what does it mean to sing that 'i love God more than life'?
i guess it has struck me lately that we sing many songs in church, where in some we profess to be able to 'go to the ends of the earth'... and so forth. do we really mean them?
growing up in a family where i have in a sense been taught that 'your word is your bond'... it can be hard to say these words at times without questioning whether i am lying or not. am i?
i dont doubt that God exists, nor that he gave the ultimate price for me, nor that he loves me. i know i love Him. at the very end, when it comes down to the very core of who i am... it is that i want to seek His face... wherever i'm at
sometimes, however i do wonder whether i love him more than life. daily i'm tempted, troubled, assailed, confused, pleased, praised, criticised... how does one keep track? how do u keep track of His face. at times i've felt like my faith is at an all time low... yet i keep singing.
i dont know why. sometimes, i've felt like crawling down into some hole, and just giving up. yet something keeps me going, into this maze that is life... where often i dont know where im heading... or where i'm at, even... it's ironic, on so many different levels.
sometimes i feel i'm heading in circles, 'eternal graceless ones', as put by F. Scott. Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby... but am i?
i know life has an eternal aspect. what one does now resounds in eternity. that i know. the moment when i face my Saviour ... that's when all this, all this life (troubles, trials, temptations) comes to. makes u wonder whether you're living for the future or now (almost seems like insurance)... but then i've also realised that yes, eternity beckons, but for now, i'm still living on this earth, with 6.5 billion souls (for a few more years, i hope), that I, as a Jesus freak am called to love. its interesting that there is nothing in that calling regarding how ppl react to my love, or how those ppl treat me. but we're called to love. thats that. that keeps life's maze clear for me, for as i seek God's face amidst the tumult of life, thats where He keeps my paths straight. my one refuge, my strong tower. i dont know where i'm heading, but i know He's with me, and i'm happy for that. the writer of Ecclesiastes, after exploring the multitude of contradictions, of troubles in life, concludes:
fear God, and keep his commandments,
for this is the whole duty of man.
so i guess, being a Jesus freak goes beyond singing songs on sunday... it's a lifestyle. can we match up with the words we speak/sing/try to sing? can we live up to our calling as Christians? our name suggests that we are ... ppl of Christ, who was God incarnated on earth. can we live up to it? by God's grace, and our faith that He'll make sense of an otherwise senseless life.
i know i'm not perfect, far from it. but 'there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus' (Romans 8:1). i've been set free... from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2). what does that freedom give? for me, a chance to go along that well-worn path through the maze, that narrow path, paved with the blood of those who went before me, who counted the cost and knew what was worth more than life: following their Saviour, who gave His life so they could gain theirs.
God bless... (in all senses of the word)
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Sunday, October 02, 2005
back to it
ok ok i havent blogged in a month...
sorry guys =)
hope someone still reads this lol
yeah its been a long, tiring month. one of those where u wish were over. had midsems, a church camp, a 2 week study break (which ends tonight) and yeah... lotsa stuff...
some of which was painful, some which was enlightening, and yeah the rest in between.
firstly, its the first study break in my whole uni life where ive actually studied. hahaha yes... honest i went to uni almost every day hahaha and still theres so much work to do.
ive been rather stressed lately. going back to a convo i had with Andy years ago... he told me to keep 3 'bars' to see how im goin: my spiritual bar, my physical health bar, and my emotional bar. i might just take up that advice...
at the moment, my spiritual bar is at 50%, and the other 2 at 10%. im tired ehh:)
worst thing was i woke up on saturday with a crick in my back, which means i have trouble moving my neck without pain hahaha. ahh well... also am extremely sleep deprived owing to a bz week. (woke up early every week)
then again... its not been all bad. church camp WAS good. i guess its true that we should be looking at ourselves if theres a prob anywhere. rather than whining. what can i do abt it? if God has given u the burden... need i say more?
on another good note, ive found a nightfill job at target twice a week. so yeah... i might be abit bz with exams coming up
all abt keeping a balance, as ive found out lately. in more ways than one.
one thing i'll leave whoever still reads this with is Psalms 23... read it:) and things may start to make sense after a while. He is your shepherd. so why worry?
sorry guys =)
hope someone still reads this lol
yeah its been a long, tiring month. one of those where u wish were over. had midsems, a church camp, a 2 week study break (which ends tonight) and yeah... lotsa stuff...
some of which was painful, some which was enlightening, and yeah the rest in between.
firstly, its the first study break in my whole uni life where ive actually studied. hahaha yes... honest i went to uni almost every day hahaha and still theres so much work to do.
ive been rather stressed lately. going back to a convo i had with Andy years ago... he told me to keep 3 'bars' to see how im goin: my spiritual bar, my physical health bar, and my emotional bar. i might just take up that advice...
at the moment, my spiritual bar is at 50%, and the other 2 at 10%. im tired ehh:)
worst thing was i woke up on saturday with a crick in my back, which means i have trouble moving my neck without pain hahaha. ahh well... also am extremely sleep deprived owing to a bz week. (woke up early every week)
then again... its not been all bad. church camp WAS good. i guess its true that we should be looking at ourselves if theres a prob anywhere. rather than whining. what can i do abt it? if God has given u the burden... need i say more?
on another good note, ive found a nightfill job at target twice a week. so yeah... i might be abit bz with exams coming up
all abt keeping a balance, as ive found out lately. in more ways than one.
one thing i'll leave whoever still reads this with is Psalms 23... read it:) and things may start to make sense after a while. He is your shepherd. so why worry?
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
merdeka
yes i am aware of the fact that i started writing this blog with barely 15 minutes of Merdeka Day left. ok in this 15 minutes.... reminisce
what do we celebrate? is it that we have an independent nation, no longer under the thumb of colonial powers? (post colonial view here - sorry hahaha i would like to think my English Literature studies could be used somewhere - apologies for unleashing on you guys)
is it that indescribable nature that makes a peninsula (ok and one large-ish island and several small ones) off southeast Asia... so distinctly home? Malaysia was my home for 13 years of my life...
so what is it to me? just that... home. where i was born, where i was raised. I'm as malaysian as i'm human. its something i hold proudly, even though i reside now in Australia.
so what do i celebrate every 31 August? the life my country gave me... i remember the sacrifices made by those in the past... that made my country what it is... and i remember, that looking to the future, its up to us... as citizens wherever we are, to make the country what it will be. Malaysia is not just a country... i've come to realise that as citizens wherever we are, we are the country. the country is the people...
so it is with happiness that every 31 August i celebrate something dear to my heart. my homeland. the place that gave me life (to which hopefully one day i will return). and i pray that i get the chance one day to contribute to what made my country so dear to my heart.
its a simple line, but its true "i am, we are, you are Malaysian"... i urge you guys to remember what that means. and when you find out what it means, that is when you realise the significance of 31st August 1957.
God places us in wherever we were born ... to make a difference. Malaysia isnt without its faults. but who is? like it or not... its home. it was home. now it is not physically home, but its home in my heart anyways...
God bless you all, and i wish you all a happy Merdeka Day... (well the last 6 mins of it neways) =D
what do we celebrate? is it that we have an independent nation, no longer under the thumb of colonial powers? (post colonial view here - sorry hahaha i would like to think my English Literature studies could be used somewhere - apologies for unleashing on you guys)
is it that indescribable nature that makes a peninsula (ok and one large-ish island and several small ones) off southeast Asia... so distinctly home? Malaysia was my home for 13 years of my life...
so what is it to me? just that... home. where i was born, where i was raised. I'm as malaysian as i'm human. its something i hold proudly, even though i reside now in Australia.
so what do i celebrate every 31 August? the life my country gave me... i remember the sacrifices made by those in the past... that made my country what it is... and i remember, that looking to the future, its up to us... as citizens wherever we are, to make the country what it will be. Malaysia is not just a country... i've come to realise that as citizens wherever we are, we are the country. the country is the people...
so it is with happiness that every 31 August i celebrate something dear to my heart. my homeland. the place that gave me life (to which hopefully one day i will return). and i pray that i get the chance one day to contribute to what made my country so dear to my heart.
its a simple line, but its true "i am, we are, you are Malaysian"... i urge you guys to remember what that means. and when you find out what it means, that is when you realise the significance of 31st August 1957.
God places us in wherever we were born ... to make a difference. Malaysia isnt without its faults. but who is? like it or not... its home. it was home. now it is not physically home, but its home in my heart anyways...
God bless you all, and i wish you all a happy Merdeka Day... (well the last 6 mins of it neways) =D
Saturday, August 13, 2005
week4 already
i cant believe its been a month since 2nd semester started. its normally around now that i start working hard... to prepare for the battery of exams and assignments often due around... 3-4 weeks from now. already... i stare at an insurmountable assignment... a criminal law report and presentation on infanticide... due friday... God help us... the previous group was excellent... and they got grilled for 1 hour by the rest of the class on the merits of the insanity defence. if i get grilled for half as long on infanticide... i'll probably go insane... hahaha its a good thing its a group assignment... hehehe even though it is worth 40%...
yeah ... better get a start on it i guess... now what is infanticide again?
yeah ... better get a start on it i guess... now what is infanticide again?
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
uni is terrific. everyday... i go and come back completely refreshed ready for more... i love the learning of new concepts... foreign as some may be... nothing quite like getting interrogated by the lecturer at tutes as well...
ok... rite...
no actually im starting to hate it... i just went through a horrific monday, where everything went from bad to worse. i started at 9, finished at 5, with a measly 1 hour lunch break...
am still wincing from gastric pains... i shouldnt have put off eating. but there wasnt time. all came to a evil, painful peak during the leader's meeting that night. i dont think ive ever been so tired in my life... but the meeting was good. its amazing how just meeting with your fellow cell leaders and associates can help foster a spirit of unity.
i used to be ambivalent towards being an associate cell leader... i guess i saw it mainly as a responsibility, and i looked at the constraints it put on my life... the time ... the emotional energy... but then i realize its a privilege. to be trusted with leading a cell group... means you also take some responsibility for their spiritual growth, and the first place that starts is with yourself. growth has to come from within.
looking back at myself, i realise that ive been stuck in a rut... ive done things i shouldnt, not done things i should... i havent given myself fully to God lately, a realization i came to on sunday... it's severly ironic that its when i feel the most shamed, the most guilty, when i realise the depth of my problems, that i feel the most positive, at the point when i just give it all to God. i dont know how this works. i should be depresed about myself... but im not. im sad yes... but well with that sadness is the fact that there's still more life ahead of me, and that God is a forgiving God, whose grace surpasses understanding. i know not where this new refreshing lease on life will take me... but naive as it may be... i want this to last the rest of my life. there's nothing like it.
funnily enough my physical health has taken a battering in the last week, with me suffering from a severe cold, and having gastric pains the last two days... prob due to bad eating habits. but well despite tiredness... i'm mentally refreshed... even though things havent gone as they should have in the last few days. ppl i know are severely hurt, and it just cuts me inside that i cant help them... never have i felt so powerless. ive come to realise that words can only go so much... but well all i can do is just stand by them. i think that matters most...
a friend asked me... 'i dont know how i can still smile with all im going through'... i share your sorrow... believe me i do... it cuts me deeply to the core that bad things happen to people i love. why i dont have anything to say about it aside from that i feel your pain? well its because i just cant. i cant find words to say that would do more than just trivialise what you're going through, any word i can muster, that i would have said sounded shallow and meaningless in my mind, and i truly wish i had the answers to the questions, but i dont. all i can do is be there when needed, and all i can do is to point you to the Eternal promise given by the ultimate Person in control, that 'in all things God works for the best of those who believe in Him'... thats all i can say really. thats the truth i hold on to... it makes life livable for me, that there's something better ahead if i just fix my eyes on my Author and Perfector... if i just keep running, despite the hindrances in life... i know that at the end my life will fit in within His Divine picture somewhere... believe me... it cuts that i cant seem to help much here... but well i've realised that all i have to give to the people i love is myself... not much but its all i got... to listen. to empathise. to understand. and ultimately to love them... the greatest calling of all for a follower of the God of love.
ok... rite...
no actually im starting to hate it... i just went through a horrific monday, where everything went from bad to worse. i started at 9, finished at 5, with a measly 1 hour lunch break...
am still wincing from gastric pains... i shouldnt have put off eating. but there wasnt time. all came to a evil, painful peak during the leader's meeting that night. i dont think ive ever been so tired in my life... but the meeting was good. its amazing how just meeting with your fellow cell leaders and associates can help foster a spirit of unity.
i used to be ambivalent towards being an associate cell leader... i guess i saw it mainly as a responsibility, and i looked at the constraints it put on my life... the time ... the emotional energy... but then i realize its a privilege. to be trusted with leading a cell group... means you also take some responsibility for their spiritual growth, and the first place that starts is with yourself. growth has to come from within.
looking back at myself, i realise that ive been stuck in a rut... ive done things i shouldnt, not done things i should... i havent given myself fully to God lately, a realization i came to on sunday... it's severly ironic that its when i feel the most shamed, the most guilty, when i realise the depth of my problems, that i feel the most positive, at the point when i just give it all to God. i dont know how this works. i should be depresed about myself... but im not. im sad yes... but well with that sadness is the fact that there's still more life ahead of me, and that God is a forgiving God, whose grace surpasses understanding. i know not where this new refreshing lease on life will take me... but naive as it may be... i want this to last the rest of my life. there's nothing like it.
funnily enough my physical health has taken a battering in the last week, with me suffering from a severe cold, and having gastric pains the last two days... prob due to bad eating habits. but well despite tiredness... i'm mentally refreshed... even though things havent gone as they should have in the last few days. ppl i know are severely hurt, and it just cuts me inside that i cant help them... never have i felt so powerless. ive come to realise that words can only go so much... but well all i can do is just stand by them. i think that matters most...
a friend asked me... 'i dont know how i can still smile with all im going through'... i share your sorrow... believe me i do... it cuts me deeply to the core that bad things happen to people i love. why i dont have anything to say about it aside from that i feel your pain? well its because i just cant. i cant find words to say that would do more than just trivialise what you're going through, any word i can muster, that i would have said sounded shallow and meaningless in my mind, and i truly wish i had the answers to the questions, but i dont. all i can do is be there when needed, and all i can do is to point you to the Eternal promise given by the ultimate Person in control, that 'in all things God works for the best of those who believe in Him'... thats all i can say really. thats the truth i hold on to... it makes life livable for me, that there's something better ahead if i just fix my eyes on my Author and Perfector... if i just keep running, despite the hindrances in life... i know that at the end my life will fit in within His Divine picture somewhere... believe me... it cuts that i cant seem to help much here... but well i've realised that all i have to give to the people i love is myself... not much but its all i got... to listen. to empathise. to understand. and ultimately to love them... the greatest calling of all for a follower of the God of love.
Friday, July 22, 2005
back to it...
uni started this week ... hmmm how does one month of holidays go by so fast?
well anyways yeah... am doing 5 units again this semester: Torts, Criminal Law, Corporate Financial Policy, Banking Theory and Practice, and Macroeconomics...
well so far, the only units ive liked are Criminal Law and Macro. the rest?
Torts - sigh it is so darn boring... learning about claims for psychiatric injury, economic loss... etc etc... yeah... also there's a 4 page research assignment due in 2 months time, which will probably hurt quite abit as after 1.5 years of law school, i still cant do legal research =P
CFP? - well the unit looks alright... its just one of those nondescript commerce units which i just am not interested in, but which i have to do due to it being a core unit...
BTP - evil third year unit. Then again Gen is in it hahaha so mebbe i might get some assistance there... the 2 hour lecture on Mondays will kill me though. i only barely managed to stay awake for the 1st one this week.... i have absolutely no interest in the unit, which is scary as i'm majoring in Money and Banking.
the units i like?
Criminal Law: have got Gen Cleary again as the lecturer. she's prob the best law lecturer ive had so far... being a defence lawyer, she's always got good insights into the police process... just lovely how the police do such a great job in WA isnt it? well it's a breath of fresh air hahaha... she gives a new perspective into the judicial system. last year, my Legal Process lectuer ... G Pidco ended up as DPP in WA i think... so yes i've been taught by ppl from both sides of the courts.
