Oh charr

Fearless

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There's something about the way
The street looks when it's just rained
There’s a glow off the pavement
You walk me to the car
And you know I wanna ask you to dance right there
In the middle of the parking lot
Yeah
Oh yeah

We're driving down the road
I wonder if you know
I'm trying so hard not to get caught up now
But you're just so cool
Run your hands through your hair
Absent mindedly making me want you

And I don't know how it gets better than this
You take my hand and drag me head first
Fearless
And I don't know why when with you I dance
In a storm in my best dress
Fearless


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So here we are. And I hardly know you but I've realised that in the past three years and with all the people I've met and hugged and said hi and loved and jumped around crazily with and worked and teared and stayed up and stayed out and stuck with and defended and wrote to and danced with and all the other amazingly wonderful things i've done with everyone that has made school and life the best I could be lucky to have-

No one compares to you.

You're not spectacular. We hardly do anything together. We don't talk, we say hi bye, we lead our separate lives, but I keep coming back to this point and saying

I've never met anyone like you

I'd never do that to you, of course. Never ever, not in a million years. I love you enough to not drop that emotional bombshell on you.

But god I love you.

And that's why I'm okay with letting you go.

I've lived my whole life since meeting you not being with you, I can do that a few years more, I can do that a few years forever, the world I've built around me won't come crashing down with the loss of you.

But it would be nice.

My life doesn't know your life. Your friends don't know my friends, we live and eat and sleep and travel to entirely different places and social circles at different times and you knock yourself out silly trying to get an education besides all the other wonderful things you do and I do the same over here trying to be with everybody at once and hold everything together, academics not withstanding.

I'm perfectly happy over here running from crazy project to crazy project with nutter friends and juniors that make my heart melt and church in between, managing slipshod finances, guitar and dance, sneaking a starbucks, dreaming about clothes and shoes and beaches and scribbling little thoughts on scraps of paper.

There's no time in my life for you, not with everybody else I'm hard-pressed to hang out with already, Josh, Keenan, Adin, Pris, Shery,Sarah and everyone else I'm not going to say here before you're the only person not on the list, life is wonderful trying to scramble from breathtaking individual to wonderful soul.

But god I'd like to try.

And your life is largely as crazy and nutters and drive-anyone-else-up-the-wall as mine, except I don't think you'd like to try.


And so we have nothing.

This is silly.

Bummer.But its all good. Later, beautiful person.



Keann exits stage left

Ministry

What is ministry, exactly?

Is it a term for anything we use for anything related to official Christian church work? Is it serving and meeting the needs of people? Is it different from evangelism, or does one come under another? What is its scope? Where should it be done, how should it be done? What is ministry, that term we're so accustomed to in Christian "lingo", that seems to us to be another name for "work", just nicer and about helping people?
Can it be done by anyone? Where does "being a friend" end and "ministering" begin? What is it about, how can it be defined, baking cookies, writing notes, dancing and singing? Praying? Is it from God or for God? Or for people's needs? Worhip ministry, prayer ministry, ushing min. What does "ministering to God" mean, then?

What is ministry, exactly?

Do many of us even know, even those of us in 'ministries ourselves?

Cause it occurs for me that if it is to be my job and calling, I should probably figure out and learn what it is. I don't think it means "a job". It must be more, it must be deeper, but deeper in which way and where does it stem from and how does it work, really, exactly?

I'm gonna grab a nap and then maybe figure this out later. Goodnight. Haha.

Feel free to post your thoughts on the subject (:
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EPM journal results in epiphany, thank you God lol

1. A situation in your work or personal life that frustrates you and that you tend to respond to reactively like a 'guest'

2. Working within your Circle of Influence, write one or more actions you will take to have the greatest impact on this situation. How can you become a good 'host'?


Ugh. I can think of it straightaway already. Me and my family. Specifically me and my parents. Yeah. I seem to be great and levelheaded and everything everywhere else, but here. Because everywhere else I am in control, people understand me, see me for who I am, and can’t get away with being self-righteous bigots. You can only get away with something like that at home, where you are the masters of the house and no one is around to see the bad situations and say “stop”, except your kids, and what do they know, they are supposed to shut up and respect you anyway, right?

So yeah. I can even take criticism everywhere else. Handle it. Be diplomatic about it. Be humble, be teachable. But at home all I can seem to do is blow up or isolate myself.

See, its not a safe place here. Its not where I am comfortable, it is not where I am safe, it is a house but not a home, least not until everyone goes out. Less so for my siblings, but with siblings come parents.

Nothing here is under my control really. None of my possession are not fair game to parents who “gave you everything you own anyway”. Privacy has no say here, I didn’t pay for the house. Anything like that. Clothes I have bought that they don’t like have been thrown away before and I don’t try again.

Is it any surprise that I can only react reactively like a guest here. Gee. Hotel guests are treated better than I am. Sigh. I need my own place.

Errrrr? I don’t think so. Haha. I can handle people, things, especially people, rather well. Except here at home. People respect me and love and treasure me, but here my parents don’t see that. They see a disappointment that is eating money. Sooooo circle of influence really really small. Like miniscule. And I don’t trust them enough, and we disagree on enough things that we are unable to have a civil conversation. It’s a Cold War in here, there’s a reason why I don’t eat family dinners. Yes, me refusing to do that surely contributes to the bad situation, but dude. You hurt me. You chase after me. You come make me feel better, not the other way round.

I could try to do the host thing, maybe. But it hurts too much to want to.
I just want to get out of here. Its my friends, that keep me alive. Besides God of course. He is awesome and I would not have survived physically, emotionall or mentally to this day without Him. Not that my parents understand that either….

But hey. Haha. Idk. I could pray. Actually yeah. That would have the greatest impact. I just have to want to. Let’s see. Cause of me in this situation, honestly, I can do nothing of my own.

But that’s where God comes in, I suppose (:

Thank you God (:

Reflection

I think I really need to remember God, when I turn to You, its not "me picking myself up again".

That's arrogant, and not true. Me turning to You is not "me being strong", or me "being wise", or me "making a choice to turn to You". I mean yes it is a choice, but it isn't about me being great, or being all alone again and having to "pick myself up".

It isn't! God! I'm sorry.

You came looking for me, you still come looking for me, and if you're not looking for me I'd never would have found you. And never will.

So I guess God, thank you for picking up the phone and waiting for hours on end while I open up, while I realise this.

Haha well. Thank you.

And help remove the arrogance, watch it, check it, burn it, because its keeping me from experiencing the true intensity and level of your comfort. I'm sorry God. Help me humble myself before you. "You" are not a "self-help book". Its not a bad thing when I have nobody else to turn to but You.

And its the silliest possibly thing to beat myself up over. Who needs anyone else, you're my mentor, you're my comforter, and even if there were others to do so, they couldn't compare to you anyway(:

Hahahaha. Gosh. Take away that pride that says "Huh I have to turn to God agaaaaaaiiiin."

Well. That's possibly and probably really, really silly.

Wtheck. Yeah, and it keeps me from truely experiencing the level of love and comfort and healing you have for me right outside my door.

Pride has no place in this. Gtfo. Here I am God, I'm opening the door. Yay (:

This note I can post on facebook.

