Poster Kids

Thursday, 10th September 2026

In recent weeks, I have been speeding up on the decluttering of items that have accumulated in my dad's house over the past 48 years.

It has been a long-drawn process and a learning journey, which over the course of time, made me become less sentimental about what to keep, and consequently more resolute on what to discard, especially since we will be scaling down about five times, from a landed house with a built-up area of approximately 5,500 square feet to a condominium of around 1,100 square feet.

In other words, we have had to dispose at least 80%, or 4 out of 5 items we come across. 

Well, 2 such items encountered while clearing out the study and storeroom are shown below, and are definitely keepsakes to migrate to our new abode, haha.

The first is Singapore Island Country Club's monthly magazine known as the Islander, March 2000 edition.  

Sometime in February that year, I had brought my then 4-year-old daughter and 2.5-year-old son to watch a CNY lion dance and snapshots of them (and other kids) were being taken by Sook Wai, the photographer.

When they were featured on the cover of the magazine, I was of course pleasantly surprised, but what surprised me more was that they were the only ones there!  I spoke with John, the graphic designer, and he told me that he had to photoshop / airbrush the other kids out because they all had frowns or looked grumpy, and my kids were the only ones who were smiling, haha.

This was in 2000, way before the advent of AI or Apple's clean-up utility, so I take my hat off to John for his surgical skills.

Wait a minute, some of you may say.  How come you know the names of the photographer and graphic designer.  Well, that is because they were my ex-colleagues.  I worked at the Club from December 1994 to July 1997, and both my kids were manufactured during my time there :-)

The 1st item may have a tiny shade of kehlong-ness, but this 2nd item definitely does not.  I had taken my then 6+ year-old daughter and 5-year-old son to Serangoon Gardens Country Club's 2002 year-end Christmas party, and a gentleman approached my wife and me, asking our permission to "borrow" them for a photoshoot.

He told us that he was hired by the Club to take photos of the party and also to feature a cover photo in the December 2002/ January 2003 edition of CLUB spirit, the bi-monthly magazine.  The photo was to have a Christmas tree in the background and children of various ages (from kindergarten to primary school) in the front exchanging presents.

The photographer also approached another couple and they also consented to have their 2 primary-school-going children featured.

So once again, my kids became the poster girl and poster boy.

I had the magazine cover cut out and placed into a photo frame.  This frame will also be moving with us into our new abode. 

These 2 occasions were definitely orchestrated by God Himself, and I thank Him for my 2 poster kids.

God Blesses Neverendingly: Perfectly Perfect, Grace upon Grace, Lavishly (GBN 7755 L)

Sunday, 12th July 2026

At the end of every year, our church has this annual practice of getting her members to write down 3 prayer requests for the upcoming year, which we then bring before the Lord as a corporate body on the first Sunday service of the new year.  

Just this week, the 1st prayer request that I had jotted down back in December 2025 was answered.  Thank you Jesus!

Through God's wonderful divine arrangement,  my son was able to accelerate his learning journey and was assigned to a team of elite driving instructors.  That all culminated in him obtaining his Class 3A licence on 8 July 2026.  Hallelujah!

Over the past few months, I would happily fetch him to the driving centre and back for his lessons (he was my "captive" audience, so to speak), and as a consequence, we have gotten much closer because of the time spent together :-)

In fact, he and I went on our maiden father-son bonding trip to UK from 24 to 31 December 2025 (primarily to watch Chelsea v Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge), and will be going on a second trip together to Hong Kong from 4 to 8 August 2026 to watch both our favourite teams in pre-season action (Chelsea v Juventus and Aston Villa v Bayern Munich).

On to the title of today's post.

Separately, I have been monitoring COE prices and noted that one particular vehicle category typically lags behind the rest by around $30,000, which is Cat C meant for commercial vehicles such as vans and lorries.  I have also observed an increasing number of minivans (what the Japanese term as kei cars) such as the Suzuki Spacia and Nissan N-Van plying our roads. It appears that drivers are switching from Cat A cars to Cat C kei cars, and saving at least $30,000 as a result of doing so.

In August 2025, when Cat C COE was at $70,000, I purchased a Suzuki Spacia Base XF for $91,800 so that I could give it to my son to use upon him obtaining his driving licence.  But I kept it under wraps until he did so, so as not to put unnecessary pressure upon him.

