Asia Conference 2008

Well finally i'm gonna blog about this

its the

ASIA CONFERENCE 2008

by City Harvest Church Singapore

since there is no Emerge 2008 this year

it is called as Asia Conference

as there are less tournaments and competitions

and World Class speakers came to talk

such as

Rev. Dr Kong Hee

Rev. Benny Hinn

Rev. Dr Ulf Ekman

Rev. Dr A.R. Bernard

Rev. Dr Phil Pringle

Pastor Christine Pringle

Rev. Mike Connell

and more

so yeah it was a mega event

which City Harvest had to use nearly all the Singapore Expo halls

there were about 25000 delegates that came from all over the world

so yeah...its MEGA lol =)

It started on the 19th of Nov till the 23rd of Nov

There were guest artist

from the christian music industry

such as

Don Moen

Carola Haggkvist

True Worshippers

C3 Band

Alison Yap

Annabel Soh

and guest artist from taiwan such as

Liu Geng Hong

Vivi Tang

Lin Jun Jie

Wing

a few more which i forgot the names..

too bad this time

Fir, Sun Ho, Jay Chou and Tank couldnt make it

haihz...

well there is always Asia Conference 2010 =) hehe

okays so lets start up

there are about 20 busses going down to singapore

so i boarded the bus at 8 am on 18th of Nov

so nearly the whole pos and dance team were in the same bus

some of our members playing around"

my hand =D with boonDennis

Sarah the Jive Queen


our two flyers for Cheerleading

Jorida

(malaysia's sytycd top 5)

Ern Ai the hiphop dancer

Cheryl the Choreographer

okays so anyway we reached singapore about 2pm+

cos of kastam and so on...yeah

so bus takes a bit longer compared to car as usual
one of the funniest things i saw at the staircase at the bus stop:

lol singaporeans are awesome

okays so as we reached

the Cheer Squad had to rush off to Expo 8 to rehearse

cos we're like the opening act for the whole conference

cool huh?

performing in front of so many =)

The Van ride

Sarah the Capitan

The driver =)

so anyways we reached expo about 30 minutes after that

Singapore drivers really drive according to limits compared to Malaysians hahahaha

whats the use of such nice and big cars when u go according to limits

so anyways the empty expo hall:

Expo

so we practised about 4 hours straight

cos there was a change in routine and everything

yeah it was damn tiring

and the change of routine twisted our heads

well after our rehearsals

we headed off for dinner and reached orchard road about 8pm

Dumb malaysians using the MRT to orchard hahaha

Markie and I

Amelia and Leera

Boon and Nicole...

me and leera

pastor boon haha

orchard road

dumb malaysians =)

spot the free hugs

and justin went for it hahaha

with God all things are possible! =)

where we ate

orchard road

Atria

whee

the sleepy head dancers

Sarah Goh and I

Tangs

we headed back to our respective hostels after that

it was kinda late and different hostels

some were at eton...some at dragon inn and so on

so yeah...we kinda booked a lot of hostels

cos we have 1000 delegates from our church

so anyways that concluded the day we arrived at sg

19th of November 2008

so anyways the next day

woke up about 9am and took the bus to Expo

cos there was a conference briefing for the international delegates

250+ delegates from eton hall

the crossroads

the road we stayed in

Sarah, me and Jorida

the dining area for briefing

Serene and I

Jocelyn

Sarah Goh

the dance crew

*randomness*

an insane bugger

oh yeah..at singapore...

u always have to use the underpass or overpass or zebra crossin

no such thing as jay walking

this is not malaysia *sighs*

so anyways after the briefing

the cheer team went to the conference hall to practise

its like Malaysia + Singapore doing the same performance

stressful =X

cos we havnt actually even rehearsed together properly lol

Shadows =D

Daniel and I

My small sister nicole

and the abang nico lol =)

Chair =)
Singapore + Malaysia Team

another view

i shall upload the vid soon cos i still cant find a clear one =)

so anyways the performance wuz great

the whole thing was sumthin like beijing olympics wei hahaha

all the march pass and so on

so yeah that night wuz totally awesome =)

so after the whole thing

we headed off to the bus to return to our hostels

while walking to the bus

we saw things that are incredible

its a form of art

introducing...model number 1!

erotic =D

sexy

lawl hahaha i have no idea how to describe this one

so anyways that concludes day 1 of the conference

20th of Nov 2008

today we had to wake up early

as we have to leave our hostels about 2 hours before the session starts...

so the session started at 9..

so we left about 7 from the hostel

me and antonia in the bus

the walk to the foyer

Expo

a classic pic=)

the hall (expo 8)

alright u see behind and on top?

the behind is not a normal projecter...

its a mega large LCD screen

and at the top..the 4 longish things are LED screens

awesome huh? =D

thats how much the church spends on lighting and display..

