IT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE NEW ADVENTURE!

It's the Eve of a New Year!

I love countdowns, don't you? Haha.The whole world is celebrating this important event! Without doubt, everyone is in such eagerness to see the clock strike 12:00 and hear the "gong" that will officially mark the entrance into a new, blessed year -2009. =)

2008 has been such a fruitful year for me! A year of many new beginnings and new trends. I must say that God has taught me a great deal throughout this year. I had many firsts this year, many priceless lessons, and many cherishable moments. =)

As many priceless lessons there are, one of the most vital lesson I've learned this year is summed up in the following quote:

When we ask God for strength,

He gives us difficulties to make us strong.

When we ask God for wisdom,

He gives us problems to solve.

When we ask God for prosperity,

He gives us brain and brawn to work.

When we ask God for courage,

He gives us troubled people to help.

When we ask God for favors,

He gives us opportunities

In truth we received nothing we wanted...

But instead, everything we needed!

Isn't He a wonderful God? He works in ways we cannot see, ways beyond our human- mind. We tend to be short-sighted, but our God is a far-sighted God! So, as the year draws to an end, let us look back one last time and be thank God for His goodness, His grace, and His mercy! Not to forget all the lesson that you have learned, remember it and carry it to the New Year 2009.

With that, let us together usher into a New Year with great confident and assurance, knowing that God has prepared a wonderful and blessed year for each an everyone of us!

So, put on your seat belts tight! Brave yourself! We are off onto a whole new adventure! =P

Have a blessed New Year's Eve and God bless!

Sincerely: dpyc

BLESSED CHRISTMAS

I wish you a blessed Christmas

I wish you a blessed Christmas

I wish you a blessed Christmas

And a Blessed New Year

MERRRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU!!!

It's finally the 25th of December! The season, the event, the day everybody's been waiting for! =) We had Christmas Celebration Service today! It was packed! Church members from PJ came over to attend our service, new comers came to hear the true meaning of Christmas, and an orchestra that came to perform a musical drama entitled, "the Sounds of Christmas"

It was fabulous! Oh, in case you didn't know, the orchestra that performed was from PJ church!

Later that day, my family and I had lunch at Boston, a restaurant in Aeon, B.T. That day, we bumped into so many of our church members. One after the other! Some were there for lunch, like us, others were buying gifts, and there were others that wanted to walk around! =)

The food was delicious. The portion was big and the price was reasonable. It was such a filing meal! Go try it out if you haven't! You won't regret! =D

I've not been posting up pictures lately. So I've got my pictures. I'll stop talking for now, and allow the pictures to do the talking! Enjoy!

The orchestra from PJ! Their outfit makes them look like professionals!

Joylene Teh as mother Mary

Lunch at Boston...

Doesn't the food look apetizing??!! I hope I'm not tempting you! =) 2009 is just around the corner!! I'll end this post and will be back for more updates! God bless!

Sincerely: dpyc

LOVE, JOY, PEACE!

It's the eve of Christmas! Don't you just feel the feeling of joy and love?? The spirit of giving and blessing?? I sure hope you do! It's definitely a busy month for everyone since there is so much shopping to do! The malls are packed with people! My sister said Midvalley was so packed that at every turn, you'll literally bump into a person! Besides that, its the crazy sales and discounts that attracts so many people! Oh wells!

Remember the blog-post marathon that I mentioned in my latest post? haha! Today marks the day of the blog-post marathon! =p Come back every day, and you'll find a new post! And that's a promise! =)

For the first topic of my blog-post marathon is the surprise birthday I had! My birthday surprise this year was very simple but I have to say that I had a lot of fun, especially playing the water fight! haha! Before I move on, a little glimpse on how I was lured into the trap and being fooled!

It all begun on a beautiful, sunny, bright morning of 14 December 2008! Deborah, my younger little sister, came into the room and woke me up. She told me that she was going to the elephant sanctuary with her friends, and a guy from the Outback! Of course I immediately jumped off the bed! The elephant sanctuary?? What a way to start my day! I got ready, prepared the camera, and took extra clothes, just in case the "elephants" splashes water at me! When all was set, we left home and met at Deborah's friend's house!

