EXAMS R OVER !!!. yea. Got 2 days rest, no dnt paper. Went peni send yq’s guit to hospital, but closed till 8th. Shopped around for elec guit package and t-shrts..met up with jolynn,agnes,da jingting, con’t shopping at raffles city n finally home. Saw washburn starter $300. OMG!! Jus now, yq called me to see soft, $250, peavey starter, so tempting!! 9pm..buyer came gave price but still considering,praying n praying tat he will come bac tmr and a new place in yew tee or cck area, so its goodbye 3 storeys, walking up staircases, and my dog!!!!! Sad la..gotta send him bac. It was a good 2-3 yrs. Tats all..aft exam..shack!

super long time i since came to blogger.com. been mugging the past many days...i seriously nd to buck up on my studies. today...had 2 tests which of the subjects i didn't even know wad it is talking abt cos i missed holiday remedials...crap..and my last minute go thru...well...paid off. i knew how to do the 2 tests. woohoo...praise God...my maths hav been sucky since tis year...wth...maybe becos sitting beside shaun made the negative difference. shit...and i can't concentrate properly cos he is making stupid comments abt wad the teachers are teaching...grr...irritating...and he is always blocking my view of the whiteboard...tink tat is sufficient enuf to tell wad kind of person he is. aft sch, went straight home, bathed, changed, went to meet jol to do songsheet thn blablabla..tmr...gonna skip training n goin to suntec wit yq to look for -- bday present. so tats about it..will try to post more aft EOY.

woohoo...looong time haven post alr..lazy to type blogger.com. lol. anyway...just wanna talk abt my life so far...loads of downs n whrs the ups?? 2 wks bac went long beach seafood celebrate jolynn's b'day..her dad treated the cg to a $--- dinner...had like 3 crabs..OMG. paiseh at first but oh well...we had to eat, so we happily tucked in after a while. there was also wine..white. shared a few glasses wit gw. my face wasn't red..unimaginably. ytd also went to eat crab with grandma n aunt..shiok!! thn went up to her hse for donuts n mango..yea!! dunno when i'm gonna buy somemore donuts from DF or J.CO. common test...didn't do very well, failed 2 subs..math n chinese..did't hav time to finish n for the latter...CMI la..expected..all i can do is practice more n hope 4 the best. cg on fri my 2nd breakthrough as a guitarist for cg..played worship n got pretty gd comments from eugene n zongyuan. jus gotta improve on free worship part..went to both expo svcs n found tat sun was totally packed...didn't think ppl would wake up so early. today as usual..during art i found tat i actually had submitted 1 piece..wow..n now i nd to work on another 5...tats all..post again when i hav time.

today's lesson was still meaningful although i was a bit faster n i'm like starting to play for cg so bro poh wants to change my slot to somewhere where i can go up another level. anyway..i learnt some monster chords n some others tat i never knew of. thn went to cwp meet gw to see some stuff..btw..bro poh guitars are like so freaking nice..n the electric dave holmes gave him is like WOW!! the taylor he has also is a best seller n onli 4k plus. so much worth then the 7k, 8k plus..a mahagony top with rosewood b/s...never seen a mahagony top b4..thought it was spruce. also saw his 'vintage' takamine..yea..another taka user..okays.. tats all for now..