Meanwhile, Cat C COEs just hit a record-high of $95,000 (and is likely to breach $100k before the year's end).

Thank God for His prompting then because it has saved me $25,000 :-) 

Indeed, God's Blessings are Never-ending.  They are perfectly perfect (77), filled with grace upon grace (55).  Lavish.  In other words, GBN 7755 L.  Amen?

By the way, I had initially bidded for GBN5775S but someone else beat me to it.  Thankfully, GBN7755L was available.

For those of you also considering doing a switch from a Cat A car to a Cat C kei car, do take note of the following:

- the vehicle has to be G-plated and purchased using an ACRA-registered entity (for which, a sole proprietorship suffices at an annual fee of $30). It cannot be purchased in your own individual name.

- unlike passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles are subject to annual LTA inspections (yup, EVERY year).

- the vehicle technically cannot have rear passenger seats, so they will need to be removed every time before it is sent for that annual inspection.

- the speed limit is 70km/h (although you do see some of them travelling faster than that).

- the vehicle technically cannot be driven into JB (unless you first register a Malaysian business with a director that is also a director/owner of your Singapore business)

Having said that, the above are tolerable "inconveniences", given that you will be saving at least $30,000 on COE.  There is also excellent fuel efficiency -- you can get at least 20km per litre.

Bridges: Buttress Baby Buttress (Part 2)

Sunday, 5th April 2026

Today I shall conclude with part 2 on buttressing bridges.

Yesterday, I gave 3 specific incidences which were God's way of placing in my heart to take steps to strengthen the bridge between my ex-church and my current one.

(1) James Tham pointed out that my daughter and future grandchildren would likely continue the Methodist tradition.

(2) Rev Reuben Ng was promoted to TRAC President because he chose to be a unifier rather than a divider between the Methodist churches and New Creation Church.

(3) God brought a key leader from Faith Methodist church to cross my path.  This key leader knows every single one of the Methodist pastors who were overtly against the gospel of Jesus Christ (Peter Koh, Barnabas Chong, etc), and how their star has faded as a result of kicking against the goads.

Today I shall conclude with Incidents 4, 5, 6 and 7.

Incident Four

James Tham invited TRAC President Rev Reuben Ng to guest-speak at a Men's Ministry organised event called "Blueprints for Success" on 28 February 2026. It was held at, yup, PLMC.

At the breakfast session before the talk, I exchanged pleasantries with the senior leadership who were there, namely Rxxxxx Cxxx, Rxxxxx Txx and Cxxx Cxxxx Sxxx. But what caught me totally off-guard and (momentarily speechless) was when the current PPRSC Chairman Sxx Fxxx Jxx arrived, warmly shook my hand, and said, "Welcome back."  

Was it meant to be prophetic when he used the word "back"?  Why did he not just say, "Welcome"?

At least he didn't say, "What are you doing here?  You are not welcomed back." :P

I quickly composed myself and replied, "Oh, I am here to support President."

Incident Five

My dad kept lots of PLMC memorabilia which I uncovered as a result of clearing out his bedroom and the study room.  I passed an entire box of these stuff to James Tham at the tail end of February 2026 to pass to the PLMC Archivist, but for some strange reason, James sat on it for weeks and did not do so.  Getting slightly impatient, I went to his place to take back the box to deliver the items myself.

I went to PLMC on 12 March 2026 and was pleasantly surprised by the very warm reception I got from 2 of the senior staff -- the Head of HR/Finance/Admin ("HFA") and the Head of Operations.  I did not need to introduce myself; they recognised me straightaway because they said that my daughter looks exactly like me haha.

The HFA Head showed me the room that my wife and I had donated towards (it was previously called Nebo, where weekly tithes and offerings were counted in, but has since been merged with Zion, the room next to it).  I took a photo of the plaque that remains there.  The enlarged space now houses the HR, Finance and Admin departments.

PLMC will be undergoing very major renovations in a couple of years' time and the Operations Head assured me that they will return the said plaque back to me before the building is torn down.

Incident Six

I was a member of the PLMC Choir and the then-choir director, Mr Danny Koh, knew both my parents.  He played the keyboard to provide songs and entertainment at my dad's 75th and 80th birthday celebrations.

On 11 March 2026, Mr Koh called me when I was golfing, sounding very desperate.

He told me that his wife had an ear infection, and they had gone to what was my late dad's clinic, only to discover that it was no longer in operation. I told him that I would provide him with the name of a doctor who used to work for my dad.