Gen is hilarious though... hahaha... especially her insights into police usage of listening devices....
one learns that criminals do live pretty boring lives =P
and Macro? well i love macro. its the reason i'm studying Commerce to be honest. sigh it sounds nerdy but i love economics... how i managed not to do it in high school is beyond me.
only thing is ... well my uni timetable sucks on monday
its 9 to 5 straight... with one break at 12... i get Tuesdays off, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays are light days.... yeah 16 contact hours in total. not bad ehh? =P. my mondays really suck, but dont they always? And now to more cheerful events
what cheerful events?
Well CM cooked me lunch... and for a first time (apparently she's never cooked before)... it was very good. it tasted better than it looked (its the one on the left), and it looked great. its a simple chicken and veg stir fry =P ... simple and good. No i'm not joking. the girl can cook ehh =D even though she did not let me into the kitchen while she was cooking... hahaha so i was severely teased by the smells coming out of the kitchen. Thanx for lunch gal =D was delicious.
I returned the favour a few days later (she prob regrets i did)... im not quite as good a cook. the second picture is what mine looked like... but i was told mine was edible. mebbe she was just obliged to do so hahaha...(chicken stir fry + fried beean sprouts + rice)... simple lahh... and no sign of an egg (well actually i used one =P) hopefully it tasted better than it looked. it tasted ok to me. then again i had a cold. the reason mine was so messy... well was because someone was so hungrythat she didnt give me enough time to arrange the plate properly, but rather just dumped her rice on top... sigh =P what happened to aesthetics and presentation, lady??? =P (joking lahh) well i cant blame her for being hungry... it was around 2pm i think =p not that i took that long to cook... however we started late (around 1:20)... and i only had one frying pan to work with =) (well thats not much of an excuse as she had the same equipment in the first place hahaha). let noone say i have never cooked for my gf hahaha
well neways... off to watch the Ashes now.... have a good week guys (well those of u who read this neways)
well anyways yeah... am doing 5 units again this semester: Torts, Criminal Law, Corporate Financial Policy, Banking Theory and Practice, and Macroeconomics...
well so far, the only units ive liked are Criminal Law and Macro. the rest?
Torts - sigh it is so darn boring... learning about claims for psychiatric injury, economic loss... etc etc... yeah... also there's a 4 page research assignment due in 2 months time, which will probably hurt quite abit as after 1.5 years of law school, i still cant do legal research =P
CFP? - well the unit looks alright... its just one of those nondescript commerce units which i just am not interested in, but which i have to do due to it being a core unit...
BTP - evil third year unit. Then again Gen is in it hahaha so mebbe i might get some assistance there... the 2 hour lecture on Mondays will kill me though. i only barely managed to stay awake for the 1st one this week.... i have absolutely no interest in the unit, which is scary as i'm majoring in Money and Banking.
the units i like?
Criminal Law: have got Gen Cleary again as the lecturer. she's prob the best law lecturer ive had so far... being a defence lawyer, she's always got good insights into the police process... just lovely how the police do such a great job in WA isnt it? well it's a breath of fresh air hahaha... she gives a new perspective into the judicial system. last year, my Legal Process lectuer ... G Pidco ended up as DPP in WA i think... so yes i've been taught by ppl from both sides of the courts.
Gen is hilarious though... hahaha... especially her insights into police usage of listening devices....
one learns that criminals do live pretty boring lives =P
and Macro? well i love macro. its the reason i'm studying Commerce to be honest. sigh it sounds nerdy but i love economics... how i managed not to do it in high school is beyond me.
only thing is ... well my uni timetable sucks on monday
its 9 to 5 straight... with one break at 12... i get Tuesdays off, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays are light days.... yeah 16 contact hours in total. not bad ehh? =P. my mondays really suck, but dont they always? And now to more cheerful events
what cheerful events?Well CM cooked me lunch... and for a first time (apparently she's never cooked before)... it was very good. it tasted better than it looked (its the one on the left), and it looked great. its a simple chicken and veg stir fry =P ... simple and good. No i'm not joking. the girl can cook ehh =D even though she did not let me into the kitchen while she was cooking... hahaha so i was severely teased by the smells coming out of the kitchen. Thanx for lunch gal =D was delicious.
I returned the favour a few days later (she prob regrets i did)... im not quite as good a cook. the second picture is what mine looked like... but i was told mine was edible. mebbe she was just obliged to do so hahaha...(chicken stir fry + fried beean sprouts + rice)... simple lahh... and no sign of an egg (well actually i used one =P) hopefully it tasted better than it looked. it tasted ok to me. then again i had a cold. the reason mine was so messy... well was because someone was so hungrythat she didnt give me enough time to arrange the plate properly, but rather just dumped her rice on top... sigh =P what happened to aesthetics and presentation, lady??? =P (joking lahh) well i cant blame her for being hungry... it was around 2pm i think =p not that i took that long to cook... however we started late (around 1:20)... and i only had one frying pan to work with =) (well thats not much of an excuse as she had the same equipment in the first place hahaha). let noone say i have never cooked for my gf hahaha
well neways... off to watch the Ashes now.... have a good week guys (well those of u who read this neways)
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
holidays
well... holidays have been pretty boring so far... didnt do much last week besides painting the house... and tutoring. so... any thoughts on the week?
one is that God provides. i finally found a job that i really like. so it isnt particularly well paid, so what? the fact is that i enjoy teaching kids english... i get a kick out of it... and so it feels like im getting paid to have fun. seriously, i had forgotten being a child was so fun... hahaha so i cant even bring myself to scold kids when they're getting abit too... havoc is the word =P...
generally at Kumon, one sees the same kids daily, and hahaha some of them are so funny without knowing it. like theres GL, a Yr 10 kid who will do anything to avoid work, there are also 2 brothers, who are not allowed to sit with each other... or it gets... abit riotous to say the least=D...
the other tutors are also pretty nice. the guy i work with the most is Dom, who happens also to be a law student (1st yr) and also majoring in econs... hahaha yeah neways he's a nice bloke who helped me to get started... yeah so i love my work.... and it came out of nowhere. (got it on the first phone call =P) it all seemed to work out. i work tuesdays and fridays from 3:00-5:30 (which means i have time to concentrate on my studies as well as work)
in conclusion, God does provide... and i thank him for that
one is that God provides. i finally found a job that i really like. so it isnt particularly well paid, so what? the fact is that i enjoy teaching kids english... i get a kick out of it... and so it feels like im getting paid to have fun. seriously, i had forgotten being a child was so fun... hahaha so i cant even bring myself to scold kids when they're getting abit too... havoc is the word =P...
generally at Kumon, one sees the same kids daily, and hahaha some of them are so funny without knowing it. like theres GL, a Yr 10 kid who will do anything to avoid work, there are also 2 brothers, who are not allowed to sit with each other... or it gets... abit riotous to say the least=D...
the other tutors are also pretty nice. the guy i work with the most is Dom, who happens also to be a law student (1st yr) and also majoring in econs... hahaha yeah neways he's a nice bloke who helped me to get started... yeah so i love my work.... and it came out of nowhere. (got it on the first phone call =P) it all seemed to work out. i work tuesdays and fridays from 3:00-5:30 (which means i have time to concentrate on my studies as well as work)
in conclusion, God does provide... and i thank him for that
Thursday, June 30, 2005
holidays
mmmm as i write this, my head is spinning
must be a bug going around, everyone seems to want to repaint the interior of their house lately, including my dad... so yes... guess who gets recruited?
well we painted a few walls, (3 coats each)... and let me say, that it looks like easy work, but its pretty tiring, even using the rollers =P
still more painting tmr ... sigh...
lets see, what have i been doin lately?
well i've found myself a tutoring job at Kumon (at JW's suggestion - thanx mates - yeah thanx to both of you =D). its not the most well-paid job in the world (actually at $9 per hour its pretty low), but its the easiest work in the world. seriously, all i do is tutor english occasionally, do lots of marking, and yeah get to deal with kids (so darn CUTE!!! =D)
so yes, i wish it paid more, but otherwise i love the job.
was interesting though. firstly, i managed to get the job without even having to show my resume or anything actually hahaha... i just walked in and took a test =D
so for all they know i could be an axe-murderer or something =P muahaha... (well, sad to say, im not - sorry guys, no skeletons in the closet here)
so what have i been doing? well, i've also been watching naruto (surprise surprise - darn, im a little hooked... hahaha now to 'convert' CM to the cause)
and been downloading music lol... listening to it alot, watching Wimbledon (the tennis tourney, not the movie =P), soccer... ahh and sleeping heaps
i've been waking up around noon the last 2 days =D i love holidays
well yeah... been a rather slow, boring week... cant wait till ppl get back from holidays and stuff =D (thats right i miss u guys already) its part of the fun...
GOd bless u all
must be a bug going around, everyone seems to want to repaint the interior of their house lately, including my dad... so yes... guess who gets recruited?
well we painted a few walls, (3 coats each)... and let me say, that it looks like easy work, but its pretty tiring, even using the rollers =P
still more painting tmr ... sigh...
lets see, what have i been doin lately?
well i've found myself a tutoring job at Kumon (at JW's suggestion - thanx mates - yeah thanx to both of you =D). its not the most well-paid job in the world (actually at $9 per hour its pretty low), but its the easiest work in the world. seriously, all i do is tutor english occasionally, do lots of marking, and yeah get to deal with kids (so darn CUTE!!! =D)
so yes, i wish it paid more, but otherwise i love the job.
was interesting though. firstly, i managed to get the job without even having to show my resume or anything actually hahaha... i just walked in and took a test =D
so for all they know i could be an axe-murderer or something =P muahaha... (well, sad to say, im not - sorry guys, no skeletons in the closet here)
so what have i been doing? well, i've also been watching naruto (surprise surprise - darn, im a little hooked... hahaha now to 'convert' CM to the cause)
and been downloading music lol... listening to it alot, watching Wimbledon (the tennis tourney, not the movie =P), soccer... ahh and sleeping heaps
i've been waking up around noon the last 2 days =D i love holidays
well yeah... been a rather slow, boring week... cant wait till ppl get back from holidays and stuff =D (thats right i miss u guys already) its part of the fun...
GOd bless u all
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
freedom
finally finished my exams this morning...
at 11:15 this morning:
it was with an understated ''thank you students", after all exams were collected, ringing through a very cold Winthrop Hall, this morning that my trial was over...
thats right, 5 exams in a week, all gone in a rush.
the last 3 days have been extremely hard for me. thank God for granting me the energy to study more or less continuously throughout the last 3 days (i had Torts, then Criminal Law, and then Monetary Econs in a row). also, thanx to someone who supported me throughout, who encouraged me when i felt i was drowning, who cheered me up when i was feeling extremely down after my horrific Torts exam. appreciate it more than you know
ahh yeah... so how were exams?
well i think i did alright for the first two, International Finance and Introduction to Finance. but i do recall it was absolutely freezing on Monday when i sat for ITF, man... that rec centre was bloody cold ehh... i left early, was just too cold (but yes, i did finish my exam =P). but yeah it was just too cold, and that + need to go to toilet = untenable situation (i didnt even check my answers - it was that cold)... then again, i wasnt the only one feeling the chill... TL, well, she wore: 4 layers on top, 2 pants, and 2 socks (and hilariously, almost wore a hot water bottle) - and she left earlier than me (well hahaha ok, so im a guy, but it was bloody freezing). thank God i got through that one.
an unfortunate consequence of doing Law/Commerce is that the Law exams are invariably dreaded (yes, thats right, much more so than trips to the dentist/ injections, which i cringe at)... so the habit is to delay study for Commerce exams, while concentrating on Law, with an often unsatisfactory end result (we shall see in 3 weeks time) ... yeah law exams are a horror
horiffic Torts and Crim exams on Thursday and Friday, followed by a night of cramming for Monetary Economics... ahhh well that was also pretty darn hard...
forget what i said ... Multiple Choice can be a b(&ch at times... and with it being worth half the exam marks... urghhh (and i used to like it at times)
but well thank God i got through it... i dont know how, by Friday night, i was a nervous wreck... so tired of studying... (well my programme for wednesday, thursday and friday had been a steady diet of study, study, some sleep, some food, and then study, oh and study again)..
It's over now anyways =D, well until results come out =(
so what have i been doing with my new-found freedom?
hehehe Naruto, JWS was kind enough to lend me the first 70 episodes (i watched the first 11 in 2 days)... going out... relaxing, sleeping pretty well, learning how to drive etc etc...
yeah just normal things... spending time with ppl... well i guess that's really important to me...
i value time spent with people above all things...
but yeah... just chillin' =D
to those of those still with exams, all the best guys...
to the rest of u, gimme a call=P
at 11:15 this morning:
it was with an understated ''thank you students", after all exams were collected, ringing through a very cold Winthrop Hall, this morning that my trial was over...
thats right, 5 exams in a week, all gone in a rush.
the last 3 days have been extremely hard for me. thank God for granting me the energy to study more or less continuously throughout the last 3 days (i had Torts, then Criminal Law, and then Monetary Econs in a row). also, thanx to someone who supported me throughout, who encouraged me when i felt i was drowning, who cheered me up when i was feeling extremely down after my horrific Torts exam. appreciate it more than you know
ahh yeah... so how were exams?
well i think i did alright for the first two, International Finance and Introduction to Finance. but i do recall it was absolutely freezing on Monday when i sat for ITF, man... that rec centre was bloody cold ehh... i left early, was just too cold (but yes, i did finish my exam =P). but yeah it was just too cold, and that + need to go to toilet = untenable situation (i didnt even check my answers - it was that cold)... then again, i wasnt the only one feeling the chill... TL, well, she wore: 4 layers on top, 2 pants, and 2 socks (and hilariously, almost wore a hot water bottle) - and she left earlier than me (well hahaha ok, so im a guy, but it was bloody freezing). thank God i got through that one.
an unfortunate consequence of doing Law/Commerce is that the Law exams are invariably dreaded (yes, thats right, much more so than trips to the dentist/ injections, which i cringe at)... so the habit is to delay study for Commerce exams, while concentrating on Law, with an often unsatisfactory end result (we shall see in 3 weeks time) ... yeah law exams are a horror
horiffic Torts and Crim exams on Thursday and Friday, followed by a night of cramming for Monetary Economics... ahhh well that was also pretty darn hard...
forget what i said ... Multiple Choice can be a b(&ch at times... and with it being worth half the exam marks... urghhh (and i used to like it at times)
but well thank God i got through it... i dont know how, by Friday night, i was a nervous wreck... so tired of studying... (well my programme for wednesday, thursday and friday had been a steady diet of study, study, some sleep, some food, and then study, oh and study again)..
It's over now anyways =D, well until results come out =(
so what have i been doing with my new-found freedom?
hehehe Naruto, JWS was kind enough to lend me the first 70 episodes (i watched the first 11 in 2 days)... going out... relaxing, sleeping pretty well, learning how to drive etc etc...
yeah just normal things... spending time with ppl... well i guess that's really important to me...
i value time spent with people above all things...
but yeah... just chillin' =D
to those of those still with exams, all the best guys...
to the rest of u, gimme a call=P
Saturday, June 11, 2005
i guess 2.5 hours before one's first exam is not the best time to blog...
but well... sometimes one just has to sit and type, and go where the moment takes you...
musings on International Finance:
not exactly the most interesting unit i've done... but well... sigh some core units have to be done...
actually under my degree all of my Commerce units are core units sigh...
musings on life:
while i don't believe in love at first sight...
i believe that a smile - can communicate much more than the longest letter written
i believe that a meaningful glance - communicates beyond mere spoken words
a raised eyebrow - a thought comprehended with a million subtleties
a pat on the back - a source of comfort....im there for you, dont worry about it
one doesn't fall in love on first sight, or on second sight, but one can be captivated by impressions, and be provoked to search beyond the initial impression... one can resemble the proverbial traveller, who turns the corner expecting nothing, and unexpectedly finds what he's been looking for, who holds it dear to his chest... to love
one look - one glance - one touch - one life
in closing - carpe diem -
... ille potens sui
laetusque deget cui licet in diem
dixisse Vixi...
Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He, who can call today his own;
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow do thy worst, for i have lived today
Horace
to live... goes beyond surviving
death is easy... living is the hard part...
living a life of destiny - the hardest task of all
Amen
but well... sometimes one just has to sit and type, and go where the moment takes you...
musings on International Finance:
not exactly the most interesting unit i've done... but well... sigh some core units have to be done...
actually under my degree all of my Commerce units are core units sigh...
musings on life:
while i don't believe in love at first sight...
i believe that a smile - can communicate much more than the longest letter written
i believe that a meaningful glance - communicates beyond mere spoken words
a raised eyebrow - a thought comprehended with a million subtleties
a pat on the back - a source of comfort....im there for you, dont worry about it
one doesn't fall in love on first sight, or on second sight, but one can be captivated by impressions, and be provoked to search beyond the initial impression... one can resemble the proverbial traveller, who turns the corner expecting nothing, and unexpectedly finds what he's been looking for, who holds it dear to his chest... to love
one look - one glance - one touch - one life
in closing - carpe diem -
... ille potens sui
laetusque deget cui licet in diem
dixisse Vixi...
Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He, who can call today his own;
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow do thy worst, for i have lived today
Horace
to live... goes beyond surviving
death is easy... living is the hard part...
living a life of destiny - the hardest task of all
Amen
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
musings
life... what can you do about it?
sometimes it feels like everything's out to get you down....
you're walking in the pouring rain and your umbrella flips over, soaking you... you're dashing for the bus, and instead of catching it... you cop a spray of water as it takes off... you rush to a tute... and then sit there for a good 20 minutes, before realising that the tutor won't be coming (well thats probably a good thing hahaha if you dont do your tutes like me)... you go home... and cop some flak from the olds for what seems like absoutely nothing... you sit in lectures... learning nothing (besides the fact that a lack of sleep and concentration dont go together)
then again... sometimes it seems things can only go right...
you begin the year... thinking it'll be the same as last year... with nothing much changing... just the usual life of a uni student... study - skip lectures - go out - cram - eat - sleep - talk - shop... and then out of nowhere... life brings you something to cherish, to hold close to your heart... to bring a smile on your face whenever you comprehend it
and you still do the same things... (well i still skip lectures hahaha... and all of the above)...but everything is seen differently... you still get soaked in the rain... you still miss the bus by .5 of a second... yeah but you smile throughout... lol... =D
so yeah what is life?
sometimes the shittiest days can seem the brightest just because of the way you see things...
so everyday... i thank God for putting me where i am... in the family i am with, i thank Him in advance for the circumstances i'll be in, as they represent opportunities and challenges... chances to grow into maturity in Him, i thank Him for the people i'll meet lol (some i thank Him more for than others), i thank Him for the people He's put into my life... and finally, i thank Him for this great new life i've been given...
when you look at it this way... nothing seems that hard does it?
God bless you all
Nic
sometimes it feels like everything's out to get you down....
you're walking in the pouring rain and your umbrella flips over, soaking you... you're dashing for the bus, and instead of catching it... you cop a spray of water as it takes off... you rush to a tute... and then sit there for a good 20 minutes, before realising that the tutor won't be coming (well thats probably a good thing hahaha if you dont do your tutes like me)... you go home... and cop some flak from the olds for what seems like absoutely nothing... you sit in lectures... learning nothing (besides the fact that a lack of sleep and concentration dont go together)
then again... sometimes it seems things can only go right...
you begin the year... thinking it'll be the same as last year... with nothing much changing... just the usual life of a uni student... study - skip lectures - go out - cram - eat - sleep - talk - shop... and then out of nowhere... life brings you something to cherish, to hold close to your heart... to bring a smile on your face whenever you comprehend it
and you still do the same things... (well i still skip lectures hahaha... and all of the above)...but everything is seen differently... you still get soaked in the rain... you still miss the bus by .5 of a second... yeah but you smile throughout... lol... =D
so yeah what is life?
sometimes the shittiest days can seem the brightest just because of the way you see things...
so everyday... i thank God for putting me where i am... in the family i am with, i thank Him in advance for the circumstances i'll be in, as they represent opportunities and challenges... chances to grow into maturity in Him, i thank Him for the people i'll meet lol (some i thank Him more for than others), i thank Him for the people He's put into my life... and finally, i thank Him for this great new life i've been given...
when you look at it this way... nothing seems that hard does it?
God bless you all
Nic
Sunday, May 08, 2005
this is what u get when looking for distractions, and end filling up random quizzes hap-hazardly. okies back to study... have a good laugh pplz =P
| Emo Kid You are 28% Rational, 42% Extroverted, 14% Brutal, and 28% Arrogant. |
You are the Emo Kid, best described as a quiet pussy! You tend to be an intuitive rather than a logical thinker, meaning you rely more on your feelings than your thoughts. Not only that, but you are introverted, gentle, and rather humble. You embody all the traits of the perfect emo kid. You are a push-over, emotional, gentle to the extent of absurdity, and so humble that it even makes Jesus puke. If you write poetry, you no doubt write angsty, syrupy lines about depression, sadness, and other such redundant states of emo-being. Your personality is defective because you are too gentle, rather underconfident in yourself, decidely lacking in any rational thought, and also a bit too inhibited.
1. You are more INTUITIVE than rational. 2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted. 3. You are more GENTLE than brutal. 4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant.
The Emo Kid: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Humble. The Starving Artist: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Bitch-Slap: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Humble. The Brute: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Hippie: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble. The Televangelist: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Schoolyard Bully: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble. The Class Clown: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Robot: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Humble. The Haughty Intellectual: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Spiteful Loner: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Humble. The Sociopath: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Hand-Raiser: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble. The Braggart: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Capitalist Pig: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble. The Smartass: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant. |
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My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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Thursday, May 05, 2005
Worship Retreat
went to the worship retreat over a weekend... 20 of us from the worship team heading over to the Orchard Glory Resort at Bindoon for a night...
it all began in JW's mum's car, along with LY and CY... the trip there was rather sleepy and uneventul, cept for a bushfire we spotted on the way (my first one seen after 5 years here)
hmmm we got seriously bored in the car... ahhh well it wasnt bad... was listening to the 'Everyday' CD (from what seems like ages ago) in the car... and yes it is full of AWESOME songs...
so we get there at around 630 pm... where me and the aforesaid JW hehehe engage in a spot of immature activity, quickly hogging two beds lol
so we return to the main hall... and decide to start cooking dinner... and guess who get's asked to stir the pot of semi-frozen spaghetti sauce while everyone goes back to unpack? yours truly...
"stir it till it simmers" she said... ahh yeah but it never did!!! so i stirred for a good 20 mins!!! now u can make two conclusions from this:
1. I'm so blur at cooking that i cant tell when something is simmering
2. I follow orders too well... see Ally said turn off the flame when it starts bubbling... well it never did (prob cause i was stirring it - but then again noone told me!!!) =P yes im a terrible cook... i only do breakfasts... mmm eggs
well also another thing i noticed.
do you know how hard it is to stir a pot of very appetising food (ok it was only sauce, but i was starved) and not be tempted to take a lick? =D well for the record i resisted temptation guys
and the reason some of u guys didnt feel so great after dinner well ... i dunno =P but i didnt touch the sauce... honest!!!
well because Pastor's car broke down on the way there... we only had dinner past 9 i believe... ahhh i was so hungry ... mmm food was so good
later we unpacked the van... started practicing after a very touching message by Pastor
yeah really reminded me of a few things... that i should hold dear to my heart
... i think we finished rather late practicing that night
then it was back to the chalets... for sleep
or in JW, CY and my case, off to sing for our supper hahahah
man i love the sound of music... may have been one of my favourite movies from childhood
oh what the heck it was THE ICONIC movie of my childhood (as cousins Dave and Carol will know) so i love it!!!
"i am 17 going on 18 i dont know what to do..."
yeah the retreat overall was very good... filled with many fun moments hahaha chubbie bunnies, voice competitions, random sound competitions and most importantly... God's presence
what would i do without it? honestly... it would all have been for nothing without God...
well today was Mother's day:D
just a note to all mothers out there... thank you for all your sacrifices... you guys (okies i meant you gals) are the best!!! i shudder to think what i'd be like if i didnt have the mother i have... (well im pretty dodgy now as it is... hahaha but thats my own fault... without my mother's gentle prodding in the right direction: eg "son get a haircut, you look ugly", or "dont do that!!! - ("that being anything from ... well hmmm anythin really hahaha)... i shudder at what i'd be like now
so i just want to end this post by saying that i love my mother and i dearly appreciate all that she has done for me... from packing my lunch (mmm ham/chicken/steak sandwich), giving good career advice ("son, at the end whatever you do, as long as it keeps you an honest, God-fearing person... we'll support you"), to just well being my mum (with the associated laundry + food + well general care privileges) and loving me ... despite myself
love ya mum!!!
it all began in JW's mum's car, along with LY and CY... the trip there was rather sleepy and uneventul, cept for a bushfire we spotted on the way (my first one seen after 5 years here)
hmmm we got seriously bored in the car... ahhh well it wasnt bad... was listening to the 'Everyday' CD (from what seems like ages ago) in the car... and yes it is full of AWESOME songs...
so we get there at around 630 pm... where me and the aforesaid JW hehehe engage in a spot of immature activity, quickly hogging two beds lol
so we return to the main hall... and decide to start cooking dinner... and guess who get's asked to stir the pot of semi-frozen spaghetti sauce while everyone goes back to unpack? yours truly...
"stir it till it simmers" she said... ahh yeah but it never did!!! so i stirred for a good 20 mins!!! now u can make two conclusions from this:
1. I'm so blur at cooking that i cant tell when something is simmering
2. I follow orders too well... see Ally said turn off the flame when it starts bubbling... well it never did (prob cause i was stirring it - but then again noone told me!!!) =P yes im a terrible cook... i only do breakfasts... mmm eggs
well also another thing i noticed.
do you know how hard it is to stir a pot of very appetising food (ok it was only sauce, but i was starved) and not be tempted to take a lick? =D well for the record i resisted temptation guys
and the reason some of u guys didnt feel so great after dinner well ... i dunno =P but i didnt touch the sauce... honest!!!
well because Pastor's car broke down on the way there... we only had dinner past 9 i believe... ahhh i was so hungry ... mmm food was so good
later we unpacked the van... started practicing after a very touching message by Pastor
yeah really reminded me of a few things... that i should hold dear to my heart
... i think we finished rather late practicing that night
then it was back to the chalets... for sleep
or in JW, CY and my case, off to sing for our supper hahahah
man i love the sound of music... may have been one of my favourite movies from childhood
oh what the heck it was THE ICONIC movie of my childhood (as cousins Dave and Carol will know) so i love it!!!
"i am 17 going on 18 i dont know what to do..."
yeah the retreat overall was very good... filled with many fun moments hahaha chubbie bunnies, voice competitions, random sound competitions and most importantly... God's presence
what would i do without it? honestly... it would all have been for nothing without God...
well today was Mother's day:D
just a note to all mothers out there... thank you for all your sacrifices... you guys (okies i meant you gals) are the best!!! i shudder to think what i'd be like if i didnt have the mother i have... (well im pretty dodgy now as it is... hahaha but thats my own fault... without my mother's gentle prodding in the right direction: eg "son get a haircut, you look ugly", or "dont do that!!! - ("that being anything from ... well hmmm anythin really hahaha)... i shudder at what i'd be like now
so i just want to end this post by saying that i love my mother and i dearly appreciate all that she has done for me... from packing my lunch (mmm ham/chicken/steak sandwich), giving good career advice ("son, at the end whatever you do, as long as it keeps you an honest, God-fearing person... we'll support you"), to just well being my mum (with the associated laundry + food + well general care privileges) and loving me ... despite myself
love ya mum!!!
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Monday, April 25, 2005
okies... back to the blog again...
well... today was Anzac day, a public holiday...
well what did i do? hmmm helped dad in the morning to plaster some cracks in the paintwork of our house... (parent's resolution: paint interior of house - they want to change some of the walls abit - u know, funkify it hahaha... hopefully by Christmas 2005... allusions to Mahathir's Visi 2020 won't be appreciated... then again, my family does share some similarities with the M'sian bureaucracy... it takes a while to get things done lol =P)
so guys, what colour should i paint my room? bear in mind i have green carpet
btw pink has already been suggested hahaha
anyways
CM came over around 1... then yeah we studied till abt 6... whoa... that sounds rather nerdy... well we were a little distracted lol (lil sister watching Shrek 2 in background - seeing as we both love the show lol, and seeing as CM can recite the whole movie hahaha)...
i still cant study for 5 hours straight... but then again, we both have midsems tmr...
yeah hahaha all abt spending quality time lol =P
then again... did get to get in some guitar lessons around 9pm hahaha so it wasnt all that boring... courtesy of my *new* guitar training technique lol =P im sorry guys no free tries
time seems to fly ehh... =( especially when ure with someone u enjoy being around lol
ahh well sometimes its all abt what you make out of the moment
i mean, this may sound weird, but everyday i am reminded anew that time is a one-way street, with no u-turns or reverses - so well its what you make of the time you've been given that matters - to live a life worth living?
(time also seems to fly though when one is staring exams in the face=P)
i notice this is a rather rambling post...
but oh well sometimes... one just has to let thoughts run out ... and see where they take you
carpe diem
God bless everyone
well... today was Anzac day, a public holiday...
well what did i do? hmmm helped dad in the morning to plaster some cracks in the paintwork of our house... (parent's resolution: paint interior of house - they want to change some of the walls abit - u know, funkify it hahaha... hopefully by Christmas 2005... allusions to Mahathir's Visi 2020 won't be appreciated... then again, my family does share some similarities with the M'sian bureaucracy... it takes a while to get things done lol =P)
so guys, what colour should i paint my room? bear in mind i have green carpet
btw pink has already been suggested hahaha
anyways
CM came over around 1... then yeah we studied till abt 6... whoa... that sounds rather nerdy... well we were a little distracted lol (lil sister watching Shrek 2 in background - seeing as we both love the show lol, and seeing as CM can recite the whole movie hahaha)...
i still cant study for 5 hours straight... but then again, we both have midsems tmr...
yeah hahaha all abt spending quality time lol =P
then again... did get to get in some guitar lessons around 9pm hahaha so it wasnt all that boring... courtesy of my *new* guitar training technique lol =P im sorry guys no free tries
time seems to fly ehh... =( especially when ure with someone u enjoy being around lol
ahh well sometimes its all abt what you make out of the moment
i mean, this may sound weird, but everyday i am reminded anew that time is a one-way street, with no u-turns or reverses - so well its what you make of the time you've been given that matters - to live a life worth living?
(time also seems to fly though when one is staring exams in the face=P)
i notice this is a rather rambling post...
but oh well sometimes... one just has to let thoughts run out ... and see where they take you
carpe diem
God bless everyone
as i sit typing this... well 'Beautiful One' by Jeremy Camp is playing in the house, a lovesong written to the Best Friend we have...
what does it mean to adore God? sure, we've all said the words 'i love you'... and i'm sure we meant it at the time. but what did we mean when we said it? what is adoration?
two definitions i really like:
1. To worship as God or a god.
2. To regard with deep, often rapturous love
well yeah... the music just switched to 'Enough', by the aforesaid J. Camp... and truly illustrating the point that music is truly a powerful medium... often i dont realise that God is more than enough for me...
'All of you/ is more than enough for/
more of me/ for any thirst and/
every need/ you satisfy me/
with your love/ and all i have in you/
is more than enough'
more than all i need... something i dont realise... why do i forget this so often? why do i often run so hard in the wrong direction? to satisfy my own needs by my own meager abilities... which were given by Him anywayz...? is it mere forgetfulness or a subconscious belief that i have to be self-sufficient? sometimes we've just got to examine ourselves and see where we stand...
on another note... i believe that true honesty lies in accepting that we often need the help of others... life is not meant to be lived alone... humans were made with an innate desire to interact with each other.