:D

Time to claim your promises, God (:

/grabs headphones and guitar

Put them headphones on

I'm hurting. Hard. I'm trying not to, but its still here/there/everywhere.

Why God. I mean, I get it, and I think I get the reasons why, but why ):

I don't need this. Sure I'll get outside classes, because dance is what I crazy love and want to do, but from dance three times a week for hours to outside classes an hour a week for 15 bucks?

This blows. It really does. I'm so happy for cherie, and josh, and charmaine and everyone that is in dance, but this sucks


Gaaaah God ):


I want more sad songs.

Well this is one note i'm pretty definitely sure I'm not posting on fb...

Idk. Its embarrassing. To want something everyone thinks I already can do, or thinks I should do, and then fail it after trying too late.

And then those around me who are in those things will feel bad.

Idk. Sucks. Who comforts the comforters?

I'd love to cry but my brother is in the room and my family's in the house.

And out there there are a million people that I have to be strong for. Cheer up. Comfort. Be there. Calls. Bus rides home. Dinners. Letters, cakes, presents, prayers.

I don't know. I'm tearing up. I'm not that strong. I'm not that happy. I go through a million doubts and comparisons about how I'm not good enough, for radio, for journ, for dance, and lets not get started on music.

I'm really happy for my talented friends. I really am. But what the hell am i to do about myself.

I'm not that strong God. I don't know. I don't know if I'm even hearing you right anymore. I trust you but I don't trust me.

Fuck, I'll probably end up posting this up after all. Some kind of psycho complex I have about maybe people suffering in silence drawing strength from my struggles.

Gee. But I don't have a solution. Whats going to happen after this? I'll probably talk to God. Rest, dwell in him. Go to church. Smile. Genuinely. Life is good there, a system not based on merit or how good you are, how talented, how riveting or possibly funny or efficient or a beautiful writer. There is love all the same.

I don't know. Its hilariously funny how I can be at other people's problems at a shot, and listening patiently for hours on end even if she says just two words during that time. People share, people open up, I love listening, and I'm grateful that they trust me so to open up to me, and I thank God that He's sent me there to certain people, more than once, at least maybe its something I can do right.

Backtrack. The hilariously funny bit is that I can hardly open up to people myself. La is always there, I'm sure, and friends are around, but I can't. And its hard for me to say that I can't open up to people myself.

I'm not even sure what the point of all this was. I started this talking about dance.

I guess somehow, I wish someone would shower the same kind of love and attention that I'm willing to shower on someone that I'm comforting, or trying to be a friend to.

Asking for it however, completely defeats the person. But I kinda know how I'd like to be treated, that's how I know what to do around people.

But it never comes.

Which is retarded in a way lah, because we're all different people and we all do things differently. But yeah. God. I know you're there, and I thank you for it, but sometimes I'm just so tired of falling, looking at You, being strong, comforting others, falling at some point again, and having to look at you again.

You're great, but i wish there was a human, some human out there. Someone I could trust. Someone who'd be willing to throw all her time at me, someone that I can be with and be the little scared immature kid I still am deep on the inside, without having to watch myself to take care of my friends, etc.

I want the phone to ring, and a voice come out saying "Hey, how are you." And spend hours on end just waiting for me to open up, the way I'm willing and sometimes do for those around me.

Not that I'd ever say any of this out loud, huh. Attention seeking.And looks stupid. And asking for it completely defeats the purpose, again.

Ahhhh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.


God, who will be my nanny? Haha sigh shucks.

But you know what. I'm praising, i'm worshipping you anyway. I do. I want to(: And whatever my problems are I guess they'll all fade away in the moment of You.

You deserve it anyway. And I'm happy to, because I love you. No matter what I feel on the inside. I might jump a little less, feel exhausted a bit more, but I will stand when I am called.

I'm here, I guess. Love you Jesus Christ (:


Weeeeeeeeeeeeellll.

Dance ):

FINALLY A JOURNAL ENTRY

FINALLY A JOURNAL ENTRY


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11.41pm, Wednesday Night, and I'm sleepy.

Shall use time productively to journal instead of camping around wasting time for 12am.


Today was...really good! I loved leader's cell today. I mean, I really loved the exchange of minds and the discussions, and the prayer and encouragement, and worship, and...everything.

Oh man. I'm so sad that I think this week is my last. Haha. Wtheck. And even if I became a leader I don't think that I'd be JPI, somehow...

But it was nice(:


Word. I think I was fail. Lol. Like I looked at the notes and didn't really understand them. I probably should have taken time out to review them and re-internalize them and make sure I could teach from them instead of just trying to wing it eh. Haha.

I cannot believe I completely missed asking the important question of defining what Holiness was *facepalm*

La had to save me man. I was clearly in trouble. Yikes. Don't know what I'd do if I failed publicly, even though I kinda know its okay to fail...

:s


But after that it was good lah. Thank you God. Analogies, stories, random insights (:
Those seemed to be the giftings I was given today to help La (:

I think I have a very unique hinged+unhinged way of looking at the world. Haha. Not sure how else to explain it, but there it is.

This is in reference to the Holy but working towards Holy thing...or even the God is omnipotent vs we have a choice thing...

I'm weird. But I understand kinda how it works. Haha. How.



And I think some parts of some things really impacted people but I really had no idea what else we talked about eh :s

Too tired and panicky haha. Well. Proof that God can still totally completely move even when man fails. Haha. Yay (:


Worship was coooooooool. Like. The whole come in straight away knees thing. I think God is teaching me that it really doesn't matter. Knees are for God. How I honour Him. And yes they can be completely done at the start of worship or a fast song even, its how you honour God. He deserves it. Whether you feel an urge to do so or not. Today I felt an urge. (:


And I felt really rested after all of that! Haha. And now I am home and waiting on printjoun and I am really tired again....

I DON'T WANT TO TYPE ANYMORE.


Gee. Haha. Talking about AWARE saga was really good(: I mean, I didn't really talk much, but not much for me to say eh. Pastor Jenn pretty much covered everything. And Josh. And watching Ben Yuan argue his views are totally awesome and inspiring. I need to learn to do that more! To be unafraid to be wrong. But unafraid to stand up for beliefs(:


Sian Printjoun. I want to sleep. Gah.


Saturday Ps Derek coming to talk about AWARE saga! Sweet. Haha. Youtubes ftw. Yay (:


K. Night. Haha. Fingers don't want to typpeeeee ._.


I STILL HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO DO OH MAN.

Masina --> Tutorial Week 1

Masina --> Tutorial Week 1

Research Paper!


Option 1 : Research Paper (Primary Research)

- Have an idea, prove it

Option 2: Policy Paper (Secondary Research)

- Identify problem, come up with solutions

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Research Grant--> From NYC

Print, TV, radio, new media, film industry, advertising

NYC --> Media and Youth!

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Research Paper

- Research question
- Hypothesis

- Independent Variables
- What you control
- Dependent Variables
- What you measure

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Time --> Time Hypotheses are useless!

Time --> Behavior are usually done

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Policy Paper

- Discuss from critical perspectives

- Examples from existing research and studies pertaining to the question

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Example --> Singapore television industry --> going regional or global?

