Emerge Sessions 1-2

I'm back from Emerge people!
If you're asking me what's Emerge, hohoho you've been missing the BIGGEST YOUTH CONFERENCE ever.
Ok maybe i've placed a slight exaggeration.
From more info, please procede to Emerge Main Site for more details.

For the past four days, its been not only a mind-blowing experience, but also a period where i see my spiritual self grow in ways i never knew i could.

The Lord has been good always and all the time the Lord is good.

An example would be my ministry, for those that know my ministry and for those that don't, i'm in the usher ministry and its been heavily taxing on my physical body to come back day after day, waking up so early and going to bed so late.
Haha let's just i'll be dead beat after each session.
In the past, when i first joined the ministry, at times i felt that it was a chore.
Then on sat's service, our IC Pei Fun(i think) said that, "It is actually a priveliege to serve God because God does not really need our help in the first place..."
Well so i guess that must have been something that God has been trying to tell me about ministry, and yesterday, which was the last day of Emerge 2007, i really felt i missed serving haha.
Especially when Samuel, Jia Kiat and me were waiting for seats to be laid, i missed that feeling of being able to serve others then.
Even though it was only for a day.

Also on sat's service, I felt I kind of stepped up a new level, at first i was doing zone attendance.
Then Cyndy asked me to be her runner, and i had to report the number of empty seats after collecting the results from the other zone ushers.
I hope i didn't too sound over-assertive when i asked for the number of empty seats from each zone area usher haha cos i thought i did.
CT06 was having some probelms as there was only 1 usher taking the whole area, but the other ushers that finished filling their areas' seats helped to fished for him.
All in all we managed to fill the entire Charlie Terrace close to the end of the first worship song.
Yay!

Later found out there was one seat not filled(loophole) and had to fill it in CT03 as one of the taiwan delegates weren't there.
Lol.
But still i think we did a good job :D

Ok a breakdown on each Emerge session.

Session 1: 31/5/07 10am-1pm

Opening Session of Emerge!
Didn't make it to queue, but managed to get in.
Heart of God was in the house too. Met Yi Bin as well as some of his friends.
Talentime singer finalist, good singer, must say hairstyle and dressing reminds me of Paul Twohill, the female version haha.
Did a rather loud but powerful rendition of Kelly Clarkson's "Walk Away".
But i think she has a short tongue, Caleb said it was her braces.
Brainest Youth had some technical probs so the questions part was quite messed up in a way.
Message was good.

Went for candlelight lunch with Caleb, Rolland had POS.
Came back and lingered around hall 7, looking at basketball finals. The basketball players really good but i don't know if those playing there were the Tetiary or Secondary catergory.
If it was the later, man its really scary cos their centers all seem to be able to dunk.
Waited for Darryn , Timo and Samuel to reach then pangseh'ed Sam from the queue as i had usher =X
Did external traffic for:

Emerge Session 2: 31/5/07 6pm-11pm++

Traffic flow was ok, no huge overflows.
Made a new friend, fellow usher (:
Later went inside for service, man it was gooooood.
Tank came and sang jie tou ba wang i think.
Faye from F.I.R. came too. But she didn't sing haha.
Good, 'cos i wasn't there to watch Tank sing and i didn't want to miss F.I.R.s' performance either.
Not so good for Cyndy, she was a Tank fan haha.

We couldn't see them then, cos we had to do the signboards for bussing.
There were chatered buses for everyone that would bring them to the various mrt stations. Of course there were a limited number of buses.
So Alwin and me were doing the signboard. We re-did one 3 times and finally got it right on the third time lol.
Who would have thought pasting a few pieces of paper with tape onto a plastic signboard with a long wooden handle would take so long.
We decided to pangseh the job halfway to watch POS lol.
In fact i think almost everyone did haha.

POS was super cool. With all the flies and cheerleading.
Really brings out the unity in the individual clusters.

Message really good.

Bussing was really mad later, my team of 3 were doing the 'West' buses.
Less than half an' hour, all the buses were gone.
Kind of crazy but expected 'cos those buses were going the Jurong areas.
No wonder so hot.
Then went on to help with the 'Central' buses section.
Later, moved some barricades back to logis area before zhao'ing to Foyer 3 to meet Darryn, Shi Lin, Hui Hui and *Surprised look* Shawn.
Ok i didn't know he was coming.
Took a bus ride home where i forgot to tell Shawn to alight for the MRT TWICE. Haha.
Walked Shi Lin home together with Shawn.
While walking past this concrete bridge near bishan park, Shi Lin thought a hand could come out from drain cover, and i thought crocodiles were already a crazy notion.
Later Shawn wanted to cab home so i got a lift home *Twists Fingers with 'yeah' face*

Continue later today 'cos i need my beauty sleep.
Man this is just day 1!