Small Garoupers

Evan Teh Turns One!

2010-02-21T10:01:00.004+08:00

To celebrate the 1st birthday of Evan, his proud parents Tsui and Eng Lee threw the party at Bakerzin, UE Square.

We were thrilled to have gathered with us out-stationed Small Garoupers with kids in tow. Kim and Simon came with Jonathan and Jillian while Li Yen brought sweet little Ying Ying. This was indeed a rare opportunity to fellowship with our overseas counterparts and others who have moved on to other ministries all in one place at one time.

The photos are testament that God provides and God answers prayers. Small Garoupers has multiplied and is not all that small anymore.

We've come a long way and we've come back.
Thanks Tsui and Eng Lee for organising this party. Happy Birthday Evan Teh!

Full album here

Annual Retreat and Roles for 2010

2010-01-17T09:25:00.000+08:00

We started 2010 with the annual retreat to reflect on our journey thus far, take stock, chart a meaningful course and prayerfully move on.

When thinking about what we want to see in this group for 2010, the three common themes that surfaced were Consistency, Increased Accountability and Increased Depth.

To achieve that, we assigned new roles to Small Garouper members and kept the with the same job scope for some others.

The 2010 roles are

Leaders :
Gary & Roy

Curriculum :
Adam, Mei Hsien, Tsui & Eng Lee

Archivist :
Wynnie

Worship :
Victor & Yee Ling

Fellowship/Finance :
Rebecca & Trisha

Admin :
Trisha

We are off to a good start!

Nonya Makan Fellowship

2009-04-12T08:02:00.004+08:00

The food theme of the day was Peranakan, and Nonya spread was spectacular. Dishes were a mix of home cooked and take-away. Victor brought his Babi Pongteh and kway, Yee Ling brought her Rendang and Mei Hsien brought her father-in-law's Buakeluah; there might have been some more home cooked dishes that I missed out. Who brought the mee siam?

We also welcomed an addition to the small garoupers family - little Evan Teh, recently born to the proud parents of Tsui and Eng Lee and looking ... quizzical.

The makan was rounded of with a birthday celebration of April babies, and our babies having a ball of a time.

More pictures here.

Christmas Gathering 2008

2008-12-21T17:52:00.011+08:00

Tis' the season for giving and Small Garoupers has continued our practice of Gift Exchange yesterday at the function room at Mei Hsien and Adam's place. Thanks guy!

The recipient of our gifts were drawn 2 weeks before hand so that we would have ample time to pick up an appropriate gift. From the looks of it, I think we were all quite happy with what we bagged that day.

We has no chestnuts roasting nonetheless, our cup overflowth and the local-brunch theme spread was indeed a spread. Food and fellowship goes hand in hand as usual.

Also in attendance were new visitors. We had the little ones in tow this Christmas. Merry Christmas everyone and have a blessed new year.

More pictures here.

Fellowship BBQ

2008-06-09T17:20:00.002+08:00

Thanks to Tsui for sourcing our BBQ supplies from City Satay and to Yee Ling who opened up her place to us, we had yet another time of food and fellowship at The Pearl. Topping the night was the celebration of Cindy's birthday and the appearance of our new member, Kairos Marican.

More pictures here.

This is how we do it

2008-03-03T17:33:00.004+08:00

Small Garoupers celebrated our nth Valentine's Day on 29th Feb with our traditional practice of gift exchange. The basic criteria is firstly, the gift has to be hand made (as far as it is possible) and secondly, the recipient of our gift has been serendipitously drawn by the casting of lots.

Except for Gary and Roy who are at-large, we all gathered at the Pearl to tuck into the catered Indonesian cuisine to kick off our time of fellowship.

Click on the picture of our collective ingenuity and cutting-edge creativity to view the notes detailing giver and recipient.

More pictures of VDay Gift Exchange

Previous pictures of Chinese New Year Gathering
Previous pictures of Small Garoupers Retreat 2008

Christmas Party 2007

2007-12-29T10:37:00.000+08:00

Thanks to the hospitality of Yee Ling and Kwee Peng, the Small Garoupers Christmas Party 2007 was hosted at The Pearl, Mt Faber.

We had generous pours of good wine, hand crafted desserts, top-notch chicken curry in the midst of the unparalleled company of friends. It was especially delightful to be able to meet again with those who have been away from us and the new addition to our fellowship.

Wishing you all* a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year.

* Sam in Japan
* Li Yen & Jack in Hong Kong
* Sock & Guan in Perth

More pictures here.

Guan's Surprise Birthday Party

2007-12-21T15:14:00.000+08:00

With the deft organizational skills of Trisha and everyone's cooperation, Sock and the Small Garoupers managed to pull of the surprise birthday party for Guan which was themed Green and Red.

Planned only a few days prior to the 20th of December, everyone was previously tasked to be in charge of different aspects of the party.

In a nutshell, while Sock and Guan vacated their apartment for breakfast, the Small Garoupers assembled at their place and entered with a spare set of keys which Sock passed to Caleb. They quickly went to work to decorate the apartment and got into position to spring the surprise.

An interesting incident: Wynnie met Gary in the city the day before to hand over the banner at Orchard Cineleisure. When she left Cineleisure, she bumped into none other than Guan at the crossing to Takashimaya. Without spilling the beans, Wynnie cooly had lunch with Guan leaving left him none the wiser.

Was Lim Ee Guan moved to tears?

Check out the the other pictures in the set

Dinner at Tasty Wok

2007-12-18T09:57:00.000+08:00

We were kindly invited by Gary and his Dad to try out what Tasty Wok has to offer. The new resturant which just opened for business last night is located at the Tangin Mall Food Court. We were greeted with a sumptuous line up of chef recommendations that got us requesting for more rounds, but don't take out word for it, do make a trip down to experience it yourself.

Smoked Duck

Oyster Omelette

Man Tou

More pictures here.

Carolling at Plaza Singapura

2007-12-17T08:45:00.000+08:00

With much prodding of Roy and Gary, the Small Garoupers trooped down to Plaza Singapura to participate in some light-hearted carolling as part of a night-long Christmas programme by Wesley Methodist Church. Wesley's involvement was itself a small part of CHRISTMAS; a 10 day event organised by Celebrate Christmas In Singapore (CCIS) that spans from the 15th to the 25th of December 2007. CCIS is an ecumenical organisation that pools resources and talents from participating churches to present a concerted effort towards sharing the real meaning of Christmas.

Enjoy the pics!