Tourist Day
Note:
I was at VIVO CITY last Sunday. It wasn't VIVIO CITY as mentioned earlier. Hope I did not cause you all embarassment when you mentioned it to your friends. Apologies if you did. :(
Had a couple (literally) of friends coming over from KL, and I played tour guide/tourist for the day.
The morning started with worship at City Harvest Church. Apparently, the church seems to have become a famous must-see sight of Singapore. I've never been there before, and was game to go and observe the service. Even though the name of the church reminded me of THAT man...
I can see why it's such a popular church. It is a church that understands the changing trend of the pop culture, and adjusted itself. However, sometimes too adjusted, I feel. Though I have to agree, the worship, though it "rocked" is pretty spirit-filled.
I told my friends that they were in for a "deluxe" service today. Because, apparently, the church is going through another "Arise and Build" phase. And the worship service was about an hour, which included a history of the church. According to the high-tech presentation, which follows a rather commercial-look-alike annoucement video clip, the church has an attendance of 22,000 at present.
Yep. 22,000.
And because of the current membership and their vision to expand, the are now appealing for members for faith pledge to make it happen. And the (sermon) message, delivered by Pastor Kong Hee (looking trendy in jeans and a [I believe it's a True Religion] black T-shirt with an embellished Tiger/Jaguar looking animal on it)) was talking about putting your money where your heart is. Something to that effect. All's ok. But I rolled my eyes when he said, give to God and he will reward you many fold, because God can outgive us all. Somehow, the "prosperity gospel" red light seemed to light up on the top of my head.
Anyways, it was really an eye-opener. Overall, I think the church is not as bad as it was projected in the media. One has to be in the congregation to understand why they do certain things. All I can say is, they appeal to a different group of churchgoers... Probably not my type :)
(Btw, I hear today that the church is getting Delirious and Newsboys to town in Dec. I am thinking of going. I like Newsboys :)
We then went to Esplanade, cos couple friend thought maybe they would give Sentosa a miss. And look what we saw at the concourse of the Esplanade.
These are works of local artist, Victor Tan-something. They are such beautiful works constructed using wires ONLY. Here, you are only showed 10% of what he has done. You gotta go see it to appreciate it. It's really worth go-see.
Then we walked and walked, from Esplanade to Merlion to Fullerton, to Singapore River to Empress Place to Victoria Memorial Hall, to old Subordinate Court, to Funan Centre. After realising that it may not worth him the while to buy a digital camera here, we proceed to have Ya Kun and took a train to Orchard Road.
His wife was trying to see if there are any dresses she could buy to attend a wedding. So I brought them to Tangs. Upon reaching the ladies wear, I told them we could go do our own stuffs and meet again later.
I spent quite sometime at a accessories counter and the shoe department. Told myself that I shouldn't buy any shoes cos I've just got 2 pairs last week. Managed well so far...
Then I step into The Island Shop and saw the accessories hanging there. I've always loved accessories from The Island Shop, and something at the back of my mind reminded me that I need a necklace in black. After spending sometime at the accessories and several moments at the mirror later, I bought myself a necklace. Hehe...
I was ready to look for them, but was surprised to know that they have wondered a couple blocks away to the Paragon, and were happy to manage themselves there. So my mission has completed. He has reminded me to look him up when I go to KL next week.
Heheh.... Oh, I am sure to look him up then. :)
Erm... The End.
I was at VIVO CITY last Sunday. It wasn't VIVIO CITY as mentioned earlier. Hope I did not cause you all embarassment when you mentioned it to your friends. Apologies if you did. :(
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Had a couple (literally) of friends coming over from KL, and I played tour guide/tourist for the day.
The morning started with worship at City Harvest Church. Apparently, the church seems to have become a famous must-see sight of Singapore. I've never been there before, and was game to go and observe the service. Even though the name of the church reminded me of THAT man...
I can see why it's such a popular church. It is a church that understands the changing trend of the pop culture, and adjusted itself. However, sometimes too adjusted, I feel. Though I have to agree, the worship, though it "rocked" is pretty spirit-filled.
I told my friends that they were in for a "deluxe" service today. Because, apparently, the church is going through another "Arise and Build" phase. And the worship service was about an hour, which included a history of the church. According to the high-tech presentation, which follows a rather commercial-look-alike annoucement video clip, the church has an attendance of 22,000 at present.
Yep. 22,000.
And because of the current membership and their vision to expand, the are now appealing for members for faith pledge to make it happen. And the (sermon) message, delivered by Pastor Kong Hee (looking trendy in jeans and a [I believe it's a True Religion] black T-shirt with an embellished Tiger/Jaguar looking animal on it)) was talking about putting your money where your heart is. Something to that effect. All's ok. But I rolled my eyes when he said, give to God and he will reward you many fold, because God can outgive us all. Somehow, the "prosperity gospel" red light seemed to light up on the top of my head.
Anyways, it was really an eye-opener. Overall, I think the church is not as bad as it was projected in the media. One has to be in the congregation to understand why they do certain things. All I can say is, they appeal to a different group of churchgoers... Probably not my type :)
(Btw, I hear today that the church is getting Delirious and Newsboys to town in Dec. I am thinking of going. I like Newsboys :)
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We then went to Esplanade, cos couple friend thought maybe they would give Sentosa a miss. And look what we saw at the concourse of the Esplanade.
These are works of local artist, Victor Tan-something. They are such beautiful works constructed using wires ONLY. Here, you are only showed 10% of what he has done. You gotta go see it to appreciate it. It's really worth go-see.
Then we walked and walked, from Esplanade to Merlion to Fullerton, to Singapore River to Empress Place to Victoria Memorial Hall, to old Subordinate Court, to Funan Centre. After realising that it may not worth him the while to buy a digital camera here, we proceed to have Ya Kun and took a train to Orchard Road.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
His wife was trying to see if there are any dresses she could buy to attend a wedding. So I brought them to Tangs. Upon reaching the ladies wear, I told them we could go do our own stuffs and meet again later.
I spent quite sometime at a accessories counter and the shoe department. Told myself that I shouldn't buy any shoes cos I've just got 2 pairs last week. Managed well so far...
Then I step into The Island Shop and saw the accessories hanging there. I've always loved accessories from The Island Shop, and something at the back of my mind reminded me that I need a necklace in black. After spending sometime at the accessories and several moments at the mirror later, I bought myself a necklace. Hehe...
I was ready to look for them, but was surprised to know that they have wondered a couple blocks away to the Paragon, and were happy to manage themselves there. So my mission has completed. He has reminded me to look him up when I go to KL next week.
Heheh.... Oh, I am sure to look him up then. :)
Erm... The End.
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