Halfway through the year

Half the year has just gone by!!
What a year it has been for myself.

The highlight of the year would have been late March, when Pastors, Jon, Dom and Rinnah visited me (:.
Apart from that, I am extremely happy that I have met a couple, actually more than just a couple of good friends here.

God has been a gracious God!
Ha ha. Church was good.
The Novembers and the Decembers are really good.
If one is not on-fire at that period of time, then you must have connected to the wrong wire.
However, there's also the May, June and July. Months where there's not much hype in themselves!
This is when our faith is tested.
Do you give yourself an excuse to miss a couple of service or two just because the hype isn't really there.
However, there isn't an ordinary weekend in HoGC.
That's why our attendance isn't ordianry.
Extraordinary Weekends are the "ordinary" in our church.

Ha ha. Yeah... Kicking into ma work...
My Game Theory Lecturer and Tutor (Also my first year Principles' Tutor) is a great person.
Mind you, he hailed from the amazingly small Island called Mauritius. Came to Singapore as a scholar and scored every As he could in the A'level System (Including GP which he got an A1 - He adds that GP was the hardest amongst all). He is now a Doctor at the age of 28. He actually had that title a couple of years ago. Hanging around big people makes you feel that being ordinary is unacceptable. Anything less than Extraordinary effort is mediocrity.

I know at the end of the day it's not about how much we earn, nor how many titles we have in our resume portfolio. However, since we're at it, why not get the best out of what we have rather than aiming for a "pass" in whatever we do.

Week 3 is coming up!!!
Gonna own this week (:
Like Never before.
Ha ha!

Bryan Yee....XX

Consistency...

People live according to hype.... Naturally.
When everyone is doing a certain thing, people will naturally gravitate towards that.
When this certain thing (May it be anything) dies down, people generally die down with that trend.
Life isn't about hype. It's about being consistent.

It's an easy word with just 3 syllabus.
But people take a lifetime to achieve that.
Being consistent in whatever we do.... Even when we don't feel like it.
Just like this semester, I've paved the way for the semester by doing ALL my readings.
And I intend to do it for the next 12 weeks.
Intention is not good enough.
Real actions have to follow through.
I have to remind myself constantly of the highest goal.
Why do I do what I do? Many Qns.
When we do our readings (Uni levels), we find that we can participate more freely in class.
It makes us much more confident to voice our opinion (Even though it might not totally mattered). But at least we gave our best.

Ha ha. Living is the key to an excellent life.
But living our lives just based on our own strengths can lead us to our own demise.
We have to constantly procure the presence of God..
Deep into His amazing presence.
Strong prayers for things we want to see change.
There are many times (Even 5 minutes ago myself) that we can't foresee something happening.
But we pray with foresight, knowing that whatever we pray for will come to pass.

Amazing Thursday.
One more lesson tomorrow.
End of Week 2 after tomorrow.
Love life!

Bryan

Sunday before Week 2

Ha ha. It's 1.24a.m. in the morning.

I have opened my book in front of me.
But I have not read a single thing.
Week 1 Final Semester is a forgettable week!
LOL. Night life everyday.
2 weeks of night lives have changed my sleeping habit considerably.
I don't mind sleeping at 2a.m. everyday...
That would help me to catch my Singapore mates easier.
However....... This would mean that I would wake up later. Which I don't really mind.
10a.m.-12p.m. and the 5-8p.m. class.
5 hours of hiatus.
LOL.
What a day I am going to have!

Pastor Don preached a message on discipleship today!
It was lovely to see all the tweets and FB messages about Red Rain!
I myself was saved in Red Rain 7 years ago.
I've spent 1/3 of my life in Heart of God Church as of 2009.
I have about 1/2 if you considered other churches as well.
But I wouldn't say I know a lot about the One who builds it.
What is 1% of God?
Maybe a room full of books can't even contain that.
He measures the Earth with the span of his hand. That's His majesty.

Ok. 13 more weeks to GO! - Wanting it to be longer actually.... Deep down. haha.
Love Life people!

Bryan

Final Semester Week 1

It's those same old titles I have once again!

Well, it's already my final semester.
I can't believe it.
Yes! I am nearing. Nearing my end.
What's in stored after?! - I will leave that to God.

It was raining Crazily yesterday.
When I mean crazy, I really mean it.
I woke up yesterday and the clock read 3.15p.m.
It was such a nice sleep.
Unbelievable.
LOL

Last day of Holiday

Today (Sunday) is my last day of holiday before Uni Commences on Monday!

Man. 3 Weeks have passed by in a blink of an eye.
It certainly has.
I'm well rested.
Well, I have 14 more weeks to run.
I'm telling myself to get pumped!

Spent my 3 weeks researching books and stuff.
Sometimes, it's not about how fast we read books...
Revelations and insights come from reading books for myself, including secular books.

My friends are slowly flying back to the place where they belong.
Felix going to study one more semester with us!
Yeah!
Ha ha
Ok .... Nothing more.
I await an amazing time with God tomorrow morning.

Byron Bay

The Most Easterly Point of Australia - Byron Bay....
Ha ha. Although I'm not a big fan of beaches in a hot day, Byron was alright.