woke up from a bad headache so didnt go sch. nth much to update reali except for on monday at brother poh...one of the best guitarists in Singapore called me to ask me a few questions cos i'm gonna learn from him. so here goes the conversation....(roughly la)
my new k850i in blue rings...
me: hello.
poh: hi, is this samuel?
me: ya.
poh: ok. this is poh from city harvest n i got ur name from ur cgl tat u are interested to learn from me.
me: ya.
poh: ok. i nd o ask u a few questions to basically find out wad is ur status and whr u r at right now.
me: actually i'm starting to play praise in cgm alr
poh: ok ok..great becos my aim is to train up cg guitarists n if u have the potential, play for the other sevices. (thn he starts talking abt the other students he has trained n risen up to play in other services like jessle)
poh: do u watch superband?
me: ya n i'm actually on my way to mediacorp to support dreamfactory.
poh: ic..both the guitarists from dreamfactory n da feng chui are my students (i was like OMG)
me: okok.
poh: k..jus 5 mins is it ok?
me: ya ok.
poh: do u know open chords G C Em D n all tat?
me: yup.
poh: wad abt B n C#m open chords?
me: yup n the power chords too.
poh: ok can. i wan to find out more becos i'm putting u guys in groups of 4 maximum
poh: whr do u stay?
me: yew tee
poh: yew tee ar? good. i'm staying at tampines. but 80% of my students actually stay at jurong area so u dun nd to worry so much.
me: (laughs)
poh: u r now in poly/jc?
me: secondary school.
poh: ok. do u nd to like stay back for extra lessons aft sch?
me: not reali
poh: ok. which of the nights are u most free?
me: mon, wed, sat n sun
poh: ok great. ur lessons will most probably be on monday nights
(aft this he talks abt his charges n his background..interesting, didnt even know he likes to play electric more)
poh: alright. so i'll text or call u again to confirm.
me: yup
poh: alright. thx so much. bye
me: bye.
when i told the rest brother poh called they were like..shocked? yq asked me to tell him in detail wad he asked me...they also shocked abt wad he told me...paying $200 per mth for 2 mths is sure worth it. n travelling there is nth compared to wad u r gonna impart from him. those hu haven signed up like yq n nat..save up n go!! tats all..bye.

oh no..blog rotting..anyway changed skin n finally got photoshop up n running! but my stupid k850i spoil! again! now i cant hear anything whn taking calls..wth. sending for repair whn i got time. Service was great!! praise n worship was the best yet..jessle(sorry..dun noe how reali spell) did a solo part..OMG!! so shuai la..maybe i can do wad he did..finger-tapping n using his tongue to "pick the strings". woohoo!! the bassists also did a solo part. still got style de wor..see if i can find the svc recording, i'll put it up..sermon also quite good..pst. very funny la..dun wanna go deep into it but it was abt u n ur life la..basically..started playing for cgm..i must say for now nrevous is my best friend..so far i'm playing only praise, waiting 4 a chance to take on worship, but i thank God for giving me this chance n rising me up..let no one despise your youth!! i still rmb the 1st time i played..my pick flew, very slippery..combined with doro somemore..1st time mah...very nervous. ytd went for children church new workers' tea straight after svc n pst. eileen layed hands..woohoo...this yr i dunno how many ppl lay hands on me alr sia...got my cert for completing MIC. n i was challenged to 1 day play for childrens church..of cos start small at expo svcs. post more pics whn i have them..of derrick's bday.

update on youth camp!! finally got time. more pics will be uploaded in the nxt few days. Highlights of the 3 days.


DAY 1 : met jolynn thn went to yishun to meet agnes eat mac 1st. tat will be our last 'good' meal for the nxt 3 days. thn waited for sharry n irene to come thn go pres high. while waiting for registration to start, played gw's guitar for awhile. after registering, went up to seminar for camp briefing. I'm in ROCK2, actually it's all the members of elite2be a.k.a derrick's, willie's n doro's. n ROCK stands for Relying On Christ our King. woohoo!! next..telematch..went around playing diff sorts of games n got water bomb somemore. got wet. haha. sessions with pst. CK. lay hands. lights out 2.45 a.m. woke up at 6. only got 3 hrs of slp.


DAY 2 : morning devotion followed by sports. thn evangelistic meetings. 1st one was for secondary level thn tertiary. sonia sang. video below. after tat got buffet..thx to doro..if not we no food liao. wanted to ton..but derrick come chase us n some other ppl to our bunks..big kee liang also..wah..damn fierce la. high ranking guy in the army.


DAY 3 : morning devotion thn session wit pst. he layed hands on mentors thn mentors layed hands on us. fell twice. 1st was a i dunno hu brother. thn yong qiang!! finale n home sweet home.

Sonia's song item

Camp Brief

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Pic wit Pst. CK on the 2nd nite. (left to right) Krystle, me, Angelin, Pst. CK, Guowei, my sis n Jingting