We Are Here To Praise YOU!

I attended my first official Methodist Senior Fellowship night at the beginning of this month.  It was indeed an memorable affair for me because I was given the privilege to lead in the worship and in front of a crowd.  I was overwhelmed with excitement... the shivers that sprang inside me was not at all encouraging.  I have learn my lessons previously, the more I was determined to give a good praise, the less I was able to perform it well.  This time I am more prepared, not due to more practices but prayers!  The week before the real day, I lifted up this petition to my Lord, submitting to Him and asking for a prepared heart.. just to focus on Him and not on my own ability.  The songs are for Him, we have to sing it wholeheartedly.  Give me a humble heart to enjoy the worshiping, not to please others but wholehearted for Him.  Indeed it works!  The night of Praise and Worship went on tremendously well, the chords did not get entangled by my fingers, I was able to play without any panic of keys, if you know what I mean... and right till the end, I really have to give Him all the Praise He deserves!!

WE ARE HERE TO PRAISE YOU
Em        A                     D
We are here to praise you, lift our hearts and sing
D               Em      A
We are here to give you
D
the best that we can bring
D/F#            G A                 F#m Bm
And it is our love, rising from our hearts
Em           A7            D
Everything within us cries, I love you Lord
D               Em        A                     D
We are here to praise you, lift our hearts and sing
D               Em    A                         D
We are here to give you the best that we can bring
D/F#            G  A                F#m Bm
And it is our love, rising from our hearts
Em          A7      G D
Everything within us cries, Abba Father
D/F#            G      A                D Bm
Help us now to give you pleasure and delight
Em          A7              D
Heart and mind and will that say "I love you Lord"

Woodcraft Furniture

All along I am enthralled with wood furniture.  If it is possible, I would like to furnish my whole living hall with wooden chairs, tables and cupboards and it would be possible if I log in to woodcraft supply.  Everything will look so neat and nice!  But as it is now, my living hall consists of different varieties, leather sofas, glass coffee tables and wooden cupboards.  They are so mixed up in a way!  LOL.... Well, but worry not, as the saying goes, we need to be contented with what we have, what we need is more important than what we want, right?

Where Do I Begin - Love Story

My blog is now "revamped"... from today onwards, this blog will be anew and renewed. I will blog about my life, my passion for music and how it flows in to each day's circumstances.  Music is the main theme here.  Without music, the world will stand still.  Music is not just about the instruments but voices that come out from our mouth.... 

And now... 

Where do I begin... to tell the story of how great a Love can be...
The sweet love story that is older than the sea...
That sings the truth about the love He brings to me...
Where do I start...

Well, let me start off with giving Thanks to my one and only Almighty God... For He has indeed a Blessing in my life.. without Him, I am a goner... gone case lady!  The story of my life with Him started in the year 1997, the same year my partner was allowed to be taken away... and since then... I am in "another world".. a very different world...

Everything I own, everything I have... they do not belong to me now...

C     G     Dm    F      G7 GLORY GLORY GLORY TO THE LAMB C     G     F     G      Csus C GLORY GLORY GLORY TO THE LAMB           F     G      Em           Am FOR HE IS GLORIOUS AND WORTHY TO BE PRAISED     Dm    G       C7 THE LAMB UPON THE THRONE     F    G      Em                Am              AND UNTO HIM WE LIFT OUR VOICE IN PRAISE     Dm    G       C THE LAMB UPON THE THRONE

Spring Cleaning

There are three stacks of DVDs still lying on on top of my TV cabinet.  If something is not done about them soon, they will be donated or given away, I told my kids.  Most of the DVDs belong to them and my son suggested some DVD cabinets, that will solve all the problem!  But the question is, will we still use them?  Do we still want to watch the movies over and over again?  I do not like to keep things which are not useable anymore.  I still have bags of clothes to be given away, all are lying in my store room.  One of these days, I need to spring clean my house again.  Wait till my heroes are back home, they are a great help! :)

A Gathering Of Love

The next MSF will be here again... each time I look forward to going to this fellowship and I must confess that it is also Food-old-Ship that keep me going.  Besides the fellowship with one another, it is wonderful to be in the presence of the Lord, to worship Him with all our hearts.  While at times our stomachs are sort of "rumbling".. nevertheless, getting together and praising Him in songs have a wonderful effect on us after that.  One can feel the love and the bonding with another... the joy and contentment is always written on the faces of many who come...