(looks at above sentences)
(thinks to himself: "rite...")
anywayz back to work for me
what does it mean to adore God? sure, we've all said the words 'i love you'... and i'm sure we meant it at the time. but what did we mean when we said it? what is adoration?
two definitions i really like:
1. To worship as God or a god.
2. To regard with deep, often rapturous love
well yeah... the music just switched to 'Enough', by the aforesaid J. Camp... and truly illustrating the point that music is truly a powerful medium... often i dont realise that God is more than enough for me...
'All of you/ is more than enough for/
more of me/ for any thirst and/
every need/ you satisfy me/
with your love/ and all i have in you/
is more than enough'
more than all i need... something i dont realise... why do i forget this so often? why do i often run so hard in the wrong direction? to satisfy my own needs by my own meager abilities... which were given by Him anywayz...? is it mere forgetfulness or a subconscious belief that i have to be self-sufficient? sometimes we've just got to examine ourselves and see where we stand...
on another note... i believe that true honesty lies in accepting that we often need the help of others... life is not meant to be lived alone... humans were made with an innate desire to interact with each other.
(looks at above sentences)
(thinks to himself: "rite...")
anywayz back to work for me
Friday, April 22, 2005
things to do
it has occured to me that hmmm i seem to forget things hahaha
and ive found myself disappointing some ppl... sorry Calvin!!!! really sorry
honestly i forgot honest!!!!
okies things to do this and next week:
1. Bring thumb drive to Calvin on sunday, with associated Management notes =P
2. Finish Torts assignment (due thursday)
3. Study for ITF and ME....(this and next tuesday)
4. Cycle to Nedlands ... on monday (gulp!!!)
5. Pack for Worship Retreat (lookin forward to it.... next friday)
6. Find a job .... (gettin rather urgent now)
7. Learn to drive (test in july)
8. sleep (well its hard to when u have just so much work... so much to catch up)
9. Eat (actually this doesnt need to be here... hahaha, but i need to make a list of 10)
10. Get to know my Maker even more every day!!! =D (well this should be top actually)
hehehe so yes... pplz feel free hold me accountable... (well dont be too harsh... im sorta panicky about #3, #4 and #6), and if theres anythin i forgot, well... either its somethin i definitely wont forget or its somethin that well... i'll leave till later =P
on a more serious note:
my prayerz for youz all who are weary, tired and dry inside; who feel that life is just too hard; who feel circumstances conspire against them; who feel that there is nothing bright ahead
sometimes life just is unfair, but only temporarily... 2 Thessalonians 1:6
... may the One who made us renew you; may He provide for you in your time of need; may His peace be with you throughout the day despite your circumstances; cos i know He has for me and i know He will for you... All you gotta do is ask... and He will be there for you =)
Psalm 23:1-2
'the Lord is my shepherd, i shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
He leads me beside quiet waters,
He restores my soul...'
'...And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age' Matthew 28:20b
Psalm 63:1-8
O God, you are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land
where there is no water.
I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.
My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.
Matthew 28:20b
'...And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age'
okies and now i shall go back to work (man i must be stressed)
take carez all of you
God bless
Nick
and ive found myself disappointing some ppl... sorry Calvin!!!! really sorry
honestly i forgot honest!!!!
okies things to do this and next week:
1. Bring thumb drive to Calvin on sunday, with associated Management notes =P
2. Finish Torts assignment (due thursday)
3. Study for ITF and ME....(this and next tuesday)
4. Cycle to Nedlands ... on monday (gulp!!!)
5. Pack for Worship Retreat (lookin forward to it.... next friday)
6. Find a job .... (gettin rather urgent now)
7. Learn to drive (test in july)
8. sleep (well its hard to when u have just so much work... so much to catch up)
9. Eat (actually this doesnt need to be here... hahaha, but i need to make a list of 10)
10. Get to know my Maker even more every day!!! =D (well this should be top actually)
hehehe so yes... pplz feel free hold me accountable... (well dont be too harsh... im sorta panicky about #3, #4 and #6), and if theres anythin i forgot, well... either its somethin i definitely wont forget or its somethin that well... i'll leave till later =P
on a more serious note:
my prayerz for youz all who are weary, tired and dry inside; who feel that life is just too hard; who feel circumstances conspire against them; who feel that there is nothing bright ahead
sometimes life just is unfair, but only temporarily... 2 Thessalonians 1:6
... may the One who made us renew you; may He provide for you in your time of need; may His peace be with you throughout the day despite your circumstances; cos i know He has for me and i know He will for you... All you gotta do is ask... and He will be there for you =)
Psalm 23:1-2
'the Lord is my shepherd, i shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
He leads me beside quiet waters,
He restores my soul...'
'...And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age' Matthew 28:20b
Psalm 63:1-8
O God, you are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land
where there is no water.
I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.
My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.
Matthew 28:20b
'...And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age'
okies and now i shall go back to work (man i must be stressed)
take carez all of you
God bless
Nick
Sunday, April 17, 2005
ahh midsem fever
hmmm i do recall making statements to certain ppl that uni life is abt 12 weeks holiday and 3 weeks cramming... well hahaha yes let me revise that statement...
well with 3 midsems in 3 weeks... i feel the need to cram =P
it kicked off with International Finance on Friday at 10am, and then in 2 weeks Intro to Finance on the 26th at 6pm, and then Monetary Economics the tuesday after.... arghhhh
yeah and somewhere along the line there's a torts assignment coming in... so do i feel like crying... well actually i did shed a tear in IF this morning serious... hahaah you can ask Ryan...
no comment there =D *Q: what kind of guy cries in a lecture?* *A: the kind of guy who only started studying on Sunday, and realizes he's not gonna finish studying on time by Friday*
well yeah just had the exam yesterday... and it wasnt good... CRAP
yeah i shouldnt be blogging actually... i just spent 6 hours in the Reid cramming my brains out, and here i am at home, phone on shoulder... hahaah yeah sleepy... and trying to prove that guys can multitask as well as girls... well im failing miserably =P but oh well its still good
on another note...
yeah church today was good :) it seems the sermons get more relevant everyday... i guess im just listening more nowadays. like even through a haze of sleep-deprivation (4 hours last night) i still managed to pay attention and took something from the service... well yeah have been struggling with several things in my life nowadays... and thus... its like sometimes i feel so unworthy of God's grace, and what He has given me... but then again the sermon material we've been doing is extremely relevant... its like well everytime i get stuck into a negative way of thinking, i remember something i learnt in cell or at church, and i'm able to pick myself up again... like for example, the lesson i've relearnt recently, that our relationship with God, as His children is an unconditional gift, and even when i sin, and fall short of his glory, He still sees me as His child, like it's not about what we do, because we will always fall short by our own efforts in trying to resist temptation, but about what He did on the cross (freedom from the wages of sin) and is doing in my life (maturing me by the renewing of my mind). well i've relearnt a constantly learnt lesson (for me anyways) that well its when you reach the end of your limits, that God comes in, and this goes for many things in my life... sigh hahaha well i guess all i can say is that noone's perfect... its frustrating though... we do what we dont want to do and dont do what we should... (Romans 7:21-25)... we all grow at our own pace... so all we can do is fix our eyes on the author and perfector of our faith...
what keeps me positive? 2 Corinthians 5:17 - i may not like myself because of my sinful nature, but i live knowing that God has made me a new creation in Him, and that i have a new identity in him (1 Peter 2:9-10, 1 Corinthians 1:2). why live in guilt when freedom has been given to us? (NB: this does not mean that we should keep sinning so grace should increase btw...=P)
but well... i believe that when you confess your sins to Christ with the intention to not do it again... i believe that your sins are forgiven, and forgotten, and not held against you... now if it isnt held against you anymore by the Lord our Judge, why should we continue to hold it against ourselves? is God's grace insufficient for us? we have been justified by faith. the price has been paid... so live in Christ's freedom, not in guilt, not in our circumstances... for faith goes beyond our immediate dark circumstances, but sees the future ahead of us.
well with 3 midsems in 3 weeks... i feel the need to cram =P
it kicked off with International Finance on Friday at 10am, and then in 2 weeks Intro to Finance on the 26th at 6pm, and then Monetary Economics the tuesday after.... arghhhh
yeah and somewhere along the line there's a torts assignment coming in... so do i feel like crying... well actually i did shed a tear in IF this morning serious... hahaah you can ask Ryan...
no comment there =D *Q: what kind of guy cries in a lecture?* *A: the kind of guy who only started studying on Sunday, and realizes he's not gonna finish studying on time by Friday*
well yeah just had the exam yesterday... and it wasnt good... CRAP
yeah i shouldnt be blogging actually... i just spent 6 hours in the Reid cramming my brains out, and here i am at home, phone on shoulder... hahaah yeah sleepy... and trying to prove that guys can multitask as well as girls... well im failing miserably =P but oh well its still good
on another note...
yeah church today was good :) it seems the sermons get more relevant everyday... i guess im just listening more nowadays. like even through a haze of sleep-deprivation (4 hours last night) i still managed to pay attention and took something from the service... well yeah have been struggling with several things in my life nowadays... and thus... its like sometimes i feel so unworthy of God's grace, and what He has given me... but then again the sermon material we've been doing is extremely relevant... its like well everytime i get stuck into a negative way of thinking, i remember something i learnt in cell or at church, and i'm able to pick myself up again... like for example, the lesson i've relearnt recently, that our relationship with God, as His children is an unconditional gift, and even when i sin, and fall short of his glory, He still sees me as His child, like it's not about what we do, because we will always fall short by our own efforts in trying to resist temptation, but about what He did on the cross (freedom from the wages of sin) and is doing in my life (maturing me by the renewing of my mind). well i've relearnt a constantly learnt lesson (for me anyways) that well its when you reach the end of your limits, that God comes in, and this goes for many things in my life... sigh hahaha well i guess all i can say is that noone's perfect... its frustrating though... we do what we dont want to do and dont do what we should... (Romans 7:21-25)... we all grow at our own pace... so all we can do is fix our eyes on the author and perfector of our faith...
what keeps me positive? 2 Corinthians 5:17 - i may not like myself because of my sinful nature, but i live knowing that God has made me a new creation in Him, and that i have a new identity in him (1 Peter 2:9-10, 1 Corinthians 1:2). why live in guilt when freedom has been given to us? (NB: this does not mean that we should keep sinning so grace should increase btw...=P)
but well... i believe that when you confess your sins to Christ with the intention to not do it again... i believe that your sins are forgiven, and forgotten, and not held against you... now if it isnt held against you anymore by the Lord our Judge, why should we continue to hold it against ourselves? is God's grace insufficient for us? we have been justified by faith. the price has been paid... so live in Christ's freedom, not in guilt, not in our circumstances... for faith goes beyond our immediate dark circumstances, but sees the future ahead of us.
Saturday, April 02, 2005
J-Life Camp
okies as you pplz who may read this blog (or just surf the net randomly... hahaha there's gotta be someone who reads this :-P)... may have guessed, yes i went to Youth Camp last week... over the Easter weekend. over 4 days and 3 nights of Christ-Seen Investigation (camp theme)... well it was AWESOME...
it started on Good Friday... as i woke up at 10, completed last minute packing up hahaha... yeah... well actually i had really left it to the last minute, so much that i missed my brekkie.. oh well... got to camp courtesy of the parents (kudos for driving me a good 1+ hours there...) yeah got there... went to the chalet... unpacked (ie chuck bags on bed) and thus camp started.
met up with my group, the "group of love" hahaha featuring Gloria (Glorz), Ancheesa (Cheezy), Desiree (Dez), Ben Phua (BP), James N (Jimi), Victor (Vicki Bravo), and me (hahaha 'poods' apparently :-P)
so we had to devise a team cheer which actually wasnt bad =D featuring some beatboxin' and lol some hastily devised lyrics...
the first session was run by Ps Stephan Sos (did i spell it right), a charming speaker of Eastern European descent, accent, and mannerisms who now works in Canada... well hehehe the first session was on angelology (ie the study of angels)... and apparently he was rushing through a 5 day course in like 2 hours... hahaha he speaks really fast but i took several interesting lessons out of it... yeah to be honest he lost me a little at certain times... (confession: i slipped into lecture mode during parts of the seminar - taking notes bleary eyed...)
then there was dinner mmmmm... awesome food. very GOOD food.
later that night we had some night game titled 'Investigators and the Mafia', well it was basically a capture the flag game. sounds easy right? well added to the fact that you have to avoid the mafia (well unless punishment and surrendering a flag is your thing), and find 4 ridiculously undersized flags in a very large area (the whole resort) in the dark of the night... hahaa yeah so we split up and... oh man hard game... man... unfortunately i was 'caught' by the mafia... while escorting one of my group members to the loo (thanks Dez)... sighh.... so yeah i had to try and scoff down a Weet-bix in a minute... well it would have taken me 1min 10 secs i think... i was almost there... then i choked... :-P... but its ok we got a 'sympathy clue'... (thanx Ben) hahaha we ended up finishing second!!! surprise surprise (well i was...=P)
the next morning ... powered by some strong coffee, 3 eggs, some ham, instant mee and 3 slices of toast (well brekkie is the most important meal of the day) hahaha yes i like my breakfasts... we had a good quiet time with the group.. unfortunately i had to leave early to go to worship practice (which actually involves this:
15 mins be4 service starts, Alex/Sarah/Pat: "okies this are the songs we're gonna do... any questions?".... muso's: "errr errr what? no practice (well just me lol)" hahaha yeah so i found myself playing a song (Free) which i'd just learnt 5 mins before service hahaha but i love it... botched up the intro tho =P oh well hahaha all good as long as we worship God... yeah camp was really great =D
i would consider it a turning point... like most of the messages were spot on... the worship (particularly in the last day) was awesome...
hmmm yeah had to lead a group this year as well...which actually wasnt as bad as i thought it would be (well hahaha i dont think leadership is one of my strengths lol) yeah the group sorta led itself really =P
one of the most hilarious things we did was ... hmmm the skit hahaha
which was awesome starring my brilliant cousin Vic oh yeahh.... you da man!!!
i mean ... hehehe we based our skit loosely on Hitched ("the principles of dating, rule no 1: dont forget anniversaries" :-P) yes and Vic our main man was awesome ... i mean he was the archetypal Johnny Bravo :D
and his supporting cast... his bevy of exes : thanx Glorz, Cheezy and Dez for being such good sports !!! the important thing was that we all had fun :P i mean there were times when i caught myself laughing uncontrollably offstage (well to the side of it anyways)
yeah we finished 2nd overall which was pretty good ... as all of the other skits were pretty funny... lets see: 10 memorable moments?:
1. Andy and Alex... and the song YMCA ... you do the maths... lets just say that Andy dances ... well...
2. Pat's 'diving header' to score with the ball rolling on the ground...
3. Well most of Victor's lines were hilarious (hahaha yes mebbe im abit biased)
4. lets see... this actually happened the night before talentime... when i saw a feathery vision hahaha... well you guys will have to find out for yourselves but we had a pluckin' good time =P
5. sqeezing 5 guys into our dorm shower cubicle (yes an area approximately 3 feet by 3 feet)... all for a novelty shot of course...
and in good fun of course...
and we were all fully clothed of course... (well yeah 'cept for Vic and Kenny but that's another story and another pic)
cheers to Kenny for turning the shower on, drenching most of us, and to Andy for wedging the door shut immediately with his leg... ensuring that we all had wet T-shirts....
6. the water fight.... lol :-D that was very wet and wild and fun... hehehe i think everyone was just releasing abit of steam hahaha... I GOT ALEX TWICE!!! yes but i said 'hi Alex' the first time so at least i was courteous... nothing personal Alex, hahah but hmmm you were sitting on a kid's bike looking pretty open :-D (then he got me with the hose)
hehehe also me and BP successfully gave Ben Tai and Sarah Ong bucket showers... oh yeah!!!
and of course the 'exorcism' of Joseph was pretty hilarious as well... sigh it took 6 of us to restrain him hahaha
7. indian poker + water + 2 diamonds + channy = hilarity :-) all thanx to a well timed card change on my part =P
8. the 'world cup' of big 2... well involving msia, sing and HK... but hahaha its still international enough... those mental games... nice work Roo....
