I'm speechless cos I got fabulous news!! I prayed for a writing position for my internship and God has blessed me with one. I'll be writing for the Today Newspaper starting September 15th till 31st Jan as their intern.
Man, I can't believe how fortunate I am. Out of three interviewed candidates, I was the only one chosen. Praise God. Yet somehow, I'm feeling a bit sad cos my good friend, Mohsen won't be working with me. The next thing I would pray for, is strength and stamina to go through this internship. I'll be going out to the real world and it's gonna be tough.
To that, just wanna thank God again for His blessings. Now for me to keep my end of the deal: to re-ignite my passion for Him again.
Speaking of passion, take a look at this thriller for an upcoming local movie, Kallang Roar. Soccer fans, this show would definitely tug at our heart strings.
Aaron out, thanking God from thetopcorner!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Internship Woes...
First it was to be the Singapore Business Review, this internship was to be looking bright and rosy until- they pulled out of the programme.
Soon came Today Newspaper, but they are taking super long to reply. 50-50 chance of writing for them.

There's another door though. Cuisine&Wine Asia Food Magazine. It's a food magazine for the elite of S'pore. Just got offered to write for them. Man, wonder which one should I choose.
Perhaps only God knows.

Soon came Today Newspaper, but they are taking super long to reply. 50-50 chance of writing for them.

There's another door though. Cuisine&Wine Asia Food Magazine. It's a food magazine for the elite of S'pore. Just got offered to write for them. Man, wonder which one should I choose.

Perhaps only God knows.
Monday, July 21, 2008
One last outing with my old friends...
Yesterday after CG, I spent an entire evening with my old pals from NZ... man, they're leaving in four days and how I wish I wouldn't have to wait another 5 years to see them again.
If there was one person I should thank for our friendship, it's gonna be God. After all, it was Him that brought friendship to our parents way back in the old Carmel days. And that friendship from our parents has been passed on to their children-us.
As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Take care guys!
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Aaron gearing for another hectic week from thetopcorner.
If there was one person I should thank for our friendship, it's gonna be God. After all, it was Him that brought friendship to our parents way back in the old Carmel days. And that friendship from our parents has been passed on to their children-us.
As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Take care guys!
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Aaron gearing for another hectic week from thetopcorner.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
MCFC Puts The Ghosts Of Yesteryears To Death...
Three years ago, before Mount Carmel Football Club was officially formed, the budding soccer players had to thank Zion for giving them the inspiration of forming a soccer team, with a 8-1 thrashing.
From its humble beginnings, MCFC has now become a force to be reckoned with. And indeed they are, as they have completed their vendetta of picking up where they last left off against Zion. MCFC had confidently outplayed and outwitted a combined Zion team (Bishan and Serangoon) 2-1 at JJC on Sunday.
Goals from Matthew (Liu) and Evan sealed the victory for MCFC and gave the team plenty of reason to cheer and smile about after a series of disappointing draws and defeats at the hands of Bible Church and Hebron respectively.
Even without key players such as Keith, Mark, Tim, Joel, Kern and Vincent, MCFC was still good value for their victory. Direct replacements in the form of Zhi Wei [Right-Back] (Zhi Yang's friend), Jia Yi [Right-Winger] and Jia Han [Centre-Back] (Aaron's friends) enabled MCFC to cope with their lack of manpower.
Mattheus, Zhi Jie and Matt Liu who were sorely missed at the past few games gave stellar performances to ensure they made short work of the opposing players while in their positions. In addition, battling midfielders such as Poh Heng and Uncle Sam ruled the midfield with their ball-winning tackles.
The game was to be a highly-charged affair and it did not disappoint. In the opening proceedings, MCFC had domination over the midfield and had a stonewalled defence to deter Zion from scoring. Seng, Evan and Jia Yi were also knocking at Zion's goalmouth.
The skirmish came thick and fast, with fouls committed in quick succession. Midway into the 1st half, Mattheus at left-back was subbed by Aaron for a cramp. A long ball was fed to Zion's right-winger, but due to shabby defending, Aaron was unable to prevent his opposing player from going past him. As desperate times called for desperate measures, Aaron gave a tug to the right-winger who was going to have a clear goal scoring opportunity. Yellow card for Carmel's skipper. It was to be a corner kick to Zion, but the makeshift Carmel defence held firm. A goal-less first half soon followed.
The deadlock was broken early in the second half when Matt Liu won the ball from an opposing player and shot from close range within the penalty box. 1-0 to MCFC.
Barny who was then playing as right-winger drifted inside and took a chance at goal. Despite looking very promising, the shot slammed off the bar after Zion's keeper made a desperate save.
