Friday, July 30, 2004
it's a decision!!
went out for some walk just now, have been walking a lot since i named myself keep walking.. anyway went to bras basah first, tried to look for something that i think is impossible to find sigh... whenever i go to that place got this urge of looking at musical instruments, i think will be great if one day i can buy a guitar for myself >_<
speaking of which, haven't been practising for few days cos the one and only guitar at hq only left with 4 strings, sad man...
the biggest shock today came when i was about to go home, met linda and lina, 2 of my high-school friends... ahaha they didn't change much well just the way they dress i think.. unbelievable it's been like more than 4 yrs... but they're still as friendly as usual, i feel like going back to high school now hahaha....
anyway ended my little journey with provence' cream cheese sesame bread and cheese bun... as usual.
thinking >> i want to evangelise... i can evangelise... i have to evangelise....
listening >> odeka ke chocobo... imagining something yellow....
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Thursday, July 29, 2004
what do you do or think the first time you open your eyes aka wake up every morning? is it sigh another day again, or yay another day again? i remember someone mentioned before if only everyday is sat haha that would be fantastic but there's no such thing called if only, that's why we still have to live our weekdays joyfully no matter how dry it may seem.
came across a list of "christlike character of a leader" in a leadership book - a servant's heart, honesty, loyalty, perseverance, trustworthiness, courage, humility, sensitivity, teachability, values driven, optimistic, even tempered, joyful, gentle, consistent, spiritual depth, forgiving, compassionate, energetic, faithful, self-controlled, loving, wise, discerning, encouraging, passionate, fair, patient, kind, merciful, reliable - sounds like Jesus dun you think so? being a leader is not an easy job indeed, but as long as we got Jesus we can still continue to develop all these characters.. i hope this long list won't make ppl change their mind of becoming a leader haha....
thinking >> my leaders really care for me but erm since when i become roy's neighbour's dog hahaha.... and nope i don't have spiderman in my room (ok sorry private joke)
hey... i am alive..
listening >> what you've done for me.. planet shakers! keep praising.........
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Wednesday, July 28, 2004
ahahaha yah i am livi and vili....
have been thinking and thinking.. sometimes feel like dun wanna think... it can be quite tiring to keep your mind keep thinking. hahaa in conclusion i think shouldn't think too much...
to do list: read some christian lit this week! brush up my guitar skills again! have extended prayer meet with pnw!
but for now... rest.....
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Sunday, July 25, 2004
yawns. couldn't really sleep last nite, was thinkin bout some things, anyway this morning reached cg place on time cos haha it's just 3 stations away from my place. we went to jurong for ice skating, well i didn't skate for some reasons, but did enjoy myself. tried to wear jem's specs and they said i look like a total nerd -_-
then as usual my mahjong friends- baowei, wj and joel came over to my place for erm relaxing time. thank God for wenjun, i finally satisfied my craving for bread with extremely delicious provence' sesame+cheese bread... that's one heavenly bread haha. and not to forget baowei who's very generous to buy us apple strudel to celebrate the end of centerstage project. i think really have to thank God for a lot of things, and thru this centerstage we did work together a lot, teamwork and lots of bonding. hahah wj got his bday wish came to pass.... anyway we still have more things coming up in future, am so blessed to be part of the programming team, praying for more wisdom from God =)
98 converts... praise the lord!
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Saturday, July 24, 2004
yesh that's the end of centerstage... thank God for everybody, baowei must be very relieved. it's a hectic day today, everybody kept talking thru the walkie talkie.. nonstop.. glad to have my ears off the earphone now. everything went ok, haha congrats to nel winning the title. we got a very nice bouquet of flowers in a cheap price, God is really helping us in saving up money =)
julie came for the ss, heh sat with her and tried to explain to her once again about the gospel. realized that it's been very long since the last time i shared bout God. anyway good to see many converts, worth all the pain and cramp on my legs now.. which i think getting worse.. hmmm dun think i will join the ice skating tmw..
feeling >> cramp.. ouch
thinkin >> the para-para boys at ps just now... shiver* ok change thinking bout bread instead then.. nah it's God's grace..
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Friday, July 23, 2004
heh so funny... just realized that i have a very long blog archive, was reading some of the early entries and i kept thinking " is this really one year ago? seems like yesterday.. haha ".. planning to read all but i think it's quite impossible considering the total no of entries i have. too lazy for it... anyway i think many things have happened thru-out and God is always faithful. it's good to keep the archive, in fact i've been keeping journal since primary 1 (which took 6 thick diary books), sometimes when i read back all those diaries, feel like laughing man...
feeling >.> nostalgic.. hmm...
settled some team hope stuffs today.. the gifts.. streamers etc.. got them all in unbelievably cheap price.. thank God.. am so glad can help the church save a lot of money. and i really wanna thank God for such a humble leader as jasmine =)
yoz centerstage tmw!
thinking >> bread.. and bread.. and bread.. what is this craving i'm having? *drooling....