Example --> Comparative study of television audiences in Singapore and overseas

PrintJourn Lecture - Week 1

PrintJourn Lecture - Week 1

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Hype! (Editor: Kenneth)

Content

- Current: lifestyle magazine

- New: --->entertainment magazine<---


So we want to change Hype to be more like 8 Days...


Bigger, more exciting!

Layout

- Current: Crammed, not reader-friendly

- New: Bigger, more spreads!

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STORY LINEUP

1. FEATURE

A) TWITTER: The new Facebook?
B) The local Twilight Drama
C) Young people watch TV, just not on TV --> plus trivia on this!


2. Cover Story


3. Celebrity: Special
a) Lady Gaga feature!
b) The Saturdays!
c) Different people from the creative industry - print, tv, advertising.


Hmmmm.


4. Streets:
a) Music

i) Return of the 90s
ii) Live n Loaded winner, interview with Utt!
iii) DJ Inquisitive/ Nike Sportswear
iv) 9 Albums you must have in 2009.

b) Movies
i) Sherlock Holmes --> Superfeature


c) Fashionology
i) River Island Summer Collection (Maybe Fall)
ii) Black Market


d) Nocturnal
i) Review of nightlife stuff! Entertainment!

e) Games
i) L4D lol



1. Regulars:
a) Books!
i) From print to screen

b) Shopping Raves --> 10 things that you must have!

c) Appetite


2. Arts:

a) Dance --> NRA ANN :D :D :D :D


b) Theatre
i) Preview of SING Dollar--> cast interview :s

c) A Student's Life
i) NP prose and poetry
ii) NP MMA!
iii) RP School for Tech and Arts!
iv) Lasalle Fashion School

Last Page --> Trivia.....yawwwnn.

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Tribune!

Whats new!

1. Classifieds section!
2. Lifestyle
a) Food reviews
b) Books
c) Products

3. Contests

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Beats!

Each beat 2-4 people

1. School of BA/Estates Management
2. Corpcomms Office and Senior Director's Office, Student Blogs, Entrepreneurship





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Deadlines:

Stories: 5 May
Classifieds 8 May

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Urgent

1. NP Tribune issue 1
2. Contact List
3. Classifieds
4. Brainstorm for hype stories --> Due next wednesday!!!

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MY BEAT --> IS/ Students Council/HR

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Stories!

- Search and find and brainstorm your own stories!!

Story Idea-->Fact Sheet--> Write

Radio Tutorial - Week 1

Capsule Prog Topics!

Radio History

- Radio Drama
- Milestones of Radio
-Popular radio prog
-Radio personalities
- Post-war radio in Singapore
-Radio listenership, then and now



:S

Media Law - Week 1 Lecture Notes

Media Law - Week 1 Lecture

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IAP Information!

- All internships and attachments are to be self-secured!

- Get a CV, Cover Letter, done.

- If you apply for SPH and Mediacorp, then you cannot apply to anybody else! And you might not even get in, there are very limited places.

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Media Law

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Media Law
NAFA
All sports projects

--> Chidambaram Selvaraj is in charge

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Civil Law vs Criminal Law!

Civilians have a right to sue someone!

Police have a right to send that someone to prison!

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Understanding Law

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1) What is Law?

3) Major Legal Systems

3) Classifications and Sources of Law

- Institutional source --> laws in a book, legislation, already set down
- Common source --> A decision passed that becomes the law! Decided usually by the judge. E.g. How long you are put in jail for, 4/5/6 months. Precedents are set.

A judge must follow a precedent! If it is a new case, whatever the judge decides, becomes the precedent, it because the law for others to follow.

However, if people feel the new ruling is unfair, Parliment can convene to discuss and decide it, and whatever they decide to change and not change, becomes the law and the precedent.

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1) What is Law?

Tons of definitions. It is hard to define. It depends on how you look at it.

Major Schools of Thoughts

1) Naturalism (Is it fair? What were the circumstances? Was there a valid reason?)

- Collection of rules based on reason and nature
- Justice and morality taken into account

2) Positivism (You are still wrong. Black and white. When you are late, it means you are late. No questions asked, no mercy given)

- Command type rules laid by a governing body
- Enforceable by sanction


3) System of rules and regulations

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Law Equals Morality?

- Expectations that laws are fair, just and acceptable

- Should law be based on morals?

- Who determines morals and to what standard?

- Should law be the guardian of public morality?


These are questions that we have to answer ourselves, because each of us has different standards of morality?

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Basic Concepts of Law

- Law is definitely a system of rules

- But these rules are not universal

- Sources of Law: - Institutional
- Common Law

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Institutional Law

- Laws created by institutions that have the power to create law

- Statute Law

- Delegated Legislation - People/ organisations delegated authority to make their own rules!

- Informal Rules - Things that everybody knows, but not expressly written down.

- Procedural Rules - Certain things that you must do in order!

- Interpretative Rules - Rules that can be interpreted differently by different people?

- Instructions to Officials - Mass instructions given by the authorities in charge to lesser authorities.

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Common Law

- RUles of law that have evolved through court cases as opposed to the ones laid down by Parliament.

- very much influenced by the Common Law forms of something something :s


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Why Study Law?

- Cement of society

- Medium of change

- Increases understanding of public affairs

- Promotes accuracy of expression

- Increases understanding of social values - helps us to understand different cultures and ways of society.

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Divisions of Law

1, Criminal - Actions that the police can take against criminals! Fines, that go to the government, not the victim of the criminal.

- Punishes: Penal in nature!

- Concerned with acts harmful to society

- Crimes: Homicide, assault, theft, etc.

2. Civil - Civilian rights! Sue-ing, reporting things to the police.

- Compensates person who has been wronged

- Other points I missed ):

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Statute Law (Institutional and common law) --> Superior to case law!

- Laws passed by Parliament in the form of Public Acts.

- More important source of law for commercial activity.

- Rapidly update-able in response to changes needed in the law


Case Law (Only used in common law)

- Decisions handed down by the judges.

- Decisions recorded in law reports for future references

- Can be amended by Parliament


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Legal Systems

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Civil Law System vs Common Law System

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Simillarities between Civil Law and Common Law Systems

- Rules forbidding or enjoining certain types of behavior

- Etc etc other points in notes

- Courts determine what the rules are and when they have been broken etc etc

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The Judiciary System!

Court of Appeal --> High Court --> Small Claims Tribunals ----------> These five courts are the Subordinate Courts!
--> Coroners' Court
--> Juvenile Courts
--> Magistrates Courts
--> District Courts

There is a system. Court of Appeal has three judges. We go up the system. The small claims and other small courts first. If you are not happy with the ruling, you can appeal, and then you will be taken to the High Court. Winners can appeal too.

The High Court has jurisdiction over certain kinds of cases?

Original Jurisdiction ----> These three make up the High Court!

- Civil (Million dollar cases)
- (Criminal) Murder, etc

Appellate Jurisdiction ( I don't get this one)

- Civil
- Criminal

Admiralty Jurisdiction

- Shipping involved cases!


And above that there is the Court of Appeal!

- Civil
- Criminal

too!

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There is also the Court of Muslim Law! Administration of Muslim Law

Syariah Court.