Scooter

The last time I rode on a scooter was in the 1980s.  Since then, I have never sat on a scooter before, times have changed now.  There are so many errant drivers on the roads nowadays, the traffic is so much different from before.  The drivers are not as cautious and civic minded as in the earlier years.  There are also road bullies on the prowl and riding a scooter needs much caution and expertise in my area.  It would be great if all motorcyclists have this type of broken ankle scooter instead of the usual bike, then accidents will not be so high a percentage in my area. 

Lighthouse Ministry

I was in the Lighthouse for the first time last couple of weeks. Lighthouse was founded by my church a couple of years ago and since then, it has become a success.. From the donations received, the Lighthouse is now giving out free meals to homeless people. It also serves as a house for them to have their showers, medical attention at times and to be served balanced meals....

We had a good time singing a few worship songs and it was truly a great experience... Praise The Lord for His continuous Love and Mercy upon our lives....

Musical Instruments

I really enjoyed the night of worshiping in the Concourse area during the MSF night.  Everything went on fine except for the sound system.  There was only one amplifier around and it would be great if there were more nicer speakers to accommodate the sound system.  I remember coming by to this website where they have a nice range of cool phantom power supply at musicians friend.  To know more about musical instruments and their products, I would strongly recommend this, I have thought of getting a whole set for my home use.  I do not not need to visit karaoke lounges anymore, a home-based one will be very much comfortable!

Words

It runs in the family... out of six siblings including me, five of us simply loves singing!  I wonder whether we got our genes from our mom or our pa...  well, whoever we got it from, it does not matter... music is definitely in our blood!  I remember my father loves to dance and my mom loves to sing, I guess both are in the music stream!  LOL...
Well, the best thing that happens to me is that I love to worship and sing my heart out to my Lord.. Words that touch my heart, words that speak on behalf of how I feel and wanting my Lord to know... that is the most important of it all...

Minor Renovation

My house has been undersgoing some minor renovation recently.  The contractor has stopped half-way citing that some certain stock was inadequate and he is waiting for the products to arrive.  This left me in the lurch, I would rather he finishes the renovation at "one go" so that I can tidy up the house once and for all.  My balcony is in a mess due to some "leftovers".. some metals stuff and they reminded me of the u-bolts in this website.  I hope the contractor will be able to finish before end of this month, I really don't like to see my house in a mess and it is very tedious to clean up again and again...

A Night Of Worship And Songs

It was a night of fun and joy worshiping and praising our Lord God... Finally I am enrolled into the Methodist Senior Fellowship because now I have reached my 50s "landmark."  :)

From now on, whenever there are any activities in MSF, I will get to join in the fun.  Every now and then, they go for day trips, organized by a few of the members.  I heard it is great fun, going as  a group.  I hope one day I will be able to join in the excursion... now that I am still working, I might not be able to join as often as I want to.... but when the day of retirement comes for me, there will not be a problem anymore...

Events And Gifts

My girl is now in her second year in college, she is considered a "senior" now in a way.  New students are coming in every now and then.   It has been more than a year now since she left home and I remember I was so worried for her when she did.  She is the "baby" in the family and I couldn't imagine that she has to do everything by herself now.  Well, whatever it is, I wish her well and she is now very independent now.  Lately she told me that there are a lot of events going on in her college, she is a committee member and need to be in charge of some sponsorship thingy.  One of them is to get some unique gifts for some outstanding students and I would like to suggest these  class rings high school to her.  She might find some suitable gifts here in this website and might give her some ideas in one way or another.

Two Practices In One Day

Worship practice started at 4pm and it went all the way to nearly 6pm... voices almost gone by then ... .LOL.. but I enjoyed the practice tremendously!  There are two different events actually, the earlier practice was for the Lighthouse ministry and they will be celebrating their annual anniversary on the 25th July 2013.  All are invited to join in the celebration and the group of us are going to render five songs during the occasion.  I am looking forward to the day and I hope I will be able to reach there in time.  It is still a working day for me and the event will start around 5pm... I have to rush from the office to the Lighthouse ministry which is ten minutes from my office if there is no traffic jam!

