Hi everyone!

It was a hectic day out with the bestie today- talks with the photographer went great n if...*fingers toes cross* things go well - we'll be on our way to pre-wedding shots together!
:)

I managed to arrange a trial makeup/hair session with a makeup artist n im excited!

Hopefully it will turn out well too!
Take care everyone goodnight!
Dun let bedbugs bite!

P.s Our gluttony knows no bounds!
:p



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Going out for late lunch with bestie n off to meet a photographer for a discussion!
Excited... Whoots!

Did I mention that this itchy backside BFF of mine wants to take prewedding pics at the same time?!
Although she is married- the pics then were not satisfactory hence the impromptu decision to do it together now!

So while im not at work, we are arranging gown looking,makeup artistes n sourcing of locations to take the pics!
:)

Fingers crossed.
Im thankful for my girlfriends.
God bless, have a great weekend guys!
















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Just came back from Beijing...!
Am so tired... Woke up so early this morning n it was freezing!

Sometimes I just love the weather in Singapore!
Although its really hot but the sun puts me in a great mood!

Anyways... have fun everyone!
Weekends are here!

Byeee!
Love,
Elaine73

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Hello everyoneee!
Can u see me? Im trying out blogging from my iphone!
:)

Have to work later on, so catch u guys real soon!

xoxo
elaine73


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Last friday was my church's 1st birthday...!!!

I am totally estatic, becoz this church was painstakingly started with alot of hard work, sweat and tears.

For those who have been here in this space for alittle longer may have an inkling of how we, along with our pastor - left the old church due to irreconcilable differences, and set up our little humble place with merely 20 members.

It was tough being thrown into the big sea with nowhere to go.
We were disappointed, but we cant do anything but to pray and hope for a silver lining after the rain.

Here's a post from the past.
Where it all began.

I try not to talk too much about church, coz its something very personal - and I respect other people with other religions, so I hope u guys dun try to think Im trying to convert anyone here okieeee.

Im not a holy person, and I dun judge people becoz Im not perfect myself - so please dun get me wrong.
This post is just about sharing what goes on in my life, and church happens to be a huge part of it.
:D

For people who dunno me personally, I actually attend a Hokkien church - yesh, u heard right.
It is a full dialect service, and weirdly, even for a tone-deaf person like me - Im in the praise & worship team.

Tell u we on budget alreeeady mah.
:p

But these people are like my family to me, we meet every week (when Im not working) in church, choir practise, pot-lucking, bible-reading, or simply just spending time together.

And becoz this is a dialect church, we have people from all ages - mainly grannies, grandpas who bring their grandchildren here most of the time.
Hawkers, sweepers, teachers, executives, students - this is a family church and ppl come from all walks of life.

Thats why we are called Church Of Marketplace.
:)

Our service last friday.
My pastor, Stanley Tan.

(Pictures courtesy of Jungle Boy - he is our photographer cum videographer -we are on budget ok? Hehe. )



I loveeee this picture!



Praise & Worship team.





This is our self-designed logo... Nice anot! :p
Even the speaker's stand was kindly donated... like, everything on stage too!
And yes.. the stage is done by members of church who knows carpentry..ha!



Now we have a 200 strong congregation.

From 20 to 60, to 80 and then we broke the 100 record, and as at last friday - we have 216 people who came for the service.
Amazing~!



Pastor Stanley introducing our guest speaker of the night..



Mr Chua....! aka ah seng! :p
He's a husband of our church member who plays the piano.



He is really an amazing person, to say the least.

Formerly an heroine addict, he turned his life around in jail when he found God.

Now he & his wife runs a half-way house for former drug addicts who wants a new life.
I admire them for their selflessness, and how they devote their time in changing people for the better.
( I think he was on TV too! Hee!)

This is what happens when u have a photographer boyfriend.
:p



Do u see a grandpa next to me?

He is 83 years old and also in the praise & worship team!!!
We respect him a great deal, and all of us in church call him 'Ah-gong!' (dialect for grandfather)



Listening intently.



Our 200 strong congregation.
Both our parents are somewhere there too!
:)



After the sermon, we had something up our sleeves.. hehe!
We have cakeeeeeee!



Big candle!



Singing a birthday song in both English & Hokkien!



And everyone gets a small present.. courtesy of a church member's daughter!
She was very kind to print our church name, with my pastor's hp number along with it!
Ha!



Passing along the pens.



Our Praise & Worship had a small musical to celebrate the day.
Can u see me? Keke!



Special thanks to JOLIEROBE (Click Here!) for their lovely Grecian white dress!

I had compliments all night long!
:):)

This dress conjures up pretty white weddings, flowly hair and makeup.. and love all round.



We had ah gong dancing along, holding the 10 commandments!



Ah Kim-che is another respected grandma in church - she dances along everytime we sing on stage!



