Joanna's Birthday

Did i tell you that last Friday i was invited to Joanna Loh's 2 years old birthday? I guess i forgot about it. But here's what I think. it was the cutest thing ever. The cake was cute. The birthday girl was cute and all the presents were cute stuffs and the parents themselves were such a cute couple! Joanna was already sleepy and showing signs of her displeasure of not getting her beauty sleep but the moment everyone starter singing "happy birthday to you..." her face just lights up she started to chuckle and enjoying the attention! That change made everyone started laughing all over the house!

For me, it was a good time to get to know Jannette, catch up with Juliet and Carolyn a little bit and of course play with my god-daughter a lot lot... she is also one of the cute thing that happened there. When i left her upstairs to play, i gave her instructions not to go down the stairs by herself and wait for her mom to come get her. She replied, "ok. i don't cry ok?"
i doubled over in my own amazement and laughter! hahahahahahahahah..... children... amazing!

Just some people in church: MARILYN EE

I think it's been a long time since I wrote about someone in church and so i'll write about someone who's not been here for a long time too!

No, she didn't died but she went to further her studies in the California State University of Northridge (CSUN) about 2 years ago. Let me start back at the beginning...

Couple years back, Marilyn, or more fondly known as Merr Peng (I call her 'girl'), was studying at Limkokwing University and came to join Eaglepoint's life group and later she actually helped to oversee the group of Indonesian students in her life group. During her time in KL, she joined my discipleship group and boy, did we fight! We fight through thick and thin on matters of the bible, on matters over life, over her temper, over her decisions... and that's what brought us closer together and stuck as friends after all these years.

that picture was taken when we took a discipleship trip together to Melaka before everyone left to some where else.. was it two years ago? hahha... we all look soooo young...

But please don't be fooled by her innocent looks. She is mischievous and has her own sense of humor. For e.g., I jokingly said that she's such an obedient girl in which she replied that I've got a leash on her. Before I know it, she tagged me with this drawing at Facebook. She drew this as per our conversation a moment ago. leash on a dog, dragging her along... I just laughed out loud!

If you would ask her what would be the way to plug in to a church, she would tell you to serve in the church! For her, serving helped her connect with the people and understand how the church functions. She would tell you the funny story of how she come to join the powerpoint ministry. So I won't repeat myself here. You can start a conversation with her by asking her about her experience. Last time, when she was here, she was helping me prepare powerpoint and always helping out odd jobs in the church office and just now she told me that after being away a few years, she came back and here we are still sticking stickers onto The Point!! She still fits right in and help out without complain. I remember even after she's gone to the States, there were still a few times I asked her to help me prepare powerpoint slides and emailed it back to me! NOW, THAT's what I call serving wherever you are! =)


There are just some people that you know, there are those that you communicate with but there are those you connect. Merr is definitely some parts of Eaglepoint and Eaglepoint has definitely some bits and pieces in her! =)

Get to know her if u see her in church this weekend. She'll be back to Kuching from Jul 5 for a few weeks before heading straight back to the States. =)

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Let's discover people from other zones! Every now and then, I'll feature someone that's serving in this house to you. This will not serve to replace getting to know them personally but i do hope that through this segment you'll also be inspired to serve and to serve together with these people! More coming up...

The kids at Kidzone gets the chance to share their thoughts about their parents.
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What a weekend!

My apologies if you've been checking out the blog and there had been no update. ops....

Let me start with this... A WEDDING!
Well, not mine... yet... but if you know him, Victor Voon, he got married last Friday with Sophia. They met in UK even though one's from KL and the other is from Sarawak. They got to know at the Malaysian Students Gathering in UK and now they are getting married. And the exciting news was that I was honored to be their wedding coordinator. Honestly, it was really stressful with the Tribute to Parents Day service plus lunch, but I was glad I didn't let them down and pulled through the wedding ceremony and dinner and all the in-betweens.

It was truly a beautiful wedding. When they exchange vows, I was teary eyes myself... the decoration was beautiful and the whole day was just one beautiful chapter of two lives committing to each other from this day forward. I was very happy for them.