Another practice was at 5pm today and it was for the Sunday sermon tomorrow.... well, another three songs and two hymns will be rendered... the prayer by Joel this evening was short and meaningful... he prayed that we will focus on God when we sing and not for ourselves...that is what worship means!  I Amen to that... anytime!

Worship Practice

The third worship training will be on the 29th June...i am looking forward to the training session with Juwita who comes all the way from KL. she and her few musicians will be coming to Ipoh to "train" us for the worship services held every Saturday and Sunday.  They are really great, we can learn a few tips here and there to improve our vocals and not only that, the guitarists, organists and drummers also have their talents improved to a higher level.  I wanted to take up guitar lessons again and will get a fulltone ocd before I sign up for the lessons.  Well, music is indeed in my blood and I hope that I will be able to catch up the musical instruments within a few months.  I am looking forward to taking up guitar lessons and piano and of course vocal lessons as well.

An Annual Affair

My kids and I attended a church function in Johor a couple of years ago. It was a grand affair, the whole hall was packed and abundant food were served.  The invitation was extended by the Church Of Praise and my BIL booked the whole table for us...

Church of Praise... Love, Grow, Serve, Share...

Adding glamour to the dinner function, a well known singer Juwita Suwito entertained the thousand of people with songs of praise that includes Christmas songs as well.  Everyone had a good time being entertained... her voice was really great!  This is one function I will not forget and hope that we will be able to attend this year end.

Luxury Paris

My next dream trip will be in Europe and I hope that I can visit Paris, the romantic city... I would love to go for a free and easy trip with my family.  No rushing here and there, no early wake up calls and feeling exhausted during the night, we rather have our own itinerary than to follow a guided tour.  In order to plan our own tour, we must really surf for the right website and information and the most important thing to do is the lodging and accommodation.  Once this is settled, we can set forth to planning the daily tours.  There is a website whereby we can check out for luxury Paris rentals, I am sure they will be able to cater our family of four.  We need to do a lot of homework, comparing the rates and locality and I hope we can be able to find one that will accommodate our budget.  :)

My prayer

I learn a lesson.... Never promise anyone anything if you cannot promise yourself.  Do I make sense here?  I made a promise and I had broken it ... Tis had led to restlessness and some discomfort... Anywy, i have asked for orgiveness and i really feel sorry for what I have done.

"Please forgive me...Continue to nurture and discipline me... I surrender myself unto you and whatever I do, lead me on...."

This is my prayer...and I hope that in days to come, the sence of peacefulness will be present in my heart and mine...till then, only I will know that I am forgiven...

Thank you... And all praise unto You....Amen..

Employee Background Checkers

Economy is not too good nowadays, we need to be careful in our spending and budget ourselves until the next paycheck comes.  For those of us who have a steady income and job, we should be thankful because there are a lot of jobless people now and in order to survive, some have no choice but to turn to "easy money" out by committing crimes.  One of the ways to eradicate crime rate is to introduce more jobs and opportunities especially in the rural areas so that their means of living would be met.  On the other hand, the employers will usually have a hard time taking in good workers an this is where the link check background checks now come in. Read this website through and the employers will have a piece of mind on the workers who have been screened over by these professional people.

Body Check Up

Now as I reach the 50s, it is advisable to do annual body check-up. The body system is like car engine. The older we grow, the cells are slowing down. Thus it is encouraged to have a blood test annually so as to prevent and to treat any sickness before it is beyond control.

I have been doing a body check up regularly and during these last two years, I notice that my cholesterol reading is not that good anymore.  I need to take some precautions and one of them is the food intake.  And of course, the second one is exercising regularly.....

I was all ready for the body check up when this Malaysian Cohort came to our office... almost everyone had their blood check and we were being advised on what to eat and what's not... I hope I can be able to follow the do's and the don'ts... 

Free Gifts

I read in the papers recently that the tax is going to increase on the cigarettes and cigars again.  I am sure many smokers will not be prepared to welcome this but on the other hand, the majority will thank the government for increasing the tax so as to discourage the people from smoking.  While I was in US, I came across a shop handing out cigar samplers and of course, I could only look at them giving out the free gifts.  But I get my round of free gifts when I was in the commissary... a sales lady was giving out free samples of perfume and I quickly lined up for that. :)