9. not sleeping nearly enough... well its not exactly a moment but still hahaha yeah i may have slept less than 12 hours over the 4 days of camp... and that includes 7 on the first night... mmmm nescafe is good...
10. being absolutely touched by GOD... without YOU this would have been worth nothing...
that was what made camp such an enriching experience... cos when u've got the peace and joy OTL... well nothing can stop you =D
amen =P
nic
it started on Good Friday... as i woke up at 10, completed last minute packing up hahaha... yeah... well actually i had really left it to the last minute, so much that i missed my brekkie.. oh well... got to camp courtesy of the parents (kudos for driving me a good 1+ hours there...) yeah got there... went to the chalet... unpacked (ie chuck bags on bed) and thus camp started.
met up with my group, the "group of love" hahaha featuring Gloria (Glorz), Ancheesa (Cheezy), Desiree (Dez), Ben Phua (BP), James N (Jimi), Victor (Vicki Bravo), and me (hahaha 'poods' apparently :-P)
so we had to devise a team cheer which actually wasnt bad =D featuring some beatboxin' and lol some hastily devised lyrics...
the first session was run by Ps Stephan Sos (did i spell it right), a charming speaker of Eastern European descent, accent, and mannerisms who now works in Canada... well hehehe the first session was on angelology (ie the study of angels)... and apparently he was rushing through a 5 day course in like 2 hours... hahaha he speaks really fast but i took several interesting lessons out of it... yeah to be honest he lost me a little at certain times... (confession: i slipped into lecture mode during parts of the seminar - taking notes bleary eyed...)
then there was dinner mmmmm... awesome food. very GOOD food.
later that night we had some night game titled 'Investigators and the Mafia', well it was basically a capture the flag game. sounds easy right? well added to the fact that you have to avoid the mafia (well unless punishment and surrendering a flag is your thing), and find 4 ridiculously undersized flags in a very large area (the whole resort) in the dark of the night... hahaa yeah so we split up and... oh man hard game... man... unfortunately i was 'caught' by the mafia... while escorting one of my group members to the loo (thanks Dez)... sighh.... so yeah i had to try and scoff down a Weet-bix in a minute... well it would have taken me 1min 10 secs i think... i was almost there... then i choked... :-P... but its ok we got a 'sympathy clue'... (thanx Ben) hahaha we ended up finishing second!!! surprise surprise (well i was...=P)
the next morning ... powered by some strong coffee, 3 eggs, some ham, instant mee and 3 slices of toast (well brekkie is the most important meal of the day) hahaha yes i like my breakfasts... we had a good quiet time with the group.. unfortunately i had to leave early to go to worship practice (which actually involves this:
15 mins be4 service starts, Alex/Sarah/Pat: "okies this are the songs we're gonna do... any questions?".... muso's: "errr errr what? no practice (well just me lol)" hahaha yeah so i found myself playing a song (Free) which i'd just learnt 5 mins before service hahaha but i love it... botched up the intro tho =P oh well hahaha all good as long as we worship God... yeah camp was really great =D
i would consider it a turning point... like most of the messages were spot on... the worship (particularly in the last day) was awesome...
hmmm yeah had to lead a group this year as well...which actually wasnt as bad as i thought it would be (well hahaha i dont think leadership is one of my strengths lol) yeah the group sorta led itself really =P
one of the most hilarious things we did was ... hmmm the skit hahaha
which was awesome starring my brilliant cousin Vic oh yeahh.... you da man!!!
i mean ... hehehe we based our skit loosely on Hitched ("the principles of dating, rule no 1: dont forget anniversaries" :-P) yes and Vic our main man was awesome ... i mean he was the archetypal Johnny Bravo :D
and his supporting cast... his bevy of exes : thanx Glorz, Cheezy and Dez for being such good sports !!! the important thing was that we all had fun :P i mean there were times when i caught myself laughing uncontrollably offstage (well to the side of it anyways)
yeah we finished 2nd overall which was pretty good ... as all of the other skits were pretty funny... lets see: 10 memorable moments?:
1. Andy and Alex... and the song YMCA ... you do the maths... lets just say that Andy dances ... well...
2. Pat's 'diving header' to score with the ball rolling on the ground...
3. Well most of Victor's lines were hilarious (hahaha yes mebbe im abit biased)
4. lets see... this actually happened the night before talentime... when i saw a feathery vision hahaha... well you guys will have to find out for yourselves but we had a pluckin' good time =P
5. sqeezing 5 guys into our dorm shower cubicle (yes an area approximately 3 feet by 3 feet)... all for a novelty shot of course...
and in good fun of course...
and we were all fully clothed of course... (well yeah 'cept for Vic and Kenny but that's another story and another pic)
cheers to Kenny for turning the shower on, drenching most of us, and to Andy for wedging the door shut immediately with his leg... ensuring that we all had wet T-shirts....
6. the water fight.... lol :-D that was very wet and wild and fun... hehehe i think everyone was just releasing abit of steam hahaha... I GOT ALEX TWICE!!! yes but i said 'hi Alex' the first time so at least i was courteous... nothing personal Alex, hahah but hmmm you were sitting on a kid's bike looking pretty open :-D (then he got me with the hose)
hehehe also me and BP successfully gave Ben Tai and Sarah Ong bucket showers... oh yeah!!!
and of course the 'exorcism' of Joseph was pretty hilarious as well... sigh it took 6 of us to restrain him hahaha
7. indian poker + water + 2 diamonds + channy = hilarity :-) all thanx to a well timed card change on my part =P
8. the 'world cup' of big 2... well involving msia, sing and HK... but hahaha its still international enough... those mental games... nice work Roo....
9. not sleeping nearly enough... well its not exactly a moment but still hahaha yeah i may have slept less than 12 hours over the 4 days of camp... and that includes 7 on the first night... mmmm nescafe is good...
10. being absolutely touched by GOD... without YOU this would have been worth nothing...
that was what made camp such an enriching experience... cos when u've got the peace and joy OTL... well nothing can stop you =D
amen =P
nic
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
long time no blog
alrite... i havent blogged in ages
hmmm do i feel bad... well yeah i guess. even if noone reads this well it still helps to put one's thoughts and memories on paper/the Internet lol :-P
so what has been goin on in my life?
well start with the mundane
uni started a month ago... im officially not a fresher anymore... sigh
yeah do i feel different? well not really... the only thing different is that the units are decidedly harder...
believe me, my jaw dropped when upon entering my first crim class... the lecturer began by handing out several handouts (well several in this case is 7-8 thick ones, which stacked together were as thick as a textbook lol), and concluded by saying: "well, i'll try to keep your reading for this class to around 100 pages" :-P hahaha yes my jaw dropped a little to say the least (then again there has been some jaw-dropping around me several times in the last month... and not just me ;-))
yeah what else... hmmm alot has happened in the past few weeks... yeah what did i do this week?
hmmm went to watch Hitched with CM on tuesday... lol i liked it... predictable but sweet :-) and quite funny. hahaah yeah so tuesday wasnt a bad day... today? well hmmm had an 8am International Finance (i actually get the stuff now!!!) yeah hahaha so it wasnt that bad...
then hmmm dropped guitar off... walked back to Torts... came in late... found out we have a workshop tmr... hahaha yes...
hmmm wasnt actually a bad day in terms of study today... did my prep for the workshop (well it was pretty dodgy but i did it :-D)... did my ITF tute as well... so i wont be caught out like last week hahaha can ask JW about what happened. it was pretty embarassing :-P
just returned from worship practice from camp
did some new songs today which was a welcome change hahaha :-D
learnt 'Always and forever' and 'dont pass me by'. am looking forward to it. elroy's gonna so rock on that electric :-D hehehe yeah and i broke a string on my guitar so i gotta get that fixed lol...
well thats all for now
cyas
hmmm do i feel bad... well yeah i guess. even if noone reads this well it still helps to put one's thoughts and memories on paper/the Internet lol :-P
so what has been goin on in my life?
well start with the mundane
uni started a month ago... im officially not a fresher anymore... sigh
yeah do i feel different? well not really... the only thing different is that the units are decidedly harder...
believe me, my jaw dropped when upon entering my first crim class... the lecturer began by handing out several handouts (well several in this case is 7-8 thick ones, which stacked together were as thick as a textbook lol), and concluded by saying: "well, i'll try to keep your reading for this class to around 100 pages" :-P hahaha yes my jaw dropped a little to say the least (then again there has been some jaw-dropping around me several times in the last month... and not just me ;-))
yeah what else... hmmm alot has happened in the past few weeks... yeah what did i do this week?
hmmm went to watch Hitched with CM on tuesday... lol i liked it... predictable but sweet :-) and quite funny. hahaah yeah so tuesday wasnt a bad day... today? well hmmm had an 8am International Finance (i actually get the stuff now!!!) yeah hahaha so it wasnt that bad...
then hmmm dropped guitar off... walked back to Torts... came in late... found out we have a workshop tmr... hahaha yes...
hmmm wasnt actually a bad day in terms of study today... did my prep for the workshop (well it was pretty dodgy but i did it :-D)... did my ITF tute as well... so i wont be caught out like last week hahaha can ask JW about what happened. it was pretty embarassing :-P
just returned from worship practice from camp
did some new songs today which was a welcome change hahaha :-D
learnt 'Always and forever' and 'dont pass me by'. am looking forward to it. elroy's gonna so rock on that electric :-D hehehe yeah and i broke a string on my guitar so i gotta get that fixed lol...
well thats all for now
cyas
Monday, February 21, 2005
exam over!!!
yes thats right, after almost 2 months of classes, i had my final exam today....
hahaha to be perfectly honest i didn't do myself proud with my commitment... man i'm so teruk at procrastinating... hahaha DELAY... then DELAY lagi... and then friday night i get sedikit takut lahh... (if ure wondering why im using bahasa... hahaha i feel nostalgic lol)
yeah i managed to cover it all eventually... culminating in a stressful half day of study on Sunday arvo and nite.... hahaha... (man i should stop being so darn last-minute)
but yeah as i was explaining to CM just now... uni is 13 weeks holiday and 2 weeks cramming (well in first year anyways, well ok we'll allow 2 extra nights of study for assorted midsems :-P) NB: assume 15 week semesters... hahaha... also for my sake assume that i never wrote the above sentence.
"Everyone should go to all their lectures and do their tutes on time... on time meaning at least 15 minutes before the commencement of the tute" (i'd like to think i've disposed of my responsibilities to be a good role model with that last sentence :-P... hahaha forget it)
well to be honest the exam was very long... 5 long questions... wrote abt 10 pages altogether... lotsa messy graphs (1st fundamental rule of econs exams : graphs = some free marks :-P) woke up that mornin with a nosebleed ... not stress hahaha i dunno what cos i wasnt that stressed to be honest (resigned to fate :-D)
i think i did orite...:-P should pass... i hope lol
anywayz yes Sunday was the first church service since mid-Nov that i havent been playin guitar :-P... hahaha felt abit weird to be honest... as i was sayin in the car... "when was the last time i went to church with u guys(my parents)?" :-P
it was excellent (church is always good :-D) for the first time in a while i didn't have to worry abt chords, rhythm... or other mundane things which if ignored while playing lead to musical mini-disasters... :-P
yeah this was a shorter blog this week... nuffin much to rant abt :-D
cyas all dudez :-D
hahaha to be perfectly honest i didn't do myself proud with my commitment... man i'm so teruk at procrastinating... hahaha DELAY... then DELAY lagi... and then friday night i get sedikit takut lahh... (if ure wondering why im using bahasa... hahaha i feel nostalgic lol)
yeah i managed to cover it all eventually... culminating in a stressful half day of study on Sunday arvo and nite.... hahaha... (man i should stop being so darn last-minute)
but yeah as i was explaining to CM just now... uni is 13 weeks holiday and 2 weeks cramming (well in first year anyways, well ok we'll allow 2 extra nights of study for assorted midsems :-P) NB: assume 15 week semesters... hahaha... also for my sake assume that i never wrote the above sentence.
"Everyone should go to all their lectures and do their tutes on time... on time meaning at least 15 minutes before the commencement of the tute" (i'd like to think i've disposed of my responsibilities to be a good role model with that last sentence :-P... hahaha forget it)
well to be honest the exam was very long... 5 long questions... wrote abt 10 pages altogether... lotsa messy graphs (1st fundamental rule of econs exams : graphs = some free marks :-P) woke up that mornin with a nosebleed ... not stress hahaha i dunno what cos i wasnt that stressed to be honest (resigned to fate :-D)
i think i did orite...:-P should pass... i hope lol
anywayz yes Sunday was the first church service since mid-Nov that i havent been playin guitar :-P... hahaha felt abit weird to be honest... as i was sayin in the car... "when was the last time i went to church with u guys(my parents)?" :-P
it was excellent (church is always good :-D) for the first time in a while i didn't have to worry abt chords, rhythm... or other mundane things which if ignored while playing lead to musical mini-disasters... :-P
yeah this was a shorter blog this week... nuffin much to rant abt :-D
cyas all dudez :-D
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
well... havent blogged in a while lol
yeah hmmm lets see monday was my last set of lectures for the summer unit i've been doing since the 3rd of Jan... with the final exam on Monday... well hahaha after this unit's completion i'll now owe $684 to the Govt :-P to be repaid sometime...
yes and have i been making the best of it? well i dont know... whats the "opportunity cost" of that $$$? hmmm an IPOD? yeah... oh well not that i had a choice anywayz... it was either do the unit in the summer or overload both semesters ....
yes anywayz have just entered my tute preferences for Sem 1... thanx to JWS for reminding me :-D would completely have forgotten otherwise lol
yeah if all goes to plan, i have 4 half days next sem :-D i mean, there's a few early starts here and there, but with only 15 contact hours (i think thats about it lol) spread over 5 days :-D it's lookin like a fun Sem 1, until exams come anywayz lol
then again, the Online Class Registration system hasn't been kind to me in the past... i remember Sem 2 when due to some screwup (well it's either that or they just dont like me, and i'd like to think i was a likeable person :-P), i ended up at the uni from 8am to 6pm on Tuesdays, with like 9 classes on that day... supposedly one of the allocation criteria is the distance one stays from the uni, well is CanningVale far enough for u?
yes what else have i been doin? hmmm not much ... just some study for my exam lol... might as well make the most of my $684 :-D
have 3 topics to cover in 4 days and 1 morning (monday morning) ... should make it in time :-P
after a prolonged period of procrastination, i finally finished the 1500 word essay due monday that morning at around 12:30 am... :-P yes dont say it, i'm abit of a last minute person
hahaha well considering i only started seriously on Wednesday... it was abit dodgy for a research assignment on road pricing lol... actually very dodgy since yeah... research kinda isn't my thing (Google it!!! :-P) i think i googled most of the assignment yes, and the rest of the references were from Da Jie's notes (i didnt reference her notes, but there were some very relevant articles in the 500+ pages she gave me lol :-D)
Sunday was another excellent church service
the sermon was on being a Steward of God, which i found particularly relevant to myself. its often hard to remember that we came into earth with nothing, and thus we are merely stewards, not owners of everything we have (our abilities, possessions etc). so why are we so attached to ourselves in general if it all belongs to God? like for example, i'm extremely attached to my guitar (given to me by my father 2 years ago)... like hahaha i would consider taking a bullet for it lol (well in a non-lethal area... try my right arm for example, cos im a leftie :-P)
anywayz back to a more serious note... why am i strongly attached to it if "A man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions" (Luke 12:15)? because i'm a sinful person (NB: i would never put it above God though) "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace throught the redemption that came by Christ Jesus" Romans 3:23-24 ... Cheers... we all are sinners and it is only because of Grace that we are saved. but would i be willing to give it all up to follow Him? or would i be like the rich young man? "Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted" 2 Timothy 3:12. *nothing comes without a price* yes... but well for Him who died for me... what price is too great to pay?after all, "blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you nad insult you nad reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven." Luke 6:22-23
in the words of a song i heard recently:
"for me you came and died
for you now i do live
you bled upon the cross now i am free
i want nothing more than just to be with you
closer to you jesus you make me feel brand new
and i cant live without you anymore
i'm living for you, and the world will know your truth
i'm gonna shine your light in the darkness
i'll go for you, nothing can stand in my way
teach me God your holy ways
i'm living for you" Youth Alive WA
"now get up and stand on your feet" Acts 26:16. as Jesus exhorted Paul... well what are we waiting for?
the sermon also linked with a few things that i've come to realize more seriously in the past weeks. it took a phone call from my cell leader to remind me that we're only here because of grace. God doesn't need our abilities. he can easily raise someone else up to serve Him...
i have recently been reading a book, "The heavenly man", on Brother Yun, a man who has suffered much for God in China, and yet has refused ever to stop spreading the gospel, and it is towards the end when he is quoted as saying:
"we are absolutely nothing. we have nothing to be proud about. we have no abilities and nothing to offer God. the fact that he chooses to use us is only due to his grace. it has nothing to do with us. if God should choose to raise up others for his purpose and never use us again we would have nothing to complain about"
now if a giant of faith like Brother Yun can say this, well... it just reaffirms what i've been learning lately. God doesn't need me or my abilities for his kingdom. he can take my meager talents away from me if he so wishes, and given my many failings i definitely know it is because of grace :-P.
