Good News
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Do you know what the Good News is?No, it\'s not about my winning fifty million dollars in a lottery. Er... no, it\'s not about my going to Hokkaido in a couple of days time for a sweet little holiday, although yes, I am going on another trip (I travel too much, huh), but a trip only lasts a short time.. .. read more..
Mass Evangelism
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Thousands have heard! .. read more..
Campus Evangelism
Saturday, July 18, 2009
When our team left for the Philippines last Saturday, they didn\'t dream the impossible. They only asked God to let them reach 40,000 students with the gospel during the five weeks of evangelism in the campuses and colleges of the Philippines.The campaign started on Monday, and the four-day report to.. .. read more..
Not Wasted
Saturday, June 13, 2009
After the previous post about too much food, someone commented that he hoped the excess was not wasted. Whenever we have company and we went out to eat, we do tend to order too much food. I think it\'s an Asian thing - umm, don\'t judge a person by the size of his stomach, just put all the food you ca.. .. read more..
Filipino Dreaming
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
I\'ve been dreaming too much about the Philippines and the goings-on over there lately. Should I go, should I not go, should I go, should I not go... some nights I could almost hear the biggest hunk of lechon calling me all the way from the wedding in Iloilo, in addition to big tall jugs of mango sha.. .. read more..
Friendly Reminder To Dog Owners
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
At the boulevard, Dumaguete City, Philippines. .. read more..
Gebs
Friday, May 8, 2009
We visited bible schools and sometimes even lived in one (the Doane Baptist Seminary guesthouse) whenever we were in the Philippines, but this one which we visited a few years ago was quite an unusual school. Situated high up in the mountains of Panay, Gebs (God\'s Evangelistic Bible School) was quit.. .. read more..
Getting Around: Pedicab In The Philippines
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
So you thought those six people on the motor-bike in the previous post were too many? Ha.I was in the front passenger seat in our van and we were travelling from one church to another somewhere in Panay (in the central part of the Philippines) when I saw a peculiar sight in front of me. It looked li.. .. read more..
PicK Of The Day: Tomorrow\'s Leaders
Saturday, November 22, 2008
We are used to one or two-child families in Singapore. Then we go to the Philippines, and find the country teeming with young people and children. We go to Cambodia, and meet children with eight, nine or eleven siblings.Our community projects in these countries primarily target the youth and the chi.. .. read more..
Stuffed Milkfish
Thursday, October 23, 2008
I was in Batam one Saturday evening for a meeting, but of course before we sat down for the important discussions and decisions, we had dinner. It was my first time at Nelson\'s apartment, and his wife Nanette (both Filipinos) fed us so well that I think I was drooling all over the dining table. The .. .. read more..
PicK Of The Day: The Negritoes
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The Negritoes. The \'aborigines\' and original natives of the Philippines.We visit them every time we\'re in Iloilo, Philippines. We don\'t speak the same language, but it doesn\'t matter. A smile speaks a thousand words. .. read more..
The Mountain House Churches Part 2
Saturday, October 18, 2008
After the visit and fellowship at the Negrito church in GLBC Camiros, we prepared to make our way back to the car, for the next visit, to Balunos. The real mountain church.The way there was certainly eroded. Too many holes! No carabao was waiting at the foot of the mountain, and we had to use our le.. .. read more..
The Mountain House Churches
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The walk up the slopes to GLBC Camiros, the Negrito church.Preaching in GLBC CamirosSitting with the NegritoesThere was this one house church which was really, reeeeally up on the mountains of Balunos, Anilao, which I last climbed and visited in Feburary 2005. That was over three years ago, when I w.. .. read more..
The Multicab
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
What in the world is a multicab? Here it is, front view and back view...It is rather like a mini-jeepney, to pack as many people in as possible.And we all had the privilege of riding in it cos our car broke down while we were having lunch at GLBC Barasan. Although we waited and waited for Brother Os.. .. read more..
Iloilo Flood Stories
Saturday, October 11, 2008
One of the reasons why we went to the Philippines two weeks ago was to visit our brethren who were badly affected by Typhoon Frank in June, which caused a massive flood and killed about 200 people in the city alone.We came expecting sob stories, bad news, long faces and some weeping and crying. We l.. .. read more..
Getting Around: Nice Taxi Drivers In Manila
Thursday, October 9, 2008
There\'s no reason to keep on harping about that one crazy cab driver who took me for a ride to the gas station and back when there were really some very decent ones in Manila. So far I have not met any who tried to snatch my bag or take me to some mysterious place which was not my destination.The ai.. .. read more..
FBC Sunday School Fun
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The little kiddie Sunday School at Fundamental Bible Church (FBC) Cebu was such a fun place to be!! While the adults Sunday School class was in session at another room with a movie-showing, I went exploring in other rooms and discovered a whole bunch of kids. This particular species and I normally d.. .. read more..
Mango And Sticky Rice
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Our Wednesday evening at Doane Baptist Church Iloilo City was very eventful - we had first the evening prayer service where PP took the pulpit to challenge the congregation on missions, Adele also took the pulpit to share a testimony about her experiences in a certain mission field, and I shut mysel.. .. read more..
PicK Of The Day: Bulalo
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Suffering in missions is very, very real indeed, especially in the Philippines as evidenced by this huge bulalo PP is trying to eat. Ooooh, Filipino food is sooo good! And Filipino hospitality is simply unbeatable! Our friends are quite merciless, always taking us out to sumptuous breakfasts, lunche.. .. read more..
Iloilo City Tour
Saturday, September 27, 2008
The first time I toured Iloilo City, Philippines, and saw most of the city, was in May 2006. The first time I visited Iloilo City and stayed for about a week, was in Sept 1999. Oh, did I get the dates upside down... no, I didn\'t. It\'s true, I show up in Iloilo City almost every year, or even twice a.. .. read more..
Getting Around In Manila
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Thank God we had a wonderful time in Manila on Tuesday, 23rd Sep, and we\'re now in Iloilo City until Saturday morning.At the airport late on Monday evening just as we were about to check in for the flight to the Philippines, we were told, the flight\'s delayed for an hour, i.e. from 1240am to 140am T.. .. read more..
Getting Around: Taxis In Manila
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Did you like the story about that muttering cab driver I had to put up with in Iloilo City? This one I met in Manila some years ago was even more fantastic.It was our last day in the Philippines before we flew back home, and I knew I had to get some shopping done. Pastor Paul and I ran some errands .. .. read more..
PicK Of The Day: Greener Pastures
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Who says the grass isn\'t greener on the other side? .. read more..
Getting Around: Taxi Drivers In Iloilo
Sunday, August 24, 2008
I remembered telling this story before somewhere but probably not in this blog but anyway, here\'s a story (out of several I have collected!) about a particularly blur taxi driver in Iloilo City. Er... for the non-Singaporeans, blur = clueless, confused, stupid etc.I had to go to church from our hote.. .. read more..
City Tours
Saturday, August 16, 2008
I\'ve discovered that the only way to get to know a city well and begin to feel at home in it is to go out and walk, or take public transport and go shopping. Most of the time, we get ferried around in style and comfort by one of our local friends in a spanking clean van, and that\'s fine if we needed.. .. read more..