You can only use it if you are a Muslim, and it only deals with family matters.

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Sources of Singapore Law!

- English Law

- Principles of Common Law
- Principles of Equity
- Certain Acts passed by the English Parliament (e.g. Sale of Goods Act, Unfair Contract Terms Act, Partnership Act, etc)

We have the same copyright law as Australia!
And the same Penal Code as India

Because those are excellent.


- Local Law

- Acts passed by previous Colonial legislative bodies and by the Singapore Parliament
- Cases decided by local courts
- Customary law and custom

These laws are unique to Singaporean traditions and things that we have accepted from different traditions and cultures!

The Law recognizes this to a certain extent.

For example, a husband who dies and leaves behind a wife and kids, but also another wife and child who is revealed later. Does the second wife have rights over the the husband's body and possessions?

By Law, No.
By Custom, Yes. The husband accepted the woman as a wife :/

The court will recognize the point to a certain extent.

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The Constitution of Singapore

- Supremacy of the Constitution
- A higher law which gains precedence over all other laws

- prescribes sytem of ogvernment and regulates the excercise of governmental power

- safeguards fundamental liberties



- Three Organs of the Government

- The Legislature
- The Executive
- The Judiciary
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1. The Legislature comprises of the President and the Parliament

- The Legislature is the Parliament..

2. The Executive comprises of the President, the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.

- Cabinet ministers are appointed by the Parliament.

3. The Judiciary comprises all the judges of the Supreme and Subordinate Courts

- Responsibility for the administration of justice

- Assumption that the judiciary is independent
- Should not be controlled by either the Legislature or the Executive!
- Should be able to mete out judgments without fear of anything.

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1. Details about Supreme Courts! (In notes) (Please check)

2. Details about Subordinate Courts! (In notes) (Please check)

--> All these details help you understand which court and where it should start! (:

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How are cases decided?

- Observance of "stare decisis" - let the decision stand

- a judge is bound to follow decisions of superior courts in the judicial hierarchy when deciding a similar face case! If the High Court has set a precedent, the subordinate courts will have to follow that.

- cornerstone of the development of the Common Law

- also known as the doctrine of binding precedent or judicial precedent


Why do this? It makes things easier. Cases can be done faster and more efficiently, you can decide better if you know what has happened before.

So why even hire a lawyer? The lawyer thinks he has a chance of presenting the case as being DIFFERENT from the previous cases with the precedents, getting the client a better and more favorable verdict.


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- A day in High Court costs about $30 000 - $40 000 per day, including court fees and everything.

- It is very efficient! Transcripts can be gotten almost instantly, so you can prepare your next day's trial. That's why it costs so much

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The Process of Litigation

- Using the court system to obtain relief as against where some civil wrong has been suffered
- Formal process of dispute settlement
- Judge is sole arbitrator of fact and law
- Advocate's role is to represent/persuade court on behalf of client
- Usually results in a "win-lose" situation

Should you fight your own case? Lol no no no crazy. Even T.T Durai didn't fight his own case. He knew the loopholes, how scary the courts can be.

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Alternative Dispute Resolution

- Mediation

- Neutral third party mediator with a facilitative role
- helps parties identify issues in dispute and arrive at a compromise of their own!
- Looks for be a "win-win" situation.

- Arbitration (Only in business! Not criminal)

- Dispute heard by expert arbitrator appointed by parties
- If you choose to do this, you cannot go to court at all.
- It is very fast, and is done by an expert in the field!
- An arbitrator's award (judgement) cannot be appealed. Once decided it is done.
- An arbitrator's award is recognized almost everywhere in the world! As opposed to different court systems in the world.

- Arbitrator not necessarily legally trained - can be an industry expert
- Must be 35 years old!
- When you engage an arbitrator, you know exactly your cost! As opposed to trials that can drag on for days on end...
- Parties are represented by counsel, by lawyers.
- Parties can argue the arbitrator's award only by showing that the arbitrator has not been fair. Otherwise, no.

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Places where mediation and arbitration is conducted in Singapore..(Check notes please)

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Criminal vs Civil

- Difference between crime and civil wrong
- Not in the act itself
- Depends on legal consequences

- Difference in procedure/outcome/terminology

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Civil Proceedings

- Plaintiff sues defendant

- Plaintiff brings action against defendant

- Judgement for Plaintiff/Defendant

- Either a pay sum of $$$/property
- Or an injunction (an order to stop doing something) --> harassment, loud music, etc.
- To perform a contract (an order to DO something) --> a contractor building a swimming pool too shallow for diving when it was agreed upon earlier for a deeper pool in contract..the courts will ask the contractor not to pay damages, but to build the pool again.

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Common Mistakes

- "criminal action" --> criminal prodecure

- "civil offence" --> civil action

- "plaintiff prosecutes"

- "accused was sued"

- "trespassers will be prosecuted" --> but only the police can do it! Only the police can prosecute.

- "guilty/liable" --> there is a difference. You may be found guilty. You are liable.

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- Criminal proceedings

- R v Sykes
- PP vs (something :s)

- Civil proceedings

- Plaintiff v Defendant --> Get the terminology right!
- Rylands (Plaintiff) vs Fletcher (Defendant)


- Appellant v Respondent
- Fletcher vs Rylands


- Petitioner v Respondent
- Thomson v Thomson

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What is a Civil wrong

- Breach of Contract

- Contract need not be in a formal document

- Tort
- Civil wrong that is independent of contract (e.g. assault, batter, etc)

- Breach of Copyright

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Statutes

- Passed by Parliament

e.g. Penal code, Ngee Ann Polytechnic Act

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Law is continuously evolving!

1.The law has to adapt to changing times and circumstances! It is not fixed. It is not immutable.

2. It affects each and every one of us

3. You cannot run away from law itself, more so if you are doing media.

Masina Week 1 - Notes

MASINA Week 1 - Sighhhhh.

Q: Is MASINA tough?

A: If you don't do your work D=


Q: What Shall We Study?

- Asian values and the media.

- Ethics

- Influences on media content

-Digital Content

- ASEAN media landscape

- East Asian media (Korean, Jap)

- South Asian media (Bollywood)

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3) Appreciate the importance of developing local content.

4) Undertake research projects and assignments that will enhance student understanding and appreciation of media.

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Important! Lectures and tutorial not related, but connected!

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Read!

Read to have fun!

Read to have lots of fun!

:S

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Dominic and WImmer book is very very important! First few pages!

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Participation (5%)

--> Online discussion!

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Group Project (35%)

Thesis, Research Paper. Ommmgg.

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Exam (40%)

No text book (Maybe Dominic and Wimmer)

Readings will be on mel!

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Pre-Crusade

Why speakers, Lord? Why a need to play music? Why do I feel convicted that we should have it tmr?


Because I feel You saying, and I agree that we shouldn't be afraid to celebrate You. With our songs and dancing and praise. Whenever, wherever, we should be watching out for opportunities. And that where we can get it we should always push a culture of active praise and worship.

Not one of fear! Saying "what if noise begets noise equals more noise" and "what if its not allowed" is prudence. Prudence can be wise. Wisdom is good. We shouldn't rush headlong into everything without evaluating the consequences.