Now, here was where everything begun to change! You see, I was so excited about the fact that I was going to the elephant sanctuary that I did not suspect anything! But that is what surprises are meant for, right?

So when I entered the door of the house, I was greeted by loud shouts that echoed, "SURPRISE"!! So loud was the shout that I actually backed-off! I was shocked beyond measure! And the first statement that I made after recovering from the shock was, "So? There's no elephants??"

The whole elephant sanctuary plan was just a big hoax. It was used to lure me to the house! How embarrassing to be fooled twice! =( But I was glad that I saw so many "special elephants"!!! You know what I mean, right??? ehehehe!

All in all, I absolutely had a great time! Special thanks to: Deborah, Crystal, Rebekah, Renee, Joel, Graham, Riley, and most importantly, Auntie Karen for giving the green light to use her house and paying the water bill!!
But the most important of all is God for giving me such thoughtful, wonderful, and loving friends!

Got to rush off now! Hope you'll have a wonderful Christmas eve! =) Stay blessed!

Sincerely: dpyc

STILL THE BEST

Hey folks!!! I've not blog for almost 21 days! I know I've kept you waiting for my next new post, but unfortunately I couldn't! I was really busy the past few weeks! The preparation for the GY Camp '08, celebrating birthdays', spending time with my love ones, Royal Rangers Carolling and of course, the four days that I spent in Peace Haven, Genting Highlands for the Youth Camp! =)

I've really been enjoying my holidays. If you were to ask me, I'd say that this is one of the best school holidays that that I've had in such a long time! So many events kept me on my feet, hence prevented me from rotting at home due to boredom. haha! My friends had a simple birthday surprise for me. I actually got fooled again and this time by my younger sister! What a tragedy! I'll elaborate more on that in my upcoming post! This post is to give a glimpse of what has been happening to me during this past few weeks!'

Well, today's' already the 22nd which leaves us with 3 more days to the long await event, or season of the year which is - CHRISTMAS! 9 more days before a whole new year 2009 begins, and 12 more days before school reopens!!! Everything is going by so fast. Even before you realize it, it has already pass!

I've been taking alot of pictures because there has been so many events. Most people enjoy looking at the images, rather than reading the post. Therefore, I've made a point that each time any event comes up, I'd get ready my camera so that I can blog about it and have pictures for you to enjoy!! See, blog viewers, that shows how much I care for you! hahaha =D

This will just be another short post from me to you! I'll get the ready the pictures as soon as possible. Once that is done, I'm going to have a blog-post marathon! XD

So that is all for today! Don't forget to stay tune! You sure don't want to miss the blog-post marathon! It's my first, by the way!

God bless and have a Blessed Christmas to come!

Sincerely: dpyc

I'M OFFICIALLY 15!

GOOD FOOD

Here are the promised pictures of the dinner in...

Vietnamese Chicken Chop

XO Fried Vermicelli

Vietnamese Fried Rice

The Famous Vietnamese Beef Noodle

Good food, good life - Thank you, Lord

Stay tune for more! GY Camp is exactly 1 week away!! =D

Till then, God bless!

Sincerely: dpyc

SOURCE OF JOY AND LAUGHTER

Four days of absence and no updates! Where was I? What was I doing? haha

Well, you've guessed it! The Vacation Bible School which I mentioned in my previous post! I apologize for not updating from day to day as I have intended to do so. I was dead tired! I've been sleeping so early these four days. The earliest I've slept was at 8! Ya, that was how tired I was!

Anyway, today marks the end of another successful, fun-filled, joyful, exciting, and tiring Vacation Bible School! I'm pretty sure, many are looking forward to next year's VBS. I definitely am!! =)

Before I move on any further, a brief introduction to this year's VBS theme,mascots, and Bible verses would be appropriate. This year's 2008 VBS theme is : POWER LAB - Discovering Jesus' Miraculous Power!!! By the name, you can conclude that it involves laboratory devices and instruments such as test-tubes, vials, beakers, thermometers, microscopes, and all the other instruments that are found in labs. It also includes scientists, or professors, as it is called in some places.

