festival of praise 2008

on friday marked the start of the festival of praise 2008.
had a chance to go there yesterday with my bro yesterday!
real awesome experience especially going with bro.
reached malaysian customs at about 2.45 pm and at singapore customs at 3+.
waited for more than an hour just to get our passports stamped. when we reached the sg customs, at first we wanted to go to one lane where was this ' ang moh' dude which dressed most weirdly and funny. imagine the pope's clothes + traditional chinese men clothes + BOOTS! then when we saw him, then we hesitated, better go that lane.. so, while chatting we look occasionally at him, we call him the pope. after 1 hour, eh, the pope pass the customs already laa..we should have gone that lane and take a picture of him. but nevermind.

so, we reached singapore indoor stadium at about 5.30pm.

at 5.30 pm, the crowd was already building up and this queue stretched from the north entrance to the road across and was getting longer. for the next half and hour, i chatted with my bro.. real awesome time.

finally at 6 pm the entrances opened it's doors to the crowd.

as the crowd poured in, noise level was rising, the atmosphere was building.. me and my bro were fortunate to get a front row sit at the side of the stadium. this was taken at 6.30.

here we go! concert finally begins at 7.30pm. mc finally gets on stage.

first up was parachute band from new zealand! real awesome! first time i ever heard them live and up close.

next was hillsong led by reuben morgan and the hillsong united experiment team! ps mark connor from melbourne,australia. nice guy with a rich sense of humour which sent roars of laughter throughout the stadium.

finally at about 10.40pm we left the indoor stadium as we couldn't wait any longer or we'll miss the bus back to the mrt station.. after close to 3 hours we reached jb. reached home at 1.30 am!

experience was fun! great time there..great encounter with Him!

more details check out the exit links on my bro's blog, nethanel!