However, saying "what if its not allowed" and "what if its not appropriate" is just not good enough for me. We shouldn't break the laws of authority, yes, but to challenge it if it stands in opposition to our birthrights as Christians? We should be challenging the culture, I feel. And seeking change. Not overzealously of course, but we shouldn't just stand there meekly and say "oh well".

No to a culture of fear! I feel, I don't know how right it is, but I feel that our ultimate authority we submit to and want to please is God. Take initiatives to honor our government and authorities? Yes. But not before taking initiatives to honor God! We are God's 'little good boys', not the school's, or the government!


Challenge the culture. I want to see us Christians unafraid to seek You and worship you publicly in school, everywhere. The way some people are unafraid to dance and mosh publicly.

That's what is greatest on my heart, I think. Challenge the culture. Not in our churches, not in our little fellowships. We already KNOW we can worship there. I want us to be able to have worship where there is currently no worship!


And tomorrow, while we're doing Your work God, working hard round the clock to see Your Name lifted high, we might as well celebrate You while doing it.

Above all God, let the supernatural be natural tomorrow. Let people be healed, slain in the Spirit, let visions and prophecies be revealed to us tomorrow. Your power Holy Spirit be with us tomorrow, let us be baptized in holy fire that all may see and know that You are God!

I have faith and am excited in anticipation that something is going to happen tomorrow. But at the same time, I dare not hope, for fear of falling flat on my face. I'm nowhere near perfect Lord. I have 100% faith that God will definitely move tomorrow, and move powerfully! How He's gonna do it? I don't know. His standards of powerful, not mine. But by golly, I hope and I really really want it to be epic. Haha. It is in my nature to want to see exciting times. We live in exciting times. I want to be able to be in the middle of it, to see it at least once. Oh God will you fall like fire upon our school tmr. Haha. Gosh. I waaaannntt it. I wannnnt it badly. Ahhhh.

The wisdom of the Lord is reminding me now that if I want to live in exciting times, there are plenty all around me that I can activate if I so choose to. Choosing to actively reach out. To offer to pray for the sick. To do so many things. To be unafraid to exercise my spiritual gifts.

Ah. Haha. That might take some woorrkk. Hahahaa. Whatever. Be with us tomorrow God (: Move, please move, please move powerfully. I just want to see Your glory. Is that kinda wrong, to want to see exciting times this badly? I don't know. But I do. God. Please come. Haha. Thought you are already in me.....


HAHA. Kay. Not gonna dwell on it now. Help me/us to pray for this whole thing, this major undertaking, more, God. All through tonight unceasingly tomorrow. Fill us. Make something different. This isn't any old CCA redundant fair. Fill the school and the convention centre with Your Tangible Presence tomorrow God. Not by our strength but your strength, not my will but Your will be done. Haha. And now I will worship. YAYYYYYY

LATER :D

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Is it of any coincidence that the best thing man seems to be able to do is copy someone else's work? If we must copy, if we must imitate, we might as well imitate God.

~Keann Chong, 2009

Saturday morning

This morning, God came looking for me. I wasn't exactly planning on worship, but that's mostly my fault more than anything.


But God isn't letting me not. Haha. I am grateful. Sorry God i'm like an idiot kid, but I am grateful. I have much to learn, have i! Haha. But this is a start. Thank you (:



Keep doing this to me please. I really want to have no choice in the matter. Give me a choice and I usually screw it up. Haha wells. Transformation.


I REALLY WANT TO SING OUT LOUD BUT MY FATHER IN THE NEXT ROOM WILL KILL ME, SEE.



I could go to church...

err...

Hahaha what to do today God?


When is swim?


I still need to journal last week omg. <_<

HAHA GOD TAKE MY LIFE. Its all for you.

You know my heart God. I sing that as a wish. As a striving. Not an already there. Its all for You.


Lots gonna be different this year, eh!


Haha well.

All that I am is Yours
All that I have is Yours
I give You my heart and soul

Lord I'm Yours


Lord every day is Yours
Lord every breath is Yours
Giving my life to You

Lord I'm Yours


Jesus Christ take my life, its all for you.


I can just keep singing that front part over and over man. Haha.


Omg yes good idea God! We can pray with the Christians on fire for God that are coming to the booth! Yes! Pray! Bless em, bless each other! Start the year right! Ministry!

And we're gonna do it out in the open cuz we're not afraid. :D



Its not showing off like the Pharisees eh. Must be careful. Haha. Get our hearts right.


BUT YAYYYYYYYYY.



Haha God its funny about the ideas you've given me thus far for this thing, speakers, microphones, t-shirts, prayer, all this random cool stuff.

Haha i'm a natural for bells and whistles, it seems, I thank you for that gift.

Its just you, the glory goes to You :D



And besides, the bells and whistles don't matter, You can still move. You WILL still move! HAHA. But it all helps. And being creative is awesome. Hehehahaha.

Makes me think mebbe I should have gotten involved earlier :/


Nahhhhh. I am where I need to be where God wants me to be. Haha. As long as I follow Him. Security. Yeah. Haha. And what happens now is what happens now and God is in control. Yeah. :D



/worship :D

Callings Haha

You want to worship, Keann? Lead people into learning new songs to praise God with? Leading the charge to adore and experience God?

Worshipping, in spirit and in truth and then leading others into it, all of us experiencing God?


The more life goes on, the more and more I seem to be convicted that I am called towards this. Oh haha hi textedit. I'm back lol.

17 Again was soooo goooodd! HAHA.


And here I am again Lord. Music really helps me get my focus right again on you again. I should be permanently plugged in lol. But yeah thank you for coming to look for me. I would never have been able to come to you again on my own.


So how haha about tonight? I am completely irrevocably broke. I can't spend any money on going to a starbucks. I should go home? Yeah I guess. Blah. Haha. So how.

I sense that you are pleased now, anyhow. Thank you God, and thank you for loving me and never wanting to let me go (:

I still have to journal journal Good Friday and Saturday and especially Resurrection Sunday! Haha oh man. I guess how? Okay tmr morning. Plan plan. So I can go about unrestrained worship before I start? Haha but I really gotta do it man. My time is precious. Or I could just do it in school! tmr. Haha yey. Man.


Can I make music God? Can I really? You say yes.


So another plan that I have been given:

I need a place to worship in the morning? Where I can worship unrestrained without fear of anything? Of people intruding or being insensitive or whatever etc?

Haha that's what the Crusade Room in school is for eh. Or FMS block roof! 7am! 630!

Getting to school by 7am or 630 am!


CAN. HAHA. YAY WELL THAT'S PART OF MY SCHEDULE NOW EH.


Lol I just got an analogy:

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Thinking worship is what transforms, comforts, heals and motivates you is like swimming a lot and thinking its the water that gives you the tan!

And so to some people what kind of music they play at this church for worship matters to them, and they get all nitpicky about it, but at the end its still water. Water in the sea, in the lake, in the swimming pool. Its the sun that really shines down and burns you up and gives you the tan.

The sun. Yeah. God (:

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Haha almost home now! God I know it is hugely not likely, but help me to not get distracted by WoW or the internet maybe? It really should be my last priority, behind you, and then guitar for worship, then dance, school, cell, whatever.

