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just last saturday night i played for a  hokkien service at church. it was quite an experience. it had nothing to do with the music though. 2 things really caught my mind that night.

as would nay testimony or sharing services were, there were people stepping up to talk about how much god has been a blessing to them. and im especially captivated that a causcasian man actually stood up and spoke in hokkien. No not jus any hokkien but the taiwanee untainted type. shortly into his testimony he broke into a hokkien song. brilliantly sung. His story was about how god took him from the place he was and placed him in a foreign land and how he was used to reach the people of taht land where there was little resources on the gospel. This man even spoke with such a deep ocab that he actually verbalised words that i do not undertand at all. His articulation was spot on and he got all the phonetics right- a very tricky thing for non chinese to pick up ( and only because the chinese had the privilege of learning the language from young…many chinks including myself still cant get it right !).

What door god has opened, no man can close.

that really spoke to me as i heard more of god’s work in the lives of these people that were there sharing.

i believe that i was truly blessed to be there.

the 2nd most touching thing ever was ( as i will always remember ) the face of an old lady.

there was an altar call and she clambered out to teh front with the help of some very kind people and there she receievd prayer.

there was a smile on her face. that smile spoke and shone brighter than any other mortal smile for that moment. U could actually see anf FEEL the peace that she had. and even in her most dificult physical condition she clambered back to her seat way afterwards bringing with her something that she didnt come with. a most excellent christmas present i must say.

i can be sure as ever i had more in material than what that old lady had. and my physical condition is in full working order compared to hers.

yet i was jealous. i was jealous that she had something i had longed for but seldom felt.

whats the use of getting the best guitar equipment and being given a great talent. i have a wonderful band , love my job, great mother and sisters and 2 wonderful dogs ( albeit the smaller one can be atad sillier at times ) & a caring girl but not have peace with yourself and with that peace with god.

i guess one of the greatest christmas presents i could ever receieve is the peace of god. it would be a shame to gain everything i have set out to do but still lose myself to the world.

well, what a busy month indeed!. i asked god for a busy year in music and i got real eventful this year. i had more gigs thsi year than any other, played a couple of hi-profiled shows and met lotsa wonderful msuicans and people.

well, this is a very very very late post. especaially when its on an event that happened on the 17th of november 07.

anyway i just wanna thank alot of people.

for those who didnt know…. ( ahem..drum rolls please ) i was the music director and being one of the organisers for the event. But many of you really didnt know the other two MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERS. yes there were 3 of us altogether and together we made it happen. anyway a brief overview…..

ALFRED. alfred is the spearhead of teh event. most of the guys dont even see him. many dont even know him. thats becasue he chooses to be low -pro half the time…unlike his THICKSKINNED PARTNER ( me la…who else!). alfred single handedly brought in most of the sponsorship and of koz the dirty difficult work of getting the venue etc. Much much much much effort has come from this man and that deserves all teh recognition, something i will never claim for myself.

ZERO G is the man behind the branding, concept and promo for the event. all the cool graphic stuff u see, everythign form the posters to the logos are puled by this guy. a super one man show indeed. ZERO handles all the media stuff and with his portfolio of previous works i must say its really quite amazing. ( he used to work for astro!!!!).

KELVYN YEANG ( thats me! ). well im music guy!. i get all teh acts together. i plan the stage, who gets in and out. i scout for talents all around, form bands to dancers and i put em onstage. my job is to liase with all the bands and get the program running, make sure the people are happy and i get teh crew together, gather feedback and then bring it up during meetings.

really really really…. my job is a lil much less compare dto what the other guys are doing. and im glad to be working with them.

REALY REALLY REALLY appreciate all teh musicians and performers .

all the hard work u guys did…playting and all.. was awesome.

and of koz teh crew did great especially when there were certain twists here nad there. TARYN U ROCK BABY!, id die in an event if u didnt show up. GRATItUDE!!!!

too mnay names to mention…i guess if i have to name those who were most instrumental…would be these guys…

taryn, theresa, ah hui, schizzow @ shitzu, jenifer, raymond and the oof guys.

wonderful time we had. sponsors were happy. expect the next to pop real soon.

JAZZ FEST

was the bomb. i learned so much just watching.

i metthe coolest musicians, talked to them, and yeah i am so so humbled. the level of musicianship is just awesome.

since i had an "artiste" tag that also entitled me to a never ending supply of BEER. HEINEKEN>… FREEEEEEEEEE…AS MUCH AS I WANT

so i had my own lil party in a way. greta music, all my buddies were tehre and i had free drinkies!. couldnt be better. weeeeeeeeeee

anyway the next happy saturday plans are on teh way.. its prolly gonna be in march.