To cut a long story short, his wife was attended to and she recovered.

Mr Koh was so pleased and thanked me profusely, and also had wonderful things to say about mom and dad, which I reproduce for your reading pleasure.

That night as I reflected upon what had happened, I realised God had used me to reach out to yup, yet another Methodist.

Incident Seven

Now this is the most crucial and critical of them all.

I have recently gotten very much closer to Rev Alvin Chan.  

We had an unexpected "qarah" encounter on 19 December 2025 at Oka Restaurant, and then golfed on 19 March 2026.

What is truly amazing is he sincerely accepts me the way I am, warts and all!  He knows about my previous encounters with Peter Koh, Barnabas Chong, etc, yet he does not look at me with suspicion or disdain the way a handful of members from my previous church do.

If he is indeed posted to PLMC next year as her PIC after he completes his sabbatical this year, then that is a sure sign from God telling me it is time to cross that bridge back.

And it will also be at a very crucial time in PLMC's history.  In anticipation of her turning 100 in 2032, the Covenant Centre block (and perhaps even the Sanctuary itself!) will be completely torn down, and a magnificent multi-storey, eco-friendly building will be constructed in its place.  Just like how my dad and his dad (ie. Robert Chan) worked very closely together in the previous 2 building projects, God has actually given me a vision where I look forward to Rev Alvin and myself continuing the legacy in their honour when 2028 comes around.

During my golf game with Rev Alvin, I joked with him that his delayed but long-awaited return to PLMC in his glowing years was not for him to relax and retire, but for him to take pastoral charge of the re-building of the church office, kindergarten and all ancillary services haha.  His sabbatical was for him to fully recharge his battery to prepare for his second wind.

In conclusion, I sense stronger and stronger the Lord telling me not to grow too deep roots in New Creation Church, because He wants my wife and I to ultimately return to the church of my forefathers.  I had turned down my previous CG leader's request to submit my name to her overseer as a potential CG leader.  I have also been very contented to be just a server driver in the Logistics & Transport ministry.  This is so that when the time eventually comes for us to cross back, it will be a relatively commitment-free transition.

But I told the Lord that the PIC of PLMC must also be grace-based, like how Rev Reuben Ng is.  That is the pre-condition to me returning, (just like how Gideon gave God the pre-condition that the fleece be wet while the ground remained dry, and vice versa).

New Creation Church does not have a monopoly on the gospel of the grace of Jesus Christ and His complete and finished work on the cross; it is a Pauline revelation that God wants every single church in the world to have.

I also realise I have been too forthright and forceful in my approach and dealings with Methodists.  It is not God's way to force-march people across the bridge.  It sure did not work on my own children, so how much lesser should I expect this approach to work on others.

God is telling me that I should instead be focusing more on fortifying that bridge, to find common ground between the two, such as the centrality of Jesus, in the magnifying, exalting and glorifying of Him.  This is something that both the 45,000+ Methodists and 50,000+ NewCreationers can definitely agree upon.  Amen?

Now just imagine how much we 95,000+ believers can do for the Body of Christ if we combine forces against our common enemy, the devil, instead of allowing him to sow discord within ourselves.

The gates of hell cannot prevail when we align with Peter's confession that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God, that same confession that Jesus establishes His Church upon.

CNY Family Photos: An Annual Tradition

Wednesday, 18th February 2026

A most blessed Year of the Horse, my dearest readers of ROOTSS!

May this year bring all of you much more of God's blessings into your marriage, your family, your relationships, your health, your finances, your career and your ministry!

2026: Year of the Horse / Much More!

Our family started this tradition of taking photos dressed up in CNY garb in 2014. The first time around it was at Joo Heng Restaurant in Joo Chiat.

2014: at Joo Hing Restaurant

The following year, we would become more purposeful and started to subtly carry objects that coincided with the zodiac animal for that year.

In 2015, our champion is holding onto a toy sheep.

2015: Year of the Goat/Sheep

In 2016, our sweetie is holding a toy monkey.

2016: Year of the Monkey

We took it a step further in 2017. All of us would hold zodiac animal related paraphernalia, and I would include a zodiac animal related greeting too.

Here's how we ushered in 2017 (Rooster) and 2018 (Dog):

2017: Year of the Rooster

2018: Year of the Dog

After my wife and I officially moved to New Creation Church in 2018, I upped the game further by making reference to the theme of that year.