The Parachute Paradigm
You are one of *two* people on a malfunctioning airplane with only one parachute. How would you react?
Pessimist: you refuse the parachute because you might die on the jump anyway.
Optimist: you refuse the parachute because people have survived crashes just like this before.
Procrastinator: you play a game of Monopoly for the parachute.
Bureaucrat: you order them to conduct a feasibility study on parachute use in multi-engine aircraft under code red conditions.
Lawyer: you charge one parachute for helping them sue the airline.
Doctor: you tell them you need to run more tests, then take the parachute in order to make your next appointment.
Sales executive: you sell them the parachute at top retail rates and get the names of their friends and relatives who might like one too.
Engineer: you make them another parachute out of aisle curtains and dental floss.
Scientist: you give them the parachute and ask them to send you a report on how well it worked.
Mathematician: you refuse to accept the parachute without proof that it will work in all cases.
Philosopher: you ask how they know the parachute actually exists.
Economics: you plot a demand curve by asking them, at regular intervals, how much they would pay for a parachute.
Psychoanalysis: you ask them what the shape of a parachute reminds them of.
Drama: you tie them down so they can watch you develop the character of a person stuck on a falling plane without a parachute.
Art: you hang the parachute on the wall and sign it.
Environmentalist: you refuse to use the parachute unless it is biodegradable.
Sports Fan: you start betting on how long it will take to crash.
Auto Mechanic: as long as you are looking at the plane engine, it works fine.
Surgeon General: you issue a warning that skydiving can be hazardous to your health.
Association of Tobacco Growers: you explain very patiently that despite a number of remarkable coincidences, studies have shown that jumping out of a plane is NOT harmful to your health.
>_<
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Tuesday, July 20, 2004
doing something that i enjoy the most now....listening to all the nice praise songs.. haha i really love king of majesty...
anyway today went down to buy the streamers for this sat, due to my lack of self control and fell to the temptation of breko's nice baked potato (which i really recommend ppl! especially the one at holland, nice place with aircon, sofa, dim lights, music waaah...) erm yup spent some time there with sz and dw, i was very late to meet ray at the end, i'm so sorry heh...
yesterday did some street interviews, was quite funny, but overall it's a good experience. well we interviewed a guy who may be peter parker in disguise.. saying things like fame comes with great responsibility hahah....
thinking >> remembering what i should have maintained... joyful life with God
^_^
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Sunday, July 18, 2004
feeling really exhausted, for the first time i came so late for cg.. well cos woke up very late too. thanks guys for the prayer, it meant a lot really.
after cg we did a lot of walking.. keep walking.. all the way from boon keng to golden mile then all the way to suntec city.. can imagine how far that was. it made us really hard to trust wenjun's sense of direction again next time haha.. but quite enjoyed the long walk though some of you may not believe it heh the best part was when we were in esplanade library, so relaxing.
at night they were having baybeats there (lots of rock bands performances). at first when we walked there (arena) first thing came to my mind was i'd better stick to my instrumental and jazz, cos this thing is toooo noisy. then we walked off to the other stage where there was this guy playing solo with his acoustic, he could sing very well man, was quite impressed. then walked back to arena (do you realize there were a lot of walkin going on) there's this band called "electrico" surprisingly very very good, they got good guitarist who had a lot of actions, bassist who erm wore ultraman mask in the middle of the performance (don't ask me why), female keyboardist whom according to someone - pretty.. basically the whole band was good, the music was good. we should watch more....
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Saturday, July 17, 2004
wah got many converts today =) i think it's really worth all the effort put into the centerstage. woke up when the sun hasn't even risen yet.. all were busy doing things that the only meal we took was dinner... some of us looked half dead... feelin extremely tired now but as usual purposefully tired haha.. today's great, i think all the contestants did well, was amazed by some of them heh anyway was glad to see that everything went well.. the ushers did well in controlling the crowd!! well during 2nd ss i sprained my ankle a bit though.. was so painful but thank God it's okay now, dun wanna see some sensei..... was a bit blur also, first i lost one of the key which found by jus on the floor after that....and then i lost my hp.. after few hours of searching finally got it back praise the lord... can't imagine if i couldn't get it back.... anyway one more centerstage to go next week!
wanna thank God for team hope team.. my leaders.. had a good meeting just now, made me forget my tiredness for a moment. you all have done a great job but still mada mada dane.. we can do much better amen?
heard the longest (and i mean really very long) story ever from peter.. if you're interested i can tell you too but careful not to vomit blood, cos i almost did -_-
listening >> Ja Jang Ga.... finally got it!
thinking >> i think i really love music.. dun you think music is amazing....
