin to blame
Even when the times are hard
Fierce winds are bound to blow
God is forever able
Hold on to what you know
Imagine life without His love
Joy would cease to be
Keep thanking Him for all the things
Love imparts to thee
Move out of "Camp Complaining"
No weapon that is known
On earth can yield the power
Praise can do alone
Quit looking at the future
Redeem the time at hand
Start every day with worship
To "thank" is a command
Until we see Him coming
Victorious in the sky
We'll run the race with gratitude
Xalting God most high
Yes, there'll be good times and yes some will be bad, but...
Zion waits in glory...where none are ever sad!

a week but still jet lag...

i've been back for almost a week... but yet to recover from jet lag...

the tour is great... i really enjoy the program, the team spirit... it is just a bit too short / rush for me... so want to stay longer with the team... but i also wanna meet my friends in montreal... so, hehehe... hoping that i can join the next year's tour...

here are some pics taken during the trip... pls come and share my happiness...

acm tour - new jersey / toronto @ click here

my short trip to montreal @ click here

just back...

just back... suffer from jet lag... so sleepy now...

the trip was great... will write later... need more sleep now... =p

finally... it comes...

finally... it comes... my long-waited trip to the states / canada will be starting in around 6 hours... u know how excited i am~~~!?!!

30'mething...

may i annouce the album of the year...

30'mething - presented by lamb 9 / jan lamb / lamball...
an album for the 60's & 70's generation...