Halfway into the second half, Zion equalised from just outside Carmel's penalty box when a weak clearance fell to the feet of a Zion player who rifled home to tie the score 1-1.
Carmel were not to be outdone a second time by their rivals. And they could have gone 2-1 up within minutes after Seng who was fed a pass, dribbled the ball past the opposing defence and blasted the ball into the hands of Zion's 'keeper. Aaron who was on hand to pick out a rebound made a header towards goal that was easy for the 'keeper to recover. A wasted chance.
Within moments, Evan took the ball from his own half and burned half the Zion midfielders en-route to goal. After skinning the right-back, he was brought down in Zion's penalty box and Carmel was awarded a lifeline- penalty! Evan who deserved a goal for his magnificent efforts throughout the game cooly slotted home the winning goal for Carmel.
Now that Carmel's ghosts have been laid to rest, the members are considering putting competitive soccer on hold. They intend to revert back to their old brand of fun-filled soccer, in the form of Old VS Young games.
Aaron reporting InTheTopCorner
From its humble beginnings, MCFC has now become a force to be reckoned with. And indeed they are, as they have completed their vendetta of picking up where they last left off against Zion. MCFC had confidently outplayed and outwitted a combined Zion team (Bishan and Serangoon) 2-1 at JJC on Sunday.
Goals from Matthew (Liu) and Evan sealed the victory for MCFC and gave the team plenty of reason to cheer and smile about after a series of disappointing draws and defeats at the hands of Bible Church and Hebron respectively.
Even without key players such as Keith, Mark, Tim, Joel, Kern and Vincent, MCFC was still good value for their victory. Direct replacements in the form of Zhi Wei [Right-Back] (Zhi Yang's friend), Jia Yi [Right-Winger] and Jia Han [Centre-Back] (Aaron's friends) enabled MCFC to cope with their lack of manpower.
Mattheus, Zhi Jie and Matt Liu who were sorely missed at the past few games gave stellar performances to ensure they made short work of the opposing players while in their positions. In addition, battling midfielders such as Poh Heng and Uncle Sam ruled the midfield with their ball-winning tackles.
The game was to be a highly-charged affair and it did not disappoint. In the opening proceedings, MCFC had domination over the midfield and had a stonewalled defence to deter Zion from scoring. Seng, Evan and Jia Yi were also knocking at Zion's goalmouth.
The skirmish came thick and fast, with fouls committed in quick succession. Midway into the 1st half, Mattheus at left-back was subbed by Aaron for a cramp. A long ball was fed to Zion's right-winger, but due to shabby defending, Aaron was unable to prevent his opposing player from going past him. As desperate times called for desperate measures, Aaron gave a tug to the right-winger who was going to have a clear goal scoring opportunity. Yellow card for Carmel's skipper. It was to be a corner kick to Zion, but the makeshift Carmel defence held firm. A goal-less first half soon followed.
The deadlock was broken early in the second half when Matt Liu won the ball from an opposing player and shot from close range within the penalty box. 1-0 to MCFC.
Barny who was then playing as right-winger drifted inside and took a chance at goal. Despite looking very promising, the shot slammed off the bar after Zion's keeper made a desperate save.
Halfway into the second half, Zion equalised from just outside Carmel's penalty box when a weak clearance fell to the feet of a Zion player who rifled home to tie the score 1-1.
Carmel were not to be outdone a second time by their rivals. And they could have gone 2-1 up within minutes after Seng who was fed a pass, dribbled the ball past the opposing defence and blasted the ball into the hands of Zion's 'keeper. Aaron who was on hand to pick out a rebound made a header towards goal that was easy for the 'keeper to recover. A wasted chance.
Within moments, Evan took the ball from his own half and burned half the Zion midfielders en-route to goal. After skinning the right-back, he was brought down in Zion's penalty box and Carmel was awarded a lifeline- penalty! Evan who deserved a goal for his magnificent efforts throughout the game cooly slotted home the winning goal for Carmel.
Now that Carmel's ghosts have been laid to rest, the members are considering putting competitive soccer on hold. They intend to revert back to their old brand of fun-filled soccer, in the form of Old VS Young games.
Aaron reporting InTheTopCorner
Monday, July 7, 2008
Brave MCFC Finally Lose
After a fantastic run of results, Hebron put a dent into MCFC's glittering record. For nearly 15 odd games against church opposition, MCFC had succumb to their first official defeat.
Hebron put up a fine display to gain a 3-2 victory over their rivals. MCFC's captain was left wondering how his team managed to achieve such a result despite having more shots at goal than the opponents.