Siew Fong, Michelle, Antonia, Belle, Boon Yen and Me

see all the icons on the LED screen hahaha

me and charis (singapore cheerleader)

so anyways after the morning session

i didn't go for the electives in the afternoon

cos i wanted to meet up with Bern and Yuqii

its like a year plus i havn't met em

so i headed off to Bugis to find em

and this is a thing i didn't do in a long time:

neoprints hahaha

really long since i've done it...

5 or 6 years i think

so anyways we walked and talked and caught up on old times

a classic smile haha

and they bought this for me=.=

badge number 1

badge number 2

okay i'm not that perverted aite? =)

Christmas tree in bugis

kids playing with water

Bugis street

a very large fan

the mall

Bern, Yuqii and I

us 3 again

Yuqii and I

Me and Bern

well i headed back that night to Expo for the night session...

there was a performance by Don Moen and Carola Haggvist

and praise and worship were led by True Worshippers from Indonesia

Rev Ulf Ekman also preached a good message

but it was kinda draggy..

so yeah...it was still good

21st Nov 2008

it was another 2 session in the morning with

Rev A.R. Bernard and

Rev. Phil Pringle

both sessions were great as Rev A.R Bernard

preaches totally out of the box

and Rev Phil Pringle

began praying for nations and so on

the C3 Band also performed in the morning sessions

and for the night session it was the CHC band

with Rev Kong Hee
me and boon

look at Burger King's burgers

okays so anyways
after the sessions

the Cheer team headed off to Geylang road

i tell u

there were so many "chickens" there walking around offering themselves

and most of em were guys

hahaha

so now if u wanna go have fun u can go there =)

well besides the "chickens"

the food at Geylang is pretty good

we went to one of the shops...

with pretty fantastic mee and kuayteow

My kuey teow

Feeding Amelia lol

Group pic

after the food

Justin + Leena + i donno lol

Nico and I

Sarah, Nicole & Eric

she is finally tall for once

Amelia and I

the lamers

we walked about 20 minutes after supper

and headed to another place at geylang

which served soya bean + yew char kuay

sry cos of the terrible grammar haha

i mean its a weird combination yet a lot of ppl were there

dipping it =)

look at nicole's face haha

Nicole

so anyways that concludes the day

22 Nov 2008

it is a very important day

as Rev Benny Hinn is coming to speak for the night session

it would only start at 7pm at night

but at 12pm many were queing up in the overflow room

when i reached there at about 12.15

there were about 1000 ppl waiting in there already

thats how good he is

cos he is a healing evangelist i'm the only non nigerian =D

the sign board

Jeffrey

Alvin

This is how big their overflow room is

at about 4.30

they allowed us to go into the main hall

it was totally packed with ppl the stage

wootz

the main hall

so well

since Benny Hinn is a healing evangelist

it was really awesome

as u can actually see

the lame can walk..

the daft can hear..

the ppl with disabilities suddenly transformed to normal

it was really amazing..

if u ever hear benny hinn next time

dont miss it =)

that concludes 22th nov

23rd Nov 2008

the last and final day

well u know everything is really rushed and everything

wuz so tired cos of everything

i could actually sleep anywhere lol
and guess what?

i saw a Limited Edition GTR

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LOL!!!

okays so anyways the que for the sunday service wuz really long too

as i said 25000 ppl for a service hahaha

Me and Boon Queing up

Serene, me and Jocelyn

the que

Belle and I

Me and Daniel

Antonia, Boon Yen, Belle, Me

had an amazing sermon by Rev. Phil Pringle

and worship with the C3 band

at the lunch session

most of the cheerleaders sat together

so its like Malaysia+Singapore together gether hahaa

the cheerleaders

Candice, Me, Gordon, Daniel & Joshua

Me, Candice, Gordon, Daniel
well this is the last session for the night

it was so packed..

it was very hard to get in

Me, Joshua & dennis behind

Vanessa and I

okays as i said

the last nite is the best night

as...

Rev A.R. Bernard was preaching again

but yet...

it was amazing as...

there was a performance by the taiwan celebrities =)

Rev Kong Hee & Liu Geng Hong
the taiwan Celebrities

i donno whats her name
i oso donno his name

and there was a special performance by Lin Jun Jie =)

Lin Jun Jie
Me, Justin and Daniel

well the whole conference is over already

it was really energy taking

but yet worth it

it ended up with all the hugs and good byes

really sad though

as we wont see each other for another year or 2

so yeah...thats sad

haihz...

but overall

i think that this was like the best conference i've ever been to =)

and now i'm back in Malaysia=)

teehee

okays that concludes this post

-outz-