My triple-cool week! :)

There were 3 big "events" for me this week...Aaron Tan's birthday chalet party, Jeremy Teo's farewell and Andrina's housewarming :D

Aaron's birthday was pretty fun :D After makaning & the cake cutting, we went on to play Monopoly Deal!! :D As usual...Haha! Because there were 10 ppl playing, we paired up to play :D My partner was Ondrea :D

Before we could finish the game, Gabriel & Anthony "gave up" and we all went to play "Gestures" a game which Abigail brought :D
 
"Gestures" is something like Taboo just that you can only act out the words without talking. There's only 4 cards that you can choose from within the time limit.

We played with Aaron's school friends and relatives :D His relatives are really cool people...even though most of them are older than us by quite a bit, they're still really friendly, energetic and fun :D As for his school friends that were there, 90% of 'em were Malays -_-"

And you know...Malays...They can never have pure friendship kinda fun...everything they do has a self-glorifying motive...E.g. They must suan someone to make themselves look good and so that they can attract the ladies and all...you can see it in their actions la huh...Standard ah! I've known enough Malays in my academic life and army life to know that they are the ones that'll hasten the Lord's return. Haha.

Anyway, we still had a lot of fun :D And blur Abigail keeps adding to this malay guy's ego by being interested in him. And he'll wayang more and more with each question Abigail asks him. She's just being nice and wants to make a friend. He's just being egocentric and just wants a ego-boost. O well, hope she learns from her blur-ness...haha.

After we left the chalet, we still didn't go home...we proceeded to McDonald's for supper & Monopoly Deal-ed! HAHAHA! We're addicted man. LOLS!

And before I forget...Ondrea was really funny...She reached Aaron's chalet really early and there were no other church mates over there so she kept SMSing me "Hurry up come over!" and all...The funniest SMS was "Faster come! Social crisis!!" HAHAHA! LOLS! We were still shopping for Aaron's present then....OopsS :X :D HAHA!

So yup, that was Aaron's birthday chalet! :D Happy Birthday Aaron! :)

Next was Jeremy's leaving for Netherlands on the 10th. Boy, was it a sad day, another close friend of mine flying away. Lesser a person to go out with :( Haha.

I kept daring Daryl to a bet that Meryl will cry upon Jeremy's departure...But she didn't...ahaha. The last part was the hardest and the sweetest, a hug-kiss move and a reluctant wave of goodbye...Haha. O well, he'll be back right? Not like he's gonna give up his life for the Netherlanders there...HAHA!

After sending Jeremy...Guess what we did? We went to play Monopoly Deal...HAHA! Standard ah!! :D Abigail, Anna, Joshua (anna's bf), Daryl & Myself :)

The last highlight of this week is Andrina's housewarming! :D My family, Debbie Soh's family and a few other families were present. Me, Abigail & Debbie were the earliest youths to reach :D Haha! There we had a great time chatting & eating the awesome food! The best dish is still the "Almond-Cinammon pastry" WHOA! Thinking of it still makes my mouth salivate...HAHA!

Their house is really nice...3 floors of great design and all. The entrance has a lil' patch of grass and plants and a lil' open-air dining space...It's really nice. They also have a lil' garden which they call "spice garden" at the back of their house.

2nd floor is the master bedroom which is really big and nice...and the top floor is Maverick's & Andrina's room!! I wish to have my own room some time man! :D Maverick keeps his fish in a little bowl just beside his bed and he has a big poster of some korean girls...Can't remember what's their name...HAHA!

As for Andrina, her room's just as girly, princessy as before...A super typical teenage cutesy girl's room. Haha. We played monopoly deal there for 2 rounds! :D And guess what? I won! Only the second round...Haha! Abigail won the first...LOLS!

Next up was the dedication. Ps Pang led us in a hymn, a short word of exhortation and in a prayer of dedication for the house :D Straight after that, they did a surprise birthday celebration for Uncle Andy! Andrina's dad :D

Now here's the really funny part...The celebration was meant to be a surprise...So it should be stealthy and all...but guess what? Guess how did the cake arrive in the house?? A HUGE TRUCK drove right at their house unit and delivered the cake!! HAHA! Uncle Andy stood there stunt and was asking "What's this about? Why got cake?" And Andrina was like "Oh, it's for tomorrow's breakfast!!" HAHAHA! Which dad would believe that?? HAHA!

But well, he did...or at least I think he did...Maybe he feigned blurness so as not to spoil the surprise..Haha! That was really funny man...A surprise b'day with a super obvious method of delivery...HAHA! O well, it still worked out eh? Haha.

After that surprise b'day celebration, Gabriel arrived...with his new Iphone 4...HAHA! Shortly after, Anthony, Jake & Priscilla arrived...with Priscilla flashing her new Iphone 4 as well...haha. After another round of eating and chatting, finally, the late queen...Joselyn arrived...HAHAHA! :D Ok la...she has something on before right? LOLS!

We then played "Taboo" :D Using the "Taboo" application on Anthony's Iphone we really had a great time laughing, shouting, and screaming, making the presence of the new owner's felt in the vicinity...HAHAHA! :D

And today, Matthew Thang, Marc Wan, John Thang, Joshua & myself went to LAN! :D We're just short of a Luke to complete the first 4 books of the old testament...HAHA! Ok, fine, Marc's name isn't spelt correctly as in the gospel Mark...HAHA!

We had fun, definitely, chatting, eating and then LAN-ing...Just like old times... :D Haha. We were actually contemplating if we should go for service...I know, we don't do that last time. But now, the service practically is putting everyone to sleep and has little or no value-add. I mean come on, if the church doesn't inspire you or at least increase the awareness of God in your life when you step into it, then what's the use of going there?

Fellowship? That's also 50% gone man...Everyone will just rush off to their buses to get home and all...Everyone's more caught up with their own lives and all...less steady to go out and all, more cliquish and selective in who they go out with and all that it's saddening...Saddening to see how people are getting more and more disconnected in church. And saddening to see how church events are the point of connection and once that is gone, the friendship is also weakened...HaisS...

What more can I say? I'm also "sacked" for saying such stuffs which everyone knows. They'd argue.."No, who says everyone sees it that way?"...Come on, look who's faking who. The attendance is basically gonna wean to a basic 500-800 strong only soon. See what God'll do lor.

For now, I'll take a break, visit other churches to see what's the ingredient that makes a church, a church. I actually already know what the ingredient is la..but I wana experience it first hand man! :D people are longing for love and acceptance man, not some routine service and religious preaching. "My generation is aching for REAL" Starfield...how true are their words ringing as we lose hold of the youths of this generation.

BUT, amidst this bleak picture I've painted, lies an unshakeable, unchangeable truth that says "...on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades (Hell) will not overcome it." Matthew 16:18! "Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear." Isaiah 59:1!! This is the reason why I'm still holding on, praying and hoping. For what He has promised, He will deliver, in His time.

Satan's winning the skirmish, but God will win the war! Hallelujah!! :D Whose side are you on today? :)