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Name: Fabian Kwok
Age: 23
DOB: 07/08/1986
Location: Singapore
Position: Undergraduate
Age: 23
DOB: 07/08/1986
Location: Singapore
Position: Undergraduate
Adores
Chilli
My APX-7A
HK Dramas
Music
Nike
Starbucks
My APX-7A
HK Dramas
Music
Nike
Starbucks
WishList
Nissan 350z
Nike Jacket
Nike Sunglasses<
AX Sweater!!!
Dream Destination 2 - Australia (2009)
Dream Destination 3 - Manchester, UK (2012)
Dream Destination 1 (Revisit) - HK (2012)
To Retire on Victoria Peak, HK (2050)
Nike Jacket
Dream Destination 3 - Manchester, UK (2012)
Dream Destination 1 (Revisit) - HK (2012)
To Retire on Victoria Peak, HK (2050)
It's been a really busy week since I came back so this is kinda a little late... It was really fun going to Sydney and the conference was wonderful... I guess this conference really answered a lot of questions for me in terms of the church media... It was kinda like going to school in the electives.. Really gained a lot of knowledge on stuff... The worship and sessions were really good too... Really encouraged by Louie Giglio's last session's message to go for next year's mission trip! And of course Chris Tomlin leading worship was awesome! Amazing Grace LIVE! Melting man... Haha...
Outside of the conference, we toured Sydney Harbour and went to the Blue Mountains... Even though both were quite expensive ($40 and $150 respectively), but both were really worth it... See the photos and you'll know.. I'll post a few here but I've uploaded the rest to facebook... Awesome sights.. And the best thing was we had tea and lunch in a cave! Haha... That was really nice...
Fell sick after the Blue Mountain trip but doesn't really matter lah.. The most important stuff (Conference and Blue Mountains) were already achieved by then... Just didn't manage to go Hills Church, Fish Market and Paddy's...
The great thing is Sydney was a lot warmer than Melbourne even though the temperature's around the same... Somehow its a warmer.. :) Even Blue Mountains wasn't as cold as Mt Dandenong! And that reminds me I haven't updated on the Mt Dandenong trip! The photos are still with Tim.. When I get them I will update.. :)
Thank God for a wonderful trip! Thank God for a job too! And a flexible job at that! Looking forward to school starting, recording my song and a DSLR! If I can save enough for it! Haha
Link to the rest of the photos:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=744656211&ref=profile#/album.php?aid=137668&id=744656211&ref=mf
So what does Jesus dying on the cross for us mean? Taking our sins upon himself... And what do we actually know what that means? Literally taking our sins... Imagine the stuff that we've done, the things we've said, the sins that we've committed... All upon Jesus... As if like they were done by Jesus? Taking OUR sins UPON himself... How can we even bear to do that to Jesus? Yes, Jesus taking our sins upon myself is our only way of reconciliation with God without having to sacrifice animals or a priest... Not that we should run away from Jesus, that's not solving the problem at the root (like the people here do), but we should solve the problem at its root... SIN itself... We are the problem...
Anyway, I'm starting to get into life here... I would still prefer to be back in SG, but at least I'm learning a lot of things here... Being here alone isn't easy... Cooking was initially the hardest thing but I've grown to like it.. Taking care of everything and having to make every decision myself... That's not easy but I'm loving it... It's a very good experience that I wouldn't have had in SG...
When I first came, I thought I would have a lot to offer to the church here, coming from a bigger church (and the mother church).. But actually, the church here is offering me much more than I can offer them and in areas that being in SG church wouldn't offer me... When I hear about the testimonies from the Samoa team, it was exactly the same thing... They were invited to do a worship conference in Samoa, to bless the people there, but in turn, they were even more blessed by the people there.. God doesn't shortchange us.. You can never out-give him... Give and you will receive EVEN MORE than you gave... It's amazing... Next year we're going to HK and China for worship conferences! That'd be awesome!
Some happy stuff to end off... Shifting house already... In the process.. Officially moving out next Tues and then going to Great Ocean Road on Thurs-Fri! That'd be so fun! Looking forward to that... And after that, Hillsongs Conference in Sydney! WOOT! And I'm gonna go Philip Island after I come back! Ahh so many things to see! Exciting weeks to come!
Argh.... Almost.... Almost went back to SG lah.... But couldn't afford to.. Bought my air tickets already and can't afford to waste $400 (plus conf tix) + $600 (air tix 2 way melb<->SG)...
Really irritated with those people that pang seh us... Say wanna come then now not coming... Spoil all our plans.. So much for spending time to send emails, talk on msn, send overseas sms, to get the best deals and have a good trip.... All gone... All the planning gone down the drain.... Pfft... Pissed... Giving more problems than solving...