But gah haha it is so fun. And there's always something else to do! Lol This is madness. Bleagh. Hahahhaha God.


Gosh I hope I get to go to Sentosa on Saturday...

I'm flat broke man God. Please take care of me? Haha ohno oh well.


Aye but they say You will meet all my needs? All my needs. And you're all I need. So I guess it'll work out. Haha somehow.

Yeah. Give me peace and joy Lord yey. Hahaha.


KAY HOME NOW BLEAGH :/ (:


hahahaha later.

Train Rides To Novena

Its been years hasn't it Lord. Lol. Haha sigh. I am sorry.


Rain Down - Planetshakers


This time is so precious to me and yet that is of my own doing.


Aye happens to all of us eh. its all of our own doing. Lol.


Sweet Anointing fill this place (:


Help me find the things that are of greater value. Holy Spirit. God. Jesus.

Pour down like rain.


If it means that I have to worship in the trains and the buses then so be it.

Here in Your Presence I am Free. Its true.

Only truly now.


Sweet Anointing (:


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Raffles Place already. Darn. Maybe I should give this train worship thing serious though. Haha. Nowhere else to go to get distracted!

owell. Heh.

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Haha well. It is clear that nothing compares

Help me to mean everything I sing to You in the lyrics Lord. Some of them are pretty heavy calls. But its all about choices. Yeah God. Change me with the choices I make, help me to make them for You. Be hard with me if You have to, You know I need it sometmes :rolls eyes:

Help me to stay teachable!


And to grow in You.

You.
Guitar.
Dance.
School.
Cell.

Then WoW.

That's what my priorities should be eh!


Rawr. Surround me with people that will help me God. You know how much an effect others can have on me psyche(:

Haha but at the same time I have to own my own faith eh.

Yeah. And I thank you that even in all my struggles in my life trying to be with You and like You and for You, in some way, at least, looking back on the past year, in school, I thank You that I have honoured You.

Your strength not mine, your glory not mine. But I am grateful (:


Thank You that with Your help, when I look back on Year 2, I have lived for you. I have been a light, if at least passive. As least I have kinda sorta been a testimony for you.


Yeah. Hahahahhaha yay.

This year God, help me. Help me to take that further. My time in school is ending Lord! Are you going to retain me! To do your work! I somehow really don't majorly mind HAHA.

Gosh looking back on my second year, I have been blessed, haven't i.


Haha nuts. Lets go. Thank you God (:

EASTER GOOD NEWS RALLY FINALE NIGHT :D

EASTER GOOD NEWS RALLY FINALE NIGHT :D


Speaker: Reinhard Bonnke


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Yayyy God's anointing is so here tonight. Haha :D

Okay lets here what He has to say! Help me God to take down the important things but at the same time pay enough devoted attention for You to work through me, like Mary, not Martha.

Haha help me sit at Your feet, Jesus (:


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Haha there's another dude coming to speak!

Lolololol.


He also works in Africa lol.


2 Cor 6:2 --> Now is the time of something something beholding something lol. NOW IS THE DAY OF YOUR SALVATION! :D


NOW!

Heh (:

Now is the time of salvation! Its like before the world trade centre collapsed and someone went into the building 10 min before and tries to get people to run out! A tragedy is coming!


A tragedy is coming!


Now is like that! God's wrath is coming! Its not very far away! And NOW is the day of your salvation! Quick! Run! Take it!


NOW!

Every second, 2 people pass away into eternity! Since the guy started talking, 200 people have died! :/

And the door of heaven is closed to them.

But not for us! Now is the time of salvation! There is an urgency!


The great evangelist Moody learnt this tragically when he asked people at one rally to come back next week and decide whether they wanted to be saved or not, and The Chicago Fire happened and a lot of people at the rally died before they could give their lives to Jesus! D=

Moody never not gave a call to come to Jesus after any rally after that ):

Luke 9:59

The young man asked to follow Jesus, and said he wanted to bury his father first!

Jesus said "The dead can bury their own dead! You come preach the kingdom of God!"


The guy could never understand that verse! Why was Jesus so impatient! Its perfectly natural to want to bury your dead father!


And The Lord said to this guy one day "What makes you think the young man's father is dead?" The bible never said that!

The key part of that verse is not the dead father! It is the words "But first!"

"But First"

"But First"

Jesus calls us to do things but we always say "But First!"

But first I want to have fun! But first I want to do this! Eat! Play a game! Grow old then give my life to Jesus!


That is a mistake ):



One day there was this girl, popular, beautiful, possessions, popular friends, dream life. But she didn't have Jesus!

She was having too much fun to give her life to Jesus, she wanted to grow old before she did that!


She had a car accident. And she died before the preacher could get to her to lead her to Jesus. She was waiting for him, propped up in the bed, 40-50 friends waiting outside in tears, but she died just before the preacher could get there ):

She was so close, close enough to touch, but so far ):


There is an urgency. There is an urgency to give your life to Jesus. Now. Now. Don't wait. Now ):

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Yikes.

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Reinhard comes back!

He could go on forever in the same vein lol.

But Jesus says broad is the way that leads to death, narrow is the way that leads to eternal life!



But heaven is going to be bigger than hell!

He believes that there will be more people in heaven and hell!

It is not possible that the devil will waggle his finger at God in the end and say "God, I have won after all, I have more people in hell than You have in heaven."


It will not happen!


The party is going to be up there, in heaven, and the devil is going to have nothing to celebrate.



Amen (:




When Jesus spoke about the highway of death, He planted his cross in the middle of it!

The cross is the biggest roadblock to death and hell!

Arms outstretched, a barricade! And Jesus stands there, big, arms wide, and we evangelists, all of us, stand at the foot of the cross arms stretched out crying out "Repent, turn back, this is not the way!"


And some do see us, and choose to turn away, and praise God for that, that is our purpose in life (:


Amen, Praise God, Glory to Him (:


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Luke 19:10 --> "The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."


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In every religion, man seeks God. Sometimes lots of gods!


In the Christian faith, it is not just man seeking God! God is seeking man! God is seeking man!

-->GOD IS SEEKING MAN. <--


And the bible starts with that very truth!!!

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Genesis --> God just had His seventh day of rest.

While resting, there was a great cry from the garden of Eden! Adam and Eve had fallen into sin.


What did God do? Did He go to His archangel Gabriel and tell him that it was God's day off, He can tell Adam and Eve off tmr?

No! God broke his Sabbath immediately! He arose! He went to the Garden!

Genesis 3:9 --> "Adam, WHERE ARE YOU."


God was seeking man!

Man was not seeking God, in fact, man was hiding!

God is seeking man, he is seeking man even though man is hiding!

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God surely knew where Adam was. Behind shurb 123532412. Lol.

But Adam was not lost geographically, he was lost spiritually.


But when God found Adam, He did not start yelling and telling him off in wrath.

Not immediately. He dressed Adam. He dressed Adam. He took care of him first.


THAT is our Christian God.

Thank you God (:

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Reinhard believes that that chapter of Genesis is not focused on Adam and Eve, as many think, but God!


Adam and Eve were deceived. They were lost, the serpent had deceived them!


So they were lost. And someone had lost them!