2019 (Pig): Latter Rain

2019: Year of the Pig / Latter Rain

2020 (Mouse): Time & Space

2020: Year of the Rat / Time & Space

2021 (Cow): Hazon Vision

2021: Year of the Cow / Hazon Vision

2022 (Tiger): Rest & Acceleration

2022: Year of the Tiger / Rest & Acceleration

2023 (Rabbit): Kairos

2023: Year of the Rabbit / Kairos

2024 (Dragon): Upper Room

We did not include any dragons symbols for obvious reasons.

2024: Year of the Dragon / Upper Room

2025 (Snake): Third Day

Likewise, no snake symbols either. Also, with our sweetie's hubby inxcluded in the picture, I removed the mention of 卢家.

2025: Year of the Snake / Third Day

Daddy God Delights in Delighting Us

Saturday, 14th February 2026

Today being Valentine's Day, let me share a story about a certain Romeo. Kind of.

But before I do so, let's start with the title of today's post.

Our church has just launched a Day&Night Experience within the Gospel Partner application.  It is meant for us to set aside quality time to spend with Daddy God on a more regularly basis daily.

And the time we spend with Him is actually for our own benefit. It is a time of refreshing. A time of rejuvenation. A time to enjoy being with Him, and He to enjoy being with us.

In other words, God delights in delighting us.

As a dad myself, I recall that I really delighted in setting aside time for my kids, especially when they were in Ascension Kindergarten (my girl was there from 2000 to 2002; my boy from 2001 to 2003).

And whenever they saw their daddy, their faces would light up with unspeakable joy. 

One such encounter happened on the morning of Wednesday, 18 September 2002, which was the actual day of my son's 5th birthday.  A week before, I had informed his teacher that I would be bringing a birthday cake and goodie bags (the Kindergarten referred to them as "party packs") during tea-break time.

I also brought along a Sony Handycam (phones with video camera functions were not invented yet) with the intention of filming my boy cutting the cake, and also giving out the party packs to his classmates.

I, as an earthly father, was delighted to be there to delight my son.

Mind you, he was on peritoneal dialysis then (and he would continue to be so for the next 6 years of his life -- he received a transplanted kidney on 10 April 2008).

Yet he was all smiles, delighted because his dad was there to delight him.

But what was about to unfold before my very eyes was totally unexpected, unscripted and unrehearsed, and still brings a smile to my face whenever I watch it. A modern-day "Romeo" in action!

When I look back on what happened, God had placed me at the right place at the right time to capture that one unforgettable moment in time the childhood innocence of five-year olds, and in particular that of my son being in the spotlight as the lead character.

Totally, non-AI generated, if I may humbly add.

In essence, it was my Heavenly Father delighting in delighting me!

A video was compiled to include an introduction (ripped off from Under One Roof) and captions.  My daughter even added her voice at the end with a quotable quote from the Powerpuff Girls lolz.

May watching the video bring a smile to your face too :-)

P.S. In case you could not understand the "tongues" spoken by my boy in the video, here is the "interpretation"...

"Let me be the first then I can give them party pack"(1:26)
The kindergarten had this practice whereby a kid celebrating his birthday could come dressed in casual wear. Classmates would be aware and would rush to be first in line and queue up two-by-two, with the birthday kid at the front of it. The birthday kid will then distribute goodie bags containing sweets and other knick-knacks in order of proximity to him.

"Why is it only these girls ah?" (2:01)
Where is the girl whose hand I want to hold?  (She appeared at 1:40, went to the bathroom and would only re-appear again at 3:20 to claim her rightful place as his "Juliet"). I'm not interested in any of these girls that are fighting to hold onto my hand. They are not so much interested in me but in the goodie bags I will be distributing out later.

"I can say anybody I want" (3:06)
I am the birthday boy, so it is my prerogative to choose which girl's hand I want to hold. She will then have the privilege of being the first person I will give a goodie bag to.

P.P.S. The fair maiden who got to hold his hand eventually is the then-Principal Jenny Kwek's very own granddaughter, Sarah. Talk about our Romeo being selectively wise haha.

Thrash Meh? It's Thrash-Zher Hor

Wednesday, 4th February 2026

I have a confession to make.  To the chagrin of my better half, I have taken an extremely long time to declutter stuff that has accumulated in my dad's house for the past 47, now coming to 48 years.

