This Sat we will be performing at Church of the Good Shepherd. Really looking forward to being ‘in action’ again! Here’s the very cool publicity poster done by them!
We hope you will stay awake and enjoy every moment of it! 
Jul
09
Check out Noel doing a cool job with the shaker, and our new member melvin on A-guit! 
Really nice song, called Choose to Believe by Julianne Terrajo
I’ve been in and out of the light
Struggling from the fight
Vaguely tracing your footsteps
On the sand
Blinded by the things
I thought that life could bring
Lost in expectations
Unfulfilled
I know that life is a choice we make
Right or wrong
Give or take
Its only either way
But to choose the Lord is all that
Matters to me
And oh, He promises serenity
For those who
Choose to love
Choose to live
Choose to forgive
Wipe away my eyes
So I can see the way
You paved for me
Breathe choose to sing
And all of the beauty that You bring
But most of all
I choose to believe
I’ve been searching in
All the wrong places
When all of the answers
Were right in front of me
I needed my tears to see You clearly
I needed my pain to feel You near me
Rescue me
I know You can and you will
I know that life is a choice we make
Right or wrong
Give or take
Its only either way
But to choose the Lord is all that
Matters to me
And oh, He promises serenity
For those who
Choose to love
Choose to live
Choose to forgive
Wipe away my eyes
So I can see the way
You paved for me
Breathe choose to sing
And all of the beauty that You bring
But most of all
I choose to believe
Jun
09
God i give thanks for
1. Allowing my leave to be approve, and i am able to head for TS camp
2. The TS camp. Realli bless and amazed by all tt had happen
3. The people that i met during the camp. Realli cool! contiune to shine for God k!
Indeed it had been realli fruitful. Was all excited when i heard that snooze is invited to play for a camp in JB. Wohooo… All praise to dotz and econ for rushing thru the songs, the practice time, date etc.. honestly i felt alittle restricted when i heard cannot have this , cannot have tt.. etc etc.. haha.. diff from my normal kinda of worship…when i rch the place.. i realize that i have to use hot rods due to the room being small… Realize that the drums was like super out of tune.. eekz.. i can’t play wif a untune drums… did some rough tuning due to time constrain.. cant say tt it is fully tune thou.. but had to bear with it while playing… did felt alittle sian la… but God is good !! the svc was a blast….. the youth was crazy.. passionate.. in the end i use normal stick.. didnt care liaoz!! lolx!!!…. Sermon was great… programwas awesome… youth was responsive… WOW WOW WOW…
Zelig
Jun
04
TeenStreet was an AWESOME experience!! Thanks to Manson and Shernise who joined our team, we were able to lead worship for the 3 day camp. Kudos to them for their amazing musicality, and to the whole band too for flexing with all the changes and totally enjoying the times of worship!
Meeting the youths was more than great… indescribable really. I have so many memories to treasure. For me, what was most special was seeing so many young women who are passionate for God. I really believe that the teenage years are so so precious… and I’m excited to see where God will lead them in the future!
Check out these pics (just a few)
Hmmm… I’m wondering if we should set up a Flicker account to show all our pics?
Dotz
May
21
Wah… it’s AGES since anyone blogged =b So I shall break the silence. Heh.
It’s been really busy, we’re revving up to go to JB for a teens conference next week! Lots of last-minutes plans and changes to make, so it’s all quite overwhelming for all involved… but I know that it’ll be worth if because it’s 4 Him.
Anyhow, it’s kinda strange because we’ve been quite out of touch since April, cos the hardworking students in the band have been burning midnight oil and then enjoying the post-exam freedom!! But I’m glad we’re getting back on the road soon, and esp looking forward to our lil party on 28 June! There’s going to be *ahem* crab… (?!??!)… pizza… japanese curry… it’ll really be a feast!
Have been looking back on the past year and feeling really thankful for all the friendships that have grown, all the struggles and obstacles we overcame, and all the people we’ve met in the course of ministry. Wow… has it really been a whole year already?!
dotz
Apr
07
Cast: Evon, Dan, Yvonne, Sha
See their picture perfect lives unravel when they are trapped in mid-air! Live, tomorrow.
Apr
07
British band Oasis performed in Singapore on 6th April Sunday evening.
I was there. With 2 long-time friends. It was a blast of a time as this amazing band performed their best ever in Singapore. In the midst of singing in unison with the crowd and raising my fists euphorically in sync with the song beats, I reconnected with an old part of me, that prompted a deeper reflection.
