Pesta Sukarelawan

Yesterday, there was a special program at Pioneer Mission Church, Tamparuli. I think it was called Pesta Sukarelawan...though it doesn’t sound like anything related to music, it was and there were singing groups from many places involved in this program. My singing group, Witness Wide was invited to sing as well in which we sang 2 songs…Love Grew Where The Blood Fell (I can never get bored singing this song) and Gone. The whole afternoon was filled with beautiful songs and of course I met a few friends that I haven’t seen for quite some time. Here are some shots that I took that afternoon.

Final practice before going onstage

Beevy at the piano - taken by Davelyn B Rampas
Witness Wide - photo taken by Davelyn B RampasThe sweet voice of Sheroline Vinne and Sher
Sheroline Benggon

Wheee.....!
Oooops!

Mirror check
P is for Pammie 3 of 5 - photo taken by Davelyn B Rampas
Ladies of Witness Wide - photo taken by Davelyn B Rampas

Daphney
Davelyn B Rampas

Daine and Bibi

Daine and Bibi dancing
Cute Baby

The two B's - bandy and Bernard
Some of the children in the mother's room
Bibi posing for the camera
Daine and Bibi

Langkawi Meeting Trip

I was in Langkawi from Monday until Wednesdy for a meeting. My initial plans were to visit Makam Mahsuri if there was time. But the meetings were held from morning until late afternoon, making it quite impossible for me to do so. Hmm…maybe next time I should go on a holiday trip to Langkawi…strictly for fun only! Langkawi is really a beautiful island…so laid back and still so natural. Here are some pics I took during my stay there.

Visit By Muak Lek Mission College

Several students and staff from Muak Lek Mission College of Thailand came to visit my church last Saturday afternoon. They came to promote the Mission College by giving us information about the college and also presenting testimonials and songs which were sung by a rather good singing group if I might say. The programme was only about 2 hours and by the end, some of the church youth that attended were already showing interest and wanted to know more about the school. Well, I think that’s a positive sign.


Students from Muak Lek Mission College

Bob singing No More Night
Strings Duet

Papparazzi in the making? :)

When The Time Comes

Last Saturday, my sister and I sang a duet together in church. It’s been ages since I last sang solo in church and the thought of singing alone on stage gave me the jitterbugs…sooo….. along came Pammie (my sister) to the rescue. The title of the song was When The Time Comes. I think the lyrics are just beautiful…


Cleanse me Lord, of all my silly sad charades

How i want to be all and only Yours

Take away the clutter in my life everyday

and make me like a child at play

Give me joy i love to laugh and cry with You

You've become a friend with me all the time

Help me to be patient as i watch and as i pray

growing in Your love each day, Lord show me the way

When the time comes i want Him to know me

When the time comes i want to be there

When the time comes i want to be ready

When Jesus comes to take me, take me home

Fill me Lord, I want Your love to overflow

Running free through me to a lonely world

Let me share the simple truth that sets people free

How i want them all to see how it can be

When the time comes i want Him to know me

When the time comes i want to be there

When the time comes i want to be ready

When Jesus comes to take me

When my Jesus comes to take me

When Jesus comes to take me, take me home

Fever Again

My daughter Kimberly is down with the fever again. I didn’t get enough sleep last night because Kimberly kept on waking up and crying. She’s always like that if she’s not feeling well. Her tonsils are mainly the cause of her fever, most of the time. I brought Kimberly to see the doctor yesterday evening and to my relief she wasn’t given antibiotics again. Kimberly has been having the fever and tonsillitis almost every month now and since she has been taking antibiotics for like every month, the doctor did not give it to her this time as her tonsils didn’t have any signs of infection. We’ll just hold on and see if she will improve by taking only paracetamol and vitamin C. Anyways, after the visit to the doctor and taking her medicine, she seemed quite okay….but yes, she still did her rounds of crying..hehehe….

I’ll be having a meeting with my staff this morning and tomorrow I’ll be going to Tawau again for a school visit. I’ll be back on Friday and next Monday until Wednesday to Langkawi for another meeting. Since my transfer to the Education Department, I think this month is the busiest month so far. I’m still learning the ropes here and I’m trying to learn as much as I can. I still miss my old office once in a while…and my old friends.

I was looking through my photo archives last night and found some photos that I took but never got to upload. I love taking portraits of people and children….and my children are my main models…for practice ba..hehehe……I hope you enjoy the photos.

Kimberly

Fun time together

Elsa

Ken...my nephew

Puppy eyes

With my dear 'Aki' (Grandfather, Assan Gaban

My Week n Weekend

This past week has been like a whirlwind...school visits and meetings....believe it or not, on Monday I had a whole day seminar at Promenade Hotel...On Tuesday went to Lahad Datu in the morning for a school visit. In the afternoon I recieved a call from the office telling me there'll be a meeting at Putrajaya on Wednesday..like, the next day!.....We reached KK from Lahad Datu at about 3.45 pm and as soon as the plane landed at KKIA , my colleague ( who went with me to Lahad Datu) went straight to the office to get the flight tickets to KL, I went home to get my things...and by 7.15 pm was on the flight to KL. I only had the chance breathe on Thursday because on Friday I made another visit to PPGKK (Pejabat Pelajaran Gabungan Kota Kinabalu).

Thank God for weekends!

I always look forward to weekends....I was really looking forward to this particular weekend....i'm just so plain tired! But...now that i'm rejuvenated...i'm positively looking forward to another week ahead! :)

Yesterday, I brought my camera to church. Initially, I wanted to take photographs of the singing group from Likas Adventist Church that was visiting my church. But into the second service, my daughter Kimberly wanted to eat her coco-crunch so I had to take her outside....and I had to wait for her to finish before I could take her inside the church again....so there went my initial plans. Anyways, I decided to take photos of some of the kids inside the room where my daughter sat eating her coco crunch.

This little boy just loved taking pictures. He posed for me voluntarily. :)

With his bestfriend
My nephew Bano

Annete...sweet smile!

My daughter Kimberly

I just love this photo of Kimberly's shoes

Kimberly and her Grandma's brooches

Cousin Detty and Fung

My dad and his trumpet

Kimberly looking out of the window

Two trumpets.....

....and a saxaphone....

... makes a brass trio! They didn't actually perform, they were playing their brasses after church service.

At home playing with my babies...

Kim...Elsa...what are you looking at?

Kitty Cat

Red fish


Well...that's my weekend....I hope you had a great weekend as well. Here's to another productive week ahead! Cheers to all!!

Relax...!

When life is hard
And payday is still so far away
And when the salary comes
It’s not enough….

There is only one thing to do…

I got this from a friend through email today...look how cute the baby is. :)