Day 89

As I was walking to the toilet for my morning 'P'
this morning, I walked past the common room..

To my greatest horror


The cleaning lady is gonna scream her lungs off
and I believe Warden will lock up the common room

Saw this 5 CD sermon package on
'Mastering your Seth-tion' by Pastor Collin Dye in the church
resource bookshop

25 pounds.. I could have bought 16 copies
if I have not been con-ed

One of the greatest joy on sundays
The route to church along Hyde park by my legs




Many artist will exhibit their paintings

And slowly seeing the flowers bloom in Spring time



A Familiar name




Hey! Use the Zebra crossing you horses!



After a short meal back at hall,
I set off to meet summer to the police station
to file a police report on the con-man case

I even removed all my piercings so that I would look more
'Good boy' and credible


The Lady police officer was Super unfriendly... mean...
and 'Golf Lima' (If you know what I mean)

When I told her about my case.. she asked me..

'So do you think you deserve to be cheated?'

'Yes' I replied

'Then serve you right, there's nothing much we
can do for you'

As I went through some of the details with her,
she exclaimed 'You're classic man, unbelieveable'
and rolls her eyes...

I was feeling super crappy.. but what can I do?
I'm a foreigner at their mercy
Must have thrown the face of asians for being so naive

Well, its kind of certain that the 310pounds + 100 euros
is gone forever... its time to walk on

'The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; everything in the world is yours-you created it all. You created the North and the South, Mt Tabor and Mt hermon praise your name. Power is your arm! Strong is your hand! Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength. Your right hand is founded on 2 strong pillars righteousness and justice. Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants' - Psalms 89

In Him I trust, crappy or good because of his unfailing love

Summer and I headed down to Chinatown for dinner
after filing the police report

Shots delicated to Joshua Spy Lau
Looks like our brotherhood has been recognised
by the streets of London



Daylight savings is on from today onwards
I.e The whole of London synchronise their time 1hr forward
We are now 7hrs behind Singapore

Look at the sky! It was 1900hrs when I took this
Kind of feels like Singapore


We headed down to the Singaporean/Malaysian restaurant
that Cousin Cheng brought me earlier on in march

Teh Peng, my comfort drink



My Nasi Lemak (But look more like Chicken Briayni)


It tasted super good man. Totally made my day



Summer ordered Laksa, steady lah




It was 2000hrs when we left the restaurant and
look at the sky!



The longer 'daylight' kind of makes you happier

Shot delicated to LCP B Y Cheong



another shot delicated to the FIFA president




I headed to Charity's hall to collect my thumbdrive
on my way back home. Landed up joining them in watching
Tim Burton's 'Sweeney Todd'

It was a super Bloody and Brutal movie
I believe Ah Lau will love it from start to end


This blog gonna freeze for a few more days.
I'll be heading to 'Peak District' (Northern UK)
in the next few days with 8 other friends on a road trip

Man.. I still haven't managed to upload the Germany
post and photos up yet... all because of the
'strange strange ordeal' (Edison Feb 2008)

But here is a sneak preview of everything in Germany!

Day 88

I went for a seminar in Kensington temple today
Teaching on moving in the miraculous realm
Gypsy William Lee did most of the teaching and it was awesome




There were moments we just stood up and receive
and the Holy Spirit just moved and flood, without any words
without any music. Our hearts were still, the atmosphere was still
but the participation of the Holy spirit was far more than active

Seen a 60+ years old Black mama flew? I have.. today



Many intermissions during the session, I was deeply
troubled by the Con-man and the situation that I'm in now.
'GOD i need a miracle'

Many blog posts in the previous days, I have mentioned
that GOD strategically place me in certain places at certain
times to meet certain people which blew my mind.

So how does this crappy ordeal I'm in occur?
You mean GOD strategically put a Con-man for me to meet
at the correct place at the correct time as well?