It is God's divine grace that gives us a chance... something that struck me as i read my Bible (dont do it nearly often enough lol) and flipped to Psalms
"where can i go from Your spirit?
where can i flee from Your presence?
if i go up to the heavens You are there;
if i make my bed in the depths You are there;
if i rise on the wings of dawn,
if i settle on the far side of the sea,
Your right hand will hold me fast"
Psalms 139:7-10
how gorgeous is that? even when we try to run away from Him in our sinfulness... He will still search for us for "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?" Romans 8:35. he will never force us to follow him, no, but he desires a deeper relationship with us.
"Here i am! i stand at the door and knock. if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, i will come in and eat with him, and he with me" Revelations 3:20
is He knocking at the door of your heart?
yeah hmmm lets see monday was my last set of lectures for the summer unit i've been doing since the 3rd of Jan... with the final exam on Monday... well hahaha after this unit's completion i'll now owe $684 to the Govt :-P to be repaid sometime...
yes and have i been making the best of it? well i dont know... whats the "opportunity cost" of that $$$? hmmm an IPOD? yeah... oh well not that i had a choice anywayz... it was either do the unit in the summer or overload both semesters ....
yes anywayz have just entered my tute preferences for Sem 1... thanx to JWS for reminding me :-D would completely have forgotten otherwise lol
yeah if all goes to plan, i have 4 half days next sem :-D i mean, there's a few early starts here and there, but with only 15 contact hours (i think thats about it lol) spread over 5 days :-D it's lookin like a fun Sem 1, until exams come anywayz lol
then again, the Online Class Registration system hasn't been kind to me in the past... i remember Sem 2 when due to some screwup (well it's either that or they just dont like me, and i'd like to think i was a likeable person :-P), i ended up at the uni from 8am to 6pm on Tuesdays, with like 9 classes on that day... supposedly one of the allocation criteria is the distance one stays from the uni, well is CanningVale far enough for u?
yes what else have i been doin? hmmm not much ... just some study for my exam lol... might as well make the most of my $684 :-D
have 3 topics to cover in 4 days and 1 morning (monday morning) ... should make it in time :-P
after a prolonged period of procrastination, i finally finished the 1500 word essay due monday that morning at around 12:30 am... :-P yes dont say it, i'm abit of a last minute person
hahaha well considering i only started seriously on Wednesday... it was abit dodgy for a research assignment on road pricing lol... actually very dodgy since yeah... research kinda isn't my thing (Google it!!! :-P) i think i googled most of the assignment yes, and the rest of the references were from Da Jie's notes (i didnt reference her notes, but there were some very relevant articles in the 500+ pages she gave me lol :-D)
Sunday was another excellent church service
the sermon was on being a Steward of God, which i found particularly relevant to myself. its often hard to remember that we came into earth with nothing, and thus we are merely stewards, not owners of everything we have (our abilities, possessions etc). so why are we so attached to ourselves in general if it all belongs to God? like for example, i'm extremely attached to my guitar (given to me by my father 2 years ago)... like hahaha i would consider taking a bullet for it lol (well in a non-lethal area... try my right arm for example, cos im a leftie :-P)
anywayz back to a more serious note... why am i strongly attached to it if "A man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions" (Luke 12:15)? because i'm a sinful person (NB: i would never put it above God though) "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace throught the redemption that came by Christ Jesus" Romans 3:23-24 ... Cheers... we all are sinners and it is only because of Grace that we are saved. but would i be willing to give it all up to follow Him? or would i be like the rich young man? "Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted" 2 Timothy 3:12. *nothing comes without a price* yes... but well for Him who died for me... what price is too great to pay?after all, "blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you nad insult you nad reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven." Luke 6:22-23
in the words of a song i heard recently:
"for me you came and died
for you now i do live
you bled upon the cross now i am free
i want nothing more than just to be with you
closer to you jesus you make me feel brand new
and i cant live without you anymore
i'm living for you, and the world will know your truth
i'm gonna shine your light in the darkness
i'll go for you, nothing can stand in my way
teach me God your holy ways
i'm living for you" Youth Alive WA
"now get up and stand on your feet" Acts 26:16. as Jesus exhorted Paul... well what are we waiting for?
the sermon also linked with a few things that i've come to realize more seriously in the past weeks. it took a phone call from my cell leader to remind me that we're only here because of grace. God doesn't need our abilities. he can easily raise someone else up to serve Him...
i have recently been reading a book, "The heavenly man", on Brother Yun, a man who has suffered much for God in China, and yet has refused ever to stop spreading the gospel, and it is towards the end when he is quoted as saying:
"we are absolutely nothing. we have nothing to be proud about. we have no abilities and nothing to offer God. the fact that he chooses to use us is only due to his grace. it has nothing to do with us. if God should choose to raise up others for his purpose and never use us again we would have nothing to complain about"
now if a giant of faith like Brother Yun can say this, well... it just reaffirms what i've been learning lately. God doesn't need me or my abilities for his kingdom. he can take my meager talents away from me if he so wishes, and given my many failings i definitely know it is because of grace :-P.
It is God's divine grace that gives us a chance... something that struck me as i read my Bible (dont do it nearly often enough lol) and flipped to Psalms
"where can i go from Your spirit?
where can i flee from Your presence?
if i go up to the heavens You are there;
if i make my bed in the depths You are there;
if i rise on the wings of dawn,
if i settle on the far side of the sea,
Your right hand will hold me fast"
Psalms 139:7-10
how gorgeous is that? even when we try to run away from Him in our sinfulness... He will still search for us for "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?" Romans 8:35. he will never force us to follow him, no, but he desires a deeper relationship with us.
"Here i am! i stand at the door and knock. if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, i will come in and eat with him, and he with me" Revelations 3:20
is He knocking at the door of your heart?
Sunday, February 06, 2005
im blogging cos my cousin told me to
yeah the title should say it all...
hmmm okies Carol's my very intelligent, sharp, funny cousin (this statement is made without any duress at all) who is currently studying final law at the University of Bristol... having had the pleasure of spending extended periods of time with the said cousin and her family (which is also my family :-P) during my last trip back to KL (last June), hahaha all that i can say is that yes family is family :-D... hehehe yeah hmmmm also a very musically talented wing of my family :-D (lets see... church keyboardist, lead guitar rite?) .
hehehe the line "the hills are alive, with the sound of music!!!", sung loudly by 3 different voices over the scenic backdrop of Cameron Highlands is generally quite a great way to pass time... (may have given Uncle D a headache lol) yeah but it was fun... then again reenacting parts of the musical that night in the chalet may have taken the joke abit too far... i've never laughed that loud in my life lol (it appears 'the sound of music' has had a huge influence on my family... "my roots man"
yeah spending time in confined spaces with family can get abit... interesting is the word to use here... after a while... i believe it was Carol who noted that if the trip had been on for an extra day (rather than just the 3 days 2 nights) yeah we might have ended up killing each other... hehehe mainly due to my idiosyncracies... and some of hers i might add... but yeah it came down to name-calling in the end (i might add that she's 22)
okies i take it the reason she asked me to blog was because she's interested in what goes on in her cousin's life in boring old Perth... hmmm yeah what did i do this week?
lets see uni on mon and wed... procrastination on my essay due next monday, yeah im supposed to be doing it now... but my cousin insisted lol :-P (i'll blame her now)
okies... oh yeah saw Ray on Thursday. i would give it 7.5/10 i guess. am not a huge fan of biopics in general as yeah quite frequently the character of person the film's about is generally airbrushed to a glistening shine. but yeah i was pretty impressed. Ray Charles Robinson... what a muso... i dont think i could ever play the piano if i were blind (can't play it with both eyes, come to think of it...) yeah and the film deals with some pretty serious themes... heroin addiction, racism in the South in the 50s... the general discrimination against handicapped ppl which is still quite a recurrent issue in society i believe. i enjoyed the movie alot... and the music? PHENOMENAL... yeah i mean i loved it. he's brilliant... so much energy, flair, passion in his music, his voice... the cons? well its a tad long at 2 and a half hours... and gets draggy at parts... and the use of flashbacks... hmm i dont know ehh (up to personal preferences here... i didn't mind them to be honest.. helped add abit of colour, tie up loose ends etc)
great acting by Jamie Fox btw... who did a good job in portraying a man who was often tortured by guilt, seeking refuge in his music...
okies yeah after the movie... went to church worship team prac at the Maths LT... not bad lahh i guess... what songs did we do? hmm cant remember ehh :-D... yeah it was ok i guess... only my battery ran out at the end... so no power for my acoustic at the end :-P
hmmm Friday had an early CNY dinner with family... well the rest of the extended family here in Perth... Gong Xi Fa Cai, Sun Lin Fai Lok to all my frens and family back in KL and wherever really (well hahaha just Carol in the UK i think...) yeah miss u all heaps...
sigh have to go to uni on CNY day (not a public holiday in Perth. even if it was well the powers that be at UWA have decided that public holidays are not worth skipping classes over... why? ive missed 2 public holidays already hahaha)... anywayz dinner was good... good to catch up with family (well 14 of us i think at the end)... had some mou tai (chinese rice wine... strong, bad-tasting stuff)... can't say i will have it again but to my credit i didnt embarass myself :-D
Sunday... hmmm Church as usual... played guitar...
what songs did we do? ok i might actually remember this :-P
1. Open up the gates (B)
2. For all you've done (E)
3. Jesus the same (E)
4. We fall down (E)
5. Only by grace (G)
yeah wasnt a bad service... hehehe having to quickly improvise 'Only By Grace'... hahaha well at least i'm improving on the playing by ear thing... :-D
lets see went to play bball with some of the guys after church... ended up in a 3 on 3 hahaha where my woeful shooting was exposed... i think i sank 2 out of like... 20? yeah hehehe not my game :-P... okies signing off for now
gotta start that essay lol
hmmm okies Carol's my very intelligent, sharp, funny cousin (this statement is made without any duress at all) who is currently studying final law at the University of Bristol... having had the pleasure of spending extended periods of time with the said cousin and her family (which is also my family :-P) during my last trip back to KL (last June), hahaha all that i can say is that yes family is family :-D... hehehe yeah hmmmm also a very musically talented wing of my family :-D (lets see... church keyboardist, lead guitar rite?) .
hehehe the line "the hills are alive, with the sound of music!!!", sung loudly by 3 different voices over the scenic backdrop of Cameron Highlands is generally quite a great way to pass time... (may have given Uncle D a headache lol) yeah but it was fun... then again reenacting parts of the musical that night in the chalet may have taken the joke abit too far... i've never laughed that loud in my life lol (it appears 'the sound of music' has had a huge influence on my family... "my roots man"
yeah spending time in confined spaces with family can get abit... interesting is the word to use here... after a while... i believe it was Carol who noted that if the trip had been on for an extra day (rather than just the 3 days 2 nights) yeah we might have ended up killing each other... hehehe mainly due to my idiosyncracies... and some of hers i might add... but yeah it came down to name-calling in the end (i might add that she's 22)
okies i take it the reason she asked me to blog was because she's interested in what goes on in her cousin's life in boring old Perth... hmmm yeah what did i do this week?
lets see uni on mon and wed... procrastination on my essay due next monday, yeah im supposed to be doing it now... but my cousin insisted lol :-P (i'll blame her now)
okies... oh yeah saw Ray on Thursday. i would give it 7.5/10 i guess. am not a huge fan of biopics in general as yeah quite frequently the character of person the film's about is generally airbrushed to a glistening shine. but yeah i was pretty impressed. Ray Charles Robinson... what a muso... i dont think i could ever play the piano if i were blind (can't play it with both eyes, come to think of it...) yeah and the film deals with some pretty serious themes... heroin addiction, racism in the South in the 50s... the general discrimination against handicapped ppl which is still quite a recurrent issue in society i believe. i enjoyed the movie alot... and the music? PHENOMENAL... yeah i mean i loved it. he's brilliant... so much energy, flair, passion in his music, his voice... the cons? well its a tad long at 2 and a half hours... and gets draggy at parts... and the use of flashbacks... hmm i dont know ehh (up to personal preferences here... i didn't mind them to be honest.. helped add abit of colour, tie up loose ends etc)
great acting by Jamie Fox btw... who did a good job in portraying a man who was often tortured by guilt, seeking refuge in his music...
okies yeah after the movie... went to church worship team prac at the Maths LT... not bad lahh i guess... what songs did we do? hmm cant remember ehh :-D... yeah it was ok i guess... only my battery ran out at the end... so no power for my acoustic at the end :-P
hmmm Friday had an early CNY dinner with family... well the rest of the extended family here in Perth... Gong Xi Fa Cai, Sun Lin Fai Lok to all my frens and family back in KL and wherever really (well hahaha just Carol in the UK i think...) yeah miss u all heaps...
sigh have to go to uni on CNY day (not a public holiday in Perth. even if it was well the powers that be at UWA have decided that public holidays are not worth skipping classes over... why? ive missed 2 public holidays already hahaha)... anywayz dinner was good... good to catch up with family (well 14 of us i think at the end)... had some mou tai (chinese rice wine... strong, bad-tasting stuff)... can't say i will have it again but to my credit i didnt embarass myself :-D
Sunday... hmmm Church as usual... played guitar...
what songs did we do? ok i might actually remember this :-P
1. Open up the gates (B)
2. For all you've done (E)
3. Jesus the same (E)
4. We fall down (E)
5. Only by grace (G)
yeah wasnt a bad service... hehehe having to quickly improvise 'Only By Grace'... hahaha well at least i'm improving on the playing by ear thing... :-D
lets see went to play bball with some of the guys after church... ended up in a 3 on 3 hahaha where my woeful shooting was exposed... i think i sank 2 out of like... 20? yeah hehehe not my game :-P... okies signing off for now
gotta start that essay lol
Monday, January 31, 2005
and so yes it was a very warm monday morning when i sat down to a mid-sem exam on Microeconomics... hehehe and almost instantly swore upon reading the 2nd and 3rd question... which is not particularly good when the exam has 4 questions, all equally weighed...
hehehe yes whatever you do, don't ask me why POW's at German POW camps during WWII formed markets man... or what the heck cigarettes were doing as currency... :-P i knew i should have actually read the article, instead of just giving it a cursory glance about 15 minutes prior to the exam... and then went back to Da Jie's notes (which were excellent btw :-D) hehehe
yes ahh well i got out ok... frantically answering the 2nd question in the last 5 minutes man... hahaha yeah i cant believe that my randomly drawn graph passed :-P (it's a funny subject lol)
hmmm what else have i been doin?
lets see oh wait last wed (the 26th) was Aussie day... and yet hahaha i had to go to uni in the morning despite the fact that it was a public holiday... for another 3 hours of economics *sigh*...
its criminal man to make someone go to uni on a public holiday... then again it wasnt all bad... hahaha had a piano lesson apres... which was pas mal but yeah i still ain't very good to say the least... which isn't particularly brilliant when all one is learning is chords... oh welll all thanx to CM who's put up with my constant mistakes, wrong notes (and the resulting cringe)... hehehe yeah it's been interesting
later went to AC's for a BBQ and then off to the Foreshore to watch what was it 30 mins of fireworks? alamak man abit short to say the least :-P ahh well it was a nice night nontheless...
hmmm Thursday night was jamming with the church band... not bad. Pastor did a great devotional session beforehand which was like superbe!!!. and yeah was really energizing. truly as worshippers of God we have to remember that at the end it's all about Him :-D and nothing should stand in the way of that.
then the jam session.... well hahaha wasn't that great... hehehe i didn't bring my amp and thus was forced to play like... speakerless... which ain't that fun when all one has is 6 acoustic strings vs bass + drums + keyboard + 2 electrics :-P my bad...
friday... hmmm carried 4 ridiculously over-sized textbooks to uni from last sem to sell off... only to discover to my chagrin that the 2nd hand bookstore wouldnt take them till May :-O... oh man... i had carted them all the way from like... home man... on a bus.... ahhh pissed off :-P nothing to do but to smile and walk off... then went for lunch with TE, AL, CM, J and then after, another piano lesson (still not much improvement... hehehe but my right hand is better than my left, which isn't a bad feat for a southpaw like myself :-P mebbe i'm just a freak hahaha)
right... nothing much on Saturday 'cept for a dinner at Pastor's place with the family...