She oftens cooks for us too, comfort food like soup, porridge and braised pork!
We are blessed.
:D

Singing.



Loveeee the sweet dress I wore!
But I tak glam dao~ keke.

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Thank you JOLIEROBE (Click Here!) once again for the lovely white dress - I made up my mind to wear it to church the moment I set my eyes on it!
:D



Our signboard!



After church, we usually prepare some food and drinks for everyone.
My two darlings.. Kyne and Kidman!



Saying bye bye to Pastor.



Candid shots.



My good friends in church!
Lead singer, Jovial!
(I am ca-la-fei singer...)







U wun guess what my good friend Kaylene is showing me...



Its a video of Jungle Boy and Kaylene's husband playing pretending to sing "My Endless Love" on stage in church the week before when Im not around!

Hence my expression to him!
:p



Goodbye everyone!

Hope u had a great weekend~
Its back to work work work for me and why is everyone more gan chiong than me about wedding preparations?

Need to find nice bridal studios, so drop me an email or tag if u have came across anything good, ya!
Love, love.

xoxo
elaine73

Here's the video that Jungle Boy did for church that day!
You can see how we grew in numbers from the very first day to our present place.

"With God, all things are possible."




p.s
Will be back soon!
Just gotten a new Iphone.. and Im stuck on it! :p

Its great fun wassap-ing friends and disturbing them all the time!
And I wonder which hole I was stuck in all the time.. keke!
Cya soon!

For interested peeps who would like to bring their non-english speaking parents to church, perhaps u can drop by one day - or you can come along yourself and join us in prayer & worship on Fridays!
We warmly welcome everyone.
:)

Church of Marketplace

Address: Antioch @ MacPherson (Opposite Macpherson MRT station)
18 Arumugam Road #06-01
Singapore 409962

Service: Hokkien
Time: Fridays 7.30pm

Last month I had a work trip to HongKong and Jungle Boy flew up to meet me there.
It was awfully short, never enough - but we made full use of the time and went round the small city!
I love HongKong, its a bustling town that never sleeps.



We went to meet my old classmates!
I miss them so much, its like a mini gossip cum makan session everytime I fly over to HongKong!

On the way..



It was expectedly crowded.



My HK classmates..!Mandy and Florence (along with their boyfriends - coz I brought Jungle Boy along too this time! Hee!)



We went to a cha chan teng and had the most awesome toasted bun!
I miss my milk tea already.. (and the girls too!)



Soon it was time to head off and sweetest Mandy's boyfriend drove us to Lan Kwai Fong to get something really special...

YONG KEE!!!


Well-known in Hong Kong for their roasted goose, I absolutely adore the century eggs there!
We bought so many boxes - the cashier even laughed at us.



We stay in Tsim Sha Tsui, so we decided to take the ferry!
Yes...! With all the eggs in boxes!
:P



It was really fun ~~!
Cheap like mad too, at about S$1 per trip across the habour!



I cannot describe how much I love looking at this retro form of transport.



It gives me a rather amazing nostalgic feel, and although Im not from that era - I have a very old soul, and I love everything from the past.



Sometimes I catch myself watching old HK black and white movies just to admire the fashion.
:)



Walking to shore.



Hello, Kowloon!



And the pier looks grand, even at night.



Going back to our hotel to put all the century eggs down!



Not before..



Cant resist taking typical sights of HongKong.



And medical shops with plenty of herbs and tonics for sale.



Gold used for 'si dian jing' (chinese weddings)



My greatest love love love..!
Roadside stallsssss!!!
So many people.. at anytime of the day.



We put our things down and went to Lei Yu Mun!



This is the place to get the freshest seafood.



Seabreeze.



I saw so many tanks of sea creatures..!



It was mind-boggling..



It was the biggest oyster I've seen!



Lei Yu Mun works like this - U choose ur seafood, tell them how u want it to be cooked and then sit and wait for ur meal.

There are no menus, no price tags and alot of haggling and touting.
But be smart, be wary and most of the hawkers are pretty harmless.







We had a great meal!



After walking around Lei Yu Mun, we took a taxi and went night market shopping!

Women's Street.



It was so busy!



And nearly at 10pm... what better time to have something sweet?



I seriously will kill for this.



Tell me, will u?



The night ended on the sweetest note - with my favourite desert in my tummy, and my favourite guy holding my hand.



Goodnight, world!



I'll see u in my dreams again, tonight.



Take care peeps, off to bed!
Tomorrow I have lunch with friends, and then its Godson Kayden 1st birthday bash!
Im excited... so have a great weekend, back real soon.

xoxo
elaine73

p.s Back with updates on my church's 1st birthday celebration! And also a new blogshop soon..!
Start shopping with all ur ang pow money, babes! :):):)

Love y'all.
Peace out.