Hong Meng's Farewell

Hong Meng's farewell
Originally uploaded by mylittlecyberspot.

Saying farewell is always difficult. Fortunatley HM is only heading north to KL, and promises to visit every 3 or 4 months. We asked him how he felt; he said that the past 5 years (most of which was with the DG) had passed really quickly, and yet 5 years is a long time.

During these 5 years, HM had seen the DG from its infancy at the International Plaza at the Goh's old place, to their new place, to Spottiswoode, and finally to Kelp's place. Many people have come and gone. Yet, throughout all this time, Christ has always been in the centre of it all. And we know our earthly partings are but a split second in the eternity we will enjoy as brothers and sisters.

So fare thee well, Hong Meng, we pray you will continue to live and breathe Christ -- like the old refrain "somewhere out there ... beneath the clear blue sky" ... we will worship the same God, and love the same body that is Christ's.

new life

new births recently - congrats to HL and R!

Church Camp Musings

so, church camp has come and gone. we're embarking on the books of Malachi and Obadiah now.

for those who went, do you have any thoughts to share?
is there anything you'll like to put into place re DG, or in your life?

for those who attended the Adults' Meeting last night, you would have heard Chris preach on the overview of the two books mentioned above. it was strange to realise that my journey at ARPC seems to have come full circle - when I first stepped into the hallowed halls of this church, Chris was just finishing up a series on Malachi. but i digress...

what struck me last night, was the exhortations for DG life that were printed out, one of which was to be more Christlike.

it is such a heavy task isn't it? how do you give and give as Christ did? How do you love, like He did?

Only by the grace of God, with the support and help of fellow believers, and the Holy Spirit Himself.

Remember to turn up for DG next Tuesday!

Long live the Ming Dynasty!

Suming and Hong Meng's birthdays this week! Another week, another chocolate cake! Yum!

Birthday Celebration Pics!

Ever wonder where all the photos that our DG takes during birthday celebrations went? No? Well, if you did, WONDER NO MORE! Because they have finally been extracted from the wilderness that is "C:\My Documents\My Pictures". OK. let's start from many moons ago.

Sep 04 - Cher Wee's Birthday (yes, I am that late)

Nov 04 - Chen Yi, Kar Tzen and Jean's Birthdays

Mar 05 - Weixiong's Birthday

Apr 05 - Zhenyu's Birthday


zhenyu, his cake, and a cushion.


spooky.

On another note, anyone who complains on how late I post pictures shall have to face the wrong end of my dog-o-blaster. Weixiong learnt this the hard way, as you can see below.

weixiong feels the power of the dog-o-blaster.

growl!

CBBDG Conquers Tree Top Walk

Okay this one is a bit delayed. Not least because the film was stuck in my SLR camera for the longest time. We decided sometime in early January to go for the treetop walk that we had heard so much about. It was a 10km trek through Singapore's Nature Reserve, culminating in a short 3 min walk across the tree-top, gazing across the canopies.

So here's us, looking really happy after the 7km mark, just before the tree-top walk



And here's the perplexed face of Ruth at the walk ("You mean we walked all the way for this swinging bridge??!!")



Along the way, we came across a rare sighting of the Malayan Flying Lemur (also known in Bahasa as the Colugo)! I took about 10 shots of it from using the Nikon 300mm lens. Came out a bit shaky, considering the poor lighting in the dense forest.



Took us a while to figure out what it was. Apparently they were thought to be extinct from Singapore's Nature Reserves, but a NUS student had claimed that there were some 3,000 living in our forests -- a "sustainable population". Can find the article here.

There's also a good write-up about this strange creature at here.

Events this Week

Our DG will be holding a frisbee + dinner + movie event this Good Friday. Please check your email for further details!

Talks this week -

Presbytery (EP) Easter Convention
Were You There?

Wed & Thu
Nightly Services at 7:30 pm
Speaker: Michael Raiter

- 23 March, Wednesday -
Talk 1: In The Garden - Luke 22:39-46

- 24 March, Thursday -
Talk 2: Before The Court – John 18:28-19:6

Venue: True Way Presbyterian Church156B Stirling Road
(Next to Queenstown MRT Station)

2. Good Friday Morning Service
- 25 March, Friday -
Talk 3: On The Cross – Zechariah 12:1-13:1

Venue: 10.30am@ Raffles City Convention Centre, The Raffles Ballroom3.

3. ARPC's Easter Sunday service- 27 March, Sunday
10am, ACS (I) Dover Road