As far as things belonging to my parents are concerned, I would say I am maybe 80% efficient in sorting out what to keep and what to throw.  I do stop for a few seconds to look at their photos, or club membership cards, or drivers' licence, or alumni membership card, just to imagine how things were like way back then.  If needed, I will take a photo of some for archiving, and then into the bin they go.

When it comes to things that belong to me, I am a little less efficient, like maybe 50%. I will go down nostalgia lane for a minute or two, at most five.  In my mind, I travel back to the 1970s through 2020s.  I will keep more of such as mementoes.  My very old IC, my ACS/ACJC report cards and yearbooks, my PAP membership card, Christmas card from my MP, NewCre commemorative ezlink card etc etc.

But I am most inefficient when it comes to things relating to my kids, and especially what they had hand-crafted for me!  I would put it at maybe 20% efficiency only.

Just today, I was clearing the drawer beneath my bed and came across art and craft they did over the years.

Here are 2 drawings done by my sweetie, on PricewaterhouseCoopers working papers no less!  I was there from 2000 to 2004, so that would mean she was between the ages 4 and 8 when she created these masterpieces.

Here below is a fathers' day card made by my champion, when he was probably in Kindergarten. Why he drew 2 treble clefs next to what I suspect to be a drawing of me, nobody knows :-)

People may put a six-figure price tag on the paintings of Picasso and Da Vinci.  Well, as far as my sweetie's and champion's art and craft pieces are concerned, they are priceless!

There is a saying that one man's meat is another man's poison.  So too is one man's trash another man's treasure.

I was just telling some friends the other day that my dad's house is filled with things that are of little commercial value.  That is why his home fire insurance policy was recently renewed at a mere $216.12, based on estimated market value of $50,000 haha :p

But the house still has numerous objects of great immeasurable sentimental value.  So I need wisdom (and time) to carefully assess what to keep and what to throw, so help me God.

What other people consider to be thrash could actually be thrash-zher (ie. TREASURE) hor.

And so, here are some more discovered TREASURE that I am definitely keeping and indulging myself with!

Sweetie creatively used A twice. Circa 2009, when we first got Chuckie

Father's Day card circa 2010 (Katy Perry released her song then)

Sweetie's 2011 card, she drew a Smurf with his arms open wide...

.. to tell me to likewise accept any future boyfriend she would have haha

Two and a Half Men (Part 2)

Saturday, 3rd January 2026

in matching Villa jerseys

As mentioned in my previous post, I support this rather unfancied soccer team called Aston Villa (which is based in Birmingham, UK).  My dad supported Liverpool but he never "forced" me to support the same team as him.

In the same manner, I also did not "force" my son to support Villa, although I did try to "persuade" him to do so, and even made him wear matching Villa jerseys when he was in Kindergarten, as can be seen in the photo on the above right.

He ended up supporting Chelsea, and it perhaps had to do with what happened in December 1993...

me at the Bridge, Dec 1993

Back then, my wife and I were on our honeymoon.  While searching for a recommended fish & chips outlet in Southwest London called Johnnie's Fish Bar, we chanced upon Stamford Bridge (Chelsea's stadium) and she took a photo of me, on very pricey and precious Kodak ISO 200 35mm film, no less.

Looking back, maybe we should have made our way up to Birmingham and had me to stand in front of Villa Park (Aston Villa's stadium) instead.  Who knows if the outcome would have been different? :p

Ok, back to the topic of today's post.  Circumstances were such that I was closer to my daughter than to my son growing up.  As some of you may be aware, my son was born with small kidneys, and by the time he was 3 years old, he had to undergo peritoneal dialysis, whereby he was hooked up to a machine every evening for up to 10 hours.  As a result, he was very much home-bound.

Thus, whenever there was any night activities (such as watching a movie or a soccer game) or overnight activities (such as when the company I was working in organised a trip to KL in 2001), my wife would have to stay at home to attend to him, leaving me to participate in such activities with just my daughter.

Thankfully, he received a transplanted kidney in April 2008, when he was in Primary 5.  As he progressed into his teenage years, he would naturally spend increasingly more time with his peers rather than with his own parents.

To cut a long story short, it was like history repeating itself.  I was never close to my dad growing up, and my son was never that close to me growing up either :(

So I really want to praise God that just as He used a "father-and-son UK trip" to cause me to bond with my dad back in 2015, He used another "father-and-son UK trip" to cause me to bond with my son!!!