Reinhard believes the spotlight is on the Person who lost His treasures, Adam and Eve!

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One day Reinhard and his wife and children were shopping. And they lost their daughter Gabby.

His wife was terrified, crushed.

So was Reinhard.

And finally after 3-4 hours they went to the police station in defeat and desperation.


And there was Gabby happily eating candies brightly saying "hey mommy, hey daddy! :D"

-.-


Learning Point: Gabby didn't even know she was lost! She was happily eating candies to enjoy her state of being lost! -.-


But Reinhard and his wife were terrifed! Crushed! They knew Gabby was lost. And it broke their hearts.

It broke their hearts ):


That is much like how things are today! The biggest loser is God! He lost Adam and Eve! It broke his heart! And many today don't even know they are lost because of the entertainment in their lives!

And they are lost, happily!

But it breaks God's heart.


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That changes tonight. Tonight God takes His people back. Yeah. Amen (:

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People always talk about testimonies where they found the Lord.

That is slightly wrong. They never found the Lord, the Lord was never lost!

God found us. We were lost. God came seeking us and found us. And He celebrates each and every one with indescribable joy.

(:


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Hosea 11:8

Israel was a morally bankrupt nation! They deserved to die! To be destroyed! This is what God said:

How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender. (Hosea 11:8)

How can I give you up! I don't know how to give you up! I LOVE YOU. HOW CAN I LET YOU GO. IT PAINS ME TO LET YOU GO.



When Jesus went to cavalry, God never said that. His only Son. The Son He loved. He gave up His only Son. For us that He loves and cannot bear to let go off.

Thank you God, Amen (:

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Tonight we speak from Old Testament truth (:

Deut 7:7

God says: I love you Israel, not because you are a great nation. In fact, you are the smallest of the nations around. Hmm. I love you Israel. Because I love you. Er. I love you because I love you. Lol.


Tonight God says to us: You have provoked Me with your sinful and unclean life. But I cannot give you up. I love you! I want to take that sin out and put a new heart inside of you. I love you because I love you. Come to me tonight.

Yay (:

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Jesus said the same thing.

The Son of Man has come to seek and seek and seek, and save and save and save, that which was lost.


He loves us. (:

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With us Christians, God spreads a table for us. We don't have to work for our faith(:

God spreads a table for us in his heavenly sanctum.

Yeah (:


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Story of the Prodigal Son:


Some preachers talk about all the sins the son did, with prostitutes and this and that and that and this!

But the Bible never really expounds on that...


But the father was waiting. The father was waiting. Day after day the father was waiting.

That the Bible does say (:


And one day the son came staggering back.

And the father was watching. And watching. And watching the road.

And he saw his son and he ran.


Let me tell you that old men don't like to run very much...


Lol.


But he saw his son take one, two steps, and stopping. And two more steps and stopping. And one step and a stop.


And he thinks: "Why is he stopping and stopping? ): Is he unsure? Is he still thinking? Is he thinking about going back? To live with the pigs? To suffer in the pigsty! TO SUFFER IN THE PIGSTY?"


And when the father realised that, HE RAN TO HIS SON.


"I can't take that risk, I can't let my son go. I am going to take and save and hold him. I'm running."


"Adam, where are you ): "

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He is like that tonight. For some of us tonight it is our last chance to receive Jesus. Don't let this chance go. Don't let it go.

Let me tell you another story


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We're on a train in Britain...

And suddenly the train stopped, and a group of men come into the same train-car as the old man who is reading his Bible, who is the main character of the story.


And the young men start mocking the old man. "Old man how can you read that book. Huh. You know what, can you show me what hell is? If you do, I might believe in Jesus. Hahahah sucker."


And the old man said "okay i'll show you"

The young men refused, they thought he was joking.

" No no no, you wanted to know, follow me, come with me"

And they went to the last carriage and the old man said!


"You want to know what hell is like? WELL OPEN THAT DOOR AND JUMP DOWN, AND YOU WILL BE THERE."


Lol.


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We're not going to ask you to jump into hell tonight.

But you are also one step away from heaven, only one step!

For every one step that you take to Jesus, He runs ten steps to you!

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And then we pray, and an altar call for salvation is given and hundreds of hundreds go to the front, making the decision to be saved :D

The healing part of the rally happens after this.

Followed by healing testimony time.

AND WE END THE NIGHT WITH PRAISE AND WORSHIP WITH PLANETSHAKERS, FOR GOD.

:D :D :D


Man its been an amazing three days. Hahaahah. Yes.

There we go. Breakfast time or praise time or something. Hahaha. Later (:

Good News Rally Easter Morning Service Notes:

Speaker: Reinhard Bonnke

Intro:

When Peter and John ran to Jesus tomb, they probably went and analyzed the tomb, and the clothes, and the stone, CSI: Jesus style. It would have been such a pity if they stayed and analyzed and analyzed and analyzed! Like some people do with the Bible these days! They analyze and analyze and analyze! And it gets them not very far.

BUT THEY WENT BACK AND ENCOUNTERED JESUS IN THE UPPER ROOM.


It takes an encounter! And they were brought from the grave to the Upper Room :D


And today we will go together to the Upper Room :D



From Easter to Pentecost! :


Acts 2: 1-4


Pentecost!

Disciples filled with power of Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues and praised God!




POINT NUMBER ONE:


GOD HAS NO FAVORITES. People think that being filled with the Holy Spirit is meant for "really spiritual Christians", and we elevate these leaders, so high that they become dizzy and fall down!

THAT IS NOT THE WAY GOD INTENDS US TO BE.


THERE IS A FLAME FOR EVERY HEAD. Unless you don't have a head, then Jesus doesn't have a flame for you *shrug*

But if you have a head... :D



Summary: That glorious anointing of the Holy Spirit IS NOT GOTTEN BY THE LOTTERY. It is not for a handful of lucky ones!

IT IS FOR YOU BY DIVINE RIGHT

-->IT IS FOR ME <--



POINT NUMBER TWO


EVERY TONGUE OF FIRE WAS MATCHED WITH A TONGUE OF FLESH!


There was a connection! A tongue of fire with a tongue of flesh! Heaven had connected with Earth! The supernatural had connected with the natural!


I pray that this connection happens with each and every one of us today :D


THIS IS LIVING TRUTH OFFERED FROM THE THRONE OF GOD.


WE WILL RECEIVE!

By God's generosity!




POINT NUMBER THREE


Those anointed began to speak in other languages!

It would have been such a pity if they only spoke in Hebrew! The Holy Spirit has only come for the Jews! Hebrew, Hebrew, Hebrew!

BUT THEY BEGUN TO PRAY IN THE LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD.


This is the ultimate truth of the ETHNIC interest of God!

ALL TONGUES, ALL NATIONS, WE WORSHIP JESUS CHRIST


The gospel is FOR ALL! Even Germans and Singaporeans!


We will walk around with a flame on our heads! :D


They prayed in the languages of the world because Jesus had ALREADY given them the Great Commission to go out to the nations!

And some came to Singapore long ago, and Singapore will carry that flame to CHINA AND INDIA AND INDONESIA!


POINT NUMBER FOUR


Pentecost is the incarnation of the Holy Spirit!