I went Byron with two of my Bond Uni Mates, Danielle and Erica. It was certainly a warm day even though we are pretty close to winter. (Winter starts in June).
I thought it was going to be cold - Hence I wore long black pants. Ha ha. I sweat like I've never done before in Australia afterwards.

Alright let my pictures do the talking now (:
I think this should be my last long trip anywhere before Uni starts next week.
I just went on ilearn to look at my courses for next semester, only the course - Game Theory is up. I guess I would like that subject as it deals with logic and reasoning.
Steve Jobs didn't like his subjects University until he had one of his electives that dealt with fonts that really interest him. That was how Apple was developed, and the rest they say, is history. I hope Game Theory would do that same magic too, as it is one of my electives.


View of the Pacific Ocean! Ha ha. What a nice horizon!


While passing my camera, someone dropped it. I told him it's alright. A camera is just a thing. Nothing to get upset about (:.



What Byron Bay is famous for - The lighthouse!


On the steps.


The most easterly point of Australia Mainland.


A nice view... I'll get to the bottom later.


A weirdly grown tree for Erica and myself to sit on.


Nice grassland.


Some jumping shots. What a short body I have. LOL.
Danielle jumped too and she accidently tore a small part of her pants.
Not too much and she got to change later on.


On our walk back. I was first and I took the time to snap a picture before we left.


Danielle and Erica prepared our lunches while all of us ate.
I was in charge of photography. Lol. Put on Self-timer.


Streets of Byron Bay - Pretty Cool huh!


Byron Bay Beach - With Erica. Noticed that I changed my pants? Lol. It was such a hot day!


On the car on the way back home.
I slept after this picture.
The girls took some of my "sleeping" pictures.

Yeah. I'm probably doing my last Robina Town Centre (RTC) trip this Friday before my new semester commences on Monday! I'm glad that I went to Byron Bay! Lol. It was one of the things I want to do while I'm here! And YES! I finally went! Not many places I would want to go now. Just want to finish my degree for now (:.

Bryan Yee

Let's not pledge first class allegiance to second class causes.

Lester Sumrall

There has never been a book that made me felt like I'm going to change my world apart from this book till date - The Militant Church by Lester Sumrall.

I found this book in the cupboard of the kids' Church. There's this cupboard with a lot of old Christian books dated way back to the 80s. I decided to take a peek at this book which caught my eyes 2 weeks ago. It was so interesting that I immediately read 30+ pages in a short time. But it's not about how fast I read. Such a book can't be read like any other novel. You have to stop and pause while reading it. As for me, I shouted, prayed and just praised the Lord while reading this book. It injected more than just faith and hope into me. It certainly changed the way I pray.

We only have one life.
Let's really make use of this life to not just try out things...
Let's make this life count.
(:. I'm really pumped now.
Well, if you don't know why yet, read the book.
Ha ha. You will feel more than a giant.
You will shout things like "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE", "I'm gonna take this MOUNTAIN"
Nike and Adidas are two great labels with great slogans
Just Do It & Impossible is Nothing.

They might not have the best apparels nor footwear (Someone in that line told me that), but their slogans are very faith-filled and certainly very Christian.

Faith does leak, and I'm not naive to discount this fact. However, just like a leaked water tap, we can get a plumber to solve the problem. Similarly for the supernatural, we can immerse ourselves in faith by reading the Word, prayer... Anything that works. Pipsqueak prayers are not for us. We are to stand up and fight with belligerence, instead of retreating to our minuscule and egotistical world.

Speak to the mountains!

Sunday

What can you say about a Sunday when I'm on for Kids' Church - Simply amazing....
Love being with the kids, assuring them, bringing them one step closer to Jesus.

Since I've been in kids' church, we've been preaching 8-10mins about Jesus to the kids.
Well, I thought we might do something different.
We got to tell a story today!
I told the story of Mary and Elizabeth.
I myself wasn't 100% sure of the story before I prepared this amazing story.

I got all the kids to engage with me.
It worked really well and the kids like this "story telling" thing much more than what we used to do. After this, the kids really got something out of the bible.
They at least get to know Joseph is Mary's husband. Elizabeth was Zechariah's wife.
Yeah. Really cool eh!

Breaking out of the box is certainly vital to capturing the attention of kids today!
Have a lovely Mother's day folks.

Bryan

The previous posts have been pretty intense.
Pictures. Lotsa things happening.

Went to look for Felix and Darnley yesterday and let them talk about their trip while I talk about my little trip to the Zoo and Brisbane.

They seem to have heaps of fun at Sydney and Auckland eh!
Lol. They spent heaps there - for an experience.
While for me, I spent on the tangibles.
And certainly not as much.

This morning, I got to catch up with Ben Pohlmann.
It has been ages since I caught up with him over a meal.
7-8 months probably?
After breakfast, I went to Church with him to set up the stage.
Yeah. It was good.
Lol.
I finally knew each parts of the drums.
Snare, Tom, Floor Tomb, Hi-Hats, Kick Drum and the cymbals.
I know. I thought I was at least an OK musician. LOL. But I knew nuts about the drums.
It's time to learn to play something.