On the bright side, looking forward to MIFF.. Really looks like its gonna be good! Think I will go for the passport... Watch as many films as I can.. Gain as much exposure as I can.... MIFF! Faster come! And of course there's hillsongs conf too... But this bunch of people's ability to pang-seh last min makes me sick...
Wow I realised its been 1 month since I last updated... If not because I'm waiting for my CD to finish burning and there's nothing better to do, I don't think I'll be here updating.. Haha.. Can't really remember much though........
New Car!
Ahh.. My very first car... Registered under my name, but not paid by me.. So actually not my OWN car but officially MY car.. Haha.. Anyway, its a 1995 Toyota Camry... Not too bad... Got it for a good price at $4200... I think the happiest thing is not getting the car but bargaining for a good price! I'm not known to be a good bargainer.. I usually buy stuff at the stated price even though its overpriced cause I don't like/know how to bargain... But bargaining down from $5000 to $4200! That's quite an achievement! Haha... Anyway, its a good drive... Though its a little big and hard to fit into my garage! I can't drive straight in.. I have to reverse in! Haha
Meeting Tim
Last week spent some time meeting up with Timothy Ho.. Brought me to this place in North Fitzroy called Old Raffles Place or something liddat.. Some really good singapore food there! Finally! Haha... Then went to his place... So cool lah.. He stays at the eureka tower (or at least like the servant's building part of it) and has access to all kinds of facilities at the eureka tower! Went to his swimming pool for a swim yesterday... Quite nice man.. Especially since its the first time I exercised since coming over! Haha.. I should visit that more often... We're gonna have steamboat (SINGAPORE STYLE!) next week and probably go swim again... Weekly exercise (while he still has access to a warm pool in the cold winter) is a good form of exercise...
Testimony!
Thank God I managed to get my internet cancelled! I signed a 2 year contract a few months ago (which is really a mistake) and they didn't tell me that if I shifted address, the contract restarts! And because I'm a student (and always shifting), that 2 years will never end lah... But thank God there's a loophole and that helped me get my contract terminated without paying any penalties! WOOT!
What else.... Nothing else I guess... School ended.. Still got 1 project to finish up.. But nothing major... Just touching up... It's gonna be a LOOONG break... Looking forward to a fun-filled Jun+Jul... The youths coming in end Jun, and Terminator and Transformers releasing in Jun, shifting house too... Then Jul got the sydney trip and MIFF... Sounds like lots of stuff man...
Till then!
I believe You're my healer!
Thank God for the healing! It's awesome! Hurt my back this afternoon moving equipments but after they prayed for me at lifegroup, the pain's gone! Still feel a bit stiff, but no pain!!! Thank GOD!!!
WOOT!
2 weeks ago did my first filming here.. Didn't go too well but gonna do it again this Sun!
Ahhh... Getting really excited to go for Hillsongs Conf! :D
Whoa whoa whoa! What an exciting conference! This is one of the greatest, if not, probably the GREATEST conference I've ever been to... You know how sometimes we go away from a camp or conference feeling like we don't want it to end? This time, I don't have this kind of feeling.. Instead, I'm feeling really energised and excited by what I've received.. Great worship, great sharing of the Word and AWESOME PRESENCE OF GOD! All the speakers were awesome... John Bevere, Mike Pilavachi, Glen Berteau, Reggie Dabbs, Russell Evans and Sam Evans... Men and Women of God! I'm supposed to be feeling really tired now that its almost 12am and I've not had good sleep over the past few days... But I'm really excited to share this conference experience I can't wait till tomorrow! I hope I don't end up preaching.. :D
Giftings
Ps John Bevere shared with us about our giftings. What is a gift? A divine empowerment to do what we otherwise couldn't do in our own ability. We don't own the gifts. We are STEWARDS of the gifts. But many times, we allow fear to swallow up our gifts. We let fear rule over our gifts and lose the vision. We need BOLDNESS to get the fear OUT! Perfected Love Knows No Fear!
Evangelism
Ps Mike Pilavachi shared with us about evangelism. He said this statement that affected me. Worship is an expression of love. Evangelism is telling others about His love. Many times we can get really deep into worship and feel like we're "floating" in worship but we fail to tell others about this love that we're expressing in our worship. He showed us how Jesus reached out to the woman at the well (John 4:1-26). Jesus spoke to her where her mind was. Her mind was getting water from the well and Jesus spoke to her about water. He made her understand from where she was. Sometimes we've gotta be able to talk to people where they are so they can understand.
Ps Glen Berteau also shared about this. We must be good news before we can share good news. The world is fleshly and attracted by beauty. Let us make our church a beautiful place, with joy! Let people come and be attracted by the joy in the church (that makes us beautiful).
