Diatribe Of A Mad Bassist

Well.. Chritmas has come and gone again.. This year was my first time playing for Christmas..Cos I happeningly missed playing last year cos I was in Macau with my family..

This year we had our candle light services on 20th and 21st..

This was the view I took from the stage.. Expo was even nicer since it’s much bigger…

And so Christmas Eve came.. we played for the services and few of us went to Changi Airport to countdown.. or rather tuang the night away.. why the airport? Ask Titus… but well.. over there Jessel found enlightenment…

And I found the power of 1000 hands…

Oh and we are not done yet…

The next day I transformed into Mr. Bean on stage…

And later on.. Jessel and Weisheng started to worship me…

As you can see.. I’m crazy, my friends are all crazy as well… Muahaha…

Right.. So… See you in my next post.. which is next year…

Ok.. right.. it’s more than 2 months overdue.. and I didn’t have any pics for the trip..

But here’s a vid of what we did there..

And yes I attempted to do a tapping bass solo as a tribute to my teacher, Wendy Phua.. haha.. of course I’m no where near good as that..

Enjoy..

Well.. I’m back… finally after more than 2 months of having absolutely no will to blog..

Here’s a list of 20 things that happened in the last 2 months plus..

1. Obama is gonna be new US president
2. I’ve lost the will to blog
3. Finding job.. man it’s tougher than I thought
4. Economy going down hill
5. Lost the will to blog
6. Lehman brothers collasped
7. Got a few new students
8. Lost the will to blog
9. Joined a band and left without really playing for a gig
10. Lost the will to blog
11. Judged a talent time in my zone
12. Lost the will to blog
13. Lost some weight (YES IT’S TRUE)
14. Lost the will to blog
15. Won a set of new aircon (well.. my brother did)
16. Went for a “mission trip” with PK once again.. to Heart Of God Church in Singapore..that’s nearer to my home than Jurong, Expo or even my cg..
17. Liverpool beat Chelsea and Man U and are at the top of the league.
18. Robbie Keane scored his first two Premiership Goals
19. Watched Russell Peters and SMV live.
20. And Finally, Lost the will to blog.

Well, Maybe it’s the “I’m a trained jounalist” syndrome.. but I don’t feel like writing anything that’s without any photos.. Or haven’t you heard? I’ve lost the will to blog.

But the past two months did provide some spark in my life.. well.. to that someone special =).. you know who u are.. just like to say thanks for everything thus far. Looking to bring our friendship to another level..

And to all you Kaypohs wondering who or what am I talking about.. it’s for me to know and for you to find out..Oh wow.. It rhymes!
Will be busy with Asia Conference coming up I guess.. exciting.. ahaha.. so till next time..

Provided, I don’t lose the will to blog

Right.. I did not blog about the Korea trip at all.. haha.. guess I’m too lazy… anyway, I’m now in Kuching for yet another trip.. rather different as I’m going without the main music team… I seriously pray that I am able to help the band and guide them along as we minister to this church here in Kuching… more updates to come.. hopefully….

I’m off to Korea.. if I can manage to get some internet connection, you will see daily updates… otherwise.. I’ll update when I’m back… yeah…

Just bought a T-shirt from this online store… nice… visit it at http://llashh.multiply.com

We had our final session in Taiwan for this trip.. the pastors did the body surf again.. haha.. and of course.. Sendy Bolang sing song….

She really did very well… our resident Diva indeed…

After the session, we packed up and headed for the airport.. Took China Airlines again… thank God the new flights now have individual screens…

But the shows kinda CMI…

One last shot of Taiwan… before 4.5 hours in the air and finally….

HOME!!!!!

It’s great to be back… but what did I bring back from my first long haul mission trip?

It’s one thing to hear how God is using the church to impact the youths of Taiwan.. it’s another thing to be there and see it for myself…

It’s a humbling experience and learnt how to minister with my instrument much better.. I’ve learnt how to flow with Pst Kong and Pst Tan.. I’ve learnt the importance of tolerance when working in a group.. Most importantly, I’ve learnt that it’s a tremendous honour to be able to serve God with my gifts and talents… Thank God for everything on this trip.. to the mission team : Thank you all for working hard together for the Kingdom of God.. it’s been a fruitful trip!