We have mascots every year, and for this year, I'm proud to present the five mascots from the Power Lab and they are as follow: Fizzy the Test tube, Max the Battery, Electra the Electricity, Sparki the Lightbulb, and last but not least, Dewd the Bubble. I was the Crew Leader for Electra! She was one of the female mascot, together with Sparki and, in my opinion, the styliest of all! =)

Dewd the Bubble

Fizzy the Test tube


Sparki the Lightbulb


Electra the Electricity


Max the Battery

The three Bible verses for this year's VBS are:

- the power to be thankful
- the power to be helpful
- the power to be brave

It was such a joy working as a Crew Leader, though sometimes it may be tiring, and there are those children that literally drive you up the wall with their complains, demands, and annoyance! But I still love them and now as I am writing this, I'm beginning to miss them. I would love to name a few of them. Nigel Raveen, Mark Teh, Li Wei Hong, and Joshua Vinod. I am going to miss this four amigos so much! Please come back next year!!

All in all, the whole VBS was a complete success! The teachers, the helpers, and the volunteers all did a fantastic job in putting this big project together and launched it into success! All your effort, all your sweat, all your hardwork, all your time, all your strength, all your commitment, all your energy, all the stress, did not go to waste! Well done, everyone! God is definitely proud of you!

I have learned so much from these four days! Those were priceless moments! Being able to spend time with the children was most satisfying.

There is no greater joy then being able to bless and see the children blessed!

That's all! AHA! Hope all of you will have a wonderful weekend and have a good rest!

Sincerely: dpyc

1ST OF DECEMBER

It's the 1st of December!!

Ooo..I'm getting all so excited!!! December is, in my opinion, the best month of all the twelve. December means lots of activities and events. Not forgetting, my birthday!!! haha. I've waited for 11 months and finally it is just around the corner. What else are there? Yes, the yearly Vacation Bible School is tomorrow and will last till the 5th of Dec. Next, comes the G.Y Camp! Last but not least, the best event, the best season of the year - CHRISTMAS!!! Christmas is just 24 days away! Aren't you excited? Thinking about Christmas gives me a great sense of joy. =D Sometimes I wish it would snow in Malaysia! =(

On a second note, today is a very special day for my little sister. She's officially 11 years old! Deborah, if you read this: Blessed 11th Birthday to you!!! You have played your role as a sister. =) May you grow in wisdom, in stature, and in favor with God and man! God bless abundantly!

To my mom, Happy Belated Birthday!!! Thank you for being the most wonderful Mom! God bless!

We celebrated both the ladies' birthdays in Vietnam Kitchen. I won't be able to upload the pictures today because I do not have the camera with me! But I will upload as soon as I get hold of the camera! hehe!

Today is a memorable and unique day because of an unusual celestial sight! If you were to look up the night sky, you would see two bright dots and a crescent moon. It's a spectacular sight because they are aligned in such a way that they literally form a 'smiley face'. The two dots are planets. The bright one is Venus, the dimmer one is Jupiter! It's really wonderful to see something so unusual which perhaps only occur once in a lifetime! Sadly, I did not take a picture of it. Argh!

Dearest Deb, thiiisss iiiissss a diviiiiiine birthday souvenir from your Father!!

With that, I'm going to end this short and sweet post because I'm dead tired and tomorrow is going to be a hectic and busy day! Good night, fellow readers!

Stay tune for more because I'm going to update on the VBS! God bless and have a most wonderful week!

Sincerely: dpyc

PRICELESS GIFTS FROM GOD

School life will definitely never be the same again! This post is dedicated to three people who has been a great blessing to my life, who has made school a better place, and made my school life so much more enjoyable! These three wonderful, funny, rocking, crazy, yet dearest people are:

JOEL BRYAN MOHAN

Joel, you have played a big role in my life. I still remember the first time I met you! You were so small, well I smaller then too, but I've seen you grown these past 5 years, to the young, handsome man you are now! I thank you for your friendship! We've been through so many ups and downs. Times of joy, of victory, of happiness, of craziness, of sadness, of misunderstanding, and of difficulties. When I look back of the past, I remember how we always got into trouble and the amount of time we spent in the office, getting reprimanded. All those moments, are priceless to me! I would never trade anything for them. You are indeed a blessing from God! I pray that God will lead you in the path He has planned and marked out for you. May you prosper in whatever field you are going into! May you have excellence and success and may you continue to be a channel of blessing!

Lastly, I've never said this to you before, but Joel - I dearly miss you! Lunch will never be the same again!

God bless, my dearest friend!

SAPPHIRA YEO

Even though you were in the centre for only a few months, but you have left footprints in my life. I remembered the first time you stepped foot into the centre. You were wearing your turquoise pinafore! At my first glance at you, I thought you were a very unfriendly and moody person. And I still remember those times when I was doing my test, and all of a suddenly I hear a burp sound. Not forgetting, when you got first for cross country! When I heard you got first, I was shocked! Immediately, I knew you weren't any ordinary girl! I was right! =) haha!

Well, I am going to be very honest with you, dude. You are the loudest, noisest, most talkative, boyish, and craziest girl I've ever known. Inspite of all that, people still love you, and honestly speaking, you are a very fun person to be with! You somehow know how to make people around you feel comfortable and entertained. You are just special, in simple!

Sapphira, I sure am going to miss you!! Like a lot cause I won't have anyone to bicker and fight with!!! I pray that you will continue to be a blessing to those around you!

Please try not to cry when you laugh, cause you might cause a flood if the joke is too funny!

Keep rocking, my rocker dude!!!

Last but not least,

CRYSTAL CHIN

Though we hardly talked to each other in school, but with all those little Godly and kind acts, you have been a blessing to me! I can remember so vividly the first day you stepped right in into the centre. You! With the "lala" clothes! and pigtails! Oh, how could I ever forget that sight! I'm sure you remember it too! However, I want to thank you for your encourgement, your concern, your help, but most importantly, for your friendship! It was really good to work with you in the same team! I thank God for bring you into my life! I pray and hope that you will excel in your studies and I wish you all the best in your coming SAT! God bless, my friend!

Some people just make the world a much better place just by being in it!

Sincerely: dpyc

THE NIGHT OF NIGHTS

The Awards and Thanksgiving Night on the 20th marks the end of the academic year for all Grace homeschoolers! So much planning, so much hardwork, so much effort, so much sweat, so much tears, so much energy has been put in for the success of the Awards Night. And true enough it was a success! So many parents and friends came to support their individuals. The hall was almost full!

This year was much different than last year's. There were more muscial dramas, and recitation of Scriptures were introduced this year. It was good to see the little ones stand on stage and reciting the Scripture. The tense on their face makes them really cute! =p

This year, once again, Klang took the praise and worship! As a worship leader, I say that all my musicians and assistant worship leaders did a fantastic job. They did their utmost best for the Highest! I am very proud of them! =p

All in all, it was a night to remember! Before I end, I would want to thank God for His strength, for His help, for His wisdom, for His ever watchful eyes, for His grace! He has taken us through a year with so many exciting events, enriching experiences, challenging situations, and amazing victories! We thank for such a wonderful and fruitful year! He deserves all glory, honor, and praise!

Now, here are the Awards Night pictures! Enjoy! XD

MC's of the Night:

Mr. Joel Bryan

Mr. Dev Arul

Stephanie Ann reciting the Scripture

Isaac Wong waiting anxiously

a cute candid shot!

"time to give a bow la", whispers Isaac

poetry recitation by Tan Sher Wyn





famous speech recitation. His speech was one of Barack Obama's recent speeches

he did fantastic!

a trio by GRC PJ

a vocal choral by GRC PJ! The song was entitled " Days of Elijah" I must say that it was the best performance of the night! Well done!

the three muskateers/ amigos!!!

Isaac with his award!

Ethan being cheeky, as always!

i love them to bits!

Now the presentation of awards:

Congratulations to...

Joel Bryan

Deborah Poh

Crystal Chin

Daniel Marc

Ethan Wong

basketball champions!!

Fabian receiving the gold medal for basketball. I think its his first gold..=)

Thomas Ann

well done, juniors!!!

the Klang senior girls getting second place in basketball!

our gold for Ultimate Frisbee

Klang's best sports person of the year 2008 - Andrew Oon!!

David Low with his speech!

Graham Chin dedicating a speech to his supervisior!

the crowd on the night

notice any similarities?

That is all for now!! Stay tune for more and I hope you will have the most wonderful week! God bless!

Sincerely: dpyc