Entries Tagged as 'Friends'

Dinner with BCG at SAVH Dining in the Dark

Together with Beacon Cell Group, we had a dinner at Dining in the Dark, under the Singapore Association or the Visually Handicapped at Toa Payoh Rise on 15 Feb 2019. The boys were at Quincy’s place together with the other children, while Esther was out with her CJC friends.

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That’s our group photo before dinner.


We ate in total darkness and got to experience the world of the blind. It was a very challenging and humbling experience.

The food was OK, but the fellowship over the dinner table in absolute darkness was a very special experience. We learned to appreciate our sight and understand the struggles of the blind better.

Sam Lego, Boys’ long distance swim, Ezra’s birthday BBQ

Here is Samuel with his Lego set, he can follow the instruction and build the three different models:

On Sunday, 20 Jan, the three boys had their distance swims. Samuel had 8 laps, Joseph had 60 laps and David had 80 laps.

That was the start, spirit was high and good!
Samuel completed 8 laps (400m) in 31 mins 38 secs, way below the 60 mins passing time.

Joseph completed 60 laps (3.0km) in 1 hour 33 mins 55 secs, which is just beyond the 1 hour 30 mins passing time. Examiner says he may still pass if the exam board agrees to take into consideration his height (short) and age (10, most take 60 laps at 12).

David completed 80 laps (4.0km) in 1 hour 38 mins 12 secs, which is below the 1 hour 45 mins passing time.

Esther, Grace and YowCH also swam to accompany the boys, and to pace for them. Esther swam about 20 laps total, Grace did 32 laps and YowCH 10 laps (very hard swims, after recovery from 2 weeks of flu). Overall, the boys did very well for their swims! We had a nice lunch at Henderson after the swim.

In the evening, we visited the Lims for BBQ, a birthday party for Ezra. The evening started with the children in the pool.

Then it was great food!


We contributed mala chicken, Bloody Mary, cider and shandy.



The fellowship and food was great.


That’s the birthday photo with the children.

The night before, Grace made a draw-string bag as present for Ezra. The bag was done very nicely, and the Star Wars fabric was really cool.

2-day trip to PJ for Jeanne’s 1st birthday

We had a sort trip to PJ from 27 to 28 Oct without Esther and David to attend Jeanne’s 1st birthday party. Click the photos below to get to the page:


BCG hosting Laotian Bible students

BCG hosted dinner for 3 Loatian Bible students attached to our church on 24 Mar 2018. We had great fellowship after church service on Saturday over great food at Kek, West Coast.



Faces are intentionally blured due to sensitive nature of their nationality.


BCG, Grace’s 20th year at KKH, YowCH’s runs

We had our first cell-group meeting at the Tan’s new place at Upper Thomson on Friday 19 Jan.

For Grace’s 20th anniversary with KKH, she received a certificate, a notepad, $400 of vouchers and $100 in a cash-card.

YowCH has been running regularly, from 2.5km to 5.0km. Even on 14 Jan when it was drizzling and the air temperature as the lowest in Singapore (since 2016) at 22°C.



YowCH also managed to swim 500m (10 laps) non stop in free style for the first time. Grace is now regularly doing 20 laps of breast stroke with some breaks in between laps.

Chili crab and lunch with eCG folks

We bought some crabs from Sheng Siong on Saturday and prepared chili crabs on Sunday morning for lunch with eCG folks at the Wees’ place.

Esther helped kill the crabs (only 2 were still alive after 1 night), and David helped with the washing.


We made the sauce with tomato ketchup, sambal chili, soya sauce, salt, sugar, garlic, ginger and gin.

We made two versions, 2 carbs with less chili for the children and 4 crabs with strong chili.

We arrived at the Wees’ place a bit early and had some fun time in the pool.

Then the BBQ started. We also had some durians from Chatsworth!

We had lots of food, including chicken, salad, potatoes, corn, cauliflower, bread, sausages, ham, steak, dessert and fruits with wine and beer.





We thank God for a great time of fellowship and food on a rainy afternoon.

IKEA shelves for boys’ room, BCG, Saturday activities

Grace was on leave from 14 to 18 Aug, and she managed to reorganize the boys’ room for new shelves. She took Joseph and Samuel to IKEA on 17 and 18 Aug, and bought shelves which the whole family helped in setting up, completing on Saturday, 19 August.

Joseph was the tallest allowable height to enter the IKEA play area, and Samuel at the minimum height.

Firstly, Billy book shelves:

And we made a loft play area under Samuel’s bed:



On Friday night, we had cell-group (BCG) meeting:

And on Saturday, Joseph had a dip with YowCH at Sorrento:

Followed with closing session of term 2 of KFC:

The children rehearsed for Teachers’ Day celebration next week.

Trip to PJ and Church Camp in Melaka – 10 to 18 June

We had a 9-day holiday in PJ and Melaka from 10 to 18 June 2017. It was a great time with family, friends and church camp.

Please click on the photos below for the page:





Beacon CG CNY dinner

We celebrated CNY with our Care Group friends, the Beacon CG people, together with eFG at the Ngs’ place on Friday night 3 Feb 2017. Lots of nice food.


We supplied the drinks.

We had yu-sheng, too.


It was also Jonah’s birthday!

We had a nice evening of fellowship.


Church Camp 2016 at Bintan

We have uploaded the photos for our church camp at Bintan Lagoon Resort, Indonesia, from 12 to 15 June 2016, with a further holiday extension up to 17 June. Please click photos below to the dedicated page.