Man.. what a day… started the day feeling absolutely crappy with flu… but thank God for June’s medication.. feel better now..

In Japan we saw the Loser bank.. in Taiwan we got the Loser Breakfast…

We saw the miracle of the 5 loaves and 2 fish happen right in front of our eyes today…

Basically Pst Tan got them to break bread and each person to give it to someone that he/she truly appreciates or feel has impacted them during this camp…

We started with 12 plates of bread.. which probably has about 10 pieces of bread or so… and keeping in mind there were about 600 over people present at the meeting… and we had plenty and plenty and plenty of bread left over! Felt really humbled when Pst Tan fed me the bread and said “thanks for serving”… but the point is this.. many of us had a lot of bread.. and they weren’t like crumbs.. there were fairly large pieces… so 12 plates of bread among 600 over people.. with lots left over.. just doesn’t make sense.. Miracle? Yes.. amazing.. mind blowing…

People were still breaking bread and sharing it with one another after the crowd was dismissed.. man

Matt took Sean, Jessel and me to Jin Ma Yi…Golden Ants.. makes me itch.. but it’s a guitar shop… and man.. they had lots of stuff…

Finally got my strap that I’ve been wanting and looking for months…

FIR performed again tonight…

Apparently Ah Qing left his gear in the cab or something.. so had to end up using Jessel’s guitar and effects.. haha..

Anyway, it’s the second last session and it seems the crowd still isn’t losing much energy yet…

They basically come running in shouting their team’s name into every session.. man.. the loudest and rowdiest crowd of the 3 camps for sure…

Apparently Fei-er and Ah Qing wore matching clothes by coincidence… haha.. it’s the love connection man…

Pst Jenny dubbed this the new FIR.. which Ah Qing said it’s the spiritual FIR.. haha.. and I said with Matt they should call it FIRM…

Speaking of Pst Jenny..

She’s really one motherly person.. yet she’s looking cooler and younger each time I see her..

Random shot of me and Brandon looking stupid backstage… well.. just me lookin stupid..

Here’s me and Tze En and Yun Chang.. my happening SOT classmates from last year.. two mighty men of God in Taiwan..

Went to Shi Lin for a little while.. and saw the illegal stalls running for cover…

But they will appear again in a few minutes…

Alright.. gonna head home tomorrow.. gonna be blogging from home yeah! Miss home…

Some

Man.. the day started rather routinely… feeling really tired.. and all of us are falling sick.. so please keep praying for us…

Anyway for the night session.. our diva decided to show up in a Cheong Sam..

Here she is with Alicia..

Here’s our food table.. with bubble tea and foot long makis (rice wrap) on the menu tonight..

Liu Geng Hong was our guest performer tonight..

Pst Tan preached a great message tonight that really touched the hearts of the many people there… especially the men..

And then at our closing song.. the highlight of the day came.. Pst Tan surprised us all by jumping into the crowd for a body surf… the crowd went crazy… it took me by surprise so I never managed to get it on camera.. but he urged my dear zone pastor, Pst Zhuang to do it.. so here.. brace yourself…

Whoo! I’ve a happening pastor!!!

Ok.. coming back soon… one more full day tomorrow and one final session on Friday morning before we head back.. and then the 4 of us musicians and Ally have to play for all 4 services this weekend.. pray for strength!

Word of the day: Cacat Mental…Yup..that’s what we are now..anyway… had some free time in the day so went to Dan Shui Old Street again.. bought some local snacks and stuff..

The view from the riverside.. many shops around there

Sean, Jessel and I then went across the road and ate at this Katsu Don restaurant..

Had Pork Curry Katsu Don..

Introducing Ninja Matt.. He had cough.. apparently from me.. haha..
I was cut by Proverbs 9:10

Dunno what I mean? Here..

Here’s the Proverbs 9:10 that cut me.. cut by the zero..

To make things worse… I left a blood stain on the new white door they installed over the weekend..

WHOO! But we cleaned it off…

Finally met Tze-En’s baby.. and Tze-En’s wife Vicky..

We had an older crowd this time.. more college students…

But they were the loudest of all.. it was so loud that we could barely hear ourselves properly..

Overall thank God it was a good meeting… Many new friends got saved! God is great!