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July 12, 2009

Singapore Night Festival at National Museum of Singapore

Filed under: Christianity, Singapore — hendrikch @ 12:13 am

After missing last year’s Singapore Night Festival, I made it a point to drop by National Museum of Singapore last night to see what the night festival is all about.

The main event started at 10.30pm, but there are fringe shows nearby which started at 7.30pm. After I had my dinner in Asian Kitchen, City Link (which has better noodle than Din Tai Fung), I went straight to the park nearby the museum with Evie and Rafi. The other folks later joined us there. One thing you know when you go there is you gotta bring your camera, and so I went with full gear, Canon EOS 450D with 17-55mm IS f/2.8 lens borrowed from Jowena.

The fringe shows started at 7.30pm, and these are the performances which I bothered to take picture of.

They call themselves Deng

They call themselves "Deng"

Some dance

Some dance

At around 9pm, we started walking towards the museum so we could get a better spot to take picture from. Unsurprisingly, there are already LOTS of people setting up their tripod around the museum, so we tried to find the best available spot from whatever empty spaces available.

The wheel of fire

The Loop of Fortune

The show started with some lady walking around, dancing, but I couldn’t see much as she was too far away, then it was these two men who continued playing drums in rotations, upside down.

Men playing drums

Men playing drums

Then, the real loop of fortune show started in front of really cool backdrops of various decorations to the museum’s face.

Loop of Fortune in action

Loop of Fortune in action

Finally, it was fireworks galore. Not as great as those National Day fireworks, but these are stage fireworks, so it was so close to you, you can feel it.

Fireworks

Fireworks

They ended the fireworks show with this great fireworks coming down from the museum’s building, really good stuff.

I love these fireworks the most !!

I love these fireworks the most !!

The crowds who were there soon left after the whole show ended. We waited for a while to wait for the crowd to clear up a bit before we head our way back home.

The crowds

The crowds

On our way back to the MRT, I saw this poster.

The Cross of Christ

The Cross of Christ

In the midst of Great Singapore Sale, it reminded us one most precious thing, human salvation through Christ, though free, is not for sale coz it ain’t cheap.

January 14, 2009

Is Your Life Worth Living?

Filed under: Christianity, Movies — hendrikch @ 10:12 pm

Is Your Life Worth Living? from Rafael Hidajat on Vimeo.

A short movie created by Creative Team from MRII Melbourne in 2005.

January 5, 2009

Year 2009 Resolutions and Goals

Filed under: Christianity, GRIIS, Personal Ramblings — hendrikch @ 10:14 pm

The last time I did all these resolutions and goals was three years ago, in 2006, most of which I didn’t manage to complete. I didn’t do any for 2007 and 2008, and I think it’s a good time to start again what has been ignored for some time. Here they are:

1. More regular Quiet Time and Prayers. This one has always been a struggle over the years, but it is not something that one can give up trying. Target: 80%.

2. Finish reading FOUR books this year that are at least 100 pages-thick. Not comics, not Reader’s Digest, but proper books.

3. Keep serving in young adults fellowship and start serving in church’s adults service. I think can start from usher. Not sure if choir will accept this croaked voice of mine.

4. Learn evangelizing other non-believers. The Word I listened yesterday was: If I don’t spread the Gospel, I am more cruel than people in hell !! (Luke 16:19-31)

5. To attend a service in GRII main church, Katedral Mesias (Messiah Cathedral), in Kemayoran, Jakarta, every single Sunday I will be in Jakarta. Hope to get my whole family together as well when I go.

6. Double up my investment portfolios while keeping six-month expenses in cash. Depending on travel plans and gadgets expenses this year, this goal could be in jeopardy. So far, there has been potential trip to Europe, potential for a new LCD monitor and potential for a new digital camera.

7. Call back home at least twice a month.

What do you think of mine? Have you set what you would like to achieve this year?