On the day of Pentecost, The Holy Spirit wrapped Himself around in the flesh of the 120 people in the upper room!

This means the Holy Spirit only works through HUMAN BEINGS.


So it means He needs us as much as we need Him!


We are earthly residential addresses of the Holy Spirit!


Only Jesus saves! But He invites us, to be part of his equation! We are part of God's plan to defeat the devil here on earth and bring others to heaven!


Judges 6:34 --> the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon!! (For victory)

In the Greek translation, it says The Spirit 'wrapped Himself around' Gideon!

-->Wrapped Himself around!! <--


And that will happen to us today :D


- Can a man go to the moon? It is a double answer. If you go as you are, YOU WILL DIE. But if you put yourself in a spacesuit, something which gives you protection and air and your needs, you can go to the moon!

The Holy Spirit is like that!!

You cannot go out and do battle as you are! LET THE HOLY SPIRIT WRAP HIMSELF AROUND YOU. (:


God is the highest power over sorcerers and witch doctors and everything! (:


No matter what they try, and tried to do to us! E.g. Reinhard :D



We are not alone, God is with us :D



POINT NUMBER FIVE

There are Christians who struggle!

Because they say the Holy Spirit is a 'most, holy, holy holy holy, Spirit.'


And I am not holy! I have so many flaws! D= I cannot approach the Holy Spirit...



The truth is this =


If you could make yourself worthy to receive the Holy Spirit, then nobody would need the Holy Spirit!

Ever!

:blink:


Never forget this for the rest of your life!! -->


OUR WEAKNESS DOES NOT REPEL THE HOLY SPIRIT


It -->ATTRACTS<-- the Holy Spirit!!!


:D



Though our flesh is weak!

But when you are washed by the blood of Jesus! The Holy Spirit comes for all of us(:


He comes for the best of us, and the worst of us!


Why does He come for us!

Because we need Him!

We neeed Him!


The Holy Spirit changes us!


Now Reinhard, changed by the Holy Spirit, preaches with emphasis!

The gospel incarnate!!

The gospel is not an alternative! It is an ultimatum!!!


When the Holy Spirit comes, suddenly you stand like a flame of fire (:




Point Number Six:

Let's talk about the Flame of Fire :D

- I decided to stop taking notes at this point and really devote all my attention to listening and letting God move. Some really powerful teaching happened. Haha. But I'm glad I stopped taking notes. We started inviting the Holy Spirit upon us, the flames of fire, and it started to come, the blessed anointing (: And then they broke it up to call for any new convictions of salvations, and man tons of people came up again oO.


Hahahaha. And we worshipped with Beautiful Saviour, and then we left to get lunch (:

Easter Sundayyy!!!

Pretty much the best Easter Sunday of my life, following the best Good Friday of my life, following the best.....whatever the Saturday in the middle has been called. Hhaahah. Its been an awesome three days of celebration of Jesus' death and resurrection. Heh. Haha I'll come back to this later, gonna post sermon notes!

Hammer in the window

Parents yelling at me when I got home at 11:15, 15 minutes after curfew kinda spoilt what was a pretty idyllic and wonderful day, especially when service started and i wasn't late for it, I had WoW under control.

And worship was completely amazingly awesome, even though that isn't the point of it, but yeah settling into a position to praise God simply because of who He is, not because of any feeling or to lead or to fit in with the crowd.

It felt good to just be there, first song, just me and God, no matter how much everyone else is jumping. Its not about me, its not about them.


Being prompted to kneel during the first song which was a fast song was interesting though, when everyone is jumping, but I learnt from that too. It doesn't matter what everyone else is doing. Its my personal worship to God.

Haha. Yay (:


And you could tell that everyone was completely serious about it. Completely. Serious about worshipping God. And we were ministered and blessed so much in return, in corporate :D


Message was great. Message was amazing. Such a powerful testimony, Michelle, and sitting with Sherry was, really really fun.


I know, I know, I shouldn't care about that kind of stuff, but its so much easier to sit with people that ARE ACTUALLY HIGH. You know? When I'm in my cell row its so not fun can everyone is so dead.

Yucks.

I love them okay but I love other people more, just because we share more similar interests. Like being high.

Like when I cheered and people at the end of the row cheered and we kept chain-cheering each other and the other kids on the left row joined in...

I never get that sitting in my cell row ._.


Is that wrong God ):

But I really just prefer it lor. Lol.

And having Nat and Sherry who I can talk to for real, not because of social obligation or duty...

What lah Lord. Its just the way things are :/


Anyway service was awesome lol.

Altar call. Couple of salvations. Thank you God. Then the second call for people who felt like they were backsliding.

So many people I knew and cared about and loved went up. I wanted to cry. Cause it was so emotionally moving and you could sense their sincerity and I wanted to be with each and every one of them praying and supporting and being with them.

But I couldn't cause I had to shadow Pastor Peter who happened to be ministering to the new guy salvation.

Haha. Keenan. Brenda. Kenneth. Veron. Sherry. Nat. People that I just want to be there with and support.

Haha but ah well eh :/


What I learnt from Pastor Peter (that was the point right, to learn something)

Ministering to new salvations:

1. Ask name
2. Explain what is going on and how to do it
3. Ask if can lead new believer in the Sinner's Prayer
4. Offer to pray for new believer.
5. Get followup forms
6. Explain what it is about, and importance of being in a community
7. Bring believer to side (with supporting friends) to fill in form
8. Give space for believer to fill in form
9. Go back, collect form
10. Hang out and talk about stuff and info related to the guy, make guy feel welcome


So that's what I learnt about leading new Christians in prayer at altar call. Lol. Pastor Josh would be so proud :rolls eyes:


Seeing Jac again was really really, really really good (: I am getting very fond of that girl. I trust her implicitly(:

Haha Jac(:

And seeing Veron. And Mel. And Angie. Tabs. Tab. Brenda. Kai En and Kenneth, the guys, New friend Tina who is completely awesome! Charlene. Charmaine as usual, love her so much. Haha.

And other people I'm sure I have forgotten (:

And sucks that I had to leave them all to go to cell dinner D=

Ah well. That was okay lor. Semi-decent. But missed out on Botak Jones with Angie Mel etc...

That put me in a sianed mood. Haha sigh :/

Am I a bad person Lord?

"he says no"

Oh okay. Haha. Then how. Its just one of those things, he says. And commit to them anyway, sometimes in your life there will be people you have to meet/serve etc that you wont be natural about hanging out with but you'll have to commit to them to serve me and them effectively.


I see. Haha kayyy Lord.

But gosh. Haha.

And then coming back and getting yelled at was lame lor. Lol. Disgusted with parents as usual. There is very little anger or sadness lately. Just more disgust and "I wish I could be out of here soon"

Ah wellz. Probably gonna have to work through that sometime eh Lord, you and me? And them?

...gah.


ANYWAY. TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO GO PLANETSHAKERS TMR. LETS GO WORSHIP THE LORD AND MAKE THIS EASTER A GOOD ONE FOR HIM.

And for us, but only because its a good one for Him. Haha. yayyy.

Lord please help me rally the troops?

Love you God. See you later. -hug-

Hahahah what. (: