Christmas mass photo

(Pls click to enlarge the photo, thanks!)
This is the photo we took during Christmas Eve at Expo, 24th December '08!

Hellooooooooooooooo :) anyway, its me again.
2009 is nearing.. so gonna wish all of you a HAPPY 2009 in advance! Haha...

Yesterday, on the 30th, some of us met up for basketball, followed by lunch (or rather brunch) at Bishan's J8. Of course, we ended up at Esplanade and Marina Square for dinner. Though some of us had to wait but I believe we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly yeah? :) We took a group photo outside MS but of course, the camera was not mine. I think we took a few shots because of the lighting. Gees. Thanks to the photographer who take pictures like super fast. All of us went, "wah, so fast ah!" Haha..

Anyway, pictures are still in the midst of uploading so.. Patience is virtue. Gees.

Take care and have fun counting down to the brand new year! :D

For greater things have yet to come.

Loads of love,

Karwen

Edited and sent by Garvin:

Hellooooo :)
first of all, I'm here wishing you a MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Here are the pictures for our BIG MASS WALK event. - not in sequence though.

Of course, if you can't remember, our team emerged as the second team after running with the doggies :)

I had a great time running through the bridges with all of them, though we got to carry the dogs - Emilie is really helpful that day too, carrying the jack russell a.k.a Amber. Gees. They are super adorable.
(& yeah, the swensens voucher is still lying in between my notebook!)

Some of us met up at MacD's for breakfast/lunch before heading to Habourfront station.

Crossing the Henderson Waves~

Dawn is super cute here. Candid shot :D
Top view of one of the bridges that we had to run almost the whole journey.

The doggies waiting for us to finish scrubbing the cake of soap.

And I thought it was really a great idea praising God in public that very day :)
That's Garvin and Jerblinn giving instructions for various teams.

Two thumbs up for them to organise such an enjoyable event!

take note!

As most of you probably would have known this by now, this coming Saturday we will be having our VERY FIRST SUBZONE EVENT

B.M.W

Let's decode the abbreviation. It is

BIG MASS WALK!! @ Southern Ridges Walk!

Dont you feel excited??!

Because I do! I bet we all do!

Now let's get really really really hyped up,

and invite our friends to join this meaningful event with us!

We will be meeting at Harbourfont Station at 130 p.m. For the uninitiated, it is the end of the Purple Line, where you can get to VivoCity too! Turn to anything beside you while reading this, and say

"Meet up:

Harbourfront Station at

130p.m. on 6

December 2008"!

Let's recap:

What to bring: (see what's in her hands lah...hahaha) Check out our adorable Dawn C who finally turned 14 the past Tuesday. Let her fill you in with her day on the oh-so-high Singapore flyer. Ha ha ha.





Yes! That's what the BMW will do too.. fellowship! Get to know your cellgroup and subzone members and new friends more!

Personal Reward: Spiritual/Mental Centering
In the book Walking in This World, author Julia Cameron says, “Most of us
spend life on the run, too busy and too hurried to walk anywhere. Beset by
problems and difficulties, we feel walking is a frivolous waste of time. ‘When
will I do it?’ becomes one more problem . . . the truth is that walking holds
our solutions.”
**

Personal Reward: Multi-tasking
benefits of walking, and in fact your personal reward, are twofold
here—exercise and entertainment.
**

Personal Reward: Calorie Burning
Keep in mind that the number of calories burned while walking varies
greatly according to your pace. A leisurely stroll burns about the same number
of calories as activities such as putting away laundry and other housework—about
75 calories an hour; while race walking (at four mph) can burn up to 350
calories per hour for a 155 pound person. The more the that you weigh, the more
calories you burn.
**

Personal Reward: Socializing
This personal reward could fall under multi-tasking because you get to bond
with a friend or family member while enjoying other benefits of walking as well.
**

Personal Reward: Accomplishment
One of the greatest personal awards is a sense of achievement, and one of
the greatest benefits of walking can be proving to yourself just how much you
can achieve.

Numerous rewards isnt it?! This simple act can reap so many benefits!

Aiyah dont think so much already lah!!
Let's get reallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
HYPED UP
EXCITED
PUMPIN' FOR A GOOD TIME!!





and.....





invite your friends to join us!!











WOOHOOO!!!











Hopefully this provides sufficient details, if not, please contact your most beloved CGLs.

NEXT UP

Alright this picture may not be the best representative..





but before our most most most beloved Cell Group Leader Garvin goes into this ultimate lush sanctuary to penetrate the greens and show his undying love for the nation through reservice for a week,





he would love to have a good dinner with us, and fellowship with us.

TOMORROW NIGHT
THURSDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2008
7PM AT BISHAN MOS BURGER

Please contact either Judee Chia or Emilie Chia for more details, thank you very much!

ANOTHER THING before you navigate away from this page;

ENGAGE THE CULTURE TO PENETRATE THE CULTURE!

now that all of us were blessed with the 'Boy Meets Girl' worshop, going gaga over human-vampire romance certainly wont be on our cards! Dont worry lah Garvin!!


Let's check out this list:

-Emilie
-Dawn
-Huitong
-Moon
-Judee
-Reigi
-Reagan Teh
-Brandon
-Karwen

We are going!!


Now appealing to: not asked yet; or reluctant to go
-Garvin
-Ravi (please rmb Q's not the whole world...ha ha ha!)
-Aswin Lau
-Choo choo train
-Ivan Lee Bird Tong Chai
-Yingfeng
-Shawn
-Darryl
-Anna
-Trena
-Reagan Li
-Christian
-Manosh


As you can see, majority of the folks are guys...





Let's not be anxious! Ha ha ha let's believe more names will appear in the first list! Have a great cellgroup outing man!!! Of course you can ask your friends to join us too! We love people, dont we? :)

;;;;;;;;;Judee Chia signs off!;;;;;;;;;;;;

Hello people, this is just a short post on the reflections I had for last week's workshop ;)

Last Saturday, since we didn't have cellgroup, most of us gathered at Garvin's house for something really great. It was the workshops for Praise and Worship and Boy Meets Girl.

Personally, I felt it was a time of reflection on my own spiritual life - like for eg, am I really seeking God in my quiet time or merely just reading the bible and praying for needs?

After the workshop, I think an encounter with God is the utmost important reason why we must do our quiet time daily.

The presence was so tangible as the workshop was coming to the end for Praise and Worship - that is when we were worshipping and singing with all our hearts. Mhmm, I thought in my mind, 'sighs, if only we could dwell in His presence a little longer'.

Nonetheless, during the 15 minutes break we had, the skies suddenly cleared of dark clouds and the drizzle stopped. :) So Judee brought the cake from the kitchen and we celebrated 4 members birthdays! They are Reigi, Dawn, Moon and Daryl ;D (I did take a video of the whole celebration but will upload it when i've more time)

We then resumed the Boy Meets Girl workshop.

Garvin prepared for very long the night before, which is the night we had our Xmas Prelude BBQ! Guess his eye-bags are the effects of it. I think we are really blessed to have him as our cgl :) & The points that were mentioned were really straight forward and I think I'm able to find my right partner (when the time is right, duh) with the list of qualities and of cos, not forgetting the 60 seconds compatibility test. Gees.

[Proverbs 18:22]

He who finds a wife finds a good thing,

And obtains favor from the LORD.

AM BLESSED by the workshops. Thanks Garv!

Loves,

Karwen