Oasis is probably my most significant childhood/teenage influence. Definitely exceeds my parents’ upbringing work in my life (sad to say though). I worshiped Oasis passionately, and they were a major part of almost all aspects of my life then.
I first got to know them when I was about 12, upon hearing the radio play one of their early singles. I fell in love, with their raw biting sound of their music, their intensely arrogant and defiant lyrics of their songs, and of course, their well-publicized anti-establishment and devil-may-care attitude.
In no time, I knew every single bit of detail about their lives. I could recite line by line with deadly accuracy of every Oasis song however obscure it may be (I can probably still do it now). I owned every single CD that were released, whether official or bootlegged albums and singles. I supported the football club that they loved (Manchester City, in Div 2 then). I purchased merchandises like mugs, lanyards, posters, shirts, and even Manchester City jerseys (a rarity then). I custom-made my own shirts and bookmarks and school files that featured the Oasis logo and pictures. I named my 1st email address in honor of them. I attempted to adopt the arrogant British swagger in my walking. I used the rude “V” finger sign as well as British expletives regularly in my socialization. I defied all kinds of authorities and establishments. My school assignments and even exam scripts were usually scribbled at random places lyrics of their songs as well as “inspiring” quotes by them recorded in interviews. Their lyrics and quotes became lenses through which I view life. In times of uncertainty I find solace and encouragement in them (e.g. “I’ll have my way, in my own time, I’ll have my say, my star will shine”, Gallagher, 1997).
At the peak of my worship of them, I named myself after their main songwriter and guitarist, Noel Gallagher (yes, I gave myself that name Noel, nothing to do with my parents). I finally picked up an abandoned guitar at the ripe old age of 18 after years of hoping to learn to play music to be like them. It was sheer passion for them that gave me the determination to self-teach myself with zero guidance to play the guitar and to sing and to write songs like them. I began playing and singing their songs with a band (all hopeless amateurs) at various school events, bold and unembarrassed, reveling in the delight that I was getting closer to be like Oasis.
It was only at the age of 20, when God introduced to me the One truly worthy of my worship – Jesus Christ – that shook my whole life upside down.
“Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them (idols)” Psalm 135:18. How true it is, that we are who we worship. Looking at my life now, I must confess that many of those traits from my early days still tend to persist.
How I long to regain the same intensity of passion in worshiping, this time, my Lord Jesus Christ, that I become like Him, effects of which that last for a whole lifetime.
Noel
Apr
02
today we did a set on love and respect at Meridian Junior College. honestly, a ton of stuff went wrong – more than with any other gig we’ve had so far!
first the power source for the sound board didn’t work, and the school technician very kindly helped us to get an extension from the school’s store.
then the sound REFUSED to come out from one of the house speakers!! at first we thought it was just a cable issue, but no, that wasn’t it. finally we gave up trying to make the left side have sound, and daisy-chained them.
third, the clavi decided to (finally) give her last breath =b she’s been a faithful old soul for the past i suppose almost 10 years? anyway i do have special memories of her, because that’s the instrument i first touched some 5 years ago in the then-band room. heh. and she’s gone on quite a few overseas trips with various bands too! sob sob… but it’s time to get a newer, lighter keyboard too. still, it’s sad to say goodbye. and it was definitely stressful because we had some quite key piano parts in our songs! thanks crys for stepping up to the plate (on the other keyboard) at such short notice! and thanks xinyi for being so flexible to switch over to violin!! *clap clap clap*
last but not least, the students took really long to file into the hall (but that’s typical of most schools lah) so we had to cut short our program, in particular a very important interview btwn Jie and our guest Yvonne!! =( that was kind of disappointing…
but… and it’s a BIG BUT
i am totally satisfied, totally happy. because for once in my life, i knew everything was still going perfectly. yes, i got stressed about us being behind time… yes i was freaked out when the power was pronounced dead… yes the clavi dying couldn’t have been a worse last straw… but throughout all that… i felt peace. on the outside i was a bundle of reactive nerves as per typical dotz, but on the inside… i was ok. i knew HE was in control, and everything went just as it should be, just as He wanted it to. =)
so it’s with a ton of joy and thankfulness that i look back on today. i am physically exhausted, but spiritually refreshed =)
just a thought… maybe we could video yvonne and jie doing an interview and put them up on our site? huh huh huh??? =D
dotz
Mar
25
Just sharing wat i taught my children to do during the 1 week school holiday.. im sort of perm in charge of art dept since i join 1yr 3/4 mths ago.. haha.. running out of ideas soons… im glad the child had a fun time… basically its a book mark…. these are sample tt i did to show the child… they work well using visual… yeap..