Forgiveness
Ps John Bevere shared about the servant who was forgiven of an unpayable debt and that servant thrown his fellow brother who owed him a smaller sum into prison. We must learn to forgive others. We've been forgiven of an unpayable debt (sin). We will be forgiven the way we forgive. Just like the servant in the story. Read up in Matt 18:21-35.
Image
Ps Russell Evans. Satan came to pervert the image of God in our lives. In Gen when satan tempted Eve, he gave a false image of God to Eve. In this world today, the devil is creating images to bind us. He is creating false images to distract us from God. Wrong images lead to darkness. Right image leads to freedom, Godly dreams and imaginations! God's image is revealed in us when we encounter Him. So each day, we must come and encounter God and make sure we have the right image and not let the devil deceive us with the wrong image.
Honor
Ps. John Bevere shared about how we should honor authority. Civil, family, social and church. Honor can come by actions, words or thoughts. But true honor comes from the heart. And this is the greatest one - Honor those who dishonors you.
One More Night With The Frogs
That's the title of the message Ps. Glen Berteau shared. It's about the plague of the frogs. The frogs that came upon Egypt signifies our problems. And if you read it up, you will find it really funny. There were already frogs all over Egypt, and yet the magicians still made more frogs come up! How silly! Its like adding problems to your current problems, giving you MORE problems. And Pharoah's answer is the funniest. Moses asks him when he wants the frogs to go away and he says TOMORROW! WHY DIDN'T HE SAY NOW? Oh how silly... Sometimes we are like that. We don't deal with our problems now. We always say tomorrow, another day or some other time, at some conference or some camps. How silly are we? We should just deal with it NOW!
I'm Sorry
Ps Reggie Dabbs! He's really good! Taught us to sing and dance like the blacks! Haha... The way he preached was really different but it will make you tremble.. He used the illustration of the woman who poured her alabaster jar at Jesus' feet and Judas. The woman chose the right thing, did the right thing and honored Jesus. Judas chose the wrong thing but he didn't come back to ask for forgiveness. It doesn't matter what our past is. We've gotta let it go, put it at the feet of Jesus and ask for forgiveness and MOVE ON! We can't change our past, but we can change our FUTURE! ONE CHANCE, ONE CHOICE, ONE MOMENT, FOR ONE GOD!
Dreams
Ps Sam Evans shared about our dreams through the story of Joseph. Joseph had a dream and his brothers didn't agree with his dream. They didn't see his dreams. They didn't believe. But through all the trials and tough times Joseph went through, he stuck with God and saw the dream God has planted in him come to past. The enemy loves to mock, isolate and enslave our dreams. God will bring the dreams to past as long as we persevere in Him!
Worship
Ps Henry Seely and Mike Webber shared on worship in our elective classes. Ps Henry talked about how to lead people into worship. Joshua was told to get the people to walk around the city of Jericho for 6 days and on the 7th day, sound the trumpet on the 7th round and the rest is history. There's a meaning to why walk around for 6 days. In our worship context, it means we should prepare ourselves for 6 days before the 7th day. Like we should start preparing ourselves on Monday and ask God what he wants to do on Sunday Service. Worship leaders are not only the ones who stand with the mic and leads the band. Everyone, drummer, guitarist, musician, singer, we're all worship leaders! As worship leaders, we need to surround ourselves with worship. Our worship encounter during the week will shape us and influence how we lead worship on Sunday.
Ps Mike Webber shared about being in the worship ministry. God has given us a gift and we are to use the gift for God! We need to kill PRIDE. Pride will spread throughout the team if its present. We need to stop idol worship. The Israelites built an altar for them to worship God but in truth they were worshipping an idol. Aaron compromised to make the people happy. There's only ONE GOD and we cannot let compromise come into our worship. When we let compromise come into our worship, we are worshipping compromise. Disunity. It must GO! If there's a disunity in the team, it affects the flow of God in a service. If there's something you are not happy about or affected by someone else, we should resolve it before we even go on stage to worship God.
Ok I have shared a lot.. 45mins of typing.. Time to go and sleep! Be encouraged and stirred up! It's time to wake up from our SLUMBER! Anyone up for Planetshakers Conference 2010? :D
It's been a long long time since I've updated.. Have to manage another blog for school so don't really have time to update here... Nothing much happened anyway.. Nothing really special... Been looking for a house but no suitable houses yet... Bahhhh... Some of the houses here are really scary.. Its really terrible... I don't know how humans can survive in such environments.. They seem more like dog houses...
This week is super exciting and super busy.. Even though its the holidays... Today's the start of planetshakers conference... Really looking forward to being there... This weekend gonna do the shoot for my project... Hopefully everything goes smoothly and the weather's good...
More updates after this week maybe?