My Rapture List

Friday 14th November 2025

Back in 2005, when I was a member of 3L2, my then cell group leader Eugene Kwek asked his CG members whether there was a task or two we wanted to carry out before we went to heaven.

I told them that ever since I was a teenager, I had a lifelong dream of visiting Villa Park (the home of Aston Villa) and also attending a concert performance by Kim Wilde, my all-time favourite pop singer.

After that meeting, I sat down to compile my own version of a "bucket" list, which I refer to as my "rapture" list. After all, being raptured to be with the Lord is a better alternative than to kick the bucket :P

That list has a total of 15 items, and I thank God that in the 20 years or so since the list was first compiled, 12 of them have been checked off, leaving just 3 more to go.

The list is as follows (with the year of fulfilment so indicated):

1. Visit Villa Park (2007/2015)
2. Own a BMW (2008/2016)
3. Appear on TV (2008/2022)
4. Go Israel (2013/2018)
5. Drive a lorry/truck (since 2017)
6. Go on a Mission Trip (2018)
7. Attend a Hillsong Conference (2019)
8. CFO a listed company (2019)
9. *Ride a motorbike (2020)
10. *Interact with a corgi (2022)
11. Play bass guitar (since 2022)
12. Attend a Kim Wilde concert (2024)
13. Reduce golf handicap to single-digit
14. Travel across USA
15. Meet Pastor Joseph Prince in person

* Items 9 and 10 were initially "get a motorbike" and "get a corgi" but had to be changed for reasons I will blog about in greater detail in future posts.

Item 15 eludes the majority of attendees of New Creation Church, although we do see him on stage week in, week out.

The closest I myself have been was when I sat 5 rows from the stage on my first Encounter Night in January 2018, courtesy of my current CG leader Vivien Ong, who kindly gave me her ticket. 

Ps Prince has however autographed my copy of Destined to Reign, together with a personalised message written to me, courtesy of Ps Lawrence Lim who helped to arrange that.

Meanwhile, I eagerly look forward to God orchestrating that personal face-to-face meet up with my Senior Pastor in the not too distant future.

I have a dear friend (and fellow blogger), Stanley Wong, who met both Ps Prince and his wife Wendy, and had his photo taken with both of them.

I blew up that photo for him to A4 size, and till today still bask in the reflected glory on his behalf haha.

In the coming days, I will blog more about each of the 12 items already checked-off, so stay tuned!