Came back, watched the Second Half of Lakers vs Rockets.
And Yes! Lakers won away from home, by a fair bit.
I foresee that the Lakers is going to win this series!
Yep. That's the only thing I foresee coming.

Kobe is just unbelievable.
He hit a buzzer beater way beyond the 3 point line in the Second Quarter to take a 12 point lead in the 3rd quarter.
That really deflated the confidence of the Rockets and of course when the Lakers are leading by a dozen at third, they don't lose much (no matter where they are).

Zoo and returning friends!

The trip to Australia Zoo yesterday was simply incredible.
I've experience things I've never experienced before.
Feeding the Elephants and Kangeroos.
Get up close and personal with Koalas!

I went to the Australia Zoo with my Bond Uni and travelling buddies Christy and Danielle.
Oh if we put our names together, it flows ehhh - BCD. Super funny
The Zoo is located an hour North of Brisbane. Gold Coast is about an hour South of Brisbane.
You do not have to be a rocket scientist to know that I take more than 2 hours (Traffic Jams!!) to arrive at the zoo.

We watched a documentary about Steve Irwin before we reached the Zoo.
He started this Zoo together with his dad!
Passion + Action -> Amazing things.
Many people would enjoy this Zoo! I'm very sure.
But how many people actually think beyond that?
This Zoo is built because of Steve's passion for wildlife.
Many of the Zoo Keepers we met have worked with Steve and they only have positive words to say about him.
A lot of the Zoo's programmes were as a result of his and his dad's passion for wildlife.
He's just an ordinary man with an extraordinary passion for what he loves.
Man. What a role model to have!

I'm not going to talk about "my day" at the Zoo and write a 3000 word story on it.
I've taken some pictures and since pictures tell more than what I say, I'll let you imagination run wild with those pictures. Most of them are on FB.. But I'll put some here for you guys to enjoy!

Sidetrack, Darn and Felix came back from their trip from Auckland.
Felix said he spent about AUD$2k. lol.
Ha ha. I told him that I can never do that, even when I'm on a "shopping" spree.



Tempting the Crocs


Snakeeee.


With Christy & Koala


The majestic Sumatra Tiger. So cool! Stop using Tiger balms! Only 400 of these left. We Chinese kill tiger more than anyone else!


Statue of Steve & his family.


A crocodile can grow up to 23-24ft! The largest known crocodile today lives in India @ 18-19ft.


On the tram back home.


OZ Zoo!


You can be tagged on FB! This is adorable little Koala - Looks like one of our keychains. Take a closer look - This is real!


Autumn is nice here. About 20 Degrees. Loving it!


I'm touching its horns!


Steve! Ha ha. Not that Real Steve Irwin


The black shadow behind me is 6ft (183cm).
I'm a legit 6 footer! I look slightly taller due to shoes.

(:

Updated pictures

Clean up all the mess in my room today!
Preparing for a brand new semester!

So looking forward to my final semester all of a sudden.
I've been just looking at course outlines of all my subjects.
And they are all awesome.

This is a picture of a card sent to me during valentines.
Lol. It's not from some lover.
But loverssss - from Heart of God Church.
The one thing that I believe everyone living overseas loves to receive is to open up the mail box and get a mail that is mailed to us.
It can be a hand written card to any thing...
Although it was sent in February 14th or 15th, I didn't have time to upload the pictures until today.




Went to the gym alone today.
It was a stretch of faith because flesh is always saying no when the spirit says or rather SHOUTs YES. I put on my shoes, open the gate and went out nonetheless.
My first workout alone for ages.
It was good.
Ha ha. Felt so much better after that!
ZOO tomorrow.
I'm going to the zoo.
lol. Yeah. Tell you more after tomorrow.
Got to wake up at 5.45a.m. to catch the bus!

Thank God for good friends!
See ya!

Bryan

Month of May

Entering into May....
Wow, hasn't time blew us by?

It certainly has.
I'm reaching my "maturity" age in about 7months' time.
Many of you are already there, I know, I still have to get there though.

Many things have been happening.
Some are not to be told, most can be told.
Pst Lucas from Hobart just came up to give a business seminar on Saturday.
It was great. Pastor Don was just like me, a participant in this seminar.
It was weird having Pst Don beside me attending a similar seminar though.

It was a really good seminar.
I wrote about 10 pages of information down.
Haven't really looked at it yet, but I will do it real soon.

Pst Lucas had 3 amazing services with the church yesterday and I went for all 3 of them.
I guess this should be my 2 or 3rd time attending all services apart from when Pst How and Lia were here.
It was certainly good. Pst Lucas blew our mind in the service by moving really strongly in the Holy Spirit. There wasn't much teachings, but a lot of spiritual work is going through.
People were saved... It was a great scene to see more than one person being saved each service.

Today - 4th May - is labour day in Australia.
I'm heading over to Josh and Kate's tonight and they're going to cook me dinner.
Woohoo. Ha ha.
Excited about that.
Till then, see ya!

Bryan