With Zion up next, MCFC need to dig deep and give a performance of their lives. After all, Zion once did trash MCFC 8-1....three years ago.
Hebron put up a fine display to gain a 3-2 victory over their rivals. MCFC's captain was left wondering how his team managed to achieve such a result despite having more shots at goal than the opponents.
With Zion up next, MCFC need to dig deep and give a performance of their lives. After all, Zion once did trash MCFC 8-1....three years ago.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
It's the weekend!!!!
Hi readers!
Today's gonna be a great day! Just received a call from an old friend, Seth. He's back in Singapore for 3 weeks. Will be hanging out soon. It's been 5 years since I last saw them. What a difference time makes... A pity they ain't going back to Carmel. I suppose things change after some time...
As for today, looking forward to K-Boxing later with my CG and dinner, followed by bible study with them.
Just yesterday, while attending some service at ACJC, I was impacted by the sermon of 'Taking up your Cross'. Somewhere along the sermon came this point of Passion= Suffering. How apt this is! To further illustrate this point, if someone was passionate about something, he/she would be willing to suffer for it. Just as Jesus was passionate about us and he suffered on the cross for our sins, we as Christians should relate to God. We ought to be passionate for Him, yet willing to suffer for God.
And did I mention that there's gonna be a huge soccer match tomorrow against Hebron?!?!?!!? Can't wait for it! Slipping on that Captain's Armband and playing my heart out is the least I could do for my team.
Aaron out.
Today's gonna be a great day! Just received a call from an old friend, Seth. He's back in Singapore for 3 weeks. Will be hanging out soon. It's been 5 years since I last saw them. What a difference time makes... A pity they ain't going back to Carmel. I suppose things change after some time...
As for today, looking forward to K-Boxing later with my CG and dinner, followed by bible study with them.
Just yesterday, while attending some service at ACJC, I was impacted by the sermon of 'Taking up your Cross'. Somewhere along the sermon came this point of Passion= Suffering. How apt this is! To further illustrate this point, if someone was passionate about something, he/she would be willing to suffer for it. Just as Jesus was passionate about us and he suffered on the cross for our sins, we as Christians should relate to God. We ought to be passionate for Him, yet willing to suffer for God.
And did I mention that there's gonna be a huge soccer match tomorrow against Hebron?!?!?!!? Can't wait for it! Slipping on that Captain's Armband and playing my heart out is the least I could do for my team.
Aaron out.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
You want your update, you got a update!
Greetings readers. Sorry for not being able to add new entries to this blog. But well, life seems to be looking up these days.
I just called a call yesterday from a lecturer to say that I've been offered a writing position as an intern at 'Singapore Business Review'. Seems like a pretty glamourous job to me... good pay, but as far as I know, lots of work to do. But heck, I'm more than up for it. I prayed to have a writing position for my internship and God opened a door for me. Now, God-willing he'll lead me through the door and give me that position. Prayer-power needed here pls! =)
This month seems to be another soccer-month! With Hebron and Zion upcoming, I wonder if MCFC has the strength to keep on going. Nevertheless, we also have quite a few players out injured. But I'm sure we'll come through. Can't wait for the next 2 sundays!
And lastly, this week (or rather tomorrow) marks the return of my good friends from overseas... 1 group's coming back from Chiang Mai after serving at Narada Home, and another from New Zealand. I finally be seeing my NZ friends after say, 4-5 years! Miss the times we spent in Sunday school and family outings. Then again, I might as well spend the day tomorrow at the airport to receive all of them together! haha.
Till the next update
Aaron, out.
I just called a call yesterday from a lecturer to say that I've been offered a writing position as an intern at 'Singapore Business Review'. Seems like a pretty glamourous job to me... good pay, but as far as I know, lots of work to do. But heck, I'm more than up for it. I prayed to have a writing position for my internship and God opened a door for me. Now, God-willing he'll lead me through the door and give me that position. Prayer-power needed here pls! =)
This month seems to be another soccer-month! With Hebron and Zion upcoming, I wonder if MCFC has the strength to keep on going. Nevertheless, we also have quite a few players out injured. But I'm sure we'll come through. Can't wait for the next 2 sundays!
And lastly, this week (or rather tomorrow) marks the return of my good friends from overseas... 1 group's coming back from Chiang Mai after serving at Narada Home, and another from New Zealand. I finally be seeing my NZ friends after say, 4-5 years! Miss the times we spent in Sunday school and family outings. Then again, I might as well spend the day tomorrow at the airport to receive all of them together! haha.
Till the next update
Aaron, out.
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