It all began sometime in September 2025, when my son asked me whether I was keen to watch Chelsea v Aston Villa, which was scheduled to take place on 27 December 2025. Truth be told, I was initially not so enthusiastic to go there right in the middle of winter, where temperatures typically drop to the single-digits.

I asked a good friend of mine, Chen Meng, who had recently watched a Premier League match with his family, and he recommended me to Matchday Affairs, a local company that has been regularly arranging Singaporeans to go to Europe to watch football matches since 2019.

They confirmed that they could get us 2 tickets!  That was when my son and I started planning an itinerary around it, and it was agreed that we would fly into London on 24 December and fly back to Singapore on 31 December.

On 6 December, I happened to be with some fellow Villa-supporting friends who told me that it would be a waste to travel all the way to the UK and yet not visit Villa Park! Then, a week later, on 14 December, an elder from my son's church was preaching and happened to mention about the Cadbury factory (which is situated in Birmingham) in his sermon! It was definitely not a coincidence, but God's way of telling us that this UK trip was ordained by Him.

And if that was not confirmation enough, ever since Pastor Prince and Pastor Lian spoke separately some years ago about the British Museum (and in particular about the Siege of Lachish by Assyria), it had piqued my curiosity about making a visit there to see how archaeology confirms the accuracy of the Old Testament scriptures. 

You can read about its significance here:

https://www.josephprince.com/sermon-notes/answers-for-dark-nights-and-difficult-seasons

https://www.gotquestions.org/Lachish-in-the-Bible.html

I did not mention the above to my son, yet separately, he had also expressed an interest in visiting the Museum, and while googling "Bible Tours", he discovered that there was one being conducted on 29 December 2025.  Not only that, the Museum happened to be just a 10-minute walk from the hotel that Matchday Affairs booked for us.  Yet another example of God's fingerprints being on this trip of ours!

It was God Himself who was slowly but surely filling up our itinerary for us, which eventually looked like this:

24 Dec: arrived in London

London-bound ...

... with extra legroom

25 Dec: attended Christmas service, followed by lunch with Aunt Helen, cousin Terry and his family

Christmas service at All-Souls Church

Christmas lunch with the Lees

26 Dec: shopped in Oxford Street

bought this vinyl at HMV, Oxford Street

27 Dec: watched Chelsea v Aston Villa

the raison d'être of our trip

28 Dec: attended Sunday service / had lunch in Chinatown / re-visited Stamford Bridge

Euston Church with its very high ceiling

lunch at Gold Mine, Chinatown

me at The Bridge, Dec 2025

For posterity's sake, my son took a photo of me at Stamford Bridge, 32 years from that earlier photo of me taken by his mom :-P

29 Dec: went on a guided Bible Tour of the British Museum

guided bible tour

Sennacherib bragged about Lachish, but was silent on Jerusalem

30 Dec: rented a car to drive up to Birmingham (check out the car plate number: does it not have God's endorsement on it too!)

the car we rented: a Citroen C3 

a third pilgrimage to the hallowed grounds

at Cadbury World learning how chocolate is made

31 Dec: departed London

we upgraded to premium economy for a more comfortable trip home

I really thank God for this wonderful bonding trip with my son, and look forward to more to come.

So why the title Two and a Half Men?  Because it speaks of how God mended the relationships of two fathers (ie. men) and their growing-up son (ie. half men) :-)

P.S. Ps Prince preached a sermon entitled "Answers for Dark Nights and Difficult Seasons" on 18 August 2019, whereby he mentioned about the reliefs depicting the siege of Lachish housed in the British Museum.  Here is an extract of the sermon notes:

There was a time when Israel was surrounded by the Assyrian army and King Hezekiah was outnumbered.

At that time, King Sennacherib was the king of Assyria, and he was an evil and brutal man. Today, we can see what he did to the captive Jews in his siege of Lachish by looking at reliefs now housed in the British Museum in London. The reliefs show terrible torture.

But there are no reliefs that show Jerusalem being conquered because God stopped it from happening.

When Sennacherib threatened Hezekiah, Hezekiah cried out to the Lord, and the Lord answered Him.

“And it came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.”
— ‭‭2 Kings‬ ‭19:35‬ NKJV

In one night, the enemies were killed. 

This is what God can do in your night season.