Sunday... hehehe as always started at 7am.... worship practice 8am.... hmmm wasn't bad actually, though i was abit worried my battery would give up (the one in my guitar lahh... what were u thinking? ;-) hehehe yes would have been pretty funny hahaha...
then went home in the Church van (Stacked full with the musical equipment), uneventful except when my dad suddenly braked and hahaha the Church sign gave me a nice little nudge in the back of my head (the principle of inertia... sigh i hated Physics) hehehe mebbe a little more than a nudge... lucky it was the soft plastic one... not the metal one or hahaha i might have had some problems... :-)
then that night... SAFIN won!!! what a game ehh :-P still not as good as the semi with Federer... which was AWESOME... i have to confess i was rooting for Safin unashamedly... he worked so hard against Federer :-D LEGEND!!! hehehe also i found Lil' Lleyton a lil' annoying to say the least :-P... ahahaha then Safin gave that CLASSIC winner's speech ("i'm right... right" :-P)....
heheeh including this gem:
"i'd like to thank all you supporters here for coming to see us, though 90% of you come for Lleyton, not me" :-P such a funny guy man
okies hmmm today had another set of lectures + tute then piano... then home...
saw Liz on the bus, hahaha and thus got to use the PASSWORD... which is only shared with the 4 of us "privileged" enough to recieve an impromptu BGR talk given sometime last year... :-P and i'll leave you guys at that
have a good week everyone!!!
hehehe yes whatever you do, don't ask me why POW's at German POW camps during WWII formed markets man... or what the heck cigarettes were doing as currency... :-P i knew i should have actually read the article, instead of just giving it a cursory glance about 15 minutes prior to the exam... and then went back to Da Jie's notes (which were excellent btw :-D) hehehe
yes ahh well i got out ok... frantically answering the 2nd question in the last 5 minutes man... hahaha yeah i cant believe that my randomly drawn graph passed :-P (it's a funny subject lol)
hmmm what else have i been doin?
lets see oh wait last wed (the 26th) was Aussie day... and yet hahaha i had to go to uni in the morning despite the fact that it was a public holiday... for another 3 hours of economics *sigh*...
its criminal man to make someone go to uni on a public holiday... then again it wasnt all bad... hahaha had a piano lesson apres... which was pas mal but yeah i still ain't very good to say the least... which isn't particularly brilliant when all one is learning is chords... oh welll all thanx to CM who's put up with my constant mistakes, wrong notes (and the resulting cringe)... hehehe yeah it's been interesting
later went to AC's for a BBQ and then off to the Foreshore to watch what was it 30 mins of fireworks? alamak man abit short to say the least :-P ahh well it was a nice night nontheless...
hmmm Thursday night was jamming with the church band... not bad. Pastor did a great devotional session beforehand which was like superbe!!!. and yeah was really energizing. truly as worshippers of God we have to remember that at the end it's all about Him :-D and nothing should stand in the way of that.
then the jam session.... well hahaha wasn't that great... hehehe i didn't bring my amp and thus was forced to play like... speakerless... which ain't that fun when all one has is 6 acoustic strings vs bass + drums + keyboard + 2 electrics :-P my bad...
friday... hmmm carried 4 ridiculously over-sized textbooks to uni from last sem to sell off... only to discover to my chagrin that the 2nd hand bookstore wouldnt take them till May :-O... oh man... i had carted them all the way from like... home man... on a bus.... ahhh pissed off :-P nothing to do but to smile and walk off... then went for lunch with TE, AL, CM, J and then after, another piano lesson (still not much improvement... hehehe but my right hand is better than my left, which isn't a bad feat for a southpaw like myself :-P mebbe i'm just a freak hahaha)
right... nothing much on Saturday 'cept for a dinner at Pastor's place with the family...
Sunday... hehehe as always started at 7am.... worship practice 8am.... hmmm wasn't bad actually, though i was abit worried my battery would give up (the one in my guitar lahh... what were u thinking? ;-) hehehe yes would have been pretty funny hahaha...
then went home in the Church van (Stacked full with the musical equipment), uneventful except when my dad suddenly braked and hahaha the Church sign gave me a nice little nudge in the back of my head (the principle of inertia... sigh i hated Physics) hehehe mebbe a little more than a nudge... lucky it was the soft plastic one... not the metal one or hahaha i might have had some problems... :-)
then that night... SAFIN won!!! what a game ehh :-P still not as good as the semi with Federer... which was AWESOME... i have to confess i was rooting for Safin unashamedly... he worked so hard against Federer :-D LEGEND!!! hehehe also i found Lil' Lleyton a lil' annoying to say the least :-P... ahahaha then Safin gave that CLASSIC winner's speech ("i'm right... right" :-P)....
heheeh including this gem:
"i'd like to thank all you supporters here for coming to see us, though 90% of you come for Lleyton, not me" :-P such a funny guy man
okies hmmm today had another set of lectures + tute then piano... then home...
saw Liz on the bus, hahaha and thus got to use the PASSWORD... which is only shared with the 4 of us "privileged" enough to recieve an impromptu BGR talk given sometime last year... :-P and i'll leave you guys at that
have a good week everyone!!!
Sunday, January 23, 2005
summer unit bad... holidays good...
ok... mebbe the above title is a tad influenced by the fact that i have a midsem exam tomorrow at 9am... just a tad... :-P.... yes i dare say that... urghh... i am having strong regrets about doing this unit now...
oh well at least i stand a chance of passing now after Da Jie passed me her notes :-P... yeah i was abit freaked out initially because i was passed a stack of like... paper with graphs, written notes etc etc... all in exceptional order and handwriting of course (hahaha there's noone like Da Jie) yes... (seriously... the notes are extremely neat... tidy, organised)..
the only thing is there's a heap of them... and i mean A HEAP... like yeah i was so freaked out man... like i didnt do enough work at all because yeah the stuff she passed me was basically on a page-count basis what i did all of last year... and then some :-P... not that i dont take notes in lectures of course... oh man... hahaha yeah i was abit freaked out because yeah she did all that work for one unit!!!! i only wish i could be so hardworking.... yeah go the Da Jie!!! the best driver in Perth, best cook (with several exceptions of course), err... nicest personality .... (that statement was made under no duress whatsoever....yes no duress... i mean...)
yeah anywayz i am honestly grateful because well... firstly i see the red laser targeting dot above my forehead is gone :-P hahaha and also yeah the notes are good for me to do some cross -referencing with my own notes (in other words: copy word for word...:-P no lahh joking only i did take some notes, but they're just a little illegible, thats all)
so what did i do all week? procrastinate, watch some very good tennis, did some study (the bulk of it done tonight).... and of course here i am blogging... nice to see i have my priorities straight...
on another note: watching the Aussie Open... Agassi is in some EXTREMELY... and i mean EXTREMELY good form... would be good to see him beat Federer tmr... :-D... (was very scary watching that guy play man...)...
hehehe also... i reckon Sharapova's gonna win because yeah... she's extremely hard-working, focused... and she GOES for every ball and i mean yeah... (that was meant in regards to a tennis context ok?) it's amazing watching someone so young hit the ball with so much confidence... also it doesn't help that she's not bad-looking either to say the least (i hear Dennis saying "AYE!!!")
:-D... i would post a pic up... but that might start getting abit sad on my part...
yes... hmmm yeah also it was extremely warm today man.... so hard especially when one is trying to study (seriously i've got to stop this last-minute cram habit... mebbe turn it into a last-week cram hahaha) but well this week will be my 4th week in class and i'm already supposed to know the stuff... i've been to the uni for what? 16 hours now? ... i mean... hahaha yes... ok... i know... i should be studying instead of blogging.... yes i will go study now Da Jie :-P
(little red laser dot from sniper aim flashes above my eyes again)
okies... back to it... cyas all1!!
oh well at least i stand a chance of passing now after Da Jie passed me her notes :-P... yeah i was abit freaked out initially because i was passed a stack of like... paper with graphs, written notes etc etc... all in exceptional order and handwriting of course (hahaha there's noone like Da Jie) yes... (seriously... the notes are extremely neat... tidy, organised)..
the only thing is there's a heap of them... and i mean A HEAP... like yeah i was so freaked out man... like i didnt do enough work at all because yeah the stuff she passed me was basically on a page-count basis what i did all of last year... and then some :-P... not that i dont take notes in lectures of course... oh man... hahaha yeah i was abit freaked out because yeah she did all that work for one unit!!!! i only wish i could be so hardworking.... yeah go the Da Jie!!! the best driver in Perth, best cook (with several exceptions of course), err... nicest personality .... (that statement was made under no duress whatsoever....yes no duress... i mean...)
yeah anywayz i am honestly grateful because well... firstly i see the red laser targeting dot above my forehead is gone :-P hahaha and also yeah the notes are good for me to do some cross -referencing with my own notes (in other words: copy word for word...:-P no lahh joking only i did take some notes, but they're just a little illegible, thats all)
so what did i do all week? procrastinate, watch some very good tennis, did some study (the bulk of it done tonight).... and of course here i am blogging... nice to see i have my priorities straight...
on another note: watching the Aussie Open... Agassi is in some EXTREMELY... and i mean EXTREMELY good form... would be good to see him beat Federer tmr... :-D... (was very scary watching that guy play man...)...
hehehe also... i reckon Sharapova's gonna win because yeah... she's extremely hard-working, focused... and she GOES for every ball and i mean yeah... (that was meant in regards to a tennis context ok?) it's amazing watching someone so young hit the ball with so much confidence... also it doesn't help that she's not bad-looking either to say the least (i hear Dennis saying "AYE!!!")
:-D... i would post a pic up... but that might start getting abit sad on my part...
yes... hmmm yeah also it was extremely warm today man.... so hard especially when one is trying to study (seriously i've got to stop this last-minute cram habit... mebbe turn it into a last-week cram hahaha) but well this week will be my 4th week in class and i'm already supposed to know the stuff... i've been to the uni for what? 16 hours now? ... i mean... hahaha yes... ok... i know... i should be studying instead of blogging.... yes i will go study now Da Jie :-P
(little red laser dot from sniper aim flashes above my eyes again)
okies... back to it... cyas all1!!
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Planetshakers Conference
For the last week from thursday to saturday, i have been attending the Planetshakers conference at Challenge Stadium... (whoa that sentence sounds way too formal mate)
yeah it's been a blast... and though now i'm still tired (slept about 4 hours last night)... i can truly say that i feel energized, ready to LIVE ...
it all started one warm Thursday morning ... arriving at Roo's place at 8am to find him and Tim in various states of sleep hahaha... yes... a sight to be repeated throughout the week... anywayz we eventually got there around 9, which was the starting time i think... hmmm and it was CRANKING in there :-P
well in the arvo i went to the elective for uni outreach, run by Ps Matt Fielder... a very... hmmm non Politically Correct guy... i guess that's one way to put it :-P anywayz it was not bad.... got a few tips... and this year i'm planning to start a Christian Band with a few other uni students... so far we have 3 already... guitarist, bassist/drummer and keyboardist (to be confirmed)... yeah its abit of a skeleton band atm but yeah it should be good once we start jamming around...
but back to the conference... which i more or less stumbled through in a half sleepless state... its a good thing that i took notes ehh... because i suffer from that curious affliction where after sitting through a lecture/sermon/speech/anything really :-P, i forget everything in about 5 minutes after the thing... yep... some serious mental probs there
anywayz that night was the first rally i went to (missed out on wednesday's) yeah.... hmmm and it was LOUD... and LOUD... and, did i say... LOUD? (it was man... my ears were ringing) ahahaha yeah anywayz it was awesome and message given by the Pat Schatzline dude (did i spell it rite?) yeah was really interesting ehh... what is heaven like? well we'll see when we get there :-D
yes... also narrowly averted a PR disaster with the Chong's, due to an incident involving a little whisky, some noodles and a coca-cola flavoured lolly :-P hahaha ok u guys can ask Tim what happened... was abit embarassing but i stick to my story that i was not under the influence whatsoever in uncle Ivan's car... (lolly made my straight whiskey-tainted breath become a jim-beam and cola mixed drink- marginally better i guess :-D, but yeah i dont think anyone noticed hahaha) anywayz i paid the price later that night when i could not for all the money in the world remember some chix's name (only remembering it about 20 minutes later in Da Jie's car when it was too late) NOOO!!! oh well hahaha God works in mysterious ways :-P
hmm yeah friday was another awesome day, with Reggie Dabbs arrivin' that night... yeah well can't say much more, 'cept that it was awesome :-D "AYE!!!" hahaha yep...
that night was an extremely good rally if u ask me... though i had to go back in the arvo to take care of the house, the assorted siblings etc etc... (ahh i must be like TRANSPERTH's favourite customer by now) yeah... so i've spent abit too much time on buses lately (must get Driver's licence soon- test on 10th of March)
saturday... ahh the morning was abit of a rush... was late by 15 mins due to an abrupt change of plans... anywayz hahaha it was "Black Saturday" (not my words mate... im just quoting someone...) yeah with Reggie Dabbs and Chris Hill speaking... and it was again another excellent day (though i confess that a few days of bad sleep had left me in abit of a tetchy mood... just ask Tim what my first words were on Friday morning when the alarm woke us up :-P... oops ... hahaha yeah... im not a morning person, to say the least (i think i've said this before...) oh well missed the rally that night due to Roo's 20th... which was also pretty ok.... slept at around 3 on Sunday morning, not a particularly good idea when one has to be at church by 8... good thing that Da Jie was late as well :-P so i didnt look so bad when i woke up at 7:40, stumbled around the room... took a cold shower.... gave my hair the obligatory 100 brushes (joking only... hahahah.... I need a blowdryer!!! :-P)... no brekkie this morning... church... worship team... Zzzzz.... (mebbe not in that order exactly...)
yes anywayz i managed to miss a key change.... which isnt good when you're playing the main part of the song... (my bad my bad :-P) hmmm yes hahaha
anywayz went home, KFC for lunch.... napped for 3 hours... woke up... dinner.... here i am :-D...
fresh as a daisy (ok mebbe not)...
well, i'll leave you guys with this song from the Conference, which i absolutely love (i prob got most of the words of the song wrong, but this is the gist of it- well what i remember anywayz)
Evermore (chorus)
I will sing, of the mercy of the Lord
I will shout, of Your faithfulness o Lord
For there is none like You
Crowned in all Your majesty
Humbly now I come
To worship You forever...