My answer would be a Yes
Am I troubled?
Yes of course I am, deeply troubled
Its $1200 sing dollars we're talking here

But I just got to trust in his leading and see what happens next

'Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your
own understanding, in all your ways, acknowledge him and he
will make your paths straight' Proverbs 16:3

Thanks to my friends who have been comforting me
Hailer, Kellie, Gordon, Charity, Ah Black

Before I called Mum to tell her my situation,
I was deeply scared and frightened to kind of 'face the music'
I was tellling Ah Black on Msn

'Hey I'm gonna tell my mum now, judgement day come already'

And Black replied

'dear Lord, i pray tt as angus talks to his mum, you will grant her understanding and that this will be a conversation which will grant him peace instead.'

I talked to Mum, and I was deeply moved.

Never for one second did she blame me or scold me for
my stupidity and naive.

She kept saying 'Its ok, take it as a learning experience' x10

'Don't think too much about it, let it pass' x5

I'm not trying to mean that my friend's words
and comfort weigh nothing and disqualify
their acts of concern and love

But Mum's reaction kind of superceded everything
When I got her assurance, somehow, every single feeling of
anxiety, anguish and despair seemed to disappear
(Dad your words would have done the same work, just that I
didn't have the chance to tell you the story yet)

Somehow, I don't know why, as much as we can have
lots of fun with our friends and want them around us.
The security that our parents provide is irreplaceable

I sort of get a glimpse of what it means
to seek God's approval instead of man's approval somehow
and that his approval alone is enough

When the boss says 'You're good' means you are good
You don't need man's approval to show them your worth.
Because you're worth more than every single blood he dripped
for you because HE said so

I'll be heading to the police station to file a report tomorrow
with Summer. Hope all goes fine.

Day 87

So I'm back here in the City of Blinding lights- London
I'm still trying to upload the pictures on the Germany trip,
hopefully it'll be up by tomorrow

I was ambushed in my sleep at 0930hrs by a suprise visitor




Joel Han from Chicago came down to London!!!

Joel is another of our church mate back in Singapore
and I'm really very happy to see him here in London

He went off shortly to meet his RI-RJ friends
to explore central London

The rest of the day for me was spent resting,
trying to get back on to life in London



At 1900hrs, while I was on my way to OCF,
A car pulled over right in front of me, wind down the window
and asked me 'Excuse me, I'm lost, can you please tell me where I am?'

I tried to tell the driver where he was with my limited knowledge.
I knew how to get him out by my own directions but not on the map he showed me.
thus, I volunteered to jump into his car and help him out to the main roads.
Later, he told me he was heading to Heathrow airport to catch a flight back to L.A

We had a small conversation in the car

Driver: Where are you from?

A.S: Singapore, I'm doing an exchange here for 6 mths

Driver: My dad has a few business contacts in Singapore. He designs the Lambogini
as well as the Maseratis

A.S (eyes lit up) : Is that right? Cool. Where are you from?

Driver: I'm born in Italia, but I stay in L.A.
I came for a business trip to bring sample
designs like Armani and Versace to the distributors
to vet before bringing them in.

A.S: So how was your time in London?

Driver: You know last night I went for a party at Soho,
I spent a night with one of the ladies in the pub
and when I woke up this morning, my wallet was missing
All my credit cards and money was lost

A.S: I'm sorry about that

(Next few minutes was spent giving him directions)

Driver: By the way, can I ask a favour from you? This car that I'm driving
is rented from Heathrow airport and I need to pay for it, but
I don't have any cash on me now.

A.S: Can you show me the receipt of your car rental

(It was written in black and white 350 pounds)

A.S: How can I trust you that you will return me the money?

To cut the long story short, I took down the following information from him

1. His e-mail
2. His address
3. His I/C no. (Which i saw with my own eyes)
4. His Name
5. His Dad's number

(I spoke to his Dad on the phone and when I told him I was from Singapore, he said the same thing as he did 'I had a few business contacts in SG... I am the.....)

