ThE BeAtiTuDeS

E298 just had a farewell for Bro Lester, Joy and Jerel yesterday...

The preparation was really quite time consuming and tiring but seriously we really enjoyed ourselves so much in getting all of these up...We met up on wednesday at 8.45 at city hall mrt station control as it was the only common time slot that we had...Later we just proceed to esplanade are to do the filming...I would say that I really had so much fun then...Seeing that all of us were so united was really really great..Managed to capture some funny shots of them...Hmm..but I felt a little disappointed because we had to scrap off one of the song that was specially written for them, using the graduation song as the melody...also I did not manage to get the shots that I intended to do so...all due to the lack of time...but really so thankful that all of them were so cooperative...

I guess I really can't stand the camera...I kept having so many NGs and my eyelids will keep on blinking when I face the camera...and Beverly wanted to smack me if I were to get NGs again..but I realise that when no one is around I just could take the videos without any NGs...But seriously we had so much fun in trying to take videos and I guess the funniest video we could actually produce would be the sisters' interviews for jerel but there was a lack of time so we only manage to rehearse but not captured them...hehe..but i seriously wonder if jerel will be amused by them..hehe

After capturing all that I could..it was really time that I had to sit down and start viewing them and think of how to piece all of them together...it's really tough to do such a thing in such a short span of 2 and a half days...

Thank God that lijun was around to help me with them and also contributing some ideas to the video.And seriously it had been a real long time since university days that lijun and I worked with each other...hehe..looks like this time round we really got fedup with each other at times and that we lost our patience..But I sense that lijun is really sweet and sacrificial because she stayed up till so late when to her sleep is really really so important..also she really had became a much greater host than before. Indeed she really had grown up...

Of course not forgetting guohong who helped with the last part of jerel's video as I was totally worn out by then and also having availing himself when we needed him urgently even when he is preparing for his test. Also helping to get small minor little things done like printing of song sheets and helping to message rirong to remind him to bring his guitar on wednesday morning. I guess he really helped lijun alot in helping with the conversion of the videos...also in helping to film videos of morgan, victor, shuxian etc...it's not easy carrying his laptop and the web cam around..also I did not forget that when I told him that I ask rirong to bring a his guitar he told me that he also has a guitar so I asked him so will u rather carry a guitar together with your laptop too?It just came across my mind that he was willing even when it was troublesome...what a good attitude...but at the end I told him I would bring instead...also being willing to do the rap when he never tried before...

As for nicole she really was sacrificial too..she also stayed up late to send photos over to lijun and also even made the effort to go back to her hall to send photos over as there was something wrong with the connection and we needed them urgently.

Hmmm..Haoyi did a great job too..she made the effort to go down to NUS and film those videos that were undone and also transferring them over late at night...She's really so cute then..Because she felt so sorry that the videos could not be used and that we need to do conversion which means extra time....and also for falling asleep without sending us the videos...what a silly gal...

This is going to be funny...when lijun called stanley and ask him if he can do rapping...he thought the he had to 'wrap' ...so he was like saying that he can't do that..till I took the phone over then I really begun to break into laughter...but when he know that it was a rap he was so enthusiastic and was willing to try...of course he practice it even when he was in the midst of preparing for his test...

Rirong, was also so excited about the whole thing..when I asked him if he knows how to play the two songs that we selected, he immediately said he can try and he even went to search for the chords...so it not only saved up my time in searching for them..but also his enthusiasm hit me..

Not forgetting beverly...Although she have left the cell group but yet she came and joined us and even helped out with the lyrics of the graduation song...Know that things was not easy for you back then but really thanks for helping to make things work out well too...

Morgan was really so busy lately but at least he even tried to make time and even offer to come down after work but just then it's really not feasible..but really thankful that even when he's busy he took time off to let guohong film his video..and seriously i reali like ur candid shot...it's just so funny

Of course not forgetting Victor and Shuxian...It was Victor who planned for such an event to take place and then delegate the job and let us take up the responsibilities to make all the possible...of course not forgetting how concern he is about me, about whether I can cope with what I need to do...He would message and check up on me...Also, having to teach in the day and then go for leader's meeting was already tiring enough but he came after the meeting and help in organising and getting things done...A great leader to be....As for shuxian, she's really a wonderful woman..someone who is always so concern of the cell group members even in the midst of busyness.She went to bible house to collect the camera from Simon..Actually I manage to have a talk with her over dinner...felt so encouraged of what God had done in her life...

I should not forget simon too..because he actually lent us the camera and also helped in playing the guitar for us..thank you so much brother...because I could see that you were actually very very tired but you avail yourself and help us with it...

Also, God really stretch and expanded my capacity so much through these period of time..I felt that I could do more than what I initially used to...He really sustained me through these days and nights so that I could so the videos..although the sleep that I had was really really so little but He's really so good to me....

Through this season I sense that love has been rebuilt in E298 and also there was a sense of unity within E298...Every single one played a huge part in helping to piece all of these together..without them I could not even have all of the videos up...it was not my own effort but theirs too..they also were deprived of sleep and were around even when we just give them a call and say we need this and the next moment we would have it...
But I felt that God should be the one whom all tribute should be paid to...Because without Him i really felt that all these are not possible..because He is the source of our strength...

Somehow, I felt that I begun to love my cell group even more...and seriously I felt that the friendship that we all had in E298 seems to have been brought to another level...of course E298 will definitely be known of a cell group full of love....

When it was the day of farewell, we also had a birthday celebration for haoyi.Though simple but that element of surprise was really there. Because she didn't even know that the cake was for her and when we turned, walked towards her and started singing the birthday song she really jumped...and I am so glad that she likes the card that I made for her even though when there are really flaws on it..But seriously I want to thank God for giving me that spirit of creativity to do that card because lately I just simply felt quite drained...

Hmm...of course, cards and presents were presented to the 3 of them too...Glad that they like them...I would actually say that the standard of card making in E298 had really increased and everyone of them are really so good because they are able to produce cards in short notice...Keep up the good work!!...

When viewing the videos, i realised that the videos were not very well done..especially the behind the scenes section and also it seems like there is some confusion in the voice as well as the background music....hmmm..but i guess i should be grateful that they can be viewed...

Of course, there is great sadness in knowing that the 3 of them are leaving but I believe that God has a purpose for placing them in N75 and that they will grow tremendously there...Will always miss you all...of course not forgetting the good times that we all had shared...of course we really missed your presence when we did the videos...and when I was going through all the photos and videos that we took all these past 1 year plus I really felt that sense of sadness that we got to part...of course seeing how much all of you change these years, is really so nice...coz you all have really grown from glory to glory..