December 14, 2008

Christmas Gospel Rally

Filed under: Christianity, GRIIS — hendrikch @ 1:53 pm

Guess what were we doing?

The answer? To make some sheep :-)

Finally, the D-day for Reformed Evangelical Church (Singapore) Gospel Rally. Church choir prayed for God’s grace for the day while singing some songs from Handel’s Messiah.

Sunday school choir.

For unto us a Child is born from Handel’s Messiah.

Everyone stood up for the final song, Hallelujah. A praise for the King of kings and Lord of lords.

And the climax, sermon from Rev. Dr. Stephen Tong.

I was so glad that my brother dropped by Singapore at the time of this Gospel Rally, so he could attend.

I was so glad, a lot of people responded to the call to believe in Jesus, and I knew God Himself will continue to support and build their faith in Christ :-) Soli deo Gloria.

December 12, 2008

Caroling in NUH

Filed under: Christianity — hendrikch @ 1:29 pm

Today, we went to NUH for a caroling, singing Christmas carols, and hopefully bringing some joy and hope for children who are laying in hospital and for their parents as well. All of the children here were suffering from cancer, most of them were bald because of chemotherapy they had to endure.

There were seven of us who went to NUH to sing and played violin.

The experience I had when I was there was not something I could get elsewhere. It was so sad seeing kids who can’t run around. Instead, they were connected to their devices while walking around. Some of them were there for days, but some were already there for months.

Despite being in extreme pain, it brought joy to ourselves to see those kids who were still very cheerful. We hoped those songs we sung brought joy and hope for the children and parents. We wished to be given more opportunities to share the joy of Christmas during many more Christmases to come :-)

PS. Due to sensitivity and privacy issues of the patients, we were not allowed to take any photos of or with the patients.

December 7, 2008

Christmas Gospel Rally 2008

Filed under: Christianity, GRIIS — hendrikch @ 2:25 pm

Christmas is just around the corner again, and as usual, Reformed Evangelical Church in Singapore (GRIIS) and STEMI doesn’t miss the opportunity to hold a Gospel Rally, to bring people to know the true meaning of CHRIST-mas. What else should a church do for Christmas, right?

Everyone are invited to the rally, do come, and bring your friends along, so they’ll find out the ONLY way to heaven is through Jesus Christ. The speaker will be Rev. Dr. Stephen Tong himself for both sessions.

There’ll be two sessions, first session details in Indonesian language as below, Tuhan yang masuk kedalam sejarah.

KKR Natal 2008 Indo

KKR Natal 2008 dalam bahasa Indonesia

The second one, titled “The Lord who entered history” will be in Mandarin, translated to English, details below.

Christmas Gospel Rally 2008 in Mandarin and English

Christmas Gospel Rally 2008 in Mandarin and English

Both will be held at Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre, just next to Dover MRT.

Dover MRT to Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre

Dover MRT to Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre

Do come, bring your friends along and don’t miss the opportunity to bring people to Christ. :D

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September 13, 2008

Stephen Tong Gospel Rally 2008

Filed under: Christianity, GRIIS — hendrikch @ 2:13 pm

After seven long years, Rev. Dr. Stephen Tong has once again held a Gospel rally in Singapore Indoor Stadium at Kallang. The event starts at 7.30pm everyday between 11-14 September 2008, with an additional Q&A session on 13th starts at 6.30pm.

I went to both sessions on Thursday and Friday as well as thousands of people who came to the stadium. Before the sermon started, we are presented with a wonderful song sang by 600-person choir. Every night, they’ll sing three different songs, so if you attend all four nights, you’ll have the opportunity to listen to 12 songs.

Rev. Dr. Stephen Tong will speak in Mandarin, and Elder Yong will help to translate to English for the benefit of those who don’t quite understand Mandarin (like me).

If you so happen to read my blog post before end of Sunday, 14th, do drag yourself to come to Indoor Stadium, and I promise a few hours you spent here will be very well spent.

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