hmm.. it must have been about 4 and a 1/2 years back when i first caught hold the idea of writing songs. I'm not even sure when, why or how it suddenly hit me to do so. It was probably just after my O'level exams when i started using some of my free time to work on a (not-so-nice) melody. I think i got through about 8 or so bars and then had to leave for Adelaide. btw, that bit of the 'song' took me at least 2 months... =P. I think my motivation was as much myself as God. And as u can guess, only half complete.. *grinz*

After arriving in Adelaide, i soon forgot all about the song-writing idea and continued with the rest of my life (probably coz i didn't have a piano with me). However, that was not to be the case for long. Soon after i settled down in church (well.. somewhat), i found out about this guy there who had written a number of songs and those songs were actually being sung by the congregation! Wow.. revelation! ..to me at least. I know that's actually how it works for other songs to but seeing it first hand was more err.. impactful. A song that really touched me was 'He's Stolen my Heart'. I'll post the lyrics up later and u can see why... Through it, God opened my eyes to the truth that He could and would actually USE the songs to reach (..His and other..) people. And that's when i became more seriously involved in song-writing.