You are my God, my life my all,
and I live for You alone,
I am Yours, evermore
Heaven and Earth will shout Your praise
And forever I'll proclaim,
I am Yours, evermore
yeah it's been a blast... and though now i'm still tired (slept about 4 hours last night)... i can truly say that i feel energized, ready to LIVE ...
it all started one warm Thursday morning ... arriving at Roo's place at 8am to find him and Tim in various states of sleep hahaha... yes... a sight to be repeated throughout the week... anywayz we eventually got there around 9, which was the starting time i think... hmmm and it was CRANKING in there :-P
well in the arvo i went to the elective for uni outreach, run by Ps Matt Fielder... a very... hmmm non Politically Correct guy... i guess that's one way to put it :-P anywayz it was not bad.... got a few tips... and this year i'm planning to start a Christian Band with a few other uni students... so far we have 3 already... guitarist, bassist/drummer and keyboardist (to be confirmed)... yeah its abit of a skeleton band atm but yeah it should be good once we start jamming around...
but back to the conference... which i more or less stumbled through in a half sleepless state... its a good thing that i took notes ehh... because i suffer from that curious affliction where after sitting through a lecture/sermon/speech/anything really :-P, i forget everything in about 5 minutes after the thing... yep... some serious mental probs there
anywayz that night was the first rally i went to (missed out on wednesday's) yeah.... hmmm and it was LOUD... and LOUD... and, did i say... LOUD? (it was man... my ears were ringing) ahahaha yeah anywayz it was awesome and message given by the Pat Schatzline dude (did i spell it rite?) yeah was really interesting ehh... what is heaven like? well we'll see when we get there :-D
yes... also narrowly averted a PR disaster with the Chong's, due to an incident involving a little whisky, some noodles and a coca-cola flavoured lolly :-P hahaha ok u guys can ask Tim what happened... was abit embarassing but i stick to my story that i was not under the influence whatsoever in uncle Ivan's car... (lolly made my straight whiskey-tainted breath become a jim-beam and cola mixed drink- marginally better i guess :-D, but yeah i dont think anyone noticed hahaha) anywayz i paid the price later that night when i could not for all the money in the world remember some chix's name (only remembering it about 20 minutes later in Da Jie's car when it was too late) NOOO!!! oh well hahaha God works in mysterious ways :-P
hmm yeah friday was another awesome day, with Reggie Dabbs arrivin' that night... yeah well can't say much more, 'cept that it was awesome :-D "AYE!!!" hahaha yep...
that night was an extremely good rally if u ask me... though i had to go back in the arvo to take care of the house, the assorted siblings etc etc... (ahh i must be like TRANSPERTH's favourite customer by now) yeah... so i've spent abit too much time on buses lately (must get Driver's licence soon- test on 10th of March)
saturday... ahh the morning was abit of a rush... was late by 15 mins due to an abrupt change of plans... anywayz hahaha it was "Black Saturday" (not my words mate... im just quoting someone...) yeah with Reggie Dabbs and Chris Hill speaking... and it was again another excellent day (though i confess that a few days of bad sleep had left me in abit of a tetchy mood... just ask Tim what my first words were on Friday morning when the alarm woke us up :-P... oops ... hahaha yeah... im not a morning person, to say the least (i think i've said this before...) oh well missed the rally that night due to Roo's 20th... which was also pretty ok.... slept at around 3 on Sunday morning, not a particularly good idea when one has to be at church by 8... good thing that Da Jie was late as well :-P so i didnt look so bad when i woke up at 7:40, stumbled around the room... took a cold shower.... gave my hair the obligatory 100 brushes (joking only... hahahah.... I need a blowdryer!!! :-P)... no brekkie this morning... church... worship team... Zzzzz.... (mebbe not in that order exactly...)
yes anywayz i managed to miss a key change.... which isnt good when you're playing the main part of the song... (my bad my bad :-P) hmmm yes hahaha
anywayz went home, KFC for lunch.... napped for 3 hours... woke up... dinner.... here i am :-D...
fresh as a daisy (ok mebbe not)...
well, i'll leave you guys with this song from the Conference, which i absolutely love (i prob got most of the words of the song wrong, but this is the gist of it- well what i remember anywayz)
Evermore (chorus)
I will sing, of the mercy of the Lord
I will shout, of Your faithfulness o Lord
For there is none like You
Crowned in all Your majesty
Humbly now I come
To worship You forever...
You are my God, my life my all,
and I live for You alone,
I am Yours, evermore
Heaven and Earth will shout Your praise
And forever I'll proclaim,
I am Yours, evermore
Monday, January 10, 2005
another week passes
hehehe theoretically im supposed to have absorbed 3 weeks of a microeconomics 233 unit by now... which is pretty funny because today was the 3rd day i went to the uni in the 3rd week.
10 contact hours now and well i still dont have a clue what the heck an indifference curve is... it's sad but well one really cant be expected to remember a first year unit did in the first semester.
then again, there was abit of ashamedness on my part in the first 3 hours of lectures last monday as i couldnt remember what the heck utility was....(micro 101 seems so far away)...
anywayz we had the first tute today, and contrary to New Year's Resolution # 34 (Thou shalt do thy tutes at least 24 hours before the actual tutorial session in question), hahaha yeah i finished the tute a good 15 minutes before the session (oh come on, i was only late by 23 hours and 45 mins).... well actually i didnt finish it... i left the first question blank, and the 3rd one (out of 7 i think).... yes i blame it all to the economic problem of "imperfect knowledge" :-P
but hey im sort of getting the gist of it... which is good because i think the mid-semester exam is next week (again... i hate these summer units... this is the only one i'm doing (General Resolution #1)
what else? hmm went to the city with DL today... saw YL at her workplace... hahaha disturbed her a little, crowded up the store, got in ppls way etc etc (not on purpose btw... the store is small) yeah so it was cool... had my first cup of bubble tea in yonks (dont really miss it actually)
we sat in the store for an hour, just talking abt stuff... hahaha it's good to have a meaningful conversation once in a while ehh... yeah so i'm now contracted to give him guitar lessons, which is really cool :-P... even though i dont think i'm good enough to give lessons atm but yeah as in most things, i'll "wing it"... i think he can pick it up to the point where he can play most songs in abt 2-3 months i think ehh if he practices daily that is...
anywayz it was cool hanging out for a few hours in the city, really ... just to relax, not to be cooped up at home
what else did i do?
hmm sunday had church as usual... broke a string in the middle of the service (painful because i had just changed them a fortnight ago... well at about $5 a string it's very "sum thoung/ sakit hati" lah... yeah good thing we had another acoustic yesterday (Thanks JW... nice plucking btw :-D... someones been practicing)....
and yes, it was the "G" string hahaha... (sorry hahaha i knoe that was very immature, man and i turn 18 this year...)
afterwards went to Nando's for lunch... where hahaha i started sweating firstly because there was like no air-cond in there, and it was uncomfortably hot and humid that day. secondly, well hahaha i take after my father in many ways (more or less same height-i'm an inch taller, similar voice, etc etc... let's hope i didn't get the receding hairline though :-P)... and one of those is the propensity to literally sweat a bucket at the mere whiff of spicy food. for the record, i can take chilli and other spicy stuff pretty well, and when i sweat, hahaha its not because i'm in pain (probably pleasure.... i like my food hahaha :-P) yes but because as i said earlier, i take after my father in many ways... but yes it was embarassing hahaha like i was really sweating....
anywayz hahaha we toasted "Da jie" there... but stopped short of totally embarassing her :-P
yeah cheers to our safe driver
later followed Roo as he gave TE a driving lesson.... hmm those hill stops... i have nothing to say hahaha yeah... his car has a very weak first gear (all the best for your Practical Tim!!! then u can drive me around hahaha)
later went to play basketball .... we had enough for 5 on 5, but hahaha well i would have shot the first person who suggested a full-court game... (bearing in mind i had half a greasy chicken in me at the time)... and i gave my usual virtuoso performance... hahaha i stank... one rebound in one hour, a few intercepts (that was before i started to tire about 3o minutes in... as i said, im not particularly close to fit), one basket, tons of misses (including one that bounced off the side of the board, with the corresponding S*&t of course :-P, am still a Work in Progress to say the least hahaha), misplaced passes, travels, foot fouls hahaha and so on... well its not really a game i play often to be honest... :-D that will be my excuse for stacking it under no pressure at all 5 minutes into the game...
yeah anywayz it was fun... but to be honest, serious self-doubt came when i was passed the ball directly under the basket, and was covered in err.... many sweaty arms and ... bodies... urghh *involuntary shudder*.... yeah .... am still abit scarred hahaha
but hey it was fun... well at least that's what i told myself when i was dripping in other people's sweat... after that incident under the basket *shudders again*
but i keep telling myself this "you had fun" :-P (New Year's Resolution # 15: "Try to see the good/funny in any situation,")... and anyone who saw Jeff sink the match-winning basket would have to say that the look on his face was abit.... disconcerting... hahaha to say the least man...(lucky he was on my team)... yeah abit freaky hmmm... hard to believe it was the same guy who was playing bass in the church service (joking only).... all the pent-up aggression hahaha yeah all in good fun... as they say: "its all fun and games till someone loses an eye, then it's a sport"... well hahaha alot of glasses got knocked off various faces during the game (part of playing with Asian guys is that everyone wears glasses hahaha)... oh wait, mine still has traces off Roo's sweat on it :-O (after the incident)... OH S *^t I HAVENT CLEANED THEM YET!!!... EWW!!! (*runs off to sink*)
ok back now *breathes easier*
well yeah it was a pretty interesting weekend/monday yes... interesting
(and on that slightly disconcerting note, i hope everyone has a good week) :-P
10 contact hours now and well i still dont have a clue what the heck an indifference curve is... it's sad but well one really cant be expected to remember a first year unit did in the first semester.
then again, there was abit of ashamedness on my part in the first 3 hours of lectures last monday as i couldnt remember what the heck utility was....(micro 101 seems so far away)...
anywayz we had the first tute today, and contrary to New Year's Resolution # 34 (Thou shalt do thy tutes at least 24 hours before the actual tutorial session in question), hahaha yeah i finished the tute a good 15 minutes before the session (oh come on, i was only late by 23 hours and 45 mins).... well actually i didnt finish it... i left the first question blank, and the 3rd one (out of 7 i think).... yes i blame it all to the economic problem of "imperfect knowledge" :-P
but hey im sort of getting the gist of it... which is good because i think the mid-semester exam is next week (again... i hate these summer units... this is the only one i'm doing (General Resolution #1)
what else? hmm went to the city with DL today... saw YL at her workplace... hahaha disturbed her a little, crowded up the store, got in ppls way etc etc (not on purpose btw... the store is small) yeah so it was cool... had my first cup of bubble tea in yonks (dont really miss it actually)
we sat in the store for an hour, just talking abt stuff... hahaha it's good to have a meaningful conversation once in a while ehh... yeah so i'm now contracted to give him guitar lessons, which is really cool :-P... even though i dont think i'm good enough to give lessons atm but yeah as in most things, i'll "wing it"... i think he can pick it up to the point where he can play most songs in abt 2-3 months i think ehh if he practices daily that is...
anywayz it was cool hanging out for a few hours in the city, really ... just to relax, not to be cooped up at home
what else did i do?
hmm sunday had church as usual... broke a string in the middle of the service (painful because i had just changed them a fortnight ago... well at about $5 a string it's very "sum thoung/ sakit hati" lah... yeah good thing we had another acoustic yesterday (Thanks JW... nice plucking btw :-D... someones been practicing)....
and yes, it was the "G" string hahaha... (sorry hahaha i knoe that was very immature, man and i turn 18 this year...)
afterwards went to Nando's for lunch... where hahaha i started sweating firstly because there was like no air-cond in there, and it was uncomfortably hot and humid that day. secondly, well hahaha i take after my father in many ways (more or less same height-i'm an inch taller, similar voice, etc etc... let's hope i didn't get the receding hairline though :-P)... and one of those is the propensity to literally sweat a bucket at the mere whiff of spicy food. for the record, i can take chilli and other spicy stuff pretty well, and when i sweat, hahaha its not because i'm in pain (probably pleasure.... i like my food hahaha :-P) yes but because as i said earlier, i take after my father in many ways... but yes it was embarassing hahaha like i was really sweating....
anywayz hahaha we toasted "Da jie" there... but stopped short of totally embarassing her :-P
yeah cheers to our safe driver
later followed Roo as he gave TE a driving lesson.... hmm those hill stops... i have nothing to say hahaha yeah... his car has a very weak first gear (all the best for your Practical Tim!!! then u can drive me around hahaha)
later went to play basketball .... we had enough for 5 on 5, but hahaha well i would have shot the first person who suggested a full-court game... (bearing in mind i had half a greasy chicken in me at the time)... and i gave my usual virtuoso performance... hahaha i stank... one rebound in one hour, a few intercepts (that was before i started to tire about 3o minutes in... as i said, im not particularly close to fit), one basket, tons of misses (including one that bounced off the side of the board, with the corresponding S*&t of course :-P, am still a Work in Progress to say the least hahaha), misplaced passes, travels, foot fouls hahaha and so on... well its not really a game i play often to be honest... :-D that will be my excuse for stacking it under no pressure at all 5 minutes into the game...
yeah anywayz it was fun... but to be honest, serious self-doubt came when i was passed the ball directly under the basket, and was covered in err.... many sweaty arms and ... bodies... urghh *involuntary shudder*.... yeah .... am still abit scarred hahaha
but hey it was fun... well at least that's what i told myself when i was dripping in other people's sweat... after that incident under the basket *shudders again*
but i keep telling myself this "you had fun" :-P (New Year's Resolution # 15: "Try to see the good/funny in any situation,")... and anyone who saw Jeff sink the match-winning basket would have to say that the look on his face was abit.... disconcerting... hahaha to say the least man...(lucky he was on my team)... yeah abit freaky hmmm... hard to believe it was the same guy who was playing bass in the church service (joking only).... all the pent-up aggression hahaha yeah all in good fun... as they say: "its all fun and games till someone loses an eye, then it's a sport"... well hahaha alot of glasses got knocked off various faces during the game (part of playing with Asian guys is that everyone wears glasses hahaha)... oh wait, mine still has traces off Roo's sweat on it :-O (after the incident)... OH S *^t I HAVENT CLEANED THEM YET!!!... EWW!!! (*runs off to sink*)
ok back now *breathes easier*
well yeah it was a pretty interesting weekend/monday yes... interesting
(and on that slightly disconcerting note, i hope everyone has a good week) :-P
Thursday, January 06, 2005
farewells
well just saw Jason off at Perth Airport... his flight left at 4pm...
cheers to Roo for sending me, Tim and Dennis there... man those guys eat heaps... (had them over for lunch)
nearly emptied my fridge of food hahaha ... there's no more lasagna or fried noodles anymore... but there's still the pot of curry :-P... i didnt think my mum wanted us to eat that so i didnt touch it...
man, i'm getting sick of eggs...
have eaten 3 eggs today, one raw and 2 fried... (man, hope i put on weight sometime)
well anywayz...
yeah back to Jason, who leaves for a week in Singapore with friends before heading to Pittsburgh for his training course... well i'll definitely miss the guy. I'll say this though... if anyone could go to Tibet for 7 months for such a good cause... well he'd be the person to do it...
it was abit sad at the airport... well abit emotional. it's hard to believe i've known him for 2 years now ehh and now he's leaving for almost a year. it's really amazing watching ppl just give up a year from their lives in such a selfless cause... but well yeah im abit lost for words hahaha... being a little sleep deprived, well... (only 5 hours of sleep on wed morning and about 7 last night)
ALL THE BEST JASON!!!
cheers to Roo for sending me, Tim and Dennis there... man those guys eat heaps... (had them over for lunch)
nearly emptied my fridge of food hahaha ... there's no more lasagna or fried noodles anymore... but there's still the pot of curry :-P... i didnt think my mum wanted us to eat that so i didnt touch it...
man, i'm getting sick of eggs...
have eaten 3 eggs today, one raw and 2 fried... (man, hope i put on weight sometime)
well anywayz...
yeah back to Jason, who leaves for a week in Singapore with friends before heading to Pittsburgh for his training course... well i'll definitely miss the guy. I'll say this though... if anyone could go to Tibet for 7 months for such a good cause... well he'd be the person to do it...
it was abit sad at the airport... well abit emotional. it's hard to believe i've known him for 2 years now ehh and now he's leaving for almost a year. it's really amazing watching ppl just give up a year from their lives in such a selfless cause... but well yeah im abit lost for words hahaha... being a little sleep deprived, well... (only 5 hours of sleep on wed morning and about 7 last night)
ALL THE BEST JASON!!!
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