After all that, I was kind of convince that his information was credible.
I went off the car and took out 300 pounds (Max frm bank limit for the day)
and fished out another 10 pounds and 100 euros from my wallet and gave it to him

Before I left the car, I said 'Marc, I'm a Christian, can i just pray for you?'

and so I did...

He handed me a bag of jackets and insisted that
I take it as a gift because he couldn't take them up
on the plane or he'll be taxed.

Before he drove off, I took a last glance at the car and took down the
car plate number

During the whole OCF meeting, I felt very worried
and uneasy. There was this big feeling of
'What if this guy was a con-man?'

I didn't think so much of that after OCF as
it was Joel's last night in London

Gordon and I made double sure that he enjoys
a feast supper with us before he leaves for the U.S











It was a great time that we had together

After I returned to my room, I immediately
send an e-mail to the driver

BUT...

The e-mail was bounced back with a failure message

I tried other possible combinations of the e-mail
but to no avail

I also tried dialing the number of his father's handphone,
there was no way I could get through after multiple
trial and errors of different area codes of Italy and Los Angeles

I typed in the address he gave me in L.A.
It was correct, but was a general area w/o specific location
of his house

By then, I knew I have invited trouble to myself...
I can only rely on 2 concrete details now..

1. His I/C no.
2. The car plate number I took

Man, Am I stupid or what? What have I gotten myself into?

Day 82

Can you see the snow this time round?


I wish the snow could stay unmelt on the ground and
blanket it into a layer of white carpet

Gipsy William Lee asked the crowd
a few questions in church today

'Why did Jesus remove the BIG rock of his tomb?'
Was it because he wants to show that he is muscular?
or is it because He wanted to get out?

'He rolled away the BIG rock so that you could get in
and testify his resurrection Power'

The BIG rock is like obstacles in our way in the everyday,
Struggles, sin, sickness, depression, angst, or just
in areas where you seem to see no light and all seems hopeless
Big, small, stubborn.. all of the above

His ressurection Power CAN move that ROCK (obstacle)
however big, small stubborn

Lunch at Bayswaters

Kiasu restaurant


Selling Singapore stuff... too expensive
so I am Kia-xi to eat it



Went to sub-way to have my first sub
Never even 'Sub' before in Singapore


Shot delicated to Hailer Chong
How, is this considered your Gothic?


Ok.. what about if I add some birds into the picture?


The demolished building beside my hall..
I hope the contractors are doing a good job...



I went to Hillsong London to check out their
Easter service in the late evening.

Totally blown away by what God wanted to do

'Is there a circumstance where you see no hope and no light
and no way out? Would you please stand where you are?'

'Is there a broken relationship whereby it seems there's
no way of restoration and repair, Would you please stand?'

'Are there garbages that you have been carrying all along,
searching for a place to know where to dump them?'

And the whole dominion theatre was filled with the standing congregation crying
out for the ressurection power to give the broken hearted the courage to stand up
and fight (And you don't have to fight alone in this)

The garbage i have been carrying all along is not only heavy,
but it has spilled all over the floor, mixed and all messed up.
So messed up until I don't know how and where to begin to clear them all

But Jesus is saying 'When you cry out, I listen and
I'm close to those who are broken and afflicted.'

'When you cry out, I can't ignore'

But wait, crying seems to be a weakling kind of behaviour isn't it?

Exactly, thats because I am weak and I don't have
it right altogether. I need to cry out.


'The Same Power that conquered the Grave lives in you'
This is a Powerful powerful song
(Anticipating its release sometime in June 2008 Hillsong London)



I hope you don't mind the singing congregation though!

My friends, my wish is that you can also leave your thrash (if you have any)
at the feet of this man who moved that rock, because he CAN move ANY rock and obstacles in your way


My first Instant noodle dinner in London


Euros euros



I'll be heading to Berlin (Germany) till thursday
for a short trip with 4 other friends

This blog gonna be freezing in the cold once again

And to everybody!



'The Same Power that conquered the grave lives in you!'