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Friday, July 16, 2004
it's end of the week again... not a very good week actually, lots of things happened...but thank God that there's always right people showed up at the right time to make it easier to swallow all these...and most importantly God is always here anyway so there's no way that i'm going to feel down.. there's gotta be a way...
ok let me recap the week...
lots of rehearsals going on. centerstage is tmw and yup it's gonna be extremely crowded... heard that there are like hundreds of visitors...can imagine how happening it will be.. everybody's been working hard for this, those involved in programming and those working hard to get visitors to come.. it's amazing.. can't possibly seeing all these if there's no God in our lives amen thankful for it! can't wait for d-day... hope that no one feelin stressed now.
learned a few songs and ways of strumming, thanks to dan and jus..
watched some things that made me think:
stairway to heaven (korean) -- life is really no bed of roses.. and how someone can sacrifice own life for other's happiness... sigh.. this is the right show for those who like tragedy and take this opportunity to cry (highly recommended by mandy and wj)
mean girls -- how ppl can really backstab one another.. thank God for church..
the apprentice -- girls can do better in business now.. hmm..
oh specially for someone who became the victim of my mischievousness last night.. i'm sorry.. boo hoo.. know that actually you're not angry but wenjun will give you compensation =)
listening >> every season.. nichole nordeman
time for development.
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Monday, July 12, 2004
it's barely 6am in the morning now.. slept at the wrong position and just suddenly dun feel like sleepin anymore, lots of thoughts come to my mind, i don't like to dwell in things but sometimes things just hanging there on your mind. i need to do something.. feel like playing guitar but the neighbours may kill me or in precise shirls will kill me... it's so quiet, to be up so early is a good feeling also..
God is telling me something today reflection...
been taking many pics lately, thanks to jus we got more group photos taken last sat.. quite a collection =)
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Friday, July 09, 2004
let me clear this up:
1. even though i'm carrying sword around, my skill is not as good as himura (we must be humble)
2. i'm not a crazy maid
3. i'm not from any african tribe thank you very much gerald
-_-
listening >> make your home in me by vineyard... so nice...
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Thursday, July 08, 2004
i got a new liking.. my sword.. hahaha.. think i've been very cranky these few days..
anyway centerstage is comin.. with the dance and everythin, am very excited man!expecting overflow in ss....
thinking >> sometimes it takes a few times listening before you find a song extremely nice.. under the persuasion of someone to listen to this song with eyes closed and lean back.. it's heavenly indeed...
Take All Of Me
You broke the night like the sun
And healed my heart with Your great love
Any trouble couldn't bear
You lifted me upon Your shoulders
Love that's stronger
Love that covers sin
And takes the weight of the world
I love You
All of my hope is in You
Jesus Christ take my life
Take all of me
You stand on mountain top with me
With You I walk through the valleys
Your grace is all I rely on
I love You so, and I give up my heart to say
I need You so, my everything
amen...
--livi is melting--
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Wednesday, July 07, 2004
my mom's home-cooked dishes.. shirls was just saying how she missed it.. made me think as i went down to buy food, went so many times till they know so well how i want my food to be.. hmm i think i should learn how to cook some simple dishes well since my mom can't be here to cook for us, the cost of not living with parents.. blessed those who have moms around in the house cookin for you =)
just read a book bout guitar yesterday, quite interesting.. have been practising like mad lately dun know why also, morning..day..night..even midnight.. whenever i have spare time.. maybe i do find joy in it. besides as what shirls said i can afford the time well at least for now. need a breakthrough though.. therefore.. i'm looking for a qualified shifu! hahah... rewards in heaven!
listening >> Pachelbel Canon (Piano) for erm countless times.. (somebody must be feelin happy that i finally admit that the piece is unbelievably nice)
thinking >> the invisible line...
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Tuesday, July 06, 2004
heh so long till dun know what to blog.. last week was a week of faith and endurance for me.. just one thing for sure, God is always faithful and thru Him i can be strong. another lesson to learn- never give up cos sometimes miracles can just happen. i'm just glad that i can be here with Him and not to mention those around me.. amen.
ok let's do a recap.. erm watched spiderman2 few days ago.. nice one! good to have meimei there or i'd have watched it with 9 guys o_0
then went out with charlene after sat ss, hehe it was really nice.. had been very very long indeed.
thank God for YS ppl.. they had retreat here on sat.. not just having nice food but surprisingly they cleaned up the house and did many things for the hq.. very touched... anyway on sun had the privilege of playing mahjong with bae wenjun and chop ji woo (is that how you spell it), it's a nice relaxing sunday indeed especially with me winning the last set gloriously hahaha.... oops.
yup euro is over with a very surprising ending, actually at first i thought it's a total crap that greece won, but then think back again good for them.. it's another miracle.. as long as you believe and work hard for it (well though they played quite rough) you can be a champion... believe the unbelievable..
the competition is over but we still have something to wait for, this sat we shall witness a brother eating shoes hahaha *evil laughter*
*** Good reading >> Artemis Fowl.. if you like harry potter, you should like this!
listening >> i am amazed
feeling >> hmm amazed...
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