16th of April,2009

Well, SYF is really close now, just a few more weeks and like less than ten practices. Wow, that's really fast. Since there are only less than ten practices left, we are rather pressed for time.

Seriously, I hope that we would be able to do well in this year's SYF, like get maybe a gold or something. I do not wish for the past to repeat itself, like the VCH performance last year, where everyone was nervous, unprepared and stuff. It was really a failure.

Therefore I wish for the best in SYF. Although SYF is not the main aim of the AHS Choir, we still wish to be able to do well and show others what we can do.

Like Mr Toh said, competition standard is not enough; we have to be at performance standard. The reason is because for competition standard, a choir would just have to get the technical parts right and it would do well. However, in Performance standard, a choir has to be able to capture the hearts of the audience who are listening.It's just like telling a story or painting a picture.

What Would You Do?

My mother told me today that Christianity is like ice on the road. The more you go to church, the more your belief in Christ will grow, just as how ice thickens when you don't clear it up. And when all the ice thickens, it will be very hard to break it.

So I told her,’ What’s the point of clearing the ice when you know very well that it will settle on the road again?'

She only said' That's why you have to persevere.'

Persevere? Against what? A picture began to form in my mind after what she said.

In the picture, I visualized the ice forming on the road, and how a person struggled to stand on the ice. The ice thickened, growing taller and taller everyday. The man wanted to give up, but he decided to keep going. When he reached the top, God was there, smiling at him. He held his hand tightly and hugged him.

Imagine what would have happened if the person cleared off all the ice or if he decided to give up.

First time at Heart of God Church

Today I went to Heart of God Church in Paya Lebar with my brother. For a very long time, he has been telling me about how great the church was, and I could only imagine how good it was in my head. Only today, after really going there myself, did I realise how great it really is.It was really a rock concert, nothing like All Saint's Church in Anglican High School.

Today I learnt some things:

1. Proverbs 27:7

• When you are full, you will refuse honey, but when you are hungry, even bitter food tastes sweet.
• This shows that one will be happy as long as they are satisfied

2. Christianity is NOT Communism

• Christianity: many rich, no poor
• Communism: no rich no poor

3.Poverty is a mentality. People can be rich but still live in poverty

4.James 2:15-16

• Suppose there are brothers or sisters who need clothes and don't have enough to eat. What good is there in your saying to them, "God bless you! Keep warm and eat well!"-If you don't give them the necessities of life?

To end off, if anyoneone wants to come to Heart of God Church, just tell me and I'll try to bring you there.