The wedding was held at One World Hotel, Bandar Utama. Speaking from the coordinator's perspective of working with them, I've got to say that the banquet staffs were excellent with top-notch professionalism. They had drilling session before the banquet and you could have ask any of the waiters what's on the menu and they would be able to tell you what is the next dish and what is the ingredient as well. I was very impressed! They are definitely event people. I've worked with several hotels but this hotel really did impressed me with their working attitude. Excellent! =)

Instead of the typical backdrop, they actually printed this huge poster-backdrop! Another excellent point to the hotel!

Enough about the wedding even though I can go on and on about it....

On Sunday, Eaglepoint held our very own Tribute to Parents Day at the Ballroom at Bukit Jalil Golf and Country Resort. Although I was a little disappointed to see the hall NOT packed full of parents and families, I was still glad for those who made it. It was such an excellent opportunity for each of us to learn to honour our parents for what they did for us.

We even set up various booths for the early comers to have blood and sugar level test, caricature drawing, balloon sculpture for the children and there was even a golden age corner for the older parents to enjoy a cup of tea while waiting for service to begin. (the tea was really good! =) )

The dancers kickstart with the opening dance - "I wanna be with you" and after praise and worship, the youth band honoured their parents with two songs. The day was not over yet. The leaders then presented a gift to all the parents in the hall. It's just a day for parents to feel blessed! =)

(Sorry about the picture. Still looking for a camera.)

After the service, there was a lunch together. We prepared some games and some activities to help families build their family. The lunch ended with a time where parents and child pledge to build each other in this family. I'm sure everyone was ministered.

After the lunch, I can see smiles and happy faces leaving the hall to go home. But for me, the day was really still not over. There was a planned pastoral dinner. Victor & Sophia had generously given to church the six over-run tables from their wedding day and pastor had invited some of the people that had served in the church faithfully.

It was a night of fun and just plain fellowship. No planned activities, no program flow, just dinner, chatting and enjoy the friendship we've built over the years. It so happen that it was Kel's birthday and I asked Neil to cook up something to celebrate his birthday. They came up with this hilarious act and you will laugh out loud if you see it. Check out the video at Eaglepoint's facebook. I've posted it earlier. It was hilarious. They should be called "1a.m. Comedy & Kareem"... ahhahahaa...

We also prayed for Lady as she's leaving us to go back to Philippines for good. We also prayed for Jill's upcoming delivery and also her mom is waiting for the report regarding a growth. Do keep them in prayer.

The kids were all crazy over the balloons in the room but they couldn't reach it at all. In the end, Vincent Puah came out with this excellent idea and got all the balloons down for the kids. Too bad, he came back to the table with no more food as he went around getting all the balloons. The cake was just too good that nobody saved him a piece. ops again...

I don't know about them, but I was knocked out the moment I touch the bed. Yet it did not deter me from taking a road trip with Nai Lin to visit Trish at Kuantan the next morning. We drove there to meet her - complete with the excited jumping at the hotel door when she arrived. I was soooooo happy to see her and we went to the beach for a while and later hunted for all the local food. Had a quick catch up and chat time with her and the next day, we went to check out her dispensary at the hospital before heading home. And again I was knocked out the moment i touch my bed. ahahahah....

Trisha was a student at IMU when she came to Eaglepoint and later went on to UK to complete her studies and now working at the Kuantan hospital. From being a church member, she was one of the dancer in the team and now she's a friend. that's church for you!

everything started with the wedding on Friday and ended with arriving home from Kuantan on Tuesday!

What's next happening in my schedule? The Point, EN2010, APEC and THG with a wedding in between!

btw, PC is not feeling well today and is resting at home. Show your pastor some tlc lah... =)

Surprise for Pastor!

Last Sunday, the kids from 更新教会 Kidzone did a surprise for Pastor Timothy! All the kids wrote a note for him and they actually went to paste it all over his car! But the teacher felt that it might be difficult for Pastor to drive around like that so they took it all down before service end. But that did not deter the kids from telling Pastor what they did to his car (that was how Pastor Tim knew...)! Good thing I managed to get a hold of the notes and paste them at his chair for you to take a peek! =)

*apologies on the blue-ish photos. using the sophisticated Nikon D80 with my limited skills so dont know how to handle the outcome yet. haahaha...

Jamie & Alan came back from her 20th anniversary re-honeymoon trip to New Zealand with goodies for the office. The post is for you to admire. The goodies is for you to drool over! hahha... =)
just finished eating it all during office devotion... ALL also very nice! ooo... sugar rush!