SOT Wk 1 cum Morning PM

SOT has finally commenced and what a way to kick start it together with morning prayer meetings. In order to reach church on time, I had to wake up at 430am in the morning to catch the 1st bus. Physically, many of us were tired but spiritually we were very refreshed. It always feel good seeking the face of God in the morning!!

The 1st day of SOT was the orientation and part of the orientation programme was to come up with a 3mins drama and a cheer. It was fun as the entire team started preparing, with some going through their scripts, putting on makeup and thinking of various ways to improvise the drama. Our objective was clear: TO WIN!!!

We did our best but it was not enough to win the orientation. However, all of us really enjoyed the fun and laughter together. The rest of the week were lessons by Pastor Derek, teaching us about the Holy Spirit. And every morning, Pastor will move powerfully in the Spirit. I was so touched by the presence of God daily and just can’t stop weeping at times. God once again reminded me how near He can be to all of us.

Team 22 of SOT 2009

Pastor Kong Blogs…

Pastor Kong always speak to us about staying relevant to the society and one of the ways to stay relevant must be being more IT-savvy. Not only does our very own Pastor has a facebook account and twitter account, now he BLOGS as well…  

Despite his busy schedule travelling around the world, Pastor still manage to update and reply to messages regularly. It really inspires me to update my blog frequently and more importantly enlarge my capacity to do more for God. :)

Before I go, this is the URL of Pastor Kong’s blog: www.konghee.com/blog. I am sure you will enjoy the entries there!!

Shopping Guide in Taiwan

Other than food, the next good thing about Taiwan must be the shopping. I love to shop and I know this is quite unusual for a guy. But it feels good when you wear something nice. I believe it is the same for most people. Anyway, cut the story short, I am going to introduce you to a few places in Taiwan where you can shop for cheap and nice things.

Hotspot #1 – Shilin Night Market

Em and I simply love this place. We went there 4 times to shop for both our friends and ourselves. The streets are easy to navigate and most importantly, the clothes sold there are trendy, fashionable and affordable. Em went to this shop called “Diva” and bought some very nice dresses. As for me, I bought quite a number of T-shirts, vest and a leather jacket. Hehe =). In our opinion, this is the place not to be missed!!

Hotspot #2 – Ximending

This place is like the Far East Plaza of Singapore. We saw many Taiwanese youths there. Shops there are modern. However, things here are not cheap. Em and I enjoyed walking through the streets but it can get quite confused and you might just lose your way. So do bring a map along.

Hotspot #3 – Wu Fen Pu

This is where the wholesale retail is. You will see the clothes all put in big clear plastic bags. A lot of female clothes so it will be quite a disappointment for guys. The entire area is like a maze and the roads are narrow thus Em and I did not really enjoy shopping here. Moreover, we realised that some of the things sold here are more expensive than Shilin Night Market despite being exactly the same. 

To sum it up, we enjoyed shopping at Shilin market the most. However, this is quite subjective as I have heard of people preferring Wu Fen Pu or Ximending. In any case, the most important is finding something that really suits you :)

Yummy Taiwan Food

Just came back from Taiwan on Saturday night. I was not able to update my blog as there was no internet access throughout my stay there. Anyway, the trip was a good break for both Em and I. We thoroughly enjoyed it with all the eating, shopping and sightseeing.

Em will share about our day to day expedition on her blog while I will kick start the Must-Try “YUMMMYYY” Food that we had in Taiwan. :)

Must-Try #1 – Shilin Chicken Cutlet

Location: Shilin Night Market

Price: $NT50 aka S$2.30

Why You Must Try: Crispy, Huge, Juicy and CHEAPP!!!!

Must-Try #2 – Pepper Bun

Location: Rao He Night Market

Price: $NT50 aka S$2.30

Why You Must Try: Tasty, Piping Hot and Unique

Must-Try #3 – Fried Mushroom

Location: Dan Shui

Price: $NT50 aka S$2.30

Why You Must Try: DELICIOUS!!!

Must-Try #4 – Ah Zhong Mian Xian

 Location: Ximending

Price: $NT40 aka S$1.80

Why You Must Try: One of the best mian xian I ever tasted!

These are just some of the few local delicacies that we ate. There are many more. Just look at the photos below and you will know. Enjoy!!!

 

Here We Come Taiwan!!!

Em and I will be flying off to Taiwan for a short holiday. This is our 2nd trip overseas after our honeymoon last year and we are very excited. There will be lots of eating and shopping :)

Also, we will be going to New Life Church and we realised that our very own Pastor Kong will be there as guest speaker. Hopefully, we can take photos with him.

Meanwhile, stay tuned for more updates!

Mass Visa Dance

Recently, my wife and her cg, N416 went to Changi Airport for lunch and was asked to do the Visa dance. She showed me the video and I think it was really funny.

Then suddenly, I thought why don’t I use it as one of the forfeit for cg games. So I went to download the music and this is what my members did for their forfeit… It was really funny and there were full of laughter.

Not satisfied with just 4 people dancing, I decided to do a mass cg dance. Just look at the video below. :-)

IL Piccolo

My wife is like a walking makan sutra because she seems to know where all the good food are. That is why when it comes to deciding on where to have our meals, I will always leave it to her.

There was this day which we were going home after work. Then she said: “Why don’t we have pasta for dinner”. I was thinking that she must be talking about the new Pasta Mania that just opened at Hougang Mall.

In the end, she brought me to this stall called “IL Piccolo” located at a coffee shop near Hougang Central. On a closer look, I realised that this food stall has been featured on Channel U before and prices are quite economical. I thought the food should be quite good since they are featured on TV.

We ordered one pizza and one carbonara pasta and waited for about 10mins before the food were served.

Here is the verdict from the food critics :) Both Em and I felt that the pasta was moderate and we gave a rating of 6/10. As for the pizza, we felt that it was not bad and rated it 7.5/10. So if you are interested to try it out, they are located at the Kopitiam behind Hougang Plaza.